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  1. Re:Why would a transit company.... on New York MTA Asserts Copyright Over Schedule · · Score: 0, Troll

    I guess being a created-by-legislature, public-benefit company, run by political appointees means that you don't actually have to server your customers.....

    It's going to be fun when these people are scheduling and performing surgery!

  2. Re:let me ask you a question: on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The expansion to a "societal scale" is the problem. It's the difference between me helping the guy up, and me hiring a bunch of goons to hold guns to other people's heads to force them to help him up.

    But the point of your original post, and of mine, was that we can agree to disagree, and go our separate ways.

    Is your movie almost done?

  3. Re:jesusland on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    That sounds like a great idea to me. You can go have your socialist paradise and leave the rest of us out of it. How can we make this happen?

  4. Re:Wait, really? on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But that's what insurance is.

  5. Mod up on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    I was going to post on this article, but I think you've said it all.

    I expect your post will be highly rated for the actual duration of this discussion, but will probably suddenly drop to "0, Troll" in about three days.

  6. Re:IpV6 reality check on IPv6 Challenges and Opportunities · · Score: 1

    I expect that will involve HE charging me. What will I be getting for my money?

    You expect wrong.

  7. Uh-huh. on Dell Considering ARM-Based Smartbooks · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And what reason do we have to believe this isn't a just negotiating tactic against Microsoft?

  8. Re:Entirely Net-Based? Why not microkernel? on Chrome OS Designed To Start Microsoft Death Spiral · · Score: 2, Informative

    It ain't the kernel that's slow and bloated about either Windows or Linux.

  9. I would like to help. on Times Are Tough For Nigerian Scammers · · Score: 1

    Who should I make the check out to?

  10. Re:Fancy TV vs. TV+PC for computerish features on Linux-Friendly, Internet-Enabled HDTVs? · · Score: 1

    If you're only using this TV to connect to your computer, then 120Hz doesn't do you any good. Unless you can get the computer to output 24Hz while watching Bluray. The inputs on all TVs still only accept up to 60Hz.

  11. Re:Is there such a thing on Linux-Friendly, Internet-Enabled HDTVs? · · Score: 1

    Fascinating... Although I don't need/want the storage backend to be in the TV as well. Also I clicked through to the company's site and they don't seem to be making these anymore.

  12. Is there such a thing on Linux-Friendly, Internet-Enabled HDTVs? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is there such a thing as a TV that can run mythfrontend? That would be sweet beyond words.

  13. Re:Corporations externalize costs on Movable Clouds Migrate To Chase Tax Breaks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not that I am at ALL a fan of these sweetheart deals, but isn't it the government that's reneging here, not the corporation?

  14. Finish your damn movie already! on Murdoch Says, "We'll Charge For All Our Sites" · · Score: 1

    Crimeny.

  15. Re:From a typical web surfer's point of view on Bell Starts Hijacking NX Domain Queries · · Score: 1

    One of the biggest failures of this system is with the HTTPS protocol, which is a huge problem for a number of reasons. It's also one that "regular people" might have a shot at understanding.

  16. Thank you! on RadioShack To Rebrand As "The Shack"? · · Score: 1

    Here in Texas we have Dreyer's (although we buy Blue Bell instead). I was doing a crossword puzzle and "Ben & Jerry rival" came out as "Edy". I thought I had something terribly wrong, but now it makes sense.

  17. Is this a koan? on Debian Decides To Adopt Time-Based Release Freezes · · Score: 1

    ...fills me with an absence...

    Mind-blowing, man.

  18. Re:Encryption plan on Making Cesium Atoms Do a Quantum Walk · · Score: 1

    But all the encrypted data in the wild that's considered safe because it's encrypted would have to be considered compromised, right?

  19. Re:Encryption plan on Making Cesium Atoms Do a Quantum Walk · · Score: 1

    What about all the backup tapes or laptops that are stolen, but we don't worry about it because the data was encrypted?

    Today we don't consider that data to have been compromised. But in the not-too-distant future it could be cracked instantly.

  20. Encryption plan on Making Cesium Atoms Do a Quantum Walk · · Score: 1

    Do we have a plan for when one day, our current methods of encryption all become breakable at once?

  21. Holy negatives Batman! on Firefox 3.5.1 Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Now correct me if I'm incorrect, but was I told it's untrue that people in Springfield have no faith? Was I not misinformed?"

  22. Where do you live? on Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games · · Score: 1

    Eight hours from the nearest city? Where could this be?

  23. OT - Your sig on Retired Mainframe Pros Lured Back Into Workforce · · Score: 1

    Sounds interesting; what does it mean?

  24. Attempt? on Comcast DNS Redirection Launched In Trial Markets · · Score: 0

    Aren't they still doing it? I know Earthlink is. Morons.

  25. Re:So why on PostgreSQL 8.4 Out · · Score: 1

    Not one of these features is remotely compelling enough to switch an existing, working app from MySQL.