Comment Re:I still wont shop retail. (Score 2, Funny) 784
You're absolutly right. Because since food is cheaper in the store I should stop shopping at amazon/newegg/tiger direct.
I've been so foolish this whole time.
Comment I still wont shop retail. (Score 3, Insightful) 784
9 times out of 10, shopping online will STILL be cheaper than retail.
If big box retailers think this will save their ass, they're in for a nasty suprise.
And I agree with the FP, sounds like this is going to be a mass of red tape. Think of the fights over who gets the sales tax from amazon...
Sounds DOA to me.
Diebold Admits Flaw In Voting Software 281
NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "At a public hearing in California, Diebold's western region manager has admitted that the audit log system on current versions of Premier Election Solutions' (formerly Diebold's) electronic voting and tabulating systems — used in some 34 states across the nation — fails to record the wholesale deletion of ballots, even when ballots are deleted on the same day as an election. An election system's audit logs are meant to record all activity during the system's actual counting of ballots, so that later examiners may determine, with certainty, whether any fraudulent or mistaken activity had occurred during the count. Diebold's software fails to do that, as has recently been discovered by Election Integrity advocates in Humboldt County, CA, and then confirmed by the CA Secretary of State. The flaws, built into the system for more than a decade, are in serious violation of federal voting system certification standards."
Comment Why now? (Score 1) 476
IANAL, but wouldn't it look bad in court if after AMD went through all the trouble to spin off the whateverfoundry with nary a peep from intel?
Now all of a sudden Intel cries foul? That sounds awfully anti-competitive, to sit on something like that until the split it complete.
FBI Is the Worst FOIA Performer 92
krou writes "The National Security Archive at George Washington University has awarded its 2009 Rosemary Award to the FBI for worst freedom of information performance (PDF of the award). Previous winners have been the CIA and the Treasury. The NSA notes that 'The FBI's reports to Congress show that the Bureau is unable to find any records in response to two-thirds of its incoming FOIA requests on average over the past four years, when the other major government agencies averaged only a 13% "no records" response to public requests.' The FBI's explanation, according to the NSA, is that 'files are indexed only by reference terms that have to be manually applied by individual agents,' and even then, 'agents don't always index all relevant terms.' Furthermore, 'unless a requester specifically asks for a broader search, the FBI will only look in a central database of electronic file names at FBI headquarters in Washington.' Any search will therefore 'miss any internal or cross-references to people who are not the subject of an investigation, any records stored at other FBI offices around the country, and any records created before 1970.'"
Comment Re:Nothing wrong with models. (Score 1) 561
Okay. And what do you call what Obama's doing?
And it is my fault that Obama is going to finish off the country with more spending and a socialist agenda.
Might want to ease up there killer, I'm pretty sure he was slamming BOTH Bush and Obama.
Comment Re:DVDs (Score 1) 209
The year of linux on the countertop?
Comment Re:3.5 mm? o.o (Score 1) 617
Yeah..but, then she gets fat...
Warmth in the winter my friend...
Comment Re:How many iPhone killers is that? (Score 1) 617
I was on the fence about the G1...then I played with one.
Sure it has some flaws, but theyre all software so that can be fixed (and WILL, unlike anything apple related where it depends on what Steve had for breakfast).
I was especially nervous about the slide open feature...but its very solid. The phone feels solid in the hand, and the touch screen is every bit as responsive as the iphone (no multitouch yet, but again thats a software issue).
And I feel that the android market will eventually surpass the app store, there seems to be a lot of excited developers out there.
All in all, I find it to be an outstanding phone which does everything I need and more.
Comment Re:3.5 mm? o.o (Score 4, Insightful) 617
Every month...same chick...who knows exactly which spot to touch.
No akward first-time-with-new-person sex.
It totally sucks, lemme tell you.
Comment Re:I hate to be an ass... (Score 1) 479
A single solid booster got us to the Moon. Solid grouped with liquid stages has killed astronauts, more than once.
Wasn't the Saturn V all liquid fueled?
Comment Tragic... (Score 5, Interesting) 578
When I was stationed in Balad, Iraq I volunteered at the base hospital. We mostly just helped unload the choppers and what not, sometimes walk around and chat with the patients. Balad was the biggest hospital in theatre so the worst cases eventually made their way there for stabilization before being sent to Germany or sent home (in the case of Iraqis).
Anyways, I must have seen one or two patients a week come in with severe electrical burns from trying to steal copper wire, most of the time it was kids.
So its not ALWAYS some idiot out to make a quick buck...people can just get desperate.
Comment Jailbreaking (Score 1) 188
I was under the impression that jailbreaking an iphone is not illegal (or at the most against their TOS not the DMCA), but Apple can do whatever they want to make it as difficult as possible.
Is this incorrect? Is what is being requested a requirement that Apple not block jailbreaking?
Comment Re:Good On 'Em (Score 2, Insightful) 224
To play devil's advocate I wouls say that a single person can indeed act decently and change things for the better, but only if they actually have the power to make those changes.
In democratic governments the ability of the same individual within the government to make the same changes is minor compared to the larger number of those who would rather increase its size.
Not saying that autocratic governments are inherently better...but this is an aspect of democracy which one could argue is not always best.
Comment Re:talking on mobile as dangerous as drunk driving (Score 1) 439
That's sort of what I meant. I'm wondering if talking to a person next on a cell phone causes a greater decrease in efficiency than if they were next to you. In a laydiscussion like this I was considering "power" as a synonym for efficiency.
I suppose I need to use analogies since I don't know the proper terminology used in howthebrainworksology, so I shouldn't try and really make myself sound silly.
