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  1. Re:I predict on Spatial Ability a Predictor of Creativity In Science · · Score: 1
    Yeah. I got 8 of 9, but subjectively my visual manipulations seem to last like .5 to 1 seconds before resetting. The trick on it is to form a 2-3 item relation, then test whether it holds in the others.

    A couple of the problems had shortcuts, or were easy. The average is 3.6 or so.

    Still I wouldn't say it was an easy task. I definitely had to concentrate...It felt like exercise.

  2. Re:what is it? on Mozilla Unveils 'Aggressive' Firefox OS Schedule: Quarterly Feature Releases · · Score: 1

    Is Chrome spying on me for Google?

  3. Re:what is it? on Mozilla Unveils 'Aggressive' Firefox OS Schedule: Quarterly Feature Releases · · Score: 1

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/fxchrome/ FXChrome seems to do a pretty good job simulating the look and feel of Chrome.

  4. what is it? on Mozilla Unveils 'Aggressive' Firefox OS Schedule: Quarterly Feature Releases · · Score: 1, Insightful
    Now Im a long time user of Firefox...and mostly have been happy. But I tried Chrome recently,and I admit I'm impressed....I just dont want a monoculture of browsers out there, and Firefox has had made a great (and important) contribution.

    I'm interested. What is it that bothers people about Firefox? Sure Chrome loads up quicker...but my browser tends to stay open for days at a time anyway. There are a lot of great add-ons etc.. It doesn't seem slow using it generally....It doesn't FEEL as slick, but is that more of a theme UI thing, or something else?

    Plus I like the idea of Firefox OS...besides saying the brand is old, they can't succeed, etc, what is it that people don't like about Firefox OS?

  5. Re:there's not that much money in the world! on PayPal Credits Man With $92 Quadrillion · · Score: 1

    Oh? What the fuck do you think the economy is about anyway dumbshit? What's your answer? Less purchasing power by Americans would be better for the economy? Or do you think that demand can be created by business owners when there are no consumers with money?

  6. Re:there's not that much money in the world! on PayPal Credits Man With $92 Quadrillion · · Score: 1
    Oh there is no doubt that the stimulus helped tremendously. However, I believe it would have been just as effective and probably more effective to give everyone a check instead.

    Its not that infrastructure is bad. Its that when governments contract infrastructure out to private industry, corruption results that often more than negates the supposed benefits of competition..Construction materials shouldnt be in house, but actual construction and design should be in house.

    So a helicopter drop on the people, and in-house infrastructure construction whenever possible, and contracts that are open and transparent, and approved by an independent board.

  7. Re:Why is there an assumption of privacy? on "Smart Plates" Could Betray California Drivers' Privacy · · Score: 1

    I didn't bring it up, but that has to be the case. Thanks for pointing it out though.

  8. Re:there's not that much money in the world! on PayPal Credits Man With $92 Quadrillion · · Score: 2

    Of course, congress has the power to mint money. Hell the treasury can right now. As mush as we want. One cannot run out of money...The limitation is inflation. Only inflation. Its not debt. Its not tax dollars. Its inflation. The question the becomes, are we at risk of inflation if we helicopter-drop billions of dollars on the people? Maybe. Maybe not. Depends on how much capacity there is to meet the increase in demand. http://neweconomicperspectives.org/p/modern-monetary-theory-primer.html

  9. Re:I can't math on PayPal Credits Man With $92 Quadrillion · · Score: 1

    He's saying, "Please let me keep just 1 million. Please!!!!"

  10. Re:Wondering... on PayPal Credits Man With $92 Quadrillion · · Score: 1
  11. Re:Don't tell the tax man! on PayPal Credits Man With $92 Quadrillion · · Score: 0

    Well, it depends.

  12. Re:Why is there an assumption of privacy? on "Smart Plates" Could Betray California Drivers' Privacy · · Score: 1

    Fine. Even if that is given without argument, the frequency of occurrence clearly points to a greater problem for those that have less wealth and power.

  13. Re:Why is there an assumption of privacy? on "Smart Plates" Could Betray California Drivers' Privacy · · Score: 1

    but it should be. that's the point. mr. A.

