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  1. Re:Marie Antoinette on Clinton Grants $1 Million To Edible Insect Farmers · · Score: 2

    Why?
    Because you think she said something about cake?

    She said let them eat brioche, which in that situation made sense. French law at the time set the price for normal bread and to prevent bakers from not selling it they were required to sell brioche for that price if they ran out of normal bread.

  2. Re:How about shrimp? on Clinton Grants $1 Million To Edible Insect Farmers · · Score: 1

    In my favorite preparations they still have the shells which I quite enjoy. I wonder if there are similar sized and flavored insects available on the market.

  3. Re:Yecch! on Clinton Grants $1 Million To Edible Insect Farmers · · Score: 1

    As a dedicated vegan I doubt he eats a lot of either of those.

  4. Re:Hey! on Clinton Grants $1 Million To Edible Insect Farmers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yes. The steer is likely able to understand it has a future and feel pain as you do, and much of everything else we expect of mammals. The grasshopper not at all.

    I know you were trying to be funny, but this meat eater thinks you are being quite foolish. There ethical implications to eating meat, the biggest one right now being how terribly those animals are treated.

  5. Re:Yecch! on Clinton Grants $1 Million To Edible Insect Farmers · · Score: 1

    Larger critters like big jungle spiders seem like they would be fine. Seems more ethical as well than eating meat, which I do.

  6. Re:but don't expect them to do as they say... on Clinton Grants $1 Million To Edible Insect Farmers · · Score: 1

    It would have been shorter for you to state you are crazy.

  7. Re:Yecch! on Clinton Grants $1 Million To Edible Insect Farmers · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would bet money you have eaten plenty of insects in your life. You may not have noticed, but check out how many insect parts are allowed in various kinds of processed foods one time.

  8. Re:Yecch! on Clinton Grants $1 Million To Edible Insect Farmers · · Score: 1

    Why would you think that?

  9. Re:I wish this was real on Big Box? Nissan Note the First-Ever Car You Can 'Buy' On Amazon · · Score: 1

    Try to find a slightly unusual car that way and see what happens. For instance a Kia Forte5. Not that I wanted that, just an example. I ended up buying a Honda Insight because that car was a hatchback, was good on gas and the dealer was not a total cockbag about about. If I ask for a hatchback why you ever try to sell me a sedan?

  10. Re:Buying without driving? on Big Box? Nissan Note the First-Ever Car You Can 'Buy' On Amazon · · Score: 1

    Some cars sure. Other cases let me drive the base test model then let me order the options I want.

  11. Re:Bug your state legislators on Big Box? Nissan Note the First-Ever Car You Can 'Buy' On Amazon · · Score: 2

    Should I also mention the sky is blue and water is wet?

    If you are so disconnected with reality that you think car dealers serve their market the way any other retail outlet would you should be kept in a padded cell not elected to public office.

  12. Re:$1000 off? on Big Box? Nissan Note the First-Ever Car You Can 'Buy' On Amazon · · Score: 2

    I would absolutely give amazon an extra $1000 for a car, provided like all other products on their site I can pick exactly the one I want and I get some assurance that no standard car dealer was involved.

  13. I wish this was real on Big Box? Nissan Note the First-Ever Car You Can 'Buy' On Amazon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It just sends you to a dealer. I wish you could buy cars like everything else. No instead you have to fuck around with dealers who try to add fees, refuse to special order cars, try to convince you to take what they have in stock, or try to show you crap you are not interested in.

    Car dealers please go out of business.

  14. Re:Different Viewpoint on Gaming Legends Discuss Using Kickstarter For Their Next Projects · · Score: 1

    Besides an early release of the game you mean.

    Honestly they should release even earlier. Lets see alphas being given out to the backers.

  15. Re:What a waste on Undiscovered Country of HFT: FPGA JIT Ethernet Packet Assembly · · Score: 1

    You think they do it for the love of HFT?

    For that kind of money I would gladly deal with medical device regulators all day.

  16. Re:Redundant keys on Bill Gates Acknowledges Ctrl+Alt+Del Was a Mistake · · Score: 1

    Yes, but if the system respects sysrq you don't get that behavior.

  17. Re:Excessive greed. on Gaming Legends Discuss Using Kickstarter For Their Next Projects · · Score: 2

    More likely they simply want more assurance that they can succeed. Kickstarter lets them know their are paying customers lined up for a product.

    I will not spend money on kickstarter for the up and comers as they are quite likely to just run off with the money as we have seen so many times.

  18. Re:Redundant keys on Bill Gates Acknowledges Ctrl+Alt+Del Was a Mistake · · Score: 1

    A good reason not to use british keyboards I suppose. Good thing you can buy a proper keyboard and plug it in.

  19. Re:Why was it a mistake? on Bill Gates Acknowledges Ctrl+Alt+Del Was a Mistake · · Score: 0

    If you need a keyboard backlight you need to learn to type.

  20. Re:Redundant keys on Bill Gates Acknowledges Ctrl+Alt+Del Was a Mistake · · Score: 1

    Sys Rq is the same key as print screen. It is access via alt. I do not need to use shift to grap screen caps.

  21. Re:What about the Windows key? on Bill Gates Acknowledges Ctrl+Alt+Del Was a Mistake · · Score: 1

    Yeah this IBM keyboard has neither. I bet it predates that AC though.

  22. Re:Why was it a mistake? on Bill Gates Acknowledges Ctrl+Alt+Del Was a Mistake · · Score: 1

    Only windows is that dumb. Saving to desktop is the normal method.

    It uses png by the way not jpg.

  23. Re:So why continue it... on Bill Gates Acknowledges Ctrl+Alt+Del Was a Mistake · · Score: 1

    I googled and it appears Crtl-Esc replaces it when needed. Which seems pretty bad for all your folks that don't move Ctrl to where FSM intends it to be.

  24. Re:Redundant keys on Bill Gates Acknowledges Ctrl+Alt+Del Was a Mistake · · Score: 1

    Why not?
    Seems like the normal trackpad method could be used or any number of gestures.

  25. Re:Why was it a mistake? on Bill Gates Acknowledges Ctrl+Alt+Del Was a Mistake · · Score: 1

    It does not work really nice compared to just using the damn printscreen button + alt.

    If someone plugs in a real keyboard it should just offer more reasonable options. Or here is a really crazy idea, but the damn buttons back on the keyboard. I have no need for changing volume, or brightness or keyboard backlight from the keyboard. Hell, that last one should just not be.