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  1. Re:Got this wrong.. on White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard · · Score: 1

    Then how would you encourage this sort of behavior?

    To not do so will mean a huge shock when oil prices finally do rise. The economic outcome will not be pretty.

  2. Re:Not really about Bitcoin on Large Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Collapses With a Loss of $5.6 Million · · Score: 1

    So I should change my entire life to use this currency.?

    You call up the major banks and see which ones take bitcoins as payment for mortgage payments. Paypal is much different by the way, it uses a widely accepted set of currencies.

    How close to buffalo ny is the nearest grocery store that takes bitcoins?

  3. Re:Not really about Bitcoin on Large Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Collapses With a Loss of $5.6 Million · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Zuckerberg created value? Are you fucking kidding?

    He his a fine example of scamming your way to the top.

    Mining bitcoins does not create value anymore than mining MikeCoins. They fail as a store of value as well. I need dollars to pay taxes, I can also use them for all other economic activity. I cannot pay taxes with bitcoins, not can I use them in my day to day life.

    The fact that bitcoins can be destroyed in the way you describe is not a good thing. It means there are less and less of them each year. This means if they catch on they will encourage hoarding and be a huge hindrance on any economy tied to them.

  4. Re:Got this wrong.. on White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard · · Score: 1

    Most of the ones I see around here have something that legally qualifies as a muffler, but is only marginally better than a straight pipe.

    I can't hear the damn things in my car unless they are in front of me, so it is not saving your life, but I sure as shit can hear them in my living room.

  5. Re:Got this wrong.. on White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard · · Score: 1

    Or maybe those vehicles will be produced with more efficient methods, which is already happening. The new ford trucks post some impressive MPGs.

    In my honest opinion we should just stop subsidizing fuels with wars in the middle east and raise the taxes on them a dollar a year until they hit a level that encourages conservation. That way the market can figure it out.

  6. Re:Air resistance. on White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard · · Score: 1

    Electricity is far cheaper than gasoline. It will not cost that much to charge it.

    Coal and natural gas plants are far cleaner than any car exhaust. They are centralized, as well so changing them out for another power source is easier.

  7. Re:Air resistance. on White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard · · Score: 1

    Cabs are very expensive and there is a high danger of getting ripped off if you are intoxicated or more than a couple miles from home. They will drive around in circles, if you call them on it expect to be tossed out in a bad neighborhood.

      I am pretty sure the car can understand the word home, no matter how hammered I am.

    They tried banning it once, did not work they will not bother again.

  8. Re:Got this wrong.. on White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard · · Score: 1

    Easy solution, include SUVs and all other light trucks.

  9. Re:Overcomplicated solution. on White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard · · Score: 1

    So then the trains get free rails too?

    Last I checked the highways were a huge subsidy to auto makers and trucking companies that their competitors do not get.

  10. Re:Got this wrong.. on White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard · · Score: 1

    Your motorcycle is wasteful as hell. It should be doing a lot better, hell it should also have a muffler and a cat.
    There are 4 seater cars coming close to that. Mine does 40mpg.

  11. Re:Air resistance. on White House Finalizes 54.5 MPG Fuel Efficiency Standard · · Score: 1

    I don't want to drive in 2012.

    If this means I can go out to the bars, then have my car drive me home, WHERE DO I SIGN UP?

  12. Re:So which field of engineering on Bill "The Science Guy" Nye Says Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children · · Score: 1

    A god would be a some sort of omniscient deity.

    A slightly smarter guy than me is not a god.

  13. Re:So which field of engineering on Bill "The Science Guy" Nye Says Creationism Is Not Appropriate For Children · · Score: 2

    No they would only say they were not created by a God and they would be correct.

  14. Re:This is why backups exist. on Ask Slashdot: Rescuing a PC That's Been Hit By Scammers? · · Score: 1

    Then when they lose their data they learn a valuable lesson. That is how life works kids, test first lesson after.

  15. Re:Back it up and nuke it! Then scan the backup. on Ask Slashdot: Rescuing a PC That's Been Hit By Scammers? · · Score: 1

    You can buy pata, but the markup is enough to cover the cost of a pci sata card in many cases.

  16. This is why backups exist. on Ask Slashdot: Rescuing a PC That's Been Hit By Scammers? · · Score: 2

    This is why you have backups. Reinstall the OS, restore your backups and do not give him an administrator account this time.

  17. Re:Nope, all Left on Would You Pay an Internet Broadband Tax? · · Score: 1

    Israeli kibbutz.
    The joint raising of children is what killed those off, they end up thinking of each other as siblings and so go outside the community for spouses.

  18. Re:Nope, all Left on Would You Pay an Internet Broadband Tax? · · Score: 1

    Communism cannot be implemented with the industrial revolution.

    Until you read some actual Marx, you should probably stop talking about communism.

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

    Netflix HD. Yes, the HD is required.

  20. Re:Exactly right, specific to manufacturer on Google Distances Android From Samsung Patent Verdict · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Which is why they are now going after devices that look nothing like an iPhone?

    The Galaxy Nexus does not have evenly rounded corners, no metal rim, it has a curved display, it does not have glass on the back. Still Apple claims it copies the iPhone somehow.

  21. Re:Nope, all Left on Would You Pay an Internet Broadband Tax? · · Score: 4, Informative

    No fascism is the union of the state and corporate power. So said Mussolini himself.

    The writings of that hack are not interesting to anyone outside his echo chamber.

  22. Re:If that took control away from corporations. on Would You Pay an Internet Broadband Tax? · · Score: 0

    You think paying taxes for civil servants and police is thieving?

    Then move someplace without those problems. I hear Somalia should be great for you.

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

    3Mbit per second is not unusually high. Your internet service is pathetic and should not be considered high speed at all.

  24. Re:Universal service. on Would You Pay an Internet Broadband Tax? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So they are far left and far right at the same time?

    Do you have no idea what those words mean, or are you out of your damn mind?

    They have problems, but you using these words as namecalling is not helping anyone.

  25. Re:Preference cascade on IT Industry Presidential Poll: 'Not Sure' Beats Both Obama and Romney · · Score: 1

    "redefinition of marriage" - I think you mean equal rights for all.

    "attacks on traditional morality and religion" - WTF does that even mean? What exactly do you mean?

    "legalize weed" - not gonna happen. Too bad too.