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  1. Re:Republic, eh? on Politics: Libyan Rebels Announce Creation of a Republic · · Score: 1

    What the hell would the benefit of intervention be? So that people could complain about the West 'interfering in our affairs'? Gimme a break.

  2. Re:Freedom Fatigue on Politics: Libyan Rebels Announce Creation of a Republic · · Score: 1

    Because some of us in the West understand that the Wilsonian approach to international involvement doesn't work.

  3. Re:Difficult to create data with soldering iron .. on SSDs Cause Crisis For Digital Forensics · · Score: 1

    Ah, I see the trick: better attorneys than I could afford.

  4. Re:Difficult to create data with soldering iron .. on SSDs Cause Crisis For Digital Forensics · · Score: 1

    Lucky you.

  5. Re:Funny Story about Grim Natwick on Betty Boop and Indefinite Copyright · · Score: 2

    For decades, Grim blamed himself for World War II. If he'd let Adolf win the scholarship, that guy might have just gone on to become some nameless painter doing still-lifes, instead of becoming the most infamous name in all of history.

    I can't believe you've manage to Godwin a discussion about Betty Boop and Copyright... O_o

    No kidding. I would have preferred a Rule 34.

  6. Re:Weird decision on Betty Boop and Indefinite Copyright · · Score: 1

    I picked up a cheapie DVD of the Fleischer Superman series somewhere. $5 or so. Amazon has one although it seems there are several releases of varying price and quality.

  7. Re:Difficult to create data with soldering iron .. on SSDs Cause Crisis For Digital Forensics · · Score: 1

    Ever been to court? Whether you can answer more than "yes or no" to a "yes or no" is rather up to the whims of the bewigged asshat at the front of the room.

  8. Re:Bad Title on Firefox 4 the Last Big Release From Mozilla · · Score: 1

    What do you think a smartphone is, exactly? A magic slab of plastic?

    Of course not. The plastic just keeps the magic smoke in.

    That's why the iPhone four does not come in white: everyone knows magic smoke is black.

  9. Re:Can this be real? on Man Pays $200,000 To Save Fake Online Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    They'll recognize him as an omega and try to pry loose his wallet ASAP.

  10. Re:Can this be real? on Man Pays $200,000 To Save Fake Online Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    Perhaps he meant he is paid more for his vocation than the national average for that job.

  11. Re:Can this be real? on Man Pays $200,000 To Save Fake Online Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    I could tell by his lack of parens that his lisp is terrible.

    The comments about queerdom were lame, but this line is a bit of genius.

  12. Re:Haters gotta hate on New MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals 'Shoddy Assembly' · · Score: 1

    Damn Taco, all these years, and you still have to hate on Apple to justify your lame misreading of the original iPod. Glad to see you are still a petulant child.

    Whatever brings in the page-views. Take a look at mega-troll John C Dvorak. Surprised anyone listens to a word he says.

    Hell, in the 80's, his was the first article I read every month in MacUser.

  13. Re:The moral of the story on HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Steps Down · · Score: 1

    A member of Anonymous with a girlfriend? Clearly a red herring.

  14. Re:The moral of the story on HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Steps Down · · Score: 1

    I thought this was kinda the point. Or A point in any event.

  15. Re:owned on HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr Steps Down · · Score: 2

    I thought it was the awesome firepower of the LOIC.

  16. Haters gotta hate on New MacBook Pro Teardown Reveals 'Shoddy Assembly' · · Score: 0

    Damn Taco, all these years, and you still have to hate on Apple to justify your lame misreading of the original iPod. Glad to see you are still a petulant child.

  17. Re:What a waste of electrons... on IT Graduates Not "Well-Trained, Ready-To-Go" · · Score: 1

    What's worse are the jobs that are clearance eligible and the contractor holds out for a cleared person for various reasons. Quite annoying. Given how easy it is to apply for jobs (click a link/send an email) I encourage friends with clean noses to apply for the 'active clearance' jobs anyway. They might have been erroneously listed, and/or the contractor might have some eligible positions available.

  18. Re:What a waste of electrons... on IT Graduates Not "Well-Trained, Ready-To-Go" · · Score: 1

    I agree with you completely. I live in the DC-Metro area and have made that argument for years. My brother is of the opinion (and I agree) that an individual citizen should be able to pay the government to go through the process to be cleared.

  19. Re:What a waste of electrons... on IT Graduates Not "Well-Trained, Ready-To-Go" · · Score: 1

    Might be a condition of the contract. Only active TS need apply, not TS eligible.

  20. Re:Que the "Can you hear me now" jokes on Verizon Drops 10,000 911 Calls During Blizzard · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Two problems.... on Android Honeycomb Born Too Early · · Score: 1

    Isn't this size best for Honeycomb? The problem is that Honeycomb is big, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's not small, no, no, no.

  22. Re:Manufacturers don't want it on Laptop Design For Disassembly · · Score: 1

    Mazda Miata. Had to jack up the car, reach in through the tirewell, then grow a second elbow to get the proper bend to my arm.

    A couple of screws holding a laptop together? Feh.

  23. Re:dotcom bubble on Has the Second Dotcom Bubble Started? · · Score: 1

    57 channels and nothing's on.

    And no, there aren't a half-dozen solid publishers on the rack. There is one solid publisher, one hanging on by the skin of its teeth, and dozens who may disappear tomorrow. Comic publishing is a very unhealthy business.

  24. Re:That would actually prejudice me on Lawyers Using Facebook Research For Jury Selection · · Score: 1

    Like my mother who waited for ~45 years to get called to jury service. When she finally did, it was for a case presided over by a judge who she did not respect. Part way through voir dire, they asked "is there anything else that may prevent you from making a fair decision" and she honestly answered, citing her lack of trust of the judge to make good, intelligent, informed decisions. She was excused from that pool, and none of the other judges had a jury case this week. Oh well.

  25. Re:Anonymity for jurors on Lawyers Using Facebook Research For Jury Selection · · Score: 1

    "Everyone in the room knows the name of potential jurors once they have been placed into the box for questioning - at least in NY and NC."

    Wow... there's no way to render a fair verdict in that type of environment.

    The criminals who set up the systems like it that way.