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  1. Re:Because no one lies about a dead marriage... on The Story of the CEO Paying Everyone $70k Gets Complicated · · Score: 2

    These kinds of people need to be sued for slander, because it devalues the plight of women who were actually abused.

  2. Re:Gets worse near the end of the article on The Story of the CEO Paying Everyone $70k Gets Complicated · · Score: 2

    Whatever you say, Mr. Seven Digit ID.

  3. Re:Technology has nothing to do with it on How Technology Is Increasing the Number of Jobs We Have (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Zig Ziglar used to say that the only thing worse than training an employee and having him leave, is NOT training him and having him stay!

    Employers only care about today's bottom line and don't think about the consequences of not cultivating talent and loyalty.

  4. Re:Internet News on Controversy Over High-Tech Brooms Sweeps Through Sport of Curling · · Score: 1

    Rugby rules are nonsensical. Camp was a genius when he created the system of downs. It rather beats "everyone pile onto the ball carrier until the official figures he's had enough".

  5. Re:A new olympics on Controversy Over High-Tech Brooms Sweeps Through Sport of Curling · · Score: 1

    Saturday Night Live already did that bit...

  6. Re:Looking forwards on Controversy Over High-Tech Brooms Sweeps Through Sport of Curling · · Score: 1

    Yes, I agree they are jokes. Especially reducing tire grip... yeah, let's make the car less safe. NASCAR limits engine power, but that was originally to INCREASE safety, more than to level the playing field.

  7. Re:Children or not on Chicago Sends More Than 100,000 "Bogus" Camera-Based Speeding Tickets · · Score: 1

    So basically, your yellow is an "all red", and the blinking green is a yellow. That's the ultimate effect. The only good feature is the yellow for people waiting.

  8. Re:Children or not on Chicago Sends More Than 100,000 "Bogus" Camera-Based Speeding Tickets · · Score: 1

    Since there are no longer criminal penalties all of those pesky constitutional guarantees fall to the wayside.

    Except for the one that says we're not supposed to deprived of property without due process... that applies whether it's "civil" or not. And of course, if the fine's over $20 you could ask for a jury trial. Gee, maybe the founders were on to something there... oh yeah, they tried to pull crap like this back in the 18th century too.

  9. Re:The trouble is they're right on ISIS Help Desk Assists In Covering Tracks (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    The funny thing is that back in the Clinton era, they classified strong encryption as a munition to keep it from being exported and inadvertently gave it second amendment protection here...

  10. Re:ISIS help desk prompts on ISIS Help Desk Assists In Covering Tracks (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Bonus points for NO CARRIER

  11. Re:If you don't like the textbooks, on Texas Narrowly Rejects Allowing Academics To Fact-Check Public School Textbooks (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 2

    Number one, there is a controversy. I know you think only famous cosmologists, mechanical engineers who used to host science shows for kids, and the fossil fuel companies count. But there are actual CLIMATE SCIENTISTS who have doubts, not to mention a large potion of the public.

    Second, unless you're a fan of damnatio memorae, controversies should be mentioned even if they were wrong. You know, like aether theories, eugenics, phrenology, bloodletting...

  12. Re:Who chose the word "worker"? on Texas Narrowly Rejects Allowing Academics To Fact-Check Public School Textbooks (csmonitor.com) · · Score: 1

    There were slaves imported up to 1808, when it was finally outlawed (the Constitution required that it not be done until 1808). That being said, I really doubt there were even hundreds of thousands between independence (whether traditionally 1776, de facto 1781, or de jure 1783).

  13. Re:The movie's not out yet and I'm already tired on Star Wars Battlefront Released (giantbomb.com) · · Score: 1

    The award was for Best Lens Flare.

  14. Is there a word for the people from central New Jersey (you know, the distinctly non-"Garden State" part) who wear camo, drive pickup trucks, line dance, and call themselves "rednecks"?

  15. Re:Hate emojis ... on The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2015 Is an Emoji (oxforddictionaries.com) · · Score: 2

    because I really am not interested in seeing "champagne champagne baboons-"

    BUTTOCKS

  16. Re:Real smart fella (sarcasm) on Democrat Drops MN State House Run After Tweeting 'ISIS Isn't Necessarily Evil' (startribune.com) · · Score: 1

    You've personally bombed someone?

    Because we're talking about people who have. And no, I'm not going to pretend that there is moral equivalence between people who have might have ironically Nobel Peace prize-winning leaders, yet are peacefully going about their lives, and people who directly attack the innocent and defenseless.

    Because there isn't moral equivalence. And while, as a Christian, I'm painfully aware that 100% of us have done evil and deserve death, I'm not going to excuse violent actions in some idiotic attempt to build political cachet.

  17. Isn't saying females aren't into Star Wars on Hour of Code 2015 Star Wars Tutorial: Spare the IF Statement, Spoil the Child? · · Score: 2

    Kind of sexist?

  18. This is why alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine are legal despite being extremely addictive and bad for one's health.

    That's a bit of a blanket statement. Alcohol and caffeine are not addictive, by the scientific definition of the word, and alcohol is not bad for your health in small quantities. Actually, none of those is bad for you in small quantities.

  19. Re:Several big websites get poor grades on Ivan Ristic and SSL Labs: How One Man Changed the Way We Understand SSL · · Score: 1

    If I'm running a website, I don't care if some fool running a 10 year old browser can't hit my site. I might not even want him to.

  20. Re:A modest prediction on TV Networks Cutting Back On Commercials (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Pawn Stars is worse. They had an entire moronic episode revolving around Skype.

  21. Re:Shows may vary. on TV Networks Cutting Back On Commercials (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    And VH1... which also turned into non-music reality crap, save a few shows. Viacom basically takes the few kernels of corn out of the crap and puts them on Palladia, which is awesome for now.

  22. Re:Professional organization? on Fury and Fear In Ohio As IT Jobs Go To India (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Typical European bigot, using words like "retarded" to project his ignorance.

  23. Re:The US will start smaller on In Ireland, All RC and Drones Over 1kg To Be Registered (suasnews.com) · · Score: 1

    But it's not free. A multi-million dollar project will have to be initiated, and probably at least 30 permanent employees added to the federal payroll.

  24. I have one of those older HD DVR boxes and it does work "properly", but it simply doesn't have the capability of doing 1080p, just 1080i.

  25. Re:Doesn't matter in this case. on How One Company Is Bringing Old Video Games Back From the Dead (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Or they could just say, "We'll take all your profits and do you the favor of not suing you."