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  1. Re:Look Around You, Look Around You, Look Around Y on Economy Tanked While Government Surfed Porn · · Score: 1

    Depends on how much an ass your boss is. And which phone you're using.

  2. Good Job Samzenpus! on Man Accused of Trying To Sell Kids On Craigslist · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Am I the only one that notices that the summary contradicts the title? Title says he was arrested for selling his kids, summary says he made a fake posting for selling his kids and prank called the police about it. WTF samzenpus, more sloshed than usual today?

  3. Re:Divide 2 by 3 on a financial calculator on At Issue In a Massachusetts Town, the Value of Two-Thirds · · Score: 1

    To steal from Pauli, you're not even wrong. You're just stringing words together and pretending they make sense.

    Ex: 136 Yes, 70 No -- 136 v 140, less than 2/3 majority.
              137 Yes, 69 No -- 137 v 138 less than 2/3 majority.
              138 Yes, 68 No -- 138 v 136 greater than 2/3 majority.

    Since the 2/3 mark is 137.3, 138 is the smallest integer number that makes a 2/3 majority. This method works perfectly.

  4. Re:Divide 2 by 3 on a financial calculator on At Issue In a Massachusetts Town, the Value of Two-Thirds · · Score: 4, Insightful

    OR, you could not be retarded and just realize that a 2/3 majority means that the number of yes votes will be double the number of no votes or greater.

    All you do is double count the no votes. If the measure still passes, it had a 2/3 majority.

    It's not that fucking hard.

  5. Re:Is our calculator society showing? on At Issue In a Massachusetts Town, the Value of Two-Thirds · · Score: 1

    This is because your teachers, and their bosses, are idiots.

  6. Re:Spltting hairs, are we? on At Issue In a Massachusetts Town, the Value of Two-Thirds · · Score: 1

    No, they're all approximately 365.25 days long. None of them are 365 or 366.

  7. Re:It's not that silly on At Issue In a Massachusetts Town, the Value of Two-Thirds · · Score: 1

    SOME Parents, on the other hand, are good at fuzzy.

    FTFY.

  8. Re:Counting people? Round up! on At Issue In a Massachusetts Town, the Value of Two-Thirds · · Score: 1

    It's not that complicated. Is the number of yes votes at least double the number of no votes?

    If yes, you have a 2/3 majority. If no, you don't.

    The fact that this was ever an issue just reflects the piss poor level of math education in this country.

  9. Re:remove battery? on Legal Spying Via the Cell Phone System · · Score: 5, Informative

    I once worked in a secured facility (DOE lab) where security briefings included being told that one of the reasons cellphones are not allowed is that they can be remotely tracked, accessed, and the microphones can be activated--even when the phone is off.

    Whether its true or not, at a minimum, the people involved in setting security protocols for the DOE certainly think it is.

  10. Re:National Debt repaid with invention of timetrav on George Washington Racks Up 220 Years of Late Fees At Library · · Score: 1

    Nah, $2 compounded at 5% for 221 years only gives $96,000 today (even a 10% yearly ROI would only net $2.8 billion). Can't blame the debt crisis on THAT George W.

  11. Re:TEA Party Loots Local Libraries in on George Washington Racks Up 220 Years of Late Fees At Library · · Score: 1

    But Salman Rushdie hates Muslims (well, at least wacky Muslims think so)...I'd think the tea partiers would love him. Plus, 'Rush' is in his name!

  12. Re:It's a clue. on George Washington Racks Up 220 Years of Late Fees At Library · · Score: 1

    National Treasure 3:Time to Kill Some Wall Street Bankers?

  13. Re:So... on George Washington Racks Up 220 Years of Late Fees At Library · · Score: 1

    Washington never lived there, and the books were borrowed from the NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, when New York was the capital.

  14. Re:Barcode Anonymizer on Web Coupons Tell Stores More Than You Realize · · Score: 1

    it was too easy to modify a 20 cent off a can of soup coupon into a 20 dollar off a case of beer coupon

    Someone went to jail for doing exactly this--too many $15 iPods.

  15. Re:Diff story? on Web Coupons Tell Stores More Than You Realize · · Score: 1

    True, but his statement was still correct--in bartering it would be rare for two people to pay the same 'price.'

  16. Re:Wrong article? on Bad PR Forces Apple To Reconsider Banning Mark Fiore's App · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Well, I was giving you the benefit of the doubt. The alternative was that you were stupid enough to think that the error was made by the site being linked to instead of /., even though that link clearly goes with the previous /. front page story about satellites keeping aircraft away from the volcanic cloud.

    So, take your pick. You can be new, or you can be a moron.

  17. Re:Wrong article? on Bad PR Forces Apple To Reconsider Banning Mark Fiore's App · · Score: 1

    You must be new here...

  18. Re:no, caves suck on Databases In Caves? A Unique Google Fiber Bid · · Score: 1

    The word Cave by itself is defined as a NATURAL space formed by natural processes.

    I can assure that there is nothing natural about CmdrTaco's bedroom.

  19. Re:no, caves suck on Databases In Caves? A Unique Google Fiber Bid · · Score: 2, Funny

    The dirt usually doesn't just magically disappear something has to take it away.

    Shovels in this case.

  20. Re:no, caves suck on Databases In Caves? A Unique Google Fiber Bid · · Score: 1

    Cooling the bedroom is usually the last thing most couples want.

  21. Re:No on Is the Tide Turning On Patents? · · Score: 1

    No they don't, no they aren't Mr. Shill.

  22. Re:Yes and No. on Is the Tide Turning On Patents? · · Score: 1

    Everyone. Haven't you watched star trek?

  23. Re:Fifth Amendement Right on Lower Merion School District Update · · Score: 1

    Does that make me a criminal? Or just my mom, for taking the picture? Or maybe my dad for having it developed also...

    Depends on the DA in your district. It wouldn't be the first some time someone has been investigated for photos of their own kids so the DA/Sheriff could plump their resumes.

  24. Re:Fifth Amendement Right on Lower Merion School District Update · · Score: 1

    Spy cam in a naked child's bedroom though?

  25. Re:Fifth Amendement Right on Lower Merion School District Update · · Score: 1

    You can always invoke the fifth, for any question. The purpose of the fifth isn't just to avoid admitting you committed the crime directly under investigation, but also to avoid incriminating yourself in any other crimes the police (or even yourself in some cases) may not know about.