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Comment Re:Jenny McCarthy (Score 1) 395

Well some do have a bit of truth to them...

The CIA did infect many Guatemalans with STDs without their knowledge or consent back in the 40's. They were trying to see if penicillin could prevent infections, not just cure it, so gave people the drug and disease and watched.

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3945...

Comment Re:Just like where I work ... (Score 1, Insightful) 172

You can often see such a position argues in favor of having Private industry take over Public work in some areas.

> The Government is bloated and slow and has no incentive, but the Private sector is competitive and results driven, so they should manage our prisons, red light cameras, etc...

But then as it turns out the Private firm overestimated the cost savings and ends up cutting costs while costing the government the same or more for less quality service.

Comment Re:Just call the credit card company and tell them (Score 1) 321

Regarding your example, there was likely something on the menu about having that gratuity added for parties over a certain size; so you pretty much committed theft.

If you don't like the rule and dont want to be committed to a tip regardless of service, eat someplace else. You don't get to change the rules of the establishment unilaterally on a whim. Otherwise I could decide when the check came I did not agree with the stated menu prices and only pay a fraction of them.

Comment Re:Cool (Score 2) 94

Doubt there is anything for a bus like this, but if you look at a Prius there is quite a bit of data on the maintenance costs.

The rengertice breaking saves on brake pad wear, to the point that Toyota reports they don't need replacment till 100,000 miles. The Power Shift transmission has fewer gear sets, resulting in less wear on them, and has no clutch, CVT belt, or torque converter. Plus there is no timing belt, alternator, starter. And since the ICE is not running all the time it's experiences less wear and Toyota reports you don't need to replace the coolant till around the 8 year mark.

Of course this is countered by the lump sum of the battery and expensive dealership rates for when repairs are needed; but this wouldn't be a comparable factor on this kind of bus since you'd need the manufacturer to repair it regardless; and the poor MPG the old ones had would more then makeup the cost of a replacement battery years down the line.

Comment Re:Privacy (Score 1) 465

Except by your reasoning the entire drive would need to be wiped before it could be turned over.
Any journals written by the person would also need to be erased somehow, since according to you, they turned over the journal not what was written in it.

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