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  1. Re:And they wonder why..... on Transformers Special Edition Chevy Camaro Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Factory paint hasn't been 'pure shit' since at least the 1980s. I've lived in Pennsylvania my whole life, and even with this state's bizarre addiction to road salt very, very few cars made within the last 15-20 years need paint unless they're involved in a collision.

  2. Re:Other usages? on New Food-Growth Product a Bit Hairy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Too bad you can't selectively meta-moderate. I'd like to congratulate the person who modded this "informative".

  3. Re:Can lithium really power all cars? on Bolivia Is the Saudi Arabia of Lithium · · Score: 1

    That would, of course, be a perpetual motion machine. You can get at most the amount of energy back from combusting hydrogen as you used to electrolyze it, leaving no net energy to power the vehicle.

    Please tell me this post is a joke and I missed the punchline.

  4. Re:But their drivers still suck on A $99 Graphics Card Might Be All You Need · · Score: 1

    What does under $50 AU have to do with $150 (assumed to be American), especially considering the generally higher costs of computer hardware down under? Your comment provided no information, and was at best moot and at worst idiotic.

  5. Re:Classifieds Traffic Up Since Recession on 97 of Top 100 Classified Sites Are Craigslist · · Score: 1

    It is a tremendous tool for finding apartments. Given that you're not likely to rent a place sight unseen, ratings and ripoffs are sort of moot. Sure, there's a lot of irrelevant postings and junk postings, but that's true with any form of classified ad.

  6. Re:Unexplained Achievement "The Maker"? on Slashdot Launches User Achievements · · Score: 1

    I think I've done that, and I don't have it. Then again, I don't post a whole lot. Maybe you have to do it more often.

  7. Re:Or they're terrified on Study Finds the Pious Fight Death Hardest · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In my opinion, Agnosticism makes the most sense. I think what exists outside the bounds of our physical universe, and before (and after?) 'time', is unknown and unknowable. God, Zues, the Matrix, or a spontaneous generation, it's all the same to me. The Christian story is full of contradictions with the evidences of our origin which surround us, but that certainly doesn't rule out in my mind the existence of some sort of creator. I sincerely doubt it gives a shit who I am or am not having sex with in any more than an ant farm sort of way. Obviously, we are, rather than are not, but God only moves that question to "where did God come from?".

  8. Re:are you sure? on Auto Safety Tech May Encourage Dangerous Driving · · Score: 1

    Admittedly, a big part of the problem with driving in New Jersey is road design. There are old highways with entrance and exit ramps that are too short and too sharp all over the place, and there are too many places where the entrance and exit merge lanes cross on high traffic roads. Traffic circles can't handle the volume they're often fed. The loose change tolls every county on the GS Parkway belong in the feudal age.

    But Jersey drivers do have some problems - I can't count the number of times I've had to slam on the brakes from highway speed because people suddenly stopped to rubberneck a speeding ticket on the other side of a four lane highway. There are way too many people weaving in their lanes on cell phones. I've been rear ended three times in the last two years while stopping at red lights by people who either weren't looking (2) or overestimated their brakes on a downhill in the rain (1), and I most certainly do not stop short or stop at yellow lights. The floor it to a red light syndrome is common, too. There's probably some personal bias on my part because I keep getting hit, and maybe the overall volume just makes it seem worse than it is.

  9. Re:are you sure? on Auto Safety Tech May Encourage Dangerous Driving · · Score: 4, Insightful

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    The per mile death rate is lower, in general, in more urban states than more rural ones. My guess is that with everyone stuck together in traffic, most of the accidents happen with a relatively low closing speed so less people are killed. It's certainly not because New Jersey drivers spend more time paying attention to what's going on around them, at least in my experience.

    It's not exactly the same point but it's certainly true that vehicle death totals are down significantly on a per mile basis over the last 40 years, at least in the US. So while there may be a false sense of security brought about by ABS, air bags, and traction control, it doesn't overcome the actual advances in safety.

