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  1. Re:DRM-free largely stops at 1922 on Death of Printed Books May Have Been Exaggerated · · Score: 1

    My library loans for kindle or epub on most books. Some are format restricted but they are usually adobe.

  2. Re:At least it will create jobs. on TSA 'Secured' Metrodome During Recent Football Game · · Score: 1

    To be fair those sports arena's are usually taxpayer owned. In the sense we paid for them, not in the sense we receive any of the financial benefit.

  3. Re:domestic security? on TSA 'Secured' Metrodome During Recent Football Game · · Score: 1

    We are learning. There was alot of talk after the recent school shooting, but no knee jerk reaction yet.

  4. Re:Altnerate system on TSA 'Secured' Metrodome During Recent Football Game · · Score: 1

    Which needs to be voted in.

  5. Re:Nazi America on TSA 'Secured' Metrodome During Recent Football Game · · Score: 1

    Please list those 10 missing rights.

  6. Re:Nazi America on TSA 'Secured' Metrodome During Recent Football Game · · Score: 1

    Yeah, because the locked up Moot last night. (nobody is watching you except the guys trying to sell you stuff).

    Notice this discussion is on a US based site.

  7. Re:Nazi America on TSA 'Secured' Metrodome During Recent Football Game · · Score: 1

    Do you honestly think the US will default on it's debt? That would really wake voters up. GOP are the ones pushing default and they traditionally do well when there is lower voter turnout. If voters woke up and had real participation the GOP would be out in a heartbeat.
    So, there is no way that the US will default on it's debt.

    Most of the rest of the world has hate speech laws that have curtailed free speech and resulted in prosecution. You can also be sued more easily for things like defamation.

  8. Re:False equivalence. on Al Jazeera Gets a US Voice · · Score: 1

    Well said, too bad you are an AC.
    Conservativism, by definition, is a preference for the current way of doing things, and a resistance to change. Here in the US, especially over the last century, things have changed so quickly that nobody really remembers how we used to do things. The right can throw out whatever they want and the conservative base will latch on to it. The GOP has become very skilled at creating arguments that seem very sturdy, but fall apart under scrutiny. They vilify the scrutiny while their supporters refuse to listen and those who value a polite, progressive society are unable or unwilling to shout them down. We are confident that our obvious correctness will stand up to them, but alas, all too often it does not.

  9. Re:Old PC + pfSense on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Deploy Small Office Wi-Fi SSIDs? · · Score: 1

    Then get a small embedded box, there are several x86 embedded boxes that are appropriate, alix, soekris, or something beefier with VIA or Atom. I like netgate for my embedded devices, but pfsense has some other hardware resellers listed.

  10. Re:Mommy... on Newspaper That Published Gun-Owners List Hires Armed Guards · · Score: 1

    I thought we were comparing to the licensing for transporting a firearm?

  11. Re:Mommy... on Newspaper That Published Gun-Owners List Hires Armed Guards · · Score: 1

    Have you seen the license requirements for a cargo ship, or a CDL?

  12. Re:Mommy... on Newspaper That Published Gun-Owners List Hires Armed Guards · · Score: 1

    operating a car = transporting a car

  13. Re:Really? on Why Do You Want To Kill My Pet? Zynga Shuts Down PetVille, 10 Others · · Score: 1

    O hohoho, heavens no. We apologize. With nice cheap words.

  14. Re:Enablers on Why Do You Want To Kill My Pet? Zynga Shuts Down PetVille, 10 Others · · Score: 1

    portable VM for any household.

  15. Re:Easy way to solve robots taking jobs on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 1

    Yes, that is what I meant. There are other "objectively good" things you can choose to do. Kudos to you if you are choosing one. Unfortunately, most people don't choose "objectively good" things over children. They usually fail to choose anything.

    I think children are a good thing. You need to raise them right and that can be a huge responsibly. It's not for everyone. I do think everyone should avail themselves of the opportunity to interact with children and respect what is contributed to this world by children. You are missing out if you do not deal with children or know how to interact with a child.

  16. Re:Easy way to solve robots taking jobs on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 1

    Yes you are. I am missing out too. You can't do everything or have every experience.

  17. Re:Easy way to solve robots taking jobs on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 1

    I can go scuba diving tomorrow, next year, or in my 60's. Children are an up front investment.

  18. Re:Easy way to solve robots taking jobs on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 1

    Ask me how I know your not Catholic.

  19. Re:Easy way to solve robots taking jobs on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 2

    It was mostly a good comment.
    Horseshoes and hand grenades...
    If you say something insightful while you are taking a dump on someones coffee table, they only notice the turd.

  20. Re:Easy way to solve robots taking jobs on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 2

    I was just listening to something about this on the radio. Even something as simple as answering questions for children can make a huge difference. If children grow up hearing "because I said so" and "that's just the way it is" they are intellectually repressed. This also frustrates the parents because the kids don't stop asking (eventually they do). Some people need to be taught that children are capable of listening to a small story explaining why you started doing things a certain way, or a simple explanation such as clouds are like fog.

    I am surprised at how many people don't think kids are capable of reasoning things out and thinking. They problem is they are speculating with huge gaps in their knowledge. This makes them come up with some totally wacky ideas. Our job is to fill in those gaps, answer questions, and encourage thinking.

    Even something as simple as telling a child that you can make yourself smarter just like you can make yourself stronger makes a huge difference in how they perceive themselves and the world.

  21. Re:Easy way to solve robots taking jobs on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 1

    Death and misery is a foregone conclusion, all you can do is protect your own. Don't listen to the people trying to brainwash you into giving up so they can make things better for their own at your expense.

  22. Re:Easy way to solve robots taking jobs on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 1

    Love means watching someone fall and waiting for them to pick themselves up. They (and you) did the equivalent of finishing a stutterers sentences.

    This is how most people have been parenting.

  23. Re:Easy way to solve robots taking jobs on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 1

    The US is more likely to allow people to shoot teenager with birth control darts for sport, then allow meaningful sex education reform across the country.

  24. Re:Easy way to solve robots taking jobs on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 1

    ...and haters who prevent any positive change.

    Different topic, but related. I was listening to some AM radio jerk who was going off about the NRA's right to push their agenda and use their free speech without being called nuts and being ridiculed
    I italicized the portion that is not a right. You have your rights to say what you want, I have my rights to tell everyone how stupid and wrong you are.
    Not discussing gun control, illustrating a point.

  25. Re:Easy way to solve robots taking jobs on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Misinformation and short sighted people. I include you in that statement.
    1. free cellphone - not sure but program seems very limited, basically an emergency only phone
    2. free money - very difficult to get cash assistance, especially long term, this is just false
    3. free health insurance - only for kids usually, I don't see any problems with this even if it covers adults.
    4. free food - have you tried living on food stamps, or making a meal with food pantry food, it's not fun
    5. free housing - waiting lists are extremely long, housing is in undesirable areas with undesirable neighbors. If you start to get ahead you will be robbed.

    Everything else you said is already against the rules and just needs to be enforced. It is in many places. The people in your area are lazy, corrupt, or both.
    Having a bachelors degree is not spectacular feat or guarantee you will be able to support yourself. What is your point? You sound like a shollow jealous person, or to use more current vernacular, a hater...