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  1. Re:Uhhh heck no. on Amazon Brings Alexa To Hotels (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    They thought about that. Supplementary microphones throughout the room. One of them laser activated off of your mirror. The only difference is the acts like she can't hear you. "Sorry, did you say something Dave?"
    "Sorry, I didn't get that, could you repeat?"
    "Would you like to play a game?"
    "Choices:"
    "1) Thermonuclear war"
    "2) Backgammon"
    "3) Tic Tac Toe"

  2. If only people realized that under every Republican administration since Reagan government has gotten bigger and the budget more unbalanced as the rich got richer. Essentially that means that Republicans are robbing everyone to pay the 1%. Numbers don't lie. Note that the ONLY balanced budgets came under Democratic presidents, and that the general standard of living of the populace was better. I'd guess that Republicans would change their tune. However, I believe that the general lack of morals by the pedophile and general assault promoting Republican leadership might change them sooner. Emotion is a much faster conduit to opinion than reason for a large group of these folks.

    Trump inherited a terrible economy. People really have no idea just how bad off we were. In Detroit they were changing neighbourhoods back into farm land. Chicago was a shooting gallery, still is due to the Democrats running things. Obama's first two years we were in free fall, sky rocketing unemployment, things were terrible. He also piled on the useless regulations. It was like a land mine field. Screw up and you can go to jail. Over nothing. Obama couldn't pull even a 3% growth in GDP. There was a nice chart of all of this and for some reason I can't even pull up www.bea.gov. Sigh. Anyhow, China overtook us - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Look at average values of GDP, not nominal. We just overtook China recently Making American Great Again.

    About the balanced budget - No you don't. There has been one balanced budget and it was because the Republicans made Bill Clinton sign the bill kicking and screaming by shutting down the government. I remember it all too well. That's the only time we saw a reduction in the deficit to the point they actually gave the people a rebate, which the Democrats tried to run off with to give the poor instead of the people like me that were overcharged and actually pay our taxes. Contract with America, remember? Remember Bill saying to remember to blame the Republicans when it didn't work? When it worked he said it happened during his administration, as if he had something to do with it? Remember how they went after Newt Gingrich and he was cleared of everything? It was like 70 charges. Not so much as a - "we're sorry" from the democrats. Same old BS now. Just fling crap around.

    If you read elsewhere, you'll see I'm no fan of Democrats either. I pretty much despise the 2-party system we've devolved into and find the machinations that continue to support that system to be likely unconstitutional. After all, elections are to be fair - how is a designated red/blue line vote "fair" to any other party or individual? For that matter, how is noting party affiliation even pertinent on a ballot? The assumption is that you're an informed voter. Think about it.

    So let me bring you back to the e-mail server. This is something that there is no dispute on. She clearly violated the espionage act and I think everyone knows it. She tried to destroy all of that with bleach bit and hammers to the cell phones. Does this sound like a woman that is innocent? There is no intent in the law. If it were you or I, we'd be in a cell right now. In my case probably for what's left of my life. They usually don't let you out any time soon, unless you're a Democrat and a Democrat gets into the white house to let all of his criminal buddies out.

    The rest of it I'm not even going to address. Sounds like you either skipped out during your civics class, were asleep or they didn't teach it. In your response I see a lot of basic misunderstandings. The last part a lot of people don't understand. Your party affiliation is important during the primary. That's how the party finds out who is strong within their party. Why open it up to everyone? That's not terribly useful to the party. I'm a registered Democrat. Have been since I could vote. The way I see it, no matter who gets

  3. Further, it's clear she used her position for financial gain. Very clear. At the expense of the United States.

    Is it? Is it really? Want to provide some proof of that financial gain? After all, if it's so clear, you should be able to provide whatever's needed for those hapless FBI guys so she can be charged tomorrow, right? TBH, I'm sick of you conspiracy nutjobs (both sides) that just keep on repeating some tripe you heard in one of your echo chambers. Put up some real documentation or shut up.

