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  1. Re:What will ID card store? on UK Government Passes ID Card Bill · · Score: 1
    * date of death.
    That's a tricky one.
  2. Re:Another one bites the dust. on UK Government Passes ID Card Bill · · Score: 2, Informative
    like using a credit card in many stores or buying alcohol.
    Sounds like businesses, rather than the government, imposing that limitation.*

    * technical exception in Pennsylvania, in the case of the alcohol.

  3. Re:Yeah... on Sandals and Ponytails Behind Slow Linux Adoption · · Score: 1
    Expecting employees to wear a jacket and tie is not "reactionary"-- it's the status quo. Wearing sleeve protectors, spats, visors, and bowler hats would be reactionary.

    That being said, my office is "business casual," but I still showed up for my interview wearing a suit for the obvious reason that an interview is a special event. I expect even a "hippie shop" would understand that.

  4. Re:Remote Exploits? Poor user security model? on Windows Vista 5342 Screenshots · · Score: 1

    IE has NO JVM. It uses the one installed (which all modern browsers on the Windows platform do). So if you have an issue with the IE JVM, take it up with Sun because they almost certainly build the one on the Windows PC in question.

  5. Re:Forgot spaceships on First Steps Toward Artificial Gravity · · Score: 1

    You can find shaved "cats" all over the Internet. What's so special about yours?

  6. Re:Parodies, "fair use" and Melbourne IT on Australian PM Has Parody Site Shut Down · · Score: 1

    Besides the fact that you are hyper-sensitive to race (I merely mentioned Arabs and Caucasians without establishing any stereotypes, yet you label me racist), we have clearly misclassified Ted Kennedy here. He should be on the no-drink-and-drive list.

  7. Re:Nothing to see here on Vonage Puts VoIP 911 Caller on Hold · · Score: 1

    Murder? That would be a very lucky shot with a BB gun, indeed.

  8. Re:Not really... on Professor Bans Laptops from the Classroom · · Score: 1
    You know NOTHING about what the student's complaint was. You know nothing about the way I was treated.
    DO enlighten us. Post AC if you must protect your karma from offtopic mods.
  9. Re:I Wouldn't Call Her a Luddite on Professor Bans Laptops from the Classroom · · Score: 1


    Mmm... bologna.
    </homer>

  10. Re:I Wouldn't Call Her a Luddite on Professor Bans Laptops from the Classroom · · Score: 1
    Try to take away the money, and we'll end up going back to the days of unpaid apprenticeships, where the student practically begs to be taught, and lives like a slave for years while learning.
    How is that different from eating Ramen while working near-minimum-wage jobs as an undergraduate, and paying off your student loans for about 5-10 years when you finally graduate? Practically every free cent you have goes to the school while you attend and for years afterwards.
  11. Re:Let me be the first (or so) to say... on New Tech to Help Prevent Hearing Loss? · · Score: 2, Funny
    Set the volume just above ambient, and voila -- you're floating along in your own little sound bubble.
    I set mine to ELEVEN!
  12. Re:Sequel? on The Story of Tron · · Score: 1

    Tron Part Deux: Pooping On Your Childhood.

  13. Re:Well, on The Story of Tron · · Score: 1

    Tron 2: Electronic Boogaloo

  14. Re:Parodies, "fair use" and Melbourne IT on Australian PM Has Parody Site Shut Down · · Score: 2, Insightful
    In other countries doing things like that would get you fired from your job,
    Sounds like an problem with the employer. I'm afraid we don't force employment here in the US like France does (unless you're a 'minority').
    put on the nofly list,
    Have you heard of Michael Moore, Barbra Streisand, or Alec Baldwin being put on a no-fly list? Do you know anyone personally? No? See, it turns out that it's just the usual sloppy work by bureaucrats who confused similar-sounding Arabic names. Joe Caucasian Liberal has nothing to fear, and once we get our representatives to implement proper review procedures maybe we can weed out the incompetents who have screwed up the no-fly list.
    or even worse they dig up dirt on you and your family in an attempt to embarass or discredit you if you try to tell the truth.
    Sounds like the usual politics to me.
  15. Re:Head-bob makes me sick on Motion Sickness Remedies for Games? · · Score: 1

    So what you're saying is that it is Re-Volt-ing?

