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  1. Re:Switch to another one...? on The Case Against Net Neutrality · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Verizon doesn't offer FIOS or DSL in your building?

  2. Re:Steve Jobs = Emmanuel Goldstein? on More Trouble In Apple's App Store · · Score: 2, Insightful

    More like O'Brien. At first glance, he's an anti-establishment agent, determined to break down the oppressive system. But once he lures you in, you'll experience psychological pressure like never before and you will be assimilated!

  3. Re:Bullshit on Quant AI Picks Stocks Better Than Humans · · Score: 1

    [1] See list of past planned economies.

  4. Re:but... but... on Cheap Cancer Drug Finally Tested In Humans · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'll take free market fairies over government bureaucrats anytime.

  5. Re:Short version on Hacking Vim 7.2 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I tried Emacs a while ago. While I found it to be a superb operating system, I couldn't find a good text editor for it.

  6. Re:Perspective on Ex-Astronaut Developing Plasma Rocket To Revitalize NASA · · Score: 1

    In the Age of Sail there were tangible rewards like gold and spices. Unfortunately there aren't too many useful resources out there in space for us to use today.

  7. Re:Zune! on Pepcom Show Touts 720p Zune, New NVIDIA Toys, And Phones Galore · · Score: 1

    Anytime I read the word Zune, I just laugh... is that just me?

    Yes, it's just you. Although the previous versions were not up with the competition, I'm excited to hear about the new versions. First of all it might be better than what's on the market. And even if it's not, it might try to compete on the price, which will, hopefully, drive the prices down.

  8. Re:Still the cheaper option? on Spirit Stuck In Soft Soil On Mars · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't be so quick to judge. If the GP is a highly paid professional, his time actually might worth more than a modern netbook.
    Same story with the rovers. That was a legit question.

  9. Re:personal cablevision experience on Cablevision To Offer 101 Mbps Down, No Caps · · Score: 1

    Most of Brooklyn is on Cablevision. Here's the map: http://www.cvadsales.com/map_news12_brooklyn.html

  10. Re:Me three! Me three! Me three! on He's a Mac, He's a PC, But We're Linux! · · Score: 1

    If it gets people scratching their heads - that's a good thing. Then they would at least know that there's such a thing as "Linux," and it can be used like "Mac" or "Windows." Let's at least get the name out. May be some people will even use the google to find out more information. Just don't mention that there's iTunes on Linux...

  11. Re:Any Comerical like this would be fitting. on Linux Foundation Asks Who Says "I'm Linux" Best · · Score: 1

    Xerox PARC made the original commercial. I'm just saying.

  12. Re:Generate your own 'fake' logs on Bill Would Require ISPs, Wi-Fi Users To Keep Logs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What, now you have to be lawyer for the government not to spy on you? I thought the Fourth Amendment covered all citizens.

  13. Re:Dear Iranian nation on Iran Has Put a Satellite Into Orbit · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sorry, but this is exactly what this discussion should be about. First of all, remember that the rocket technology was originally developed as a weapon delivery system. Second, you have to look at the context. There's a nationalist militarist regime in Iran right now. If Hit^H^H^H Franco or Pinochet launches a satellite into space, the discussion would have and should have been about the potential military uses of the technology.

  14. Re:Government shrunk to its Constitutional tasks o on Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President of the US · · Score: 1
    Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking. How is the

    Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States

    is vague? The Clause you're referring to allows the Federal government to tax the hell out of you, not anything else.

  15. Re:Government shrunk to its Constitutional tasks o on Barack Obama Sworn In As 44th President of the US · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

    What's so vague about this? If it ain't in the Constitution, the government has no right to do it.

  16. Re:In the long run we're all dead on The Perils of Simplifying Risk To a Single Number · · Score: 1

    I agree that accurate information is required, that's why there are rules about public companies requiring disclosure of their finances.
    However, I disagree that the markets would not be functioning optimally, while crashing after a long positive run. I would argue that such a crush would serve as a deterrent against repeating the mistakes of the past. A huge loss of money would be a better lesson for investors than any fine or possible jail time.
    And since we're getting into quotations: as Jefferson famously wrote, "Malo periculosam libertatem quam quietam servitutem," I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude.

  17. Re:Liberal economics, Adam Smith, etc on The Perils of Simplifying Risk To a Single Number · · Score: 1

    "Liberal economics" doesn't assume that individuals would make rational decisions. Financial publications often state that in the short time frame markets are chaotic environments. Instead, the assumption is that the market as a whole would choose most efficient price/product/service in the long run.

  18. Re:I have an idea! on Resurrecting Old Games, What Works? · · Score: 1

    That would take forever...

  19. Re:Nikola Tesla on Pushing 800W of Wireless Power at 5 Meters · · Score: 1

    This balkanization of wikipedia must stop!

  20. Re:Nikola Tesla on Pushing 800W of Wireless Power at 5 Meters · · Score: 2, Funny

    Technically, only sr.wikipedia.orgis right

  21. Re:500k isnt that much on For 3 Years, Scammers Ran Truckless Trucking Company · · Score: 2, Insightful

    $500,000 tax-free is more like a $750,000 before taxes. Between the two of them that would be a $125,000 annual salary each for not doing much.
    Besides we only know about this scam, who know what other "businesses" these guys were running.

  22. Re:What's new on Python 2.6 to Smooth the Way for 3.0, Coming Next Month · · Score: 2, Informative

    Too bad that I have to wait for the print function and the new division handling.

    Huh?
    from __future__ import print_function
    from __future__ import division

  23. Re:Like Android, don't like the G1 on Google Unveils First Android Phone · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Unfortunately Bluetooth drains battery too fast to make it a useful alternative to wired headphones.

  24. Re:Fair enough on Mozilla Demanding Firefox Display EULA In Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    To the "average" user, the Internet is a blue "e" on their desktop. Firefox and IceWeasel are more or less the same to him/her.

  25. Re:therefore on Bell Labs Kills Fundamental Physics Research · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wanted to mod this "Interesting", but then stopped and realized, that I would rather see an insightful post. Can you please elaborate, why do you think that India won't surpass US in innovation.