    Really? I don't even know where to start.

    Here, I don't think you can call the WashPo a right wing paper. So have at it -
    https://www.washingtonpost.com...

    So how come the IRS never audited them? I think it's certain they took money from the foundation from what I've read.

    Ever hear of the Clinton Foundation?
    Ever hear of Uranium one? ... and so on. Not hard to find. Not hard to find references to actual court cases and such though that doesn't seem to matter to liberals. Nothing does. They're far to emotional to listen to reason. Let's see how you do.

    https://www.investors.com/poli...
    https://www.theatlantic.com/po...
    http://thehill.com/policy/nati...

    How about the health care bit that she couldn't shove down our throats in 1994, shoved it down our throats as the ACA? Here, listen to Mr. Gruber (the "expert" that pushed it through) tell you how stupid you are - http://thehill.com/policy/heal...

    The Clintons seem to be as corrupt as they come. From Hillary nearly getting disbarred when she worked at the Rose law firm to Bill & Hillary being disbarred after they left the WH. They are not nice people.

    A Republican would already be years into his prison sentence by now if he did what she did at the same time.

    Well, Trump's still going, and it's been documented that he's benefiting from his elected position. (His hotel in DC alone has a 50% increase in revenues since the presidency started, along with the sudden large number of legal actions in China going his and his family's way post election) I think you'll see more unsavory stories as administration actions are traced back to those that benefitted from them. Zinke is my personal favorite for next indictable current administration official. His actions as EPA head and interactions with lobbyists are billowing smoke. All that's needed is to find the fire.

    Interesting. So what law has Trump broken because the Democrats would love to know of an actual law he's broken instead of the fake one - collusion. They've tried emoluments, other things that are very obscure and haven't been complained about in the history of the country. One by one they've been ruled to be not a concern. They're trying to conduct a coup. Just like they tried to do with Nixon.

    GDP is doing very well, we're #1 again in the world. Consumer confidence is way back up. Unemployment is at a 43 year low. Black people are doing better than they have done under ANY Democratic President. Things are working a whole lot better. He's even bringing peace to the Korean peninsula. Something Obama really wanted to do and failed. He's putting politicians to shame all the way back to at least Eisenhower. Probably more like Lincoln. I thin

  4. Could make it real. on Was the Stanford Prison Experiment a Sham? (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    The Navy runs a POW camp for training. Every aviator has to go through it in case they have an un-scheduled landing someplace. They can and they do hit you hard enough you see stars. Sleep deprivation, etc. They are all corps men and you'll be ok. Never the less, it's hell. Put a bunch of those college kids in there for a while. Sign their life away first of course so they can't sue. Then let's see what happens.

  5. Re:Facebook too on Gmail Proves That Some People Hate Smart Suggestions (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    pop3? You're kidding, right? Do you read every entry in a catalog when you're looking for a drill or do you turn to the tool section? Pop3 is really inefficient. Use imaps. At least use pop3s.

  6. Look at all the fuss over TMI. The amount of radiation they let go was less than you get at your dentist. They made a movie out of it to frighten people.

  7. Re:Sorry, can't resist... on America's Nuclear Reactors Can't Survive Without Government Handouts (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    What about the beer?

  8. Re:I don't have much of a problem with this on America's Nuclear Reactors Can't Survive Without Government Handouts (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    Recycle. Carter administration decided that if the US didn't recycle, no one else would and that would help stop other countries from getting nukes. Other countries saw that for the stupidity that was the hallmark of the Carter administration and recycled. The US never did, and we should Stuff is very recyclable.

  9. Re:They already exist on Killer Robots Will Only Exist If We Are Stupid Enough To Let Them (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You're young. It's called a butterfly mine, developed by the Germans, perfected by the Americans - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... . That was then, this is now - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... .

    Seems us humans really like to kill each other.

