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  1. Re:Must be nice on How the U.S. Sequester Will Hurt Science and Tech · · Score: 0

    Actually, Nancy Pelosi did. She said it would be disrespectful to her-- because all the paycuts the great unwashed took in the last few years don't matter as much.

  2. Re:And Yet... on How the U.S. Sequester Will Hurt Science and Tech · · Score: 2

    If you're living paycheck to paycheck like that, you should expect disaster.

  3. Re:And Yet... on How the U.S. Sequester Will Hurt Science and Tech · · Score: 2

    I eagerly await the proof for Dr. Hypebole's statement that the loss of less than 6% of funding (assuming your 2% inflation estimate is correct, which it isn't) will "set back medical science for a generation".

  4. Re:Keep your guard up on Music Industry Sees First Revenue Increase Since 1999 · · Score: 1

    You needed an adapter to play 45s on a turntable, too. Remember the oversized spindle?

    The first CD singles were small sized, but that was in the redbook spec. There's not much one could do about them not working in slot-fed auto CD players. There wasn't enough room for a tray! They played in everything else.

  5. Re:F-35 Just a jobs program... on Boeing Touts Fighter Jet To Rival F-35 — At Half the Price · · Score: 1

    You assume two things: one, that national defense is totally not needed, that no one will ever attack us or our interests; and two, that the issue of poverty (BTW, you "50 million hungry children" figure is a bald-faced lie) can be solved merely by throwing (taxpayers') money at it.

    National defense IS part of our infrastructure.

  6. Re:What are they needed for? on Boeing Touts Fighter Jet To Rival F-35 — At Half the Price · · Score: 1

    Air superiority is required in order to hit ground targets without putting in tens of thousands of ground troops to be slaughtered.

  7. Re:Backwards compatibility on Boeing Touts Fighter Jet To Rival F-35 — At Half the Price · · Score: 1

    Does Godwin's law cover references to Kaiser Wilhem?

  8. Re:Give me LP with digital copy on Music Industry Sees First Revenue Increase Since 1999 · · Score: 1

    Or you could just buy the CD, rip it through a graphic EQ with a logarithmic rolloff starting at about 13K and a sharp -15 dB cutoff at about 20 Hz, and loop in some surface noise off the lead in of one of your LPs. Then it will sound just like vinyl!

  9. Re:Keep your guard up on Music Industry Sees First Revenue Increase Since 1999 · · Score: 2

    Make no mistake about it, the music industry still DREAMS of going back to the days when they could charge you $15 for a CD that you had to buy just to listen to one lousy song

    The market drove that change. The recording industry started off selling single songs (and later, two) on cylinders and 78 RPM discs, then 45 RPM vinyl, then cassette singles, then CD singles... then nothing, because the cassingles and CD singles weren't selling anymore. The cassingles were popular for about four years, and the CD singles never were.

  10. Re:Don't just sit on your hands... on Ask Slashdot: Identity Theft Attempt In Progress; How To Respond? · · Score: 5, Funny

    So first he beats you up, then takes your wallet?

  11. Re:I Don't Understand the Conclusion on Terminator Sparrows? · · Score: 1

    Agreed. I greatly hope that this is just a poorly written article, and not a ridiculous conclusion.

  12. Re:This is why people hate MS on Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 10 For Windows 7 · · Score: 2

    I'm pretty sure that if you have source code and a compiler for Windows, you can still build things for XP.

  13. Re:Think you may want to look at his logs on Helena Airport Manager Blocks TSA From Taking Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Barney Stinson's latest scheme...

  14. Re:Think you may want to look at his logs on Helena Airport Manager Blocks TSA From Taking Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 1

    The "myth" started when they only started restricting the size of liquid containers after someone tried to sneak liquid explosives on board.

  15. Re:Ah, Let's Read the Whole Article, Shall We? on Study Suggests Generating Capacity of Wind Farms At Large Scales Overestimated · · Score: 1

    Increasing the size and skill of police forces, and reforming the public policy toward the mentally ill, would reduce homicides more than banning rifles. However, that hasn't stopped politicians from repeatedly trying to band them.

  16. Re:Isn't waste the whole point of grants and stimu on West Virgnia Auditor Finds Cisco Router Purchase Not Performed Legally · · Score: 1

    What do you mean, leftist? It's the lefties, all the way down from the President, who are talking JOBS, JOBS JOBS! They're all talking about jobs-- it's just that the jobs are for their cronies and for government.

  17. Re:Scaling is the Key! on New Process Takes Energy From Coal Without Burning It · · Score: 2

    Seltzer?

  18. Re:Whiners are us on Flu Shot Doing Poor Job of Protecting Older People This Year · · Score: 0

    People get the vaccine hoping that something DOESN'T happen. It's nice to see that big pharma and the medical community don't care that they are pushing fraudulent vaccines that are only 9%-50% effective.

  19. Re:Too much mutation... on Flu Shot Doing Poor Job of Protecting Older People This Year · · Score: 1

    His point is that the vaccines don't work. They don't have to be useless, but they are.

  20. Re:Quit promoting it when it doesn't work on Flu Shot Doing Poor Job of Protecting Older People This Year · · Score: 2

    YOU STILL GOT THE FLU. There is absolutely no evidence that the vaccine helped you. None of any kind. The flu doesn't lay everyone low, even when unvaccinated.

  21. Re:Quit promoting it when it doesn't work on Flu Shot Doing Poor Job of Protecting Older People This Year · · Score: 1

    Almost 40 years, and my no-flu-shot strategy has been 100% effective. Well, maybe I got them as a kid and don't remember. Let's call it 30 years.

  22. Re:The fallacy of "Any is better" on Flu Shot Doing Poor Job of Protecting Older People This Year · · Score: 1

    False dilemmas sure are great. How about we find some preventative treatments that actually work?

  23. Re:The fallacy of "Any is better" on Flu Shot Doing Poor Job of Protecting Older People This Year · · Score: 1

    50% is still horrible, considering that seizures and anaphylactic shock are possible side effects.

  24. Re:Quit promoting it when it doesn't work on Flu Shot Doing Poor Job of Protecting Older People This Year · · Score: 1

    Considering that some people are allergic, some are subject to seizures from the inactivated vaccine, and ineffective vaccines cost as much in resources as other more effective treatments, I don't think 9% efficacy is sufficient.

  25. Re:Cry me a river on Homeland Security Stole Michael Arrington's Boat · · Score: 1

    Excuse me... you left the reason out of your post. The middle class grows because of prosperity, not the other way around.