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Comment Re:Yawn. (Score 1) 610

All just theories in ethics (or thats where I studied it), you have a compatibilist POV with a determinist leaning, which really cant be disproven (is that a word?), unless we are able to find parallel universe where different decisions have been made and we can see the effects those decisions have had on yourself and everyone else.

Comment Re:Um, what? (Score 2, Informative) 492

the thing with nickleback is that you can almost predict what the next chords are going to be, its like they bought a book on "how to write music" and starting recording and selling it as they made it. What Sam Kinison would refer to as "government music"

Comment Revenue Streams? (Score 3, Interesting) 615

Sooo, they put a tax on video games and how does that cut down (no pun intended) on knife crime?? Do they use that money to hire more cops to patrol, or do studies on the relationship between gaming and knife crime?? Seems to me like they are just looking for another revenue stream, and vilifying video games usually seems to be an easy target, especially when its being done for the greatest of all causes, for the children.
My head just exploded.

Comment Re:rich buyers (Score 3, Insightful) 769

It doesnt make a lot of sense to me either, but wind power has usually had a "not in my backyard" policy follow it around. People are for it, until they have to look at it (or listen to it, I hear they are pretty loud). For example, look up RFK Jr. and his wind farm off Cape Cod debacle. All about wind power, until they decide a good place for it is out in the ocean which is visible to him from his beach mansion, then he uses every connection he has to try and stop it. We have termed this kind of situation in Garage Logic as "windmilling", very similar to the local NPR station in MN being a strong advocate for a light-rail system, but then they find out the plan has the tracks going past their station, and now they are very much against light-rail.

Comment Re:The Volt is the least of GM's problems (Score 2, Interesting) 769

No, my standards are just different, I like to be able to drive fast, I could care less whether I get an extra 15-20 mpg. Especially since the cost of a new car that gets great mileage would not save me enough money to warrant the purchase of that vehicle. I'll stick with my late eighties Japanese sports car with 100,000 miles on it, my last one went to 400k before she blew.

Comment Re:The Volt is the least of GM's problems (Score 2, Insightful) 769

Personally, I call anything > 25 mpg a gas sipper. Yes, their discount cars are garbage, and of course they are going to try and push cars with a bigger profit margin, business exists for profit. My only suggestion to GM would be less plastic and velcro, more solidly made cars that you cant take apart the same way you unbutton a shirt.

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