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  1. According to all statistics I've heard... on Landmark Health Insurance Bill Passes House · · Score: 1

    ...lawsuits only acount for 0.75 % (yes, 3/4 of 1%) of the costs of Health Care in this country.

  2. Huh?!? on X11 Chrome Reportedly Outperforms Windows and Mac Versions · · Score: 1

    Do you even know what the fuck you are talking about? Do you know what XAA, EXA, UXA, etc are? You need beaten with a clue-stick!

  3. Exactly like regular Mail? on An Inbox Is Not a Glove Compartment · · Score: 1

    You don't think investigators can get a warrant to intercept and search regular mail without you knowing about it? I'm fairly certain they can and do. Just like a wire-tap. A warrant to intercept your communications without notifying you. What's wrong with this? I fail to see.

  4. They do exactly that! on Why Computers Suck At Math · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Each battery has overlapping coverage with its nearest neighbors. A proper deployment has overallping fields of fire in both depth and breadth. Surface-to-Air missile defense involves multiple layers of different systems, each specializing in different ranges: Short Range - things like stingers, Medium Range - things like HAWK, Long-Range - things like Patriot. A proper tactical deployment never relies upon a single battery to provide the sole coverage. The problem here was primarily on of tactical deployment. The technical issues can be argued, but, the real failure was a failure to deploy in tactically correct fashion. They sent a battery or two as a "Show of Force", probably overriding the tactical expertise of the officers involved for political expediency. You have jack-asses like Rumsfeld and Cheney (and their ilk) making military tactical decisions when they are not qualified to do so. The REAL failure here is one of politics.

  5. Woops! on Intergalactic Race Shows That Einstein Still Rules · · Score: 1

    Guess I should shut the fuck up about something that is not my area of expertise! Sorry about that!

  6. Are you sure about that? on Intergalactic Race Shows That Einstein Still Rules · · Score: 2, Funny

    Photons with different wavelengths carry more or less energy depending upon frequency. High-Frequency is Higher-Engergy. E=MC^2. So, Higher Energy Photons are affected greater by gravity. Are they not?

  7. Why are you taking notes? on How To Enter Equations Quickly In Class? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why are you taking notes in Math class? Personally, I think it is better to just pay close attention to the lecture and absorb all of what is being said and focus on thinking about it and understanding it. Textbooks (and or other references) will have better "Notes" anyway. I always did this in every Math class I took (except from that which I taught myself and CLEPed out of): Calc I-II-III, Linear Algebra 1 & 2, Discrete Math 1 & 2, Topology, etc. I always got an "A". I never took a single note. That doesn't mean I didn't study or have to work. I focused my time in class in paying attention to what the instructor/professor was saying and doing rather than writing. Then, I went home, read the book/chapters in detail and worked through the exercises and problems diligently. Sometimes it was easy, sometimes I was up all night.

  8. Re:We need 1-file installs on Ryan Gordon Wants To Bring Universal Binaries To Linux · · Score: 1

    I double-click a "DEB". How is this different or easier? Oh, yeah, I guess it is easier to just double-click than "Drag" a file. Dragging a file requires much motor coordination. Much more than double-clicking.

  9. Another Note on Ubuntu "Karmic Koala" RC Hits the Streets With Windows 7 · · Score: 1
    Make sure to install "Epiphany Web-Kit" Web-browser from Synaptic. IT ROCKS!

    Also, you'll want to enable the 64-bit version of Adobe Flash Player 10 (if you have 64-bit) via Synaptic as well!

    Have Fun!

  10. 9.10 has been GREAT! on Ubuntu "Karmic Koala" RC Hits the Streets With Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    I've been using on my production/work laptop (64-bit) that I do EVERYTHING on since Alpha 5 (Late August/Early September). It has been absolutely wonderful! Everything is snappier, cleaner, better. HOME RUN HOME RUN HOME RUN!

  11. Correction on IBM, Intel Execs Arrested Over Insider Trading · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nice. So INDIAN executives at Intel, IBM, Bear Stearns, and McKinsey were tipping off an INDIAN Billionaire hedge fund manager. Any wonder _how_ he made those Billions, then? And all of them massive contributors to politicians. How nice. These INDIAN idiots should all go to jail, for a very long time. Maybe, use the per capita income of ordinary Americans that is being stolen away from them by a bunch of foreigners to judge their prison terms; 25M/43k/yr = 500 years between them. Some of them _might_ get out in time to die.

    andy

    There, fixed that for you

  12. Thank You! on Patent Claim Could Block Import of Toyota's Hybrid Cars · · Score: 1

    I couldn't agree more. I get so sick of people saying that those less fortunate than themselves should just suck it up and die. Everytime I hear someone say something like that, and this from a person who has paid more than $30,000 per year in Federal Income taxes, I want to punch them in their damn, stupid, greedy, self-absorbed FACE!

