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  1. Re:Make them pay on Smoking Is Even Deadlier Than Previously Thought · · Score: 1

    Smokers should be charged much higher premiums for health insurance. Former smokers should be charged slightly more than they are That will encourage them to quit. Never-smokers could recieve lower premiums.

    Of course there would have to be a law change to allow this.

    Most insurance providers in the US already do this.

  2. apparently you never played farmville on Facebook.

    Pffftt cow clicker is so much better.

  3. Re:Hmmm... on The Search For Neutrons That Leak Into Our World From Other Universes · · Score: 1

    "Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow!" - the Doctor(s)

    There's two of us. I'm reversing it, you're reversing it back again. We're confusing the polarity!
    - the other Doctor.

  4. Re:Literally? on Does Showing a Horrific Video Serve a Legitimate Journalistic Purpose? · · Score: 2

    yes they are "literally" advancing their cause

    ... and you are figuratively moving the goalposts. "Advancing their cause" is not the same thing as "working for". If you literally work for someone, that means you take direction from them, and are paid for your efforts.

    Give it up man. Even Oxford updated the definition of the word.

  5. Re:Switch off; turn on! on Eric Schmidt: Our Perception of the Internet Will Fade · · Score: 1

    Imagine you walk into a room, and the room is dynamic. And with your permission and all of that, you are interacting with the things going on in the room.

    Wow. Does he realize how completely out of touch with reality that sounds? He says *imagine* when in the future, with [my] technology, you will be able to "interact with the things going on in the room."

    NEWS FLASH! I can now, Eric Schmidt. And anyone can. All you have to do it turn off your cell phone and begin interacting!

    Cell phones come with an off button now? When did that happen?

  6. Promises Promises on Anonymous Declares War Over Charlie Hebdo Attack · · Score: 1

    I'll believe it when it happens.

  7. Still no jobs for LOLCODE programmers on Little-Known Programming Languages That Actually Pay · · Score: 1

    I can't has career.

  8. Re:Criminals on India Blocks Code Sharing Websites On Anti-Terror Advisory · · Score: 1

    When developing FOSS is a crime, only criminals will develop FOSS.

    Only a good guy with FOSS can stop a bad guy with a FOSS.

  9. Re:Least it was a REAL warrant... on WikiLeaks Claims Employee's Google Mail, Metadata Seized By US Government · · Score: 1

    And not one of those secret court ones this time around!

    Pretty much this.

  10. Re:Why not as civilians? on US Army Could Waive Combat Training For Hackers · · Score: 2

    Every Marine a rifleman. Every tool a hammer. Every problem a nail.

  11. It is falling apart. on The World Is Not Falling Apart · · Score: 1

    All this proves is that it's been falling apart for a long time. It still is just a little slower.

  12. Re:Supreme Leader on Hackers Used Nasty "SMB Worm" Attack Toolkit Against Sony · · Score: 1

    They built a GUI using visual basic and tracked the hackers' IP address.

    It's a Unix system, I know this

  13. Re:Does that mean Batman has superpowers after all on Hackers' Shutdown of 'The Interview' Confirms Coding Is a Superpower · · Score: 1

    Dude, he was able to beat up Superman because he had brains. Superman was like the lifter on the beach, always showing off.

    That and Batman had that Kyptonight ring....

    LOL

    Nope it was all hacking. It clearly ranks up there with super strength and speed.

  14. Does that mean Batman has superpowers after all? on Hackers' Shutdown of 'The Interview' Confirms Coding Is a Superpower · · Score: 1

    I feel so lied to. No wonder he could beat up Superman.

  15. Re:Not a solution on Senate May Vote On NSA Reform As Soon As Next Week · · Score: 1

    Uh, it's a spy agency. Spying on the rest of the world is their mission.

    Spying on American citizens however........

  16. Re:Just put fine print sticker on the dash,,,,, on 2015 Corvette Valet Mode Recorder Illegal In Some States · · Score: 1

    No it is not :) If monitoring is illegal by law, like in Germany, you can not simply wave your right by consenting in that way ... especially not without a written contract (in the cases where contracts can modify written law).

    Yeah but in the US you can.

    By reading this post you waive all rights to disagree with me.

  17. Just put fine print sticker on the dash,,,,, on 2015 Corvette Valet Mode Recorder Illegal In Some States · · Score: 4, Funny

    This car monitored for quality assurance.

  18. Re:Provided on New Study Projects World Population of 11B by 2100 · · Score: 1

    Maybe not the worlds population.......but since the article seems mostly interested in Africa's growth.....

  19. Re:"forced labor" on Use of Forced Labor "Systemic" In Malaysian IT Manufacturing · · Score: 1

    Which is what, a euphemism for "slavery" ? Isn't that the GOAL of Capitalism??

    Doing anything for free is by definition not capitalism.

  20. Re:Sue police department, this is routine procedur on Deputy Who Fatally Struck Cyclist While Answering Email Will Face No Charges · · Score: 2

    The problem is more then just a bad department policy. It's the very concept that police should be immune to certain laws in the first place that needs to change.

  21. This is good news...... on Microsoft Dumps 1,500 Apps From Its Windows Store · · Score: 2

    For the three remaining apps.....

  22. Re: what's wrong with cherry picking? on CenturyLink: Comcast Is Trying To Prevent Competition In Its Territories · · Score: 1

    Ahahahahahahahahahaha. Um DSL (digital subscriber line) uses twisted copper. You are lucky of you pull 20M. You should only be able to get a max of 13. Thats why you can't get Netflix. Centurylink is pissed because it can't make money on an dying 1980s technology. No one should be on DSL anymore.

    VDSL or bonded DSL can easily handle 20M.

  23. Why is Canada greyed out? on A Horrifying Interactive Map of Global Internet Censorship · · Score: 1

    Why no info on Canada? What are they hiding from us!

  24. Re:Wind and sunlight? on Scientists Confirm Life Under Antarctic Ice · · Score: 1

    These organisms survive by converting methane into energy, enabling them to survive where there is no wind or sunlight,

    The missed the part that makes this case unique. The organism could live with no wind, no sunlight and no cheetos!

    Sure you could use store brand cheese puffs.........if you call that living.

  25. Re:Sigh on News Aggregator Fark Adds Misogyny Ban · · Score: 1

    Guess I have to go to 4chan now to read gay hating misanthropic posts.

    No, Fark isn't affording any protection to men so your still good as long as you leave the lesbians alone.