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  1. Re:But the case hasn't even started! on US Marshals Auctioning $20M Worth of Silk Road's Bitcoins · · Score: 2

    Regardless of whether bitcoins are currency, the government is forcing the defendants onto the bitcoin market. If they're found not guilty, and at the same time the price of a bitcoin doubles, theywere deprived of $20 million of income.

  2. Re:I wish they would just auction off the drugs on US Marshals Auctioning $20M Worth of Silk Road's Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    The viability of Bitcoins is an inverse relationship between the ease of mining one versus obtaining quality Molly.

  3. Re:Huh on Comet Probe Philae To Deploy Drill As Battery Life Wanes · · Score: 1

    I would attribute it to not realizing one has taken their glasses off and become ... Captain Hindsight. Everything is easy to see after the fact.

  4. Re:Another terrorist off the street on Pirate Bay Co-founder Arrested In Northeastern Thailand · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Devil's advocate, but shady "finance" people that rip off unsuspecting moms with investment ideas and pyramid schemes. No violent crime. No one dead. Should they be given a pass?

  5. Re:What a shame on Pirate Bay Co-founder Arrested In Northeastern Thailand · · Score: 3

    I've found many many links to torrents, and even direct downloads, using Google. Why aren't the founders of Google on trial? If TPB pointed to copyrighted material, it's up to the owners to request removal, no? Do you expect a search engine to have a legal team researching copyright and trademark data?

  6. Re:Of course Denmark can hope to reach this target on Denmark Plans To Be Coal-Free In 10 Years · · Score: 1

    Very true. The country is likely different in many other specs, like shorter commutes that allow people to use bicycles. Compare that to NYC, where people commute 45 miles from the suburbs. What's achievablein one situation isn't always applicable to another.

  7. Re:Breaking the stranglehold of other countries on Denmark Plans To Be Coal-Free In 10 Years · · Score: 1

    I don't know how that will be done when so many cars parked with a person inside are idling for no reason, with mild temps that require neither aironditioning nor heat. And we're talking about needless use of gasoline which has been in the news for the past few years, and which has increased in price visibly. You then mention saving $100 per year by buying that expensive LED lightbulb, who will listen?

  8. Re:Already taxed? on Hungary To Tax Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    Well, aren't cell taxes for the use of government owned frequencies? Some cell towers might also be on public lands.

    And gas tax is meant for public road maintenance. When I am on the Turnpike, my EZ-Pass fee is what pays for this private road's maintenance. Don't confuse the two. Imagine that public roads don't exist. I pay directly for use of privately-owned infrastructure. Verizon's fiber to the house is privately owned. They pay the government taxes on it already, and pass that cost onto me. The government then taxes me again, per gigabyte used.

    Sure, only sure thing is death and taxes, but let's agree that this is double taxation.

  9. Re:Already taxed? on Hungary To Tax Internet Traffic · · Score: 1

    But Verizon owns the road and maintains it, if we follow your analogy.

    And I pay to drive on the NJ Turnpike, which is privately owned.

  10. Already taxed? on Hungary To Tax Internet Traffic · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Isn't the Internet already taxed? Not sure about Hungary, but most places you're taxed for the computer you buy, and for Internet service you get from a provider. The provider is likely taxed for the copper/fiber, taxed for the employees they have, the equipment they purchase. Electricity, real estate, etc related to this endeavor. That's all taxed. Sounds like a desperate government out of ideas.

  11. Re: Why..... on "Double Irish" Tax Loophole Used By US Companies To Be Closed · · Score: 1

    I picture economists reading your comment and cringing in pain.

  12. Re: Why..... on "Double Irish" Tax Loophole Used By US Companies To Be Closed · · Score: 1

    And hopefully such havens will be closed down everywhere and companies will pay a non-ridiculous tax rate.

  13. Re: Why..... on "Double Irish" Tax Loophole Used By US Companies To Be Closed · · Score: 1

    Yes, more money, but when divided across the extra hours worked (plus the extra expenses like babysitters, daycare) you'll be earning $3 per hour. Is that worth it for you? To get up in the morning, be away from your kid, suffer through a dreadful commute and deal with a boss?

