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  1. Re:Here's why on Most Mac Owners Also Own a Windows PC, But Not Vice Versa · · Score: 1

    First off, Dell isn't exactly "losing" money. Its still profitable. Profits might not be as high as the previous year, but they're definitely not in the red

    Secondly, I'm not so sure that its as simple as Apple is making money therefore their computer business model is obviously successful. Do remember that their iPhone and iPod are HUGE money makers. I'd even go so far as to say that those two generate more revenue than their computer business. I've never seen a breakdown from Apple for each of its divisions, but I'm pretty sure their computer business model isn't THAT great. Xserve anyone?

  2. Re:typical demagoguery on FBI Investigates Liberator of Court Records · · Score: 1

    i wish i had mod points to mod you up

  3. Re:What's so bad? on Banking Via Twitter? · · Score: 0

    I'm not familiar enough with the laws to make a definitive statement on this, but I'd imagine that transmitting account information over non-encrypted protocols has got to violate some law.

  4. Re:containment theory... on Iran's Nuclear Ambitions · · Score: 1

    that would defeat the point of Israel bluffing that they had nuclear weapons. Then it'd be clear they had nothing and Iran could very easily move forward with its plans for wiping out Israel.

  5. Re:Hybrid car on $529M Gov't Loan To Develop $89,000 Hybrid Sports Car · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure of the exact tax breaks you're talking about, but a lot of times, tax breaks are given to companies to build things like a fab in the state so that the citizens of the state get jobs and the state can recoup some of that money through income taxes, sales taxes, etc. Thats kind of different from giving a company a loan, especially when the company receiving the loan is giving jobs to citizens in a foreign country. That last part totally blows.

  6. Re:The safety measures are wholly inadequate. on Researcher Dies After Studying Plague Bacteria · · Score: 1

    being in a laboratory is far from being "in the wild". besides that, the WHO does actually have access to smallpox reserves in secure facilities for testing purposes. so rogue military organizations are not the only ones that have samples of it, if any of them have samples. but like i said earlier. having stockpiles of it for medical research is hardly "in the wild". btw, i know something you don't: the difference between don't and doesn't.

  7. Re:The safety measures are wholly inadequate. on Researcher Dies After Studying Plague Bacteria · · Score: 1

    Smallpox is still out in the wild

    The WHO certified its eradication in 1979 so if you know something that the WHO doesn't, I'd like to see a reference that can substantiate your claim.

  8. Re:Might sound nuts, but has a sound legal basis on Tour Companies Battle Over Trademarked Duck Noises · · Score: 1

    this one is easily countered... "and if you'll turn around 180 degrees and look to your right, you'll see..."

  9. Re:Old News on The Orange Goo That Could Save Your Laptop · · Score: 1

    hell, i learned this in my high school science class. just add corn starch to water.

  10. Re:It's a scam on Fully Functional Bioengineered Tooth Grown In a Mouse · · Score: 1

    On the contrary, this will allow us to extract teeth and have new ones grown in, thereby providing the tooth fairy with an abundant supply of teeth. However beneficial this may be to the tooth fairy, it is actually detrimental to us. With the recession the way it is, countless families will resort to extracting their teeth to provide supplemental income from the quarters the tooth fairy leaves. Obviously, this will lead to a surge in the money supply and a subsequent devaluation of the dollar. This has bad written all over it.

  11. Re:Hu Hu on Fully Functional Bioengineered Tooth Grown In a Mouse · · Score: 1

    then keep the original and grow a new one next to it. double the pleasure

  12. Re:we need to end drug prohibition on Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug Possession · · Score: 1

    you, my friend, are a fool. please do your research on the people being killed. police officers, civilians, and politicians are being killed in addition to the other criminals. the war on drugs is definitely political and the cartels are doing performing as much violence as is in their power to stop it.

  13. Re:we need to end drug prohibition on Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug Possession · · Score: 1

    Unless you're buying from dispensaries in California, there's a damn good chance that the pot you're buying comes from Mexico. If its coming from Mexico, there's a damn good chance the cartels are involved and getting a profit. What makes you think the drug cartels aren't terrorist organizations? Just because their motives are different from the religious terrorist organization doesn't meant they don't terrorize.

    Last I checked, they kill cops, politicians, and innocent civilians in broad daylight. They've ruined the tourism industry in the cities they populate because people of other origins fear the cartels. The citizens of the occupied cities can't frolic around like they used to because they fear the cartels harming them. All that fear sounds a lot like terror. If they're not being terrorized, I don't know how else to describe it.

