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  1. Re:I've heard that before on Navy Tests Mach 8 Electromagnetic Railgun · · Score: 1

    Did you ever stop to think that it may be a borrowed pack? Maybe they just bought it and haven't had time to un-stitch the flag that some previous owner put on? Maybe they just didn't care. I'm glad us "stupid shits" aren't the only ones that jump to conclusions easily.

    Maybe the person was a dual citizen and had a US passport. You know that's possible, right? If I obtain my Canadian citizenship, I still retain my US citizenship and can get either passport... or both.

    Also, I feel bad for the next person you lambaste for carrying around a Swiss Cross on their pocket knife or have a British flag anywhere on their Mini Cooper.

  2. Re:I've heard that before on Navy Tests Mach 8 Electromagnetic Railgun · · Score: 2

    Yeah, paying for all kids to go to college could very well be just like printing diplomas and mailing them to everyone. Especially with the political correctness going around. Luckily though, colleges still fail students... but if the government starts dumping cash into colleges you better believe the college will get the most money out of it (ie: they will make it easy for kids to stick through the whole ordeal.)

  3. Re:Bollocks on Single-Player Game Model 'Finished,' Says EA Exec · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't say it was huge... In fact, I remember when it came out how disappointed I was with the size of the world (and I never used fast travel.)

    What got me excited was one dungeon north of the far west town that had a "puzzle" where you had to shoot a little blue crystal with an arrow through the gate to open the gate to even get into the dungeon. I was anticipating other puzzles but apparently that's the only one. I also think it would have been better if there was more variation in the dungeons rather than the same set of stone or dirt "tiles." It was still fun as an Elder Scrolls game though.

  4. Re:No local MP, and shitty matchmaking? Don't buy. on Single-Player Game Model 'Finished,' Says EA Exec · · Score: 1

    The problem is that people "game" the player rankings. Either by taking it slow so that they are matched with others that have to take it slow or they farm for money to buy all the upgrades for their bracket then jump into someone's game to beat on them.

  5. Re:Piracy on Single-Player Game Model 'Finished,' Says EA Exec · · Score: 1

    And even if you buy the used copy of the game, EA still rapes you with a $10 multiplayer license fee.

  6. Re:I've got relatives down there on Iron-Eating Bug Is Gobbling Up the Titanic · · Score: 2

    I agree, but you are telling this to people who bury their dead in sealed boxes within concrete containers with most of the rotting stuff taken out to try to preserve the body as much as possible. For some reason, humanity is obsessed with making worthless stuff last forever.

  7. Re:No more sailing... on Iron-Eating Bug Is Gobbling Up the Titanic · · Score: 1

    I have this growing... pain in my head right now.

  8. Re:Bush gave them tax cuts, so they should give ba on Facebook's Zuckerberg To Give Away Half His Cash · · Score: 1

    Don't give out the secret to being rich!

  9. Re:Bush gave them tax cuts, so they should give ba on Facebook's Zuckerberg To Give Away Half His Cash · · Score: 1

    The Constitution says nothing about Corporations vs. People. It's a set of restrictions on Government and nothing more. (eg: There can be no law that ______.)

  10. Re:Buncha keys should go on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 1

    It's 8 seconds of holding the right shift with nothing else for the Filterkey popup and hitting the left shift 5 times for Stickykey.

  11. Re:STUPID on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 1

    I still put SQL commands in caps, but I hold down Shift for them. I rarely ever use caps lock. Can't think of the last time I did actually.

  12. Re:Buncha keys should go on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 1

    Holding shift will bring up the dialog for accessibility along with a little tone.

  13. Re:Does anyone actually use it legitimately? on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 1

    I always had a laugh at this. Win+'Break' to bring up system properties... It always felt like a warning to me.

  14. Re:Does anyone actually use it legitimately? on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 2

    I did, but the only feeling I got was from all the people in my office looking at me funny.

  15. Re:Use of Caps Lock key on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 1

    I'm sure some Chinese company will release a small USB dongle that places a caps lock key just off to the side.

  16. Re:By Accident on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 1

    I remember playing an MMO (don't remember which one) that had some sort of home grown key monitor (or they somehow ignored caps lock.) You had to literally hold shift to type in all caps and it was great when someone would apologize for caps trying to get attention. Then they would blame it on their caps lock and the chat would light up with all kinds of comments.

  17. Re:Getting a bit . . . skeptical about huge boosts on Google Quietly Posts Big JavaScript Engine Update · · Score: 1

    The delegate method was the one I was used to... the new one looks intriguing but => and >= feels like we are getting back into the whole C debate on >> usage and how a symbol mistake can change the meaning of the program more significantly than you may want. I assume (x, y)=>{x + y} is equivalent to what you have above? I might have picked another symbol other than =>... eh, it matters not.

  18. Re:Stability on Google Quietly Posts Big JavaScript Engine Update · · Score: 1

    Obviously, since an astrological age is about 2000 years the OP has been using Chrome for at least 4000 years.

  19. Re:Getting a bit . . . skeptical about huge boosts on Google Quietly Posts Big JavaScript Engine Update · · Score: 1

    Can't wait to start coding JS in Node.js for all my business needs!

    Kind of a joke, and not at the same time... I really like being able to do all the stuff JS allows (eg: lambda like functionality [not a fan of of the lambda syntax in C#]) but until recently it seemed speed was less than dirt in priority. If only they added a bit more sane (ie: built in) method of loading "libraries" besides XMLHttpRequest/eval()...

  20. Re:Rogue satellite on Rogue Satellite Shuts Down US Weather Services · · Score: 1

    I thought that's why we had military operatives to fire off the diverting thrusters and avert the crisis!

    Did the recruitment commercial lie to me?

  21. Re:Missing from the article on Programming Mistakes To Avoid · · Score: 1

    It's a whole lot of:

    1. Wash your baby in the sink with warm water
    2. But not too warm
    3. When you do your laundry put in enough clothes to fill the tub
    4. But not too many clothes
    5. When you cut your lawn, make sure you lower the mowing deck
    6. But not too low

    The things he lists are pretty basic by any measure and he expanded the list to cover both extremes of the processes. What he has is a list of 6 things you should think about when going into a project, but they are Development-101 topics.

  22. Re:Owner? on Explosive-Laden California Home To Be Destroyed · · Score: 1

    It was stated that he had forms to make the grenades.

  23. Re:why? on Explosive-Laden California Home To Be Destroyed · · Score: 2, Funny

    One side of me says: "What if you had a bunker under your house that you could escape to if some army was attacking you. Then you could blow up your house to defend your person as a last ditch effort."

    But that's really reaching.

  24. Re:Conservatives against Wikileaks.. on Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables · · Score: 1

    The world may be a better place if you told your Uncle that he needs to wear deodorant instead of telling everyone else in the room that he stinks.

    Speaking in private is only escalating the mistrust.

  25. Re:Ya think? on Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables · · Score: 2

    With him alive, they can get money for "securing the system" while buying hardware and software form one of their constituents.

    You think the US was that bad at capturing Osama? They didn't want to catch him because a decisive capture/kill (or report of it) would have meant that the defense spending would be cut.