Comment Re:Hyperbole, anyone? (Score 1) 233
Kind of like a historical/political example of the butterfly effect.
Comment Re:Welcome to 1984 ... (Score 1) 205
I think the whole bombing spree thing might have damaged his credibility a bit...
Comment Re:What?!? (Score 1) 322
The link in this article references the UW Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences in what appears to be a peer reviewed paper.
Your link references some dude's op-ed.
I know which source I would tend to believe more...
Your link references some dude's op-ed.
I know which source I would tend to believe more...
Comment Re:First defense of oppressors, (Score 3, Insightful) 284
"Both" sides use their cherry-picked facts to justify government action to back them not realizing every government action is actually a loss for both sides.
And you use your cherry-picked facts to justify your ideology despite that it is trivially easy to point to a positive action by a government.
And you use your cherry-picked facts to justify your ideology despite that it is trivially easy to point to a positive action by a government.
Comment Re:Genius judge (Score 1) 540
That sentence quoting SCOTUS says nothing about "non-profit."
Non-profit is literally in bold in that sentence!
Non-profit is literally in bold in that sentence!
Comment Re:Can't have it all. (Score 2) 622
Or you're a tea party supporter trying to start a nonprofit.
Or a political advocacy group illegally trying to file as a non-profit.
Or a political advocacy group illegally trying to file as a non-profit.
Comment Re:Bad science (Score 1) 152
Take a good look guys. This guy just committed a basic mistake in method. He made a leap unsupported by the facts. The presence and quantity of trees may be correlated with healthier people, but that in no way means there's a connection.
Maybe you should try checking for a claim of causation before trotting out the lame correlation != causation cliche. The title of this fine summary is: "Death of Trees Correlated With Human Cardiovascular & Respiratory Disease"
Maybe you should try checking for a claim of causation before trotting out the lame correlation != causation cliche. The title of this fine summary is: "Death of Trees Correlated With Human Cardiovascular & Respiratory Disease"
Comment Re:"Liberty-Minded"? (Score 1) 701
Any time an argument starts with "You $ETHNICORCULTURALGROUP" anything written subsequently loses all merit immediately.
You blind people can't see very well.
QED.
You blind people can't see very well.
QED.
Comment Re:Does this count... (Score 1) 190
It does, but you have to vote yes for all the options now.
Comment Re:More regulation = less choices (Score 1) 214
In your first sentence you say the new code is easy to implement. Then you say that is a bad thing because the US tax code is difficult to implement.
Comment Re:Giorgio Tsoukalos asks... (Score 1) 119
If you said "billions and billions of random events occurred to create anti-entropic self-organizing entities" people would say "well, Occam's Razor says no." And yet here we are.
Unless you have a simpler explanation, Occams Razor says Yes.
Unless you have a simpler explanation, Occams Razor says Yes.
Comment Good (Score 0) 1145
Do we really need the administration wasting time on this?
Comment Reverse? (Score 1) 303
Shouldn't taking someone's domain "by force" just be domain name hijacking?
Comment Re:Well, he's not afraid his company might fire hi (Score 3, Informative) 486
Fuck that. I shouldn't have to pay the medical expenses for smokers, alcoholics or drug users.
If you have insurance you pay the medical expenses for smokers, alcoholics or drug users.
If you have insurance you pay the medical expenses for smokers, alcoholics or drug users.
Is Buying an Extended Warranty Ever a Good Idea? 329
waderoush writes "Consumer Reports calls extended warranties 'money down the drain,' and as a tech journalist and owner of myriad gadgets — none of which have ever conked out or cracked up during the original warranty period — that was always my attitude too. But when I met recently with Steve Abernethy, CEO of San Francisco-based warranty provider SquareTrade, I tried to keep an open mind, and I came away thinking that the industry might be changing. In a nutshell, Abernethy says he's aware of the extended-warranty industry's dreadful reputation, but he says SquareTrade is working to salvage it through a combination of lower prices, broader coverage, and better service. On top of that, he made some persuasive points – which don't seem to figure into Consumer Reports' argument – about the way the 'risk vs. severity' math has changed since the beginning of the smartphone and tablet era. One-third of smartphone owners will lose their devices to drops or spills within the first three years of purchase, the company's data shows. If you belong to certain categories — like people in big households, or motorcycle owners, or homeowners with hardwood floors — your risk is even higher. So, in the end, the decision about buying an extended warranty boils down to whether you think you can defy the odds, and whether you can afford to buy a new device at full price if you're one of the unlucky ones."
