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Comment Re:"Blocks"? (Score 1) 172

Seems odd that there is a reliance or expectation for this data, considering it originates with a classified satellite system, let alone which is directly related to national security.

Generally speaking, if I am paying for something, I feel entitled to the results or products it produces.

Unfortunately thats not how the government works. I get to foot the bill but I have no say in the product lifecycle.

Just wait til it is your health care and not classified satellite information that you have no say in.

Comment Re:EMP Testing (Score 1, Informative) 884

Statistics might not be all they are cracked up to be, but that was the first large passenger jet to crash since the plane that went down in the Bronx right after September 11th. That is almost 8 full years without a disaster and considering that there are approximately 18,000,000 commercial flights annually those are some pretty good odds.

Comment Re:Not murder (Score 1) 593

But manslaughter.

Thing is, how do you punish a corporation for manslaughter? Remember, a corporation is a "legal person" so you can't punish an employee for obeying the will of the company.

IANAL but I would think this would constitute "depraved indifference" which is Murder 2. From the above:

'so wanton, so deficient in a moral sense of concern, so lacking in regard for the life or lives of others, and so blameworthy as to warrant the same criminal liability as that which the law imposes upon a person who intentionally causes a crime. Depraved indifference focuses on the risk created by the defendantâ(TM)s conduct, not the injuries actually resulting.

Comment Re:I bet the british wished they had this... (Score 4, Informative) 507

let's see, Windows on hospital equipment recently got Conficker because Microsoft no longer provided security patches for Windows 2000 and NT.

Extended support for Windows 2000 doesn't end unitl July of 2010. The patch that fixes the exploit on Win2k is here if interested.

As for NT, the long term support ended over 5 years ago.

Comment Re:Only if you make over $250,000 (Score 1) 784

"I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes."

"You will not see any of your taxes increase one single dime." -- Barack Obama

To add to your point because only the rich smoke cigarettes....

Comment Re:Oh thank goodness (Score 1) 784

Actually the irony is that the people who receive and expect said services don't pay any income taxes, which is why they don't care if income taxes increase. You can argue if its fair or not that the top half pays for the bottom half, but you can't really argue with them complaining about having to pay more when the government can't stop increasing spending.

Comment Re:The big question that must be answered (Score 1) 784

I have no idea what happened to Sears via the SCOTUS, but I bought some appliances from Sears about 2 months ago and they taxed me at the Indiana rate (where I live) from an Illinois store (where I bought it), since the tax was 7% for IN and 10% for IL. The sales guy said they can tax at either the purchase location or delivery location rate, whichever is lower.

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