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  1. Re:So... on Altering Text In eBooks To Track Pirates · · Score: 0

    On another note, how is that happened that punctuation is not important anymore?

    Have you notice the new period lol

  2. Re:"Liberty-Minded"? on The Free State Project, One Decade Later · · Score: 0

    I thought someone said those who forget the past are doomed to repeat.

    Please remember your history

  3. Re:Wrong on The Amish Are Getting Fracked · · Score: 0

    In any event, it's really not something anybody should be concerned with. The Amish have the right to take advantage of the courts, and the right to choose not to use them. If their belief system says don't use the courts, well that's too bad but it's a burden they've placed on themselves.

    I would hate to live in your world. More like I really hate being a minority in your world. Having to fight and scratch for every little thing just because my belief system is different than the majority.

  4. And he is complaining about a day hike... on First Video Broadcast From Mt. Everest Peak Outrages Tourist Ministry of Nepal · · Score: 0

    And he is complaining about a day hike that just happen to go to the top of the world? He knew where he was going and what he was going to do. This is not a day hike. My understanding is it cost big money and lots of training and planning to just make the attempt. Just make a big donation to the government and I am sure he can play in the backyard again.

  5. What the point? on Ask Slashdot: Wiring Home Furniture? · · Score: 1

    Why? Get off the couch and plug it in. It will be more expensive having the couch wired then buying the extension cords you need. What if there is some new cabling needed? New couch time?

  6. Re:Risk vs. Reward? on Drones: Coming Soon To the New Jersey Turnpike? · · Score: 0

    There are many differences:

    • Manned planes have a person who can actively steer them to minimize collateral damage if they're going down.
    • Manned planes are required by law to comply with maintenance schedules designed to ensure safety.
    • Manned planes are not (usually) controlled by a computer that can be vulnerable to software bugs.
    • Manned planes are not (usually) vulnerable to EMPs or random stray cosmic rays.
    • Manned planes are not made en masse by the lowest bidder.
    • Manned planes are inherently limited in number by the number of available pilots and the salary of those pilots.

    Need I continue?

    Please remember that Manned planes, at least the commercial manned planes, are brought to haul cattle and keep them quiet for the flight. Also it has been a long time since fly by cable. That means EMP does have effect on those computer controlling the planes.

    PS turn off your cell phone.

    If you want I could ... oh nevermind.

  7. I just wish on NASA's Fermi Spacecraft Dodged a Defunct Russian Satellite · · Score: 0

    The kids would pick up their toys when they are done with them.

  8. Re:Quality name? on Indiana University Dedicates Biggest College-Owned Supercomputer · · Score: 0

    like what? Carter, that interesting?

  9. Re:How about O2? on Fingerprint Purchasing Technology Ensures Buyer Has a Pulse · · Score: 0

    If someone want my password they can have it, no beating necessary. I just have to remember it. :-(

  10. Re:Fault Irrelevant: Shows Flaw on Tesla Motors Battles the New York Times · · Score: 0

    Yes, you maybe near a power grid. But remember you have to plug in to that power grid. Most people I know do not park the car in the garage. So now you have to string a orange cable to the car in the wet rain. If you want a five seconds plug, then your orange cable has been laying in a puddle of water. There some fun. So how far is your 110 volt outlet to where you park your car? 20 feet for me.

  11. Re:Bullshit. on DHS Can Seize Your Electronics Within 100 Mi.of US Border, Says DHS · · Score: 0

    No, you don't shoot at the drones; you take out the queen(s). And you make it known why they are being exterminated, one by one.

    The Orkin Man

    Your the cause of Honeybee colony collapse disorder.

  12. Re:Illegal act = EXCUSE FOR WARRANT on FTC Offers $50,000 For Best Way To Stop Robocalls · · Score: 0

    Kick their doors down and shoot their dog...

    NO, not the dog

  13. Re:Not possible! on Poll-Based System Predicts U.S. Election Results For President, Senate · · Score: 0

    I really don't know what Romney gives a damn about.

    Money

    +1 insightful

  14. Re:China will ultimately whip the USA in everythin on Is China's Space Race An Opportunity For the US? · · Score: 0

    ...until the "problem generations" die off.

    Oh I like this. really? That us right?

  15. Re:Both can be equally bad on Do Women Make Better Bosses? · · Score: 0

    did you work where I am working now?

  16. How can it be stealing? on Should Snatching an iPhone Be a Felony? · · Score: 0

    if someone sticks something out at me at arms length. Are they not giving it to me?

  17. Re:USA has 11 aircraft carriers on Candidate Gingrich Pushes a Moon Base, Other Space Initiatives · · Score: 0

    USA can live with 10 aircraft carriers, or perhaps 9

    The savings from not having to maintain 1 (or 2) navy armada (aka carrier group) can easily be channeled to build a permanent American moon base

    Having to do maintenance on 10 aircraft carriers is a job program itself. Building a moon base would involved other countries.

  18. Re:bad data source on Kodak Failing, But Camera Phones Not To Blame · · Score: 0

    ok, where the car analogy on how disclosure of trade secrets helps a company?

  19. Re:Well, they're a good indicator of intelligence on Are Brain Teasers Good Hiring Criteria? · · Score: 0

    That not funny, but insightful.

  20. Re:P&T on handicapped parking on In New Zealand, a System To Watch for Disabled Parking Violators · · Score: 1

    Have you seen how people drive down the road. A lot of them do not care if you are able body and legitimate in a crosswalk. I would hate having a handicap trying just to cross the road.

    As side note, I have seem a lot of people who claim have a handicap, but do not need the little blue sticker. Oh do not worry I have a disability.

  21. Re:Nothing New Here... on Using the Open Records Law To Intimidate Critics · · Score: -1

    Wow, have you checked out who are the politic reporters for ABC, CBS, NBC? Last time I check, they all worked for the democracy party at one time.

  22. Re:Embarrassment? on Feds Pay Millions For Bogus Spy Software · · Score: 0

    I have a dog that can find tennis balls wherever she goes. I wonder if she can do the same thing. She is a foster dog too. :-)

  23. Re:Landfill? on JBI's Plastic To Oil Gets Operating Permit · · Score: 0

    Where I live in the USA we do that to. Well some of us do that here.

  24. pod on Apple, Startup Go To Trial Over 'Pod' Trademark · · Score: 0

    Plain Old Document

  25. Re:Nice on New Jersey County Fights Landfill Odors Using Fragrant Spray Trucks · · Score: 0

    There's a good chance he's right. Unfortunately, since we keep adding to the problem, humans just might have to be eliminated for that to work.

    Well, you will not have to listen to Rush Limbaugh anymore. :-)