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  1. Re:Forum shopping? on Nokia Siemens Sued For Providing Monitoring Equipment To Iran · · Score: 1

    So it stopped after that did it?

  2. Re:Also on Los Angeles Unveils $578 Million Public School · · Score: 1

    You work at a university and you don't know the difference between "brake" and "break"?

  3. Re:ABSOLUTLY NOTHING on WikiLeaks Publishes Afghan War Secrets · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yep, we're all living in squalour in europe. Nothing like the glorious luxury that you have over there http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/23/ann-curry-focuses-on-hidd_n_657320.html

  4. Re:Oil... on WikiLeaks Publishes Afghan War Secrets · · Score: 1

    The taliban cut heroin production to zero. Shortly after that the US invaded and it started up again.

  5. Re:Sandbox on Adobe Putting PDF Reader In a Sandbox · · Score: 1

    Not entirely true, the XEROX PARC being the source of all apple idea's is a bit of an urban myth. See Jef Raskin's story here http://www.digibarn.com/friends/jef-raskin/writings/holes.html

  6. Re:Hmm! on Top Secret America · · Score: 1

    Islam isn't a country you numbskull. And there are plenty of christian churches and jewish synagogues in muslim countries.

  7. Re:but just for people that look just like me! on Iceland Votes "Já" To Proposed News Haven · · Score: 1

    Depending on the story we're all homogeneous or the muslims have taken over and are about to declare the caliphate at any minute!

  8. Re:Wake up America! on Iceland Votes "Já" To Proposed News Haven · · Score: 1

    You are an idiot. Have you ever been to a european city?

  9. Re:It's time. on Apple Blindsides More AppStore Developers · · Score: 1

    Surely 'A-hah!' ?

  10. Re:health insurance is like auto insurance now on House Passes Massive Medical Insurance Bill, 219-212 · · Score: 1

    A better analogy is that it's cheaper to change the oil in your car once a year than pay for a new engine after it's seized up.

  11. Re:Same old garbage. on Obama Choosing NOT To Go To the Moon · · Score: 1

    Credit where it's due.

  12. Re:How do people pay eachother? on UK Wants To Phase Out Checks By 2018 · · Score: 1

    I don't think you would need more details. Jeremy Clarkson thought (and did) this in the UK and had to retract when people had signed him up for charity donations. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/07/clarkson_bank_prank_backfires/

  13. Re:I am scared. I am intrigued. on Scientists Create Artificial Meat · · Score: 1

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/us/29foodstamps.html So how's that sustained economic growth going in the US?

  14. Re:It's true it can't lose on Army Game Proves U.S. Can't Lose · · Score: 1

    You mean no harm? So 650,000 dead is just a consequence of a mistake?

  15. Re:Glad to see that rationalism is not dead yet on Thailand Government Cancels OLPC Participation · · Score: 1

    And according to this the US is 97%, not too much better than Thailand.

  16. Re:"Democracy Now" is really Democracy? No! on Corporate Propaganda Still On the News · · Score: 1

    According to Wikipedia Hezbullah was formed in 1982 in the war where Isreal invaded Lebanon. Provide sources for your apparent decree in the 60's to do with Hezbullah.

  17. Re:"Democracy Now" is really Democracy? No! on Corporate Propaganda Still On the News · · Score: 1

    Lebanon's invasion of Isreal? Sure you've got that the right way round?

  18. Re:worse than that on First of the OLPCs Built · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So perhaps you should go hide under your bed and pray to big daddy bush to keep you safe.

  19. Re:I think it may be several things on Hezbollah Hacked Israeli Military Radio · · Score: 1

    If they weren't being vindictive, how do you explain this?

    http://web.amnesty.org/pages/lbn-010906-action-eng

  20. Re:Even? on Old Methods Used to Detect Liquid Explosives · · Score: 1

    These people are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

  21. Re:i like on Iran's President Launches Blog · · Score: 1

    What, something like this you mean?

  22. Re:they are all somewhat guilty on Reuters Admits, Pulls Doctored Photos · · Score: 1

    So why can't the US army keep the Iraq insurgency in check?

  23. Re:Land of the Free, eh? on WA Law: 5 Years in Prison for Gambling Online · · Score: 1

    No, he's accusing you american people.

  24. Re:Do you need a bigger signal?! on The NSA Knows Who You've Called · · Score: 1

    So how is Europe less free than the US then?

  25. Re:Static Typing Overrated on Ruby on Rails 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    You can do database tests with JUnit (just give it the same classpath as the rest of your code and you can use your framework code for database connections and so on). For web based tests you can use Apache Cactus for tests in the app server.