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  1. Re:While I hate someone advertising "Unlimited" on FiOS User Finds Limit of 'Unlimited' Data Plan: 77 TB/Month · · Score: 1

    Unlimited == Unlimited access to data
    Unlmited != Unlimited data

  2. Re:Sad Day on Rand Paul Has a Quick Fix For TSA: Pull the Plug · · Score: 1

    No it doesn't. And for exactly this reason, an amendment is difficult to achieve. The idea being that if an amendment can pass, we can have high confidence that it's the right thing to do (but sometimes we are wrong, so amendments can be reversed - like prohibition).

    And we started down the road away from small government when we accepted the idea that we can pass laws without questioning it's constitutionality (eg. Civil Rights Act of 1964)

  3. Re:Sad Day on Rand Paul Has a Quick Fix For TSA: Pull the Plug · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes! And his objection to it has nothing to do with racism as you like to think it does. The federal government certainly doesn't have that right. If you can find me the clause in the constitution that suggests that they do have that right to tell private businesses who they must serve, I would retract that statement.

    Understand that the Civil Rights Act was put in place in response to other government involvement in private enterprise which forced a lot of businesses to be segregated against their will (The transit system in Montgomery Alabama is a good example). All Dr. Paul said was that government should not be in the business of telling private enterprises which customers they need to or need not to serve. Let the free market prove to business owners that attempting segregation is a guaranteed loss.

    If you think the Federal Government SHOULD have that right, then you should favor a constitutional amendment to take care of that.

    This is why Ron/Rand Paul are difficult to connect with. Libertarianism requires greater intellectual vigour and deeper analysis to understand.

  4. Re:They may be mocking the price but on Customers Gleefully Mock Best Buy's $1,095.99 HDMI · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it just make more sense to buy a handful of cheap hdmi cables instead of just one pricy one?

  5. Re:Al Franken on Slashdot Asks: Whom Do You Want To Ask About 2012's U.S. Elections? · · Score: 1

    His official name is Randall. Randall shortened it to Rand much like a Steven would shorten his name to Steve.

  6. Did you mean "running" or "ruining" a country? on Slashdot Asks: Whom Do You Want To Ask About 2012's U.S. Elections? · · Score: 1

    a) examples?
    b) try looking for it. Start at http://mises.org/ which is dedicated to offering solutions to getting out of this crisis.

  7. Re:As a matter of fact, you can on Bible.com Investor Sues Company For Lack Of Profit · · Score: 1

    Damn straight. That's what I was saying.

    Yes, they are legally bound to pay their shareholders in accordance with the agreed upon terms. But the agreed terms are never "make as much money as possible"

  8. Re:There's an easy fix for this on Bible.com Investor Sues Company For Lack Of Profit · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No they don't. They have a responsibility to do whatever they want to do. If they say shareholders be damned, then shareholders be damned.

    You can't invest in an "environmentally friendly" company and sue them because they aren't being as profitable as you think they could be. They might have other priorities.

  9. Re:socialism on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is still socialism in action. Where's the competing fire department?

  10. Re:You're kidding, right? on Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee · · Score: 1

    What about the danger to the fire fighters?

    You'd suggest if I refuse to pay for car insurance, Geico should pay me for a new car after I smash mine up because I begged them to.

    The article didn't seem to indicate there was any risk to life here, just property. But IF there were people trapped inside, I would suggest accepting the risk to save a life and billing him after the fact much like a call for an ambulance would.

  11. Hamburger Earmuffs on Dr. NakaMats Is the World's Most Prolific Inventor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think he's invented Hamburger Earmuffs (TM) yet. He's likely still struggling with the pickle matrix.

  12. Re:Interesting on 220-mph Solar-Powered Train Proposed In Arizona · · Score: 1

    Why not build a high speed train that transports cars (electric or otherwise)? Kind of like a ferry. That way people don't need to worry about renting a car once they've reached their destination.

    Cars should be for cities only. City to city transportation could use high speed bullet trains/"ferries", not freeways.

  13. Pool your resources on Wireless Routers for Congested Areas? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Have a chat with your neighbours. You can all invest in a faster connection and a faster router and you can reduce those hundreds of routers down to a few. Hell, just use a few access points, feed the whole area into a single router.

  14. Adverising? on The Debate Over Advertising on Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    calling it adverising
    Who calls it adverising?

  15. Re:Carmen Sandiego on Can Games Fly On Google Earth? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    LOL, my thoughts exactly!

    Carmen Sandiego would be killer with a Google Earth interface and all that satellite imagery.

  16. Re:This is... on Detecting Rootkits In GNU/Linux · · Score: 1

    Oh what's a Gentoo user to do?

  17. Re:Well that's just funny... on Google NASA Partnership Announced · · Score: 1
    Did you see the board that said:

    root
    Saf3aD&p Really, I'm quite surprised you were allowed to have such a tour.
  18. Re:From a non-American on Cisco Patents the Triple Play · · Score: 1

    Here's a more likely situation:
    Runner on first and third,
    A line drive is caught by the third-baseman right over third base. He steps on third base and fires to first before the runner can get back to the bag.

    Here's an example of one that utilizes a strike-out to make the triple play
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=O2ZnQMV03iM

    Here's a comprehensive explanation:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_play_(baseball )

  19. The Recruit on 10 Terrible Portrayals of Technology in Film · · Score: 1

    While I thought The Recruit was a pretty exciting movie,

    the scene where Colin Farrell writes a program in 30 seconds designed to crack a CIA officer's password in under 10 was pretty far fetched.

    (I wish I could code and crack like that)

  20. Re:Futurama on Combatting Global Warming With Artificial Volcanos? · · Score: 1

    The previous line was even better:
    Little Girl - "Like the kind dad puts in his drink in the morning...then he gets mad"

  21. Re:Help on New Record Prime Found · · Score: 1

    RTF Post. I was referring to the parent who thought all numbers of the form 2^n-1 were prime. Naturally, slashdotters ate him up and spit him out.

    I say bonus karma points to this guy:
    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=196548&cid=161 03985

  22. Re:Help on New Record Prime Found · · Score: 1

    Ha Ha!

    Hey everyone! Let's massacre the parent! Bonus karma points to the one who can shoot down the suggestion the best!

  23. Re:Help on New Record Prime Found · · Score: 1

    Try n=4

  24. Re:So... on Nigeria Widows Lose Their Fortune · · Score: 1

    This could be a stupid question, but I have a question for the investors out there. Which would generate more money? Investing 27.5 million and claiming 100% of the interest or investing 55 million and claiming 50% of the interest?

    I'm just thinking what if I had the choice of over a 10 year period (let's say) of investing 27.5 million and keeping the 27.5 and all the interest earned at the end of that period, or invest 55 million but only keep 27.5 million plus 50% of the interest earned at the end of that period.

  25. Re:Mr. Fusion! on Vaporizing Garbage to Create Electricity · · Score: 1

    It's 1984 man! All you need to do is head to the corner drug store and pick up some plutonium.