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  1. Re:Methinks a law of unintended consequences on Tennessee "Teaching the Controversy" Bill Becomes Law · · Score: 1

    I'm fine with teaching IDM in schools, as long as it's this IDM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_dance_music

  2. Re:Finally on A Memory of Light To Be Released January 8, 2013 · · Score: 1

    Or crosses their arms beneath their breasts.

  3. Re:Handel..an english word? on Mozart and Bach Handel Subway Station Crime · · Score: 2

    Figure out how to do Tchaikovsky and win the internet today...

  4. Re:So what's the answer? on Do Companies Punish Workers Who Take Vacations? · · Score: 1

    Good points. It's 5:15 and I should have left already.

  5. Re:So what's the answer? on Do Companies Punish Workers Who Take Vacations? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hi. I'm an employer. I have 85 employees. I *want* them to take their time off. We converted from Sick/Vacation to "Paid time off" to give healthy employees even more vacation days than they would otherwise get. At the end of the year, some of that PTO expires, and for several of my employees -- some of it always does. So it might not be a big-bad-corporation-problem, but more of a employee-work-ethic-problem. Should I *force* my over-dedicated employees to go home at 5 or to take vacations without bringing the iPhone?

  6. Misread the subject... on NIH Restricts Use of Chimpanzees in Labs · · Score: 1

    I thought it said "NHL Restricts Use of Chimpanzees in Labs." I think that would explain a lot about hockey, actually.

  7. Re:I really like Woz but.. on The Dying DVR Box and Woz Wisdom · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's easy. Just use a contrasting 8-bar section as a transition between two verses. There, I did it.

  8. Re:Capitalism At Its Finest on Amazon Stymies Lendle E-book Lending Service · · Score: 1

    Please explain what race/immigration has to do with it. I'm not sure I follow...

  9. Re:Summary fail... on Florida Man Sues WikiLeaks For Scaring Him · · Score: 1

    I had assumed that the sic tag was used because of the word "another." I can't remember any of the previous nuclear wars, although I may not have been paying attention at the time.

  10. Re:Not smart enough on Smart Wallets React To Spending By Shrinking · · Score: 0

    I think you should apply that to yourself as well. Time to give back the car and the house, though, since you didn't have the cash on hand to buy it outright...

  11. Re:Story is from The Sun on Doctor Slams Hospital's "Please" Policy · · Score: 1

    The Discussion page of that wiki entry is far more interesting.

  12. Re:Why? on Mars Images Reveal Evidence of Ancient Lakes · · Score: 1

    Because a robot can be powered down and require no resources for the flight there and back. They can also be stacked neatly into boxes. They also don't fight, or make little robots. They can stay at Mars forever, and no one will clamor to bring them back to Earth. And if your measurements are off and you kill one, you send another.

    Which is really suboptimal, because it takes a lot less cost to manufacture humans.

  13. Re:awww poor casinos on Casinos Warn iPhone Card-Counting App is Illegal · · Score: 2, Informative

    A casino will notice you winning no matter how you do it. Since you are on private property, they can ask you to leave. If you don't leave, you are trespassing.

    Actually, in Nevada it's a Felony. They don't ask you to leave, they ask you to leave in custody of the nice police officer.

  14. Re:I've got a better idea on Please No, Not a Blade Runner Sequel · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wow. I've never seen that many words used to say "I don't know what I'm talking about" before.

  15. Re:MBA students, appropriate. on SQL Injection Turns BusinessWeek Into Viral Replicator · · Score: 1

    It's central to the understanding of the basic theories that drive economics.

  16. Re:It's being pushed anyway on New Study Finds Low Interest In Blu-ray · · Score: 2, Interesting

    And I would fail anyone in my marketing class who proposed the view that *a benefit* is sufficient to motivate a consumer purchase. Any benefit must be connected to an actual consumer need in order for the new product to result in a sale. Obviously, from prior posts in the thread, you can see that some folks believe that they needed the higher quality over DVD and the majority don't. That's makes it a niche product until someone discovers and exploits the consumer need that requires higher quality (or larger storage capacity) optical disks. Hell, I'd love to store my whole digital music collection on a single disk.

  17. Re:What about??? on Pickens Plans On Wind Power · · Score: 1

    Plus there's the NWAMOBY factor (Not within a mile of my backyard).

  18. Re:Funny how cliches stay true. on US Halts Applications For Solar Energy Projects · · Score: 1

    For the most part, we're talking about Nevada, which is almost completely owned by the Federal Government and managed by the BLM.

  19. Re:The only thing more stupid..... on WTF? NC Offers to Replace 10,000 License Plates · · Score: 1

    (5) Repeat with all possible numeric combinations
    ...
    (7) Profit!!!

  20. Re:Seems rather futile.. on Using Distributed Computing To Thwart Ransomware · · Score: 1

    Huh. That might be the first time someone has explained it that it made sense. Thanks.

  21. Re:Hooray for Photoshop Express at work on Adobe Puts Free Photoshop Online · · Score: 1

    You can crop and resize using MS HTML Help Image Editor. And your IT department probably won't complain about installing it for you. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms669985.aspx

  22. Re:"Aficionados" on The "Loudness War" and the Future of Music · · Score: 1

    Bravo! Where are my mod points today?!

  23. Re:Metric on X Prize For a 100-MPG Car · · Score: 1

    Actually, my Jeep Wrangler gets better gas mileage off-road than on. Something about the engine being more efficient at 20 MPH than at 75 MPH.

  24. Re:What I hope it has on Firefox 3.0 Preview · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thanks, now I'm stuck in an endless loop.

  25. Re:What are they smoking? on The Ten Most Important Games · · Score: 1

    Um, Doom's kinda on there. Way to RTFA.