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  1. Re:Just a thought... on Winklevoss Twins Finally Give Up Fighting Facebook · · Score: 1

    - It's not all liquid. It's in assets that could lose value, like Facebook shares.
    - The dollar could collapse, like other currencies before it. Hi, George Soros.
    - Taxes, taxes, taxes.
    - Thieves

  2. Re:On the plus side on Winklevoss Twins Finally Give Up Fighting Facebook · · Score: 1

    I guess you were born after the .bomb, huh? Most of those guys didn't have time to cash out.

  3. Re:Similar to how pornography reduced sex crimes.. on Violent Games Credited With Reducing Crime Levels · · Score: 1

    Imagine if they were allowed to show genitalia!

  4. Re:two such devices failed in Denver this month on Tracking Bracelets for Autistic Kids and Senior Citizens · · Score: 1

    Probably not, but that's because everyone knows they are supposed to beep when the battery gets weak and usually waits until they do so.

  5. Re:rerip your CD collection on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Scrub Pirated Music From My Collection? · · Score: 1

    Your homeowner's or renter's insurance should cover property stolen from your vehicle.

  6. Re:rerip your CD collection on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Scrub Pirated Music From My Collection? · · Score: 1

    And losing my driver's license would eradicate my license to operate a motor vehicle on public roads; just ask the police officer who tickets me for unlicensed driving if I get pulled over for some other infraction but can't produce my license.

    Would you have to undergo another driver's examination and road test in order to get another license?

  7. Re:rerip your CD collection on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Scrub Pirated Music From My Collection? · · Score: 1

    I share my entire collection via Bittorrent; I find that the constant bit exercising keeps them fresh.

  8. Re:rerip your CD collection on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Scrub Pirated Music From My Collection? · · Score: 1

    I do this every week, right before I tune the dilithium crystals and calibrate the forward deflector.

  9. Re:Men vs. Women on Women Remain the Ignored Audience In Gaming · · Score: 1

    Hey, we know there are men's clothing stores. But there are at least TEN women's stores for every one... and please don't tell me you haven't noticed the size of the women's section (and even the CHILDREN'S!) compared to the men's in the average department store. In addition, most of the men's stores specialize in dress and formal clothing-- because that's where most men actually get serious about their appearance.

  10. Re:Pretty much my feeling on Women Remain the Ignored Audience In Gaming · · Score: 1

    I don't know about Q2, but in Q3 the hit box was the same size regardless of the skin. Naturally, it was still a bad idea to use a big one because you were more visible.

  11. Re:Denver capitol gold dome, too on Man Mines Midtown New York Sidewalks · · Score: 1

    It does if you graft from the water company. If you disagree, consider how when a town decides to build a sewage treatment plant or city water, they usually force residents to hook up at their own cost.

  12. Re:Bitcoin to revolutionise economy on Bitcoin Price Crashes · · Score: 1

    dangerous, useless

    Not to mention contradictory. Oh yeah, and bullets aren't dangerous outside of a firearm unless your house is infested by flying hammers.

  13. Re:Bitcoin to revolutionise economy on Bitcoin Price Crashes · · Score: 1

    If you ever see a day when gold is actually worthless like a fiat currency, the end is near so you won't need to worry about it.

  14. Re:Just goes to show the lunacy of the conservativ on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 1
    Don't like hunting or target shooting, eh?

    Guns have at least as many legitimate purposes as, say, P2P or encryption.

  15. Re:Just goes to show the lunacy of the conservativ on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 1

    Most US gun deaths are in areas where guns are TIGHTLY REGULATED.

  16. Re:Just goes to show the lunacy of the conservativ on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 1

    There are several countries on the chart in that article that have high homicide rates, but low firearm homicide rates: Ukraine, Poland, Moldova, Estonia. Besides, that chart doesn't correlate levels of gun ownership with crime levels, does it? And there isn't one in that article that does. The whole idea is to have high legal gun ownership-- and all that article addresses is the rate of gun homicide which be stupidly high in places like Colombia where the guns are in the hands of drug lords and not law-abiding private citizens.

  17. Re:Just goes to show the lunacy of the conservativ on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 1

    And since Germany made a knee-jerk reaction by deciding to abandon nuclear, they're going to be burning a lot more fossil fuels at the worst possible time.

  18. Re:It's not about Science on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 1

    Really? People are mad about fantasies? Taxes are the lowest they've been since the 50s.

    Assuming you mean federal income tax, NO. It was much lower and simpler in 1988-1990, when the brackets were 15% and 25%. Taxes were actually quite high in the 1950s. I believe there was a top bracket near 75%.

  19. Re:It's not about Science on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 2

    I know that the actual story behind the Boston tea party is a little complex, but can we stop showing our partial understanding by reprinting Wikipedia excerpts? The fact that there was a tax at all was the main issue; and the straw that broke that camel's back was the preference given to the East India company, which was a troubled private corporation entangled with the government. Sound familiar?

  20. Re:Just goes to show the lunacy of the conservativ on Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats · · Score: 1

    Conservative != libertarian.

  21. Re:Of course they're buying Zunes on The Government's Gadget Habit · · Score: 1

    I'm a real liberal, who realizes that both parties are actually extremely conservative.

    No, we call those "leftists".

    For that matter, most Tea Party hacks try to place some great distinction between the policies of President Obama and his immediate predecessor

    No, they don't. They realize that W's policies were flawed and he was only doing what Obama is doing at a slower rate. In fact, we've been going in the wrong direction for a long time. TARP was the wake-up call. You're thinking of GOP-sympathetic talking heads and radio hosts. Guess what: you agree with the Tea Party.

  22. Re:kudos on The Government's Gadget Habit · · Score: 1

    there are 2.5 million full time federal employees

    There lies the problem. US population: 311 million.

  23. Re:The data shows... on No, We're Not Headed For a New Ice Age · · Score: 1

    The fabricated evidence is the evidence formed from the faulty data collected by weather stations that are located by air conditioners, in parking lots, and almost exclusively in cities.

  24. Re:Denialists are the only ones on No, We're Not Headed For a New Ice Age · · Score: 1, Troll

    Carbon dioxide concentrations would have to increase by about 30 times to actually cause health issues.

  25. Re:someone will eat it on Japanese Scientist Creates Meat Substitute From Sewage · · Score: 1

    I rather stupidly commented on the first part of the GP post without addressing the second, so I'll correct that here. We've used insects and mollusks to create dyes for MILLENNIA.