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  1. Re:Why would they hire engineers? on NYT Publisher Says Not Focusing on Engineering Was A Serious Mistake · · Score: 2

    They would if they were competing.

    Here is another problem with healthcare and the free market. It really can't function. This is because when you really need a hospital you are in no condition to select one. Even if the doctors are much worse your results might be better by going to a closer hospital simply because of the injury you suffer by delaying treatment.

  2. Re:Amazing, for 2012 on Blackberry Z30 Phablet Announced · · Score: 1

    What company still has that policy?

  3. Re:Carriers are already required to unlock phones on Obama Asks FCC To Make Carriers Unlock All Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    They have already denied people. Phandroid and androidpolice as well as many others have articles about this.

  4. Re:Remember when.. on Blackberry Z30 Phablet Announced · · Score: 1

    Levi's 550s.
    Stop wearing your girlfriend's jeans.

  5. Re:Why would they hire engineers? on NYT Publisher Says Not Focusing on Engineering Was A Serious Mistake · · Score: 2

    Sure, but we have crossed that bridge.
    Unless you think we can repeal that. I would love, but I would also insist on making a public system like medicare available to all americans.

  6. Re:Remember when.. on Blackberry Z30 Phablet Announced · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not at all. The next Nexus will be smaller than the current one and have a nearly 5" display.
    Have you seen a Galaxy Note? That is a great device size for a lot of people.

    You have to remember that for a lot of people these devices are becoming their primary computing device. So a 5" device is easily pocketable and gives a lot of display to use.

  7. Re:Amazing, for 2012 on Blackberry Z30 Phablet Announced · · Score: 1

    So then what are they buying it for?

  8. Re:Why would they hire engineers? on NYT Publisher Says Not Focusing on Engineering Was A Serious Mistake · · Score: 5, Informative

    You realize you were paying this already right?

    The moment we gave everyone care via the ER by law we decided this was the way to do healthcare in the USA. The hospital covers their losses on people who do not pay by charging higher prices for those who do.

    People who cannot afford it would qualify for low income plans. I am not sure why you oppose personal responsibility. Just like car insurance, we all know the time will come you will need it and if you don't have it you will force everyone else to pay for you.

  9. Amazing, for 2012 on Blackberry Z30 Phablet Announced · · Score: 3, Funny

    What a wonderful device for people living in 2012. Here in 2013 it looks pretty outdated. 720p? seriously? on a 5" display? It is like they almost tried, but then decided they rather go under.

    Will this one be able to do email without a blackberry phone to tether to?

  10. Re:Why would they hire engineers? on NYT Publisher Says Not Focusing on Engineering Was A Serious Mistake · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I think you are making a huge mistake here.
    Yes they are results oriented, but sometimes the best results are not found in the free market. For example we pay more than other first world nations for healthcare and get less of it. Clearly not a good result. The same thing with cell phones, our lack of regulation is preventing a good result.

    You are confusing fact based and result oriented with a fear of change or being able to adopt new ideas.

  11. Re:Carriers are already required to unlock phones on Obama Asks FCC To Make Carriers Unlock All Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/09/17/verizon-expects-new-nexus-7-to-get-certified-for-its-lte-network-at-some-point-no-timeframe-just-yet/

    He is mistaken. They are still refusing to activate outside devices in violation of their agreement with the FCC.

  12. Re: no thanks on Sailfish OS Gains Two-Way Android Compatibility · · Score: 1

    Try using the windows POSIX support one time. It was put there just to get a checkbox, not to be useful.

  13. Re: Shame on Sailfish OS Gains Two-Way Android Compatibility · · Score: 2

    Or use the same carrier and use a prepaid MVNO. If you are going to be stupid it will not save you money.

  14. Re:Carriers are already required to unlock phones on Obama Asks FCC To Make Carriers Unlock All Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    Stores are in fact doing this, in violation of their company policies. Resellers, which is when you see the big verizon logo and a smaller logo below it on the storefront, will do it all day long. They will violate the policy to get the monthly income.

