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  1. Re:Airline's simply sqeezing every dime they can on Lufthansa Sues Passenger Who Missed His Flight in an Apparent Bid To Clamp Down on 'Hidden City' Trick (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Who knew, commas were important ;-)

    Silly baseballplayer on first.

  2. Re:Seems like they don't have a "leg" to stand on on Lufthansa Sues Passenger Who Missed His Flight in an Apparent Bid To Clamp Down on 'Hidden City' Trick (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Now look up pricing of Brussels - NYC - Brussels and then NYC - Brussels - NYC.

    Obviously on the same flights. One is not like the other. Airline prices are crazy.

  3. Re:Seems like they don't have a "leg" to stand on on Lufthansa Sues Passenger Who Missed His Flight in an Apparent Bid To Clamp Down on 'Hidden City' Trick (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I have booked (and paid) flights I did not take. Am I a criminal now?

  4. Re:Diversify your investment portfolio on Software Engineer Loses Life Savings in Quadriga Imbroglio (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    They are ripping you of, even though they give some riability.

    Living in Europe, I can (and have) transfered money internationally without any fees. They will limit the transfer to 10.000 EUR or 15.000 EUR per time. If you want to tranfer more (e.g. 500.000 EUR), you need to contact them. and then it will take a few days more. This mainly because of the US wanting to know what goes on with the money.

    So yeah, the money they ask is ripping you off. Especially as they are charging a percentage.

    The difference in transfering 10EUR or 10.000 EUR is non existing. The same amount of electricity is used. The computers do the same things. It is not that there is somebody actually counting that money in cash, put's it in an envelope and mails it to the other bank.

  5. Re:so many mistakes on California Will Not Complete $77 Billion High-Speed Rail Project (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Distance of SF-LA being just beyond the edge of air/rail travel decision break point

    It is less than Paris to Marceille, southern France. The extra advantage is that it can go from city center to city center. Depending where your airport is, you need to deduct that time to get to and from the airport, as well as early arrivalk at airports.

    I have taken the Boston to NYC train (part of the route) and that thing was slow. In Europe that would be high speed all the way and most would be 4 tracks as well. 1 train from Boston to NYC with perhaps a stop in the middle and then commuter trains that would be "only" going 100MPH (160KMH).

  6. Scammer: I wantz all teh monies.
    Scammee : I have a cerain set of skills ..., well not so much skills as strings that I can pull.

  7. Lately? How does it feel waking up after a 15 year coma?

  8. Re:Reverse correlation on Reddit Users Are the Least Valuable of Any Social Network (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Reddit: Usenet of the current times, with a worse interface.

  9. Least Valuable =/= Least Vallued on Reddit Users Are the Least Valuable of Any Social Network (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a difference between least valluable and least vallued.

    Just seee how you look at your own job. Also look at another job, e.g. your CEO or N+1.

    I am sure you will notice that vallued and valuable are often two different things.

    It is also comparing different things, I bet that the same thing will be said between VW owners and Bugatti owners. (Same mother company)

    So what they are saying is absolutely meaningless.

  10. The next time one of these events happen, a kid, who has measels, should join the rally.

  11. Re:"have every right to make a bad decision" on Hundreds Rally For Their Right To Not Vaccinate Their Children (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    I wonder how they feel if I drive over their child and say that that happend due to the bad desicion of driving drunk and I have every right to make a bad decicion.

  12. Re:If they don't want to vax their kids... on Hundreds Rally For Their Right To Not Vaccinate Their Children (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Tabacco is already highly taxed. The rest does not even sound like a bad idea, to be honest.

    But then, we already do mst of that here in Communist Europe.

  13. Re:If they don't want to vax their kids... on Hundreds Rally For Their Right To Not Vaccinate Their Children (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    So they have to pay for all people who get measels, even if they are not their children?

    People can't pay their bills as we speak even if they are willing to vaccinate. Remember that you vaccinate because of others, not because of yourself. I do not care if non-vaxers die. I do not even care if Darwin takes care of their ofspring.

    I do care if my little brother or sister dies. This is not about the anti-vaxers. This is about the people who can not be vaxed due to real reason, not due to unwillingness.

  14. I have been in a similar situation. Humor is a great way to deal with stressfull situations.

    Perhaps because of that humour, I do not feel haunted.

    And things happen often BECAUSE they are simple and/or routine. I went sky diving and the most accidents, according to the coach, was people who where doing this for a LONG time. They are just so relaxed that thye forget to put on their parachute and jump out.

    This is normal human behaviour.

