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  1. Re:That's not the problem on Paypal Forces E-Book Publisher To Censor Erotic Content · · Score: 1

    But that wouldn't apply to smashwords. Erotica is a small part of what they sell. They sell lots fantasy & science fiction, and they're one of the larger ebook vendors who doesn't DRM their ebooks.

  2. Re:As someone in the payments industry... on Paypal Forces E-Book Publisher To Censor Erotic Content · · Score: 1

    I don't buy it.
    How do the "partner banks" KNOW what sub-sub-classifications of erotica are getting the chargebacks?

  3. Re:"against the rights of public teachers"? Huh? on NYC To Release Teacher Evaluation Data Over Union Protests · · Score: 1

    I don't know. Can you name another field where employee evaluations are released to the public?

  4. Re:Won't someone think of the children? on NYC To Release Teacher Evaluation Data Over Union Protests · · Score: 1

    Secret?

  5. Re:I'm glad I support the Republicans on How the GOP (and the Tea Party) Helped Kill SOPA · · Score: 1

    Didn't say I wanted to punish him, or even that I was going to vote for his opponent.
    Just that I feel stupid for having believed that he might have stood behind the things he was saying.
    Just that I can empathize with the people who have given up, because anyone who has a chance of being elected is a fucking sellout.
    But no, I'll dutifully trot down to the polls in June and November and vote for whatever candidates make me gag the least.

    It's like the response letters I've gotten back from BOTH of my senators, dutifully explaining to me why we must protect the rights of the MPAA and RIAA to the exclusion of mine. But I can vote for them, or I can vote for someone worse, who is against rights that I hold even more dearly.

    Sooooooo tired.

  6. Re:I'm glad I support the Republicans on How the GOP (and the Tea Party) Helped Kill SOPA · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Alomst every intrusion Bush pushed; Homeland Security, NoNock warrants, NoTell warrants, warrantless searches, control of the Internet, indefinite arrest without charges - The Obama administration has enlarged on.
    And I not only voted for him, I campaigned for him.

  7. Re:Commerce maximalists? on FDA Regulating Your Stem Cells As Interstate Commerce · · Score: 1

    But then again, the appointment can be blocked by just one senator.

  8. Re:Commerce maximalists? on FDA Regulating Your Stem Cells As Interstate Commerce · · Score: 1

    You know, you didn't even have to RTFA for this, just reading the freaking summary would have been enough. Let's try again, shall we?

    "A non-surgical procedure that treats joint pain involves removing stem cells from a patient's blood and reinserting them into the joint. The facility conducting these procedures resides in Colorado, but because it orders equipment to perform the procedure from outside of Colorado, the FDA claims it must regulate this process and it that it can classify stem cells as a drug."

  9. Re:The reason America can't on How the US Lost Out On iPhone Work · · Score: 1

    You missed the point... The OP was saying no American MANUFACTURING company can match that (being FoxConn, not Apple). Because of trivial things like labor laws, child labor laws, minimum wage, lack of a communist government...

  10. of course, it's not JUST the labor costs on How the US Lost Out On iPhone Work · · Score: 1

    It's also all those pesky environmental laws in other countries.

    "China’s Pollution Is So Insane You Can See It From Space" http://gizmo.do/zkiOIG

  11. Free Market on How the US Lost Out On iPhone Work · · Score: 1

    Why is it that all these "Free Market" GOP candidates never seem to point out that all the manufacturing jobs are going to the dreaded communist countries (or other totalitarian regimes)?

    Maybe, just maybe, there's a link between between being obscenely profitable and using labor that has no rights whatsoever?

  12. Re:No, the US has too much freedom for Apple. on How the US Lost Out On iPhone Work · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or it might mean the difference between astronomical profits and just profits.

    "With an estimated bill of materials between $170 to $220, depending on capacity, the manufacturing margins on the iPhone 4S are roughly 71-73%.

    That, Whitmore concludes, "should support attractive corporate margins for AAPL for multiple quarters.""

    http://bit.ly/AuL0aT

  13. Re:Free market has decided on Microsoft Pushes For Gay Marriage In Washington State · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Chick-fil-A has thrown a lot of support to anti-gay and "defense of marriage" groups.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick-fil-A#Religious_and_political_views

  14. Why not? on The Bosses Do Everything Better (or So They Think) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why on Earth WOUNLD'T you give your code to your boss if he/she asked for it, no matter how offensively?
    It's a copy, for Pete's sake. What are you afraid of, that they'll print it out and scribble on it? (Well, mine might.)

  15. Re:Figures on Feds Now Plans To Close 1,200 Data Centers · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So if there something wrong under a Democrat administration, it's the President's fault, but if there's something under a Republican administration, it's Congress's fault.

    OK, I get it.

  16. Re:Parking garage on Why Do All Movie Tickets Cost the Same? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because all the parking spaces are showing the same movie?

  17. Re:It works "Good enough" on What's Keeping You On XP? · · Score: 1

    Which wouldn't be much of a reason for anyone to upgrade a 32-bit machine.

  18. Re:MS on What's Keeping You On XP? · · Score: 1

    No, but why would we move now on news that the XP will stop getting patches two and a quarter years from now?

    Are you saying Linux offers a BETTER gaming experience, better options, better game selection at the present time?

  19. And the last 3 times I had one at the house... on The 'Cable Guy' Now a Network Specialist · · Score: 2

    he had several meters and black boxes his employer had given him but hadn't shown him how to use. He was standing there clipping clips to different connectors, saying "Is this what I hook this to?"

  20. Re:Give me a break on Techrights Recommends An Apple Boycott · · Score: 1

    You do realize what search engine is the default in iOS, right?

  21. Re:Apple does not block choice. on Techrights Recommends An Apple Boycott · · Score: 1

    Sorry, Apple went music DRM free in response to Amazon going music DRM free.

  22. Re:Namecheap is a good registrar on The GoDaddy Saga Continues · · Score: 2

    I switched to namecheap a couple of years ago when Gina Trapani of Lifehacker recommended it.

  23. Re:Military vs. Civilian Justice on Tech Forensics Take Center Stage in Manning Pre-Trial · · Score: 2

    I remember Heinlein saying If you're guilty, you're better off in a civilian trial. If you're innocent, you're better off in a military trial.
    From "Starship Troopers", I believe.

  24. self-sufficient? on How To Thwart the High Priests In IT · · Score: 1

    When I worked in IT, we never had a problem with ANY customer who wanted to be "self-sufficient".
    What we had problems with were the people who wanted to use their own notebook, tablet, whatever, with their own software, but then wanted us to support it when they screwed it up.

  25. "Exclusively" on Taking a Look At Kindle Format 8 · · Score: 3

    I'm wondering how many different "exclusive" editions publishers are going to publish in.
    This is stupid. The only paid "exclusive" iPad publications I have are magazines that had a free iPad subscription when you bought the dead-tree edition.