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  1. Re:Sigh on MySpace Age Verification - for Parents · · Score: 1

    Yeah even after spending several thousand on testing me for it, the school wanted to say that it didn't affect my work... despite the fact that most of my teachers complained that my work was unreadable, and my grades suffered accordingly. It was rather miserable when the were trying to force students to use cursive starting in elementary school in my system. I could really only use a mishmash of print and cursive, which was actually easier than writing in print or cursive on exclusively. Even worse is that it seems to run in families.

  2. Re:Sigh on MySpace Age Verification - for Parents · · Score: 1

    Do you have dysgraphia by any chance?

  3. Re:Sigh on MySpace Age Verification - for Parents · · Score: 1

    Today? Unless the curriculum has radically changed in the last year since I graduated from highschool and started college, that is crap(in the united states public system atleast). Never once in high school was I assigned a homework assignment that forced me to use the computer. The only time I used the computer for school was when I was doing papers and presentations. I take that back, one time i did have to use a computer for homework. However that was above and beyond the scope of the class. I just did it outside of class to get ahead of the rest of the class.

    My statement only applies to the public school system in the United states, more specifically to Georgia.

  4. Re:Permanent home? on How the Pentagon Got Its Shape · · Score: 1

    Yet when was the last time they fought and won a decisive battle....... Its called winning by not losing. Produce a slow but stead stream of casualties and in the end you force a draw, which as far as an insurgency is concerned, is a victory. Added bonus if you are fighting a democratic nation. Your insurgency just has to outlast the enemy leadership.

    We could win in Iraqi rather quickly, well it depends what you mean by win. Crush the resistance? Okay level every major city, we wouldn't even need to use nukes to do that.

    We can win against the insurgency on the tactical scale upwards of 90% of the time I would guess. However on a strategic level we are losing.

    We are trying to play the good guy, and thus our play book is limited, and because of civilian proximity we can't employ many very effective tactics.

  5. Re:Pentagon or Pentagram? on How the Pentagon Got Its Shape · · Score: 1

    Killing someone doesn't dehumanize them, you are an idiot to think so.

  6. Re:I agree on What is the Best Console Controller of All Time? · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm one of the guys who prefered the original "duke" controler on the xbox, but even with my largeer hands the 360 controler is really comfortable, I think they really spent alot of time on the design of it.

  7. Re:No thanks, Valve. on Valve Has No Plans to Charge For Downloadables · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Valve is working on a way to fix that by using guest passes.

  8. Re:Wonder how on Valve Has No Plans to Charge For Downloadables · · Score: 1

    Microsoft wants valves business. Valve doesn't need the xbox 360 sales. Portals and TF2 on there own will sell very well.

  9. Re:They deserve to be outed on Site Claims to Reveal 'Tattle-tales' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do their families deserve to be put in danger? I doubt every undercover agent is single, many of them would have extended family as well. Regardless of what you think of undercover agents, you can't believe that there families should also be put at risk. It doesn't need to be said that they're are some very ruthless people in the drug trade.

  10. Re:Noone gets it right on The Destiny of Lord of the Rings Online · · Score: 1

    To this day I fail to see how my Undead priest is evil. He spends most of his time healing things and trying to find a lower jaw to replace the one he left in the crypts below deathknell.

  11. Re:Noone gets it right on The Destiny of Lord of the Rings Online · · Score: 1

    The blood elves are... elves. The blood nights are the sith basically. Everyone else is to busy going "I need me some magic.." to be really evil.

  12. Re:Noone gets it right on The Destiny of Lord of the Rings Online · · Score: 1

    Classically they were evil. Now they just have evil factions and moronic players. However that apply to both sides. For the love of god, part of the human court is black dragons.

  13. Noone gets it right on The Destiny of Lord of the Rings Online · · Score: 1, Informative

    The horde is not evil in WoW, the alliance isn't good either.
    Wow has had 3 maybe now 4 large world story events that were pretty hard to ignore. I thought that they were pretty fun, usually they opened up a new area or a new instance.

  14. Re:Mac, anyone? on Soldat 1.4 Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    He could have been implying you fuck your computers. I mean how often do I hear them described as "sexy".

  15. Re:Biggest Shame: Emotion Trumps Science on Canada to Build 40MW Solar Power Plant · · Score: 1

    Self feeding cycle or some such. If no one ever stands to make a profit from the safe disposal/containment/reuse of nuclear waste and other irradiated materials, the problem of disposal will never be solved. If there is a significant need there will be some greedy sob will find a way to fill it and get filthy rich doing so.

  16. Re:The Weirding Way on The World's Longest Carbon Nanotube · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Whats worse... your trolling or your lack of originality?

  17. Re:its bad enough on Goatse.cx Is For Sale · · Score: 5, Funny

    That would be true if high schools didn't have computer labs. I know many who don't know the name, but it will be a cold day in hell before they will every be able to remove that particular image from their brain.

  18. Re:its bad enough on Goatse.cx Is For Sale · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sadly goatse is part of the history of the internet.

  19. Re:lemme be the first... on Operation Dice Drop for Zigggurat Con in Iraq · · Score: 1

    Most of them aren't rabid psychopaths.

  20. Re:Good on Steam Hacked, Credit Card Numbers Taken · · Score: 1

    FUCK I used their wrong. That should be there.

  21. Re:Good on Steam Hacked, Credit Card Numbers Taken · · Score: 1

    Actually you only need it on their once. Offline mode has been working rather well for a while now.

  22. Re:eh... on BBC Ponders Another Games Industry Crash · · Score: 1

    .....
    Why did you have to do that? Why?

  23. Re:Less shared culture on Was Videogaming Better Back in the Day? · · Score: 1

    I might be a freak but I frequently break out the game boy color and play poke'mon(blue). After relaxing I go back to playing GTA. Maybe thats why my classes aren't going that well this semester.

  24. Re:All databases eventually get hacked on Student Financial Aid Database Being Misused · · Score: 1

    I'm really glad you didn't say madness. That wouldn't have ended well.

  25. Re:Super-wide? on Intel Reveals the Future of the CPU-GPU War · · Score: 1

    Because of how people are while driving, after 6 lanes you stop getting increased traffic flow and you can actually have slow downs.