  10. Re:Democrats controlled the House, Senate, White H on $950 Million Large Hadron Collider Upgrade 'Could Upend Particle Physics' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    He's a Democrat. They are democrats. The Democrats cancelled it. That's basic shit. Democrats hate science. It tends to get in the way of their solution to everything - more taxes. Then they try to go for emotional stuff, like the separating children BS with pictures taken during Obama's term and a decision by the 9th circuit. Yet somehow it's Trump's fault? When this fails they'll find some other BS to fling upon us. They have nothing else. Nobody is running the Democratic party right now except a few really old delusional fools.

  11. Re:Important note - the opposite of 'Idiocracy' on We're All Getting Dumber, Says Science (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Were you able to RTFA? All I can find are pay-walled links.

  12. How much partying did you do? Alcohol have anything to do with it?

    I've found that the sat scores were very good indicators.

    So now we let the stupid in as well so they can rack up even more student loans and won't be able to get a job.
    There are ditches looking for their diggers.

  13. Re:Former President Steals Domain Names on Guy Robs Someone At Gunpoint For Domain Name, Gets 20 Years In Jail (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    A former American President also stole Domain names and then gave those domain names to the United Nations. He may have done this to keep Hillary's additional dirty laundry from wikileaks. He's facing a lawsuit from four state attorneys and it doesnt look like he's going to jail ....

    Of course not. They used to call Reagan the teflon president. He had nothing on Obama. Man that guy is slicker than a used car salesman.

    I have a deal for you. Hope and change. Just vote for me. Millions did. Suckers.

  14. Jawbone is out of business and amazon is still selling the jawbone units. Jawbone.com site is no longer online.

    Sad really. The jawbone app & interface was way better than fitbit's.

  15. Re: Here's the federal criminal statute on 6 Fitbit Employees Charged With Stealing Trade Secrets From Jawbone (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Prison is full of those people that got caught and were totally sure they wouldn't.

    I've met some of them. They're sure they won't get caught the next time. They were caught again.

  16. Man you hit the nail on the head. Nail went right in!

    Further, it's clear she used her position for financial gain. Very clear. At the expense of the United States. A Republican would already be years into his prison sentence by now if he did what she did at the same time.

  17. Re:My PC is from 2006 on On The Sad State of Macintosh Hardware (rogueamoeba.com) · · Score: 1

    Really? Stick a crowbar into your wallet and buy a new machine. Seriously. Machines have a MTBF of around 5 years. You're just asking for trouble. Display cards are way better now, so are the CPUs, memory, disk, etc. You'll thank me later.

  18. Sure he was but he's Obama. Can't criticise or talk about him or you're racist/fill in the blank. You can't expect a very educated lawyer such as Obama to know the law now can you?

    He should be in an orange jumpsuit.

  19. Not only that, Comey WAS NOT BIASED, they found! "Comey 'broke norms but not biased' - agency watchdog report" https://www.bbc.com/news/world...

    Probably the most unbelievable part of that whole report. He was absolutely biased or Hillary would be in jail right now just like you or I would be if we did anything like that.

  20. Not on the Federal level. Every Federal employee, Civil Servant or Contractor, they ALL have to go through what's allowed and what's not allowed. They have been clear on this even back in the 1990s - you don't use outside e-mail for department business. You also never say you represent an agency on any public media unless you really are a spokesman for the agency. You are not to use Government resources for personal use. It's ok to check your e-mail during lunch or a break, otherwise you're not allowed to. Official use only.

    I've been a security guy for years. I've busted people using Government resources to do income taxes for people on the side, all kinds of other stuff including some that were very illegal. Things I can't un-see and wish I could.

    Do yourself a favour AC. Never use your personal e-mail for stuff. Never use outside resources that you're not supposed to use for your job. Keep everything professional and where they're supposed to be. You'll never get into trouble for things like this. You just have to watch out for the SJW bullshit.

