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  1. Re:Here's a question... why? on 20,000 Customers Have Pre-Ordered Over $2,000,000 of Soylent · · Score: 1

    Newsflash: Not everyone likes the same things you do. I don't care for eating and I can't cook. Sure there's a lot of food that tastes good, but I could live without. To me, eating is like peeing: it's something I have to do to stay alive. If I was offered the choice to never have to eat or piss again, I'd take it. I'd love to drink the same thing every day and get the perfect mix of what my body needs. I also get much more pleasure from other activities, which I would have more time for. I just hope that Soylent really is as perfect as it's creator says it is.

  2. Re:This app never seemed necessary on FTC Drops the Hammer On Maker of Location-Sharing Flashlight App · · Score: 1

    Cyanogenmod has this feature, it's called Privacy Guard. It states: "When Privacy Guard is enabled, the app will not be able to access personal data such as contacts, messages or call logs."

  3. Re:Awww on Winamp Shutting Down On December 20 · · Score: 1

    There have been security vulnerabilities in Winamp. I think it's mostly based on funky decoders and streaming stuff. This doesn't really affect me since I trust the source of my ripped music and don't stream stuff.

  4. Re:This is why we can't have nice things... on Solid Concepts Manufactures First 3D-Printed Metal Pistol · · Score: 1

    My buddy works for the company. If you watched their promo video, you would see that they make dental parts and medical implants as well as aerospace and machine parts.

    P.S. The news outlets got it wrong. The company is headquartered in Santa Clarita, California. Texas is their only office with a Federal Firearms License.

  5. Re:Stallman ain't gonna be happy on Torvalds: SteamOS Will 'Really Help' Linux On the Desktop · · Score: 1

    You don't know what Stallman is about, do you? He doesn't care about "getting work done" or even open source, his objective is freedom and always has been. His goal wasn't to build popular software, it was always to make software that respects the user's freedom. If big companies want to build on his ideas, that's great. The second they stop respecting the user's freedom is the second they are no longer helping the community.

  6. Re:Real life the game on Red Cross Wants Consequences For Video-Game Mayhem · · Score: 1

    My favorite torture experience in a game will always be Quake 4. SPOILER ALERT: In the game you're captured by the enemy aliens and strapped into an assembly line where machines saw off your arms and legs while still conscious to replace them with robotic limbs. You fall in and out of consciousness as they pump you full of adrenaline to keep you alive. They slice open your chest and bolt armor onto your body and jam a syringe into your brain to implant some kind of device that allows you to understand their language. All this happens while you watch the poor bastard in front of you go through the same thing and scream bloody murder.

    I remember this vividly as some of the most emotion a game has ever evoked out of me. Great game, I've beaten it twice :)

  7. Re:Maybe we shouldn't be remembering dreams on New App Aims To Track Your Dreams · · Score: 1

    Man didn't evolve being jolted out of sleep by alarm clocks. More likely they were awoken gradually by light or animals waking up. Maybe ancient man remembered more dreams than modern man.

  8. Re:*yawn* these have around for years? on USB "Condom" Allows You To Practice Safe Charging · · Score: 1

    What if it says Charging (wireless)?

  9. Re: Don't they have something better to do? on Ministry of Sound Suing Spotify Over User Playlists · · Score: 2

    You're not the only one. I was just getting into music and metal when Napster came around, and I decided I would avoid listening to Metallica and not download their stuff since they didn't want me to.

    You should see the look on people's faces when we have conversations like this? "You like Slayer?" Yeah! "You like Pantera?" Yeah! "You like Megadeth?" Fuck yeah! "You like Metallica?" Eh, not really. That's when their jaws hit the floor.

  10. Re:Commercial activities on domestic levels on Welcome To the 'Sharing Economy' · · Score: 1

    You're right, we should close down every prison and free everyone. After all, murderers aren't to blame for killing people. Just go on with your life.

  11. Realplayer?! on 13 Years After DeCSS Case, Congressional IT Endorses VLC · · Score: 1

    That's nice that they recommended VLC, but I can't take this recommendation seriously when they also recommend RealPlayer.

  12. Re:Smartphones/tablets made WebTV obsolete on Microsoft Says Goodbye To WebTV/MSN TV · · Score: 1

    Also don't forget that Flash took over the web and WebTV didn't have a mouse or the hardware to render flash as you mentioned. But nevermind the hardware, there was never a plugin!

