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  1. Re:Yes, but the real problem is being ignored. on Washington Dancers Sue To Prevent Identity Disclosure · · Score: 1

    Isn't that a bit like saying that there's only a correlation between head shops and pot use?...Not that I'm against that, or strip clubs, mind you.

  2. Re:How about... on New Facebook Update Lets You Choose News Feed Content · · Score: 1

    For a significant number of accounts the users could not keep up if they browsed all day....The only possible solution is FB...

    Really? You've got no more creativity than that? The problem you mentioned isn't even a problem for the vast majority of FB members. And in spite of allowing us to change settings to "Most Recent", FB continually switches itself back. Pure jackass move on their part.

  3. Two Words on Study: Body Weight Heavily Influenced By Heritable Gut Microbes · · Score: 0

    No shit!

  4. Re:But DC is different,no? on Marijuana Legalized In Oregon, Alaska, and Washington DC · · Score: 1

    "Every one of them had the option of walking away."

    like every one of the Jews had the option of not getting on the trains.

    Life, so full of options.

    Right, because applying for a job is like being in a Nazi prison camp. Now it's all clear to me.

    Seriously, come up with a real excuse.

  5. Re:But DC is different,no? on Marijuana Legalized In Oregon, Alaska, and Washington DC · · Score: 1

    "The issue is that it's invasive, humiliating, and unnecessary."

    Invasive?...no. Humiliating...doubtful unless you're very thin skinned. Unnecessary...possibly.

    It seems not to be a problem for millions of those who've peed in the cups. Every one of them had the option of walking away.

    For those working federal contracts, it's not an option for any company that works in the defense realm, to not do this kind of testing. No test, no clearance, no work. They don't give a shit what the state laws are.

  6. Re:USA are a country? on New Particle Collider Is One Foot Long · · Score: 1

    So, they're just as much of a group as say the United Nations then?

  7. Re:so size DOESN'T matter? on New Particle Collider Is One Foot Long · · Score: 2

    Do you play the race card every time someone makes an off color joke about the president?

  8. I Told My Wife on New Particle Collider Is One Foot Long · · Score: 1

    We got a little frisky the other night, and when she reached down and asked "what's this", I told her it was a 12" super collider.

  9. Perversion of the Law on Undersized Grouper Case Lands In Supreme Court · · Score: 1

    This is like charging hookers with tax evasion for not filing. If prosecutors can't come up with a real charge then they need to be asking for a change in the law instead of this kind of bullshit.

  10. Wait a Minute on Enzymes Make Electricity From Jet Fuel Without Ignition · · Score: 1

    This news brought to you by the same school that came out with cold fusion...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M...

  11. Re:Here in Michigan, the Governor's race is the ne on US Midterm Elections Discussion · · Score: 1

    NAFTA? That's ripe. I haven't heard anyone pull that out of their asses in ages. Detroit was on a death spiral long before that. The city's tax rates, and corrupt government helped force business out. My grandfather ran a tool & die shop there in the 60s...it was good times. Dad decided to move his box business to Rochester in the 70s because the city was going to hell back then. I personally left in the early 80s because of the massive unemployment...way before NAFTA.

  12. Re:Solving the wrong problem on Ford Develops a Way To Monitor Police Driving · · Score: 1

    Yes, because we can't focus on more than one issue at a time.

  13. Re:Ought to bring down ... on Ford Develops a Way To Monitor Police Driving · · Score: 1

    I suppose the police unions were in favor of the dash cameras?

  14. Re:Ought to bring down ... on Ford Develops a Way To Monitor Police Driving · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I doubt that you've got the overhead of legal payouts we have. On two occasions, I've had insurance payouts from fender benders that included $5,000+ medical payoffs when nobody was actually injured. The insurance industry does this in order to get the individual to sign off and not take them to court where the costs would be much higher.

    Just a side note on the fender benders. The first one was clearly a set up...the woman slammed on the brakes in front of me for no clear reason. She had a child in the back seat with stitches in his head from another recent "accident". The collision occurred under 5mph. Police and Fire came by, and no injuries were recorded. She filed a medical claim, and was bought off.

