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Comment Re:Absolutely (Score 1) 848

What? So in a population of 10 people; one has an IQ of 50, 8 have an IQ of 100, and 1 has an IQ of 150. What percentage of people are below average intelligence? How many are below mean intelligence (hint: see previous question).

Comment Re:FIRST LAWSUIT! (Score 1) 547

The show has 350million viewers worldwide making it one of the, if not THE, most watched shows in the world.

If they pretended it ran out of charge so they could visual demonstrate that if you run out of charge you need to get a tow rather than a 5 gallon gas can, that's acceptable. If they said the brakes broke and they didn't, that's unacceptable.

Comment Re:Assumptions? (Score 1) 952

Well 3 years ago I wanted to buy a 24" monitor, all were 1920x1200. I ended up settling for a 22" at 1680x1050 due to price. Yesterday I went to the store and low and behold, the highest resolution I could find from 23"-28" was 1920x1080. So I bought a 27" LG that looked decent but when I got it home and hopped on slashdot the text looked like shit. 1920x1080 is not good enough for a 27" display to be used with a PC. So I took it back and got the Asus 25.5" I am using right now. I didn't notice it the first time but it is one of the few monitors left that are over 1080p. 1920x1200 is decent enough at 25". The only other monitors over 1080p that I have seen are 30" @ 2560x1600. Unfortunately they start around $800 more than this Asus. We have definitely gone backwards.

Comment Re:Are fingerprints still required? (Score 1) 260

Name one other context where the authorities take fingerprints. Hm? Kinda hard, isn't it? Or maybe your standards are just way too low for your own good.

- Buying a machine gun
- Getting a concealed carry permit
- UK requires fingerprints for passports
- Getting a job as a teacher
- Getting a job as a firefighter
- Getting a job as a cop
- Getting a job at a daycare

You are only treated like a criminal when you are arrested, that is your fingerprints go on file at the FBI CJIS. When you get a criminal background check as a visitor of the US or as a resident applying for a job you are not treated like a criminal because once they have compared your fingerprints to the CJIS database and found no matches they are required by law to destroy the copy of your fingerprints they took.

Comment Re:So... (Score 4, Insightful) 380

Yes. Toyota decided the least convoluted way of admitting to software issues was to have a government agency of a foreign country (NHTSA) call in another agency (NASA) to look for software bugs as part of that foreign country's investigation into the matter.

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