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  1. Re:American car companies... on Microsoft Considered Renaming Internet Explorer To Escape Its Reputation · · Score: 4, Informative

    what about the thing where millions of GM cars from the past decade are at risk of shutting down the car while driving due to an ignition defect, which the company has known about but did not inform consumers about so many people died? how does that fit into your quality matrix?

  2. Re:3dTV is a flop? on Is Dolby Atmos a Flop For Home Theater Like 3DTV Was? · · Score: 1

    because it is nearly free to add from a hardware perspective, and some companies believe it helps them when people spec check at the wall of tvs at best buy. here are my major concerns for an hdtv:
    1) how quickly does it turn on when I press the power button?
    2) what is the remote like?

    want to see a pissed off best buy drone? ask to see the remote for a particular TV.

  3. Re:im a music mixer in hollywood... on Is Dolby Atmos a Flop For Home Theater Like 3DTV Was? · · Score: 1

    here's the problem - my major concern is whether it will increase my enjoyment of Maru videos. If this mindset is more common in the marketplace than the multi-speaker mindset, then atmos has a problem.

  4. Re:Wow, seriously - that is annoying on Bezos-Owned Washington Post Embeds Amazon Buy-It-Now Buttons Mid-sentence · · Score: 1

    The content-sales line has been blurred beyond repair.

    this is the difference between content creation and journalism. Go read buzzfeed or huffpo if that's what you expect of your news.

    It's now inappropriate to talk about a title in Amazon's collection without a hyperlink to that page, and Amazon will gladly pay on a sale of that item from a customer that comes that way.

    I've never seen this before in a respectable news source. Nytimes, WaPo, and LATimes are the 3 top-tier papers in the nation.

  5. Re:They already do this... on Bezos-Owned Washington Post Embeds Amazon Buy-It-Now Buttons Mid-sentence · · Score: 2

    no. it doesn't go to a location where you can buy or sell stocks, and companies don't pay for placement in articles, and it adds value to the article. buy it now links do not add value.

  6. Re:Wow, seriously - that is annoying on Bezos-Owned Washington Post Embeds Amazon Buy-It-Now Buttons Mid-sentence · · Score: 5, Insightful

    there's also something called "journalistic integrity" in which advertising content is separate from news content. The next step is for WaPo to shape its news coverage to maximize its affiliate volume. also change its name to huffpo.

  7. Re:They already do this... on Bezos-Owned Washington Post Embeds Amazon Buy-It-Now Buttons Mid-sentence · · Score: 2

    the stock thing provides additional information about a stock. this is an inline ad. the difference is like day and butts.

  8. Re:Duh. on Email Is Not Going Anywhere · · Score: 1

    I thought you meant you're one of those people who I go to your cubicle to ask you a question and you don't even turn around to acknowledge me, let alone take your eyes off what you're doing. you spit out an answer and I go away.

    who has extended conversations on IM? it's best for quick queries like hey can you send me XX document?

  9. Re:Cascade of brown noses on Email Is Not Going Anywhere · · Score: 1

    exactly! what is google?

  10. Re:Duh. on Email Is Not Going Anywhere · · Score: 1

    I can see that as being useful. On the other hand, a voice conversation allows me to talk and work on the actual task at the same time, instead of switching between the task and typing in IM.

    wow, quality. I can't wait to have conversations with you.

  11. Re:Cascade of brown noses on Email Is Not Going Anywhere · · Score: 1

    I know Tinder and Grinder, not Flingo and Tamber.

  12. Re:We are surprised because... on Leaked Documents: GCHQ Made Port-Scanning Entire Countries a Standard Spy Tool · · Score: 1

    We are surprised because...

    dude, the gchq are spies. what do you think they were doing? What surprises you about this?

  13. Re:Isn't this exactly what a spy agency DOES? on Leaked Documents: GCHQ Made Port-Scanning Entire Countries a Standard Spy Tool · · Score: 1

    i don't see what the social contract has to do with anything here. if UK is port scanning other nations then fine whatever. but if UK were portscanning the UK to identify vulnerabilities then that would be sucky and make me feel icky inside.

