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  1. Re:Real myth busted on President Obama On Mythbusters Tonight · · Score: 1

    There isn't a promise of firefighters being nearby though. If people had the choice of not paying for firefighters/police, they probably wouldn't.

    If only a handful of people are paying for fire protection, that isn't enough to attract enough people and equipment to man a firestation 24/7.

  2. Re:Wheres Kari? on President Obama On Mythbusters Tonight · · Score: 1

    I love how he can build a giant death robot but then he's scared of heights or spiders in the next scene. He'd make a great villain.

  3. Re:Burn, maybe not... on President Obama On Mythbusters Tonight · · Score: 1

    That was amazing, thanks.

  4. Re:Doublethink on US To Host World Press Freedom Day · · Score: 1

    Not that i think you are wrong.. but we have politians and "important" people saying stuff like that all the time. Usually it's personal opinion. Just like here on slashdot, everyone has a slightly different viewpoint. With so many mouths, how can we not be guilty of doublespeak? But is that a bad thing?

  5. Re:$100 or $150 may be low cost...$265? on AMD Releases Three New Low-Cost CPUs · · Score: 1

    So far, all is well. There is a stack of four now, with one infrastructure node at the bottom containing a powerstrip and gigabit switch. I made two and my roommate made the other two with the power node.

    It certainly looks neater than our old shelf of hodgepodge machines.

  6. Re:Remember that tunnel scene from Aliens? on A Peek At South Korea's Autonomous Robot Gun Turrets · · Score: 1

    This is why M2s are issued with atleast one spare barrel and asbestos gloves to change a hot barrel with.

  7. Re:Low cost? on AMD Releases Three New Low-Cost CPUs · · Score: 1

    That is a great point, i've never thought about proc flags being missing on low-mid intel. Is this because they don't create middle processors, they just sell older ex-high-end ones?

  8. Re:$100 or $150 may be low cost...$265? on AMD Releases Three New Low-Cost CPUs · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Fair enough. on Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park · · Score: 1

    I like that idea. I looked at the location of the creation museum and it's almost exactly on the border of three states. Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio. Approx 8 miles from Indiana and 7 miles from Ohio.

    From the article "The park, to be located on 800 acres in Grant County off Interstate 75" puts it almost exactly where the creation museum is.

  10. Re:i'm impressed on Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park · · Score: 1

    I think you've got it backwards. It'll take engineers to build the place. Creationists will be the paying visitors.

  11. Re:I hate Kentucky on Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park · · Score: 1

    I felt the same way when they built the creation museum.. but then i started thinking about NIMBY and how little KY people would care. "Yeah, you own the land. Build whatever." It's very possible KY wasn't the desired location but was more receptive to it.

  12. Re:Neighbors on Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park · · Score: 1

    The creation museum is outside Cincinnati but within KY.. near the Ohio border. Not sure where Dinosaur World is?

  13. Re:Kentucky wins - on Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park · · Score: 1

    or they win the "if you own land you can do whatever the hell you want on it" award?

  14. Re:Our governor on Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park · · Score: 1

    I'm not a native but i do like it here. The people are great.. one of the lowest douchebag/citizen ratios of all the places i've lived & visited. But you're right on the unemployment thing. I think KY was always higher than the average.

    I call and write to Senator McConnell's office sometimes. Not sure know who writes his return letters but they are usually prompt and well written. I was really disappointed by his letter about net neutrality though. He says creating net neutrality laws will inhibit businesses from innovating and keep people from investing in infrastructure. The whole time i'm thinking, what KY businesses would this hurt? KY only has small players (if you remove the UPS world HQ and Amazon disto centers). He should be for net neutrality to ensure small KY businesses don't get stepped on down the road.. if he's being state-centric.

    Just like you said, they aren't looking at their own citizen's needs.

  15. Re:Fair enough. on Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park · · Score: 1

    It is funny though. But why build that junk here? Is the land cheaper in KY than Ohio?

  16. Re:I hate Kentucky on Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park · · Score: 1

    hah, i'm sure there are well funded nuts in your state too : )

  17. Re:Everyone should MIRROR Wikileaks on WikiLeaks Moves To Swiss Domain After DNS Takedown · · Score: 1

    some webhost space?

  18. Re:Ch Ch Ch Changes on WikiLeaks Moves To Swiss Domain After DNS Takedown · · Score: 1

    wow, that would be an impressive drone. I honestly don't think you could kill two hundred with one small missile unless the explosion caused a building to collapse or a very large secondary explosion.

  19. Re:Truth? Let me tell you about TRUTH on Moscow Has Eyes On WikiLeaks, Too · · Score: 1

    eh, i don't think you understand how it works though. You can disobey an order that is illegal, yes. But you have to be able to articulate why it is illegal. Saying "it just feels wrong" doesn't make it illegal. Also, you don't want your military interpreting or willy-nilly deciding which orders to obey. The civilian government commands, the military follows. The military has no choice, you took the oath. Currently the senate and the president want the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, so that's where they are.

    The reason why they say support the troops but not the war is to refocus your attention on the problem. But you are right, many soldiers have left the military after their time has expired (didn't re-up). Their places are taken by younger kids who will go through the same cycles. Those that stay with the military are there for the long haul.. they know these current wars will end. Some were in the military before the current wars as well.

    I'm not sure why you say anyone is fighting unconstitutional wars? Also, terrorists are usually civilians.. just saying. Lastly, don't be so quick to put in prison the people who are tasked with protecting you when you haven't been in their shoes. Sort of like the not all cops are bad thing.. they can look like dicks half the time but if you ever sit down and talk with one you quickly understand why.

  20. Re:Truth? Let me tell you about TRUTH on Moscow Has Eyes On WikiLeaks, Too · · Score: 1

    our guys were fighting without guns? i'm not so sure about this.

  21. Re:subject goes here on Moscow Has Eyes On WikiLeaks, Too · · Score: 1

    Or maybe it's the russians not being so secret to get the americans to announce the russians are watching. Now people think the americans are preping to kill assange and blame it on the russians but it's really the russians!

  22. Re:So? on Moscow Has Eyes On WikiLeaks, Too · · Score: 1

    I'm sure there are some actual American civilians who were former Generals and currently sitting in an armchair.

    But about your #2.. I don't think any of the US armed forces branches have disobeyed or mislead the US civilian leadership. So far it has been the opposite. They've done everything the civilian government has told them to do.

  23. Re:In Soviet Russia... on Moscow Has Eyes On WikiLeaks, Too · · Score: 1

    yup, that's blatant.

  24. Re:If you want Ubuntu without unity...Linux Mint on Preview of Ubuntu's Unity Interface · · Score: 1

    Eh, in this case they BOTH "just work". However one is more in your style. Changing the location of the window buttons is as hard as changing your background picture. Don't tell me you only use the default background pic.. because it "just works".

    I appologize for sounding snarky but i really really like being able to modify everything. The kind of attitude that things should only be one way ends up with a "you can have any color, as long as it's black" type thing.

  25. Re:In other words on Preview of Ubuntu's Unity Interface · · Score: 1

    It was the other way around for me. I was on Gentoo at the time and there wasn't a way to emerge it without unmasking and it was almost impossible to get 3.5.9 living alongside 4.0. I ripped apart my desktop twice trying to get KDE 4 up. I would use enlightenment during recompiles.