  14. Re:we need to end drug prohibition on Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug Possession · · Score: 1

    Prison for drug users is not a nanny state solution, how could anyone consider the idea that preventing someone from using drug by imprisoning them for thirty years or more in harsh, violent and dehumanising institutions is what a nanny would recommend.

    Damn straight. If someone who has the morals (or lack thereof) to use drugs and you put a felony on their record like that, they're going to have serious difficulty getting around in society. Getting jobs, healthcare, etc. is going to be difficult. When they're having a hard time finding jobs, what makes you think they won't help proliferate crime since they've already crossed over to the dark side?

  15. Re:we need to end drug prohibition on Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug Possession · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You must be absolutely delusional and/or naive. Its likely your neighbors aren't doing drugs as I don't believe drugs are as prevalent as the the gp claims. However, if you're doing drugs like cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, etc, which is a felony just for possession, are you going to go off broadcasting to the world that you're doing them? The only people that druggies open up to are other druggies. You're obviously straight edge for thinking so naively. They for sure would never open up to you if they were.

  16. Re:we need to end drug prohibition on Mexico Decriminalizes Small-Scale Drug Possession · · Score: 1

    MDMA is hardly an issue. Most of the so called dangerous drugs that can be mixed in and sold as MDMAare too expensive to put into that pill. Meth is probably about the only drug cheap enough to put in there. No one in their right mind would mix that amount of cocaine, pcp, or heroin and sell it at the prices that MDMA pills go for.

    The real issue with adulterants isn't the adulterant itself, its the potency of the drug. This is especially so with drugs like heroin. Its much easier to overdose on heroin and an overdose on heroin doesn't just make you stupid, it kills you. Although its semi-fictional, the movie American Gangster portrays this problem very well.

  17. Re:Two words: on How To Prove Someone Is Female? · · Score: 1

    my dad is a terrible driver. but then again, he's asian. so i'm not sure if this would test gender or ethnicity.

  18. Re:This is a good idea on Army Asks Its Personnel to Wikify Field Manuals · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I should probably clarify that what this bonehead is posting sounds very correct when in fact its completely utterly wrong once you go out in the field and apply what he says.

  19. Re:This is a good idea on Army Asks Its Personnel to Wikify Field Manuals · · Score: 1

    Ok, you're right about the other wiki's. But what happens when you couple problem 1 i mentioned with problem 2? If you have someone posting stuff that can't be verified and the guy posting is a complete bonehead, how do you know what to keep and what not to keep?

  20. Re:This is a good idea on Army Asks Its Personnel to Wikify Field Manuals · · Score: 1

    The problem is precisely that the editors are self selecting! I'm certain you've met numerous ignorant people that think they know everything. Those people that think they're smart that aren't really are the ones that worry me

    I didn't read the article but I did at least read the summary which does mention that. Regardless, there's no way they can do something to verify claims posted by soldiers. When i say "tried, tested, and true facts", that means it being tested by way more than just one person or even one platoon of people. Just because something might work in Iraq doesn't mean it'll work in Afghanistan.

  21. Re:This is a good idea on Army Asks Its Personnel to Wikify Field Manuals · · Score: 2, Informative

    I see two major issues with this

    1. A lot of people in the military are not that well educated and the idea of them trying to write manuals sounds horrendous.
    2. With Wikipedia, items posted by random people usually require a source. What source is there going to be here? This is mostly going to be mostly opinion, not tried, tested, and true facts.
  22. Re:Well the only fool proof way... on How Can I Tell If My Computer Is Part of a Botnet? · · Score: 1

    Why not just tcpdump from the father computer or use something like wireshark?

  23. Re:Put it in Alaska on DHS Pathogen Lab To Be Built In "Tornado Alley" · · Score: 1

    I don't think Russia would like to see a Pathogen lab in their neighbor's yard

  24. Re:In most likeliness on Laser Ignition May Replace the Spark Plug · · Score: 1

    Don't think fax machine, think FD Trinitron.

    I'm going to have to say it is going to be more like the fax machine. There are lots of alternatives coming into play for consumer cars that are efficient and clean. However, when it comes to hobby cars, no one in their right mind is going to gut the big block in their '67 stang to put in an electric motor. F1, NASCAR, Kart, etc. are all going to be around for a while and I have yet to see any alternative engine technology that can produce power as cheaply, recharge as quickly, have a range as long as, with equivalent weight to a gasoline engine. Gasoline is on its way out for most of us, but not all of us.

  25. Re:sanctions? on Lawyer Offers $1M For Proof His Client Could Have Done It; Oops · · Score: 5, Informative

    At the time, that might have been valid. After reading through the transcript of the show, Serrano already received a sentence so I don't think it really matters anymore.