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  1. Re:Jury wasn't the problem on Apple Claims Ignorance of Jury Foreman's Previous Tangle With Samsung · · Score: 1

    It shows a problem with *this* jury.

    The problem is not with juries in general, but rather that the jury foreman in *this* case disregarded the court's instructions, presumed authority which he did not legally have, and then bragged about it in public afterwards.

  2. Re:Mathematician? on One Cool Day Job: Building Algorithms For Elevators · · Score: 0

    Velocity and frequency are not the same thing, and 'faster' does not necessarily mean 'more frequently'.

  3. Re:Thoughts from my great uncles and aunts... on US Birthrate Plummets To Record Low · · Score: 1

    So basically you're saying that we should selectively breed for the ability to amass bio-survival tickets.

    *Yawn*

  4. Re:Thoughts from my great uncles and aunts... on US Birthrate Plummets To Record Low · · Score: 1

    NO idea why this has been downmodded. It's spot-on.

  5. Re:Thoughts from my great uncles and aunts... on US Birthrate Plummets To Record Low · · Score: 1

    Perhaps because they didn't have much of a choice in those days, when sex generally led directly to babies, and there wasn't much one could do about that (except not have sex).

  6. Re:Why the argument for more immigrants anyway? on US Birthrate Plummets To Record Low · · Score: 1

    If that's supposed to be a "TFTFY", it's misplaced.

  7. Re:Immigrants... right on US Birthrate Plummets To Record Low · · Score: 1

    Huh? There haven't been any East Germans since 1991.

  8. Re:People should think twice... on Canada Prepares For Crackdown On BitTorrent Movie Pirates · · Score: 1

    *nodnodnod*

    Never, EVER, put an opponent into a position where he thinks he's got nothing to lose.

  9. Re:People should think twice... on Canada Prepares For Crackdown On BitTorrent Movie Pirates · · Score: 1

    You may be denied a passport or visa, and will likely be unable to immigrate to any other country due to your debt (believe it or not, your credit report does matter when it comes to naturalization, just like any trouble with the law, even civil law).

    My credit back in the US sucked balls (in part due to a nutjob ex-wife who ran around maxxing out our credit and wrecking 2 cars in the process), yet this apparently had no bearing whatsoever on obtaining permanent residence or credit in either Australia (where I still have a platinum Visa Card) or Sweden (where I've bought a flat). Didn't keep me from obtaining a US passport or renewing it, either.

    So, citation needed. Thanks.

  10. Re:Lucky for them bittorrent is uploading on Canada Prepares For Crackdown On BitTorrent Movie Pirates · · Score: 1

    Please note that James F Frazier and I hold a patent on "Sentencing someone to life in the electric chair", which we invented in 1984.

  11. Re:I just don't get it. on Apple Claims New Infringement After Being Ordered To Tell Samsung HTC Secrets · · Score: 1

    My SG sucks at making phone calls. And it's not the new Standard. Waste of 13 grand, I guess.

  12. Re:OPINOPS ?? LIKE ASSHOLES ?? YES !! on Apple Claims New Infringement After Being Ordered To Tell Samsung HTC Secrets · · Score: 1

    Considering that the judge rolled out the red carpet and practically suggested it to Samsung, of course they did.

    All the judge did was share a Captain Obvious moment.

  13. Re:Nowhere fast on FBI Asked Megaupload To Preserve Pirated Files, Then Used Them Against Dotcom · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I find it a bit challenging to feel any great remorse over Pakistan's violated honour, given that they (a) said "Yeah, yeah, UBL is teh evil, we want him dead, too" and then (b) harboured him, possibly for years...

  14. Re:Nowhere fast on FBI Asked Megaupload To Preserve Pirated Files, Then Used Them Against Dotcom · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just download LOIC and you're sorted (considered part of the Axis, that is..)

    Anything that requires you to use Mono is certainly Axis-worthy.

  15. Re:Just another way to bash someone's success on Could Testing Block Psychopaths From Senior Management? · · Score: 1

    Blame the sheep, not the shepherd?

    I don't think so.

  16. Re:Just another way to bash someone's success on Could Testing Block Psychopaths From Senior Management? · · Score: 1

    Let me get this straight--what's good for General Motors *and* General Patton is good for America, is this what you're saying?

  17. Re:Just another way to bash someone's success on Could Testing Block Psychopaths From Senior Management? · · Score: 1

    You've got it exactly backwards.

    It's not so difficult for a normal person to think like a psychopath.

    It is impossible for a psychopath to think like a normal person.

  18. Re:for the last time on Police Raid Home of 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay User, Seize "Winnie the Pooh" Laptop · · Score: 1

    Dude, take a Valium.

  19. Re:Scandinavia, the great country! on Police Raid Home of 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay User, Seize "Winnie the Pooh" Laptop · · Score: 1

    Read your history.

    Finland magickally ceased being part of Scandinavia in 1809.

  20. Re:Scandinavia, the great country! on Police Raid Home of 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay User, Seize "Winnie the Pooh" Laptop · · Score: 1

    Oh, so that's why Finns get so pissy about those "Welcome to the Capital of Scandinavia!" signs at the Stockholm airport...

    Thanks, AC!

  21. Re:MemShrink on Mozilla Makes Prototype of Firefox OS Available · · Score: 1

    Very cool. Thanks for the tip.

  22. Re:Emigration, not punishment on South Korean Man Given Suspended Sentence For Retweeting NK Propaganda · · Score: 1

    Nice way to miss the point. Please look up "parody" and then try again.

  23. Am I mistaken in thinking that Facebook's terms and conditions require you to be thirteen or older?

    No, you are not mistaken about FB's TOS in this regard.

    And therefore, did the school not have a valid concern?

    No, they did not: It's not the school's job to enforce the FB TOS.

  24. Re:What do you have to hide? on Judge Demands Email and Facebook Passwords From Women In Sexual Harassment Case · · Score: 1

    I have a feeling that you're wrong. My emotional state has nothing to do with this feeling.

  25. Re:IANAL, but on John McAfee Launches Blog, Offers $25K Reward For "Real Killers" · · Score: 1

    Yeah, well, I happen to like SVN...