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Comment Re:Ob-Titans (Score 1) 126

The original movie sucked. Watch it again, its only merits are its campiness. I can't understand why they're remaking it either. Even as a kid the huge divergence from the original story annoyed me. Perseus never rode the Pegasus (though he aided in its creation). The writing was terrible "Gifts from the gods must never be questioned."

Comment Re:Too bad we don't have rules to deal with this (Score 1) 839

Huh?

If I get to the intersection at the same time as someone else, I go first in they're on my left, yield if they're on my right. If there's a car to my left and right, I yield to the car on the right. If they're coming from the opposite direction and I'm going straight, they yield to me if they're turning left. It only gets confusing if four cars arrive at the same time.

Regardless, you should never assume the other driver knows the rules, caution is your best guide.

Comment Re:Too bad we don't have rules to deal with this (Score 2, Interesting) 839

I agree, I haven't taken a written driving test in over 15 years. When I did take the test, one of the questions was (paraphrasing) "How often do you have to get your license replaced." What a ridiculous question (give me my license and I'll read the answer off of the front). I wonder what real question got crowded out by this irrelevant question (If it's not obvious, I missed the question).

It's funny.  Laugh.

Moving Decimal Bug Loses Money 420

mario.m7 writes "Poste Italiane, the Italian postal service, suffered yesterday from an abnormal computation in ATM and credit card operations, since the decimal comma was not taken into account. The whole sum was therefore multiplied by 100, resulting in a 115,00 Euro transaction being debited as 11.500 Euro! Thousands of accounts are deep in the red and locked (link pumped through translator), so that no more operations are possible. Poste Italiane is gradually recovering the problem, fixing the error and re-crediting the sum debited in excess. Consumer associations have offered support to clients in case this lasts longer and causes damage."

Comment I am reluctant to comment (Score 3, Insightful) 643

The man at the newspaper who tracked the ip address, and identified the poster, should be fired. A newspaper should not be in the business of discouraging free speech. If the comment was offensive, it should have been moderated before publication (assuming there's a published policy against posting offensive material).

I am just guessing at what the man said, but unless it referenced some criminal act, tracking him down and getting him fired is inexcusable. The newspaper should issue an apology, and give him a job with an equivalent salary and benefits for life.

 

Comment Just use logic (Score 1) 236

All Manga readers are nerds
x_IamSpartacus_x is a nerd
x_IamSpartacus_x reads Manga

The third statement doesn't follow from the first two.

But this is completely valid

All Manga readers are nerds
x_IamSpartacus_x reads Manga
x_IamSpartacus_x is a nerd

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