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  1. Re:Bye Bye Sony on Final Fantasy XIII Is Coming To Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    I'd like to agree with you on the downloads part, but until Microsoft stops shafting people with small and expensive proprietary drives....

  2. Re:No competition on EBay Deal Irritates Individual Sellers · · Score: 2, Informative

    They also provide a nice list of FFL's so you can get your gun shipped to you.

  3. Re:"My attitude..." on Ask Aubrey de Grey About Longevity Research · · Score: 1

    Its hard to grapple with philosophy when your batshit crazy because of some weird psyche issue caused by extreme age.

  4. Re:If we stop aging... on Ask Aubrey de Grey About Longevity Research · · Score: 1

    ... Damnit.

  5. If we stop aging... on Ask Aubrey de Grey About Longevity Research · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Has any research been done on how extreme longevity affects a person psychologically?

  6. Re:Dark and Cynical? on Sci-Fi Books For Pre-Teens? · · Score: 4, Informative

    The "sinner" is replaced by the blameless sacrifice, who is shamed, mocked then killed, the women weep over the body which disappears, then the blameless sacrifice is resurrected.

    Lion the witch and the wardrobe.

  7. Re:Enders Game on Sci-Fi Books For Pre-Teens? · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except in the universe presented there had been concerted effort to make smarter and smarter children who would be intelligent at younger and younger ages.

  8. Re:Storming the EU parliment shouting "FOR THE HOR on ISPs to Ban P2P With New European Telecom Package? · · Score: 1

    ... I actually checked to see if those were real systems.

  9. Oh wow this isn't obvious on Privacy Policies Only as Good as the People Enforcing Them · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    A system is only as good as the people that control it.

    I would have never come to that conclusion without this article.

    Really, in all seriousness, is this actually a surprise?

  10. $75 for an ethics book on Expensive Books Inspire P2P Textbook Downloads · · Score: 1

    and the bastards won't even give me an electronic copy. Hell, I'd pay more for my calc text if there was an digital copy.

    Why(besides the typical bullshit reasons)can I not get a nice electronic copy of my textbooks when I buy them? Only one book ever did that and it was my stupid java book.

  11. Re:'Duel' threat? on FBI's New Eye Scan Database Raising Eyebrows · · Score: 1

    Grenade

  12. Re:Government should not be involved at all on Where To Draw the Line With Embryo Selection? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Already happening, a Deaf couple is trying to have a deaf child by not using embryos that have "hearing", not sure how they make the selection. Their reasoning is that deafness isn't a disability and they want a child that has they can "share their experiences with".

  13. Re:Oh great... on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 1

    Here let me illustrate

    Grandparent: "The purpose of the Second Amendment is for people to be able to defend themselves from their own government, not to attack their own government. The Second Amendment is the amendment of last resort."

    You: "Having elections every two years kind of makes this obsolete."

    Me: "Fuck lot of good elections are having in Zimbabwe. Just because you have the system doesn't mean it always works."

    I preempted my statement with an illustration of my statement. I chose Zimbabwe as an example of the system not working because I disagreed with your statement that implies that the system will always work.

    If my response is off topic, then you yourself were off topic by bringing elections into the conversation.

  14. Re:Who Goes to the Store for Guns? on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 1

    bah /k/ommiefornia is not a state.

    (This is a joke if people aren't clear)

  15. Re:Oh great... on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 1

    Fuck lot of good elections are having in Zimbabwe.

    Just because you have the system doesn't mean it always works.

  16. Re:Crime rate high? on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 1

    Cold dead hands.

  17. Re:Who Goes to the Store for Guns? on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 1

    Just curious, what state does require registration?

  18. Re:Kansas on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 1

    You can have a silencer and a suppressor in many places actually. You just have to pay for a $600(i think) federal tax stamp on it.

  19. Re:Crime rate high? on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 1

    Are you trying to say clones aren't people?

  20. Re:Oh great... on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The annoying part is when the government starts acting this way is when you may actually need the those guns.

  21. Re:Who Goes to the Store for Guns? on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 2, Funny

    Same here man Hi Five!

  22. Re:Soldiers Have a Hard Time Thinking for Themselv on A Marine's-Eye View of the Networked Battlefield · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How many of these proposed drones have no direct human input?

  23. Re:creators exhibit planet/population rescue kode on Artist/Astronomer Exhibits Photos Of Spy Satellites · · Score: 1

    AC's have been posting this shit for only god knows how long and not one of you stupid fucks has bothered to clean up the formatting and improve the readability?

  24. Re:How is this bad? on LGP To Introduce Game Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    My startup ad was an advert telling me I can get the first 11 levels of portals free, and if I clicked next it told me I can get 10% off savage 2 till the 27th.

    Looking at steam right now while re downloading defcon, I'm not seeing an ad. In fact once I close the download box, all I see is the list of games I've purchased with there ready to play markers and 2 things telling me they are updating.

    I think this may come down to an opinion of what adware is. I view adware as an obnoxious annoyance that provides me nothing in return. I guess I don't view steam that way because I feel it provides me with some worthwhile services and is a small annoyance(well I'm not annoyed by it)considering the amount of bandwidth I use due to my constrained hard drive space and my nomadic computer usage.

  25. Re:How is this bad? on LGP To Introduce Game Copy Protection · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think people like steam because it keeps games up to date for them, allows them to buy games, gives them good DL speeds, allows them to install the game anywhere, and because valve has done so much to improve the reliability of the service.

    Pre-orders get beta access, they tend to offer great sale prices and combo packs. When I bought the orange box, I ended up with an extra copy of HL2. I was able to gift that extra license to a friend.

    The 2 issues I had with my account were fixed quickly, and I can play my games even when my connection isn't working.

    Valve has also made it clear they will release patches to make games playable without steam if the company ever goes tits up.