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  1. Re:Have mercy! on Toyota Claims Woman "Opted In" To Faux Email Stalking · · Score: 1

    FTFA, "...After I'm done visiting you, I'm going to go back and sort out that front desk Muppet....". If a reasonable and prudent person were to read this in their email, calling the police is step 2. The purchase, and training of a gun is step 3. I believe that the front desk staff would be greatly alarmed also, but usually there is staff that are trained to handle this kind of psycho. FTFA, "Clearly, their objective with those people was to terrify them first and embarrass them second." It would appear that Toyota's regard for human life still lurks in some fifth world ideology base loosely on the Bushido. Maybe humans in the land of the Raising Sun are thought of as candidates for bio matter. I consider myself a reasonble and prudent person that needs to buy 3 cars next summer, I'm thinking Japan's QA seems to baffle Detroit. I don't need Toyota's condescending crap.

  2. Maybe "Love" was a Poor Choice of Words on Michael Dell Says Windows 7 Will Make You Love PCs · · Score: 1

    Does Michael Dell mean he is intimate with his PC? If so, then Apple will have a new commercial, John Hodgman clothed as a Dominatrix over his business suit. Now that I think of it, that was more knowledge than mankind should know.

  3. Re:people are spoiled these days on Delta Air Lines Sued Over Alleged E-mail Hacking · · Score: 0

    The Concord comes to mind, but when the last one Augured-In just past the runway at Eiffel-Tower-X, Concord immediately went bankrupt. One thing about winning Eleven Mill. it will get you a nice VLJ, ( "Very Light Jet", for the smirking unwashed), and some flight instruction; Fuel/Maintenance/Insurance/etc. are extra.

  4. What Has TI to Loose? on EFF Warns TI Not To Harass Calculator Hobbyists · · Score: 1

    My curiosity lies in the area Assistive Robotics, and TI's graphing calculator looked pretty good at handling external peripherals using LISP. There are other chips out there that can do the job. I quite frankly do not understand why TI gets their panties in a twist when people want to buy their products?

  5. Memo to all LHC Staff on The LHC, the Higgs Boson, and Fate · · Score: 1

    Get back to work.

  6. Let Me Help Find Out, by Controlled Experiment on Is Working For the Gambling Industry a Black Mark? · · Score: 1

    Name the company, and I'll see if I can get a job there. Then, after I get a job there, after a while, I will then start to look for another job while still working at this place. After the results are in, I can then submit my findings to here at /..

  7. Pardon my Pun, it Smells Like m$,3 Days in the Sun on FOSS Sexism Claims Met With Ire and Denial · · Score: 1

    There's only one company that could benefit from this topic, and the predictable outcome of this thread causes no life. I cannot help but wonder how many are laughing at this thread in Redmond, and what other "delightful surprises" they are conjuring up using this thread as a medium for growth.

  8. Girl Scout Cookie Market Infringement? on Large Hadron Collider Scientist Arrested For al-Qaeda Ties · · Score: 1

    I think someone threatened by people buying al-Qaeda Ties, instead of Girl Scout Cookies, turned this guy in. The evidence is most likely pinned up on the wall in the employee lounge at CERN.

  9. Re:better safe than sorry on Large Hadron Collider Scientist Arrested For al-Qaeda Ties · · Score: 1

    No, no, no. The plan was to a make a Black Hole that would only affect Infidels; you know, those who would not buy Al-Qaeda gear when receiving telemarketing calls from Pakistan.

    It all goes back to that very disappointing experiment about the whole 'CERN Refrigerator Magnet thingy not working out; if it had, Infidels would have starved to death trying desperately to open their refrigerators. But test house wives got tired of cleaning up the oil mess, and threw the samples away; Al-Qaeda, not to be "deterred", sucked it up and moved on.

  10. Re:Traditional model a thing of the past? Really? on Microsoft Moves To Patent Time-Based Software Licensing · · Score: 1

    I guess I can patent the "time-based licensing" of Tupper Ware? I think the Patent Office should invest in a cheap Thesaurus I would even give them mine from college, you know, "it's for the kids", and to, "fight terrorism".

  11. Great Invention, But You Can't Fix Stupid on Penny-Sized Nuclear Batteries Developed · · Score: 1

    The benefits of this invention are amazing. So, how does one deal with Stupid when they get a little curious? I would dearly love to have one of these power my Rover Disco'. But because of Stupid, I have to wait for a "safer" alternative...

  12. This is News Because? on More Water Out There — Ice Found On an Asteroid · · Score: 1

    I don't know a single person who wasn't told this when they were 8 years old, in the late 1950's. It's troubling to see the amount of effort that "brings fourth no life" by those who parent NASA. The amount of science that we could learn, and understand, by placing a permanent colony on the moon would dwarf this "new" discovery to a foot note in a child's primer. NASA! Go to work.

  13. Re:One is reminded of this happening before on Real-LIfe Distributed-Snooping Web Game To Launch In Britain · · Score: 1

    I was thinking of Pavlik Morozov.

  14. One is reminded of this happening before on Real-LIfe Distributed-Snooping Web Game To Launch In Britain · · Score: 1

    One cannot help but wonder when the first child will report their parent for some infraction of the law? Who knows, maybe the common wealth will erect a statue to that child, as so many deposed previous governments have done so before.

