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  1. Re:Good, let them on Texas Schools Board Rewriting US History · · Score: 1

    Of course there was a Soviet Union. St. Ronnie's greatest triumph was when he single handedly freed the hostages from the Kremlin and blew up the place on his way back.

  2. Re:whether or not there is any risk... on 10-Year Cell Phone / Cancer Study Is Inconclusive · · Score: 1

    I thought Cartman took care of you people?

  3. Re:It's all relative on 10-Year Cell Phone / Cancer Study Is Inconclusive · · Score: 1

    And it's a poor analogy. There was never a plausible scientific reason why thimerisol would lead to autism. Junk science from day one, and the initial finding has been repudiated by just about everyone involved with it.

  4. Re:As an engineer... on Any Open Source Solutions For DIY Auto Diagnostics? · · Score: 1

    Shop was in MD? Still in business? I'd be curious to give it a shot the next time I need someone other than my brother or I to do some work on a car.

    (A post or two back, you were commenting on how cars aren't as difficult as people imagine. My brother runs into this. He did a resto of a 1985 Porsche 928. He constantly has people amazed that he pulled it off with nothing but a typical garage and tools. More than once on Rennlist, he's had to tell someone "it's a Porsche, not a Faberge egg. You actually *can* work on it.")

  5. Re:Next, firewalls for cars? on Google Android Interface For the Chevy Volt · · Score: 1

    Amazing the ignorance of the kids today. That isn't even particularly advanced etymology.

  6. Re:One quote that really disturbs me... on Google Android Interface For the Chevy Volt · · Score: 1

    IEach state has different tax rates so how does one allocate the revenues?

    Truck owners have been dealing with IFTA for a long time.

  7. Re:Best use-case? on Google Android Interface For the Chevy Volt · · Score: 1

    BMWs have had various systems like this for decades.

    Considering the balance of most modern Bimmers, you may want to evaluate your driving patterns and/or your maintenance if your tires are wearing that unequally.

  8. Re:Best use-case? on Google Android Interface For the Chevy Volt · · Score: 1

    Problems arise when the sensor parameters are incorrect. For example, the O2 sensor on my car is indicated as f'ed up and in need of replacement if it is out by about half a std. deviation. The engine management and exhaust emissions are spot on, but it fails emissions inspections due to the stupid light and idiotic programming of said light.

  9. Re:Best use-case? on Google Android Interface For the Chevy Volt · · Score: 1

    Tires don't wear out magically at some preset mileage. Better to do a penny test than to look at the odometer.

  10. Re:Fleet managers! on Google Android Interface For the Chevy Volt · · Score: 1

    Not really. Those systems exist, and have existed for years. I don't think you'll find a major without one of these setups. Perhaps for very tiny 'fleets' there may be a use, but, again, when you get that small, there are better ways to track your vehicles. Like calling your drivers, your receivers, etc. Personal touch and all that nonsense.

  11. Re:I believe this on Your Computer Or iPad Could Be Disrupting Sleep · · Score: 1

    One semester in college, I was lucky enough to arrange things so that this sort of schedule would work. Worked pretty well, actually.

  12. Re:and... on Halo 2 Online Preservation Effort Ends · · Score: 1

    Dunno about Mossberg, but I know that in the 90's, Beretta did this with a handgun that was more than 40 years old.

  13. Re:What does this mean? on Drifting Satellite Could Knock Out Cable TV · · Score: 1

    What's a newspaper, grandpa?

  14. Re:From the same guys... on Oil Leak Could Be Stopped With a Nuke · · Score: 1

    Hell, Claudius even conquered Britain, and he was inbred and possibly retarded.

    If the American Revolutionary War teaches us nothing else, it's that the British seem to have a weakness against inbred retards. Sherman burned Georgia to keep from having to fight through the hordes of them kept in reserve down there.

  15. Re:This bothers me on Google Defends Privacy Policies · · Score: 2, Funny

    In a twisted way, seeing relevant ads is an improvement of the user experience. I don't wanna see ads for online pharmacies selling Viagra, and getting relevant ads is an improvement.

    You're more of a penis pump kinda guy?

  16. Re:File management on Canonical Bringing an Instant-On Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    What's the problem that Mac Girl encountered when burning CDs of her pictures?

  17. Re:Rating inflation on Hacking Vim 7.2 · · Score: 2, Funny

    That makes the scale twice as wide as that used by video game mags.

  18. Re:Rating inflation on Hacking Vim 7.2 · · Score: 1

    At best, this reads like a book report, not a book review.

  19. Re:VIM totality on Hacking Vim 7.2 · · Score: 1

    I know about 5% of VIM and that does everything I need in a text editor. I always wonder why the other 95% was created and who the heck uses it.

    People who will never have any need to figure out how to pleasure a woman need to do something with their extra cycles.

  20. Re:Of course... on Obama Will Nominate Elena Kagan To the Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    Were it not for GOP obstructionism during the Clinton years, there's a chance the woman would have had a decade on the Federal court.

  21. Amazing findings on Researchers Demo Hardware Attacks Against India's E-Voting Machines · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Amazing work they've done here. They've proven that if you have intrusive access to the hardware, you can screw it up and do deviant shit. How about you post an article when someone can walk into a polling place, hack a machine, and walk out without take a screwdriver or some large, obvious device to a voting machine?

    This article, like most of the front page needs "-1, Irrelevant".

  22. Re:How does one apply for a clearance? on The Boom (Or Bubble) In Federal Cybersecurity · · Score: 1

    Assuming you don't have clearance from prior military experience, you will apply for a job that is 'clearance conditional'. You get the job. Your agency submits you for approval. You may or may not get it. I'm pretty sure the success rate is much, much higher than the 10% cited elsewhere. For a TS/Poly, maybe. For a Secret? No way.

  23. Re:Bubbles are not as nasty in labor-intensive sec on The Boom (Or Bubble) In Federal Cybersecurity · · Score: 1

    No, he is capable of using a computer. This puts him head and shoulders above your average Fed.

  24. Re:Follow Apple? on Critical Flaw Found In Virtually All AV Software · · Score: 1

    I much prefer the Linux app distribution model.

  25. Re:Arcane? on UK Election Arcana, Explained By Software · · Score: 1

    Actually, the Queen does serve a useful purpose. She is still there for exactly this kind of situation. A new government is formed at the Queen's invitation, and she is able to act as an apolitical mediator between parties. She also meets with the Prime Minister every week and, as someone who has met with the PM every week for the last 57 years, provides a lot of advice and a useful historical perspective.

    It's so cute the way Brits and Anglophiles justify their bass-ackwards system of governance.