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  1. Re:At Last! on Mac Version of NaturallySpeaking Launched · · Score: 1
    ... the cursing, redialing, and angry expletives that are required ...

    They aren't required. They are all part of the service that insurance companies are happy to provide.

    Always remember, YOU are a valued... [click]

  2. Re:Not surprised on UK Moves to Outlaw 'Hacker Tools' · · Score: 1

    I just really wish that politicians could tell the difference between cautionary tales and instruction manuals.

  3. Re:Analogs on Cocaine Vaccine In the Works · · Score: 1
    Well, that is what the clinical trials are for. Hopefully, any "disappointing" results will not be ignored.

    It may also be that it will attach to the body's natural pain-killers but that this is a secondary consideration and the intention of the drug is for use only in extreme cases of addition.

    'course, we all know what road is paved with good intentions.

  4. Re:sneakers on Tiny, Morphing, Electricity-Stealing Spy Planes Developed · · Score: 1
    Geez. Haven't thought of that movie in years.

    LOL

  5. Re:This is not unprecedented. on The Future of Love and Sex - Robots · · Score: 1

    ROFLMFAO

  6. Re:You've just identified the problem on NYT Editorial Slams ISPs Over Online Freedom · · Score: 1
    Just to give you an idea how much trade we do with China, Chinese goods don't go through customs anymore.

    Day late and a dollar short, my post is, but on the face of it, your statement is a complete falsehood. Chinese goods absolutely do go "through customs" (now Customs and Border Protection under Department of Homeland Security - [Benny Hill salute].)

    Unless you are making a tongue-in-cheek reference to the copious quantities of counterfeit goods that are seized, I fail to understand your statement and would strongly suggest it appears to be misinformation.

    Please elaborate.

  7. Re:Don't do it... on Microsoft Wants To Give You A Rorschach · · Score: 1
    Yeah. But don't feel bad. They're the ones who are showing you all the dirty pictures.

    I have actually always been more intrigued as to whether or not an amalgamation of responses would indicate a physiological predisposition in humans to see particular images, rather than indicating what any particular individual might see. Especially since, anecdotally, everyone but the crazies always see sexual images or butterflies.

    I believe, however, that other research has already demonstrated this with more precision due to better factors of control. Describing the responses to ink-blot tests would likely be more for fun and interest than valid scientific evidence.

  8. Re:Congress? on How To Beat Congress's Ban Of Humans On Mars · · Score: 1

    I am NOT more informed but my initial thought is that we don't have "Behemoth nuclear ships in space yet" because they don't really have anything to take or anywhere to go.

  9. Re:That explains many things on Violent Games 'Almost' As Dangerous as Smoking · · Score: 1
    Most of the victims of those genocides weren't helped by front and side airbags, either.

    Most? Er, which victims of genocide WERE helped by front and side airbags?

    ROFLMAO.

  10. Re:Adversarial system on FBI Doesn't Tell Courts About Bogus Evidence · · Score: 1

    For instance, OJ was acquitted. Doesn't that mean the case should still be open?

    Can't say for all but with OJ the police thought that they had the right guy. No one else existed whose level of suspicion in the double murder reached the level necessary to achieve a warrant for arrest. How are you going to hold a case open when you believe you have apprehended the correct person?

    As a side note, amazingly enough, after his acquittal and strong statements that the killer was still at large and needed to be found, the bereaved husband, Mr. Simpson, just kind of let the matter drop as well.

  11. Re:Not really an issue on US Control of Internet Remains an Issue · · Score: 1

    Congratulations. In all seriousness, I think you have just provided a dispassionate and accurate summary of the US for the historians. They should pay you a royalty.

    I don't see too many observations about the US that do not include hyperbole and hysteria. It is refreshing.

  12. Re:Not really an issue on US Control of Internet Remains an Issue · · Score: 1
    ROFLMAO.

    "We are tied down to a language which makes up in obscurity what it lacks in style."

    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.

  13. Re:Finding yourself in Google on US Official Urges Americans To Reconsider Privacy · · Score: 1
    I don't believe the GP is mislead. He is making the observation that while it may be "...entirely possible for the government to pay for healthcare, or ensure private groups pay for it, without dictating terms to those who use it[,]" which I quite frankly doubt, historically speaking, NO government program has EVER operated that way. And, regarding healthcare, specifically, look towards either the Canadian or European model, if you think the government does not manage the terms of patient care, it is you who has been misled.

    Now to be fair, your comment that "...[liberals do not want government] to start making decisions about patient care" is entirely true. Liberals or, more accurately in this context, social progressives always believe government intervention is a good thing; and are always surprised when this results in losses to individual freedoms and choices.

    Should it be that way? Perhaps, perhaps not. But, at least in the US, whenever the Government extorts money (income taxes) it is expected by the populous that they have a right to demand an accounting of how that money is spent. (We may not get it, but we believe we have that right.) This perspective alone will always ensure governmental programs dictate terms to the recipients.

