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  1. Re:Wait .... on Scott Adams's Political Survey of Economists · · Score: 1

    No

  2. Re:Wait .... on Scott Adams's Political Survey of Economists · · Score: 0

    Exactly. Those ivory towers sure make it easy to live in a fantasy of utopia. Back here in reality we see that stimulating the market by making it easier for the market to exist is what gets results.

  3. Re:Wait .... on Scott Adams's Political Survey of Economists · · Score: 1

    Because under duress the US could force companies that do business here to sell a certain amount of that oil to the US market. It would not "seize" the oil as other countries do but it would buy it at fair market for use in the US.

  4. Re:Wait .... on Scott Adams's Political Survey of Economists · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The production is in the future but NOT hypothetical We already know the oil IS there.

  5. Re:Wait .... on Scott Adams's Political Survey of Economists · · Score: 1

    That was Paris Hilton's policy. She said we should pursue alternative energy but also drill for oil domestically as a bridge towards when alternative energy is more viable.

  6. Re:Wait .... on Scott Adams's Political Survey of Economists · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Actually Scott Adams bias is soo fantastical and out there that no sort of explanation by him will ever make any sense at all. For instance, Drilling for oil which he brought up in his "explanation" may not make a huge dent in the total amount of oil supply worldwide. However the important details he leaves out. It will immediately cause a drop in oil prices before a single drop of oil is extracted. This is because of the perception that supply will increase causing real market pressures. Secondly, domestic oil supply is critical for national security. Currently oil is a commodity with only some market manipulation by OPEC. However that could all change and certain countries could cut off the US or Europe from their oil. If these countries also just stockpile the oil for themselves then this would cause a huge problem for the world economies. Having a domestic oil supply to fall back on is critical to survive this. What else? The money will go to US companies and not to unstable middle east countries. What else? We would go to war less in the middle east if their oil didn't interest us so much. What else? It would help with the suffering of low income families, help the economy, create direct and indirect jobs, help the ailing airline industry, etc. etc. etc. So why in the name of everything holy are so many people opposed?

  7. Re:common place on Tech Vs. Business? · · Score: 1

    Well I support close to 100 users now by myself. I think it is sort of unreasonable. Two people though may be the right number. Because then the chance is one of you will know the solution off the top of your head and not have to dig for a week to find it.

  8. Re:common place on Tech Vs. Business? · · Score: 1

    You already only need one IT guy. I do it all myself from desktop support to the VOIP phone system to SQL server management to backups to Exchange. It all falls on me.

  9. Re:Truth on Ford's 65MPG Due In November, But Not In the US · · Score: 2, Funny

    Exactly. Ontario is always trying to screw Alberta.

  10. Re:First on Royal Society and Creationism In Science Classes · · Score: 1

    Actually you are not quite right there. It was not Christianity that rejected Heliocentricity (is that even a word?). It was rather fallible men who sought power and did not want to appear ignorant of the universe. There is nothing in the actual Bible that argues the earth is flat or that the sun revolves around the Earth. It was actually scientists who had reached the wrong conclusion and then were being corrected when new evidence was presented.

  11. Re:Hmmm...Compare doesn't work on McCain Answers Science Policy Questionnaire · · Score: 1

    Actually it works but it was slashdotted.

  12. Re:Mom! He did it first! on Microsoft Causes Internal Family Strife · · Score: 1

    Are you sexist because it was Ann Coulter who brought up the bias MSNBC has.

  13. Re:Why is that even possible? on Greek Hackers Target CERN's LHC · · Score: 1

    NO. Why would I know that? Either way, solutions are scalable.

  14. Re:Why is that even possible? on Greek Hackers Target CERN's LHC · · Score: 1

    Why does the data need to be distributed rapidly (as in not time delayed)? They didn't have the data before. What the hell is going to go wrong if the data they have is one day old?

  15. Re:I want to see one on Microsoft Causes Internal Family Strife · · Score: 1
    Yes, but he did say:

    I have to say that in 1981, making those decisions, I felt like I was providing enough freedom for 10 years. That is, a move from 64k to 640k felt like something that would last a great deal of time. Well, it didnâ(TM)t - it took about only 6 years before people started to see that as a real problem.

    which is just as short sighted. In addition he said

    We will never make a 32-bit operating system

    The point is since the early days he surrounded himself with smart people but he himself has been time and time again shortsighted. He is the quintessential pointy hair boss. He know the vocabulary but know what it means.

  16. Re:Guru? Not really ... on Best Buy + Windows Guru = Apple Store Experience? · · Score: 1

    You sure do have an expensive appetite. You do know the poverty level is now pegged at below $22k a year right? $15 an hour would yield approx. $35-37k a year depending on the amount of hours worked.

  17. Re:Why is that even possible? on Greek Hackers Target CERN's LHC · · Score: 0

    Only for someone with absolutely no imagination. The Data warehouse vault could stay in the same place. Just the network cable (or fibre-channel) could be switched.

  18. Re:Why is that even possible? on Greek Hackers Target CERN's LHC · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Then they can create a one way data warehouse dump of the data on a daily basis. Nobody needs the data faster then that. It can also be done via sneeker net. IE: Send it to an external hard drive and then move the HD over to a comp connected to the net and upload the data.

  19. Re:Cmon! on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 2, Funny

    No actually. I know about this trick because a roommate of my brother in college has this as a hobby. He would email people back and forth acting like he was a woman interested in the other party. Then he would send penis pics.

  20. Re:Ah, sweet irony on Microsoft Causes Internal Family Strife · · Score: 1
    Thanks for editing like Michael Moore does and cutting out the whole point of my sentence. I said

    No sir, what is reprehensible is fat fucks like Michael Moore appearing on MSNBC and saying basically that he hopes a hurricane hits the United States during the Republican Convention.

    That I use strong language to describe someone who is so morally reprehensible to me is acceptable in acrimonious debate.

  21. Re:No difference on Microsoft Causes Internal Family Strife · · Score: 1

    I forgot that having an ideology was reprehensible. No sir, what is reprehensible is fat fucks like Michael Moore appearing on MSNBC and saying basically that he hopes a hurricane hits the United States during the Republican Convention. You know what else is reprehensible? You talking down to me like I am a child.

  22. Re:I want to see one on Microsoft Causes Internal Family Strife · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well if you set the bar that low anybody can clear it.

  23. Re:Cmon! on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1

    It's probably a guy who wrote that email. Trust me, you don't want to go down that path.

  24. Re:I want to see one on Microsoft Causes Internal Family Strife · · Score: 0, Troll

    He thought nobody would need more then 512k of RAM?

  25. Re:Cue the villagers on Best Buy + Windows Guru = Apple Store Experience? · · Score: 1

    That's a trident. It's different.