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  1. Re:Groveland on Wildfire Threatens Water and Power To San Francisco · · Score: 1

    They've got the Iron Door Saloon, the oldest saloon in California dating from 1852 ... Right now I'm less concerned about our water supply vs. the lives and livelihood of their residents and rich history of all those places.

    Ah yes, the Iron Door Saloon. Part of the reason it is the oldest saloon in California is that it is named for the Iron Doors on the place. Which they have shut numerous times since 1852 as a fire sweeps through the area. And when the fire has passed, the Iron Doors open and they survey the damage and start serving!

  2. Re:at some point... on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 1

    Yes, it's all tax money. The difference is that, in Europe, taxes pay for public education, healthcare, infrastructure, and so on. In the US&A, taxes pay for a bloated military and a massive espionage apparatus.

    I think you forgot the War On _______ / Prison Industry.

  3. Re:A taste of their own. on Google Blocks YouTube App On Windows Phone (Again) · · Score: 1

    +1 Dad's Army reference!

  4. Re:I-75? on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 2

    Evidently you have never driven on the 101 in California, High speed and earthquakes is a California tradition.

    Evidently you are from Southern California or not from California at all. ;)

  5. Re:Pathetic on Twinkies: The Breakfast of Champion Programmers Still Hard To Get · · Score: 1

    Mod AC up! Clearly not anti-union and responds directly to the topic. How is it free association if you are required to pay dues to an organization or lobby that you might not want to join or might not agree with?

  6. Re:Science - It Works on Request to Falsify Data Published In Chemistry Journal · · Score: 1

    Your order-of-magnitude higher ID than the parent poster suggests an explanation.

    Myself, I like Courier. But then, I'm in the lower 10x of that equation.

    And please, if you're going to criticize someone's choice of font, take a moment to do it with precision and figure out what the name of the font is.

    The name of the font? OK, how about why-is-a-fucking-typewriter-hacking-my-computer-screen font? Is that better?

    Shitty font is shitty. No one remembers the scientific name of the dodo bird for the same damn reason, so knock it off already with this precision crap.

    Raphus cucullatus

  7. Re:Ummm... RTFS on China Has a Massive Windows XP Problem · · Score: 1

    over a quarter of the world's smartphones run an unsupported and compromised version of Android but that hasn't yielded a huge problem

    Says the AC that just had his phone pwned by a compromised Bluetooth Toilet!

  8. Re:HYDESim? on Interactive Nukemap Now In 3D · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of NUKE-SF and NUKE-LA from back in the 1980s.

  9. Re:And the story is...? on TSA Orders Searches of Valet Parked Car At Airport · · Score: 1

    9-11 wasn't a car bomb.

    No, it wasn't. The previous attempt to blow up the World Trade Center was.

  10. Re:Does it have tv tunner? cable card? satellite T on Microsoft Unveils Xbox One · · Score: 1

    Tuner. It's tuner you illiterate tool.

    No, it's 'tuna'.

    It's not a Tuna!

  11. Re:Solved! on WA State Bill Would Allow Bosses To Seek Facebook Passwords · · Score: 1

    Bad move, I just added you as a Foe for that!

    This is exactly how WWII started!

  12. Re:An Element of the Divine on How to Get Conjurer James Randi to Give You $1 Million (Video) · · Score: 1

    He's been putting out this 'reward' offer for something demonstrably 'paranormal' many years. A counter-offer was also made, many years ago, for something demonstrably 'normal.' Neither reward has been claimed and likely neither ever will be.

    Wait a minute. I can demonstrate something normal and I'll get a million dollars? I could've retired before lunch today! Dare I ask what the other website is?

  13. Re:Mormons got xenophobia. on Scientology On Trial In Belgium · · Score: 1

    And Scientologists have Xenuphobia!

  14. Re:Who Cares? on New Documents Detail FBI, Bank Crack Down On Occupy Wall Street · · Score: 2

    Mod Parent 2 - Interesting.

  15. Re:Austrailia != Free Country on Google Found Guilty of Libel For Search Results In Australia · · Score: 1

    Undoing an errant moderating not-click.

  16. Re:wrong recipient on iOS 6 Streaming Bug Sends Data Usage Skyrocketing · · Score: 1

    Hate to respond to an AC, but as you don't seem to be trolling, and it is on topic...

    The Verizon iPhone 5 is carrier unlocked. Straight out of the box. No tweaking required.

    I'm not a Verizon customer, as it happens. I use an unlocked iPhone 4 on T-Mobile.

  17. Re:My father did probably worse on Bruce Perens: The Day I Blundered Into the Nuclear Facility · · Score: 1

    Your family name isn't Clouseau by any chance?

  18. Re:Obligatory on Opus — the Codec To End All Codecs · · Score: 1

    I believe you're confusing it with AC-3. AAC is not the same thing

    I don't think they were confusing it. I've heard Dolby mentioned as part of the collaboration of AAC going back to the early days.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aac#History

  19. Re:Universities and Apple Products on Apple Adds Samsung Galaxy SIII To Its Ban List · · Score: 2

    Note the absense of Apple in (...) government. They aren't interested in meeting anyone's standards but their own.

    You've not spent much time working in National Science Labs, I take it.

  20. Re:Core Samples? on Robots To Go Spelunking In Martian Caves? · · Score: 1

    Mod Up Informative, just noticed his/her username!

  21. Re:Universal service. on Would You Pay an Internet Broadband Tax? · · Score: 1

    I guess the UK went to war with Afghanistan and Iraq on trumped up evidence, destroying the remaining credibility of the then-current ruling Labour Party just for shits and giggles eh?

    Thankfully you tossed Iraq in there, otherwise epic historical comedy would have ensued...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Anglo-Afghan_War

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Afghan_War

  22. Re:Strange comments ... on John Romero's Doomy View On Android and Ouya · · Score: 1

    Don't call him kiddo, friend.

  23. Re:Lovely on Washington State To Allow Voter Registration Over Facebook · · Score: 1

    Or how about the Congressional Black Caucus that ... isn't racist? Can I form the "Congressional White" or "Latino" or "Asian/Pacific" Caucus?

    There's a lot of bait in your post, so let's just look at this.

    http://capac-chu.house.gov/ - The .gov website of the Asian Caucus.
    http://chc-gonzalez.house.gov/ - The .gov website of the Hispanic Caucus.

    Keep baiting though. :D

  24. Re:Lovely on Washington State To Allow Voter Registration Over Facebook · · Score: 1

    Do you criticize the Liberals who call Sarah Palin a "Cunt" (among other names) for being sexist?

    Not automatically. The bias implied doesn't necessarily negate their observation...

    I'm sure she would disagree, you betcha!

  25. Re:Why they cancelled the Texas Super Collider? on Texas Scientists Regret Loss of Higgs Boson Quest · · Score: 1

    Didn't the two presidents Bush come from Texas?

    Massachusetts and Connecticut, as it happens. I can't imagine where you got the impression that they were from Texas...