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  1. Re:Good decision on Pastafarian Wins Battle To Wear Colander In License Photo · · Score: 1

    Just like christians that only go to mass (or whatever protestants call it) for Easter and Christmas?

    It could also be he is either not very observant or his sect only wears the colander on some occasions.

    The simple answer here is to allow everyone or no one to wear head coverings in government photos. Those who believe in magic should not have special rights over others.

  2. Re:Hopefully VoLTE will make this even bigger on Mobile Virtual Networks Are Booming Again · · Score: 1

    Yes, but you can't make a voice call so far without CDMA. The SIM is only used for LTE. This is why you still can't bring a random LTE phone over.

  3. Re:How is that an "upshot"? on Uber Tip-Skimming Allegations Could Spark National Class Action · · Score: 2

    Yeah, I am just so sick of seeing these same ignorant comments about class action lawsuits.

    I am convinced these are the same idiots who propose tort reform as a way to control healthcare costs even though Texas has done it and proven it does not work.

    I would be fine with that alternative, if we made it criminal not civil. I want to see their CEO picking up trash on the highway if we go that route.

  4. Re:MVNOs are a great option on Mobile Virtual Networks Are Booming Again · · Score: 1

    You can just buy a phone outright, you know that right? Then there is no $20 fee at all.

    If you cannot afford $250-$800 for a smartphone you can't afford to be spending $50+/month on service.

  5. Re:Hopefully VoLTE will make this even bigger on Mobile Virtual Networks Are Booming Again · · Score: 1

    Better yet we Ting starts building its own towers and offers this service via something like a peering agreement back to sprint. Ideally we would have forced compatible networks onto the providers and your phone would hop onto whatever tower was cheapest for your service provider to buy service from.

    A better free marketish approach would have been to separate infrastructure from service. Let company A sell connectivity to Company B that provides the service. Thus A has no reason not to work with Companies C and D.

  6. Re:How is that an "upshot"? on Uber Tip-Skimming Allegations Could Spark National Class Action · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Then there would be no class action lawsuits. You do understand that right?

    Health insurance companies are notionally in the business of providing health insurance for profit. Class action lawsuits are not designed to provide restitution to members of the class, just to punish the party being sued and to prevent similar action in the future. This is very basic.

    Forget Right or Left, you are in the camp of ignorance.

  7. Re:Hopefully VoLTE will make this even bigger on Mobile Virtual Networks Are Booming Again · · Score: 1

    I would rather not hassle with CDMA at all. Give me a sim and let that be it.

    Ting seems like a good idea, but I am not limiting myself to just sprint devices.

  8. Hopefully VoLTE will make this even bigger on Mobile Virtual Networks Are Booming Again · · Score: 1

    Hopefully VoLTE will make this even more popular. I want to just buy a sim and use whatever device I like. Maybe I want a smartphone without data service, maybe I want to bring a device the carrier has never heard of, maybe I want to see some damn competition in our mobile market. Why the FCC does not mandate interoperability like we do with landlines I will never understand.

  9. Re:How is that an "upshot"? on Uber Tip-Skimming Allegations Could Spark National Class Action · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The alternative is the company is never forced to pay, so yes that is clearly better.

    If you want to see class action lawsuits where the harmed party gets the majority of the settlement then you take your money and fund such cases. You can take the risk of work for no pay, you can wait years for what might be a minimal or no return. Have at it, nothing stopping you.

    Until you do that, this is the system we have. The only alternatives would be to allow companies to steal so long as the amounts were small enough or greatly expand the size of our government.

  10. Re:Complexity of laws on Uber Tip-Skimming Allegations Could Spark National Class Action · · Score: 1

    I am sure if they thought they could get away with it they would have a contract angle that let them sell their contractors/employees blood.

  11. Re:Complexity of laws on Uber Tip-Skimming Allegations Could Spark National Class Action · · Score: 1

    Which has nothing to do with this.
    They want to classify these folks as contractors but treat them like employees. That is not legal if you make donuts or widgets or have a not-taxi taxi service.

