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  1. Re:A clear example of how lobbying hurts everyone on The New Ethanol Blend May Damage Your Vehicle · · Score: 1

    But...Ethanol cannot be transported over pipelines like gas can. It needs to be moved via tanker trucks and those trucks use a heavy amount of diesel fuel.

  2. Re:Its becoming clear on Islamic Hacker Group Resumes Attacks On Banks · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Crusades.....you mean a defensive war waged against muslims by christians? Palastine was settled by christians and muslims came and took it over (ie, the muslims invaded).

  3. Duh... on NASA To Encrypt All of Its Laptops · · Score: 1

    I work for a large corp whose own screw ups with lost un-encrypted PC has been duly noted here on Slashdot. It is corporate policy to encrypt every hard drive that is not locked up. With Win7 and bitlocker its simple to get encryption for 80%+ of normal users.

  4. Re:UNLEASH CAPITALISM on Tesla Motors Sued By Car Dealers · · Score: 1

    Franchise laws were needed 75+ years ago, but they are a archaic relic in today's world.

    Remember...

    The problem with Socialism is Socialism. The problem with Capitalism is Capitalists. ie - in any system you will always have people gaming the system.

  5. Re:Fuck those greedy bastards. on Tesla Motors Sued By Car Dealers · · Score: 0, Troll

    How about some more facts (look 'em up).
    When Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi took over congress, the deficit went from $500b to over $1T.
    The 1.8 trillion deficit for Bush's last year was a budget signed by Obama and included such wise spending as the stimulus.
    Obama said if we pass the stimulus unemployment would be under 6%. Unemployment is higher now then even the non-stimulus projections. And the reason why its only 7.9% is we have several million people who left the work force.
    Under Obama, we have 50m+ people on food stamps.
    Under Obama, we have more people going on disability (they don't count as unemployed btw) then getting a job.
    Under Obama, we haven't had a federal budget in over 3 1/2 years; and according to you, that was technically Bush's spending.

    Instead of parroting the usual liberal talking points, how about you start thinking for yourself.

  6. More books... on Ask Slashdot: What Books Have Had a Significant Impact On Your Life? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Most of Heinlein's work, although my personal favorite is Job:A Comedy of Justice (I'd swear the South Park guys got their idea of Heaven and Hell from their).

    I'd add in Atlas Shrugged also, I didnt read until I was 35+.

  7. Re:That's nice on Photo Reveals UK Plan: "Assange To Be Arrested Under All Circumstances" · · Score: 0

    You mean Richard Armitage?

    Manning is a traitor who should be dealt as one.

    Assange though, just a thorn in the side of the US.

  8. Re:Pointless Post on Tokelau Becomes First Country To Go 100% Solar · · Score: 1

    Maybe so....but if I work a night shift and therefore sleep during the day, I better have electricity at night/early morning. If its available 18 hours a day....that ain't happening.

  9. Re:yes on Political Science Prof Asks: Is Algebra Necessary? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If problem solving is the goal, then your better served by a Logic/Critical Thinking class then Algebra.

  10. Re:Keyboard and mouse... on Another Raspberry Pi? $49 ARM Single-Board Computer With Android · · Score: 1

    My Samsung Galaxy S2 running 2.3 does USB host along with bluetooth mouse and keyboard out of the box.

  11. Re:Hate to put a damper on the celebration on Diablo III Released · · Score: 2

    My EVE Online folder is 10.2 gig and my World Of Tanks folder is 8.9gigs...so 7.7g isnt much.

  12. Re:Okay. on Feds Seized Website For a Year Without Piracy Proof · · Score: 1

    or when the government creates barriers to entry so high, they never have any viable competition.

  13. Re:Toddler Groping is Better than Rand Paul on Rand Paul Has a Quick Fix For TSA: Pull the Plug · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Imagine if terrorists came to shopping malls during the Christmas shopping season with AK47s;

    This would be less likely to happen in state such as Texas or Arizona where there are very liberal (ie right wing in this case) conceal carry laws. If one in twenty people are carrying a gun, your AK-47 rampage is ending very quickly.

