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  1. Re:For what reason? on Posting AC - a Thing of the Past? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    If I were to go around the internet telling everyone that you are a child molester, wouldn't you want to find out my identity? Oh, I posted as an AP when I did it, tough luck. Now if a future employer google's your name it's all over the internet and you have to waste your time explaining it and I got off without even a slap on the wrist.
    I think both sides have good arguments, I would hate for there to be a 'one size fits all' solution to this dilema. If someone is slandering my name on the internet anonymously, I want to go after that person. First I should have to prove the allegations are false, though.

  2. Re:Yeah, they successfully wasted $700 million on Discovery's Final Launch Successful · · Score: 1

    How has it been a waste? Other than the cost of raw materials, you can make a case that everything else is an investment into science related fields.

  3. Re:can't expense that much? on Quad Core, Thunderbolt In New MacBook Pros · · Score: 1

    It's not 2002 any more. I will respect you prefering to buy an Apple product over a MS product, your reasoning is absurd.

    I can't exactly remember the last time I had to re-install a MS OS, but I know it was in my college days over a decade ago.

  4. ugh graphs on Middle East Internet Scorecard · · Score: 1

    Those graphs really didn't explain the situation very well. Maybe I'm just not focused, but most of them don't seem to show anything out of the ordinary to me... Only Libya and Egypt look abnormal.

    Plus nothing is labeled well. Looks like a monkey put these together.

  5. Re:Anybody think LOZ is kinda boring? on The Legend of Zelda Turns 25 · · Score: 1

    I'm sure other people feel the same as you, but I have enjoyed them all except the 2nd one (side scrolling). The early games had puzzles but plenty of action as well. I think they have always had a pretty good mix.

  6. Re:Might not be entirely the driver's fault. on Driver Sued For Updating Facebook In Fatal Crash · · Score: 1

    Wups, I misread the article, thought the 911 call came from the same phone as the facebook update.

  7. Re:Might not be entirely the driver's fault. on Driver Sued For Updating Facebook In Fatal Crash · · Score: 2

    That can be easily proven or disproven by the time stamps of the update and the call. I would guess it would take at least 4 minutes to drive the 2 miles in Chicago (speed limits usually 25 to 35mph inside city limits), and that's without traffic.

    My blackberry logs any facebook updates I make as well as calls... so the timestamp on my phone would be consistant.

  8. Re:What? Why!! on Foreign Hackers Attack Canadian Government · · Score: 1

    I was going to list all the leagues but was too lazy... but I think Canadians would riot if hockey went away.

  9. Re:What? Why!! on Foreign Hackers Attack Canadian Government · · Score: 1

    Breaking News - NHL and OHL have suspended operations. It has not been determined if hockey will ever return.

  10. Re:blocking facts and research on Glen Beck Warns Viewers Not To Use Google · · Score: 1

    I don't label myself as anything. Some of my views align with the Republican agenda, some with the Democrats, and most with neither.

    I had an idea to jump start the economy. If the national unemployment rate was 10%, a random 10% of congress would lose their job and benefits and not be eligible to re-run for office for 5 years.

    I bet you'd see cooperation like never before.

  11. Re:blocking facts and research on Glen Beck Warns Viewers Not To Use Google · · Score: 2

    Republican doesn't always mean religous zealot.

  12. Re:resembling what? on NASA Finds Over 2,000 Young Star Candidates In North American Nebula · · Score: 1

    Looking at the 4 picture composite in the linked article, the two pictures on top easily resemble the N. American continent. Towards the bottom left is 'Mexico' (pinkish white), that seems like a good reference point for you to see the rest.

  13. Re:How high is High? on See How Tough Your Immune System is With "Blood Wars" · · Score: 1

    Never under-estimate the competativeness of people (especially men).

    I might do it if given the chance. I was always sick as a young kid but rarely get sick as an adult. I like to think all those illnesses in my youth gave me a super immune system, what better way to check then a fight to the death?

  14. impact force? on Samsung Rains Paper Airplanes From Space · · Score: 2

    There's a chance they could drop their SD cards without the paper airplane and they'd still work. They don't have much mass and I'm sure their terminal velocity isn't that high. Plus, do they contain many parts that could actually break?

    Of course with my luck owning Samsung products, whatever I bought would stop working a week after the warranty expires (happened to my 56" DLP and 20" widescreen monitor).

  15. Re:Let that be a lesson to you! on Woman Gets Revenge Courtesy of Google Images · · Score: 1

    According to the article, the guy's mother said he was a minor which would lead me to believe he was still in high school. If this is the case, it's just a kid being a kid.

    I know I wasn't emotionally mature enough in high school to treat my girlfriend as well as she deserved.

  16. Re:Bear Grylls don't need no stinkin' GPS on 'Death By GPS' Increasing In America's Wilderness · · Score: 1

    Les Shroud can contact his team in an emergency, he's stated it before on the show.

    But I do agree that what Les does is more helpful if you're trying to learn something, Bear wants the "wow" factor. Bear seems to try and show the worst case scenarios while Les takes on the more common instances of people having to survive.

    If I ever got lost somewhere in the wilderness, I'd be more than thrilled to have either of them with me.

  17. Re:Like They Weren't Copying Apple with Windows? on Microsoft Vehemently Denies Google's "Bing Sting" · · Score: 1

    Were you using Netscape when IE started to take over the market? Netscape was a pile of shit, it was so terrible and I had so many bad experiences, I can remember the month and year I stopped using it (Jan, 1999).

    Everything else is just opinion on what you like more.

  18. Re:Wait - they can't dump it because of contaminan on 1948 Mayor To MIT: Use Flamethrowers To Melt Snow? · · Score: 1

    Not all drains go straight to the nearest water source. It's possible it goes through a quick treatment first.

  19. Re:Like They Weren't Copying Apple with Windows? on Microsoft Vehemently Denies Google's "Bing Sting" · · Score: 1

    Even though your post is flamebait, isn't the market dominated by companies trying to "1-up" their competators? If that sort of competition didn't happen, who knows what our technology level would be right now.

    Tell me one completely unique idea Google or Apple has had and I bet someone can provide "prior art" which Google and/or Apple simply improved on.

  20. Re:Dammit. on Blogger Sued By Restaurant For Bad Review · · Score: 1

    Just going to take a wild guess and assume you probably would never be near the one in Kuwait. Just because the GM of the Kuwaiti Benihana is a jackass doesn't mean they all are around the world.

    Don't feel bad if you like the local one.

  21. IRC on New PS3 Firmware Contains Backdoor · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wow, the "source" for this speculation is an IRC conversation.

    Not that I respect Sony considering what they've done in the past but I think I'll hold off judgement for a bit longer on this one.

  22. Re:Live From New York? on Mark Zuckerberg Makes Surprise SNL Cameo · · Score: 1

    Not that I was SNL much anymore (due more to me getting older and struggling to stay awake that late) but I always thought the saying was "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night".

  23. Re:Reminds me of the deer that got away on Kilogram Gets Controversial; Why Not Split the Difference? · · Score: 1

    It would if the deer was standing on the side of a hill.

  24. Re:US Lawmakers... on Spam Text Prematurely Blows Up Suicide Bomber · · Score: 1

    In related news, the cell phone bill of every person in the US is expected to go up by $5 per month beginning in March.

  25. my gang on Court Rules Dungeons and Dragons Threatens Prison Security · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, my gang and I will be getting together this weekend to try and tackle the Tomb of Horrors. Hope the cops don't show up and bust us like they kicked us off a frozen pond while playing hockey a few weekends ago.