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  1. Always wondered.... on Red Light Camera Use Declined In 2013 For the First Time · · Score: 1

    I got a ticket in Dallas once, and my dad got one in Miami recently. Looking at the pictures, and even the video in my case) you can see the infraction...but you can't see the person in the car. Now I don't have tints or anything, but the video is shot from the back in both of those cases and you can't see me or my father. When I got my ticket (several weeks after the incident), I was honestly not sure if it was me or my then-girlfriend driving my car that day. So how is it legal for them to ticket en masse without verifying identity, only identifying the car itself?

  2. Re:This on Halliburton Applies For Patent-Trolling Patent · · Score: 1

    It's wishing for more wishes...

  3. audigy? on Creative GPLs X-Fi Sound Card Driver Code · · Score: 1

    so are they not going to do anything about the older cards? are the OSS drivers perfect?

    Thx creative, finally! Now someone can fix your crap.

  4. Re:Professional Advice on How To Verify CD-R Data Retention Over Time? · · Score: 1

    do you work for TY?

    Ok ok...im just giving you a hard time...I can vouch for TY media quality in my personal experience.

  5. Re:I'm only going to say on Discuss the US Presidential Election · · Score: 1

    Thank you for that post. I've found myself in that argument and never been able to put my sentiments into words that well.

    I should print that out and carry it around in my wallet.

  6. Re:Obama on Discuss the US Presidential Election · · Score: 1

    I don't know why I bother anymore, but: It's not a bailout or a handout. The first draft Paulson tried to ram through was pretty close to a handout, but now the gov is taking stakes in banks.

    Is it a handout when I buy stock in a bank, expecting to make a return? Now obviously there are other motivations than profit here for the government (i.e. to steady the credit markets, prevent failures, etc) but they MAY come out in the black on this. Buffet made this point clear when he said he'd gladly take a 1% stake in this given the chance. He supported it.

  7. Re:Obama on Discuss the US Presidential Election · · Score: 2, Funny

    shuttup you! =)

  8. Re: Palin in 2012 ??! on Discuss the US Presidential Election · · Score: 1

    A bit off?

    Yea, the MSB

  9. unladen swallow on Record Label Infringes Own Copyright, Site Pulled · · Score: 1

    This reminds me of the monty python sketch:

    Bridgekeeper: What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
    King Arthur: What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
    Bridgekeeper: Huh? I... I don't know that. [he is thrown over]
    Bridgekeeper: Auuuuuuuugh.

  10. Re:Glossy only? on Apple Announces New MacBook, Pro, Air · · Score: 1

    I like glossy better myself. =)

  11. tablet on Asus Launches Touchscreen Eee Desktop · · Score: 1

    So its a sort of giant, non-mobile tablet? -g

  12. Re:Holding a single stock is ... unwise ... on Automated News Crawling Evaporates $1.14B · · Score: 1

    With benefits like employee stock purchase/options it's not all that uncommon for people to hold large % of their total worth in a single stock... -g

  13. Re:Sometimes you've got to ask yourself... on Redesigned, Bulkier Honda Insight to Challenge Prius · · Score: 0, Redundant
  14. Re:Case Law Precedent? on Judge Rules Sprint Early Termination Fees Illegal · · Score: 1

    Well buying at all is a stupid move if you forsee a collapse in property prices in your area. Rent not own people!

    But let's not pretend that we all saw this coming. The drop in housing prices we're seeing now really is unprecedented-at least in recent history.

  15. Data Dan, datadan, 60 feet tall made of radia-shan on Your Computer and Cell Phone Are Lying To You · · Score: 1

    Glad to see Dan's data getting slashdotted. He's been so good for so long, but not many people know of him.

    Hope he doesn't become too cool to continue to answering my questions, now that he's hit the bigtime.

    BTW: way to go dan's servers, not eating yoruself.

    -G

  16. Re:Whew, your telcos are safe. on Senate Passes Telecom Immunity Bill · · Score: 1

    Clinton no longer has to lean to the center to vie for the presidency.

  17. Re:If it is going to happen.... on Mercedes To Phase Out Gasoline By 2015 · · Score: 1

    "...needs a drastic overhaul..."

    It's good to hear someone else say this.

    I hear the same problem come up when we talk about wind energy. Opponents talk about the fact that wind energy is intermittent so it will break the grid. They speak as if we can't fix the problem, so we should give up on wind energy.

    No we should fix the damned grid.

  18. Re:Thank god! on Mercedes To Phase Out Gasoline By 2015 · · Score: 1

    Maybe you shouldn't own the damned thing then? You should just lease it and pay insurance on it.

    I think the key problem and challenge is getting people to standardize on the batteries--it would be GREAT if they did.

  19. Re:The electric car you want is ready now: on Mercedes To Phase Out Gasoline By 2015 · · Score: 1

    "I aint got no flyin shoes"

  20. Re:Note on Kodak Unveils 50MP CCD Image Sensor · · Score: 1

    So does anyone know what kind of resolution the typical "good" medium format lenses top out at? That's a lotta data.

  21. Re:Solar plants are dangerous! on Freeze On US Solar Plant Applications Lifted · · Score: 1

    Maybe we can pack it into a spaceship and dispose of it, by sending it the only obvious place...the sun.

  22. linux full screen on Adobe Makes Flash Crawlable · · Score: 1

    yea but when will they get decent full screen video performance out on linux? I've tried 5 different machines, different video cards and drivers...none of them can put out a decent full screen gootube frame rate.

    -G

  23. Re:Cost of Living? on Some Developers Leaving Google For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    From hells heart (Dallas) I stab at thee! -Planning a move that direction

  24. Re:Cost of Living? on Some Developers Leaving Google For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    "What are you a fucking lizard??" -Bill Hicks

  25. Re:War is fun! on Wikileaks Gets Hold of Counterinsurgency Manual · · Score: 1