  14. Re:Why is there an assumption of privacy? on "Smart Plates" Could Betray California Drivers' Privacy · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I've said this before.

    There are so many laws on the books that we are all guilty of a great many things. There are so many laws, I doubt you could drive from LA to SF without being guilty of a crime that could land you in prison and cost you thousands in fines. There are sooooooo many laws you don't know exist..

    If we are all guilty, who are the ones that get punished?

    The weak, the brown, or any other people the police decide they don't like.

    With so many laws, its about selective enforcement, and with a surveillance state welll....they'll catch you if they don't like you.

    We are all guilty. And the only all seeing, all knowing judge I could tolerate would be a just and forgiving God.

    so if you are white and agree with the politics of the 1%, no worries.

  15. Re:Turn that around on Nanoparticle Exposure Could Disrupt Immune Cell Function · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Microsoft and Bill Gates on Obama Reveals Climate Change Plan · · Score: 1
    ManBearPuig is a force of nature that will take the Ginats down tonight!

    Bam!

    Bam! Bam!

    Bam!

    oh ManBearPig...never mind, what were we talking about"?

  17. Re:Beware of the next step on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: 1

    They do. Why they pay sales tax, payroll tax, etc. They don't get the benefit of tax loopholes, or corporate welfare. Besides, you misunderstand the nature of money. Taxation is not to fund the government, it is to fight inflation and to ensure that the dollar is used as a currency (since you have to pay your taxes in it).

  18. Re:Beware of the next step on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: 1
    Fag

    A cigarette

    Dick

    A guy's name

    Balls

    A round toy

    A teabagger? Someone who identifies with the Tea Party. What is your point? I for one, before posting the grandparent, had no idea that 'Teabagger' had anything to do with scrotums in your mouth. Its fucking tea. I like green.

  19. Re:Beware of the next step on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: 1

    Agreed. And those people should also look for evidence of corruption. I was more pointing out that there could be a huge political advantage to an opposing party were some sort of evidence were to turn up that makes it look like (true or not) that NSA data was being used for political purposes, and the side effect would be huge reduction in the power of the spying apparatus to do as it wills.

  20. Re:Beware of the next step on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: -1, Troll
    you're reaching. really you are. In any case I didnt think it was an offensive term as I've heard both conservative and liberal use it. But hey, I'll go with it.

    And if you want to know, I'd say 25% chance current administration did

    next admin 40%

    next admin 60%

    next admin caught.

    Power is power, and I don't care who is in there, hell even a Rand Paul.

    In any case I should have just said political opponents. The teaparty is misguided in many ways because it is not well informed about the effect of monetary policy, the influence of corporate interests in their funding, and so on, but I do not doubt their good intentions for the America, even black and Latino America.

  21. Re:Beware of the next step on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: 1
    But Im sure you have the truth though, right? Being of superior mind and birth? An enlightened being, baptized by the spirit of rationality, enculturated hypothesis models?

    Fuck off peddler. I don't want your pamphlet.

  22. Re:Beware of the next step on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: 4, Informative

    TeaBagger: (slang, vulgar) A person who practices teabagging, the insertion of the scrotum into someone's mouth. (neologism, pejorative) An affiliate of the Tea Party movement, or a supporter of its protests "As a reference to members of the currently active Tea Party, the word has been used in speech and print by both liberals and conservatives. In this context, the term "teabagger" is a reasonably conceived informal name for an affiliate of the Tea Party, and as a word in the news, it earned a mention for the year 2009." -- "'Teabagger' Finalist For Oxford's 'Word Of The Year'", Huffington Post, 18 Nov 2009.

  23. Re:Beware of the next step on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: 1

    Its a point. However, one way to win massively is to show that this happened. I for one would throw out a party for it.

  24. Re:Beware of the next step on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: 0

    Fine. Political opponents. Sheesh. TeaBagger=TeaParty=AntiObama/Democrat=PoliticalOpponent

  25. Re:Beware of the next step on Snowden NSA Claims Partially Confirmed, Says Rep. Jerrold Nadler · · Score: 1

    What stereotype? I didn't write down any stereotypes