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  1. Re:If you have a hard time sleepin on Those Sleeping Pills May Be Killing You · · Score: 1

    #1 has been my experience as well. I have a few friends who mention having constant problems sleeping. They're also the most inactive and eat like hell. Inactive to the point of refusing anything that might cause activity. :/

    Sure, cardio isn't necessarily as fun as playing Xbox but sleeping awesome is totally worth it. I "trick" myself into exercising by just picking up a sport and sticking with it. Treadmills are boring, but sport can be fun with the right crowd.

  2. Re:Track Record on Foxconn Hires Top Spinners To Defend Its Image · · Score: 1

    I wonder if it's just human nature on a macro scale. Fighting like animals but using politics as a weapon and the people as fodder.

  3. Re:Track Record on Foxconn Hires Top Spinners To Defend Its Image · · Score: 1

    Dang, why are you just an AC? I like this a lot.

  4. Re:Track Record on Foxconn Hires Top Spinners To Defend Its Image · · Score: 1

    I honestly haven't given it much thought but what in your eyes rule each of those nations?

  5. Re:Doesn't believe in patents on MIT Lecturer Defends His Standing As Email Inventor · · Score: 1

    Well yes and no. If he holds patents but doesn't enforce them then that's infinitely better than letting some other big corp take the idea, patent it, and then lock it down.

  6. Re:Napping on Interrupted Sleep Might Be the Best Kind · · Score: 1

    Or an amazing, amazing wife. Such as mine who is totally understanding of my nap times. Usually induced because I stay up late w/ her the previous evenings.

  7. Re:Tow? on Why Tesla Cars Aren't Bricked By Failing Batteries · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Tow? on Why Tesla Cars Aren't Bricked By Failing Batteries · · Score: 1

    Shit, read too fast. That's what I meant. UGH. Basically treat the Tesla like an AWD and you'll be fine.

  9. Re:Tow? on Why Tesla Cars Aren't Bricked By Failing Batteries · · Score: 1

    Another option with the Tesla could be to lift the back wheels and tow it with the front wheels on the ground

    This is pretty much standard procedure for towing AWD vehicles as well so it's not like the capability/knowledge doesnt widely exist. This whole thing is FUD.

  10. Re:The lesson here isn't about free speech on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 1

    Maybe I'm just too inexperienced/selfish/etc but that sounds like signing up for a life of giving up everything you are more often than not - more than just mild compromise. I don't think it should be hard work. It should be enjoyable. We've only go so many years on this planet...why do it in a way that makes you less happy?

  11. Re:The lesson here isn't about free speech on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 1

    That's actually a big part of why I think we should all have to renew our marriage licenses every 5-10 years. To say I'll be the same now as I will be at 80 is absurd. To say two people will be the same is nearly impossible.

  12. Re:The lesson here isn't about free speech on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 1

    DAMNED truth there.

  13. Re:The lesson here isn't about free speech on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No mod points but I'll applaud you. I suspect this whole story will be riddled with various anecdotes of how the man shafted a man over the same issues.

    My most immediate frustration with the system is the insane imbalance of child support and how it's geared so the father pays 100% of what they say is required to support a kid. Even if prior to the divorce the wife worked and paid half into such expenses. It's completely unrealistic.

    However, this is from my experience as a third party witness. Once of the premarital discussions I had w/ my wife was to agree that we'd settle shit like adults if things went sour. Life's too short to be worrying about making the other miserable. There's no need to drag kids through that crap either. The more disagreements you can resolve outside of the court amicably the better, IMO. Now we'll see if things actually pan out that way if I ever have the cross that bridge...

    As my dad said in regards to getting married "Boy, choose wisely."

  14. Re:NRA comments aside on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 1

    You are certainly allowed to take pictures of people on private property, permission or not.

    ...said the peeping Tom. But seriously - at what point do we draw the line?

  15. Re:This is interesting and all... on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 1

    It's an interesting read because it's going to test the waters for what drones legally can and can't do in regards to privacy concerns. However, I suspect the recklessness of the hunters will severely hurt their case in terms of trying to win one for privacy.

  16. Re:Seriously? on Ask Slashdot: Tech Manufacturers With Better Labor Practices? · · Score: 1

    Japan.

  17. Technically speaking... on Did Anonymous Take Down CIA.gov? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Technically speaking - if they don't know the culprit(s) then the culprit(s) is/are, by definition, anonymous.

  18. I don't understand on Canadian Govt To Introduce Massive Internet Surveillance Law · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I don't understand what it is with this recent(?) obsession with wanting to bypass warrants? It just outright baffles and frustrates me.

  19. Interpol Values on Journalist Arrested For Tweet Deported to Saudi Arabia · · Score: 1

    Values:
    With such a diverse group of men and women, the organization's values play a particularly important role in maintaining a harmonious and effective working environment. The INTERPOL General Secretariat defines its values through the following qualities:
    Respect for human rights
    Integrity
    Commitment to quality
    Availability
    Team spirit
    Value for money
    Accountability

    Source: http://www.interpol.int/Recruitment [interpol.int]

    Action is taken within the limits of existing laws in different countries and in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    Source: http://www.interpol.int/About-INTERPOL/Overview [interpol.int]

  20. Interpol Values on Journalist Arrested By Interpol For Tweet · · Score: 1

    Values:
    With such a diverse group of men and women, the organization's values play a particularly important role in maintaining a harmonious and effective working environment. The INTERPOL General Secretariat defines its values through the following qualities:
    Respect for human rights
    Integrity
    Commitment to quality
    Availability
    Team spirit
    Value for money
    Accountability

    Source: http://www.interpol.int/Recruitment

    Action is taken within the limits of existing laws in different countries and in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    Source: http://www.interpol.int/About-INTERPOL/Overview

  21. Re:so on Why the Number of O's In LOL Matter On YouTube · · Score: 1

    Orly? Ordinarily oodles of observables remain on other oceans, but only other oodles of offensive observables outright outcry outrage oftenly.

    "Ouch!" The other-other oodles of observables open their orifices to own up owing to the oncoming ornery old officer's outrage (and his ostensibly outlandishly obelisk!).

  22. Re:LOOOOOOOOL!!!! on Why the Number of O's In LOL Matter On YouTube · · Score: 1

    Only because I was expecting someone else to have already posted this...

    http://xkcd.com/481/

  23. Re:What *does* LOOL mean? on Why the Number of O's In LOL Matter On YouTube · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's kind of like Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo. Or however that thing goes...

  24. Re:What about external hazards? on TomTom Satnavs To Set Insurance Prices · · Score: 1

    Meh, I strongly disagree. If you're a good driver you leave more space between you and the car in front of you and thus wouldn't have a need to brake sharply.

  25. "and a Washington Two Step on Vermont Yankee" on NRC Emails Reveal Confusion In Aftermath of Fukushima · · Score: 1

    ...and a Washington Two Step on Vermont Yankee.

    Wait, what?