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  1. Re:How much for the 60 mph version? on 220-mph Solar-Powered Train Proposed In Arizona · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I don't really feel like paying $27B so that people in Arizona can have super-duper-fast commute. That's a lot of our cash or the riders' luxury.

    Can't they just get a 60 mph version for a lot less money?

    I'm sure Americans* thought the same when the national highway system was conjured up.

    *Citizens of the United States who think they are the only ones who live in the hemisphere.

  2. Re:Paging Lyle Lanley... on 220-mph Solar-Powered Train Proposed In Arizona · · Score: 1

    Put Chandler on the map? A stop in Chandler means Intel employees can commute from Mexico - or Flagstaff.

  3. Re:This is what the "new green economy" is all abo on 220-mph Solar-Powered Train Proposed In Arizona · · Score: 1

    Rush, is that you?

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

    The second article stated there would be 4 sets of tracks. The inner two would be dedicated to express type service whereas the outer two would be all stops.

  5. Re:Remember... on When Hacked PCs Self-Destruct · · Score: 1

    telling them script kiddies can turn it into a spam relay is lame. Tell them that the script kiddies can steal their bank account and tax information. The thought of having their accounts wiped out and their credit trashed is usually sufficiently scary.

    No it's not. Most people think that the only thing that a malicious person can do is pay their bills for them.

  6. Re:Sorry but... on OpenOffice 3.1 Released · · Score: 1

    Didn't have to wait long.

  7. Re:A virtual environment then. on Court Sets Rules For RIAA Hard Drive Inspection · · Score: 1

    I don't think you will get NYCL to comment on the viability of a method to "cover up" an act that makes you either criminally or civilly liable to another party. Attorneys have a requirement to protect and preserve evidence. You are asking about how to conceal and destroy evidence - good luck getting an attorney to answer that one.

  8. Re:Any lawyers here on Hospital Equipment Infected With Conficker · · Score: 1

    Manslaughter is a criminal offense. You sue for civil offenses, ie. wrongful death.

  9. Re:Brilliant Marketing Plan on Windows 7 Will Be Free For a Year · · Score: 1

    Oh, that's awesome!

  10. Re:Another win for PostgreSQL... on Web Analytics Databases Get Even Larger · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does the black hole effect help with compression?

  11. Brilliant Marketing Plan on Windows 7 Will Be Free For a Year · · Score: 1

    However, Curran believes that Windows 7 has already lifted much of the negativity that surrounded its predecessor. "The positive energy and momentum is quite a bit higher than it was in the Vista timeframe," Curran conceded. "People are excited about Windows 7."

    Turn people off to Vista, then when they think you are done and they will never run anything Microsoft again, turn out a decent OS, or at least one better than the one before. Nothing makes this look better than how bad Vista looks.

  12. Re:It is best when little gets done... on Senator Arlen Specter Becomes a Democrat · · Score: 1

    Greed is good? There's a difference between striving to make things better for yourself and your family and screwing the other guy at any cost. When I use the word greed I'm referring to the latter meaning.

  13. Re:It is best when little gets done... on Senator Arlen Specter Becomes a Democrat · · Score: 1

    What? Bernie Madoff broke laws that already existed (which is why he has been charged with crimes and is in jail). Plus, you're trying to create a false connection between the "current worldwide crisis" and Bernard Madoff.

    Bernie Madoff broke existing laws, true. By running a hedge fund - legally unregulated. No one was looking at his books to find the fraud. I'll give you half a point. The current worldwide crisis was created in the unregulated cracks of the system. I stand by that. Credit Default Swaps were not regulated - they are a bogus piece of paper that was supposed to "insure" against failures of loans. But no one was regulating them to make sure the insurers had the collateral to back up their guarantee. It's like me giving you a dollar to insure that I don't have any stock market losses and you give me a dollar to do the same for you. When we both have losses neither of us can collect - this is the current unregulated credit default swap scenario.

    The biggest problem with regulation is greed. There will always be someone trying to exploit the cracks in the system for their own personal gain - the shareholders and everyone else be damned. If it weren't for greed, there would be no need for regulation of any financial markets.

  14. Re:Hahaha, good one. on Senator Arlen Specter Becomes a Democrat · · Score: 1

    "Put another way, Rush Limbaugh explicitly has said he wants President Obama to fail. Not his policies. Not his programs. His entire presidency. No Democrat of any significance actually made any statement calling for the war to be lost."

    I've heard Rush a few times...not my cup of tea.

    But, really why do so many people on the Dem side give him so much attention? He is just a radio entertainer. He holds no office. Has not run for any that I know of. And he does not run anything in the Republican party.

