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  1. Re:Semicolon on Long-Wave Radar Can Take the Stealth From Stealth Technology · · Score: 1

    Oh, it was the "to" that bothered me.

    "late to be effective" must be some sort of clause I'm having trouble parsing...

  2. Re:Compared to what?!? on The Hidden Cost of Your New Xfinity Router · · Score: 1

    You're 100% correct, and they offer no comparison to that...unless of course you believe people should be plugged directly into their cable modem.

  3. Compared to what?!? on The Hidden Cost of Your New Xfinity Router · · Score: 1

    So, uh, where's the other 10 popular routers they tested?

  4. Intimacy... on Parallax Completes Open Hardware Vision With Open Source CPU · · Score: 1

    ...and anyone who isn't intimately familiar with microprocessor design, along with every other step of code along the way will still have to trust someone along the chain.

  5. Re:Corporate Cops, eh? on City of London Police Take Down Proxy Service Over Piracy Concerns · · Score: 1

    I disagree with your form of government, therefore it is bad. :/

  6. Re:It's a matter of expectations on Idiot Leaves Driver's Seat In Self-Driving Infiniti, On the Highway · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Really? on Microsoft Tip Leads To Child Porn Arrest In Pennsylvania · · Score: 2

    Microsoft (or Google) getting a hit on a flagged image (or on image processing) means that they turn over the results of that hit to LEO.

    If LEO works to arrest you based on that information, then you're subject to the justice system like any other suspected criminal.

    You can argue that the justice system might have an axe to grind against pedo's, and you're probably right, but they're still afforded due process.

    Witch hunts describe looking for things that aren't there - you know, witches. Sick fucks with pictures of exploited children are very, very real.

  8. Re:Pay scale on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 1

    That's probably why Chuck has several hundred million in the bank...

  9. Re:Yawn on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 1

    I do get the controversy.

    I'm still unaware that there is a controversy.

  10. Re:I'd love to be wrong, but ... on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 1

    I think the no-talking-to-women had painted them into a corner...

    Also, the show changed focus. It used to be about the 3rd wheel dynamic of the Sheldon/Leonard/Penny "triangle." Penny would interrupt best friends. Sheldon would interrupt Leonard's chase of Penny, etc. etc.

    Now the show is about comparing and contrasting the relationships of the major characters. Leonard/Penny are the reference couple by which we measure all of the rest of the nerd/geek/freak couples: Sheldon/Amy, Howard/Bernadette, Raj and his series of disasterous relationships, and now Stewart is the new Raj, the hopeless loner.

    We'll know when the last episode airs because we'll get to learn Penny's last name...

  11. Re:that's some expensive laughtrack on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 1

    Uh...

    NBC canceled Community in May 2014 after five seasons. However, in June 2014, Yahoo! Screen ordered a 13-episode sixth season.

  12. Re:Nerd Blackface on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Remember. There is selection bias.

    Live studio audiences for {Network_Comedy_Show} is composed primarily of uberfans from flyover states on vacation in sunny California, those willing to wait hours in line just to gush over seeing a C-list celebrity do a cameo with Kaley Cuoco 40 times until they get it right from all angles.

    Of course they laugh like hyenas. The stand-up comedian that warms them up doesn't hurt either.

    I had a friend attend a BBT taping. He reported it was the funniest thing he had ever seen -- but of course he went to the taping, because he thinks the BBT is the funniest thing, so... there you go.

  13. Re:It's not that much on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 1

    The Simpsons cast has a worse and worse negotiating position every year now...

    With 552 episodes in the can, and Gunsmoke set to be passed (for episodes) in a couple of years, they'll have achieved all the milestones they're going to, and they'll have enough back episodes to last forever.

    Someone who has never seen it before can get into The Simpsons now and watch a new episode every week for 10 years...

  14. Re:They are the rich on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 2

    Unless you believe you have a realistic chance of "unwrapping" Kaley Cuoco's tits, I'm not sure there's any distinction to be made...

  15. I don't get it... on EFF: US Gov't Bid To Alter Court Record in Jewel v. NSA · · Score: 2

    I read...
    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/... ...and it reads to me like.

    USG apparently says something in open court they shouldn't have said.
    USG makes an overly broad request to remove all record of the event.
    Judge shares that info.
    Defense argues that, at best, it should be redacted.
    Judge seems to agree, asks for details.
    USG says, "Meh, I guess it's OK."
    Everyone goes home happy.

    Meh.

  16. Re:They are the rich on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 1

    Checks last forever on television...

  17. Re:Nerd Blackface on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 1

    I chose the word "blackface" because it's about stereotyping, not about the persecution..

  18. Re:Nerd Blackface on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 1

    I think the Raj speaking phobia joke played itself out, pure and simple. They had painted themselves into a box with him, especially as the direction of the show went from a Leonard/Sheldon/Penny-third-wheel show to a compare-and-contrast of all of their relationships...Leonard/Penny, Sheldon/Amy, Howard/Bernadette, Raj and the chick from Garfunkel and Oats...

  19. Re:Contract binding third parties on Hotel Charges Guests $500 For Bad Online Reviews · · Score: 1

    Sign?

    Betting is legal a lot of places where you suspect it might be. In my state (not Nevada or Jersey), any two private parties can be on pretty much anything they want (provided no 3rd party takes a cut), and the results of those bets are enforceable.

    Much like many of the contracts we enter into regularly -- they're rarely written.

  20. Re:They are the rich on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They've made quite clear that Sheldon is paid well by the university, and that he's got piles of un-cashed checks laying around.

    Only Penny is ever in need of cash.

  21. Nerd Blackface on Big Bang Actors To Earn $1M Per Episode · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The argument against is that BBT is, essentially, Nerd Blackface.

    The argument for BBT is that the material and situations are relateable, especially with the mainstreaming of geek culture (Dr. Who, BSG, Marvel films).

    Meh. It's funny. I watch. I read the vanity card at the end. I think they're all good actors - at least within the scope of the show.

  22. Re:Contract binding third parties on Hotel Charges Guests $500 For Bad Online Reviews · · Score: 4, Funny

    I sign those contracts all the time.

    Sometimes my contract says that I believe a group of people will perform better than another group of people, and if my chosen group of people perform badly, I have to pay a penalty to the other party.

    The other party is my bookie.

  23. Re:yelp is deleting negative reviews?! on Hotel Charges Guests $500 For Bad Online Reviews · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's no-win for Yelp.

    Leave hundreds of fake angry reviews or clean them up?

    Neither bodes well for them.

  24. Sensational headline is sensational... on Hotel Charges Guests $500 For Bad Online Reviews · · Score: 4, Informative

    Except, they didn't actually charge anyone, they just threatened it.

    As usual, a good breakdown at Fatwallet:
    http://www.fatwallet.com/forum...

    They've been spammed with bad reviews, Streisand effect and all...

  25. Re:Case closed on Senior RIKEN Scientist Involved In Stem Cell Scandal Commits Suicide · · Score: 2

    It helps if you remember Iceland is the green one, and Greenland is the icy one...

    Greenland is dark and miserable, living conditions for those in rural areas can suck, with few roads, no flushing toilets, barely running water.

    Urban life is better, but it's a shock more people don't kill themselves.