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  1. Re:Don't forget Ananias on Saudi Justice: 10 Years and 2,000 Lashes For Internet Video of Naked Dancing · · Score: 1

    Correct. The trinity is one in the same. The father, the son, and the holy spirt. So while someone might view this as a split personality disorder, you have to understand that nothing is higher than God. You could say it was an act of introspection as to why He did what he did.

  2. Re:JIT Education on US Adults Score Poorly On Worldwide Test · · Score: 1

    You forgot to mention that we will default this month. And while I can't tell you how people will recover from it, I'm fairly certain that the future of the United States of America will no longer be "united". Old Glory is about to get a change in star count sooner than we all think.

  3. Re: Big Oil is Dancing on Tesla Model S Catches Fire: Is This Tesla's 'Toyota' Moment? · · Score: 1

    The solar powered drones will be watching your every move from now on. Now put the CFL down citizen! Very gently!

  4. Re:No thanks. on Team of Dentists Create "The Six-Second Toothbrush" · · Score: 1

    If you really want to scrape the scum off the teeth (better than what tooth paste does), get the following items.

    1. Cheap toothbrush
    2. Baking Soda (sodium bicarbonate)
    3. Listerine mouthwash.

    Nothing "de-scumifies" better! And you'll get over the test of Baking Soda as it leave a fresh feeling mouth.

  5. Re: Why yes! on Dead Drops P2P File Sharing Spreads Around Globe · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've seen what happens to a PC that took a direct hit. Lightning struck the house that it was in. The damage to the motherboard was fantastic! Every IC, south bridge, north bridge, and main CPU, had its packaging material blown off exactly where each chip was below it. I've never seen anything like it.

  6. Re:Snicker Snort. on Fighting Zombies? Chevrolet Reveals New "Black Ops" Concept Truck · · Score: 1

    No. It was a four cycle 125cc.

  7. Re:yep on Obamacare Could Help Fuel a Tech Start-Up Boom · · Score: 1

    Also, 1200 a month sounds like your employer is kicking in a big fat zero, so you might as well check the exchanges.

    Honestly, it's high because of our risk pool. A few employees in the past have had babies and major surgeries. Not all at once however. But a 16% increase!. Anger doesn't even come into it. I'm genuinely scared about making ends meet. It's my problem, but I'll figure it out somehow. I have no choice!

  8. Re:yep on Obamacare Could Help Fuel a Tech Start-Up Boom · · Score: 3, Informative

    Currently, I pay over 1,200 a month on health insurance for my family. I'm the sole breadwinner as my wife is taking care of the baby at home. I work for a small business of about 10 employees. When I asked how much our increase was going to be for next year, I was told to expect a 16% increase.

    Well, there goes my 401k or future IRA contributions. I'm cutting it. Assuming I can still even pay rent next year.

  9. Re:Real horsepower on Fighting Zombies? Chevrolet Reveals New "Black Ops" Concept Truck · · Score: 1

    The only horse you need is an iron horse. Specifically a diesel motorcycle.

  10. Re:Snicker Snort. on Fighting Zombies? Chevrolet Reveals New "Black Ops" Concept Truck · · Score: 1

    Back in 1994 it happened with an old Yamaha scooter I once owned. It never got driven for about three years. When I tried to start it, no go. The tank smelled like paint thinner. When I pulled the carb apart, it was coated in thick dark brown sticky tar like substance. So ya, I think that was the gasoline that separated. I was able to get it working again. It required soaking the carb in some special cleaner solution (in what looked like a paint can) and replacing all the rubber o-rings and idle needle tip.

  11. Re:That's it on Underwater Sonar Linked To Whale Deaths · · Score: 1

    It's really quite overblown just how racism is in America (of all places) gets so much attention because of slavery in the past. Fact is, racism is global. It's a serious issue in India and Latin America and even among the African American community itself. In all three examples, each group breaks down into sub-groups depending on the "blackness" or "darkness" of ones skin color. With regards to skin color based racism, it's turtles all the way down.

    Take a look at this http://www.coopercenter.org/demographics/Racial-Dot-Map

    Notice how in America we segregate ourselves by "race"?. I contend that we distance ourselves from other cultures that are quite different than the ones we wish to associate ourselves with. And that's the misunderstanding here. People conflate race and culture. They are in fact two entirely separate things.

  12. Re:Not so cut and dry on EU Committee Votes To Make All Smartphone Vendors Utilize a Standard Charger · · Score: 1

    That's a reason. Not the only one. Despite the lock-in and obscene markup of the cables, the underlaying technology behind the Lightning connector is superior to micro-USB.

  13. Re:it will kill innovation on EU Committee Votes To Make All Smartphone Vendors Utilize a Standard Charger · · Score: 1

    No so sure about that. Would Apple be willing to run two productions runs of iPhones one with Lighting and one with USB? That would require a major change to the logic board, chip, iOS, and the case. Either Apple will pay some sort of "tax" in the EU to keep the lighting connector, or the entire world will get the shitty micro-USB connector. There is a third (extremely unlikely) option: Apple opens up the Lightning connector to anyone who wants to use it royalty free. But like I said, fat chance and the fact micro-USB is ubiquitous now.