    The other case was my daughter's, and she admitted guilt, but similarly there were under $1,000 in vehicle damages, and more than a $5k medical payout. This shit happens way too much in the U.S., and it seems nobody is making an effort to put an end to it.

  15. Re:You want more of the same? on US Midterm Elections Discussion · · Score: 1

    Thanks for clarifying, I didn't realize the president was a politician. His party crafted, and ramrodded the the ACA through approval, so I'm sure it wasn't written to his liking. I'm well aware of the origin, and the fact that he took ownership of the name. That fact is that only those on the right see the name in a negative light...shocker! But your insistence that it was somehow forced upon him and the public at large still appears baseless.

    Yes, I'm sure the GOP, given the opportunity will replace it with some of the same "qualities". I think the public in general does like certain aspects of it...insurance for your kids until 25 for example, and the pre-existing conditions. Now, if they could get the insurance companies out of the way as middlemen, er, leeches, I'd be on board too.

  16. Re:its terrible on Pianist Asks Washington Post To Remove Review Under "Right To Be Forgotten" · · Score: 1

    With maybe the exception of applying to U.S. citizens traveling outside U.S. territories, yes I completely agree. I might consider an exception for people attempting to hack into U.S. networks, but haven't thought this through. I'll let you know when I'm declared king, and we can hash out the details.

  17. Re:its terrible on Pianist Asks Washington Post To Remove Review Under "Right To Be Forgotten" · · Score: 1

    The fact that you call it "flyover country" is insulting. How would you expect them to react?

  18. Re:You want more of the same? on US Midterm Elections Discussion · · Score: 1

    which they have forced the country to call "Obamacare", even though Obama had nothing to do with

    Forced? What kind of crack are you smoking? Obama has even said on live TV that he's happy to call the ACA "Obamacare".

  19. Re:Here in Michigan, the Governor's race is the ne on US Midterm Elections Discussion · · Score: 1

    I guess your opinion of "run roughshod" differs from that of the local liberal Detroit Free Press.
    http://www.freep.com/story/opi...
    And, how quickly he moved the city through bankruptcy.
    http://www.freep.com/story/new...

    Detroit had been run into the ground through massive corruption and democratic policies. And now you're going to complain that someone cleaned up the mess?

  20. Re:But, but, teh STEM talents!!! on Skilled Foreign Workers Treated as Indentured Servants · · Score: 1

    The vast majority of H-1Bs are from India, followed by China at a fraction of the number. Should the U.S. be in the position of fixing India's problem with poor workers? If this was truly about getting highly talented workers that are not available in the U.S. these numbers wouldn't be so skewed toward a single country.

  21. Re:Fine, if on The Airplane of the Future May Not Have Windows · · Score: 1

    even when not looking out of the window, they give you a visual link to the outside as a point of reference for your sense of motion. Being put in a small room that itself is moving is one of the best ways to induce nausea.

    Works fine for most people on cruise ships, unless the seas are rough, and even then people eventually get their "sea legs". The exceptions would be people with inner ear issues, including illnesses, which would affect their balance.

  22. Re:Fine, if on The Airplane of the Future May Not Have Windows · · Score: 1

    The military and corporate planes have had rear facing passenger seats for ages. It certainly doesn't affect babies being carried in rear facing car seats. There's all kinds of safety reasons why this is a good idea, but I can't find anything substantial to back up your claim.

    http://www.airspacemag.com/nee...
    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tra...

  23. Re:Wishful thinking on A Library For Survival Knowledge · · Score: 1

    Why wouldn't the livestock supplies still at least be proportional to the surviving population? You seem to be making a lot of assumptions with nothing to back them up.

  24. Re:100 year old survival knowledge in PDF files??? on A Library For Survival Knowledge · · Score: 1

    they will not make it 100 years in use. I know this for a fact...

    You forgot to tell these people... http://entertainment.howstuffw...

  25. Or, on Taking the Census, With Cellphones · · Score: 1

    They could have just asked NSA.