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  1. Re:I know how they can sell them.... on Microsoft Is Sitting On Six Million Unsold Surface Tablets · · Score: 1

    Good idea, but from msft perspective maybe better off giving them away for free, and focusing on building up their app store and cloud services for the next go around.

  2. Re:Good news on Aussie Government Proposes OpenDocument As the Standard Format · · Score: 1

    Would it be possible to standardize on unicode as a base have an open source vcs for tracking,searching, browsing? It would be no frills but it would work everywhere and no macro viruses.

  3. Re:Federal law? on John McCain Working On Legislation For 'a La Carte' TV Channel Packages · · Score: 1

    They ride in on the same access rights and exemptions electricity, water, gas, sewer lines do.

    I don't know that the sattelite companies fit into this? At any rate this attempted regulation seems unnecessary unless it can be tied to public funds. I think the whole industry is due a major overhaul, esp here in H-town where about 60% can't watch the local sports teams whose stadiums are publicly funded (out of towner taxes do hurt) I don't have cable but go over to someones house maybe once per month if there is something live i ~need~ to watch.

  4. Re:nuts! on Interview: John McAfee Answers Your Questions · · Score: 1

    frisbee nut? Sane girls probably wouldn't stick around long. Anyway nothing says true love like getting smacked by an ashtray. Separately, smuggling narcotics for 10 yrs, not really defensible.

  5. Re:The Only Surprising portion of the revelation.. on Declassified LBJ Tapes Accuse Richard Nixon of Treason · · Score: 1

    "Yeah, we should leave diplomacy to the generals." I wouldn't put nuke heads in charge of diplomacy, but backstabbing politicians not that much better. More like they should have heavy input on actual ground conditions and whether escalation would be ultimately productive.

  6. Re:If this is true... on Declassified LBJ Tapes Accuse Richard Nixon of Treason · · Score: 1

    They always claimed to be scaling it down around election time, but doing just the opposite in reality. Most likely the democrats had little intention of ending it either. The advisers approach is more defensible than the complete escalation from the later presidents. If the advisers couldn't make any headway on propping up the south that should have been enough feedback to abandon the war as a trap and get in on the winning side.

  7. Re:The Only Surprising portion of the revelation.. on Declassified LBJ Tapes Accuse Richard Nixon of Treason · · Score: 0

    "Humphrey decided it would be too disruptive to the country to accuse the Republicans of treason"
    a.k.a. Nixon had worse stuff on the democrats. Putting pure politicians in charge of military decisions (or anything in need of objective reality) is a problem.

  8. Re:Always on As US Cleans Its Energy Mix, It Ships Coal Problems Overseas · · Score: 1

    Feels like having cayman based corporations selling all your natural resources to other places is the blueprint for 3rd world economics.

  9. Re:Not true. on Ohio Judge Rules Speed Cameras Are a Scam · · Score: 1

    How often do people not get elected based on poor city planning? It does seem a bit absurd to sit in traffic year after year when a few simple things could be done to alleviate the congestion:
    Dedicated express lanes which prevent the same morons from trying to exit across X lanes of traffic at the last minute every day and stopping the entire freeway
    more trains and bus lines :)
    As for the automated tickets, a good investigation of the kickback trail could do much to alleviate the above problems as well. In Htown we were slammed with large contract even after the lights were voted down.

  10. Re:At what point does free speech become littering on Don't Want a Phonebook? Give Up Your Privacy · · Score: 1

    Could they just leave a piece of paper with a link to their website like any modern business?

  11. Re:Just lie on Don't Want a Phonebook? Give Up Your Privacy · · Score: 1

    I imagine aka seciton of your unfreecreditreport is extensive.

  12. won't be on Rock Band Live's Second Act: Networks and Data Centers · · Score: 1

    Wall Street The religion that doesn't r*** you?

  13. Re:Infinite human stupidity on State Rep. Says Biking Is Not Earth Friendly Because Breathing Produces CO2 · · Score: 1

    Part of the problem of govt is moving large bulky things around. Pure ideas are watered down into large compromises as it needs a mass of people to build momentum and get moving. The 2 basic ideas here are: 1. Group of people want continue making money off of fossil fuels until they are gone regardless of any consequences. 2. Group of people want to try something different and in the process redistribute the power. The sheep in the middle will naturally follow the leader that appears to have the most power. So these stories about C02 need to be countered with equally more powerful stories, but in a way that appeals to the sheep that make things move. FDR tried to make the republicans appear as more complicated, and made some progress but was fairly blockaded in regards to his programs.

  14. Re:What highway? on New Whale Species Unearthed In California Highway Dig · · Score: 1

    Going to log it as S.E.P. and move on.

  15. So when we were cave tree men we probably used to bash each other in the head on a daily basis but we didn't worry about it too much as we rarely lived past 30yrs. In an activity which involves alot of bashing there is no way to protect the brain except maybe to limit the frequency and allow for more than proper recovery for the noticeable incidents. So for the NFL, make it a once a month sport with 3 weeks off after every game ... And more experimentally Pickle the head bones to make them softer?

  16. Re:I stopped watching adverts about 20 years ago on Ban On Loud TV Commercials Takes Effect Today · · Score: 1

    How much would it cost to have addless tv? I would pay to eliminate the ED adds for sure.

  17. Re:doesn't matter on Dr. Richard Dawkins On Why Disagreeing With Religion Isn't Insulting · · Score: 1

    If you believe your hamster is squeaking in heaven and your head doesn't don't crack, and somebody else recovers very poorly from loosing their hamster, then the nonsense wins. BTW There is existence after death but I wouldn't claim to know the form of it or tie it to moral authority.

  18. Re:If US policy is causing Muslim attacks . . . on Saudi Arabia Calls For Global Internet Censorship Body · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Unfortunately the republicans interpretation is "suck out all of our domestic reserves so we run out first".

  19. Re:But... on A Day in Your Life, Fifteen Years From Now · · Score: 1

    The B.E.E.R will detect your alpha waves and refuse to pour. Also look out for the automated nagging.

  20. Re:Honest question on The Nuclear Approach To Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Can we use the stratosphere as an air conditioner?

  21. Re:FOR SALE: Fishing Trawler on Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship Spotted Off Canadian Coast · · Score: 2

    Does it have gas or nucular power?

  22. speed limit on Ask Slashdot: What Would Real Space Combat Look Like? · · Score: 1

    If there isn't much to slow you down up there why does everything take so long?(like getting to the moon or mars etc.) Are you limited by the speed of the thruster explosion? Or does it just take most of the time getting out of earths pull?

  23. Re:Considering sub queries in IN statements. on Oracle Claims Dramatic MySQL Performance Improvements · · Score: 1

    Right, For a clever query optimizer, a given sql may run beautifully in version 1 but terribly in version 2 based on some minor retuning to meet unrelated benchmark XX. If the implementation is consistent then you have some chance of maintaining performance.

  24. what's it doing on The Zuckerberg Tax · · Score: 1

    If the dude is sitting on 23 Billion in paper what is it doing? If it is not fluttering through the economy is it a source of stagnation?

  25. Re:Advice for women on Study: Online Dating Makes People "Picky" and "Unrealistic" · · Score: 1

    Also use a picture from when you were within 200lb of your current weight.