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  1. Re:How much will it cost? on Affordable Blood Work In Four Hours Coming To Pharmacies · · Score: 1

    Well, the Affordable Healthcare Act insurance plans aren't effective until Jan 1, 2014. And there's nothing in the AHA that prevents a policy from having a cheap co-pay. You're either a troll or you blame the AHA for your insurance company using the AHA as an excuse to put the screws to you.

  2. Typical hind-sight logic on Prison Is For Dangerous Criminals, Not Hacktivists · · Score: 0

    Unfortunately, whining about the spanking, AFTER having done the deed, is a non-starter.

  3. Re: utter nonsense on Drive With Google Glass: Get a Ticket · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you're holding a phone in one hand while driving you certainly don't have both hands on the steering wheel and can't respond as well to an emergency as if you did. If you're holding it in your hand what ARE you doing with it? Cuddling it? You say holding the phone doesn't present even the slightest danger, and you're wrong. You just had your day in court and lost. How do you arrive at the conclusion that holding a cell phone or any other electronic gadget while operating a 4000 lb (1850 Kg) vehicle on a public thoroughfare was a 'human right".

  4. Re:Article says the opposite? on Chrome Will End XP Support in 2015; Firefox Has No Plans To Stop · · Score: 0, Insightful

    And we're still getting more than we paid for.

  5. Hmmm on Irony: iPhone 5S Users Reporting Blue Screen of Death · · Score: 1

    When I searched the Apple support communities for BSoD and even just "blue" I find issues dating all the way back to 2008 across all Apple products and OSs, but no cascade of BSoD reports recently. I've been using the iWorks suite on my iPhone for weeks and no BSoD yet. I feel deprived lol.

  6. What kills innovation? on Google X Display Boss: Smartphones, Tablets, Apps Are "Mind-Numbing" · · Score: -1

    Innovation dies when only those ideas, products, projects and initiatives which marketing departments identify as immediately exploitable for economic gain are considered.

  7. So this is what passes for innovation now? on Samsung Creates Phone With Curved Display · · Score: 0

    Times are hard for companies with the innovative elan of a rock.

  8. In 6 months we'll find out ... on US Adults Score Poorly On Worldwide Test · · Score: -1

    ... the research was flawed and the data either incomplete or the analysis skewed. One study does not measure much of anything except a snapshot of one instance in time on one test. But that's social pseudo-science for you.

  9. The tinfoil hat concession on Snowden Strikes Again: NSA Mapping Social Connections of US Citizens · · Score: 0

    That's what I want, to sell to all the non-USA people who think the USA is the only one doing this kind of surveillance. Count the number of countries on the planet and you have the number of governments doing this. Since forever in one form or another.

  10. Re:The Myspace problem. on Tumblr Follows Instagram - Reveals Plan For More Ads · · Score: 0

    There's nothing to wonder about; ads on websites only make sense to the companies that sell them.

  11. Nobody knows for sure on Another Climate-Change Retraction · · Score: 0

    It's impossible to accurately predict climate change just like it's impossible to predict, with any degree of accuracy, specifics about next year's weather. We know, in generalities, how the weather will be next year, but we have no certainty as to specifics of details for any given day or week. We also know, with even less certainty, some generalities about how the climate will shift over the next 100 years. What we do know, with absolute certainty, is that scientists will exploit any opportunity to use the media to drum up funding opportunities.

  12. Re:having bullshyte both ways on Did Apple Make a Mistake By Releasing Two New iPhones? · · Score: 0

    A) no one knows how many 5C's were sold because that data hasn't been released, and B) No one knows anything about cannibalization because numbers aren't out on the 5C and the 5S hasn't been released yet. Your hater skillz need work.

  13. And on Flash Memory Won't Get Cheaper Any Time Soon · · Score: 0

    No one will ever need more than 512k of RAM ... no one will ever want to carry around a wireless phone ... 3D TV's are going to take over the marketplace ... vinyl albums, no wait 8-tracks, no wait cassettes, no wait CDs, no wait mp3's are the final medium for entertainment.

