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  1. Re:Good luck on Healing Wounds With Diamonds · · Score: 1

    No, HMOs don't actually do anything. They are just the insurance companies, approving or disapproving your claims.

  2. Re:It'd be nice... on Google Voice Apps Arrive For Android and Blackberry · · Score: 1

    As another data point, I'm in the same situation & got my invite a couple of hours ago.

  3. Re:This is why on Repulsive Force Discovered In Light · · Score: 1

    Because in Congress, lewdness always exists.

  4. Re:Iphones are not $99 on Tracking a Move Via "Find My iPhone" · · Score: 1

    For the most part, phone companies want customers who think that. People are lazy and easily swayed, and the telcoms figure they can get more profit off the ones who end up keeping it (like, I may add, the story writer decided) than the restocking costs them. They don't offer the 30-day deal because they have to.

  5. Re:You can Do that? on Wells Fargo Bank Sues Itself · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Except you forget: ice on sidewalks means someone is going to slip and fall. And then sue them. Which apparently they don't have enough of these days.

  6. Re:Of course on Does Professional Gaming Have a Future? · · Score: 1

    Ahh, but compare the decline in advertising by the gaining appeal of gaming. And advertising still pays for thousands of television channels and radio stations quite successfully. In my childhood, video games were extremely nitch. In my kids', it will be difficult to find kids who don't play some form of interactive electronic game at least monthly. As video games continue to get more diverse, this trend will only continue. And the nitch of people who are crazy serious about gaming will only increase as well. These are people with disposable income that work very well for advertisers. It's just a matter of when.

  7. Re:An auditory signal as reward?! on Treating ADHD With Games · · Score: 1

    Or a small message telling you that the Princess is in another castle?

  8. Re:What we need is... on RIAA Wants Its $222,000 Verdict Back · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, that'll work.

  9. Re:Overdrive on Watching Tonight's Presidential Debate Online · · Score: 1

    Wrong. ACORN does check its rolls, and tells the secretaries of election when they find suspicious entries. However, they are mandated by law to still turn these probably fraudulent applications in. If this law weren't in place, voter registration entities could just turn in applications that look to serve their own interests. As it is, they turn in everything, so fraudulent applications are inevitable.

  10. Re:FUD on iPhone Takes Screenshots of Everything You Do · · Score: 1

    I have to disagree with you there. FTrooy may be a nice feature, but it's only that: a feature. This means it need to be balanced against other features. If my phone lists who I've called in the last few weeks and this allows me to find their number easily again, I'd rather have that then my privacy secured from someone else picking up there phone.

  11. Re:Deconstructing solid state. on Four SSDs Compared — OCZ, Super Talent, Mtron · · Score: 1

    More power for time in use? Yes. More power per computer task done? No.

    I've been debating on which one is more important to me though. (/sarcasm)

  12. Re:Upon deployment.... on Shadow Analysis Could Spot Terrorists · · Score: 4, Funny

    Nothing has ever needed modding up like this post does.

  13. Re:How To Test It on Nuclear Decay May Vary With Earth-Sun Distance · · Score: 1

    The difference the researchers found was less than .1%. Even if farther in the solar system it was greater than that, it's unlikely to change by enough that the probes' sensors can detect it.

  14. Re:Cameras at every toll booth on California's Wireless Road Tolls Easily Hackable · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Um, no. Better no one doing it. Running reds isn't like going 10 mph over the speed limit. People die from that. A lot. It really shouldn't be about the income.

  15. Re:Linked video... on New Details For StarCraft 2's Zerg · · Score: 1

    Infinite resources maps give the psi limit of 200 more weight, and as protoss con arguably do more within that limit if they have enough resources, the advantages leans to them. Also, they don't actually need to stay within that limit (via mind control of drones or SCVs).

  16. Re:Just another hardware guide on The Best Gaming PC Money Can Buy · · Score: 1

    You may be trolling, but I appreciate the links nevertheless. Thanks!

  17. Re:The bigger issue... on MIT Students' Gag Order Lifted · · Score: 1

    Then the college students finger you to plea down and you've got a conspiracy charge too. Less chance of getting caught, but higher liability and better trained law enforcement going after you. No thanks.

  18. Re:Jet Packs Are Still Hype! on Practical Jetpack Available "Soon" · · Score: 1

    Or if you'd read the article, you'd know that it does have a parachute.

  19. Re:I don't see FPS being that fun with out a butto on Carmack to Bring "Graphical Tour de Force" to the iPhone · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How many buttons do you need? Motion can easily be controlled by tilting & turning the iphone (tilt forward for forward, back for back, rotate clockwise & counterclockwise to do the same for the character, & tilt left or right for strafing). Then make 2 mostly transparent buttons on either side of the iphone screen. Put an extra transparent button in the middle of the top for a menu. I can't think of a racing game that would need more buttons than that; & I think most FPS would be set too. For diablo-esque hotkeys you could even make the bottom 3/8" (10mm) a series of 7 to 8 square buttons. And then you can nest more commands, or toggle between different sets of hotkey definitions for different applications (e.g., lots of little enemies set, or one big honking baddie set, etc.)

  20. Re:Games I've played recently on Have Modern Gamers Lost the Patience For Puzzles? · · Score: 1

    Meteos? Plural? I never had the mana to cast it once!

  21. Re:200MB? on Delivering 8K VFX Shots For the Dark Knight · · Score: 1

    It's not like all movies are filmed like Russian Ark [imdb.com].

    And thanks the gods for that.

  22. Re:craigslist could use some cleanup? on Craigslist Forced To Reveal a Seller's Identity · · Score: 1

    Yahoo brass obviously thought that this man shouldn't be penalized for speaking his mind online. Craig thought this guy should be penalized for trying to sell stuff on his site that he shouldn't be selling.

    And you know, I agree with both decisions. "Daniel" was an idiot to try it, & there's no reason Craig needs to pay for his stupidity.

  23. Re:craigslist could use some cleanup? on Craigslist Forced To Reveal a Seller's Identity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Should Craigslist be forced to pay for lawyers whenever someone posts something they shouldn't on their site? I say no. What did this guy ever do for them? Craig's not making any money off his posting. None. Why should it pay for lawyers for him?

  24. Re:What did you expect? on Craigslist Forced To Reveal a Seller's Identity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here's the problem. Craig doesn't want a huge organization. He doesn't want ads. He just wants to live semi-comfortably and have a functional website so people can use it.

    Things this does not include:

    Ads.
    Huge profits.
    Legal division.

    Do we really want Craig to have to start putting ads everywhere so he can protect users that do stupid stuff? I don't.

  25. Re:With GMs luck. on GM, Utilities Partner To Advance Plug-In Hybrids · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The trick is to have mostly batteries, but 5% (or something) in capacitance to pick up the electricity that would otherwise be brought in too fast for battery charging. It also would get used first, so for much city/traffic driving the actual amount of change the battery sees is much less. You don't need to run the entire driving range on the capacitors to receive most of their benefits.