    Who cares what he says?

    Now, if some elected official says this type thing...well, then you have an argument. Someone that IS involved in policy making, can and should be held responsible for their actions and votes.

    The reason anyone sensible pays any attention to Rush is because so many right wingers pay attention to Rush. It gave him no end of joy to encourage people to vote for Hillary during the primaries to get both Hillary and Barack to spend their money on battling each other instead of spending their money to campaign against McCain.

    He cites any dip in the temperature as absolute proof that global warming - or climate change in any fashion - is scientifically non-existent (and I'm not gonna argue one way or the other here).

    He takes a spit-balling idea proposed by a third party, attributes it (incorrectly) directly to the Democratic party and tells us that the Dems want to socialize America.

    And right wingers listen to him. He was recently called the de facto leader of the Republican party. Of course Dems are vigilant.

  15. Re:It is best when little gets done... on Senator Arlen Specter Becomes a Democrat · · Score: 1

    We have so many laws and regulations now...it is crippling, and all that having majority does, is bring on MORE laws and regulations. We need a 'reset' not more laws, but, that will never happen.

    IMHO, the government governs best when it is in gridlock.

    While I agree that it governs best when their is balance of power - you call it gridlock - look at where less regulation has gotten us. The collapse of the Savings & Loans and the current worldwide crisis was created in the cracks that occur between regulations. Bernie Madoff, ditto.

  16. Re:Hahaha, good one. on Senator Arlen Specter Becomes a Democrat · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You can't even bring yourself to type the name 'Barack.' Why should anyone take you seriously?

    At least he didn't "Coulter" it calling him B. Hussein Obama to try to imply that he was related to Saddam or something. Or how about BO? That's a lovely one. I suppose after calling the last one Dubya or BushCo we should all expect this.

  17. Re:Anyone else hoarding gold? on Linux Flourishes In 200-Year-Old Gold Markets · · Score: 1

    They were really after the Ron Paul dollars - there are some things that just shouldn't get out... seriously though was someone getting into the minting business and minting unauthorized coins?

  18. Re:Flawed premise on Reflections On the Less-Cool Effects of Filesharing · · Score: 1

    Where are my mod points? Thank you.

  19. Re:I have a feeling.... on Vista Post-SP2 Is the Safest OS On the Planet · · Score: 0, Troll

    That same $1000 says that more people have downgraded to XP than have EVER used Vista

  20. Re:sure it is on College Police Think Using Linux Is Suspicious Behavior · · Score: 1

    So you are saying there is no reason for them to be afraid of CLIT, but gooey is OK?

  21. Re:Same behavior in humans too on Chimpanzees Exchange Meat For Sex · · Score: 1

    Dude, turn in your geek card. We'll wait.

  22. Re:Microsoft Begs Win 7 Testers To Clean Install on Microsoft Begs Win 7 Testers To Clean Install · · Score: 1

    And nearly all *nix distros have had historical problems with upgrades. NetBSD had to be upgraded with a burned ISO from 4.0 to 4.0.1 - package manager or no. Slackware version upgrades can cause trouble as well as Fedora/RH. These are systems that I have used/worked with/upgraded. Any system can have upgrade problems, but that wasn't my point. And in case you didn't notice, each of these distros has a different upgrade path from the other and it has nothing to with the package manager/packaging system used.

  23. Re:That's just ridiculous.... on Conficker Downloads Payload · · Score: 1

    Even now, although Linux prides itself on having more than one window manager, things have coalesced around two, and one of those is not going to survive.

    What gave you that idea? Gnome and KDE are very different window managers, and people have very different preferences when it comes to how they work with and access the applications that they really want to use. There will always be room for more than one desktop environment.

    And there are waaay more than two window managers.

  24. Re:Microsoft Begs Win 7 Testers To Clean Install on Microsoft Begs Win 7 Testers To Clean Install · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And one final thing: I never want to install an OS again. I just want to see an upgrade option in Adept or whatever, click it and be done with it. As often as necessary so that the process is as smooth as possible. So MS is saying I shouldn't do an upgrade but instead waste 3 fucking days just to reinstall everything ?!? Excuse me, but fuck you.

    This really isn't about upgrading or installing. It's about installing the next version of test software. Love or hate Windows - this is about testing versions of commercial software. MS doesn't have the same upgrade path as a *nix system because they "sell" their software differently.

  25. Re:Jabber is what you need on Internal Instant Messaging Client / Server Combo? · · Score: 1

    This is one of the reasons that compliance officers at some firms recommend against writing anything investment related. It's a verbal conversation so that it doesn't have to be written down and stuck in a folder for the next 7 years.