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  1. Re:Food? on Cows On Treadmills Produce Clean Power For Farms · · Score: 1

    Guernsay? I think. I'm sure i've probably heard him say it a dozen times, but it's sort of polite conversation for me.

  2. Re:Food? on Cows On Treadmills Produce Clean Power For Farms · · Score: 3, Interesting

    No, it's anecdotal based on a dairy owning friend who likes to complain about the activists who want the cows to be free range, and the number of complaints about milk quality he gets when he does. He can't win.

  3. Re:Food? on Cows On Treadmills Produce Clean Power For Farms · · Score: 1

    Taste was absolutely clearly the primary concern in his post, read it again!

  4. Re:Food? on Cows On Treadmills Produce Clean Power For Farms · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Unfortunately, increasing exercise will reduce the tastiness of both milk and meat. The meat gets leaner (the fat is the part that gives is great taste, and is why kobe is legally required to have a minimum fat content). The milk tends to have more stress byproducts, but that impact is less important.

  5. Re:Rogue-like on Life Recorder · · Score: 1

    No, for the most part, it can't.
    http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-06-21/news/1991172083_1_antonin-scalia-constitutional-protection-quotations

    You have to mangle the actual words used, which goes beyond 'out of context'.

  6. Re:Bicycling on Life Recorder · · Score: 1

    Not sure where you're riding. Britain? In most US states riders are required to keep to the right WHEN SAFE in order to allow passing. You should not be in the center unless it's required for safety.

  7. Re:Bicycling on Life Recorder · · Score: 1

    And risking the life of the cyclist balances out their inconveniencing you? Nice ....

  8. Re:Bicycling on Life Recorder · · Score: 1

    I've had it happen to me 5 or 6 times, and I ride in full legal compliance. People think its fun to scare the shit out of you and risk your life if they can speed away and never have to deal with you again.

  9. Re:Bicycling on Life Recorder · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Right, those two issues are balanced. One threatens the life of the bicycle rider. The other ... threatens the life of the bicycle rider.

  10. Re:Copyrights? on Life Recorder · · Score: 1

    But on the plus side, countries outside the US have little or no relevance, so it balances out.

  11. Re:Rogue-like on Life Recorder · · Score: 1

    Quoting out of context is not at all libelous. Otherwise, every single political ad in this country would be sued for.

  12. Re:Rogue-like on Life Recorder · · Score: 1

    I love those guys. Neither one has ever spent any serious time studying martial arts, so with the meth addict you get in some good practice, and then the bar guy you get to leave with his hot girlfriend while he spends the month in the hospital.

  13. Re:Isn't that called an... on Virtualizing Workstations For Common Hardware? · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    an before h is entirely valid, and so is a. Ideally, one could even choose the correct one by following the formal rules.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_articles#Discrimination_between_a_and_an

  14. Re:Sounds like mad men on Media Industry Wants Mandated Spyware and More · · Score: 1

    With good watermarks + TCM, piracy becomes immediately detectable or preventable, depending on which is more profitable.

  15. Re:Sounds like mad men on Media Industry Wants Mandated Spyware and More · · Score: 1

    TCM is the term for the TPM that is coming in ACTA that no one wants you to know about. And no, you don't get the keys.

  16. Re:Sounds like mad men on Media Industry Wants Mandated Spyware and More · · Score: 1

    Trusted computing module.

  17. Re:Being Urged To Opt-Out? on Comcast Customers Urged To Opt-Out of Settlement · · Score: 1

    You can't sue them again for specific misdeeds. Since this is still on-going, you can sue them again as soon as the fcc's regulatory power over net neutrality is affirmed by congress.

  18. Re:Careful on Media Industry Wants Mandated Spyware and More · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And if there were a corporate death penalty, all the issues that came with individuality would be resolved.

  19. Re:Hmm ... on Media Industry Wants Mandated Spyware and More · · Score: 1

    To intimidate you into compliance. EULAs work great because they never have to be enforced. They just have to be threatened to be enforced.

  20. Re:When is it going to happen dammit! on Media Industry Wants Mandated Spyware and More · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I should roll over for private surveillance of my computer because its entertainment?

  21. Re:Sounds like mad men on Media Industry Wants Mandated Spyware and More · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm afraid that they'll insist this software runs on the TCM only, and that every personal computer has a properly operational TCM. Then if you've cracked your TCM, you'll be in much bigger trouble.

  22. Re:What can be done? Nothing. on What Can Be Done About Security of Debit Cards? · · Score: 1

    Taking out a debit card has no impact on your credit score. Taking out a credit card does.

  23. Re:Tired of hearing about super efficient.. on MIT Making Super Efficient Origami Solar Panels · · Score: 1

    You know, if you have your own solar panels, and a battery, you CAN get off the metered net. Not that you'd want to, because in a lot of places you can get paid for what you're not using. Does 'unmetered' qualify as too cheap to meter?

  24. Re:Ahem on Net Neutrality Suffers Major Setback · · Score: 1

    And now you've missed your opportunity to sue them for big bux, what a setback.

  25. Re:Patience! on SETI Is 50 Years Old; No Sign of ET · · Score: 1

    We've found every likely intelligent species on earth at this point, and none of them are likely to last much longer, so we really need to find something new to kill.