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  1. Re:Ethical standards on Slate: Amazon's Tax Stance Unfair and Unethical · · Score: 1

    Please show me where California state taxes are paying the US military

  2. Re:Just that pesky Constitution on Slate: Amazon's Tax Stance Unfair and Unethical · · Score: 1

    Is it a duty if the same tax is applied to in-state transactions?

  3. Re:CFL are no savings on Congress Voting To Repeal Incandescent Bulb Ban · · Score: 1

    "Easily" in what sense? Keeping thousands of receipts, identifying specific bulbs with specific receipts, mailing in proof of purchase, etc.

    Nope, nope, and nope, at least with Sylvania.

    5 minutes on the phone and Sylvania sent me a box of 6 bulbs, even though It was only one failed bulb. No receipt, no proof of purchase, no mailing the bulb anywhere, just "please give me the serial number off the bulb base".

  4. Re:CFL are no savings on Congress Voting To Repeal Incandescent Bulb Ban · · Score: 1

    1. No need for a special dimmer, just the proper bulb. I've got one on a dimmer in my den, works great for the last 3 years, even hanging upside down.
    2. I agree with this. CFLs don't work worth a damn in the cold. I wish they would get the price of high power LEDs down, which are utterly awesome in the cold.

  5. Re:When Can They Force Decryption? on DOJ: We Can Force You To Decrypt That Laptop · · Score: 1

    You can use both just fine, you just need to be mindful of how big each half is so you don't overwrite part of the hidden volume.

  6. Re:What about Firefox 6? on Firefox 8 20% Faster Than Firefox 5 · · Score: 1

    It's set up, but it only runs when a major version is released, which will happen for the first time when 6 comes out.

  7. Re:What about Firefox 6? on Firefox 8 20% Faster Than Firefox 5 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Addons hosted on addons.mozilla.org are now automatically checked for compatibility with new versions (by checking API calls used by the addon) and are bumped to show as compatible. If not, an email gets sent to the addon developer alerting them to the fact their addon is broken, and what exactly is broken about it.

    This will start happening for the release of 6.

  8. Re:Godspeed Atlantis on Space Shuttle Atlantis Launches On Final Flight · · Score: 1

    You can also point fingers at the DoD for a lot of the crap tacked onto the shuttle.

    The SRBs were added so the shuttle could put a reconnaissance satellite into polar orbit, and thus get the DoD's support for the project.

  9. Re:The money's in the moichandising on RIAA Math: Sell 1 Million Albums, Still Owe $500k · · Score: 1

    Well, t-shirt sales at concerts anyway, books, movie rights, that jazz.

    The label will want their 97.5% cut of all that too. Welcome to "360" contracts.

  10. Re:What happens when the power goes out? on Could PSTN Go Away By 2018? · · Score: 1

    24 hours? Hah! The POTS system here will go for at least 48 hours (48 hours assumes 90% network load) on just the batteries, then they have a big damn diesel generator to backstop that, with enough fuel for 2 weeks. And this is all automatic, no human intervention required.

  11. Re:Media Companies on Media Companies Create Copyright Enforcement Framework · · Score: 1

    Independent companies for all of 2 years and their major shareholders are the same mutual fund companies.

  12. Re:Media Companies on Media Companies Create Copyright Enforcement Framework · · Score: 2

    Both companies are owned almost entirely (90% and 84% of stock) by a similar set of mutual fund companies, largest holders for both being Capital Research Global Investors, Dodge & Cox Inc., and Franklin Resources Inc.

  13. Re:Will never happen. on Illegal Film Downloading Up 33% In the UK · · Score: 1

    wait, nevermind, I misread the instructions. Disregard.

  14. Re:Will never happen. on Illegal Film Downloading Up 33% In the UK · · Score: 1

    Yes, but that wipes out all local files of all the games you have and you need to redownload everything, which would be extremely annoying with a large library or a slow/capped connection.

    A better method which I use is to move the folder and symlink to it.

  15. Re:The down side to nuclear is the waste on Bill Gates On Energy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The down side to nuclear is the waste where does it go?

    Into another reactor, then into storage for 100-ish years.

  16. Re:TSA on Don't Fly If You Just Had Surgery! · · Score: 1

    Czars should be sent to Russia. I'm sure they remember how to deal with them.

  17. Re:Bout time on Defendant Says Righthaven Should Pay Legal Fees · · Score: 1

    The sensible option to me would be to have fee shifting limited to the amount you spent on your own lawyers, possibly plus interest if it was a lengthy trial.

  18. Re:But the Best Buy guy said it does on Retailer Calls Rivals' Bluff On "HDMI Scam" · · Score: 3, Informative

    Gold wiring wouldn't be useful, but gold plating on the connectors is useful because gold doesn't oxidize (under normal conditions), unlike copper and silver.

    Still, you're only talking milligrams of gold, about 100mg for a pair of HDMI connectors, or about $5 worth.

  19. Re:None of this (except the passwords)... on Hacker Exposes Parts of Florida's Voting Database · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do you need a machine to vote? Why not just pencil in an X next to the candidate's name like they do in other countries?

    How is anyone supposed to profit from that kind of scheme?

  20. Re:Just waiting for the backfire... on Amazon Drops California Associates to Avoid Sales Tax · · Score: 2

    It's not a new tax. They're just attempting to enforce existing sales taxes on online purchases, which people are supposed to pay (check your income tax forms. there's a box for "use tax" if you live in a state with sales tax), but don't. California wants Amazon to add the tax onto purchases, but they don't want to as it eliminates a price advantage for them.

  21. Re:PVP now gains XP on World of Warcraft Goes Free With Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    They also added the ability to shut off XP when they added that.

  22. Re:Is pvp enabled? on World of Warcraft Goes Free With Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    Any trial account twinks would be severely limited by the lack of heirlooms and inability to purchase BOEs on the auction house.

  23. Re:Yeah, but they gimped it so bad it's worthless on World of Warcraft Goes Free With Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    But these trial accounts aren't even a trial, more of a benchmark demo, more or less.

    Level 20 is sufficient to get through the first few leveling zones and try the early dungeons (ragefire, deadmines, wailing caverns, stockades).

    It cuts you out of guilds, world chat, and trading, but otherwise gives you what I would expect from a trial, a good overview of typical gameplay.

  24. Re:"Unlimited number of characters..." on World of Warcraft Goes Free With Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    Actually 50, unless they changed it. 10 is the maximum per realm.

  25. Re:If it is made illegal... on San Francisco Considers Ban On All Pet Sales · · Score: 1

    As written, the law would prohibit shelters from charging a adoption fee, and thus poof a large amount of their funding.