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  1. Re:"destructive device" on Mom Arrested After Son Makes Dry Ice "Bombs" · · Score: 1

    "Once they are convicted they are not innocent."

    Tell that to the former death-row inmates who were exonerated by new forensics.

  2. Re:"destructive device" on Mom Arrested After Son Makes Dry Ice "Bombs" · · Score: 1

    Charles Manson can tell you that the sky is blue, and water is wet. He's still batshit insane.

    I'll let you draw your own conclusion from this comment.

  3. Re:John Carmack on Knuth Plans 'Earthshaking Announcement' Wednesday · · Score: 1

    You're assuming it's "work." Being paid for it doesn't automatically turn it into "work."

  4. Re:... and Winlink 2000? on France Says D-Star Ham Radio Mode Is Illegal · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But the ways of kleptocracies are there for all to see.

    I leave it to the reader to decide which France is.

  5. Re:That he is... on Knuth Plans 'Earthshaking Announcement' Wednesday · · Score: 1

    Running on an MMIX CPU?

  6. Re:Prior art? on USPTO Grants Bezos Patent On '60s-Era Chargebacks · · Score: 1

    As well as the IRS.

  7. Re:Brainless on USPTO Grants Bezos Patent On '60s-Era Chargebacks · · Score: 1

    The United States federal government already does dynamic pricing for all its services, via the IRS's progressive tax tables. And that pricing is based on their prediction (valid or otherwise) that the rich will benefit from federal services more than the poor, and so should be charged more for those services beforehand.

    As for "dynamic pricing" etc., doesn't it all still come down to Bilski math territory?

  8. Re:Good. on ASCAP Declares War On Free Culture, EFF · · Score: 1

    Harlan Ellison, is that you?

    Ah, yes, I see it is you.

  9. you mean I'm not hallucinating? on YouTube Gets a Vuvuzela Button (Seriously) · · Score: 1

    I thought a wormhole had opened up between me and the World Cup!

  10. Re:OT: Why are my moderations not registering? on Is the CodePlex Foundation Truly Independent Now? · · Score: 1

    Never mind. Seems to be working now... (*grr*)

  11. Re:OT: Why are my moderations not registering? on Is the CodePlex Foundation Truly Independent Now? · · Score: 1

    I have NoScript, but all scripts here are enabled. And moderations used to work fine. It's only this last batch.

    Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100402 Firefox/3.6.3

  12. OT: Why are my moderations not registering? on Is the CodePlex Foundation Truly Independent Now? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have 5 mod points, but when I select a moderation, say, "Insightful", nothing happens. It just sits there.

    This has been going on for a couple days, ever since I got this batch of mod points. Can someone explain?

  13. Re:What now? on Best Places To Work In IT 2010 · · Score: 1

    WHOOSH

  14. Re:What now? on Best Places To Work In IT 2010 · · Score: 1

    Try driving it during rush hour, which in the Bay Area is "most of the time." Then you'll see that they're 200 miles apart, and the direction doesn't matter.

  15. the only apology it deserves: on ThinkGeek's Best Ever Cease-and-Desist Letter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "We're sorry your lawyers can't tell the difference between real copyright/trademark violations, and protected parody."

    Anything else is a waste of bits.

  16. Re:Really on California Wants To Put E-Ads On License Plates · · Score: 1

    Or in NorCal.

    I saw a collision in Santa Clara, that wasn't even a fender-bender. Both drivers got out, looked at the damage (just scrapes on the paint), shrugged at each other, got back in their cars, and drove away.

    But a high-tech license plate with active content would never survive even that much.

  17. Re:Simple answer on Made-For-Torrents Sci-Fi Drama "Pioneer One" Debuts · · Score: 0

    Okay, so 90% of the nation decides to take three months personal leave of absence to work on "personal projects." That includes people in the health care industry. After all, you want anyone to be able to do that, right?

    Oh, but some are more equal than others. That's where your socialist pipe-dream fall apart.

  18. Re:Sounds like people need to fix thier names on Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names · · Score: 1

    Do you really think the spoken language makes a difference? It's just a stunt with his name, no matter how you slice it.

  19. Re:Sounds like people need to fix thier names on Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names · · Score: 2, Informative

    Chad 8 5, for another.

  20. one name: on In Ukraine, IT Freelancing Under Threat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Terry Childs

  21. to all sides in So. Carolina on The South Carolina Primary and Voting Machine Fraud · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Either you were complicit in this fraud, or you alienated so many that your attempts to prevent this were for naught. Either way, SUCK IT.

  22. maybe it's time to enlist the Japanese on Mars May Have Been 1/3 Ocean · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They just proved they can bring back material from an asteroid. Let's see if they can duplicate the feat on Mars.

  23. Is Newsweek among the zombies? on Newsweek Easter Egg Reports Zombie Invasion · · Score: 4, Funny

    After all, it isn't like their subscriber list is expanding a lot lately.

    Wait, maybe this is part of a business strategy to appeal to the burgeoning zombie market!

  24. this is worthy of a mass email on Tearing Apart a Hard-Sell Anti-Virus Ad · · Score: 1

    I very rarely send out emails to multiple parties, and I never send out something worthy of a Snopes review. But I did send out a mass email containing the link from TFA, even to some who already understood what it explained. They could use it to explain to others, the inherent un-trustworthiness of commercial AV "providers."

  25. Re:Interpret it correctly on Publishing Company Puts Warning Label on Constitution · · Score: 1

    The first half of the Second Amendment establishes the reason; the second half establishes the means. Without the right to keep and bear arms, a militia of any grade, well-regulated or otherwise, is impossible.

    If you think that's bogus, I suggest a compare/contrast between Switzerland and the Soviet Union. The former: small, armed, free, and not even Hitler dared invade. The latter: huge, oppressed, paranoid, back-stabbing; only the weather kept Hitler out of Moscow.