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  1. Re:An obvious travesty of moderation. on "Manhattan Project" For Prosthetic Arms · · Score: 1

    I don't think it's a troll because the poster totally believes it. And I assume by "FOX" you mean Fox News-- unless you think that somehow the Simpsons have become a right-wing mouthpiece. Hmm... that doesn't seem to fit. Must be because you've bought into the Clintonesque "right-wing conspiracy" meme as well.

  2. Re:The problem with giving Windows 1TB... on How To Use a Terabyte of RAM · · Score: 1

    Do your databases normally remain at 128K forever? Or could you start a 2 GB import at any time? The database server doesn't know. And if it has to allocate all that RAM once you being importing, it will incur a performance penalty.

  3. Re:You only need 16GB of RAM for this to be useful on How To Use a Terabyte of RAM · · Score: 1

    If you think flash memory is as slow as a hard disk, you haven't been paying attention. It's not your 1980s static RAM. The transfer speed is similar, but the difference in latency is huge. Why do you think Microsoft developed ReadyBoost?

  4. Re:Job Loyalty? How about orker loyalty? on Gen Y Workers Reinventing IT for the Better · · Score: 1

    Now we get to pay for their social security!

  5. Re:Can we at least hope... on Comparing the RIAA To "The Sopranos" · · Score: 2, Funny

    There won't be any Journey songs playing, however-- because the illegal pirate downloaders STOLE THEM ALL!

  6. Re:For the Record on BBC Micro Creators Reunite In London · · Score: 1
    Version 2.3:

    30 print a$;" is a wanker!"
  7. Re:I don't get the big deal.... on The Real Body Snatchers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Here the poor have no health care
    Not true at all. I'm sorry about your friend, but I think he may have had some options if he'd looked into them. If he thought something was wrong with him, he could have gone to clinics where an exam with a GP (which would be a start towards cancer detection) would have been free or nearly free.

    It is a land of plenty, but it is an impoverished nation when one considers the things that really matter. Because of the national religion of mammon worship (mammon worshipers who mostly consider themselves Christian) we are not very damned likely to ever get universal health care like the civilized world has.
    Please don't twist scripture. It says nothing in there about taking other people's money to pay for these programs. If you wish to pay for others' health care out of your own pocket, you can give it to them directly or contribute to charities like Ronald McDonald House or various hospitals who do treat people who are unable to pay.
  8. Re:Universal Health Care on Talk to This Year's Quirkiest Senatorial Candidate · · Score: 1

    But I suppose being born with equal opportunity is not really an important part of your desires for the role of government.
    It's not mine either. Even if "equal opportunity" is something we don't have but need, who says government is to give it to us? Have you ever read "Harrison Bergeron"?
  9. Re:Universal Health Care on Talk to This Year's Quirkiest Senatorial Candidate · · Score: 1

    It's only two years. So you're probably totally wrong in your assumption.

  10. Re:Universal Health Care on Talk to This Year's Quirkiest Senatorial Candidate · · Score: 1

    And we're on the right side, because many of those other nations are trying to shut down their failed healthcare Ponzi schemes.

  11. Re:Why Democrat? on Talk to This Year's Quirkiest Senatorial Candidate · · Score: 0

    If "progressive" means "progressing towards higher compliance with the limited powers allocated to the Federal government in the Constitution," I'm all for it. But we all know that's ridiculous, and being progressive means discarding the Constitution and creating your own.

  12. Re:For fuck's sake on UK Police Want DNA of 'Potential Offenders' · · Score: 1

    And it's just really really sad to watch. The USA did away with habeus corpus, and the gutless democrats haven't found the FUCKING BALLS to reinstate it.
    Why would they? It'll be useful for the oppressive regime they'll install once their candidate is elected.
  13. Re:For fuck's sake on UK Police Want DNA of 'Potential Offenders' · · Score: 1

    You obviously don't have idea how the electoral college works. It doesn't "decide" anything-- it's just another way of tallying the votes.

  14. Re:For fuck's sake on UK Police Want DNA of 'Potential Offenders' · · Score: 1

    A burning tire around a camera is tant-amount to an act of terrorism
    You'd better believe it. Do you realize how much carbon is being released by that thing?
  15. Re:US politics... on UK Police Want DNA of 'Potential Offenders' · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, it isn't biased enough against bigots like yourself.

  16. Re:For fuck's sake on UK Police Want DNA of 'Potential Offenders' · · Score: 1

    It's all fun and games until the pitchforks come out! Between those and the two-inch pocket knives ('cause murderers carry anything bigger, you know), I bet the parliament thinks twice before handing down any more oppression on the subjects!

  17. Re:For fuck's sake on UK Police Want DNA of 'Potential Offenders' · · Score: 1

    Your mindless rant really didn't add anything to the discussion. Most people realize that the president isn't a knuckle dragging idiot or he wouldn't have even cleared the primaries. Better luck next time, Captain Hyperbole.

  18. Re:For fuck's sake on UK Police Want DNA of 'Potential Offenders' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's much better in the USA. We just medicate our weird kids here!

  19. Re:Hm on Samurai-Sword Maker May Cool Nuclear Revival · · Score: 1

    Now you can finally beat Goro in Mortal Kombat!

  20. Re:Poor little guy on An AI 4-Year-Old In Second Life · · Score: 1

    You'd probably be a perverted version of Doomsday.

  21. Re:1984 on GoDaddy Silences RateMyCop.com · · Score: 1

    The 25 MPH speed limits are nothing compared to the abuse of stoplight cameras. Any town that wants to increase its revenue need only install a camera, then set the yellow signal interval dangerously low-- making it impossible for a driver who entered the intersection on the yellow to clear it before the red. Not only does this trap drivers who were attempting to safely clear an intersection, but it encourages slamming on the brakes and being rear-ended or losing control.

  22. Re:MiniOne on German Police Raid 51 CeBIT Stands Over Patent Claims · · Score: 1

    You misspelled "Sorny." I prefer "Magnetbox", myself.

  23. Re:But then.... on Drugs In Our Drinking Water · · Score: 1

    It makes you a lesbian as well, because you start hitting on ugly women.

  24. Re:Haven't you ever heard of Lexis Nexis? on Bad Science Journalism Gets Schooled · · Score: 1

    Hmm. Looks like the EPA was right.
    Citing a bunch of stuff that supports the idea of CO2 trapping heat isn't support for global warming-- it's a straw man. We all know carbon dioxide has this characteristic from grade school science. The issue is whether man-produced carbon emissions are having an impact on global temperature-- and many of the un-fudged numbers say no.
  25. Re:Just lie about your birthdate and see what happ on Should Scientists Date People Who Believe Astrology? · · Score: 4, Informative

    So I lied - told her I was born on Feb 30 (there is no Feb 30 - ever).
    I think that her not knowing there is no February 30th would have been enough to dump her right there. I have to say that dating her for another year might not have been the greatest decision on your part!