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Comment Re:These hacks wouldn't matter... (Score 1) 181

Perhaps you don't understand how easy credit is to get in the United States.

In my 20s I had income of under $13k, but credit lines totaling $110k. My mother in her 70s and income under $10k got a $15k line on a credit card.

Now imagine the damage an identity thief would do to a person making under $20k, by simply getting 4x cards $5k apiece. Or imagine the long term con, where initially the thief pays off the debt to build better credit so they can steal larger amounts.

Comment World is established on religion (Score 1) 900

If you were a tribal leaders 1000 years ago, what would be the easiest way to control your people who may be spread out and without police or jails?

An all knowing, all seeing god that will punish you if you do any of these things.

It makes perfect sense for the time and level of communication.

Comment Dumbest move (Score 1) 232

If Apple does produce a whole TV (that's a big if, especially at 32 or 37 inches, sounds like new iMacs to me), the dumbest thing they can do is discontinue the set top box at $99 US. It would be like only selling the iPod for Macintosh, they'd miss the whole chance to flank the market.


Are 32 and 37 inch the most popular size TVs sold? Seems like odd sizes to me....

Comment Did his car have accident avoidance system? (Score 1) 478

I'm curious if his car had an accident avoidance system? If the thought is TXTing is unsafe due to the accidents it cause wouldn't the new "accident avoidance systems" basically solve that?

In the end people will always do things that are distracting while driving, so the question is, how can technology solve the issue?

Comment End of America (Score 2, Insightful) 271

This is just another sad statement showing the "End of America" and the dream it was, under Bush/Cheney civil liberties became secondary and Obama/Biden has done nothing to restore justice.

If we in the US isn't careful we'll start blaming our countries problems on the poor/sick/gay, which is only one step away from rounding up groups and shipping them off in rail cars.

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