  15. Re:umm on Candy Linked To Violence In Study · · Score: 1

    Another correlation I have observed is that in 100% of all cases, Triple Felon Inmates with Diabetes do not eat candy, for long. Also, another observation, Researchers with nothing to show for their work can behave in predictable natures.

  16. You Don't Know, little richard on De Icaza Responds To Stallman · · Score: 1

    RMS states, "Debian's decision to include Mono in the default installation, for the sake of Tomboy which is an application written in C#...". Memo to RMS, 'dottie-NET' doesn't natively run on Linux, or Mac. As for me, listening to pundits of m$ is like watching Darth Vader participating at a Cheer Leading Summer Camp.

  17. Re:Seems low on 72% of Banks Say Their Employees Committed Fraud · · Score: 1

    Is it Fraud to run a Bank, or an Insurance Company like a Hedge Fund? Also, is it Fraud when those who stand accused were accused when not present during the allegation? I believe that if a Business is to "big to collapse" it has already committed a Flagrant Fraud. Those who accepted the Rewards, but none of the Punishments have committed Fraud at the Criminal Level. Why these grinning show offs are still allowed to walk, unshackled, on our streets only demonstrates the lawlessness is at the highest of levels. It is Un-American to excuse this cancerous behavior.

  18. Re:Installation? on Dow Chemical Rolling Out Solar Shingles Next Year · · Score: 1

    I can see where the shingles are pre-drilled, one could possibly used a 2" screw. I live close to the beach, so if I can get 1/3 life out of the electronic product, that's break even. My main roof parasites are Moss, and Sea Gulls. So how much would a 10'x20' roof cost?

  19. Maybe the Senator Should Patent the Idea? on Legal Code In a Version Control System? · · Score: 1

    It helps open up how and when a Bill is "changed", and by whom. It could easily allow for cost, logistics, companies affected, and employment analysis. It's a damn fine idea.

  20. How to Make a Nuclear Bomb on Report Claims Iran Has Data To Build a Nuclear Bomb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Every Chemistry, and Physics student is told about "Critical Mass", and what causes it. So ya, Iran now has the knowledge to make an Atomic Bomb. And if Iran gets enough of the radio active crap together, in one place, eventually Iran will have an Atomic Bomb. And ya, Iran can "pizza" deliver the bomb to some place in Tel Aviv. Which demonstrates just how far the collective heads of Iran's leadership is shoved up the bung hole of its, "head" cleric? Now if Iran wanted to really start an uncontrollable urine emptying frenzy, on a global scale; It could do two things. Let the IOC tell Iran how to build a commercial atomic energy business,[why Iran doesn't look into Atomic Powered Cargo Vessels is beyond me]. The other thing Iran could do is build about 1000 Giga-Watts worth of Solar Panels and sell it on the open market. Then Iran could collectively sit back, light up their Huka's, order some Tea, and watch while the Western World's "Energy" leaders desperately try to keep from defecating all over themselves. Go Figure...

  21. Applied "Blade Runner" Technology? on Scientists Decry "Horrifying" UK Border Test Plan · · Score: 1

    When one ponders about the foundation of using DNA for anything, very, very few times will immigration be a believable application. But what can DNA normally be used for? For me, the first thing is Law Enforcement. Now if I look at DNA and immigration, and combine this with a growing acceptance of Interpol Criminal Data Basing, the logic becomes straightforward. Law Enforcement feels compelled to now get DNA, along with a Photo, and a Name. I think I will consider investing in the La-z-Boy Corporation. Because when Law Enforcement thinks they can solve crime by sitting in a comfortable chair, more, usually worse, crime occurs.

  22. Space Prono? on NASA Wants Your Ambitious High-Tech Contest Ideas · · Score: 1

    NASA clearly doesn't understand what relationship the 'S' means in NASA. Food/Oxygen/Waste recycling systems have been around for over 100 years, but NASA seems to be not to clear about this. Like wise, the Prono Industry is desperately looking for something that they can do that others cannot freely do for free. So there is only one place were "new" could be truly applied; that's right, doing the wild thing in zero-g, and filming it. My contest idea is to have Prono company's compete for the best zero gravity film. And the best part is that NASA doesn't have to spend a dime. The public will pay, the Prono will have a new market, and mankind can advance into space...

  23. From a Students View on AU Government To Build "Unhackable" Netbooks · · Score: 2, Interesting

    OK, let's ignore for now, the "Un-Hackable" nonsense. What if I want to learn Physics Modeling using LISP? Sign Language? I have to go buy it? But it's free software! Wait? I have to wait to have some faceless multinational corporation "grant" permission? My homework is due next Thursday, and my teacher says, "no excuses". How about my paper due on Shakespeare's Histories? Bing says, "do you mean Shake Spears? Sorry, no matches" I can get extra credit if I make, and submit a short video on the properties of a Candle Flame; YouTube uploads are now blocked? What Educator said, "It's OK to only learn a tiny subset of knowledge."

  24. Re:Hybrid car on $529M Gov't Loan To Develop $89,000 Hybrid Sports Car · · Score: 1

    Personally, I think spending any of the loan money outside of the U.S. to be a little crass. Finland Engineers may be excellent, but better? I think not. And if one is crying for money from Uncle Sam, I think spending outside of the U.S. warrants some deeper analysis of lender requirements.

  25. Re:So, does the Duct Tape Programmer... on The Duct Tape Programmer · · Score: 1

    Not really, the Duct Tape Programmer, DTP, will actually start the program and run it to verify that the change is working, and then moves on without regret. All hale the DTP!