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  1. Re:The basis is sound. on Alabama Wages War Against the Perfect Weed · · Score: 1

    Mmmm... snake meat.

  2. Re:Did I step into another world? on French Deputies Want Labels On Photo-Altered Models · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You have been royally and professionally trolled.

    Ah, you finally said something truthful in the last line of your post. Well, except for the "professional" part.

  3. Re:Let's treat this on $2,000 Bribe Bought Password To DC P.O. System · · Score: 1

    White Phosphorus Bombs R Us

    Thanks for the solid logic, Captain Straw Man.

  4. Re:Nice SEO slander on $2,000 Bribe Bought Password To DC P.O. System · · Score: 1

    This is D.C., which re-elected Mayor Marion Barry after he served six years in prison for getting caught smoking crack with his mistress.

  5. Re:simple idea on RAID's Days May Be Numbered · · Score: 1

    WDTLER.exe

  6. Re:Did I step into another world? on French Deputies Want Labels On Photo-Altered Models · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Glenn Beck apologizes to Obama?

    I'm curious. What should he apologize for? Beck apologizing for merely disagreeing with the President would certainly be a cats-and-dogs-living-together occurrence. I'm not holding my breath waiting for Cindy Sheehan to apologize to the last President for disagreeing with him.

  7. Re:it's not men driving this phenomenon on French Deputies Want Labels On Photo-Altered Models · · Score: 2, Informative

    the whole scary skinny trend in high fashion is created by, and perpetuated by, and invested in, by women, not men.

    Well, maybe gay men. They do dominate the world of high fashion.

  8. Re:fMRI Strikes Again on Vegetative Patients Can Still Learn · · Score: 1

    Thanks, Captain Pedantry.

  9. Re:He's A Jerk on Austin Police Want Identities of Online Critics · · Score: 1

    Meanwhile, the immigrants spend a vastly higher proportion of their income on things like sales and luxury taxes than most of the rest of us.

    How is that? Are they billionaire vampire* Mexicans tooling around in Bentleys?

    * Food isn't usually taxed, so someone who doesn't eat would probably pay more sales tax per dollar (that's "progressive"). Since most Mexican immigrants live frugally, the exact opposite is true. Sorry to kill the joke explaining that.

  10. Re:Did he update his status? on Burglar Logs Into Facebook On Victim's Computer · · Score: 1

    Old-school LOL

  11. Re:Bogus outdated thinking on RAID's Days May Be Numbered · · Score: 1

    We, and all of our customers, have service contracts with a major IT company-- the one who makes most of the hardware we buy. We let them worry about having replacement controllers, as it is their responsibility under contract. We also make sure our customers have good backups, of course.

  12. Re:simple idea on RAID's Days May Be Numbered · · Score: 3, Informative

    The only real difference between WD's enterprise SATA and their consumer line (other than, perhaps, the warranty) is a firmware setting that determines how long it attempts to write to a sector before giving up and using a spare block. It has to be reduced for enterprise use so that the RAID controller doesn't fail the disk prematurely. My WD disks kept "failing" until I set this timeout shorter. It's been a year since I did that, and I've had no failures or data corruption. It's possible that this is no longer the case for their latest models.

  13. Re:simple idea on RAID's Days May Be Numbered · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'll assume you aren't trolling, and point out that disks work BECAUSE OF the air inside. The heads gain lift.

  14. Re:toposhaba on Congress Mulls Research Into a Vehicle Mileage Tax · · Score: 1

    Like waterboarding?

  15. Re:Dems? on Congress Mulls Research Into a Vehicle Mileage Tax · · Score: 1

    Then Hoover tried to bail out the system, and notice how the Depression was still in effect in 1932. FDR came in, and continued to bailout the system. Result? Depression until 1940. Fact: the USA had faced a depression in the late 19th century, but no one remembers it because it didn't linger for 11 years.

  16. Re:Dems? on Congress Mulls Research Into a Vehicle Mileage Tax · · Score: 1

    Since when does the size of the deficit correlate with the size of government?

  17. Re:But still... on Panasonic's New LED Bulbs Shine For 19 Years · · Score: 1

    Get a light meter, and measure the output from when it is switched on. Nearly all CFLs are not at full brightness when turned on, especially when the ambient temperature is low. Some notice it, some don't.

  18. Re:Oligodynamic effect on Taking Showers Can Be Harmful To Your Health · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hippies take showers?

  19. Re:Gentlemen, start your start-ups on Taking Showers Can Be Harmful To Your Health · · Score: 1

    Rinsing a showerhead with water? Sounds inconvenient! Forget the whole thing!

  20. When you walked in.... on A Tour of Taser HQ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Were your first words, "Don't tase me, bro!"

  21. Re:It's about damn time. on Alan Turing Gets an Apology From Prime Minister Brown · · Score: 1

    Five will definitely get you ten if you say I'm pro choice but against the death penalty. If I have to explain the morals of that one to you, this post would take more bandwidth than a Stevie Wonder discography so I won't bother. Suffice it to say that while I do think abortion is a question that deserves serious thought and shouldn't be considered trivial, the effects of legalize it on society are measurable (Crime rate, New York pre-Guiliani).

    So the end justifies the means? I can explain why I am pro-life in less bandwidth than a Milli Vanilli discography: the life is innocent.

    Furthermore it is a statement about how far women's rights have progressed in any given society.

    Red herring. Rights are irrelevant when something that is arguably murder is under consideration. No one should have the right to kill or injure anyone else. If you don't think the fetus is a human, then it's about science and "rights" don't have anything to do with it. If you do, it's about morality and "rights" still don't have anything to do with it.

    By the sounds of it, you're a somewhat unintelligent gun lover with a homophobic streak and a chip on his shoulder because the US doesn't consist of only your kind right now, looking at the balance of power.

    Ad hominem.

    Maybe y'all should legalize abortion, so that women (who are generally not that stupid, given the choice) can make some decisions that would curb that trend.

    Eugenics? Now who is the bigot?

  22. Re:Pigeons RULE! on Pigeon Turns Out To Be Faster Than S. African Net · · Score: 1

    Is it "Haxamanish's post", "Haxamanish' post" or "Haxamanishes post"? Depending on who you ask, the answer is different

    and only one is correct: "Haxamanish's post." Possessive pronouns don't use apostrophes, while nouns do.

  23. Re:Why don't people with ponytails on Teenager Invents Cheap Solar Panel From Human Hair · · Score: 1

    That argument actually works the other way around: if you are not only able to have healthy long hair, but also survive with them in a highly hostile environment, that means your genes and health (and/or abilities and intelligence) are not merely good - they're probably almost perfect.

    Oh, so you're an Aryan with a short-hair phobia. Got it.

  24. Re:Why don't people with ponytails on Teenager Invents Cheap Solar Panel From Human Hair · · Score: 1

    So you believe that all people with short hair are dirty, filthy bullies? Maybe it's the other way around? I used to have a big 'fro in the eighties and 90s. With my current receded hairline, I would look like Larry Fine or Art Garfunkel if I tried to do that now. I guess that means I'm a dirty brute!

    Get help.

  25. Re:I'm glad this is gone on Canadian Hate-Speech Law Violates Charter of Rights · · Score: 1

    Hitler was elected in a democratic way.

    No, he wasn't. He was appointed to his post, used his influence to destabilize the Weimar government, and took the opportunity to seize power.

    People are sheep and can be turned into murderers in a couple of years.

    How many years would it take to change the Dali Lama or the Pope into a murderer?

    This is why we should never allow any form of violence.

    Speech isn't violence. It's speech. Redefinition of terms is the mark of a fascist society.