  14. Everybody whines after years of safety on Former DHS Official Blames Privacy Advocates For TSA's Aggressive Procedures · · Score: -1

    But the next time there is a terrorist act carried out using a commercial flight everyone will be shrieking about how the gov't didn't do enough.

  15. The only scandal is on Snowden Nominated For Freedom of Thought Prize · · Score: 0

    people dumb enough to think they can put their business, whether they call it private or otherwise, onto the internet or into an electronic communication method or electronic storage and expect ANY semblance of real privacy.

  16. Let's wait and see on A Tale of Two MySQL Bugs · · Score: 0

    how many additional performance bugs the rapidly deployed Maria patch opens before we pass judgement. Speed without adequate QA is useless and self-defeating.

  17. If you believe what you do online can be secret on Keeping Data Secret, Even From Apps That Use It · · Score: 0

    I want to sell you some ocean front property in Colorado and some lake front property in Death Valley.

  18. Which is dumber? on The iPhone 5S Hasn't Been Officially Announced, Already Has Line · · Score: 0

    People who line up way in advance to get a new tech device to satisfy a personal desire relatively cheaply ($200-$700 is a lot cheaper than a new car), or the people who waste their time online ranting about and insulting people who do? I wonder how many of the "haters" in this thread are first in line to pre-order a new game or bang their head on their keyboard when the new (insert favorite open source program here) becomes available.

  19. Let me get this straight on Google Speeding Up New Encryption Project After Latest Snowden Leaks · · Score: 0

    It's bad for Google to allow the NSA to mine the data passing through their servers but it's OK for Google to mine that data to spoon feed me ads they deem more relevant so they can charge their advertisers more?

  20. There is no privacy on the internet or anywhere on Epic: A Privacy-Focused Web Browser · · Score: 0

    The whole privacy paranoia only serves to employ people who feed the paranoia while deriving an income from the paranoia.

  21. Sounds like a scam has been busted on PayPal Freezes MailPile's Account · · Score: 0

    $135,000 collected, $90,000 cashed-out; that's a $30,000/month paycheck for the 3 principals. Meanwhile they have no product to deliver, no expenses to speak of, no royalties to pay, apparently no plan going forward, and technologically the project is doomed to failure. Heck I'd be willing to disappoint people for $15,000/month ... pay me!

  22. First phones got bigger on Samsung Unveils Galaxy Gear Smartwatch · · Score: 0

    until they were tablet sized and inconvenient. Then they decided to maximize profits by trying to sell expensive "add on" devices that do nothing more than alert me that the over-sized phone in my backpack is ringing or I have a txt? The folks at these tech companies need to get out more so they get a feel for what "real" people need in a device.

  23. Jawohl! on Deutsche Telekom Moves Email Traffic In-Country In Wake of PRISM · · Score: 0

    As if the German gov't isn't snooping just like the USA? Anyone who believes they aren't should lighten up on how much of the Kool-Aid they sip.

  24. A contrast in attitudes on Study Finds Fracking Chemicals Didn't Pollute Water · · Score: 0

    Those who want to believe fracking causes all the misery in the world will continue to believe so. Those who choose to believe that fracking is totally harmless will also continue to believe so. The reality is no one is ever happy and as long as there are wack-jobs on both sides of the issue Faux News and the Commie News Network will continue to fan the flames of outrage with half-truths, innuendo, skewed opinion pieces along with videos of either the Garden of Eden or horribly disfigured puppies and kittens. Isn't capitalism and a free (to those who can afford to own media companies) press great?

  25. It's not age discrimination on Silicon Valley In 2013 Resembles Logan's Run In 2274 · · Score: 1

    It's just that they only hire young people to keep salaries down so the exec's can buy themselves another island or fund spaceflights.