  14. Re:Cascade of brown noses on Email Is Not Going Anywhere · · Score: 1

    what is yammer.

  15. Re:Ah, but users don't want power on Email Is Not Going Anywhere · · Score: 4, Insightful

    no, they say "get in touch with social media" because they want their hooks in you and they want to know who your friends are and they want you to advertise to your friends. it's all commercialism and big brotherism. although NSA saves a copy of all emails exchanged so there's big brother for you as well.

  16. Re: Meh. the time limit is still there on Tesla Removes Mileage Limits On Drive Unit Warranty Program · · Score: 1

    [citation needed]

  17. Re:Meh. the time limit is still there on Tesla Removes Mileage Limits On Drive Unit Warranty Program · · Score: 1
    they day they build superchargers at brothels is the day i buy a tesla. i see more hydrogen stations than superchargers.

    The battery swap will cost about the same as a full tank of gas and includes swapping your original fully-charged battery back on the return trip. Using the supercharger is free forever.

    why would these things be true? battery swapping and supercharging, if they come to pass, could end up being very expensive. after all, it's not like you can go elsewhere for a better price.

  18. Re:Meh. the time limit is still there on Tesla Removes Mileage Limits On Drive Unit Warranty Program · · Score: 0

    what? superchargers are dead. nobody cares. I have never seen a single one in the wild, and I don't know of anybody thinking of building one. battery swap is dead. better place died. battery rental is dead. and why would somebody pay $$$ for a 500 mile range? it's like me saying I want a phone with 50 days of battery charge. no thanks, I would prefer a phone that's not a battery strapped to a brick.

  19. Re:Are there any reasons... on Tesla Removes Mileage Limits On Drive Unit Warranty Program · · Score: 1
    looooooooool good troll man.

    ... that can be given that Elon Musk isn't one of the best humans out there?

    looooooooool

  20. Re:There's more to EU transport than cheapness on Berlin Bans Car Service Uber · · Score: 1

    no, I want you to pay a fee to the government and use an overpriced undermotivated unionized contractor. because I love big government! Without the nanny state, how would we take care of ourselves?

  21. Re:This is just evil. on Watch a Cat Video, Get Hacked: the Death of Clear-Text · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Rendering HTML isn't "executing arbitrary code" in any meaningful way.

    "I disagree" -- hackers.

  22. Re:https is useless on Watch a Cat Video, Get Hacked: the Death of Clear-Text · · Score: 1

    naïve. the NSA influenced the RSA standards board to introduce a cryptography algorithm that they had already hacked.

  23. Re:There's more to EU transport than cheapness on Berlin Bans Car Service Uber · · Score: 1

    Damn right, let's get rid of any kind of government influence in the market! Why do we still have building codes? Let the market sort it out, if they build shoddy houses nobody will want to live in them if they can collapse on top of you any moment.

    most government regulation is in place to support entrenched interests who have become better at lobbying than at serving their customers.

  24. Re:There's more to EU transport than cheapness on Berlin Bans Car Service Uber · · Score: 1

    No need to cite anything. They're unregulated by govt and unions so they must be crazy cracked-out beasts.

    So how do you know the Uber [driver] has insurance?

    here's the thing that big-government people don't get... there are many solutions to a problem other than heavy handed government regulation enforced with a legal monopoly.

    US has a very robust civil court system. So it behooves them to make sure their drivers have a valid license, registration, and basic insurance. If they don't and somebody is hurt in an accident and the driver's insurance isn't sufficient to cover the damages, then they open themselves up to a whole lot of expensive legal liability.

    as for making sure a driver isn't drunk or stoned... would a govt regulation solve that? are licensed cabbies drunk and stoned when they drive, some of them yes some of the time.

    rapists etc I'm not sure what a government regulation does for you that private solutions wouldn't do.

    as for a libertarian paradise, you better get ready because a rand paul revolution is going to sweep America then the globe.

  25. Re:Uber is quite retarded on Berlin Bans Car Service Uber · · Score: 1

    I got pulled over for hooning in the fast lane of a fwy.