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  1. Re:go long on guillotines on Look Ma, I'm Getting Arrested! · · Score: 1

    My crystal ball says he gets p0wned on day 3 by gang bangers, who understand organization without appeal to law.
    Nope gang bangers are predators, and they'll be preying on the weaker members of suburbia, only the really stupid bustas are going to hop the fence next to the sign that says trespassers will be shot and survivors will be shot again. That also presumes there are any bangers left after day 3 and the settling of scores.

  2. Re:Xerox Printers on HP Rethinking Wisdom of Spinning Off PC Division · · Score: 1

    Anyway -- I have noticed that what I would call our Xerox "workgroup-class" printers are really loud. The analogy "It sounds like it's barfing a sheet of paper at a time" was used by two different people on two different occasions.
    We just got the same thing at our office and in addition to the noise is the fun of finding out where to turn off automatic form feed, since everybody is now dumping a blank page after every job

  3. Re:Where have ye gone, Jerry Brown? on California Governor Vetoes Ban On Warrantless Phone Searches · · Score: 1

    If a liberal like Jerry Brown won't support basic civil liberties, who the hell will?
    Carter power will soon go away, I will be fuhrer one day.

  4. Re:Override? on California Governor Vetoes Ban On Warrantless Phone Searches · · Score: 1

    Proving his loyalty to the fascist power structure to which he's indebted.
    Indebted? He invented zen fascism! 100% natural! He will command all of you, your kids will meditate in school. The hippies won't come back you say, mellow out or you will pay! Just watch out for his suede denim secret police.

  5. Re:It's Rules that's the problem not Rate on Amazon Pushes For National Internet Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    I'm curious about which provision requires tax to be levied equally?
    Article 1 Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States

  6. Re:If the FCC can't enforce net neutrality... on Verizon Challenges FCC's Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 2

    Whomever Congress legislates and gets the Supreme Court to agree with, can.

  7. Re:Good on Free Press Sues FCC Over Discrepancy In Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    All to keep power where it belonged with the Good Ol' Boys.
    Or maybe those with the most to lose if govt. should grow to big and cumbersome. Rather than just become a massive bureaucracy whose sole purpose is to direct transfer payments.

  8. Re:I go palces that require paying to park on IBM Launches Parking Meter Analytics System · · Score: 1

    State College, Bellefonte, Huntingdon have paid parking as well... they're all in PA.
    Other than looking to score some drunk coed tail, there is no reason to visit or park in any of those towns.

  9. Re:What other products on Healthcare Law Appealed To Supreme Court · · Score: 3, Interesting

    To that end, it seems pretty obvious that the founders of the United States cared enough about the health of it's citizens.
    You know what is pretty obvious? What James Madison(the guy credited w/ writing the Constitution) had to say about that particular clause. "If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the general welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one subject to particular exceptions." So no, he didn't think that general welfare should be used to let Congress do what ever it wanted.

  10. Re:In Other Words on Italy Prepares '"One Strike" Anti-Piracy Law · · Score: 1

    Considering that it's Italy, a good old-fashioned Roman crucifixion may be more appropriate. Maybe I've been playing Fallout New Vegas too much lately, but it seems to me more and more that the Legion has the right idea about what to do with degenerates like this guy.
    Hate the game, not the frumentarii, or Berlusconi is Edward Sallow.

  11. Re:What you can do on Neil Armstrong To NASA: You're Embarrassing · · Score: 1

    If you want manned space flight back, stop supporting going to wars on a whim and stop supporting candidates ( i.e. the Republicans ) who want to keep tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans and who want to reduce taxes on the wealthiest Americans further.
    If you believe that Democrats want to spend for NASA instead of any of their other pet constituencies, but the eeevil Republicans keep cutting taxes, you are mistaken. After all Whitey's on the Moon.

  12. Re:Dreamworks + eBay != HP on Sources Say Meg Whitman To Become HP CEO · · Score: 1

    OK, I just have to jump in here. CEO's, on the scale of businesses like HP, don't deal with end-users, enterprise or otherwise. They don't need "shop floor" experience, though that never hurts. They certainly don't need experience in this or that product line. What they do need, in spades, is the ability to pick the right people to work immediately under them. Product strategy isn't set in a vacuum by CEO fiat.
    Actually, since what Leo did was try and remake HP as SAP, it does sort of happen by CEO fiat. Also Leo went with his strengths and experience, Meg will no doubt do the same, which is why HP will falter since Meg doesn't do the "vision thing".

  13. Re:UEFI = DRM in the firmware on Demystifying UEFI, the Overdue BIOS Replacement · · Score: 1

    You could substitute just about any class of software for "games" at this point -- a lot of money is being spent on license enforcement, and vendors would prefer if they could trust that the OS has not been hacked by its user. The "security" that they are referring to is not security for the end users, it is security for the various parties who are trying to stop those users from doing certain unapproved things.
    Oh, it's better than that, this is how you enforce software as a service, since the owner of the hardware can no longer control the OS, this is a rent seeker's dream. Also the end of general purpose computing.

