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  1. Yawn. on BioShock 2 Released · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That is all.

  2. I also have a patent on Bill Gates Knows What You Did Last Summer · · Score: 1

    All Bill has to do is give me a book of signed, blank checks and I will improve his 'quality of life'.

  3. Great! on "Vegetative State" Patients Can Communicate · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So all they have to do is live in an MRI machine for the rest of their lives and they can communicate. Problem solved!

  4. Spellings Nazis - Please read on Image Searchers Snared By Malware · · Score: 3, Informative

    For all that are hypersensitive to misspellings. The term 'referer' is not a typo (at least, not in this article).

  5. Re:TERRIBLE ADVICE on Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem · · Score: 1

    ...redlining your engine with no resistance

    Again, wrong. All modern cars have a governor on the engine to prevent damage when not in gear. When the cars are in park or neutral, the engine will generally not exceed 4k RPMs, even with the accelerator floored. I have tried this in my Dodge Neon and my Scion xB (a Toyota) and confirmed.

  6. Concordia College(s) on Key EDS Witness Bought Internet Degree · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone should warn the copious number of other colleges with the same name to expect massive calls from nominally informed reporters and/or bloggers. I imagine there will be some college administrators getting some odd phone calls.

  7. Re:High Def, 3D, all meh! on Japan Will Start 3D TV Programming This Summer · · Score: 2, Informative
    I don't think you understand the technology you are railing against.

    OTA broadcasts are horrible - you either get a perfect picture or nothing

    That's how all digital media is. It either works or it doesn't.

    either polarizing glasses (which...through psychological effects...gives "priority" to the eye which receives more light)

    That's completely wrong. There is nothing 'psychological' about how polarizing 3D works. In fact, I don't think I have ever seen the two words together. It's just fancy stereoscopy.

    Though I done completely agree that home 3D is little more than a novelty. If it becomes a fad, I hope it dies quickly like VR did.

  8. Backwards on Phone and Text Bans On Drivers Shown Ineffective · · Score: 1

    My opinion is: the governments should not ban the practice and levy punitive fees to the non-compliant. They should offer license endorsements or permits (for a fee of course) for those that can soundly pass some kind of 'mobile phone usage' test. This would generate revenue, create jobs, and give those of us with teenage daughters yet one more thing to refuse to pay for.

  9. 30 minutes on 80% of Cell Phone Encryption Solutions Insecure · · Score: 1

    Most of my cell calls are less the 10 minutes long.

  10. Re:I just use Paypal on Why "Verified By Visa" System Is Insecure · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I use the Paypal debit card and get the best of both worlds, sort of speak. And my Paypal account is tied to a bank account I only use for online purchases. There is only enough money in there for what I am about to buy. So even if someone does hax0r my Paypal card, there's nothing for them to steal.

  11. Re:Check //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Paoli on US Grants Home Schooling German Family Political Asylum · · Score: 1

    No college. Just graduated and went to work at Starbucks until he was 18. Now he runs his own business selling Craigslist posting services; basically a Craigslist spammer. He and his wife live with her parents to get by. He has been given numerous management opportunities at various corporations over the years, due to his seeming brilliance, but he has blown them all because he has no experience working in a team or managing his time.

  12. Re:Check //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Paoli on US Grants Home Schooling German Family Political Asylum · · Score: 2, Informative

    I got a friend who also 'graduate high school' at 15 via home schooling through American School of Correspondence. I often brags about how ridiculously easy it was to game the system. Basically every test is open book. And since it was all done at his home, his 'book' was Google. I says he would literally get an entire years worth of schoolwork done in a month or two. Biggest benefit for him is being able to put on his resume he 'graduated high school at 15'. People automatically assume he's way ahead of the curve intellectually (he certainly is not) and it has helped his career. He has been offered opportunities that others his age only dream of. Pretty good angle actually.

  13. Re:Apartment Wifi on Has 2.4 GHz Reached Maximum Capacity? · · Score: 1

    Just log into the admin panel of the router and tweak the settings to make it unique. If you Google the router model number you can find the factory default password. I bet dollars to donuts your router (and all your neighbors') is using the default password.

