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Comment Re:Goodbye (Score 1) 294

Some of their speakers were surprisingly good. I had two bookshelf speakers that had PLASTIC boxes, and they sounded great. They were left behind by one of my dad's tenants. They even had low enough sensitivity to work with the Pro Audio Spectrum card on my 486, which couldn't have had more than 2W of power (sound cards often had amplified outputs on them in the 90s). TIE Fighter sounded killer on those...

Comment Re: 4k (Score 1) 294

That's why I liked my VIC. Only 3.5K available, but I used to be able to really cram programs that supposedly needed 5K by removing the REMs and using the command tokens (first letter, then second letter shifted).

Comment Re:AC Rant (Score 1) 481

Problem was, a neighborhood developed around the road. People complained, and sued the DOT, because they knew their 70-year-old houses existed before the road. The DOT pulled photos from the archives, engineers ($$$) went to court to show the houses were not only built after the road was there and paved, but that was why the houses were build (a road was there). That's the kind of crap that happens EVERY time you need to do a major build or upgrade.

I'm really surprised that the debate over whether the road was improved before the houses were built even entered into it. In the northeast, governments usually just take the property unless there is an historical or environmental issue. Consider yourself lucky if they give you market value for the property.

And NOT use the DOT to Force policies on states ///Federal Highway Funds are not provided to states that don't follow DUI laws, FYI.

One of the worst, most un-conservative policies pushed by Reagan (the others being signing off on amnesty for illegal immigrants for nothing in return, and signing off on banning full-auto weapons made after 1986).

Comment Re:Here's a great idea... (Score 1) 481

We don't have the time-- your 5 mil commute would take 100 minutes. Some people already commute that long-- and that's ridiculous-- but it brings me to the second reason, and that is that where we live determines where we work, not vice versa. Most of us don't move every time we get a new job just so we're within walking distance. Considering how tenuous everyone's employment really is, this is not a stupid strategy.

Comment Re:Children are not property. (Score 3, Interesting) 297

So parents can't treat their kids like "property", but the government can?

Not vaccinating your kids is stupid. But forcing people to do it to send their kids to public school, then forcing them to attend said public school unless they're rich enough to pay for a private school, is class warfare. I hope these states have charter schools and/or a voucher program.

Comment Re: Sad... (Score 1) 242

I'm not sure whether you're insane, or just never read an Ayn Rand book. I'm sure you have a deep-seated rage against Rand, but can't imagine what in any of her novels would equate bad management to being "Randian". I mean, I could call a company that DID extend hours on Christmas eve pretty evil towards its employees-- and you could turn around and call that "Randian".

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