  10. Re:Can we stop enabling these people? on Are Quirky Developers Brilliant Or Dangerous? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's not true. The guy is refusing to document code and skips work on a whim. He's not dependable but he tries to tie his coworkers to his capricious tendencies. He's arrogant and socially inept. Most of the most brilliant people I've worked with are very confident, but they're not all assholes. This "Josh" doesn't sound like someone I'd want on my team. The code doesn't need documenting? Seriously? Brooks thought that was outdated in 1970.

  11. Re:I'm Not Sure Why People Believe This on Iowa Seeks To Remove Electoral College · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There are about 100 posts saying exactly this same thing in the thread, but it doesn't make any sense! It's already exactly what the candidates do. After the primaries, the candidates make only token appearances in the states that one side or another already has in the bag and spend most of the rest of their time in Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Why would a republican, or a democrat, presently campaign in New Jersey, Massachusetts, Montana, or Texas? If any of those states are a tossup, the election isn't going to be close. The electoral college is only one of several bad structural features in the US system of governance, but it's the easiest one to fix.

  12. Re:No IR needed to toggle power switch on Euro Parliament Wants "Red Button" For Shutting Down Games · · Score: 1

    Who modded this flamebait?

  13. Re:The US was always the World's top wind producer on US Becomes Top Wind Producer; Solar Next · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sorry, I'll cut back on the dairy.

  14. Re:So Close on Lots of Pure Water Ice At Mars North Pole · · Score: 1

    Solar power on Mars would also have to contend with the global dust storms, which can last for weeks on end. Nuclear doesn't have that worry.

  15. Re:Darn... no Mac Mini update on Apple Intros 17" Unibody MBP, DRM-Free iTunes · · Score: 2, Informative

    I, personally, have an old mp3 cd player in my car with no aux input that I don't feel like spending the hundred bucks and few hours to replace. So for me it would be nice.

  16. Re:I'm sick of small curves on Setting a Learning Curve In MMOs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Wait, what's the finishing goal? Die with the biggest pile? Die with the most STDs? Spawn the most children? Technological singularity? Completing some religious storyline?

  17. Re:What a bunch of BS on How the City Hurts Your Brain · · Score: 1

    Only because we've killed off most of the things that are dangerous.

    Bears (brown moreso than black) will hunt you for food but their range is pretty limited now. Moose, bison, and even elk can be quite dangerous if startled or at the wrong time of the year, but we've killed most of them too.

  18. Re:Dwarf Fortress on Great Games To Put On a Free PC? · · Score: 1

    Awesome game, but it's got a very steep learning curve and it's not going to run well on a low end system.

  19. Re:Good games sell, but sell enough? on 99.8% of Gamers Don't Care About DRM, Says EA · · Score: 1

    A winrar is you. No, you're wrong. I just don't buy into the slashdot groupthink that OMG ANYTHING RELATED TO COPYRIGHT IS DESTROYING THE WORLD. But good job standing up to your claim, AC.

  20. Re:Good games sell, but sell enough? on 99.8% of Gamers Don't Care About DRM, Says EA · · Score: 1

    Wow, thanks. I didn't even need to respond.

  21. Re:Good games sell, but sell enough? on 99.8% of Gamers Don't Care About DRM, Says EA · · Score: 1

    If I had mod points I'd mod YOU troll instead. Troll is for trolling, not because his viewpoint disagrees with what you think.

  22. Re:Reach for the switch... on New Contestants On the Turing Test · · Score: 1

    Obscure? Here? What have we come to?

  23. Re:Let's play devil's advocate: on Should IT Unionize? · · Score: 1

    Unions would do what, exactly, to change this?

  24. Re:Alright on Xbox Price Cuts Confirmed · · Score: 1

    They have to be holding back production to continue the shortage at this point, don't they? It's not like there's anything in the Wii like the Cell that was fundamentally error prone in the early days of the console - and two years aught to be plenty of time to ramp up production. I'm rather perplexed why Wii production hasn't caught up with demand.

  25. Re:Ireland and the UK? on Software Price Gap Between the US and Europe · · Score: 1