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  1. Re:You simply have to pull the wire.. on Ask Slashdot: Recommendations For Beautiful Network Cable Trays? · · Score: 1

    CAT-5 has already been outgrown. It cannot handle gigabit. No one should be using this stuff for new installations.

  2. Besides it being difficult to engulf INTO something, most folks do their holiday shopping at places like Macy's and Target, not Acme and A&P.

  3. Re:End of the Epidemic on Mathematical Model of Zombie Epidemics Reveals Two Types of Living-Dead Strains · · Score: 1

    If the black, tar-like substance provides chemical energy, then it burns. I mean, it's certainly not providing a matter/antimatter, fission, or fusion reaction. So flamethrowers and napalm would be the best weapons.

    Fail.

  4. Re:If you've got good signal, digital is better, b on Final Days For Australia's Analog TV · · Score: 1

    Maybe there is something about the Australian digital standard which makes this true. But in the US, it simply is not. Right now, there are thousands of low-income working people in the NY metropolitan area who cannot watch TV. The WTC hosted antennas for the major networks. After 9/11, these networks had to go to inferior backups, making thousands either lose signal or have a marginal signal. The digital transition exacerbated this, such that those fringe people who were happy to have something snowy to watch now got nothing. So if you don't have cable (or Vudu) in NYC or northern NJ, you don't watch TV. Ironically, most of the people who have enough to afford cable in these areas STILL aren't seeing any of the digital benefits, because cable companies charge extra for the privilege of viewing shows that are supposed to be broadcast for free in HD.

  5. Re:When you have a bad driver ... on Is the Porsche Carrera GT Too Dangerous? · · Score: 1, Interesting

    How about, "because this car was built in 2005, when ESC was new and didn't make sense on a sports car"?

  6. Re:When you have a bad driver ... on Is the Porsche Carrera GT Too Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    Facts like the Carrera GT not having stability control (like MOST CARS on the road) are also irrelevant in context, because the car in question was a 2005 model when ESC was rare.

  7. Easy solution on Why People Are So Bad At Picking Passwords · · Score: 1

    Hire Allyson Hannigan to choose your passwords. PROBLEM SOLVED in sexiest way possible.

  8. Re:Can you be serious? on Computer Model Reveals Escape Plan From Poverty's Vicious Circle · · Score: 1

    And apparently, this money comes out of thin air and doesn't hurt the benefactor-- like maybe making their health care worse.

    I guess we just fire up the printing press.

  9. Re:Healthcare on Computer Model Reveals Escape Plan From Poverty's Vicious Circle · · Score: 1

    I didn't know that doctors, nurses, administrators, etc. all worked for free in the rest of the world.

    I didn't know pharmaceutical companies were all non-profit, and researchers worked for room and board.

    Everyone makes money off of health care; the only question is whether the profit goes to the hard working people or if the government bureaucrat gets the biggest slice.

  10. What? on Have 100GB Free? Host Your Own Copy of Wikipedia, With Images · · Score: 1

    Be... without internet? *screams*

  11. Re:Well, isn't this nice on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 1

    Religious nutters have taken away your right to control your death

    It's not all "religious" people, and they're certainly not all "nutters", for as bad as things might be, "nutters" aren't in the majority.

  12. Re:Well, isn't this nice on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 1

    Red herring, but I'll answer your implied argument by saying that the death penalty is supposed to be 1) a deterrent and 2) a way of removing extremely dangerous people from society. If revenge is a part of it, it's not not codified in law and only a side effect of the existence of capital punishment.

  13. Re:Well, isn't this nice on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 1

    1% of Americans, of course. The 1% of the world make about US $35,000/year. That's why class warfare is stupid.

  14. Re:Well, isn't this nice on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 1

    I would be happy to kill you personally and watch you bleed out.

    Nope, that's clearly not what he meant.

  15. Re:Obligatory on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 0

    Apparently your mother never told you that two wrongs don't make a right.

  16. Re:Well, isn't this nice on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 1

    Agreed. The title of this article should have been, "Why Scott Adams Wants a Bunch of People Who Disagree With Him to Die".

  17. Late to the party on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 1

    Scott Adams is just now "breaking up" with the government? Well, there's your problem. You're a little late in getting over your Stockholm Syndrome. We need many more people to leave this abusive relationship, and realize that keeping government power in check doesn't mean you hate poor people, don't want infrastructure, or are a terrorist.

  18. Re:The only fix for vampire draw on Tesla Model S Has Bizarre 'Vampire-Like' Thirst For Electricity At Night · · Score: 1

    High-tech suspensions require electronics.

  19. Re:The only fix for vampire draw on Tesla Model S Has Bizarre 'Vampire-Like' Thirst For Electricity At Night · · Score: 1

    I'll have consumer electronics that have ROHS certification with the Crazyfornia label on it. It's ROHS, so I know the solder is lead-free. This makes me wonder what other horrible substances could possibly be in there. Are copper or gold now carcinogens in CA? Maybe if I grind down the plastic casing and snort it, I'll get cancer?

  20. Re:The only fix for vampire draw on Tesla Model S Has Bizarre 'Vampire-Like' Thirst For Electricity At Night · · Score: 1

    Is that why you have warning labels on everything that has food coloring? Excuse me... COLOURING. Oh yeah, you also have warning labels on cigarettes... obviously, in Europe it's news that smoking can cause cancer.

  21. Re:Fixed summary for you on Science Museum Declines To Show Climate Change Film · · Score: 2

    Or, the film could otherwise be garbage. I mean, would many of us, if given a choice, choose "The Day After Tomorrow" to introduce climate change to kids? Or "The Land Before Time" to teach them about dinosaurs?

  22. Re:Democracy? on FDA Tells Google-Backed 23andMe To Halt DNA Test Service · · Score: 1

    be sure to stock up on adequate quantities of Doritos and Diet Dr. Pepper

    Nope, the FDA banned them this morning.

  23. Re:Entirely Reasonable on FDA Tells Google-Backed 23andMe To Halt DNA Test Service · · Score: 1

    Suppose I started marketing an HIV test, or a Hepatitis C test, or a tuberculosis test without demonstrating the test was effective? The FDA would be on me like shit on stink, and rightly so

    Please cite me the part of the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act which says they have the authority. They have jurisdiction over the following: food, drugs, medical devices, food additives, and dietary supplements.
    Naturally, the kneejerk progressives already modded down my post... so thanks for responding, instead.

  24. Re:Democracy? on FDA Tells Google-Backed 23andMe To Halt DNA Test Service · · Score: 0, Troll

    How is this a medical device? Answer: because they say so.

  25. Democracy? on FDA Tells Google-Backed 23andMe To Halt DNA Test Service · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The FDA decided in 2010 that services claiming to evaluate a customer's risk of disease must be cleared by regulators if the companies sell directly to consumers

    So a bunch of un-elected bureaucrats decided whether same un-elected bureaucrats had the power to regulate a product or service? Mind you, I'm not questioning whether this is a good product or not-- just whether the FDA should be deciding what's in its jurisdiction. Where are the progressives clamoring for "checks and balances"?