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  1. Re:Azure is blue, ain't it? on Microsoft Azure Outage Across the Globe · · Score: 1

    Blue Sky of Death? :-)

  2. Standardized Tests on How the Outdated TI-84 Plus Still Holds a Monopoly On Classrooms · · Score: 1

    The #1 reason a student is escorted out of a standardized test is having the wrong type (programmable) calculator...

  3. Re:Why can't taxpayers decide for themselves? on How Big Telecom Smothers Municipal Broadband · · Score: 1

    Out of curiosity, why? It's a pretty tough way to make a buck...

    Especially if you don't own the political clout to protect your interests. Case in point, the Telecommunications Reform Act of 1996 and the littered graveyard of start-up broadband firms (well funded based on the rules set down by TRA 96.) The big firms lawyer-ed up and quietly, litigiously fleeced the consumer by crushing upstart competition... There was a time long ago when corporations were distrusted by our elected leaders and corporate charters were limited to ensure they were benefiting the citizenry and it appears they were correct in doing so...

  4. Re:I wonder when... on Comcast Confessions · · Score: 1

    I wonder when customer service will start being more proactive by calling customers.

    "Hello, this is Comcast. How may we upsell you?"

    Please wait while we transfer you to our argument department. You will be billed $5.00 for our time...

  5. Re:Local testing works? on States That Raised Minimum Wage See No Slow-Down In Job Growth · · Score: 1

    Agreed totally but... The last time we saw a story of a prosecution of a company for illegally using undocumented workers was...? Never as far as I can remember.

  6. Yes, but... on China Starts Outsourcing From ... the US · · Score: 1

    "Perhaps very soon, Chinese workers will start protesting their jobs being outsourced to the cheap labor in the U.S" Yes but they will all be dismissed quietly to remote re-education camps...

  7. Re:What about real performance on Top Solid State Disks and TB Drives Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Here is a good quick rundown against a WD Raptor. Also note that testing reveals an issue with the Intel ICH9 and ICH8 chipsets that seems to cap sustained transfer rates at about 80MB/sec. http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3167&p=1