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  1. Stressed.... on Lower Air Pollution Means Longer Life · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Or, maybe ppl in these areas (which likely aren't metro areas) don't live as stressful a life and get some extra life expectancy from that.

    Or smog sucks.

    Both?

    -bZj

  2. Re:Thomas Jefferson on James Boyle's New Book Under CC License · · Score: 1

    By working like the rest.

    If they are truly brilliant, they will find time to show their brilliance. Einstein worked in the patent office while he did some of his most ground-breaking work.

    -bZj

  3. Re:It's the guy's fault on Small Bird Astounds Scientists With 11,200km Flight · · Score: 1

    Being an asshole is an inalienable right.

    A right which I make constant use of.

    -bZj

  4. Re:Yes on Studies Say Ideology Trumps Facts · · Score: 1

    Did you also give up on arguing against any of his liberal ideas?

    -bZj

  5. Re:Save your money on Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band? · · Score: 1

    WC (Tungsten Carbide) is also short for Water-Cooling, which is geeky fo' sho' (and something else I just acquired).

    I very much like my choice of WC, but don't know if it would be the same for my wife. Working with industrial robots means if I wanted to wear it all day, it needed to be strong (though admittedly, if I were to to have a 'close encounter' with a robot the ring would not be #1 on my mind). Her need to be a girl (even though she trains horses all day) outweighs the durability necessity - [white] gold is still teh shiney!

    -bZj

  6. Re:Mod parent down - not true on The Red Team Wins · · Score: 1

    Indeed, in the glovebox, if you own a GM vehicle.

    But it is not encoded in the VIN itself.

    -bZj

  7. Mod parent down - not true on The Red Team Wins · · Score: 1

    The color of your car is not coded into your VIN.

    It simply isn't.

    You can get the make, model, trim, engine size, but not the color. That's ridiculous.

    -bZj

  8. Re:Good riddance! on The SUV Is Dethroned · · Score: 1

    SUVs may pose extra danger to other vehicles, but they are still safer, as a passenger, during a collision.

    With the obvious exclusion of the Ford/Firestone rollover incident.

    -bZj

  9. Re:Shouldn't we outlaw bullying in schools first? on Proposed Legislation Would Outlaw "Cyberbullying" in US · · Score: 1

    If they are 18 and unemployed, they deserve a kick in their lazy ass.

    Oops, will I be arrested now?

    -bZj

  10. Re:priorities on $1/Gallon "Green Gasoline" In Sight · · Score: 1

    I assume zero blood and CO2 will be spent in the use of Nuclear reactors? Oh, wait!

    Everything has it's price. Pay or die.*

    -bZj

    *Death may be the price.

  11. Re:No kidding on Teen Phone Phreak Targeted by the FBI · · Score: 1

    Got "many" links to "no-knocking" SWAT teams who've "[shot] unarmed people"?

    -bZj

  12. I did well w/Comcast on Comcast and Net Speed Tests · · Score: 1

    http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1112/759201977_cec6 fe341d_o.jpg

    I managed to get a 20M/2M connex, and I believe the last time we received a note about our "upgraded speed" we were rated around 6M/768k. I'd trade it for my 6M/768k and Comcast not capping my damn connection when I'm downloading a lot of torrents. Bastards.

    -bZj

  13. Re:Why was the altitude changed? on First Ever Scramjet Reaches Mach 10 · · Score: 1

    Bad translation - "standard or metric?" is the question often asked....

    -bZj

  14. Re:No, they'll tax your odometer on NC Man Fined For Using Vegetable Oil As Fuel · · Score: 1

    How does the efficiency of the automobile relate to the "damage" caused to the roadway?

    If I drove a 6000lb Hummer w/a gas engine @ 10mpg or a 6000lb Hummer with a hybrid-diesel engine @ 20mpg, I'd still cause the same "damage" to the road at each mile.

    -bZj

  15. Neither will PayPal/eBay on Deleting Personal Data from Private Institutions? · · Score: 1

    I tried, back when eBay bought PayPal and said they'd turn over anything to anyone, to remove myself from both userbases. It failed miserably. They said they would not remove me from their records. In fact, I still have an accessible profile at eBay (and presumably at PayPal).

    -bZj

  16. it's called a 'knife' the inventor lived in a cave on Plastic Packages Cause Injuries, Revolt · · Score: 1

    "One man even invented a cutter designed specifically for cracking open plastic clamshells."

    -bZj

  17. Re:You have GOT to be kidding me ... on High Court Trims Whistleblower Rights · · Score: 1

    ...while on the job... ...is the important part. Once that govt employee clocks out, they are free to do as they please. I see this ruling as a wasteful law, ensuring ppl are working while at work (for the govt) - which should be the case anyway (you bunch of lazy fucks). But, it isn't a freedom of speeach or whistleblower issue.

    -bZj

  18. Re:Transfer on Windows Live Goes to College · · Score: 1

    Using Live as the campus e-mail provider is honestly the absolute lamest reason to trransfer I've ever heard. Seriously, transferring b/c you had allergies to a plant that grows in only one place on campus would be less retarded than this.

    I hope pppl have other accounts to use anyway. That uni accts don't all last past your grad date.

    -bZj

  19. Re:UNTRUE! I use Firefox on Windows Live Goes to College · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up!

    FUD from the anti-MS crowd? No way? FFox works fine.

    -bZj

  20. Re:Answer on Closet Slashdotters: The 'Intellectually Curious' · · Score: 1

    Definitely not.

    I am registered Republican, and I could give a shit about your religion, gay marriage, etc. I just want small government and a strong military.

    -bZj

  21. make up your mind on IRS Compels PayPal to Release Info · · Score: 1

    "The privacy of our customers' information is something we take really seriously."

    This comes from the same company that said it would roll over for any agency, whether or not they had a court order? What changed?

    -bZj

  22. Re:Old news, they already ripped off 'Aliens' on Sci-Fi Weapons to Join US Arsenal? · · Score: 1

    Many would disagree, but the military would not be profiting from the similiarities, whereas your copycat movie would.

    -bZj

  23. Re:I said it before, and I'll say it again on Germany Accepts Strict Piracy Law · · Score: 1

    That is where the large majority of sheize films come from....

    -bZj

  24. Re:Star Trek Replicator Thing Defense on Germany Accepts Strict Piracy Law · · Score: 1

    I don't particularly like the show, but don't they use money (latinum bars?) on ds9?

    -bZj

  25. Re:Hardware ratings and the 3D flip on Windows Vista 5342 Screenshots · · Score: 1

    Or, they saw something that was a neat idea, but no one was actually using, and decided to give it to the masses.

    I have yet to see anyone from MS claim this was all their doing. Do you have a serious proposal as to how they could give credit to Sun?

    -bZj