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  1. Re:What about cars? on Researchers Develop Self-Healing Plastic · · Score: 1

    sadly there are not many "do it yourself" salvage yards these days. Most of them are smarter and price things out for better or worse I suppose. I was going by experience with the numbers that I used. As for the 20K self healing bumper, I understand tech is expensive when new, however I am talking down the line and volume. If EVERY bumper on sad car had this, the sheer volume alone should cause the price to drop. give it 5-10 years and it may be a reality.

  2. Re:not true on Gentlemen Prefer Androids, Ladies iOS · · Score: 1

    Most get sold on craigslist, I have helped most of these people I am talking about get into an android phone. I dont believe my friends are the kind of people to tell me what I want to hear( usually because i hear the opposite)

  3. What about cars? on Researchers Develop Self-Healing Plastic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How many times do you drive down the road and see a cars rear or front bumper with a dent/crack, yet the rest of the car is perfectly fine?
    the reason most dont fix the bumper is believe it or not a bumper cover can cost 200-500 bucks, and another 200-500 bucks to paint, and if you dont know what your doing, another 200 bucks to put back on!. I see it all the time on the roads by me, and in the cities, forget it every other car.

  4. funny because in NY we run over to your state... on Walmart Stores Get CCTV-Enabled, Breathalyzin' Wine Vending Machines · · Score: 1

    To get fireworks and cheeper smokes. I never understood how PA can sell fireworks.. to out of state patrons, however people of PA cannot buy them?

  5. Re:e.e. cummings approves on Google Wants To Take Away Your Capslock Key · · Score: 1

    You are not the only one, I do the same thing. I just wish that my logitek MX mouse was made to "fit" the left hand. Even if i had a left handed mouse, I would keep the buttons in the right handed profile, im just used to it

  6. not true on Gentlemen Prefer Androids, Ladies iOS · · Score: 1

    quite simply everyone i talk to that tells me they are getting an iphone, i recommend an android device (depending on their carrier)
    They all laugh at me and go get their iphone and within no lie 2 weeks, 90% of them are telling me they wish they listened to me.

    for the record I have the droid 2, the blackberry storm was my previous model.(do not recommend a storm or any blackberry until the new BbOs is out)

  7. Re:you know.. im all for.... on Proposed ADA Requirements May Affect Public Internet Use · · Score: 1

    actually that couldnt happen, there are laws in place that are against collusion .

    even if that were true, someone in the "oppressed" group would be able to open their own store XX, and they would have ALL the business from the "oppressed" group, one man gets to move up in life, and the group can continue buying their products.

  8. Re:you know.. im all for.... on Proposed ADA Requirements May Affect Public Internet Use · · Score: 1

    well yes, i am anti big government and i am pro the people. If I have a bar, i should be able to cater to smokers. Do you smoke? if you did you would know how much it sucks going to a bar in january and having to go outside to spark up. I understand not all people want to be around smokers, but it should be the establishment who decides. IF bars could still offer smokers an option, i would wager that the bars that DO offer it would increase their revenues fairly quickly because people like me would go there and not to the place we cant smoke.

    the simple point is that a blanket ban on XX is never the answer as each case is different.

  9. Re:you know.. im all for.... on Proposed ADA Requirements May Affect Public Internet Use · · Score: 1

    wow.. anon got me right and BMO was way off, gotta love stereotypes though

  10. you know.. im all for.... on Proposed ADA Requirements May Affect Public Internet Use · · Score: 2, Insightful

    equality but I am sick of mandated equality. Let the market decide
    if store X does not want to cater to group Y (for whatever reason, infrastructure costs to accommodate group Y or simple dislike for group Y It should be the store owners prerogative.

    In this day and age, if people are THAT upset about it, they can organize boycotts until store X either changes, or goes under.

    here is a perfect example in NY

    smoking indoors is banned.... NOW I believe the store should have a right to dictate whether or not they want to allow smoking in their PRIVATELY OWNED establishment

    the customer will either complain, and ask that smoking be not allowed and not go back until it is, or if enough people are bothered, he will see it on his balance sheet and ban smoking himself.

    the government getting involved is always the answer to a question NO one asked.

