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  1. Re:Just turn off the car? on Mandatory Brake-Override Proposed For All Cars · · Score: 2

    On every car I know the steering wheel lock only engages when the ignition key is pulled out.

  2. Re:Who pays for the tile servers? on Wikipedia Mobile Apps Switch To OpenStreetMap · · Score: 1

    I've got a HD2, so almost exactly the same hardware. One should think that 1ghz ARM ought to be enough, had a pretty decent navigation on 400 mhz XScale and Windows Mobile years ago, just not for the bicycle. Anyway, thanks for the information about tiles, will try that out as soon as I find out, how to download tile maps instead of vector maps for offline use.

  3. Re:Because Hybrids Don't Pay For Themselves on Hybrid Car Owners Not Likely To Buy Another Hybrid · · Score: 1

    Why was this modded troll? I am an avid cyclist myself I can attest that both cyclists and pedestrians underestimate the danger. What they see is an average human and they dismiss the bike itself. But take the weight of a grown man, add 11-15 kilos of metal, accelerate it to 15-30 kph (or more - a good cyclist on a good road bike and straight road can overtake a moped) and suddenly the possibilities of hurting someone are very real.

    Especially when you take into account that many cyclists are careless, riding in the dark without proper lights, or, worse, without lights at all.

  4. Re:Who pays for the tile servers? on Wikipedia Mobile Apps Switch To OpenStreetMap · · Score: 1

    In my experience Osmand is slow as molasses, and crash-prone (and I've got the paid version).

  5. Re:WP7's two biggest problems... on Nokia Lumia 900 Reviews · · Score: 1

    And you are rewriting history as well.
    Opera Mobile was a decent browser on Windows Mobile. It worked well on my XDA2 and even better on my Universal. There were much better navigation application than iPhone had for a long time (in fact, most big brand navigation software started on Windows CE/Mobile). And iPhone had a low resolution screen and wasn't able to run third party applications for a long while. It was a fashion toy compared to Windows Mobile back then, admittedly got better later.

  6. Re:We all know why on Does Higher Health Care Spending Lead To Better Patient Outcomes? · · Score: 1

    Maybe the ambulance was for someone else. I also have called an ambulance just once in my life, and that was for someone else. Even with a serious case of pneumonia I walked to the doctor, and I do live in a country with UHC.

  7. Re:Titans of the industry on 25 Years of IBM's OS/2 · · Score: 1

    Probably because back then they were titans of the industry and now they are dead for all intents and purposes.

  8. Re:Umm? on Taliban Offer Question-and-Answer Service Online · · Score: 1

    Zombie Stalin killing Afghans almost 30 year after his death? Where do you get that grass?

  9. Re:ah, libertarians on The Fall of Data Haven Sealand · · Score: 1

    Friend, don't ever argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

  10. Re:anyone see the flying pigs outside? on Microsoft Releases ASP.NET MVC Under the Apache License · · Score: 1

    Must be Pink Floyd on tour again.

  11. Re:Not the United States on UK Man Jailed For 'Offensive Tweets' · · Score: 1

    First amendment? So what?
    Here is the article 125 of the Soviet constitution of 1936 (aka the Stalin constitution):

    In conformity with the interests of the working people, and in order to strengthen the socialist system, the citizens of the U.S.S.R. are guaranteed by law:

    a) freedom of speech;
    b) freedom of the press;
    c) freedom of assembly, including the holding of mass meetings;
    d) freedom of street processions and demonstrations.

    These civil rights are ensured by placing at the disposal of the working people and their organizations printing presses, stocks of paper, public buildings, the streets, communications facilities and other material requisites for the exercise of these rights.

    A constitution by itself is just a piece of paper. Only by its rigorous enforcement the basic law gets its meaning.

  12. Re:It's not the first time on UK Man Jailed For 'Offensive Tweets' · · Score: 1

    In which one? Even the USSR where I was born never called itself an actual communist country.

  13. Re:But are they...? on Kazakh Gold Medalist Is Played Borat Anthem · · Score: 2, Informative

    It does happen in first world countries as well.

    You haven't seen many things yet, doesn't mean they don't exist.

    I met a former slave once.

  14. Re:Right mind? on Surviving the Cashless Cataclysm · · Score: 1

    It hurt their cheese exports to the Euro zone, that's why.

  15. Re:Timberwolf? on Timberwolf (Firefox) Beta For AmigaOS · · Score: 1

    If I remember Lethal Heritage correctly, Mad Cat was designated by Precentor Martial that way exactly because it has got arms like a Marauder but shoulder missile launchers like the Catapult, so AarghVark might be correct.

  16. Re:That's what you get on GitHub Hacked · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dude, it is far worse than you imagine. The guy is obviously Russian. The Russians are coming!

  17. Re:The problem with banning ALL GMO crops on China May Restrict Genetically Engineered Rice · · Score: 1

    You don't usually eat CFL bulbs, do you?

  18. Re:Captain Obvious says on Rearview Car Cameras Likely Mandated By 2014 · · Score: 1

    Same here, except for the last part. I can afford a car alright (could have bought a small used car for the money I spent for my bicycle), I just don't like driving.

  19. Re:This company scares me more and more on Schmidt: Google Once Considered Issuing Currency · · Score: 1

    Because the government is supposed to act in the best interest of its subjects.

  20. Re:Captain Obvious says on Rearview Car Cameras Likely Mandated By 2014 · · Score: 1

    A car without all the extras is called a bicycle. With a pair of healthy legs, who needs a motor anyway?

  21. Re:Highway lights??? on UK To Dim Highway Lights To Save Money · · Score: 1

    At all? I guess you never were on the autobahn around Cologne then. Plenty of lights there.

  22. Re:Because it is difficult on Is Hypertext Literature Dead? · · Score: 1

    Bullshit. I am 31 and I am very much into visual novels. Ever17 FTW.

  23. Re:So does the FBI get the bill? on Facebook Has 25 People Dedicated To Handling Gov't Info Requests · · Score: 1

    Because it is cost of doing business, a part of being an entrepreneur.

  24. Re:Then let's test these next on Submitting "Nuking the Fridge" To Scientific Peer Review · · Score: 1

    No, just an old adventure game about Atlantis.

  25. Re:Not early enough. on Brain Scan Can Detect Autism In Infants · · Score: 1

    Sheldon Cooper posts on slashdot?