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  1. Re:It's all relative on Elon Musk Probably Won't Be the First Martian · · Score: 1

    You should look up "Other-Kin". Be prepared to laugh and cry at humanity at the same time.

  2. Re:oh such a disconnect on Elon Musk Probably Won't Be the First Martian · · Score: 1

    or Microsoft when Bill gates left

    I think everyone can agree the company went to shit for awhile under Blamer.

  3. Re:Throttling phone plans vs Net Neutrality on Sprint Begins Punishing Customers For FCC's Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    There are a few places where I wish I had reception with T-Mobile, but its really rare to not have full 4G LTE on my phone. The biggest bummer is that I do not have cell reception in my office at work. Then again, the only people that get service in here is Verizon, and its spotty at best.

  4. Re:Throttling phone plans vs Net Neutrality on Sprint Begins Punishing Customers For FCC's Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    If I use just the data from the phone and not the hot spot, I do not get throttled speeds at all. I only get 10 GB of transfer when using the mobile hot spot. I know its weird.

  5. Re:Unlimited data plans will go bye-bye on Sprint Begins Punishing Customers For FCC's Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 2

    My max speed at home is 75Mbps (9.375MBps) and averages around 50Mbps. So apparently if I max my connection out, I can download 100TB of data from my phone per month? I wonder how pissed my provider would be if I did that. Yes, I have an unlimited 4G LTE plan that I've hit 80GB in a month without a slow down.

  6. Re:Throttling phone plans vs Net Neutrality on Sprint Begins Punishing Customers For FCC's Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    I don't get why people just don't get on the Unlimited T-Mobile plans. I'm paying $70/month for Unlimited everything with 10GB tethering data (which I use every now and then, roughly 6-7GB/month). The other unlimited data plans are cheaper without the tethering data. I do get calls when I start hitting the 80GB/month transfer though. I use my cell to torrent stuff so I can game without lag. Thank god for 75Mbps downstream from my phone in my house.

  7. Re:TNSTAAFL on Sprint Begins Punishing Customers For FCC's Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    Too lazy to find the strip, but there was one where Dilbert suggests that he and Dogbert live in the 24/7 all you can eat buffet. The topic of showering comes up, and it was decided to use the little wet naps.

  8. Re:TNSTAAFL on Sprint Begins Punishing Customers For FCC's Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    Well, my T-Mobile phone is unlimited besides tethering. I've hit 80GB of data transfer from my phone before and I never got slower speeds. I did get a phone call asking what I was using my phone for though.

  9. Re:I for one, on European Court: Websites Are Responsible For Users' Comments · · Score: 2

    Quick - define "hate speech" in a completely objective way.

    Hate speech is speech that attacks a person or group on the basis of attributes such as gender, ethnic origin, religion, race, disability, or sexual orientation.

    Just because hate is a subjective emotion doesn't mean that you can't have a legal definition of something.

  10. Re:Why now and not at release time. on Microsoft Announces Xbox One Backward Compatibility · · Score: 1

    And no one buys new PCs or PC parts to play old games.

    Not exactly an apt analogy. Take a look at the console release schedule, and how some games that released during the 360/PS3 generation (SC2, CS:GO, LoL, DotA 2) are still being played today. These same people are also playing games that are graphical powerhouses. So I fail to see what the point is with your comment.

  11. Re:Popping the popcorn on Julian Assange To Be Interviewed In London After All · · Score: 1

    He was allowed to leave the country, then they requested an interview. While I would agree that the statute of limitations should not run out if you have been officially subpoenaed in a court, in this case he was not given the same courtesy that is given to others. Someone posted a story of someone who is a professional athlete that can do a phone interview for his alleged crime in Sweden, but they have been refusing that to Assange for four years now.

  12. Re: The earth shakes. on Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist Criticizes Role of Women In Labs · · Score: 1

    I love it when ACs fight. On another note, someone who red-pills would most likely not be a limp-wristed faggot, as you put it. I also doubt they would be into Anime. It would be some alpha-douche-bro that would be red-pilling. The person you described are actually SJWs/White Knights. Get your slurs right AC.

  13. Re:Deniers on the Left? on Diphtheria Returns To Spain For Lack of Vaccination · · Score: 1

    As someone who has worked in a hospital (Win XP to Win 7 Migration... dear god the special software never wanted to work on Win7, and half of the shit was still 16 bit), I would like to counter that. Everyone in the hospital I was in was vaccinated for the flu. Well, not EVERYONE, but majority. If you did not get vaccinated, you had to wear a mask and gloves at all times. Those that were vaccinated had a tag attached to their badge so you knew.

    Also, my mom (BSN) is head of Infection Control for a rather large medical center out here. Majority of the nurses get the flu shot there as well. She has to do all the paperwork and processing for those that dont and make sure that they are wearing at least a mask.

