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  1. Re:Government will not shut down on Feds Prep For E-Gov Shutdown · · Score: 2

    Over a period of about 2 months, Obama draws a salary of something like $66,000. He has millions of dollars of personal wealth. Not paying him isn't much of a threat.

    It would likely have more impact on Representatives and Senators, but even there, there are hundreds of them with large personal fortunes.

  2. Re:Scams on Amazon Named the "Most Reputable Company" · · Score: 1

    In the U.S., sellers get fixed shipping rates, so when they charge $0.01 for something, they get the same cut from the shipping as when they charge $10. I wouldn't call that a scam.

    The fake books thing is a bit of a thing, but other than copyright violations, what line are they supposed to draw?

    And anybody who takes a retailers word for what something is worth and then pays the retailer less than that for the item should learn a lesson from it.

  3. Re:Question on construction on Fukushima Radiation Levels High, But Leak Plugged · · Score: 1

    Oh, so what are the numbers per kg of fuel?

  4. Re:Criminal Activity is IMPORTANT!!! on Interpol Wants a Global Identity Card System · · Score: 2

    I was lampooning your nationalism.

    Clearly you think that historical accidents like borders and constitutions carry with them a great deal of moral weight. I don't particularly agree.

  5. Re:One world government on Interpol Wants a Global Identity Card System · · Score: 1

    Neither the debt nor the deficit is larger than the GDP. The debt is getting very close.

    And it pays to note that the Republicans in congress want that $60 billion to come out of the ~$500 billion of non-defense discretionary spending. I don't really think the massive spending is doing the country any good, but cutting 10% of the government looks a lot harder than cutting 3% of it.

  6. Re:Criminal Activity is IMPORTANT!!! on Interpol Wants a Global Identity Card System · · Score: 1

    Why does your "we" include Arizonians that you do not know but exclude Mexicans that you do not know?

  7. Re:One world government on Interpol Wants a Global Identity Card System · · Score: 1

    Aren't there lots of people that are opposed to killing prisoners?

    (at least enough to limit the usefulness of execution as an example when discussing how a society should function...)

  8. Re:Question on construction on Fukushima Radiation Levels High, But Leak Plugged · · Score: 1

    When you say "inefficient", what do you mean? Do you mean that the thermal output of the reactor is much higher than the electrical output of the plant, or do you mean something else?

  9. Re:Obligatory xkcd radiation chart on Fukushima Radiation Levels High, But Leak Plugged · · Score: 2, Informative

    It isn't a comic though, it is a chart prepared in the style of a particular web comic.

    (Your entire context is sort of strange to me, very few laypeople are going to have enough understanding of the sources and dynamics of the contaminants to "judge" the situation, and the very limited surveys and information available would make it very difficult for them to be precise, not to mention the fact that the situation is not stable (they do seem to be gaining more control though, which is at least better than the alternative)).

  10. Re:"Leak Plugged" ? Yea right. on Fukushima Radiation Levels High, But Leak Plugged · · Score: 1

    I don't remember if they actually gave figures for the water, but the IAEA updates page gives lots of actual figures compared to the news:

    http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsunamiupdate01.html

  11. Re:"Leak Plugged" ? Yea right. on Fukushima Radiation Levels High, But Leak Plugged · · Score: 1

    They are pumping something like 30 gallons per minute into each of the reactors, that's plenty of newly contaminated water to deal with.

  12. Re:Uh, don't we maybe NEED that hormone? on Accidental Find May Lead To a Cure For Baldness · · Score: 1

    What is it you think about his post was false?

    He was using birth control as an example of something people are willing to take even though there are side effects. When he said "have no problem with stuffing their body full of chemicals" he meant that they don't hesitate to do it, not that they do it and have no complications.

  13. Re:Disclaimer for TV... on Accidental Find May Lead To a Cure For Baldness · · Score: 1

    It might make it more prominent, depending on the fattiness of the user.

  14. Re:Socialists find the answers that Capitalists ca on Accidental Find May Lead To a Cure For Baldness · · Score: 1

    That someone has a treatment seems like it would have little impact on someone else developing a cure.

    Maybe it has more to do with medicine being complicated?

  15. Re:Disclaimer for TV... on Accidental Find May Lead To a Cure For Baldness · · Score: 1

    Try jogging.

  16. Re:Uh, don't we maybe NEED that hormone? on Accidental Find May Lead To a Cure For Baldness · · Score: 1

    Read his post again poindexter.

  17. Re:No user-serviceable parts inside on AMD Bulldozer Will Bring Socket Shift To PCs · · Score: 0

    Yeah, it says that. Did you read the rest of it?

  18. Re:No user-serviceable parts inside on AMD Bulldozer Will Bring Socket Shift To PCs · · Score: 0

    What does that have to do with whatever 2 Ghz monster you would buy today?

  19. Re:How about we also require Prob & Stat? on Requiring Algebra II In High School Gains Momentum · · Score: 1

    For kids at that age I think making it a requirement will result in more kids dropping out of high school than it will anything else. Especially as the kids that want to go to a decent college are already taking it.

  20. Re:Correlation is not causation on Requiring Algebra II In High School Gains Momentum · · Score: 1

    So are increasing educational standards a reason for improvements in the economy, or is spending more resources on education a result of the improved economy?

  21. Re:Perhaps we need to validate the CAs? on Comodo Hack May Reshape Browser Security · · Score: 1

    Well, if you didn't manually review the certificates that it uses by default, whenever that was. At least in effect.

    I don't really mean to argue that the browser vendors are acting as CAs, I'm just pointing out you are essentially proposing taking the role of determining what CAs are valid away from organizations and giving it some other organization. I don't see that the technical differences would really change anything.

  22. Re:Perhaps we need to validate the CAs? on Comodo Hack May Reshape Browser Security · · Score: 1

    I don't think it is particularly likely that your true CA would be any more reliable than Microsoft or Mozilla or whatever.

    I guess someone could do it and say "Hey, my certificates is better!", but I'm not sure there is any way to actually compel anyone to listen to them, and the current system where the browser vendors compile authority certificates has an awful lot of momentum.

  23. Re:The next trend in air travel? on China Detects 10 Cases of Radiation Contamination, 2 In Hospital · · Score: 5, Funny

    Man, you punched that joke right in the face.

  24. Re:How about fixing memory leaks first? on Firefox 5 Details: Sharing, Home Tab, PDF Viewer · · Score: 1

    Try vacuuming your history database and turning off the malicious site detectors (they download a bunch of crap into databases).

    I like how ridiculous that sounds.

  25. Re:pdf on Firefox 5 Details: Sharing, Home Tab, PDF Viewer · · Score: 1

    The sandboxing in Adobe Reader 10 actually made it more secure than Fox-It. I am under the impression that Fox-It was going to add sandboxing, but I haven't paid attention.