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  1. Re:Very Tricky but pathbreaking area on ACLU Sues For Records On Border Laptop Searches · · Score: 1

    Enjoy that taser...

  2. Re:It's a search without a warrant. on ACLU Sues For Records On Border Laptop Searches · · Score: 1

    So in your eyes "grenades and land mines" are equivalents to weapons of mass destruction.

  3. Re:It's a search without a warrant. on ACLU Sues For Records On Border Laptop Searches · · Score: 1

    "establish checkpoints on public highways in the vicinity of the Mexican border"

    The checkpoint on the I-15 from San Diego north is 75 miles from the border, not even close to the vicinity of Mexico. My question is, at these Immigration Checkpoints, 75 miles from the border, can they seize or examine our laptops?

  4. Re:Dear Pranknet on The Outing of Pranknet · · Score: 1

    From discussion with Republicans and what I have read, they basically believe that you shouldn't stay alive, simply because you can't afford to pay for your medical care yourself. You see, you aren't being "self reliant" which, according to Republicans, is the American Way, and more importantly, what Jesus taught his followers.

  5. Re:Dear Pranknet on The Outing of Pranknet · · Score: 1

    If that is the worse thing you can come up with about NHS, you really have no idea how bad the private health insurance is in the US. Wow, you have to go register at a new doctor because you moved. How about being denied coverage? Or paying co-pays, deductibles and prescriptions on top of your premiums? Or losing your health care because you lost your job? Or being denied care because of a pre-existing condition?

  6. Re:Dear Pranknet on The Outing of Pranknet · · Score: 1

    Yes, because you noticed a few people like that, of course, all welfare and food stamp recipients are like that. Dismantle the programs, Shakrai noticed a few people abuse them.

  7. Re:these are not pranks! on The Outing of Pranknet · · Score: 1

    If you had actually read the article he linked about the Italian Hall disaster, you would have read that 73 people died because someone FALSELY yelled fire. Instead of reading the link he posted, you insult him for not reading your post when his link precisely addressed your point. Maybe you should read his post before attempting to refute it.

  8. Re:Get your own accomplishments on Forty Years of Lunar Lander · · Score: 1

    You are under the false impression that the harder you work, the more money you make. You actually think that the CEO for Goldman Sachs worked, say 1 million times harder than a agricultural worker who earns less per year than the CEO does per hour?

  9. Re:I remember the old days .. on The Dilemma of Level vs. Skill In MMOs · · Score: 1

    Kaboom was a great game. I think success in Kaboom was all about concentration and getting into the 'Zone'.

  10. Re:and baking is just knowing the recipe on The Dilemma of Level vs. Skill In MMOs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The good old days when there wasn't an internet to get a hint, or a walkthrough. Still remember writing Scorpia (of Computer Gaming World) for a hint on Planetfall when I was stuck.

  11. Re:sue the school? on Middle-School Strip Search Ruled Unconstitutional · · Score: 1

    What does a border have to do with it? TSA still searches you even if your flight doesn't cross a border. I can't fly from Los Angeles to San Francisco without being searched, and you aren't crossing a border there, unless you are talking about the Los Angeles County border.

  12. Re:Pavement on Painting The World's Roofs White Could Slow Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Actually, concrete = cement + fine aggregate + coarse aggregate + water

  13. Re:Pathetic on Battle Lines Being Drawn As Obama Plans To Curb Tax Avoidance · · Score: 1

    The thing is, for the last 8 years, whenever I expressed any criticism for Bush, the usual response was something along the lines of "Why do you hate America?" or "Why do you support the terrorists?" Many Democrats experienced the same thing. The Republicans never felt the need to defend their guy on the facts either. I am not saying that you are incorrect, I get the same response myself, but it isn't limited to Obama supporters either.

  14. Re:The Netherlands tax haven?? on Battle Lines Being Drawn As Obama Plans To Curb Tax Avoidance · · Score: 1

    How about giving us a citation for where or when Obama ever said anything even remotely similar to that. Either that, or stop making shit up.

  15. Re:Pathetic on Battle Lines Being Drawn As Obama Plans To Curb Tax Avoidance · · Score: 1

    Hmm, lets take a look at some of Bush's campaign promises:

    "As President, Governor Bush will...pay the debt down to a historically low level."

    "Governor Bush's income tax cuts will benefit all Americans, but they are especially focused on low and moderate income families."

    "To restore confidence in government, [George W. Bush] will...attack pork-barrel spending."

    "To restore confidence in government, George W. Bush will...return civility to the nomination process."

    George W. Bush will "fully fund the Pell grant program for first-year students by increasing the maximum grant amount by more than 50 percent, to $5,100."

    "There are 43 million uninsured Americans - 4 million more than when the current administration took office. George W. Bush will reverse this trend by making health insurance affordable for hard-working, low-income families."

    Source for all those quotes is the Bush-Cheney 2000 website.

    So lets see, how many of those did he accomplish in the first 100 days of office? None. How many did he accomplish period? None.

    But Obama hasn't fulfilled every campaign promise in the first 100 days. He is a liar!

  16. Re:A little sad. on 12 Small Windmills Put To the Test In Holland · · Score: 1

    There is a reason those homes are on the renovation shows! In the 50's, 60's and 70's, homes were built with little to no insulation and single pane windows. Most built since then are insulated with dual pane windows.

  17. Re:A little sad. on 12 Small Windmills Put To the Test In Holland · · Score: 1

    Migrate them all the Europe then!

  18. Re:But the electricity on 12 Small Windmills Put To the Test In Holland · · Score: 1

    When I first read how high your usage was, I couldn't believe it. Now that I see it is 4000 square foot, no wonder! That is almost 3 times the size of mine. How many kids you have, 12? Of my neighbors, I can't think of one house (except mine) that has less than 4 people living there.

  19. Re:But the electricity on 12 Small Windmills Put To the Test In Holland · · Score: 1

    Communal yards wouldn't work where I live because everyone has a dog.

  20. Re:Actually, it would take 6 windmills on 12 Small Windmills Put To the Test In Holland · · Score: 1

    Well, in Southern California we have these little things called Earthquakes that effectively prevent one from using brick as a construction material.

  21. Re:Actually, it would take 6 windmills on 12 Small Windmills Put To the Test In Holland · · Score: 1

    It is supposed to be 102 F today in most of Southern California.

  22. Re:In a word... on Obama Proposes High-Speed Rail System For the US · · Score: 1

    In Southern California, they not only tried hard to kill it, they actually suceeded.

  23. Re:Still... on CFLs Causing Utility Woes · · Score: 1

    Not everyone has basements, let alone unfinished ones. Adding 3 additional bedrooms to such a house does require you to rob a bank.

    I wish I had a basement.

  24. Re:There is no problem on CFLs Causing Utility Woes · · Score: 1

    The cheapest LED's that I have found for 40 watt equivalents is $80. That is about 40 times more expensive than CFL.

  25. Re:Still... on CFLs Causing Utility Woes · · Score: 1

    Here you go... http://www.ccrane.com/lights/led-light-bulbs/geobulb/ A steal at only $120 each for 60 watt equivalents.