  14. Re:your router is yelling and you dont even know i on Has 2.4 GHz Reached Maximum Capacity? · · Score: 0

    ...sets the default power output levels to FUCKING LOUD.

    I think some lady in the UK got in trouble for that.

  15. Re:Your investors called.. on Newsday Gets 35 Subscriptions To Pay Web Site · · Score: 1

    "It's this sort of dynamic, positive thinking that we so desperately need in these trying times of crisis and universal broo-ha-ha" - Tom Lehrer

  16. Re:strange numbers on Newsday Gets 35 Subscriptions To Pay Web Site · · Score: 2, Funny

    Math illiteracy affects 8 out of every 5 people.

  17. Overstated. on BSkyB Wins £709m Lawsuit Against HP-EDS · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The summary: "Outsourcing will never be the same again."

    TFA: "Nigel Roxburgh, research director at the National Outsourcing Association, previously told Computerworld UK that if the case is upheld in favour of BSkyB, "it could lead to a real scratching of heads, particularly among lawyers."

  18. Re:Experience? on Google Gets Its iPhone Voice · · Score: 3, Informative

    Been using GV on my Android for about 3 months now. Works pretty good. One big complaint is poor call quality. Making a call with my T-Mobile service is fine. But making the same call, from the same location, with GV gives me echos, 1+ seconds delays, and a few other oddities. However the transcribed voice mail is cool, albeit marginally accurate.

  19. Re:Experience? on Google Gets Its iPhone Voice · · Score: 1

    ..all the time.

    ..made me buy the Nexus One.

    Best Purchase I ever made.

    ..Nexus One better than the IPhone [sic] hands down

    ..fully integrated experience is 10 times better.

    Do you always post with such obscene levels of hyperbole?

  20. Re:This is how it's done where I'm from... on Why the IRS Should Automatically Fill In Returns With What It Knows · · Score: 1

    How ironic then that you said 'the USA is' and not 'the USA are'.... Are you outward or inward facing?

  21. Filter your data... on Crazy Firewall Log Activity — What Does It Mean? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Is this guy filtering out backscatter like DNS replication and time updates? If it's from a State agency it's entirely possible that are running a root DNS server on-site (I work st a State agency and we are). Also, what timezone is he in? Knowing that might help explain the spike at 21:00. Is that GMT? Need input!

  22. Re:Why do I care about Google contributing to SS? on Larry & Sergey To Cash In $5.5B of Google Chips · · Score: 1

    That's the really cool part (for me at least). Since I worked in the 'for profit' up until I started this job three years ago, I have my '40 quarters' (aka 10 years) in the SS system and can therefore collect both my pension, and whatever SS is available when I hit minimum retirement age of 55. I also have access to Medicare when I am older. Oh, and it's not as if I get nothing taken out my check....there is mandatory contribution to a State retirement system. But the deductions are minimal compared to SS deductions.

  23. Re:Why do I care about Google contributing to SS? on Larry & Sergey To Cash In $5.5B of Google Chips · · Score: 1

    Not entirely true. I am making slightly more than $75K yearly (not even close to 'high wealth' for my region) and don't pay a dime to SS because I work for a non-profit that 'opted out' of the SS program when they started back in 1967.

  24. Car accidents on New Brain Scans Can Spot PTSD · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's interesting to me that there are new developments in PTSD treatment within less than a decade of of the declaration of 'car accident' being the #1 cause of PTSD. I mean, sure soldiers get it in wartime and 'police action' time, but when the car insurance companies start to lose money...then it's ON...

  25. two-way chatter on Nokia To Make GPS Navigation Free On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    I have been resisting the tying of GPS with cell tech (like OnStar) because I didn't like the idea of my car/cell/insurance/anyone else knowing where I was/how fast I was going/where I'd recently been at any time. The traditional stand-alone GPS was like radio; it only received info about satellite positions. It never gave info away.

    But I think my resistance was futile since even new stand-alone GPS units are coming with built-in 'network access' for traffic, weather, and who only know what else. I long for days of information with anonymity and autonomy. But I am afraid they are long past.