  13. OK, I'll bite. on Ballmer: Don't Expect Simpler Licensing Soon · · Score: 1

    I'll sell you a customized desktop system using SuSe, Ubuntu, or Fedora Linux at $150.00 per seat. If you prefer, I'll sell you a site license that permits you to install and use as many copies as you want for $1,000.00. WOW! What a huge savings. Anyone is free to take me up on this offer.

  14. Well woopty-doo... on Report Claims Iran Has Data To Build a Nuclear Bomb · · Score: 2, Funny

    I DID stay in a Holiday Inn Express last night!

  15. Bullshit! on Report Claims Iran Has Data To Build a Nuclear Bomb · · Score: -1, Troll

    Go read some goddamn history fool! The world was killing each other by the millions. Enough was enough.

  16. WTF? on Red Hat Files Amicus Brief In Bilski Patent Case · · Score: 1
    Everyone always says, "I can just plug in my dual wizbang monitors and Windows detects it all and everything JUST WORKS!" You've said like twenty things that the average person would have no idea how to do or where to find those settings. Much less would they even understand what they meant or that they should even be looking for them.

    If I hear one more Windows user say Linux is hard, I'm going to punch them in the face!

  17. Wow! Don't you look stupid! on Obama Makes a Push To Add Time To the School Year · · Score: 1
    "Kid's" is not the plural of "Kid". It is the possessive form. Now, he probably meant to type "Kids'" which is the plural-possessive (in the traditional sense). However, it is becoming more and more accepted colloquially to spell the plural-possessive form as "Kid's".

    In summation, "SHUT THE FUCK UP AND STOP BEING A GOD-DAMN GRAMMAR NAZI JACKASS!"

  18. Huh?!? WTF?!? OMG!?! PINK PONIES?!? on A Galaxy-Sized Observatory For Gravitational Waves · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    You FAIL! Unicorns don't have WINGS!!!!!

    They have HUGE PENISES!

  19. Quite Simply on "Right To Repair" Bill Advances In Massachusetts · · Score: 1

    Yes!

  20. Re:Difficulty In Using on Why Users Drop Open Source Apps For Proprietary Alternatives · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What makes you think the documentation for Exchange Server is any better? What makes you think that it doesn't have tons of problems all the time that people who are so called "experts" don't take weeks to resolve and evern when it's resolved, they don't know what it is that finally fixed it? I see this ALL THE TIME in enterprise environments where I work. Consistently, commercial solutions, especially from Microsoft, are touted for their "so-called" commercial support and complete documentation, only to see issues go unresolved until someone (like me) implements and open-source solution that actually works!

  21. Spot On! on Why Users Drop Open Source Apps For Proprietary Alternatives · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Mod parent up as "Insightful"!

  22. What? on How Snow Leopard Cut ObjC Launch Time In Half · · Score: 1
    Hmm?? I think one could make a very meaningful comparison of the efficiency of Tree vs. Cat. Energy consumed vs. usefulness. Tree wins methinks!

    Also, so what if they're "different languages"? If they were the "same language" there'd be nothing to compare. Do you go around comparing your right eye to your right eye?

  23. Free Bank to Bank???? on "Hidden" PayPal Fees Inciting Community Unrest · · Score: 1

    On what planet?

  24. Re:What a stupid law. on Database Error Costs Social Security Victims $500M · · Score: 2, Informative

    First off, social security isn't some charity program, paid for by other taxpayers. It is money that the citizens/criminals paid into the system and deserve to get back, regardless of what else they have done in life.

    Bzzzt! WRONG!

    ALL current Social Security recipients have received more in benefits than they EVER paid into the system. It IS NOT an investement! It is exactly what it says SOCIAL SECURITY. It is a TAX that all workers pay to fund the care and retirement of the older generation. It is good!

  25. Wow! How insightful! on A.I. Developer Challenges Pro-Human Bias · · Score: 1

    How about a game of Go instead?

    That has to be the BEST definition of intelligence I've ever heard. I was beginning to think it was impossible to define, but, that nails it perfectly! I vote that from here on that be used as the metric of true intelligence.