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  1. Re:Long standing rules ? Courts making legislation on Tim Wu: Why the Courts Will Have to Save Net Neutrality (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    By 'undoing' what was done during the Obama administration they are 'undoing' the way things have basically always worked.

    OK. Too bad Obama fast tracked congress so many times and didn't get actual laws passed. He mad it pretty easy for his legacy to be unraveled.

    Most people in favor of repealing net neutrality have no idea of what net neutrality is.

    Same goes for most people that are for it. Of course the people in the industry understand it so your next statement is pretty redundant.

  2. Re:Long standing rules ? Courts making legislation on Tim Wu: Why the Courts Will Have to Save Net Neutrality (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    I think the democrats over-demonstrated the importance of the judicial branch by using it to block so much of what Trump was trying to do.

  3. Re:OMG on Flat Earther Plans To Launch Homemade Manned Rocket (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    And the person he lands on? Is that Darwinism at work?

  4. Re: Sure.... on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes I have

  5. Short answer: yes. Long answer: there are many legacy applications that require the high transaction processing while maintaining near perfect accuracy like in banks.

    That's a long answer? We really have become the twitter generation...

  6. Re: Sure.... on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    good job with the mock outrage.

    short answer - odds are more likely yes from this group than other groups

  7. Re:Sure.... on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    It's frustrating. Unfortunately, we see that in all people. We see people that live in highly liberal states with enormous tax burdens and crime move to other places to get away from that. Then they insist on implementing the same shit where they moved to and they end up screwing up another place.

    When Perry was going from state to state trying to convince Californians and New Yorkers to move here, I was pissed.

    Me not wanting northeastern white Americans to move to san Antonio - does that make me a xenophobe? :)

  8. Re: Sure.... on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    So anytown USA. So basically you are agreeing that we are ALREADY a very diverse nation

  9. Re:Sure.... on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Where do you live?

  10. Re:Sure.... on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 0

    They came over legally. Mexico was asking for settlers

  11. Re:Sure.... on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    My apologies - I realize you are just trolling me. I shouldn't have wasted everyone's time responding.

  12. Re:Sure.... on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not a poor me comment. I love the diversity. Just to reverse the normal meme "I have 1 white friend." Everyone else is Hispanic or black (my deceased wife was black and my current is Hispanic and between the two wives, a very diverse group of kids.)

    I'm not sure what you read in my comment that gave you the poor me vibe.

  13. Re: Why companies should stay out of politics on Why Google Should Be Afraid of a Missouri Republican's Google Probe (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    So if a republican is pro-life and traditional marriage but agianst corps and for single payor, are they centrists?

  14. Re:Sure.... on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah - really a story that should be tagged "nothing of value was lost."

    At the end of the day, we are a pretty diverse country already. We don't need to keep proving we are by importing people.

    I live in San Antonio (granted just one city) but am definitely the minority.

  15. Re: Why companies should stay out of politics on Why Google Should Be Afraid of a Missouri Republican's Google Probe (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    She is a leftist in the American since which includes social issues. I guess Europeans have a more simplest view of left in right (bought by corp - must be right or centrist.)

  16. Re:Peter Jackson on Amazon Is Making a 'Lord of the Rings' Prequel Series (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I never understood the complaint about that weakness. It said the aliens where aware of there weakness and avoided water areas.

    When we look at planets to settle, they are all hostile to us. I imagine the aliens should have worn protective gear but as far as weaknesses goes, this was fairly reasonable.

  17. Re:So, basically CABLE TV? on Amazon Developing a Free, Ad-Supported Version of Prime Video: Report (adage.com) · · Score: 1

    Seriously?

    The cable bill is going to someone else so not at all like cable TV.

    By your logic, Prime video and Netflix are already cable TV but premium channels.

  18. This is interesting. I rarely use amazon prime video even though I am a member.

    Has it gotten easier to sort through the stuff included with prime and what is not (in other words, is there a filter to show me only prime videos?)

  19. Re:and that's the problem on Monopoly Critics Decry 'Amazon Amendment' (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    Stop buying 500 dollar screws... :)

  20. Re:Raise your child properly on Ask Slashdot: What Should A Mac User Know Before Buying a Windows Laptop? · · Score: 1

    Do you not recommend it because it's difficult to setup? I'm interested because I hate dual booting. I only use windows for my steam games (mainly fallout and mod manager to run fallout.)

    A quick google showed this guide
    https://forum.level1techs.com/...

    Does that look pretty accurate? Looks like the extra hardware is the extra gpu needed - it also says you need an extra mouse and keyboard which makes sense and is trivial.

    If the extra gpu is correct, I can probably just get the cheapest one that supports the virtualization since the heavy gpu will most likely be dedicated to gaming.

  21. I have it connected via wink and the battery is still at 90% after 4 months use. I had a problem where the keypad broke by I was still able to access it via wink.
    I called schlage. They did not even ask for a receipt (i ordered it on amazon.) They just flat replaced it - they offered. Replaced isn't even the right word. They let me keep the old one for parts.

    I have no complaints and only can say good things about it.

    Additionally, it has a tradition key for emergencies so there is no real fear for me of being locked out of my house.

  22. Re:"It was my campaign. Those were my decisions." on Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Apologizes For Data Breach, Blames Russians (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    And her examples were?

    This sounds allot like "Well the buck stops here" that we would hear Obama say. It didn't mean anything as far as consequences or actually accepting responsibility.

    When I'm managing, I hear this often when someone makes a mistake "I'm not going to make any excuses but" follow by nothing but excuses. Just like "I take full responsibility" followed by explaining all the reasons they were not responsible.

  23. I have a schlage be469. Being able to have the door lock itself after 30 seconds and allow me to create a temporary access code for certain family members makes it already more secure than my previous locks.

    Let's face it - who re-keys a lock every time they lend it to a friend to house sit, or to a family member who may not most be the most reputable - but dang it, is still family? Heck, how about the time you had to literally leave the key under the door mat because you could not get a firm commitment on someone checking on your pets? How many times did your kids lose the key?

    I'll take being able to reprogram my lock at a moments notice as more secure than a traditional lock. The likelihood of a hacker breaking through the zwave protocol to get into my house is much less likely than someone I know using an old key or simply breaking the door in.

  24. Re:Ignore the miltitant atheist shooting up a chur on Amazon Discounts Other Sellers' Products as Retail Competition Stiffens (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    We had an article about the vegas shooting

  25. Re: A chance of Bombadil on Amazon (and Netflix) Pursue a 'Lord of The Rings' TV Series (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    This was very interesting. Might reread with this in mind. I wish it could be fleshed out more.