  14. Re:Depends on where you are in the game. on The Value of Your Saved Game · · Score: 1
    Dude, that is a brilliant sig.

    Thanks for making me think that I am thinking. ^o^

  15. Re:Ironic curiosity on '55 Science Paper Retracted to Thwart Creationists · · Score: 1, Insightful

    So, faith in chance is better than faith in tradition and personal experience. Interesting perspective. I hope it brings joy and peace to your life.

  16. Hmmm. Good Idea on Law Firm Claims Copyright on View of HTML Source · · Score: 1

    Not the view of their source angle, that is just mooseshit and they know it. But it is a great way to get traffic to the site by the "so sue me" crowd.

  17. Re:I dislike this result on Judges Reinstate Charges In Google Age Discrimination Suit · · Score: 1
    Well argued. I gave up trying to explain fascism because, for many /.'ers, if the comment doesn't equate to Bush or the current status of the USA, it is flamebait.

    I think many confuse fascism with totalitarianism, which are, historically, joined at the hip but completely different animals.

    (Please note, I am not saying Bush is or is not totalitarian - that was not my point and I am not interested in that argument.)

  18. Re:Oh yeah, triple secure. on Microsoft Working On Health Information 'Vault' System · · Score: 1

    ROLFMAO

  19. Re:don't we ever learn?! on Scientists Develop Cyborg Interface Algorithm · · Score: 1

    Did they ever actually kill her off? After the third teaser I quit watching.

  20. Re:Nickname on Scientists Develop Cyborg Interface Algorithm · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dude, don't worry 'bout the mods. Monty Python is never off topic.

  21. Re:Real? on Don't Dismiss Online Relationships As Fantasy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And that's the big clue, guys -- relationships aren't built on sex, love, lust or any of those things (though they help to get a good relationship going). Relationships are built in characteristics like caring, trust, and honesty. If any two people share these characteristics with one another, no matter how they met, who they are, or what part of the world they live in, they can have a successful relationship, online or offline.

    You are absolutely correct. I have to add, however, that they keep it going as well. A joyful marriage will not survive without intimacy and sex for the majority of people. (I would even say all but there is always that ONE couple...) Without it you may have a good friend but you will also spend a lot of time feeling like your friend is a bitchy, self-entitled roommate with lots of demands.

    And it is even worse for the guy ^o^.

  22. Re:Wrong Synopsis. on Australian Comedy Group Prods APEC Security · · Score: 1
    ROFLMAO

    Ah... University education. Those were the days...

  23. Re:Not likely on U.S. Attorney General Resigns · · Score: 1
    That was when the Supreme Court was Progressive and the Constitution was "living". (Meaning it said whatever the Progressives were attempting to achieve without a referendum or a vote of the people's representatives.)

    I suspect that if the SCOTUS continues leaning right, Democrats will very soon be expressing their "concern" over the power of the Supreme Court.

    And they will be right.

  24. Re:White House CC on The White House Crowd Control Manual · · Score: 1

    LEEEROOY JENNNNKINS!!

  25. Re:A Beautiful Thing Coming on Antigua May Be Allowed To Violate US Copyrights · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But you will be when you come back.

    From OFAC: Important Changes Effective June 30, 2004

    Rules for family travel have changed. There is no longer a general license for travel to Cuba for family visitation. All family travel now requires a specific license from OFAC issued on or after June 30, 2004. Specific licenses for family travel issued by OFAC before that date are no longer valid. Specific licenses are granted only once every three years and allow visitation of immediate family only (parents, spouses, siblings, children, grandparents, and grandchildren). The length of stay in Cuba is limited to 14 days. Travel expenses authorized for family travelers is reduced to $50 for each day spent in Cuba and an extra $50 per trip for transportation within Cuba if needed. Family travelers may also carry one $300 quarterly remittance for immediate family in Cuba.

    Cuban cigars, rum and other Cuban goods are no longer authorized for importation as accompanied baggage. Except for information and informational materials, no travelers (whether traveling legally under an OFAC license or traveling without a license) are authorized to import Cuban origin goods into the United States unless specifically licensed by OFAC to import such goods. The general license that formerly authorized licensed travelers returning from Cuba to import up to $100 worth of Cuban goods has been removed. Such goods should now be seized as imports contrary to law pursuant to 31 C.F.R. Part 515. Information and informational materials that are exempt by law to this prohibition include books, magazines, films, posters, photographs, microfilms, tapes, CDs, records, works of art, etc. (Blank tapes and CDs are not information materials and remain subject to seizure.)

    The general license for travel to Cuba for amateur athletics has been removed. This travel now requires a specific license.

    Fully hosted travel is no longer an exception to the embargo.

    Information about the Cuba Embargo may be obtained from OFAC's fax-on-demand service at (202) 622-0077 code 1201 or our website at www.treas.gov/ofac. You may also call OFAC's Enforcement Division at (202) 622-2430.