    That was a situation for my mom. Working extra hours meant she was paying more in taxes from just crossing the bracket threshold, making it not worth it for her.

  14. Re:Going out of business sale on "Double Irish" Tax Loophole Used By US Companies To Be Closed · · Score: 1

    If you set up your company before end of December, your company will be considered "existing" and thus you'll be able to use this loophole. If you set up your company on January 3rd, you won't have access to the loophole, like your competitors, and you'll be at a disadvantage, or an unlefel playing field.

  15. Re:Can't be good for humans either on Birth Control Pills Threaten Fish Stocks · · Score: 1

    The article doesn't really say what length of time the "rapid" change in the fish constitutes, but the fish's lifespan cannot be long, so we could assume the change was visible within 6 months of introducing the estrogen? Seems fair to me. Compare that to a 30 year old male being exposed to the same drugs all his life. I wouldn't be so quick in dismissing the effects.

  16. Re:poor summary on Downtown Project Suicides Shock High Tech Community · · Score: 1

    A business project isn't a person, so you wouldn't say "who's [sic] goal." Instead, it would be preferable to say "the goal of which."

  17. Re: What's the point ? on Downtown Project Suicides Shock High Tech Community · · Score: 1

    Can you somehow put that on a medical bracelet or in your will somewhere? So that when you hit a rough patch, are feeling down and depressed, have slightly low self esteem and low self confidence, and have a personality predisposed to feeling obligated to perform and not to disappoint -- especially when hundreds of eyes are upon you -- we can save you the trouble of pulling the trigger or jumping, and we can just throw a plastic bag over your head, in the privacy of your own home, so that no one has to see your brain matter splattered on the sidewalk or the wall of your apartment.

  18. Re:Half of one percent on Mystery Gamer Makes Millions Moving Markets In Japan · · Score: 1

    Numbers less than 10 are generally spelled out, and it was after a hyphen, and there is a rule about spelling out numbers at the beginning of the sentence, which might kinda apply here.

  19. Re:It doesn't take a genius on Mystery Gamer Makes Millions Moving Markets In Japan · · Score: 1

    You guys make it sound like making millions in the stock market is dead simple. All your posts are missing is a link to an ebook that tell you all the secrets.

    Maybe downplaying his gains makes you feel better about yourselves? But making that kind of scratch doesn't happen by change. Even best advisors from open hedge and mutual funds average around 25%.

  20. Re:911 was down for us Friday night on Apple Outrages Users By Automatically Installing U2's Album On Their Devices · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > how can you download software patches

    When you want to, when you have cleared some space and you're ready. Just like you should be able to choose when to download anything, and how to use your disk drive space.

  21. Re:Only three hundred titles? on US Navy Develops World's Worst E-reader · · Score: 1

    So you really do believe 64MB if flash is all they could technically fit? And you'll use that as evidence that the device is inferior? Would you also say a 2.0l Mazda is inferior to a V8 corvette because it doesn't have nearly the same 0-60 time? Or would you instead concede that the designers understood the performance difference but used that specific engine for a specific reason.

  22. Re:Only three hundred titles? on US Navy Develops World's Worst E-reader · · Score: 1

    Or they loaded up a bunch of public domain titles, instead of spending tax payer money on titles that they had no idea would appeal to any of the readers.

    I'm sure the military is capable enough to put more than 64MB of memory on a device.

  23. Re:There's a reason books can't be updated on US Navy Develops World's Worst E-reader · · Score: 1

    Those aren't "traditional" e-readers in the sense of having an eInk display. Both are LCD based tablets with Android.

  24. Enforcement. on EU Court of Justice Paves Way For "Right To Be Forgotten" Online · · Score: 1

    Wonder how this will be enforced when a page might consider a first and last name only, and there are many people with the same combination. Now Google will have to be the arbiter of whether a request is legitimate, and not being made by someone unconnected, but simply having the same name.

  25. Re:Protected class on EU Court of Justice Paves Way For "Right To Be Forgotten" Online · · Score: 1

    Hold on there, that would be getting to the root of the problem. That makes way too much sense.