User: BenSchuarmer

This is the USA

On: "Choice Blindness" Can Transform Conservatives Into Liberals - and Vice Versa

When we make up our minds we don't change them (EVER!!) Persuasion doesn't matter, Facts don't matter. We're not like those mamby pamby Euros.

Makes sense

On: New Revenue Model For Low Budget Films: Lawsuits

Anybody who would want to watch Maximum Conviction would be a prime candidate for copyright trolls.

Horses are like ponies...

On: Competitors Complain To EC That Free Android Is a 'Trojan Horse'

OMG PONIES!!! Who doesn't like ponies?

"Just hit delete"

On: British ISP Bombards Users With Deleted Emails

an oldie but a goodie

Re:Wasn't hard to guess passwords

On: North Korea's Twitter and Flickr Accounts Hacked By Anonymous

bestk0rea
l1l k1m

Wouldn't this violate TOS?

On: WA State Bill Would Allow Bosses To Seek Facebook Passwords

I'm pretty sure most terms of service say you won't share your password with anybody.

Re:Not funny

On: New Director Chosen At Fermilab

It's more like Saturday Night Live than Kids in the Hall. I don't recall many Kids in the Hall sketches that dragged on without a few laughs along the way. SNL on the other hand has had a habit of taking a thin premise and acting like it was funny to stretch it beyond its limits.

SELL!!!

On: Bitcoin Currency Surpasses 20 National Currencies In Total Value

time to cash in

Re:By my estimation...

On: Can You Really Hear the Difference Between Lossless, Lossy Audio?

Southern man don't need him round anyhow.

I grew up listening to music on the radio

On: Can You Really Hear the Difference Between Lossless, Lossy Audio?

... and scratchy/poppy vinyl records. MP3s on my cheap ear buds are good enough most of the time.

Bigger than their stomachs?

On: Manga Girls Beware: Extra Large Eyes Caused Neanderthal's Demise

my mom always warned me about that

Re:Only thing bees need to remember

On: Caffeine Improves Memory In Bees

Tiny, flying suicidal murder machines.

Got to get their buzz somehow.

On: Caffeine Improves Memory In Bees

now we know

Re:Ron Wyden

On: Rand Paul Launches a Filibuster Against Drone Strikes On US Soil

He's way to nerdy to get votes from the general public.

Re:Oh good

On: Hockey Sticks Among Carry-On Items TSA Has Cleared For Planes

Not all Pakistanis are terrorists, just the ones who hate cricket.

I guess that's OK

On: Hockey Sticks Among Carry-On Items TSA Has Cleared For Planes

as long as people still aren't allowed to carry on enough liquid to make an ice rink.

Re:Flying Pigs

On: White House Urges Reversal of Ban On Cell-Phone Unlocking

Only terrorists and socialists would want unlocked cell phones

no big deal

On: Hit the Wrong Button, Drone Goes Boom

just put another quarter in to start a new game.

HAL and Siri

On: 2001: a Space Odyssey's Dave Returns To Sci-fi In New Film

still a better love story than Twilight

so they're saying...

On: Minority Report's Legacy of Terrible Interfaces

computers in real life shouldn't work the way computers work in the movies. OK with me.

Free parking at UC Berkeley

On: For Sale: One Nobel Prize Medal (Slightly Used, By Francis Crick)

That's gotta be worth something

Re:Let's be honest

On: Microsoft Admits To Being Hacked Too

They want to look relevant. If they weren't hacked, it's because the hackers didn't think they were important.

Oblig Kids in the Hall

On: Nate Silver, Microsoft Research Predict the Oscars

How awards shows work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmMCbsaiuNQ

I'm still waiting

On: White House Petition To Make Cell Phone Unlocking Legal Needs 11,000 Signatures

for them to build a death star

Re:Ron Paul is not being hypocritical

On: Ron Paul Asks UN For Help Geting Control of RonPaul.com Domain From Fans

Operative phrase: "... without his permission...". Didn't the fact that he didn't do anything until now imply that he was giving them his permission?