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  1. Re:The real point of what Detroit has to offer... on Detroit Wants Its Own High-Tech Visa · · Score: 1

    Sure, Michigan has second-rate salmon. But where are you going to find saltwater perch or walleye or trout, all of which are better?

  2. Re:Smurftastic! on NSA and GCHQ Target "Leaky" Phone Apps To Scoop User Data · · Score: 0

    A chicken in every pot, an orifice for every edifice!

  3. Re:Absolutely zero emissions on Nissan Unveils 88 Pound 400-HP Race Car Engine · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but unless the driver can hold their breath for an entire lap, they're emitting that evil, anthropogenic global warming causing, greenhouse gas - CO2. Zero emissions? No.

  4. Uh, author has it wrong... on Detroit Wants Its Own High-Tech Visa · · Score: 1

    "Snyder would have more credibility on the issue if he were doing more to help workers in Detroit. In 2011, the state cut jobless benefits by six weeks to 20."

    Paying unemployment is not helping workers, by definition.

  5. Re:Tenure? on California Students, Parents Sue Over Teacher Firing, Tenure Rules · · Score: 1

    Fluoridated water causes those kinds of things.

  6. I assume he meant to limit it to PC makers. IBM obviously made computers way before Apple, still does, and is still around as a company. HP made minis in the '60's.

    But, Apple started making PCs in 1976, 4 years before HP according to HPs own timeline referenced in the summary. IBM came out with their PC in 1981.

    Other than IBM and HP, what pre-Apple computer makers are still around intact? DEC, Data General, Amdahl, Cray, Control Data, Burroughs, Sperry Univac, NCR, Honeywell, GE, RCA, etc. either don't make computers, or their current corporate existence bears only a tenuous relation to the original (e.g. DEC was bought by Compaq, which was bought by HP, but there's not a bit of DEC left at HP).

    The PC contemporaries of Apple - Radio Shack, Commodore, Cromemco, Northstar, IMSAI, Altair, etc. aren't around or aren't making computers.

  7. Apple started selling computers in 1976, 8 years before the Macintosh was introduced, 5 years before the IBM PC, and 4 years before HP's first PC according to HP's own timeline.

  8. Re:choice on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 1

    LOL. Do you enjoy living in bizarro world?

  9. Re:choice on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 1

    Seriously? In reality, it's pretty hard to get a "free" attorney. A guy sporting a prescription Google Glass isn't going to be able to convince a court he's indigent in order to qualify.

  10. Re:choice on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 1

    ...and then wait for your attorney to show up and charge you $1000.

    Whoosh.

  11. Re:choice on AMC Theaters Allegedly Calls FBI to Interrogate a Google Glass Wearer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    $1000 minimum, and even more time wasted, to get a lawyer to come down so he could be questioned vs. letting them look at the pictures and video to confirm he wasn't recording in the theater.

    Sometimes, pragmatism wins over principle.

  12. You've got a 22 home sub, and everyone wants better Internet run. Change the covenants, if that's what it takes, sounds like you have the support. It sounds like there's already coax - it's not clear why a cable ISP couldn't run high speed service over that, or why you think they would need new cable.

  13. Re:no on An Iowa ISP's Metered Pricing: What Will the Market Bear? · · Score: 1

    Wow, you really have no clue how the Internet works. There are more tier 1s than just ATT and Verizon, and the government has nothing to do with limiting their numbers.

  14. Re:They should require refund window on Apple Will Refund $32.5M To Settle In-App Purchase Complaints With FTC · · Score: 1

    Apple is only settling for the cheapest way out. I have no sympathy for some shit parent who can't responsibly supervise their kids, and expects a corporation to be a babysitter.

  15. Re:They should require refund window on Apple Will Refund $32.5M To Settle In-App Purchase Complaints With FTC · · Score: 1

    If you think there's ever a situation where the best response is to "passify" your child, you suck as a parent.

  16. Re:They should require refund window on Apple Will Refund $32.5M To Settle In-App Purchase Complaints With FTC · · Score: 1

    No. Playing ball with your kid is good parenting. Giving your kid a toy so they don't bother you isn't.

    And, somehow, I don't think all this "in-game purchase" stuff is about educational applications, except as defined by rationalizing pseudo-parents.

  17. Re:They should require refund window on Apple Will Refund $32.5M To Settle In-App Purchase Complaints With FTC · · Score: 1

    So, your reasoning is that since you're a poor parent and you don't take the time to understand the things you're giving to your kid to play with, Apple owes you money.

  18. Re:They should require refund window on Apple Will Refund $32.5M To Settle In-App Purchase Complaints With FTC · · Score: 1

    ...but that's the wrong "refund window." In order to get a refund from Apple, the parents should have a 15 minute window in which they have to claim it.

    Really, specifically authorizing a purchase, and not monitoring what their kids are doing on an Internet connected device is just stupid. Stupidity should be painful.

  19. Re:Shut up drinky on Irish Politician Calls For Crackdown On Open Source Internet Browsers · · Score: 2

    That's not a limerick. It's not dirty.

  20. Re:Are we even sure all electrons are the same? on Ampere Could Be Redefined After Experiments Track Single Electrons Crossing Chip · · Score: 1

    Most physicist don't believe electrons have the same charge. Separate but equal, yes. Same, no. But there is a one electron theory, where all electrons would have the same charge.

  21. Re:fluctuating weight of KG? on Ampere Could Be Redefined After Experiments Track Single Electrons Crossing Chip · · Score: 1

    s/ g / microgram /

    Preview is your friend, /. doesn't support Unicode.

  22. Re:His defense will fail... on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 2

    You're making things up. No where was it claimed that "he went out to his car and retrieved his firearm."

  23. Re:Now I need a new thermostat... on Google Buys Home Automation Company Nest · · Score: 1

    Your phone is borken if you don't get calls from Rachel at cardholder services.

  24. Re:Track your every move on Google Buys Home Automation Company Nest · · Score: 5, Funny
    New Google advertising jingle:

    We see you when you're sleeping
    we know when you're awake
    we'll tell you what you want to buy
    so you better buy stuff for Google's sake

  25. Re:Math, do it. on Doctors Say Food Stamp Cuts Could Cause Higher Healthcare Costs · · Score: 1

    ITYM, "if only people didn't take personal responsibility for their own issues."