  16. Re:Ginger on Motion Sickness Remedies for Games? · · Score: 1

    Curiously strong, even.

  17. Re:Credibility, here we COME! on An Overview of the IGF Finalists · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes. Especially their spelling.

  18. Re:Pelosi Railroaded Cynthia McKinney on Democrats May Promise Broadband for All · · Score: 1
    I want to see a drunk who needs some food be allowed to get some without having to give his heart to the lord.
    How about at least getting him sober, first?
    I want to see the Church of Satan forced (even at gunpoint) to take a tax exempt status even though they don't want one. That is true fairness.
    That is true Marxist absurdity.
    I don't want to see a situation where the only place that some scummy Republican donates his money to is a christian church that will only help you if you promise to be born again and renounce your god given sexual preference.

    scummy republican: ad hom
    god given sexual preference: begging the question

    Nice to see that you have a direct line to the Almighty. Since I don't, I have to go by this book he wrote, which contradicts your statement. I recommend you use other means of backing up your position.

  19. Re:A Chicken in Every Pot on Democrats May Promise Broadband for All · · Score: 1
    So you'd be against spending $40 less each month with that being offset by government spending?
    Yes.
    Would you also to pay tolls for every road that you use?
    No, because those are most efficiently handled by the people and not private enterprises as they were before the 20th century.
    How about paying a tax every time you cross state lines on each good that you purchase?
    Prohibited by the Constitution, for good reason. I also don't see the relevance to the discussion.
    How about paying into a private militia to protect you and your family from rival factions?
    Also a basic right in the Constitution.
    You like to be in charge of collecting and purifying your own drinking water?
    Water is delivered by a mix of government (collecting) and private (purifying) enterprises. Government involvement is necessary for efficient use of eminent domain in the case of waterway access. What's the relevance?
    What will happen is that my tax dollars will be used for that and that my friend is just wrong.

    What has happened is certain legislators have realized that broadband has become a necessary and basic right. As an American citizen, you're forced to pay for certain things for yours and others benefit. This is win-win and you're a crybaby.
    And that's an ad-hom. And internet access, much less broadband, has NOT become necessary to everyday life (heck, TELEPHONE access is not-- try not paying your bill unless you're on public assistance). Basically, of all the examples above only the roads have moved from private to public control-- and I think it can be argued that that's merely an extension of the human right to move freely.
  20. Re:MOD PARENT FUNNY! on Democrats May Promise Broadband for All · · Score: 2, Insightful
    "There is only so far left you can go before it becomes a national security risk."

    Orwell would be proud :) Black and white politics - oh how I miss being 12.
    No, it would be black and white politics to say that being anywhere on the left poses a national security risk.
  21. Re:Not really... on U.S. Army Robots Break Asimov's First Law · · Score: 3, Insightful
    Iraqi insurgent fighting for what he believes is the freedom of his homeland.
    The problem is that (and you will on occasion here this from places other than Fox News) most of the "insurgents" are actually from Syria, Iran, and Pakistan.
  22. Re:Not really... on U.S. Army Robots Break Asimov's First Law · · Score: 1

    Or the USA selling steel to Japan and then buying the cars they make (although many of them are manufactured here now).

  23. Re:Discrimination on 1001 Islamic Inventions · · Score: 1

    Actually, you are implying by definition. And since the poster never said 100% of accomplishments were achieved by white hetero males, your citation of two examples who were not is meaningless.

  24. Re:Yes they are on Chinese Bloggers Stage Hoax · · Score: 1
    CNN is Republican now? What, they hired a second one? Only 200 more Democrats to go before it's totally taken over!
    Like lou fucking dobbs. he's just a complete asshat who thinks that nobody outside of the USA is entitled to work.
    They're not entitled to work in the USA, are they? If so, why? Are we responsible for the well being of the entire world, now? I thought everyone wanted us OUT of the business of other nations. Mexico has no jobs? If they don't, isn't that Vicente Fox's problem? If you want to work in the USA, get a green card and work on immigrating legally. I'd be happy to have you.
  25. Re:Yes they are on Chinese Bloggers Stage Hoax · · Score: 1

    Who is "they?"