  14. Re:Arianna on NY District Judge Dismisses Blogger Suit Against Huffington Post · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile, I can use a public restroom in the USA without paying any money whatsoever, and guess what? Water here is free! So much for being a nation of money-grubbing capitalists.

    Yea...but have you actually experienced what a public restroom smells like?

  15. Re:But this price rise is artificial.... on The Specter of Gasoline At $5 a Gallon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I guess you don't realize that oil companies typical profit percentage is in the 6-7% range do you? The reason why they make so much money for their shareholders (who happen to be most people with retirement accounts), is that they sell so damn much of what they produce.

    Now, if you want to talk about not paying taxes (which the oil companies did), lets talk companies like General Electric (whose CEO is the POTUS econ advisor) who paid $0 taxes in 2010. Or lets talk about Warren Buffets company (Berkshire Hathaway) which owes almost 1B$ in back taxes.

    Or is it excessive profits you don't like? Well why don't we hit Apple on the excessive profit margins? Their PM is close to 30% now, 4-5x that of a company like Chevron or Exxon.

    Finally, under what law can the IRS tell Apple what to do with their money? Or are we now living in a country where the federal government is the sole final arbiter on corporate decisions?

  16. Sprint.... on AT&T On Data Throttling: Blame Yourselves · · Score: 3, Informative

    And this is one of the reasons why I stay with Sprint. Yea, they have a a more limited coverage and WiMax is slower then LTE but their unlimited data plans are truly unlimited.

  17. Re:hmmm on Apple Launches New Legal Attack On Samsung · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's not that they are bogus but that there is substantial prior art for each of them that wasn't given to the patent office.

  18. But Malaysia is moderate muslim.... on Journalist Arrested For Tweet Deported to Saudi Arabia · · Score: 0

    With Islam, there is no such thing as moderate Islam.

  19. Re:Thank god we still have Radio Shack on The Gradual Death of the Brick and Mortar Tech Store · · Score: 2

    Was down at the Fremont Fry's this weekend. The only internal HDD they had were some 320 Cavier Blues. Not a single OEM drive. The HDD drought has hit them bad.

  20. Re:Libertarians? on Are Engineers Natural Libertarians Or Technocrats? · · Score: 1

    But GE would win no matter as they have the capability to make the bombs while TW can just show pictures of them...

  21. Re:Prices ARE different on Why Do All Movie Tickets Cost the Same? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Prices are only different within the same cinema complex when there is a premium involved or a across the bored discount. This is normally IMAX or 3D for the premium or matinee prices for the discount. Otherwise prices are uniform.

  22. Re:And the other reason is... on Charlie Kindel On Why Windows Phone Still Hasn't Taken Off · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The thing is Windows Mobile is not a inferior OS (for once). But MS's history has burned so many in the past that people are just turned off by the idea of a Windows mobile phone.

  23. Re:2 people agreeing is news? on Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Your logic is flawed as their was never Country A. There was Empire A's mandate under the UN that included land that Country B was formed out of. When Country B was created, all the country's around it decided to try to drive them into the sea rather then work to create separate Country A and Country B. Also add in the Country A's people's traditional homeland was in the western part of Country J, not where Country A / B is. Do forget that Country B's neighbors would rather have Country A's people living without a country as it provides the dictatorships in these countries with issue to inflame their own populace away from the general crappiness of these countries.

    Yea, trying to portray Israel as a villain only works in a vacumn....

  24. Re:Love this guy on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    The hole was always there. GWB took a shovel and made it deeper. BHO threw out the shovel and brought in a backhoe.

    Apologize all you want for BHO, but he has put us more in debt then GWB did. And all the additional debt has shit for the economy.

  25. Re:Here's what I'm protesting for: on Ask Slashdot: How Do You View the Wall Street Protests? · · Score: 1

    1. End / severely limit corporate spending in politics.

    As a conservative, I'd agree to this under one condition. Labor unions would now be considered corporations and therefore fall under all the same rules (including accounting).