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  1. Re:Autism on Lack of Vaccination Sends Babies In Oregon To the Hospital · · Score: 2

    If you don't, you are a douchebag and (in my opinion) criminally negligent. Just like if you did not use a car seat or seatbelts for your child, or let them play unsupervised near a road.

  2. Re:Interesting. on Copper-Graphene Nanocomposite Cools Electronics Faster & Cheaper · · Score: 1

    I would be happy with 15Ghz.

  3. Re:Costs much? on Millions of Subscribers Leaving Cable TV for Streaming Services · · Score: 1

    In Huntsville, on Knology, is more expensive to only have internet service than it is to have basic cable + internet. Yay bundling,

  4. Re:Sanity vs. politically motivated scaremongering on NOAA Study: Radiation From Fukushima Very Dilluted, Seafood Safe · · Score: 1

    Would radioactive leeches work?

  5. Re:Good Riddance on Adobe Releases Last Linux Version of Flash Player · · Score: 2

    If you go for Chrome on Linux, don't get the 64-bit version -- it does NOT support flash.

  6. Re:If I just type out the necessary word... on Google Using ReCAPTCHA To Decode Street Addresses · · Score: 1

    Somewhat off-topic, I admit.

    In the USA when e911 service is introduced into an area each street is named and each house numbered in the maps e911 uses, I assume these are official postal addresses as well. It is a good idea to have your house number visible for emergency services to find you.

  7. Re:How could they not be successful? on In Your Face, Critics! Red Hat Passes $1 Billion In Revenue · · Score: 0

    "Congratulations and all, but how could you not be successful when providing such a superior product to your competition."

    How? By being killed by MS. See: DESQview, Stacker, Mosaic.

  8. Re:Why on Apple Offers Nano-SIM Design Royalty-Free · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That is not my question. My question is Why the fuck don't all phones use SIM cards?

  9. Re:Smart people can be dumb on George "geohot" Hotz Arrested In Texas For Posession of Marijuana · · Score: 5, Informative

    That depends on the state. In Texas " The possession of two ounces or less of marijuana is punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a fine up to $2,000."

  10. Re:The system is broken if... on Multiword Passwords Secure Or Not? · · Score: 1

    This is one way of looking at it. Sort of like saying the car is broken if a specific person can't drive. It is NOT the fault of the car, it is the fault of the person who never cared enough to learn how to drive.

  11. Re:Land of the Free? on How To Crash the US Justice System: Demand a Trial · · Score: 2

    "We are the land of the free and the home of the brave, we can't possibly have the highest incarceration rate in the world. Someone is lying." This is what the "average american" seems to think.

  12. Re:They are right, stop running out-dated technolo on Kentucky Telephone Companies Pushing For Option To End Basic Service · · Score: 1

    The incumbent phone companies like Verizon are putting in fiber as fast as they can. They have to share the copper, but they do not have to share their fiber.

  13. Re:Why did they think this would work? on Nokia: the Sun Can't Charge Your Phone · · Score: 5, Funny

    My Motorola V3M has the battery life of a smart phone and the features of a dumb phone. Worst Phone Ever.

  14. Re:smart cars lead to dumb drivers on Ford System Will Warn, Correct Lane-Drifting Drivers · · Score: 1

    Drivers are already dumb. This simply helps reduce the number of people they kill.

  15. Re:Not a bad idea but... on Christmas Always On Sunday? Researchers Propose New Calendar · · Score: 1

    I expect we will soon be buying 300ml cans of Coke for the same price as we currently pay for a 12oz can. We are already metric for packages of soft drinks larger than 20oz.

  16. Re:Stupid claim on Do You Really Need a Smart Phone? · · Score: 1

    Are the improvements to my life worth the $1,800 extra in monthly service costs (assuming a 3 year lifetime of the phone) and $300-$400 cost of the no-contract phone? I doubt it, but I could be wrong.

  17. Re:Really, no big deal on Domestic Surveillance Drones On the Rise · · Score: 1

    That is much larger than I thought they were. I guess our only hope is the Mexican drug lords find a way to shoot them out of the sky. Pretty sad when our best hope to protect us from our own government is the Mexican drug lords.

  18. Re:Really, no big deal on Domestic Surveillance Drones On the Rise · · Score: 2

    I wonder if you could train a hawk or falcon to take these things down. TFA mentions the drone flying at 20,000 feet -- higher than most birds fly -- but not impossible.

  19. Re:Wii.... on Aging Consoles Find New Life As Video Streamers · · Score: 1

    Netflix was one of the reasons I replaced my old Series 2 box with a Premier box. I was VERY disappointed. I can accept there will be some latency when streaming Netflix, but the issues with no video, lockups and crashes are what I don't consider acceptable. I don't have buffering issues, like some people report, but I don't use HD.

    I upgraded for Netflix, OTA Digital subchannels which my cable provider does not have, and for when I get an HD TV.

    If Netflix was the only reason I upgraded, then I would have sent it back and continued to use my Series 2.

    I have been a fan of TiVo since 2002, I never thought I would ever say bad things about TiVo.

  20. Re:It IS extortion on Two Porn Companies Take ICANN and .xxx Registrar To Court · · Score: 1

    Nobody is forcing them to pay $200. They they are "forcing" themselves to pay $200.

  21. Re:Let 3rd world workers do it instead on Startup Testing Mobile Farmbots · · Score: 1

    Alabama recently passed a "tough new immigration law". It has not helped the unemployment rate. Americans don't WANT tough, dirty, low paying farm work.

    <URL:http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-alabamas-immigration-law-is-crippling-its-farms/2011/11/01/gIQAg0JvjM_story.html>

    <URL:http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec11/makingsense_10-28.html>

    <URL:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/21/after-alabama-immigration-law-few-americans-taking-immigrants-work_n_1023635.html>

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44981872/ns/us_news-life/t/few-americans-take-immigrants-jobs-alabama/

  22. Re:new firefox release schedule moved me to Chrome on Firefox 8.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I switched to Chrome when Firefox "dropped support" for 3.x, or whatever the last version is which removed the "traditional" interface and replaced it with one that minimal interface which looks like Chrome. I had to give up a few plugins, but nothing I can't live without. My biggest issues with Chrome is that Flash doesn't seem to work. As I don't do much of anything which requires Flash, it isn't a big deal.

  23. Re:NoScript is about all that is holding me to FF on NoScript For Android Devices Released · · Score: 2

    Have you looked at NoScripts for chrome?
    http://optimalcycling.com/other-projects/notscripts/

  24. Re:Any minute now... on MIT's 'Artificial Leaf' Makes Fuel From Sunlight · · Score: 2

    It seems to me (R) generally want to deregulate business and regulate our personal lives. The (D) generally want to regulate business and deregulate our personal lives. This is the real difference.

  25. Re:You have to pay? on Congress May Permit Robot Calls To Cell Phones · · Score: 2

    In the United States, it is free to call cell phones (subject to toll charges just like any other number). It is not free to receive calls on your cell phone (unless you have a higher priced "unlimited" plan). This is different from how the rest of the world bills for cell calls.