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Comment Re:My problem with extremist environmentalists (Score 1) 265

And I see nothing in that link that suggests that the EPA is interested in legislating, controlling or regulating human breathing. I do notice, specifically, that motor vehicles are singled out. It doesn't mention Methane gas from livestock, coal power plant emissions, or any other industrial emissions. There is no one out there trying to regulate the CO2 in the air you exhale. Motor vehicles emit far more CO2 than you do when you breathe.

I'd say that I should have seen the WSJ link and should have remembered not to feed the trolls, but that would be an abusive ad hominem fallacy. Your argument isn't wrong because I think you're a troll. Your argument is wrong because it contains a fallacy. Your fallacy is the classic Straw Man. The EPA says CO2 from cars falls under their jurisdiction and will be regulated. You over simplify and twist that to suggest that all CO2 produced then falls under the EPA's jurisdiction. You attack the misinterpretation with your breathing example.

Comment Re:My problem with extremist environmentalists (Score 1) 265

Sources owned by Rupert Murdoch's Newscorp are no longer considered non-biased. Anyone could then counteract your argument citing moveon.org or a lefty publication. I do believe that regulating breathing is a good idea, though. Everyone should do it before responding to this type of FUD. No legislation necessary.

Comment Re:Not to mention the Streisand Effect (Score 1) 200

The publicity is worth far more than they're paying in the suit. Streisand was already famous in 2003, this campground's 15 minutes of fame were over once the headlines stopped. Suing Google gets their name alongside Google's name, and the press coverage it brings is significant. I'd say they've already won. All they need to do now, as someone else mentioned, is build something that is very tasteful and respectful of those who died. Perhaps they could sponsor legislation for better safety standards after their lawyers are done losing a suit they don't expect to win.

Comment More than one problem per car? (Score 1) 672

. . . .an industry average of 278 problems per 100 vehicles, but this year, the number fell to 132.

Sure, the average has been cut in half, but there's still an average of more than 1 problem per vehicle sold. How can they claim that "Bad cars have gone extinct"? I'd like to see that tagline when it's measured in under 9 problems per thousand cars.

Comment Re:wrong (Score 1) 337

As far as more effective at letting air into the engine, I noticed a significant improvement in my wife's Mazda Protege, which had 30k miles on it when the filter was installed. It's had the same air filter since then, cleaned 8 times, and now has 268k. I think it's also as effective at filtering the air as the paper filters.

Comment Re:"twist the truth and distort reality" (Score 1) 337

You're the constant because you're the one narrating that story. The problem with that theory is that no one is constant. You grow, learn and get better at how you handle life. Either that or you stab someone for cutting off your drug money, get incarcerated, and learn life's lessons the hard way.

Comment Re:wrong (Score 1) 337

That's precisely why I love K&N air filters. They cost 3 times as much, but they took something that had been disposable and gave it a lifetime warranty. It's on the shelves next to the cheap air filters, costs 3 times as much. You have to clean them every 50k miles, but it's easy to do and you may only buy one cleaning kit during the life of your car.

I'm not saying you're wrong about people's inclination toward cheap stuff. When you know something better is coming out within the next 4 years, it makes no sense to buy something that lasts for 10. If I can pay double for something that will last 10 times as long, and won't go obsolete in that time, I do.
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Submission + - RIM commit to open source Blackberry 10 Native SDK (socialbarrel.com)

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Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that its BlackBerry 10 Native Software Development Kit (SDK) will be bound to open source. ...“One of the biggest complaints I heard when I joined the company was from developers who said you know I can’t use open source on Blackberry OS and that means it takes longer to write code for Blackberry and makes it more expensive,” said Alec Saunders, VP of Developer Relations at RIM. “You know what, we’re super committed to open source.”""

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