  15. Re:Other Religious Exemptions on Hundreds Rally For Their Right To Not Vaccinate Their Children (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Claim that you are a Darwinist. That means that you believe that if there are no speed limits, in only a few hundred generations, we, as humans will either be able to evade accidents.
    We will have super fast reaction time.

    An other option would be that we will have more sex to fill up the gaps of the people that get killed in accidents. And who would be against that, right?

    I see only advantages and will cry foul at anybody who tries to stop me from driving as fast as possible. I do it for humanity!

  16. Re: Understood on Hundreds Rally For Their Right To Not Vaccinate Their Children (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Complications of measles may include:
    *Ear infection. One of the most common complications of measles is a bacterial ear infection.
    *Bronchitis, laryngitis or croup. Measles may lead to inflammation of your voice box (larynx) or inflammation of the inner walls that line the main air passageways of your lungs (bronchial tubes).
    *Pneumonia. Pneumonia is a common complication of measles. People with compromised immune systems can develop an especially dangerous variety of pneumonia that is sometimes fatal.
    *Encephalitis. About 1 in 1,000 people with measles develops a complication called encephalitis. Encephalitis may occur right after measles, or it might not occur until months later.
    *Pregnancy problems. If you're pregnant, you need to take special care to avoid measles because the disease can cause preterm labor, low birth weight and maternal death.

    Esepecially Encephalitis
    Encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) occurs in about 1 in 1,000 cases of measles. The risk increases with the age of the child.

    Because the encephalitis is believed to be an âoeallergicâ type of reaction to the virus in the brain, thereâ(TM)s no correlation between the severity of the measles and the risk of encephalitis. Encephalitis can be a complication of even the mildest case of measles.

    Encephalitis usually occurs 2-7 days after the start of the rash, when the child should be starting to recover. Symptoms are recurrence of fever, onset of headache, apathy, irritability and confusion. Some children may have seizures.

    Most children recover from measles encephalitis within 2-3 days, but about one third remain comatose for days to weeks. Some children who develop measles encephalitis are left with mental retardation, deafness, paralysis or epilepsy, and a few may die.

    So yeah, nicer going gabling the life (both quality and qualtity) of your child on a 1 in 1000 bet.

  17. Re: I've said it before on slashdot on NCTA Asks For Net Neutrality Law Allowing Paid Prioritization (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    So what will happen is that they will see to it that you want to pay thise prices, otherwise it will be useless. Or do you believe they play faor thus time?

  18. Re: If only they actually understood the internet. on NCTA Asks For Net Neutrality Law Allowing Paid Prioritization (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    They vety well understand how it works and they want to milk it.

  19. People will go against the wording, no matter what. If it us 1.49 difference, they will also say that it was not correct.

    Insteaf of abusing language like a 12 year old who discoverd the double entamdre, attack the science.

    I do not care if they day "it will" or "it might". Concentrating on that is the best way to not look at the research.

  20. they could pay zero in fines on Google Now Pays More Money in EU Fines Than it Pays in Taxes (computing.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Not paying any in fines is very easy. As well is it easier to pay the morally correct amount of taxes.

  21. The issue is people getting a credit on Scammer Groups Are Exploiting Gmail 'Dot Accounts' For Online Fraud (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I live in Belgium. If you ask for a credit, your ID will be verified. Alse a credit check at the the national bank. If there are too mÃn lians, no credit. If there is a negative score, i.e. not paid for one for three months, (removed after one year) no credit. If you have a fake ID, no credit.

    If you get a credit, it will be added to the national bank.

    Only banks and the like have access to data at the Natonal Bank (NBB) and can e.g not see the names of other companies.

    So having 20 emailadresses or one does not make a difference. Yes, fraud is always possible.

  22. Well, it was not on the list https://pc-museum.com/046-imsa...

    (But neither was tic tac toe)

  23. They way the US is treating everybody: The USofA is not you friend.

  24. Re:If CA went to zero emissions tomorrow on The UK's CO2 Emissions Have Fallen 38% Since 1990, Faster Than Any Other Major Developed Country (carbonbrief.org) · · Score: 1

    OTOH they have a drought problem, so I support them financially by buying as much almond products as possible.

  25. Re: OK, you lost me... on 'The World Might Actually Run Out of People' (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Can Canada and England (+Wales) change places already. That way the Europeans get Canada (We have experience with multi langualk political issues) and the US gets England (They can go back using Pounds, Pences and Shillings for money and use Inches). We obviously keep Northern Ireland and Scotland. I don't think they would mind having Canada as a neighbour.

    They saves us in WWII and aren't moaning about it.