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  1. Re:who knows what is going on on Newsweek Website Attacked After Report On Trump, Cuban Embargo (talkingpointsmemo.com) · · Score: 1

    Nice website you got there. Shame if something should "happen" to it.

  2. Imagine what he'd be able to accomplish as commander in chief.

  3. Re:Exactly as predicted on New iPhone 7 Case Brings Back the Headphone Jack (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Almost everyone I've ever seen has a case on their iPhone which makes it bulkier...

    Funny, you must see entirely different people than I do. Who is it exactly that spends a large amount of money to get a thin, light device, then wants to make it fat and heavy again? Maybe somebody who spent more than they can afford?

  4. Re:Great Idea. on New iPhone 7 Case Brings Back the Headphone Jack (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Dropping the headphone jack is just a cynical marketing strategy to make people give even more money to Apple.

    Dropping Apple is the natural response.

  5. Bunkers are for sissies, real men move to Mars.

  6. Hopefully the blast buries the entrance/exit to these "bunkers"

    Hopefully plugs up the toilet too.

  7. Re:They'll come crawling back on Vladimir Putin Is Replacing Microsoft Programs With Domestic Software (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Their software works fine for me

    Except for when Windows needs reinstall because of malware infestation of reboots in the middle of something important, or...?

    I take it that some Microsoft employee with mod points does not agree that Windws is a malware magnet and reboots at random times. Never used it I guess.

  8. Re:No such thing as free shipping on 55 Percent Of Online Shoppers Start Their Product Searches On Amazon (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    There really is no such thing as "free" shipping. Either the shipping is rolled into the cost of the product you are buying or you pay for it separately but either way you are still paying for the shipping.

    In the bad old days shipping tended to be a profit center for the retailer, billed with a fat markup. Now, as part of the product price, retailers don't mark it up and the profit stays where it belongs, with the shipping company.

  9. Re:They'll come crawling back on Vladimir Putin Is Replacing Microsoft Programs With Domestic Software (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 0

    Their software works fine for me

    Except for when Windows needs reinstall because of malware infestation of reboots in the middle of something important, or...?

  10. Re:They'll come crawling back on Vladimir Putin Is Replacing Microsoft Programs With Domestic Software (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I can name one stock exchange that tried to run on Windows and regretted it. (Now happily running on Linux.)

  11. Re:Sounds like a smart move.. on Aetna To Provide Apple Watch To 50,000 Employees, Subsidize Cost For Customers (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    Bingo, thanks for that. It's so obvious I failed to put the 2 and 2 together: insurance company promotes adoption of personal spyware devices. I will keep my distance from Aetna.

  12. Re:no "Russian Hackers", that's B.S. on FBI Investigating Possible Hack of Democratic Party Staffer Cell Phones (cnn.com) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Russians know they can manipulation bankrupt Trump with oil money.

  13. Let's start with the important question on FBI Investigating Possible Hack of Democratic Party Staffer Cell Phones (cnn.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Let's start with the important question: Android or Ios?

  14. Re:Anti-Hillary is not Pro-Trump on Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Is Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Wow, such an incisive, elegantly constructed argument, got to hand it to you. You really cornered me. You are clearly your own biggest fan.

  15. Re:Anti-Hillary is not Pro-Trump on Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Is Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Donald Trump loves war.

    Vote Donald Trump if you love war.

  16. Re:Curly braces = good. Indents = bad. on A New Programming Language Expands on Google's Go (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh my. You claim that semicolon as terminator is dramatically easier to parse than semicolon as separator, or dramatically more precise. Please never write a parser that I might have to use.

  17. Re:Anti-Hillary is not Pro-Trump on Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Is Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    There is no basis for comparison between the two...

    I beg to differ. I think Trump has Mein Kampf beside his bead for quick reference and has every bit the same capacity for evil as Hitler. In fact, I perceive Trump as the greatest threat to American democracy ever. I believe that, if elected, Trump will immediately set about the business of repealing amendment 22 that enforces a limit of two terms. I believe that the election that elects Trump will be the last that ever appears even remotely free and fair. I believe that Trump fully intends to mute or eliminate all his critics using much the same tactics as his bum buddy Putin does, as soon as he is able. Look to Hugo Chavez's career for the strategy that Trump likely has in mind. Once president for life, Trump will be in a great position to give free rein to his darker side.

  18. Re:Anti-Hillary is not Pro-Trump on Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Is Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Not voting for Clinton is the same as voting for Trump. If the spectre of President Trump terrifies you and you don't vote for Clinton, then you are an idiot. If still can't figure it out, see here.

  19. Re: Incoming liberal asspain on Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Is Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you say Trump is a whiner?

  20. Re:Incoming liberal asspain on Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Is Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect that Hillary Clinton will whack Putin pretty hard when she gets in and be a whole lot firmer about America's global interests than Obama ever was, including putting to rest any doubts about America's resolve and ability to stand by its allies. That's why Russia is meddling in the election. Putin desperately wants his lapdog Trump in, or failing that, nearly anybody but Clinton.

  21. Re:Yeah but there's a whole world out there on Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Is Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    The USA started all of this with their illegal invasion of IRAQ.

    No, that was just one more chapter in a long sorry saga. Surely you have not forgotten the Iraq invasion of Kuwait, the Iran-Iraq war or the rise of the Iranian theocracy?

  22. Re:Yeah but there's a whole world out there on Oculus Founder Palmer Luckey Is Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine (thedailybeast.com) · · Score: 1

    This follows the pattern of the proxy wars that marked the "Cold" War to a tee.

    It really doesn't. Those proxy wars pitted marxist/maoist groups against right wing dictators. The Syria situation is really about confronting Iranian theocratic expansionism across the iraq-syria-lebanon belt, with Russia jumping in on Iran's side to prop up a former Soviet client and America trying to blunt the Islamic State threat while Russia pretends to help and Turkey maneuvers to block the formation of a Kurdish state. Really, way different from the cold war. It's far more complex, involves more players with their own agendas, and Russia is much weaker this time round. Consider: Russia's GNP is roughly the same size as Canada's and only 50% bigger than Iran's. Not to say that Russia's meddling is irrelevant, far from it, but it is just that: meddling. Other than an ample supply of nukes that it can't realistically use, Russia is a superpower wannabe, not a superpower.

  23. Re: Curly braces = good. Indents = bad. on A New Programming Language Expands on Google's Go (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Stockholm syndrome.

  24. Re:I most definitely am not! on You're Paying 40% More For TV Than You Were 5 Years Ago (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    I got that for Game of Thrones and originally intended cancelling during the off-months...

    Now that Game of Thrones has jumped the shark it's hard to use that to justify anything. No cable TV here, bought the series up to season 5 on Blu-ray, enjoyed it, although less as it wore on. Won't bother with season 6 or later.

  25. I would rather wait for old series to filter down to the streaming services than to try to watch them week-by-week.

    I remember when you had to know what happened last night on the latest soap or not be part of the office conversation. Sad, really.