  21. Oh bullshit. Fricking BULLSHIT. My sister is 72 and she teaches this stuff. Excel, Server administration, server security, all that crap. She's not alone. I remember running into women in their 70s still working for the Government 20 years ago that knew about Solaris and ufsdump! No shit. Much to my surprise during the Reagan/Bush years they were re-trained from the mainframes to use Unix. So being 70 has nothing to do with it. Having no clue about how the world works is all of it. She's just a lawyer that nearly was disbarred in the 1970s when she worked at the Rose law firm. She's been in a lot of people's opinion - unethical in her profession all her life. Thank our lucky stars she wasn't elected. While the alternative isn't a whole lot better, the country is still a country and doing great. We're #1 in GDP now. Unemployment is at a 50 year low. Everyone is benefiting while he trolls the stupid press. Maybe we should dispense with politicians for President and use businessmen from now on. People that know something about money.

    Being older doesn't mean we're stupid or don't know what's going on. Some people, sure. I can point to 20 year olds that are clueless as well. Very clueless. Clueless to the point they text while driving and drive into things. Sometimes people around that age eat laundry pods or shoot things like heroin into their body. Really stupid things to do unless you want to die. There are more effective ways. I've met people that were 100+ years old and were sharp as a tack.

    No, she knew damn well what she was doing with that server. She's been around Washington. She knew what trouble people got into during Reagan's era with e-mail. Yes, even back then. They used Unix boxes. In fact the Clinton's used a Unix based OS in the state government. Microsoft was a joke at the time. Joke aside, she knew what she was doing. She knew the Department's computers could be subject to FOIA. I remember requests during Bill's term for that so I'm sure she was aware of it. So there's no doubt in my mind she knew exactly what she was doing. She knew it could put her in jail where she belongs. We really need to make sure she's not above the law.

    Now get off of my lawn.

  22. Frickin paperwork/BS on Solar Has Overtaken Gas, Wind As Biggest Source of New US Power (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    I have 15KW or so on my roof doing absolutely NOTHING! County is dragging their feet to inspect it and the power company is taking its time to replace the meter. I have to wonder if they order each solar installation's meter individually from China or something. Taking a crazy long time.

  23. Re:Almost there... on Laptops With 128GB of RAM Are Here (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I remember arguing with a guy back in the early 1990s about a 20 meg hard drive. He said you can put stuff on floppies, no one needs anything bigger than a 20 meg drive. I thought that was funny then, crazy foolish now. I told him I had an 80 meg drive. Full height 5.25" drive. He thought that was a big waste of money.

  24. Re:I wonder if it's hard to get a hooker on Sweden Tries To Halt Its March To Total Cashlessness (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The US is modern enough to be the world leader again, surpassing China recently...

    In what? Number of motorcycles?

    Go to bed Donald, your meds have kicked in.

    Only a fool would say the leader in GDP isn't modern. Who knows, maybe I've found that fool?

    Add up the bottom 5 out of top 10 and you're still not up to the US. Here, let me give you a link, based on the international money fund since you don't seem to know how to use google or maybe you don't even know what to look for or are familiar with international finances and modernization. Your comment was really that ignorant. Clueless I think is what I'm looking for. You're clueless.

    https://www.weforum.org/agenda...

    So I have a feeling your "modern" countries are way behind the US. In fact they barely even belong in the same list. Socialist polices have taken a big toll on Europe. Really big toll. It holds them back.

    Just google world economies if that site isn't to your liking. I know crazy people love to say - oh well that's your site or some other BS so they can stay in their little fantasy world. They avoid reality best they can. Read fake news and believe it. I bet you still believe the collusion delusion.

    Go to bed Hillary, you're meds have kicked in.

  25. Re:I wonder if it's hard to get a hooker on Sweden Tries To Halt Its March To Total Cashlessness (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    How do prostitutes handle a cashless economy?

    In civilised countries where we don't bother criminalising prositutes, they accept electronic payments like any other business.

    I suspect you are confusing the US with a modern country.

    The US is modern enough to be the world leader again, surpassing China recently. So where does that put your country? Don't believe what the main stream media tells you to believe. Just remember, if you go to college and flunk out of everything else, you can still be a news reporter. Dumbest of the dumb.