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  1. Re:And they wonder why... on Anonymous Member Sentenced For Joining DDoS Attack For One Minute · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He assumes no one will check the link and just go by what he posted (as the modding and other responses demonstrate.)

  2. Re:Paper or plastic? on Plastic Waste Threatens Marine Diversity · · Score: 2

    The rivers and parks are mainly dirty due to people littering, not due to people disposing of their trash properly.

  3. Re:Even worse... on Death to the Trapezoid... Next USB Connector Will Be Reversible · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find if I go to plug in a USB connector, it's best to change your mind at the last minute and turn it over because you're *always* wrong first time.

    Unfortunately, the only times that I would not be wrong the first time are the times I do this. There is no way to win.

  4. Re:DMCA Counter-notice on Copyright Takedown Requests to Google Doubled In 2013 · · Score: 1

    You missed the post he was responding to. If no one can find the website, no one can view their ads

  5. Re:Why such low specs on Jolla's First Phone Goes On Sale · · Score: 1

    Then why would they need this?

  6. Re:Well, it's something. on Google and Microsoft To Block Child-Abuse Search Terms · · Score: 1

    You can do both. I was just stating my experience. I don't expect it to be everyone's.

  7. Re:Well, it's something. on Google and Microsoft To Block Child-Abuse Search Terms · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think the opposite is probably true. I know watching woman in pornographic videos increases my visualizing women in day to day interactions in similar roles.

    One of the best things for my marriage was when we decided to quit watching these types of videos. It moved the focus of sex back to love instead of a sport.

  8. Re:FTP Download Available on Floppy Disk on Slackware Linux 14.1 Released · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Why would you want to? on The First Phone You Can Actually Bend: LG's G Flex · · Score: 1

    And if can harness that power, we can charge our phones by dropping them!

    "Why yes. I did drop my phone on purpose."

  10. Re:I'm weaning myself off of Gmail and Google on The Case Against Gmail · · Score: 1

    I thought about that too. But then decided it was not worth it since everyone I email still uses gmail and - as a result - Google would still get their copy.

  11. Re:Province or nation? on Taiwan Protests Apple Maps That Show Island As Province of China · · Score: 1

    This is about Apple Maps not Google Maps

  12. Re:Numbers don't add up on US Executions Threaten Supply of Anaesthetic Used For Surgical Procedures · · Score: 1

    The threat is that Germany would stop exporting the drug to the US as a whole. Then the US hospitals would no longer be able to resupply it.

  13. Hangings on US Executions Threaten Supply of Anaesthetic Used For Surgical Procedures · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We should just go back to hangings. It works for killing Nazis and war criminals.

  14. Re:An important distinction on How Safe Is Cycling? · · Score: 1

    In San Antonio, the bike lanes are the roads with a sign next to them that say "Bike lanes." If you're lucky, you will have an actual bike lane (which used to be the shoulder of the road) but they usually disappear about halfway through the block.

    I didn't mind riding my bike in mornings since I came in before there was traffic, but I only tried riding my bike how once. That was terrifying.

  15. Re:An important distinction on How Safe Is Cycling? · · Score: 1

    This would also more likely lead to more reckless bike riders as they would feel like they now owned the entire road.

  16. Re:Won't somebody think of the children... on PM Calls Facebook Irresponsible For Allowing Beheading Clips · · Score: 1

    Then allow people to post nudity and sex. I can't see how naked people can be considered worse than a guy getting his head cut off. American puritanism in its worse.

    I guess you thought this story was about the American Prime Mister?

  17. Re: Fucking idiots on U.S. Government: Sorry, We're Closed · · Score: 1

    The Republicans were responsible for the surplus budget under Clinton. He fought them every step off the way including causing a government shut down on his watch.

  18. Re:Shadow government on NSA Posts Opening For "Civil Liberties & Privacy Officer" · · Score: 1

    Nope - I don't let either branches off the hook that easily.

  19. Re:I'm not sure how I feel about this on With XP's End of Life, Munich Will Distribute Ubuntu CDs · · Score: 5, Insightful

    On the downside, how many kids/grandkids are there that will know how to fix their parents/grandparents Linux machines?

    Probably close to the same amount that will know how to fix their Windows 8 machine.

  20. Re: second hand e-smoke on Research Shows E-Cigs Might Be As Good For Quitting As Nicotine Patches · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Chantix was great. I was able to quit after a week of taking it. I was smoke free for a few years.

    I started smoking again when my wife passed a few months ago. I tried using Chantix again but the nightmares were terrible. It got to the point were I was terrified to go to sleep. I'm going to try again when things are less "fresh."

    It is amazing how quickly smoking has effected my breathing this time around. I don't remember the effects being so quick last time.

  21. Re:Not really no. He voted with his party on AT&T Maintains Call Database For the DEA Going Back To 1987 · · Score: 1

    That's funny.
    It is also funny that you were modded insightful.

    Quoted from upon the wikipedia article that was on the reply you responded to

    "In his first term as President, Wilson persuaded a Democratic Congress to pass major progressive reforms. Historian John M. Cooper argues that, in his first term, Wilson successfully pushed a legislative agenda that few presidents have equaled, remaining unmatched up until the New Deal.[1] "

  22. Re:Not really no. He voted with his party on AT&T Maintains Call Database For the DEA Going Back To 1987 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I can't stand Ron Paul but you really can't tie Ron Paul to any of the complaints you just listed since he was on voting record for being against everything you just mentioned.

    And you also can't say the democrats are less in favor of warrant less anything when these types of wiretaps and general invasions of privacy has increased since the democrats took over. I guess you can make the case that the democrats talk louder against theses actions, but that doesn't really count for shit - well, I guess talking loud works to fool people like you.

  23. Re:Go ahead on Salesforce.com To Cut 200 Jobs Despite Its Expectations To Make More Money · · Score: 3, Insightful

    2. If they really did not need them then why did they hire them in the first place? This hire - fire mentality really does just make companies look incompetent.

    Most companies evolve and spots are no longer needed or new ones are. If they didn't do this, they would be critiqued for not keeping up with the changing landscape.

    We mainly hire contract workers for our call center now so that we could avoid the hire-fire press.

    There is a cost to hiring and firing people and most companies don't just do that on a whim. My job trains people for 4 weeks before even letting them talk to a customer. It takes several months to recoup the cost for just training. When we fire someone or reduce ("right-size") our workforce, there is a lot of cost to that as well (most obvious being unemployment benefits.)

  24. Re:Oh great... on Wikipedia Can Predict Box Office Flops · · Score: 1

    The week to week thing wouldn't work. It would simply add to one of the many reasons not to see a movie opening night (crowds, waiting to see if people you know actually liked the movie, etc.) The crowd reason alone stops me from seeing movies the 1st week or two they are out.

    They do have something similar to what you are looking for called dollar theaters.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discount_theater

  25. Re:All he does is suggest "broad" change on Obama Seeks New System For Rating Colleges · · Score: 1

    A lot has happened in the past few month (well a lot has gotten out about what has been happening.)

    http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/gallup-daily-obama-job-approval.aspx