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Comment Just to make it clear a cure for the common cold (Score 1) 52

Would have to have all of the following attributes.

It would have to act very quickly since for most people if you do nothing it's over in 7 days.

It would have to be very safe because for most people if you do nothing it's over in 7 days.

It would have to be very cheap because for most people if you do nothing it's over in 7 days.

Comment Re:A sane supreme court decision? (Score 1) 409

The sad thing is that when the supreme court ruled this was ok then it didn't matter it was bullshit, it was case law that the dogs worked. At this point I would literally not be surprised if the supreme court actually ruled 2 + 2 was 7 and then as far as the courts were concerned 2 + 2 really is 7.

Comment Re:regulation? (Score 1) 245

Of course I could point out that in the 10 years before PA 38 people were killed in mass killings. However in the 10 years after PA 48 people were killed in mass killings.(I use 10 years because that's what he said in the video. Yes, it reduced the number of shootings but dead is still dead.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...

Comment But us SE's want DBAs (Score 1) 139

Since as a software engineer I completely admit you know way more about databases than I do.(You're worth every dollar you get paid.) The problem is so many managers think "Oh we don't need DBA's, you SE's can do it. It'll be just as good. Oh and we don't need release engineers either since we'll save money by having the SE's do that as well." (Yeah, right.)

Comment I'm surprised he lasted as long as he did (Score 3, Interesting) 277

Since he was generally referred to as that hip, edgy, young comic that appeals to college kids. That's was a problem when he was 40 but now he's in his 50's. (Getting old sucks btw) I'm wondering how his demographics are now. I wouldn't be surprised if to the college crowd he's now "The guy my parents like"

Comment Funny though they haven't reclassified the Sun (Score 0) 108

I mean since they had to reclassify Pluto given the new evidence. Lets see, the Sun is still classified as a yellow dwarf even though it's actually white(as viewed from space) and is bigger than 90% of all stars in the universe.(Since most stars are actually red dwarves and the Sun is much bigger than them.)

Comment Re:And the creators still get screwed (Score 1) 328

No the argument is this 1. The supposed reason we need Copyright law is to protect creators at the deficit of society to encourage them to create 2. Creators aren't actually being protected anyway 3. Society isn't benefiting since these works are being locked up by people that didn't create them 4. Solution either fix copyright law so creators actually are protected and do benefit or get rid of it so society doesn't get screwed over by having creative works locked up in perpetuity. So pretty much if the law isn't doing what it's supposed to do either fix it or get rid of it.(I mean unless you're ok with all the crazy shit like the stuff I mentioned above or hey why don't I bring up that "Happy Birthday to You" copyright apparently doesn't expire until 2030. It's in the courts right now apparently.)

Comment And the creators still get screwed (Score 4, Interesting) 328

Which given the excuses for this stuff is really telling.(Since the whole "You're stealing from the creators" is one of the arguments you hear about this shit.) So these days you have shit like Hollywood accounting and things like the author of Forrest Gump literally not getting paid royalties for the movie.(Because it supposedly didn't make a profit.) Of course there's the whole thing screwing of musicians by record labels. Basically if you record an album don't expect to get any profits at all. If you make any money it will be off touring. Here's one, just to show how much of a bunch of scum bags they really are. https://www.techdirt.com/artic...

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