  14. Re:But, but, my precious Lightning charger! on EU Committee Votes To Make All Smartphone Vendors Utilize a Standard Charger · · Score: 1

    This! Being able to just plug it in without looking is a huge bonus. For example, you're in the car or charging the phone on the night stand with the bedroom lights off. A reversible plug is so convenient sans typical plug aggravation.

  15. Re:Star Wars is Firefly? on An Animated, Open Letter To J.J. Abrams About Star Wars · · Score: 1

    It wasn't so much of the "wild western" aspect as it was all the characters we loved were renegades!

  16. Re: Are you F*cking kidding me!!! on Justice Department Slaps IBM Over H-1B Hiring Practices · · Score: 2

    H1B visas are all about cheap immigration. You have an entire global class of people that make less in their own country, but are provided with more opportunities in America. There are billions of people on this planet. A fraction of those are educated enough to work in America; so they do because they can. Of those that are educated, working for less in America is still an increase in lifestyle. Only the wealthy and investment class in America profit from this. The multi-generational middle class native to America get shoved to the side all while saddled with national debt (not including their own student loan debt) hold a big bag of lost opportunities.

    Globalism is a good thing in theory. But when it hits all at once at the pace that it does, it creates many "lost generations" of the people that live in the wealthier of nations leaving them in a state disfunction.

  17. Re:Let us opt out. on Tech In the Hot Seat For Oct. 1st Obamacare Launch · · Score: 1

    Hold on there spin-doctor! Net surplus: as in the T-Bills are not of the debt amount originally forecasted for. But, hey, 4.8 Trillion of intragovernmental debt is nothing to worry about. Right?

  18. Re:Is there really any point to this? (Yes) on Tech In the Hot Seat For Oct. 1st Obamacare Launch · · Score: 0

    And what Republicans fear about Obamacare more than anything else is that once it's implemented, people will become dependent on it, making it impossible for them to repeal it (much like Medicare and Social Security).

    There, fixed that for you!

    And remember. The more you depend on government, the more control they have over your life. Soon, we will all be enslaved to the "machine".

  19. Re: I bet there is one day shipping on Big Box? Nissan Note the First-Ever Car You Can 'Buy' On Amazon · · Score: 1

    Depends on how popular the car is and how much is in stock. Take a 3rd gen Toyota RAV4. Getting a Sport edition with a V6 and 2W drive was next to impossible; because it's the best bang for the buck on paper. But there was a considerable markup on that combo short of costing as much as a Limited Edition.

    I still went with the Sport for the better handling and interior. That, and all the electronic creature comforts in a luxury break over time.

  20. Re:That's nice and all, but... on Big Box? Nissan Note the First-Ever Car You Can 'Buy' On Amazon · · Score: 1

    I have a really big "tube" for a connection. I'm sure my Internet can handle it just fine thank-you-very-much. Gawd! People are sooo dumb!

  21. Re:without decent drivers on AMD Unveils New Family of GPUs: Radeon R5, R7, R9 With BF 4 Preorder Bundle · · Score: 1

    Wish I had mod points for you. This is absolutely true. Going far back as 2003, the CCC was bloated, buggy, and aggravating to install. Particularly annoying was that .NET was required. That means having to install updates and .NET in default VGA mode first before you could load the drivers on a fresh format/reinstall of XP. Not sure if that's still the case though. Yuck!

    You can have the best GPU in the world. It doesn't do much good without quality drivers however.

  22. Re:And tax them accordingly? on FDA Will Regulate Some Apps As Medical Devices · · Score: 1

    More than likely, yes! They would be subjected to the tax among other filing fees and what not. Effectively it should shut the app down. However, what if these apps were open sourced? Would the feds shut them down and go after anyone torrenting the source code?

  23. Re:Think of the children! on Why Are Cells the Size They Are? Gravity May Be a Factor · · Score: 1

    What mammals if any have been born in space? And I mean from the time of fertilization to natural birth. Is it even possible with the help of nursing?

  24. Re:There Aughta Be A Law on Utility Sets IT Department On Path To Self-destruction · · Score: 2

    Laws are often created as a reaction to an event. The grid must collapse before such a law will be put into effect. It's only a matter of time. But as always, it's a game of "Hot Potato" with upper management. As long as no one drops the potato, all is well. And when it's dropped long after management leaves, it didn't happen on their watch. You see, saving money is a resume' enhancement to ink on paper shortly before shit falls apart. That, and it makes for great endless finger pointing activity.

  25. Re: And I have a 3 foot long penis on Letter to "Extended Family" Assures That NSA Will "Weather This Storm" · · Score: 4, Informative

    Modesto Junior College in California.

    http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/3954954