  12. Re:How is that an "upshot"? on Uber Tip-Skimming Allegations Could Spark National Class Action · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Thats the fucking point of class action lawsuits you ignorant cunt.

    This prevents companies from stealing small amounts from lots of people as no one will ever be injured enough to sue. The alternative would be to greatly expand our government to police these offences, is that really what you want?

  13. Re:Kevin Turner = massive exodus on Elop Favored By Gamblers As Microsoft's Next Chief Executive · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I respectfully disagree. Ballmer represents their own culture, any change would be admitting they were wrong. I fully expect MS to shrink over the next several decades because of this. I can't think of any companies that have ever survived and recovered from that kind of MBA infection.

  14. Re: Kevin Turner = massive exodus on Elop Favored By Gamblers As Microsoft's Next Chief Executive · · Score: 1

    Not at all, but I don't run Microsoft. Those kinds of folks sure as hell do. They practically invented perma-temp.

  15. Re:I wear a pasta strainer on my health card on Pastafarian Wins Battle To Wear Colander In License Photo · · Score: 1

    Yeah and the comparison to Texans is pretty good.

    Bavarians are what non-Germans think of as German and Texans is what non-Americans think of as American. The only difference is the guns and that Bavarians can make beer. Shiner Bock is a classic example, its not a damn bock.

  16. Re:Good decision on Pastafarian Wins Battle To Wear Colander In License Photo · · Score: 1

    So you can prove what others believe?

  17. Re:OK, it's moderately amusing, but... on Pastafarian Wins Battle To Wear Colander In License Photo · · Score: 1

    You can't have a religion with no gods. That is like saying non-fruit apple. It makes no sense.

    Soviet communism was a political and economic system, not a religion. You might be able to say its supporters had a set of common beliefs, but still those are not a religion.

  18. Re:Hey on Pastafarian Wins Battle To Wear Colander In License Photo · · Score: 4, Informative

    That last one would be an atheist as well. In fact almost all atheists are like that.

    The default when you don't know if something exists is to assume it does not. This is why I am not worried about the invisible dragon in my garage.

  19. Re:Kevin Turner = massive exodus on Elop Favored By Gamblers As Microsoft's Next Chief Executive · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What the employees want does not matter even a little.

    The current management put Ballmer in charge, they are going to select another Ballmer not someone who will change their culture.

  20. Re:actually, no on New Zealand Bans Software Patents · · Score: 0

    Because a known shill says so?
    So are you Florian or did he pay you to post this?

  21. Re: All about the money on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant To Close In 2014 · · Score: 1

    Sure, I am not suggesting water is the issue. I am suggesting using a river is the issue. Like you mention using man made cooling reservoirs is the solution. The bean counters however don't like that as it means they can't externalize this cost.

  22. Re: All about the money on Vermont Yankee Nuclear Plant To Close In 2014 · · Score: 1

    So don't use natural bodies of water for cooling?

  23. Re:Fuck off ( score:+9000, troll) on X.Org Foundation Loses 501(c)3 Non-Profit Status · · Score: 1

    Not everyone who supports a state is a fascist.
    Lots of things can be unjust but being asked to prove you are supposed to be exempt from taxation is not.

  24. Re:Here we go... on US Forces Ready To Strike Syria If Ordered · · Score: 1

    In a civil war one side might actually be tolerable, as far as I can tell no side is even tolerable in this conflict. It is simply barbarians that want to kill and oppress group A vs barbarians that want to kill and oppress group B.

  25. Re:Fuck off ( score:+9000, troll) on X.Org Foundation Loses 501(c)3 Non-Profit Status · · Score: 1, Insightful

    What part of scrutiny is not lawful?

    I want the IRS to investigate 501c organizations of all stripes, frankly many of them are likely frauds.