  15. Re: Guess that's why Valve is so behind Linux on Gabe Newell Talks Linux As the Future of Games at LinuxCon NA · · Score: 1

    No, my OS provides it just fine. My beef is that he is claiming their advantage is something I don't need or want. I get nothing other than DRM out of them. For FSM's sake they could even keep that but give me a damn repo for games rather than use their stupid method.

  16. Re:Nissan Leaf on Can GM Challenge Tesla With a Long-Range Electric Car? · · Score: 1

    The insight is not $20k, got mine for $17k. I buy $40 of gas per month. So even if electricity was free it would take 16 years to make back that $8000. I don't think I will own the car for 16 years.

  17. Re:Reminds me of Food Trucks on The Sharing Economy Fights Back Against Regulators · · Score: 1

    Then you would complain when they did not present both sides of the story for another nutty case. Sometimes there is only one side.

    The media does not try someone, the courts do.

    Violent crime reporting has gone up you mean. Compare murder rates, a more well reported crime and get back to me. Bar fights would not have been violent crimes until the last 20 or so years. You simply cannot compare categories that had their definitions change. In the same vein it appears sex crimes have gone up, while most likely they were simply underreported in the past. We know this based on surveys of adults reporting about their experiences as children. Molestation by parents often goes unreported and until recently was essentially ignored by the community.

    We only disagree because you want someone to listen to your silly side of the story, but complain when the media does that otherwise. Not very consistant of you. Please link to some of these politicians statements, all I can find fall into two camps"not your body" and "for medical reasons".
    Partial birth abortion is a bullshit term anyway, if you remove a fetus when it is the size of a walnut through the birth canal you would argue that is a partial birth abortion. I would call you a loony and here we are.

  18. Re:Carriers are already required to unlock phones on Obama Asks FCC To Make Carriers Unlock All Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    They do not all allow BYOD. Verizon will not activate devices that they do not sell. Just try and get a SIM activated in a 2013 Nexus 7 LTE. This is in clear violation of their agreement for the 700mhz band, but they do not care.

  19. Re: Topology on Obama Asks FCC To Make Carriers Unlock All Mobile Devices · · Score: 4, Informative

    Since CDMA as normally implemented does not have SIM cards it is extremely consumer unfriendly. In fact in violation of their LTE band C requirements VZW is not even activating outside devices on their network. You can activate an approved device and move the SIM over, but they will not activate a new SIM in an unapproved device.

  20. Re:Coming Soon on Robots Join Final Assembly Line At US Auto Plant · · Score: 1

    We could have robotic lawn mowers very easily. Just scale the roomba up. The problem there is more liability than know how.

  21. Re:They're just attempting to stay relevant on Can GM Challenge Tesla With a Long-Range Electric Car? · · Score: 1

    And why is the range extended mode mileage so damn bad? 40mpg is what you can get out of a cruze eco.

  22. Re:They're just attempting to stay relevant on Can GM Challenge Tesla With a Long-Range Electric Car? · · Score: 1

    Then why was it such a big deal? Why did they bother to let the ICE drive the wheels directly?

  23. Re:Reminds me of Food Trucks on The Sharing Economy Fights Back Against Regulators · · Score: 1

    Lots of people cared, hell he will never be free again. What more can you do?

    Bullshit, most people wanted to see her hang, but the prosecution failed to prove she did it.

    Abortions are not homicides, you can't make that comparison. An abortion at a few weeks is just a clump of cells. Claiming that is murder, makes me a genocidal freak for masterbating. Fraud is actually declining, even if you hear about it more now. I am using the FBIs data on crime.

  24. Re:Nissan Leaf on Can GM Challenge Tesla With a Long-Range Electric Car? · · Score: 1

    How many days is it? 10% of them would be way more than 30 hours, that is only 15 days a year.

  25. Re:They're just attempting to stay relevant on Can GM Challenge Tesla With a Long-Range Electric Car? · · Score: 1

    It looks like a cruze with a bunch of plastic crap on it. I personally would be fine with a $17k car, if it cost that much. I honestly do not need or want the upgrades. I bought a car over the summer and it was a pain to find a base model.