    She even doubts the effectiveness of them (due to the flu being something that mutates rapidly), but she does get them.

  14. Re:Deniers on the Left? on Diphtheria Returns To Spain For Lack of Vaccination · · Score: 2

    I wish I could find it, but there was a vaccination map for Southern California. You live in a poor part of LA? Really high vaccination rates. Live in a Rich and/or Hippie infested area? Vaccination rates MUCH lower than the surrounding areas.

  15. Re:May be good for indie game makers on Valve Introduces Steam Refunds In Advance of Summer Sale · · Score: 1

    That's pretty much how it works. The good thing is that Im gaming when he is at work, and he is gaming while Im at work. We have offset schedules, so it works out fine for us. When we both happen to be online, we're usually playing DotA or something together anyways.

  16. Re:Yet... on Valve Introduces Steam Refunds In Advance of Summer Sale · · Score: 1
    That's... actually really weird. I know that for awhile I had to use old patches for GTA4 for some of the mods to work, and I had to disable auto updating. Worked for me around a year ago.

    The funny part is that someone here apparently believed Microsoft would keep an online DRM system running, after the Doesn'tPlayForSure debacle.

    This is exactly why I get shivers down my spine when I hear Microsoft wanting to care more about the PC gaming market.

  17. Re:The best on the industry on Valve Introduces Steam Refunds In Advance of Summer Sale · · Score: 1

    You, sir, are on crack. Try getting ahold of Steam support. While you wait your 24-72 hours for help, you could have easily gotten ahold of Origin support (usually takes me less than 5 minutes to get ahold of someone through live chat), and been playing your game for 1-3 days. And Origin has had the refund policy for awhile now. Steam, while the more mature and much better platform over all, hasn't even caught up to EA in terms of customer service.

    Now I need to shower after writing that last sentence.

  18. Re:The "review bombing" is already happening. on Valve Introduces Steam Refunds In Advance of Summer Sale · · Score: 1

    What about those DayZ reviews? I bought it because of how hilarious they were.

  19. Re:Put some content in your damn game on Valve Introduces Steam Refunds In Advance of Summer Sale · · Score: 1

    I don't even have 2 hours in a game as stupid as McPixel, but man, for the $4 I spent on it and the laughs it gave, I wouldn't return it even if I could.

  20. Re:Put some content in your damn game on Valve Introduces Steam Refunds In Advance of Summer Sale · · Score: 1

    Its when all the tiny female devs are giving free blowjobs for publicity that it becomes the problem.

  21. Re:Put some content in your damn game on Valve Introduces Steam Refunds In Advance of Summer Sale · · Score: 2

    If only I had mod points. One of the people in the article is bitching about how they cant have reviews of their game. This is because Steam requires 5 minutes of game time to post reviews... and that would require people to play through her game. Twice. Possibly even three times. She gives some BS excuse about how emotional it is and how people wouldn't want to relive that. What could possibly even evoke that much emotion in such a short period of time? Watching cute puppies get murdered or something?

  22. Re:May be good for indie game makers on Valve Introduces Steam Refunds In Advance of Summer Sale · · Score: 1

    but my kids will never get the chance to loan their game disks to a friend

    Set up steam library sharing. My friend and I both have around 400 game libraries with only 200-ish overlapping. We have Family Sharing set up so we can share our libraries with eachother when we want to.

  23. Re:Yet... on Valve Introduces Steam Refunds In Advance of Summer Sale · · Score: 1

    Right Click Game > Game Properties > Do Not Auto Update. Its like people don't even know how to use Steam.

  24. Re:Exactly. on Netflix Is Experimenting With Advertising · · Score: 1

    Well that's good to know. I was always told that if I wanted to really support my local movie theater, I needed to go 3 weeks or so after release so they got the most money for the film. It also helps that Im not super broke anymore so I can spend $20 on two drinks and some popcorn.

    But then again, every movie I've gone and seen recently has been pretty terrible. I saw Chapie when it came out, and fuck that movie had a plothole you could drive a semi through. I even like Die Antwoord too. They didnt even save it.

  25. Re:Wrong Analogy on Cybersecurity and the Tylenol Murders · · Score: 1

    Even outside of that, I doubt that most other banks (like large corporations) really understand what is going on sometimes at the bottom of the organizations. When I was working for a large bank in the US doing Win XP to Win 7 migrations, I had access to the list of all users IDs and the names associated with them, departments they worked at, systems they had access to, and the password reset tool that worked on any account. Oh yeah, and I was a contractor. They even let me take unencrypted financial data home - I was station to work somewhere, then deploy in another building 20 miles away, but between where I worked and where I lived. My boss let me take home the unencrypted machines and just drop them off in the morning. Security was such a joke.