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  1. Re:Downloading Ubuntu on Wil Wheaton: BitTorrent Isn't Only For Piracy · · Score: 1

    Lady Gaga has asked people to send her a link to a torrent on twitter for either an album or some TV show she missed. She is nerdy in a way though so maybe not a good example as if she wasn't rich she'd probably be using an 8 year old laptop with Ubuntu on it (Which I've found is very popular with poor hippy chicks who can't even afford to hackintosh a netbook.)

  2. Re:Rediculous markup on Facebook Is Killing Text Messaging · · Score: 2
  3. Re:Best of Luck on Planetary Resources Confirms Plan To Mine Asteroids · · Score: 1

    I hear North Korea is testing a bomb to see if they can burn it faster...

  4. Re:used or bust on If You Resell Your Used Games, the Terrorists Win · · Score: 2

    There's thousands of good games between PC & all the consoles I haven't played over the last 10-20 years that it wouldn't be hard at all to never buy a new game again.

  5. Re:Improved Roaming on AT&T Microcell Disassembly; Security Flaws Exposed · · Score: 1

    Sucker...

  6. Re:Improved Roaming on AT&T Microcell Disassembly; Security Flaws Exposed · · Score: 5, Funny

    So just enclose your microcell in a Faraday cage so it can't detect any AT&T signal and it'll boost itself as strong as possible! There's ZERO DOWNSIDES. I've thought this through.

  7. Re:DDoS'ing is comparable to a mafia hit on Anonymous Supporters Tricked Into Installing Trojan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you picket Walmart, you aren't physically stopping others from shopping there as they normally would. If you DDOS Walmart.com, you are stopping people from shopping there.

  8. Re:AND it's no longer relevant. on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Beta 1 Released · · Score: 1

    Was he happy using what he already had? Why change OS's if what he had was working?

  9. Re:OOH! SCARY STORY! on North Korea's High-Tech Counterfeit $100 Bills · · Score: 1

    Hence why I said 'merchant fee' which is charged on the transaction amount, and said "taxes on profits"... So assuming a 30% tax rate, and merchant fees are a tax deduction so they become more like 2% then, you have to have a net operating margin of ~7% to have merchant fees be higher than your federal taxes? That's in line for mass-quantity retailers and higher than amazon's, but for a smaller company I wonder if that business model is considered strong to not be pricing the merchant fees into the retail cost more?

  10. Re:OOH! SCARY STORY! on North Korea's High-Tech Counterfeit $100 Bills · · Score: 1

    How small are your margins that the 2-3% merchant fee is greater than 20-30% taxes on profits?

  11. Re:No approval process? on An Open Alternative To Kickstarter · · Score: 1

    I had a discussion with support via live chat. They are watching and vetting those when needed. I've started my own campaign on there as this comes at an opportune time so we'll see. https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/help-me-document-meeting-my-son

  12. Re:Answering a few questions on An Open Alternative To Kickstarter · · Score: 1

    What you described is the impression I got from it. This actually comes at a good time for me to try this out, as the last 2 days I have been talking with friends and family and your site is going to make it easier. https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/help-me-document-meeting-my-son They're happy 'cuz it's slowing me down a bit. :)

  13. Trying this out myself on An Open Alternative To Kickstarter · · Score: 1

    https://www.crowdtilt.com/campaigns/help-me-document-meeting-my-son Lets see. If it actually goes through I'm going to have to go through with it, but it'll be something nice I can leave for him.

  14. Re:Upgrading on Mac Tax, Dell Tax, HP Tax · · Score: 1

    My local ford dealer is also just $30 for a syn-blend oil & lube job, and they do a wet wash with hand dry for that.

  15. Re:Don't worry -- the data's already been "cleanse on Court Rules GIS Data Can't Be Kept Secret · · Score: 1

    Oops. My bad.

  16. Re:Don't worry -- the data's already been "cleanse on Court Rules GIS Data Can't Be Kept Secret · · Score: 1