  11. Re:Suck it up Zuck. on Google Asks Users To Complain Against Facebook · · Score: 1

    had no idea, been using adblock for ages now

  12. Havent they learned.... on UN May Ban Blotting Out the Sun · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That when you try to fix one problem, you almost always invent a new one? Prime example, using cats to get rid of mice....but than theres to many cats right? well lets roll in the dogs.. what? now too many dogs? ok lets bring in........ Some things are just better left alone

  13. Re:a little OT but didnt verizon.... on An iPhone App Store That Apple Doesn't Control · · Score: 1

    well im specifically speaking of the mobile market. Yes there have been app stores for PCs for years

  14. a little OT but didnt verizon.... on An iPhone App Store That Apple Doesn't Control · · Score: 1

    have the first "app store" in its vcast offerings? It wasnt really too good, and there was not a lot of content, but i believe that they were actually the first to offer such an idea that apple generally is credited with creating, rather than making viable as it should be. Than again I could be wrong.

  15. Re:no global warming != no MAN MADE global warming on Global Warming 'Undeniable,' Report Says · · Score: 1

    Dont get me wrong, Im not saying that we should just start throwing all our trash in the ocean or anything like that. Obviously if we have the tech to do something than great, but I do not believe that we have anything to do with the rising temp. We have strange sun spot issues going on, we are in between ice ages which means the climate will rise.

  16. Re:commercial? on Open Source OCR That Makes Searchable PDFs · · Score: 1

    sorry, should have been more clear, I am not the only person in support, we have a very well rounded team

  17. no global warming != no MAN MADE global warming on Global Warming 'Undeniable,' Report Says · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I dont think that the majority of deniers dont believe that the world is warming, I think the majority just believe that its not mans fault, that it is in fact natural. I mean who are we to think we have that much power over the entire planet?

  18. Re:In other news on Microsoft Should Dump Middlemen, Build Own Phones · · Score: 1

    so how many library of congresses can fit in a metric shit ton?

  19. Re:commercial? on Open Source OCR That Makes Searchable PDFs · · Score: 3, Informative

    there is! I happen to work for a company (shameless plug) called DocuWare. Its document management software that does all of that., we are not in 24/7 we are in 8 AM-8 PM eastern m-f for support (I am the support) at the corporate level, however we sell through a dealer network that provides support on a contract basis (many Toshiba business solutions are resellers for us, I know they are 24X7) www.docuware.com

  20. Re:Take Control? on FCC Vote Marks Effort To Take Greater Control of the Web · · Score: 2, Insightful

    CIA DEA homeland security FCC FDA.. I could go on

  21. Re:Be happy on DNSSEC May Cause Problems On May 5 · · Score: 1

    I think I saw a 2

  22. Shameless plug but.... on ISO 9001-Compliant Document Control? · · Score: 1

    I do tech support and bug troubleshooting for a company docuware (www.docuware.com) which does all you want it to do. We integrate with sharepoint, all the major MFPs, have version control and a simple interface. We have customers with 2 users all the way up to a few hundred users

  23. Re:"Branded verticals"? on AOL Picking Up Journalists Shed By Conventional Media · · Score: 1

    haha I use the AOL acct to sign up for things I do not want to be bothered by. I havent used aol since elementary school

  24. Re:"Branded verticals"? on AOL Picking Up Journalists Shed By Conventional Media · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Autoblog is one of the 3 or 4 car "rags" I actually check out, Them and jalonik seem to be the "slashdot" of the autoworld. New reviews of cars, sneak peeks and spy shots. I dont know how big they are but no one can argue, it has more value than an AOL 3.5 floppy just my opinion anyway

  25. Re:Not only act of idiocy on Wells Fargo Bank Sues Itself · · Score: 1

    only if he fines the defendant as well will justice be served...