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  1. Re: Americans are really strange on Obama Proposes 2 Years of Free Community College · · Score: 1

    Only in America would someone claim, with a perfectly straight face that attending a 4-6 year university is "elite". Are you really that brainwashed?

    No, your reading comprehension is that POOR. He said "elite schools", not "all colleges are elite".

    all the Jesus people in the US

    You really have no idea what "all the Jesus people" want. For example, the College of the Ozarks is a Christian-run university that doesn't charge tuition.

    I can even call the fire department to come a remove some bees in my garden.

    What's stupider: removing BEES from a garden, or having people who have been trained to fight fires remove them? We have "beekeepers" here. We also have pest control people trained to remove dangerous insects.

  2. Re:No matter how much power we gave them ... on MI5 Chief Seeks New Powers After Paris Magazine Attack · · Score: 1

    You really are thick, aren't you? He used the word "contemporary" in a generous attempt to keep someone from looking like an idiot. I think we've solved the Christian violence problem in the modern world. It helps when literacy is widespread, and a religion's texts don't actually call for violence against those of other religions-- it makes it easier to point out the radicals.

  3. Re:Hmmm on FBI: North Korean Hackers "Got Sloppy", Leaked IP Addresses · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I started doubting early on because this administration seems to love to blame visual media for everything. Remember when the Benghazi attack was provoked by a Youtube video almost no one saw?

  4. Re:And? on Unbundling Cable TV: Be Careful What You Wish For · · Score: 1

    And another unwary internet traveler is kicked into the goatse.

  5. Re:AdLib vs. Sound Blaster on Archive.org Adds Close To 2,400 DOS Games · · Score: 1

    Windows was something you had to exit from in order to play games. That's why OS/2 was briefly popular. I could set my paper (in Wordperfect) aside and take a TIE Fighter break. Windows users had to at least exit, and maybe reboot into a different config where they had conventional memory maxed out. That was actually amazing in the PC world at the time.

  6. Re:Expectations of privacy on FBI Says Search Warrants Not Needed To Use "Stingrays" In Public Places · · Score: 1

    It seems like you could only prove the evidence inadmissible if, say, your GPS was turned on at the time and it pinpointed your location as being on private property.

  7. Re:Someone please aware me: on FBI Says Search Warrants Not Needed To Use "Stingrays" In Public Places · · Score: 1

    Rabbi, I realized that if flipping a switch is work, that turning my door handle must be. That's why I couldn't make it to synagogue. Oy vey, I was trapped!

  8. Private citizens now free to monitorin public on FBI Says Search Warrants Not Needed To Use "Stingrays" In Public Places · · Score: 1

    I'm sure this means that, since police don't need warrants to perform monitoring of communications, that private citizens are free to do so. Thinking otherwise is illogical.

  9. Re:Nothing New for Sony... on Sony Thinks You'll Pay $1200 For a Digital Walkman · · Score: 1

    I reluctantly bought a Sony Blu-ray player because reviews seemed to indicate that just about every other player on the market had serious performance issues with the built-in streaming apps. It definitely has its annoyances. Other than the disc drawer issue you mention, the number of video protocols its can decode is small, inexplicably that list is even smaller if using DLNA rather than local media, and it tends to crap out between songs when controlled remotely under DLNA, making it impossible to play your playlists without interruption.

  10. Re:Highly supported? on Gun Rights Hacktivists To Fab 3D-Printed Guns At State Capitol · · Score: 0

    What good is identifying the threat, when you aren't allowed to defend yourself and the police aren't required to help you?

  11. Re:What's the new hole? on Writer: How My Mom Got Hacked · · Score: 1

    XP has no concept of user priveldges outside of programs so all services run as admin for everything

    This is not true. Services can be run under user accounts.

  12. Re:...and... on Ancient Planes and Other Claims Spark Controversy at Indian Science Congress · · Score: 3, Informative

    We don't require children to recite the pledge of allegiance, belief in angels is not part of our system of government, and the motto on our currency is "In God We Trust", not "God is on Our Side".

  13. Re:...and... on Ancient Planes and Other Claims Spark Controversy at Indian Science Congress · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So, I assume this means that the prime minister and Minister of Science have already been removed from office?

  14. We're not hearing it from our heads of state and supposed scientific leaders, are we?

  15. Re:Well duh - it's always been about saving money on The Open Office Is Destroying the Workplace · · Score: 1

    Another appeal to popularity... and it's doubtful that "the rest of the world" even does this.

  16. Re:Are they good? No. on Out With the Red-Light Cameras, In With the Speeding Cameras · · Score: 1

    In PA, ours say "when children are present" as it should be-- because I should not be ticketed for some moron having the lights flash at the wrong time, on weekends, in the summer, or on holidays.

  17. Re:Are speed cameras bad? on Out With the Red-Light Cameras, In With the Speeding Cameras · · Score: 1

    I can tell you don't drive in the USA, because every state has a points system that applies to moving violations. Too many points, and your license is suspended.

  18. Re: Speeding not always an issue on Out With the Red-Light Cameras, In With the Speeding Cameras · · Score: 2

    Then you have the usual human idiocy issues...

    We had a sign like the kind you mention near my workplace. It flashed if you went over 35 MPH. The problem is, the posted speed limit is actually 40 MPH. There are two signs within 250 feet of the electronic sign that say 40 MPH-- you can even READ one of them from the installation location-- yet some moron asked for a 35 MPH sign and some morons installed it.

  19. Re:Speeding not always an issue on Out With the Red-Light Cameras, In With the Speeding Cameras · · Score: 1

    Nope. All the interstate or state highways are set by the states in which they reside-- so, determined by politicians-- and county/local roads are set by those authorities. They might consult engineers when the road is built or upgraded, but in reality some citizen complains or (and this is the root password) a child or cop gets killed so they reduce the speed limit-- regardless of the cause for the accident.

  20. Re:Speeding not always an issue on Out With the Red-Light Cameras, In With the Speeding Cameras · · Score: 1

    $2000? Class warfare.

  21. Re:Speeding not always an issue on Out With the Red-Light Cameras, In With the Speeding Cameras · · Score: 1

    You act as if the majority of speed limits are set by engineers, rather than politicians.

    It is a fact that most of the highways built in the last 50 years have a design speed of 60 MPH or greater, yet many of them are still posted at 55 or less. And that 60 MPH design speed was intended for cars with drum brakes, no ABS, live axle suspensions, worm and sector steering, no seat belts, no passenger side mirror, no crumple zones, 70-80 series bias-belted tires... need I go on? Drivers may not drive any better now, but it sure helps when your car isn't working against you.

  22. Re:Please explain on Doppler Radar Used By Police To Determine Home Occupancy · · Score: 1

    Wow-- those are even dumber reasons to use this technology than to execute a search warrant. You're going to charge me with tax fraud because I had people visiting when you ran your radar?

  23. Re:Can shoot a person, can't take down a server on FBI Monitoring Hacking Targets For Retaliation · · Score: 1

    The police just killed a unarmed, white, middle-aged guy in PA. By the way, this wasn't the first time. I thought maybe you didn't know that, being in your racist echo chamber.

  24. Just like the police on FBI Monitoring Hacking Targets For Retaliation · · Score: 1

    Is anyone surprised by the attitude of the FBI? They're cops. Cops are people who ignore you when you report a theft or assault, protect their own skins instead of the public, then throw you in jail for carrying a weapon to defend yourself.

  25. Re:And walking around with it ... on Glowing Hobbit Sword Helps You Find Unsecured Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    Even places with permissive gun laws tend to ban the carry of blades over 4 inches unless you're hunting or fishing. It's wrong, but it is what it is.