  13. Re:Wait, what? on Can Ride-Sharing Startup Lyft Survive the SoCal Heat? · · Score: 1

    A bad meal from a restaraunt will give you food poisoning for a day. A driver that shouldn't be on the road can kill you.

  14. Re:Wait, what? on Can Ride-Sharing Startup Lyft Survive the SoCal Heat? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I work for a limousine service, here's just a couple of things I can think of off the top of my head. Insurance, which was mentioned earlier. If you get in an accident, is this guy's private not-for-hire insurance going to cover you? We drug test, I can't imagine an individual drug testing himself. We monitor employee's hours making sure that they get enough sleep and we see them in person when they pick up cars. We're able to judge their appearance to make sure they look fit and healthy enough to drive and are also dressed professionally. We wash our cars every day. We have an office that keeps track of things and can send another car to pick up a passenger should something unexpected happen. If you use Lyft and schedule a pickup and then your single and only driver needs to make stops or gets stuck in traffic, what do you do next? We check their DMV record and straight up fire people if they get into 2 accidents in too short of a time span. We do regular maintenance on the vehicles constantly to make sure they're in top operating condition. In this industry, you get what you pay for. We're a business and we're good at what we do and have streamlined processes for making our business run efficiently. If you go with some Joe off the street, he's going to be learning all of this from day 1.

  15. If google were competent... on Android Update Lets Malware Bypass Digital Signature Check · · Score: 4, Funny

    If Google were competent they would have shipped Android with a modified HOSTS FILE. Hosts files can protect you from APK modification and cubic time bastards.

  16. Don't forget the Beastie Boy that did the same thing. He was a vegan and tried alternative medicine before seeing a real doctor.

  17. Re:seems like a waste of money on One Year Since Assange Took Refuge in Ecuadorian Embassy · · Score: 2

    LOL "the left". You meant that the right is abusing it just as much as the other right is.

  18. Re:why not garden and have chickens instead? on The Lepsis Is a Terrarium For Growing Edible Insects At Home · · Score: 1

    The whole reason people have lawns is to show off that they own land and that they're so rich they don't have to farm on it. Let me also remind you that this whole eating bugs idea is for poor countries that don't have enough food to go around, not us Americans. We have too much food.

  19. Re:2 decades of Windows being pwned and Google lea on Android Malware "Obad" Called Most Sophisticated Yet · · Score: 1

    What Google should do is set up an online store for their apps like Apple has done with the iPhone. Then Android users could finally have a safe, trusted source of vetted apps so they won't have to risk infection~

  20. Re:A huge underestimate of people's nature on BitTorrent Bundle Puts a Music Store Inside Torrents · · Score: 1

    Oooh are we talking concept albums? I know a couple!

    Digimortal
    The Industrialist
    Tales of Mystery And Imagination

    These are the only 3 I can think of off the top of my head :/

  21. Re:Why is there a declining PC Market? on Blackstone Drops Dell Bid, Cites Declining PC Market · · Score: 1

    Then you see Microsoft trying to get Windows 8 out there, but it's not working, because Windows 8, isn't flying with people. At this point in time, people who use a PC, don't want to use a PC like a mobile device.

    Has anybody ever told you, that you go a little overboard, overboard with the commas?

  22. Re:A new X-Wing series would have been an insta-hi on Disney Closes LucasArts · · Score: 1

    I grow a massive boner when I fantasize about a new X-Wing [vs Tie Fighter] game. That's the only game I've ever used a DOS emulator to play.

  23. Re:Suddenly... on North Korea Declares a State of War · · Score: 1

    Just go to Iraq and hire recruit some people to jihadi-bust that depot wall. Allahu Ackbar! Splash Splash Splash!

  24. Re:Nothing New on North Korea Declares a State of War · · Score: 1

    That mineral wealth is what really scares me. Imagine the south dropping mules on all the mineral patches of the north while at the same time the north gains the technology necessary to inject larva on their hatcheries.

  25. Re:Realtime voice encryption apps? on DOJ Often Used Cell Tower Impersonating Devices Without Explicit Warrants · · Score: 1

    I've heard of one called Skype.

    He said good realtime voice encryption apps.