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  1. Re:Sink it. on Pacific Trash Vortex To Become Habitable Island? · · Score: 1

    And how do you propose making a concentration of individual pieces of plastics, chemicals, and other misc objects all heavier than water? And then not revive due to ocean currents bringing in more plastics from outside regardless?

  2. Re:Tiny bits... on Pacific Trash Vortex To Become Habitable Island? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Singapore, as a tiny island in the middle of (not-quite) nowhere, was also initially unprofitable. Look where it is now.

  3. Re:Let a thousand flowers bloom? on China Says US Uses Facebook To Spread Political Unrest · · Score: 1

    Any account "which slipped from the Government's ban-hammer" is actually (a) secretly being watched, or (b) an intentional seed to lure out dissidents.

    Anyone paranoid enough would know this.

  4. Re:Yeah, they should shut down TV and just do radi on No iPhone Apps, Please — We're British · · Score: 1

    "And they can easily charge and make the cost of development back."

    Wait. We pay them (taxpayer money) to make the application, then pay them to get it?

  5. Re:Wasteful on No iPhone Apps, Please — We're British · · Score: 1

    "Maybe the web can replace a lot of apps, but it can't have completely pointless flashy bling widgets quite as easily as an iPhone."

    Nothing is more "completely pointless flashy bling" than Flash.

  6. Re:Cards should not be mailed. Period. on HSBC Bank Sends Activated Debit Cards Through Mail · · Score: 1

    Your bank sucks. That is all.

  7. Re:This is not the wrong you are looking for. on AU Band Men At Work Owes Royalties On 'Kookaburra' · · Score: 1

    I know, but a full 28 years from the date of infringement? I think there is some sort of anti-competitive law against this. (not a copyright law directly)

  8. Re:Perversion of the law's intent on AU Band Men At Work Owes Royalties On 'Kookaburra' · · Score: 1

    Whooosh.

    "Someone like Christopher Reuel Tolkien (age 85) is still publishing."
    If the copyright only lasted to his death, which may be any time from 0 to 10 years, given average age of expiry, do you really think that's really an incentive for creating works?

  9. Re:Perversion of the law's intent on AU Band Men At Work Owes Royalties On 'Kookaburra' · · Score: 1

    Except he's dead, so he can't exactly be blamed for continuing policies.

  10. Re:Perversion of the law's intent on AU Band Men At Work Owes Royalties On 'Kookaburra' · · Score: 1

    I think we need to separate Disney the creator and Disney the business corporation...

  11. This is not the wrong you are looking for. on AU Band Men At Work Owes Royalties On 'Kookaburra' · · Score: 4, Interesting

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookaburra_Sits_in_the_Old_Gum_Tree

    "Marion Sinclair died in 1988"
    "In June 2009, Larrikin Music sued the band Men At Work for copyright infringement, alleging that part of the flute riff of the band's 1981 single "Down Under" was copied from "Kookaburra"."

    The problem is not with copyrights lasting more than the creator, since this was infringed withing the creator's lifespan. The question is why is this brought up only now. Isn't there supposed to be something about having to defend your copyrights or some such?

  12. Re:Someone owns stocks in major helium producers on Price Shocks May Be Coming For Helium Supply · · Score: 1

    The returns depends on culture. Suck to be you when your culture encourages self-fulfillment before filial piety, but there are also many cultures where the child is expected to care for the parent, hence the child being a long term investment, when you can no longer earn income.

  13. Re:Someone owns stocks in major helium producers on Price Shocks May Be Coming For Helium Supply · · Score: 1

    Yes, but my question is whether they have to go through "consumerism and capitalism", which is your claim on why the birth rate fell, as opposed to environmentalism, government or health-care, all of which are also co-related effects of getting rich.

    (Or at least, in the extent that countries like the USA went through.)

  14. Re:Friends don't let friends get debit cards on HSBC Bank Sends Activated Debit Cards Through Mail · · Score: 1

    Obvious solution: Have multiple accounts.

    1 account for your debit uses: Never have more than conventional spending change.
    1 account for your savings: This should be a long term account, go ahead with any long-term investment plans with this.
    1 account for your finance issues: This is to pay your utility bills, kids' schooling, mortgage, anything else which requires frequent payment. This account can also be used for your income, though it should be managed such that it never grows too high. There should always be a minimum value in this account at all times (which is why you also assign your income here)
    1 accounts for flexibility: In case you want to make some purchases which does not meet the above requirements. If you plan to get a credit card (which I would advice otherwise), it should go here.

  15. Re:Someone owns stocks in major helium producers on Price Shocks May Be Coming For Helium Supply · · Score: 1

    One women who said that is a sample size of one. Correlation is not causation. My claim is that yes, when incomes rise, people prefer not to have more kids, but it is NOT because they rather have cars. There's like a billion other reasons why they wouldn't want more kids, like say, the chance of death is far lower due to improved access to health-care provided with their increase in income, so they don't need more kids to compensate.

  16. No death grip, only Sidetalking. on Symbian, the Biggest Mobile OS No One Talks About · · Score: 1

    Don't forget it's Nokia/Symbian which brought us the joys of side-talking!

  17. Re:Someone owns stocks in major helium producers on Price Shocks May Be Coming For Helium Supply · · Score: 1

    "because women decided that they'd rather have cars then kids."

    [citation please]

  18. Pre-Activated Cards should not be mailed. Period. on HSBC Bank Sends Activated Debit Cards Through Mail · · Score: 4, Informative

    The problem is not with mailing, it's with pre-activation. The customer has to be made to activate manually to confirm that they did receive the card anyway. Activating manually generally requires user credentials. This can be done online, saving the hassle of having to go to a bank personally. (required: key from issued card + key from user account)

    Also, if "the fraudsters know branches are slack about correctly checking ID and obtaining a fake or doctored ID is trivial", I have more issues with the bank than just the mailing of cards. Switch banks ASAP.

  19. Re:Two wrongs don't make a right on Google To Add Pay To Cover a Tax For Gays · · Score: 0

    Two wrongs doesn't make a right, but it can be used to balance it up (roughly) until the original wrong is fixed

  20. And just in time! on Sony Finally Turning a Profit On PS3s · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now, they can start not making a profit again when they ship Move!

  21. Gaming distro? on Unusual, Obscure, and Useful Linux Distros · · Score: 1

    But really, I think this is all the common people would want/need if they want to replace Windows.

  22. Re:Animal Intelligence on Empathy Is For the Birds · · Score: 1

    Addendum: Or in other words, be humble.

  23. Re:Animal Intelligence on Empathy Is For the Birds · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I never implied I know the solution, only that there is a problem, which is this bias you mention here. It still remains important that we recognize that we may be wrong due to this bias, that we might not be all that we think we are..

  24. Re:Animal Intelligence on Empathy Is For the Birds · · Score: 1

    1) You base your definition on domination, a variant of "survival of the fittest". Not exactly a good judge of intelligence, though a good judge of power.
    2) You assume that only humans ask themselves these questions.
    3) You assume that other animals don't study us.
    4) You assume that it's genetic, scripted, and instincts.

  25. Re:Not sure about evolution... on Empathy Is For the Birds · · Score: 4, Funny

    "After 10 years in Alaska, I've only seen one dead raven. It had been fried on the power line above my friends truck while he was sitting in it eating his lunch. Plonk!...in the back of the truck it fell. It is so rare to find a dead raven that the Dept. of Fish and Game wanted the corpse for study."

    So that's the raven's equivalent to joining the Darwin Awards?