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  1. Re:Pot, kettle on New Sanctions To Target Syrian and Iranian Tech Capacity · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Disabusing you of false notions... on The Crisis of Government-Funded Science · · Score: 1

    5) Created a "jobs council" that has the sitting CEO of a huge American-based international corporation on it.

  3. Re:Not that impressive on NASA Unveils Greenest Federal Building In the Nation · · Score: 1

    It's not fair that the "green" building uses solar energy that it obtained externally then, is it?

  4. Re:Nasa needs to build a bio dome on NASA Unveils Greenest Federal Building In the Nation · · Score: 1

    Only if that tree has almost no leaves on it. The process of photosynthesis creates more oxygen than it uses. A tree only becomes a net consumer of oxygen in the darkness or when the leaves have fallen off.

  5. Re:Better lookup Romney too on Finding the Obamas In the 2000 Census · · Score: 1

    So does Charlie Rangel's, I hear.

  6. Re:Big Brother? on Expect Mandatory 'Big Brother' Black Boxes In All New Cars From 2015 · · Score: 1

    That's about all that was left in the gas tank when I returned the rental car after prepaying for a 0.40 discount per gallon. SUCK IT, BITCHES.

  7. Re:Big Brother? on Expect Mandatory 'Big Brother' Black Boxes In All New Cars From 2015 · · Score: 1

    OnStar's not even a real private company, as they are a subsidiary of GM. It's child's play to "launder" your private data through them to the government. Fortunately, there is no law that says you have to have an OnStar system-- yet.

  8. Re: think long and hard on Expect Mandatory 'Big Brother' Black Boxes In All New Cars From 2015 · · Score: 1

    Just in case this gets lost in here, I want to point out that Democrats in the Senate sponsored this bill. The House is GOP-controlled, so blaming this on Republicans (in addition to Democrats) is premature until we see the results.

  9. Re:So that's why... on GSA Emails Recount Inside Story of Exploding Toilets · · Score: 1

    You don't want to walk into a casino with that kind of luck.

  10. Re:Even more impressive... on Man Builds 737 Simulator In a Garage · · Score: 2

    Xzibit?

  11. Re:On the upside though on Was Earth a Migratory Planet? · · Score: 1

    Because protectionism worked really well for Herbert Hoover. And those 97% tax rates got us out of the Depression in only eight years.

  12. Re:On the upside though on Was Earth a Migratory Planet? · · Score: 1

    The problem is that we have a government in America that is trying to make us more dependent on it, not more self-dependent. Case in point: the President lamenting that the Constitution is a "charter of negative liberties" and doesn't say what "the government must do on your behalf". Second case: universal health care. So you can talk about people being world-wise and self sufficient, but you can't do it while supporting huge subsidies for "green" energies paid out of the pockets of working people. Either you expect people to think and do for themselves, or you force them to do what the elite believe is for the common good.

  13. Re:On the upside though on Was Earth a Migratory Planet? · · Score: 1

    This is another example of needing to understand that toxicity depends on concentration and duration. Many, many people have lived long lives with bullets or parts of bullets still within their bodies.

  14. Re:On the upside though on Was Earth a Migratory Planet? · · Score: 1

    Not at 390 ppm, right? Needs to be almost ten times that for extended periods to be at risk for hypercapnia. Mostly, it's a risk because it displaces oxygen, so you might also want to call dihydrogen monoxide "toxic" because it suffocates as well.

  15. Re:On the upside though on Was Earth a Migratory Planet? · · Score: 1

    It worked for Fry. And he only had 1,000 years!

  16. Re:New terminology on Prince of Persia Source Code Released On Github · · Score: 1

    You might have better luck finding an IDE Sparq and using that. Even if you don't have IDE ports in your PC, a working PC that does can be found anywhere, probably for free.

  17. Re:What a surprise! on The Digital Differences In Americans · · Score: 1

    What is "working harder"? More hours? More lifting? Does time spent researching and learning count? Why does our President make five times the salary of the average family? Does he work five times harder than an office assistant that works 50 hours a week? How about investors? They may not work 50 hours a week, but they put large amounts of money at risk. What is risk worth? If you have the Marxist idea that only physical labor has value, I'm not sure why you're here.

  18. Re:And that, ladies and gentlemen on Anti-Education Attack Poisons 150 Afghan Schoolgirls · · Score: 0

    The comment I was responding to was clearly referring to Western conservatives (especially those in the USA), not middle eastern fundamentalists. Please read the GP post.

  19. Re:And that, ladies and gentlemen on Anti-Education Attack Poisons 150 Afghan Schoolgirls · · Score: 1

    Now that you have conceded that "conservatives" are in the majority, and one of the objectives of the left is to increase "democracy", then you recognize that conservative views are the ones that should be emphasized.

  20. Re:BUT on The Three Flavors of Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    They suffer from frequent first and second-degree burns?

  21. Re:What is generating their gigawatts now??? on Japan To Be Without Nuclear Power After May 5 · · Score: 2

    A) The economic damage isn't that bad, and in fact it is being credited with a boost in sales of energy efficient products that has helped kickstart their economy out of recession.

    Sounds like they need to start breaking some windows, too!

  22. Re:And that, ladies and gentlemen on Anti-Education Attack Poisons 150 Afghan Schoolgirls · · Score: 1, Insightful

    How many comments did we make it in before someone attacked conservatives and got modded up for it? Six?

  23. Re:I started on one of those on The Apple II Turns 35 Today · · Score: 1

    Or OS/2, but is that too obvious? Just lacked the multi-user support.

  24. Re:I started on one of those on The Apple II Turns 35 Today · · Score: 1
    The PS/2 had a 256 color display at 320x200, even in the base MCGA model. You had to upgrade to VGA to get the 640x480 resolution, however-- and that mode was in 16 colors. And that IBM buckling-spring keyboard was excellent: just ask the folks who paid me $35 for a clean used one.

    Dot matrix printers come from an age when you measured speed in CPS or LPM, not in pages per minute. I'm puzzled by how you could have believed that the Apple DMP was somehow faster... it was 70 LPS, which is about the same as 1 page per minute.

    Yes, I am old.

  25. Re:What a surprise! on The Digital Differences In Americans · · Score: 1

    Again, we provide public access through our libraries. Internet access in your house still requires relatively expensive equipment and services, and is therefore a luxury. We're already paying for the telephone, water, heat, housing, sewage treatment, and food for the poor. Things like the 2nd amendment are rights that don't require us to take things from others. If the basic execution of a "right" requires that you take from others, it's not a right... at least not what philosophers would call a "natural" one.