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  1. Re:huh? on Will Japan's New Government Restart the Nuclear Power Program? · · Score: 1

    Presumably because the LDP has a majority in the House of Representatives, but not in the House of Councillors, who weren't involved in this election.

  2. Re:Not LTE GS3 on Huge Security Hole In Recent Samsung Devices · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yes, the I9305 is affected.

    The list below is all models affected by this, which includes the international GS2 variant, as well as the Note 1 and 2, Galaxy Tab Plus, and Note 10.1.

    GT-I9100
    GT-I9300
    GT-I9305
    GT-N7000
    GT-N7100
    GT-N7105
    SGH-I317
    SCH-I605
    GT-P6210
    GT-N8000
    GT-N8010
    GT-N8013
    GT-N8020

    It does not affect the Snapdragon-based I747 (AT&T, Rogers, Bell and other major Canadian carriers) nor the T999 (T-mobile, as well as Canadian AWS carriers like Wind, Mobilicity, and Videotron)

  3. Re:Bureaucracy on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    And measure the density to ensure they're not adulterating the gas to get to that octane rating.

  4. Re:Bureaucracy on Solar Panels For Every Home? · · Score: 1

    Except that it comes from a big tank in the ground where it stays pretty much a constant temp all year round regardless of weather, so as it goes through the pump, its always the same.

    Depends on exactly how much of a temperature swing you're talking about. Every gas pump in existence in Canada compensates the volume for temperature. No one would bother if there wasn't a significant change in the volume due to temperature.

  5. Re:Treaties on US Refuses To Sign ITU Treaty Over Internet Provisions · · Score: 1

    I think she is going on about the "rights of the disabled" treaty in the post you're replying to, not the ITU treaty.

  6. Re:They did that in Québec last year on Hurt Locker Studio Begins Requesting Canadian ISP's Subscriber Info · · Score: 1

    Note : Last year puts this before the Conservatives "Modernization" of the copyright law came into effect. The legal landscape for these matters is entirely different now.

  7. Re:They didn't want to make same mistakes others d on iPhone Finally Coming To T-Mobile In 2013 · · Score: 1

    Straight from Google on the play store, whenever they get more stock in.

  8. Re:flu shot not very effective on Stay Home When You're Sick! · · Score: 1

    Ontario found almost the opposite. After they starting offering flu vaccinations universally, they got a substantial reduction in flu-related mortality, hospitalizations, ER visits, and doctor visits.

    http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0050211

  9. Re:whats worse is... on Stay Home When You're Sick! · · Score: 1

    That kind of bullshit will get your restaurant license pulled around here.

  10. it makes some people hate and attack others in a way that's completely out of character

    In other words, the typical results of nicotine withdrawal.

  11. Re:Not yet... on Is It Time For the US To Ditch the Dollar Bill? · · Score: 1

    Debit card (Interac, not Visa/Mastercard based) is insert card (chip), wait, select account, pin number, wait for processing, remove card.

    If your cashier is slower at small amounts of change than that, they've either got severe arthritis or they need some serious remedial math classes.

    Furthermore, I'll take a coin over having to shuffle through bunches of shinplasters in my wallet to find a bill of actual worth, especially with the green monochrome your currency designers seem obsessed with.

  12. Re:I have an idea on Dotcom Drags NZ Spook Agency Into Court · · Score: 1

    Sure, but it would be very difficult to successfully prosecute given the vast level of competition for that title.

  13. Re:So then... on As Fish Stocks Collapse, Overpopulated Lobsters Resort to Cannibalism · · Score: 3, Informative

    Lobster doesn't freeze well.

  14. Re:Unfortunately... on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 1

    Today, doctors don't seem the least bit concerned about having an infant's developing body try to fight off multiple diseases at once

    Because they already are, every hour of every day. Do you have any idea at all how many viruses and bacteria you're exposed to on a given day?

    They also recommended that my wife get a vaccine while pregnant

    That depends on the vaccine. Seasonal flu vaccination is recommended during pregnancy, but tetanus vaccinations are to be avoided unless absolutely necessary.

    My father on the other hand was talked into a flu vaccine while he already had a bad cold (that's why he went to the doctor!) and got pneumonia and almost died. Because old people's brains are apparently unable to see danger (see Slashdot), he continues to swear by his flu vaccine despite the fact that he comes down with the flu about a week later and has for about 5 straight years now (but doctors will tell you that science says this doesn't happen)

    Lemme guess, he's getting the nasal mist flu vaccine.

  15. Re:Understanding Burton on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 1

    Burton is already being replaced. He announced his retirement almost a year ago and is gone in January.

  16. Re:The Android panzers are coming on Android Rules Smartphones, But Which Version? · · Score: 1

    Panzers? No no no. We're sending in the M67s.

  17. Re:Oh great, the one time we get bipartisanship .. on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 1

    Kucinich is gone come January. His district disappeared in the redistricting and he didn't win in the primary against Kaptur.

  18. Re:Freedom of choice on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 1

    The "too old" bit is temporary. The trials of the HPV vaccine(s) in older adults are still in progress.

  19. Re:Understanding Burton on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 1

    The word "corporation" has replaced "jew" as an acceptable target of pogroms in the modern age.

    Hath not a corporation eyes? Hath not a corporation hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means, warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer? If you prick them, do they not bleed?
    If you tickle them, do they not laugh? If you poison them, do they not die?

    Somehow it just doesn't seem to work.

  20. Re:One sided on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 1

    The only "STD" an infant would be vaccinated against is Hepatitis B, and that's given because Hep B is also transmissible via breastfeeding, and the assays are unreliable at detecting recent infections.

    The other early vaccines (Rotavirus, DTaP, hib, pneumococcal, and polio are given at 2 months) are against diseases that are a significant source of infant and early childhood mortality, and thus it is a really good idea to immunize against them as soon as possible.

  21. Re:I really wish they would try this on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 1

    I'll take snow and cold over hurricanes.

  22. Re:Not yet... on Is It Time For the US To Ditch the Dollar Bill? · · Score: 1

    Daily lunch paid with cash. Much quicker than credit cards or interac. Multiply $2-3 of change per work day by a few months and it adds up.

    Also, I'm Canadian, so our change is a good deal more valuable. The vast majority of that $300-400 of change is in loonies and toonies.

  23. Re:Small price to pay on Senators Vow To Renew Bid For State Taxes On Remote Internet Sales · · Score: 1

    Canadian taxes are cleanly divided by province, as opposed to the crazy quilt of state, county, and city level taxes, each with their own exemptions that the USA has.

    It's not even close to 50. There are approximately 11,000 sales tax jurisdictions in the USA. Kansas, for example, has about 700 jurisdictions who can charge taxes, meaning you need a colossal database to figure out whether a given address is in foo county or bar county and the rates and exemptions for each.

    Furthermore, brick and mortar store doesn't have to care about where the customer lives, just where their store physically located, which considerably simplifies matters.

  24. Re:The tax is technically on the buyers... on Senators Vow To Renew Bid For State Taxes On Remote Internet Sales · · Score: 2

    It's not 6% of his income, it's 6% of an amount based on his income, which is between $4-70 or 0.08% of gross income if you make more than 100k/year.

    Details can be found on the actual tax form on page 3.

    If you bought more stuff from out of state that cost less than $1000 each purchase than the number in the table says, yes, it actually is cheaper.

  25. Re:Not yet... on Is It Time For the US To Ditch the Dollar Bill? · · Score: 1

    Never seen a machine that gives out gift cards around here.