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Comment Re:Empty Gestures (Score 1) 311

Americans are too timid because for the following reasons: bullying is underage terrorism, fighting is bad, hug each other, don't say hurtful things, etc, etc, etc.

Too many parents teaching their kids to be pacifists, and we literally baby children like they're babies.
When most of us were kids, if someone picked on us, we fought, and to the victor went the spoils. That's it.
Today, parents and lawyers do all the fighting, so 95% of America doesn't know how to stand up for itself. 4/5% became cops or military, and 1% isn't a great number to have on your side.

Comment More Fees? (Score 1) 899

I haven't seen this mentioned yet, so forgive me if it has been...
I just see this as a way to extort more fees for pre-configured machines. Say you order something from Dell, IBM, whatever... $20 fee to include a piece of paper with your PKI key, so you can install your own OS. This not only protects Microsoft, but has a potential to pad the margin for manufacturers, all while sticking it to the consumer.

Comment Re:Price determined by...? (Score 1) 243

Look up the value of each of these on the market. Not the (RI/MP)AA market, but the real, "I would like to give you paper for goods" market.
For things like the ROM's, consider what each ROM costs, if you were to buy the game, and to play it, you need the console.

I can only assume it is the same logic that gets us to $5m. And if it were (RI/MP)AA market values... One hundred... billion...kajillion... flazillion... dollars.

Comment Re:Test value? (Score 1) 198

Which reminds me of my drive to work this morning...
The human element is a huge factor in something like traffic, when you have people running red lights, right on red when it's a no-no, and lane changes with no blinker (signal for those of you not in the Boston area).

Given the circumstances of driving, and introducing the human element, I'd nominate Boston, LA, or something of the sorts.
Furthermore, I will gladly accept a government stipend to live in this town, and drive like I do to work.
As long as GLaDOS isn't running these experiments.

Comment Re:Better view from Mars Express (Score 1) 100

I'd like to see an image from something headed toward the sun, looking back at Earth. Showing a lighted sphere on both Earth and the Moon, where the moon is at a position to show distance, aka 90* angle relative to earth, between the image taken and the moon.

Alright NASA, you have your task. Minions assemble!

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