  14. Re:Not Terminator on US Military Moving Closer To Automated Killing · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's more like the Philip K Dick short story "Second Variety". I look forward to our drone overlords coming up w/ creative ways to kill each other.

  15. Re:LV bags on Fusion Garage Going After Lower-Price Tablet Market · · Score: 1

    Imagine how better America would be if the government were run by scientists and engineers, and nutso religion-mongers were not allowed to hold office, much less vote?
    You know, I much rather prefer this sentiment expressed in the original German.

  16. Re:I call bullshit. on Are Games Worth Complaining About? · · Score: 1

    Profound? BG2 was many great things but profound it was not. I'm not sure which if any RPG was profound... ... Vampire: Bloodlines maybe.
    Planescape:Torment was profound. And to the GPP Fallout New Vegas is equal or better to Fallout 2.

  17. Re:Food for thought on WikiLeaks Sues the Guardian Over Leak · · Score: 2

    At some point it just comes down to someone looking at the situation and doing what they feel is right.
    At that point you may as well start the good intentions paving company and be done with it. Also no snowflake in an avalanche feels responsible.

  18. Re:firearms on Hurricane Irene Prompts Unprecedented Evacuation of NYC · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that'll do you a great deal of good when they decide to just shoot you first. Of course, all the morons going around gung-ho about their guns completely forget that, if they have guns, then almost certainly criminals will more more and better guns, seeing as they're an essential part of their "business".
    Yes, b/c criminals are known for their excellent marksmenship. And if they were going to shoot why would they "the criminals" hesitate to shoot an unarmed man? Do you think they have some honor among thieves that leads them to not shoot unarmed people? Hint: They are criminals, not boy scouts.

  19. Re:Addon breakage on Mozilla To Remove User-Facing Firefox Version Numbers · · Score: 1

    You sure about that? "Tools" "Add-ons" look at the right column for the "remove" buttons. Maybe its a version thing, I'm running 5.0, you can click "help" "about firefox" to see what version you're ... Oh, very smooth move there sir, I must applaud you...
    Or the parent poster could be referring to the .net plugin that cannot be removed only disabled.

  20. Re:The post wasn't a threat on Egyptian Charged For Threatening Facebook Post · · Score: 2

    You don't know it's a veiled threat, and the burden of proof is, as always, on the accuser.
    Only in English common law, which Egypt might not subscribe to, so quit your cultural imperialism you insensitive clod!

  21. Re:See below on FAA Taking a Look At News Corp's Use of Drone · · Score: 1

    but no party has control of either house unless they have at least a 2/3's majority.
    Bzzt! Wrong. Perhaps you should take your own advice, and spend more time studying a high school Government text book. See the filibuster rule that exists in the US Senate requires 60 votes to over turn a filibuster and 60/100 != 2/3. Likewise there are no filibuster rules in the US House of Representatives, therefore the Committee on Rules provides the guidance on how bills will come to the floor, and that merely requires a simple majority. HTH.

  22. Re:been there, done that, left holding the bag... on The End of the Gas Guzzler · · Score: 1

    That is why the best possible thing that could happen is for the price of oil to continue going up. As long as we can suck on that Canadian/Venezuelan/Saudi teet, things won't change.
    [Dr Evil voice]Riiiight, [/Dr.Evil voice] b/c only bad people use oil to do bad things, and nobody else uses oil for stuff like food production or heating or anything else that has relatively inelastic demand such that a price shock will have no adverse effects for the larger economy.

  23. Re:Punishment for enjoying speed? on The End of the Gas Guzzler · · Score: 1

    Yes, of course, cause after all the Tesla is a slug and in the next 14 years or so there will be no other sporty EV's cause all EV's suck right? I have voiced this before, but what about those of us who have, enjoy, and can afford vehicles that don't get great fuel econ, go fast as hell, and are generally fun to drive?
    One, the Tesla corners like ass, b/c of the wait for it...batteries. Two, they've discontinued the Tesla so you can't go buy one anymore, Three if you could the Lotus Elise would be the better value and it can corner much much better than the Tesla. Ergo much more fun to drive.

  24. Re:Punishment for enjoying speed? on The End of the Gas Guzzler · · Score: 1

    So, you are one of those f****** a******** that tries to kiss my car's ass? F*** Y**!
    A helpful suggestion assuming you are in the US, slower traffic keep to the right. So if you see a half dozen cars speeding past you on the right, you need to get a clue and move out of the left lane. That way the tailgater can move on to tailgating someone else and you won't have the whole world passing you on the right.

  25. Re:Barry Bickmore has the Scoop on New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models · · Score: 1

    but by this point, the debate over climate policy has nothing to do with science," Dessler said. "It's essentially a debate over the role of government," surrounding issues of freedom versus regulation.
    And this is the saddest part. Well, I hope the slouching towards totalitarianism turns out well for humanity.Oh and spare me the false dichotomy of Somalia vs not wanting onerous regulation.