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Comment Re:Sounds Like a Hoax Right Up Until You Read the (Score 2) 362

You still want to do a visual inspection on anything or have a third party do it. I bought a C&R rifle from a guy in AZ and a friend who lived nearby looked at it and confirmed it's legit and that it was in good shape. Same applies for a guitar since you can easily hide cracks in the neck with a bit of nail polish for a photo or just about any kind of damage that isn't 100% obvious.

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Net Companies Consider the "Nuclear Option" To Combat SOPA 507

Atypical Geek writes "Alec Liu of Fox News reports that Amazon, Facebook and Google are considering a coordinated blackout of the internet to protest SOPA, the Stop Online Privacy Act being debated in Congress. From the article: 'Such a move is drastic. And though the details of exactly how it would work are unclear, it's already under consideration, according to Markham Erickson, the executive director of NetCoalition, a trade association that includes the likes of Google, PayPal, Yahoo, and Twitter. With the Senate debating the SOPA legislation at the end of January, it looks as if the tech industry's top dogs are finally adding bite to their bark, something CNET called "the nuclear option." "When the home pages of Google.com, Amazon.com, Facebook.com, and their Internet allies simultaneously turn black with anti-censorship warnings that ask users to contact politicians about a vote in the U.S. Congress the next day on SOPA," Declan McCullagh wrote, "you'll know they're finally serious."'"

Comment Re:also reduces IT costs (Score 1) 232

If you're on call it makes it easier to carry one phone at a time. The IT department where I work got mad because I had my blackberry forwarding to my personal cell, so we compromised by just using a Google Voice number for my work number. With that I can set hours to accept calls, easier to manage voicemail, and incoming calls. Also means that I can just turn it off when I'm on PTO.

Comment Re:Goldfingerism (Score 2) 255

Not only that, they do get drug tested regularly. Aside from lots of caffeine, I don't know many who keep their jobs that are using. Sure, there's ways to fake those tests, but most of them are just good guys who work for a living. You get into one accident, even if it's not your fault, and you get blood tested. Some places even do hair sample testing depending on how major of an accident it is. I guarantee the guy who rolled the semi in the story is under a LOT of scrutiny right now.

Hopefully he wasn't doing anything he shouldn't have been, but no matter what every aspect of his life is under a magnifying glass for the trucking company and insurance companies investigation.

Comment Re:Ex player. (Score 1) 197

March '05 I made my account. It was a blast, and you're right, there used to be community. People would talk (or more often flame) in general and you could have a name on your server. Sooner or later that disappeared with cross faction BGs and instances. Up until a couple of patches ago, the guy you just did UBRS with you'll never see again most likely. Even if you did become RealID friends and started queuing together, you still won't get the same friendship as someone on your server.

I log in here and there but I'm debating on just canceling it and putting that $15/mo towards something else, maybe another MMO if I can find the ambition.

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