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  1. wikileaks didn't say anything people didn't know on The Paradox of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    diplomacy is strong arming other nations
    diplomats talk bad about other government officials in private because most top government officials are workaholics who don't mind pissing off others
    us is killing civilians in our wars
    bankers aren't these glorious people who give you a mortgage with a smile. i know, i ride the train with a lot of them to work.

    newsflash to nerds, real life is not star wars or star trek where everyone calls others by their official government/military title and says how awesome they are serving their government and dealing with others on a fair basis. go read some history in how real life really works

  2. Re:Stealth became a necessary tactic on No Transmitting Aliens Detected In Kepler SETI Search · · Score: 1

    ok

    an advanced civilization with the knowledge to travel the stars will attack earth just to steal our fossil fuel and incandescent light bulbs

    easier to just mine asteroids and other bodies for natural resources

  3. Re:So tablets at PCs now? on Apple Now the Top PC Vendor, For Some Values of PC · · Score: 1

    my iphone 5 is more powerful than some of the older servers in our data center

  4. Re:This is ludicrous! on Hidden 'Radio' Buttons Discovered In Apple's iOS 6.1 · · Score: 1

    what features? hidden buttons?

    there are dozens of radio apps for ios. apple just wants their own

  5. Dev work done before a business deal on Hidden 'Radio' Buttons Discovered In Apple's iOS 6.1 · · Score: 2

    Amazing that apple would develop a potential service to be ready to go the day a business deal is signed. And keep the code hidden until a deal is signed

    Simply amazing

  6. Re:This is why the equipment should be heterogeneo on Intel Gigabit NIC Packet of Death · · Score: -1, Troll

    or just buy premade servers from dell or HP. they aren't that much more expensive, the drivers are certified to work and you get real support

  7. Re:one less day of junk mail on US Postal Service Discontinuing Saturday Mail Delivery · · Score: 1

    UPS and Fedex always comes in by delivery driver. nice thing about NYC is you can order diapers and they arrive the next day with regular UPS delivery

    any package sent by US Mail is so unimportant i don't care when i get it

  8. one less day of junk mail on US Postal Service Discontinuing Saturday Mail Delivery · · Score: 2, Insightful

    most of my mail is paper catalogs i throw in the trash without looking at. bills get paid by computer or smartphone.

    i guess the old people will be complaining

  9. Re:Could be the best thing... on Dell Going Private In $24.4 Billion Agreement · · Score: 1

    only for the crappy companies with no future like dell

    until a few months ago apple's stock was flying. google is still flying high. amazon is in bubble territory

  10. Re:BUT on Startup Offers Pay-Per-Page E-Books · · Score: 2

    so only buy the highest reviewed books

    i haven't bought an ebook i didn't like yet

  11. Re:There are ways around it on Why Microsoft Office For iOS Will Likely Never See the Light of Day · · Score: 1

    Amazon doesn't pay anything either along with all the other enterprise software makers that have apps in the App Store that require subscriptions

    You just have a login screen and can't mention anything about signing up or any links for the user to follow. Like amazon does

    Amazon even sells kindle books via their iOS app with no revenue sharing with apple

  12. Re:Hmmmmm..... on San Diego Drops Red-Light Cameras · · Score: 1

    Nope
    I live close to an intersection with a camera and at night I'm always seeing the flash when someone runs the light. Multiple flashes lots of times

  13. Re:Well, it was nice while it lasted on Next-Gen Console Wars Will Soon Begin In Earnest · · Score: 0

    Microsoft is part of the blu ray consortium along with toshiba

    Most of the patents were in both consortiums and the differences were minor

  14. Re:Well, it was nice while it lasted on Next-Gen Console Wars Will Soon Begin In Earnest · · Score: 2, Informative

    blu ray is not a sony tech, the consortium is over 300 companies including apple and microsoft. i don't even think sony owns most of the patents. they were just an early producer of the technology and wanted to push HD for their own profits

  15. release is not until later this year on Next-Gen Console Wars Will Soon Begin In Earnest · · Score: 1

    Nintendo had crappy sales of the WiiU and the 3DS and so MS and Sony probably smell blood

    announce their new consoles now to keep people from buying a Wii U. not like there are much games for the Wii U anyway. most of the good ones are still months away

  16. Re:Was it just links? on 60M Euro Smooths Relations Between Google and French Publishers · · Score: 1

    I use bing now just for the free Xbox points
    If google starts lobotomizing their search ill have to start using bing full time

  17. Re:Apple Pippin 2! on Gabe Newell: Steam Box's Biggest Threat Isn't Consoles, It's Apple · · Score: 1, Insightful

    that's because the gaming market isn't basement dwellers playing the latest shooter or hack and slash game. it has moved way beyond that now. angry birds and other casual games hook people that would never play "real games" and they make more profits than most "real games"

    and yet the nerds who cream their pants over far cry 20 still think they are the center of the world

  18. Re:The other real enemy: logic on Missile Defense's Real Enemy: Math · · Score: 1

    we have the best submarines that will sink any ships equipped with large amounts of cruise missiles
    we have our own cruise missiles that can destroy the bases where the cruise missiles are based

  19. niche devices on Making Wireless Carriers Play Together · · Score: 1

    the hotspots have too many limitations

    which is why everyone is buying a smartphone. the service is not that expensive if you're on a multi line account

  20. Re:What is shady about it? on How Videogames Help Fund the Arms Industry · · Score: 2

    if you are so hung up on morals, don't play games where violence is the core of the game

  21. Re:The obvious answer on Will Renewable Energy Ever Meet All Our Energy Needs? · · Score: 2

    It has been a long time since we had a world war

    They used to occur on a regular basis until ww2 put an end to the cycle

  22. the point is to keep the leachers in line on Pushing Back Against Licensing and the Permission Culture · · Score: 0

    if there is no license than someone can take the work, use it for their own product, make money and not give anything back

    once this happens, what is the point of making a piece of software better?

  23. WTF is the point of BB Balance? on RIM Unveils BlackBerry 10, Its Big Turnaround Hope · · Score: 1

    i use my personal iphone for work and i seem to manage fine. i have my work email coming in, i have the gmail app on it. i have corporate VPN.

    and no need of some crazy dividing line

  24. Re:Dominated by whom? on RIM Unveils BlackBerry 10, Its Big Turnaround Hope · · Score: 3, Insightful

    technically HP, Dell and others sell a lot more computers than Apple. but the Mac business makes more PROFITS than everyone's PC business combined

    market share is useless if you lose money on it

    same with Android. only samsung is making any money. Moto, HTC and others are losing money or barely breaking even.

  25. 3000 players you say? on How EVE Online Dealt With a 3,000-Player Battle · · Score: 2, Funny

    How many were divorced the next day?