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  1. Re:Federal Government on Study Suggests Magnets Can Force You to Tell the Truth · · Score: 1

    At $10k per magnet.

  2. Re:just to be clear on Amazon Folds In California Sales Tax Deal · · Score: 1

    Scary idea. This sounds like an excuse to create a federal VAT.

  3. What does a 'business' POTS line cost? on Why the Fax Machine Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    It ain't cheap for what you get.

  4. Re:Yep. Pretty standard. on USPS Losing Battle Against the E-mail Age · · Score: 1

    And when the Democrats had all 3 branches including 60 in the Senate throughout 2009 and 2010 what did they do to fix this problem?

  5. Re:$272 million is still huge! on Judge Nixes, Lowers Oracle's $1.3B Award Against SAP · · Score: 1

    Ellison's philosophy is that for Oracle to win everyone else must lose. There is no win-win to him. If he sees any opportunity to kill, he will.

  6. Now That's the Chicago Way on Environmental Enforcement Agents Targeting Guitars · · Score: 0

    The Obama Administration is at war with every business they don’t choose to subsidize, or every business that chooses not to subsidize the Obama Administration.

  7. Every legislator that voted for it should resign on Injunction Blocks "Don't Be Friends" Law For Missouri Teachers · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They took an oath "I do solemnly swear, or affirm, that I will support the Constitution of the United States ...". Voting for a law that clearly violates the Constitution means they violated their oath of office.

  8. Twilight Zone episode - Probe 7 on Evangelical Scientists Debate Creation Story · · Score: 1
  9. Remnants of some Aliens' lunch on World's Oldest Fossils Found On Australian Beach · · Score: 1

    ET was here billions of years ago and didn't bother cleaning up after his picnic. Or it could be his athletes foot fungus.

  10. Re:I have a solution. on A TV That Knows and Shares What You're Watching · · Score: 1

    My Verizon FIOS DVR to Verizon router connection is coax. Verizon requires their crappy router at the front of the network.

  11. Re:One 'problem' on Santa Cruz Tests Predictive Policing Program · · Score: 1

    Why should taxpayers agree to pay more with the incredible waste that's already taking place?

  12. Same cops that arrested guy for calling horse gay? on Essex Police Arrest Man Over Blackberry Water Fight Plan · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Wut? on Drug Companies Lose Special Protection On Facebook · · Score: 2

    The drug companies don't want to be held liable for what customers write. Some kid talks about using his mom's prescription or sharing it with friends, and next thing you know some law firm is suing you.

  14. Reinventing the wheel? on Feds' Radios Have Significant Security Flaws · · Score: 1

    Is their some reason the feds are not using the same radios the military uses? I'm sure the DOD has some experience in secure portable communications.

  15. Why DARPA and not NASA? on DARPA Set To Blast Falcon Mach 20 Test Flight · · Score: 1

    Are their any write-ups on the propulsion and heat resistant materials?

  16. Limited uses? on Making Microelectronics Out of Nanodiamond · · Score: 2

    "Potential applications include military electronics, circuitry that operates in space, ultra-high speed switches, ultra-low power applications and sensors that operate in high radiation environments, at extremely high temperatures up to 900 degrees Fahrenheit and extremely low temperatures down to minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit."

    Why not use this design for consumer products? All the way around it's a better design. I'd cough up a few bucks more for this chip.

  17. Re:Did many Bothnians die... on Mysterious Object Found In Seabed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bothnia is the country right next the Stherbia, sthupid.

  18. Re:How many... on The End of the Gas Guzzler · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately Volt sales have been abysmal.

  19. Why waste the opportunity to screw the public on Senators Want Secret Warrantless Wiretap Renewal · · Score: 1

    "Never let a serious crisis go to waste. What I mean by that is it's an opportunity to do things you couldn't do before."
    - Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel

  20. Re:Holy crap on Amazon, Google Cave To Apple, Drop In-App Buttons · · Score: 1

    Apple would get 30% or THAT 30%

  21. Re:Not the holy grail of browser security on NoScript Awarded $10,000 · · Score: 1

    No browser is perfect, but all other things being equal NoScript makes the web a far safer place. Include Adblock and not running the browser as an admin, and you are pretty safe.

  22. Ames roof paint on Bill Clinton Says 'Paint Your Roofs White' · · Score: 1
  23. Another reason to get rid of the mailbox on Banks Find Way To Sell Consumers' Shopping Data · · Score: 1

    It has become little more than a source of paper spam.

  24. Why not jail for the offenders? on UCLA Hospital Hit With HIPAA Fine On Celeb Records · · Score: 1

    The article states that the employees had no reason for accessing the records. How about puerile curiosity? What they didn't have was a legitimate reason.

    The hospital says it needs to conduct “regular and robust” trainings for employees that access sensitive information. What a load of crap. This is the same bullshit response police departments give when cops steal your camera when you record them. Both parties knew what they were doing was wrong BEFORE they did it. The answer is serious jail time.

  25. Pedestrian problems? on Roundabout Revolution Sweeping US · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How do pedestrians get across roads with rotaries? With traffic lights there is a clear system for pedestrian traffic. As I approach a rotary as a driver I am looking for space between traffic to merge into the circle. I am not looking for pedestrians.