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Comment Re:Yet more blatent hypocrisy from the Republicans (Score 1) 319

by Too Late for Cool ID on Wednesday December 01, 2010 @06:19PM (#34411082) Attached to: FCC To Vote On Net Neutrality On December 21

Yep, the path toward innovation is giving the government the power to make sure that things stay the way they are now.

Comment Re:What the hell is the fuss about (Score 1) 309

by Too Late for Cool ID on Thursday November 18, 2010 @02:07PM (#34270968) Attached to: Organs of UK Nuclear Workers Secretly Harvested; Energy Secretary Apologizes

Only three things are certain in life. Death, taxes, and getting your organs harvested by the government.

I think the third is a special case of the second.

Comment Re:Headline Is So Very Wrong (Score 1) 1193

by Too Late for Cool ID on Thursday October 21, 2010 @01:55PM (#33976568) Attached to: How Google Avoided Paying $60 Billion In Taxes

The widespread use of loopholes by companies/"rich" people always really pissed me off. They constantly complain so much of their wealth is being taken, yet they pull crap like this.

I "[Y]et they pull crap like this." They don't like their wealth being taken, so they take steps to keep it. How is that any way contradictory?

Comment Re:Nonsense (Score 1) 283

by Too Late for Cool ID on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @01:04PM (#33962850) Attached to: ACLU Says Net Neutrality Necessary For Free Speech

I should've put in a sarcasm flag. Of *course* governments use regulatory power to curtail free speech. I think net neutrality proponents are naive to seek a government solution to a hypothetical problem without thinking about the unintended consequences of the regulations that would have to be imposed. How do we ensure companies aren't throttling packets from some source? We'll have to monitor that data. So now we have the government keeping track of how much data comes from what sources. That's a system ripe for abuse.

Comment Re:Nonsense (Score 2, Funny) 283

by Too Late for Cool ID on Wednesday October 20, 2010 @09:48AM (#33960250) Attached to: ACLU Says Net Neutrality Necessary For Free Speech

Fortunately for the proponents of net neutrality, there's never been a case of a government using its regulatory power to curtail free speech. Only private corporations do that.

Comment Re:Alternate solution (Score 1) 1139

by Too Late for Cool ID on Thursday August 19, 2010 @10:24AM (#33301348) Attached to: Is a US High-Speed Railway Economically Feasible?

Cut subsidies for all forms of transportation. Then, tax in proportion to carbon emissions. Trains win in every densely populated region, hands down.

So, stop distorting the market with subsidies, start distorting the market with punitive taxes.

Comment Re:Irrational Market Behavior (Score 1) 254

by Too Late for Cool ID on Wednesday August 11, 2010 @10:50AM (#33215474) Attached to: Monkeys Exhibit the Same Economic Irrationality As Us

Markets correct better than individuals. In a market dominated system, the effects of irrational decision hurt the individuals who make the decisions. In a top-down economy, the irrational decision of those guiding the economy hurt everyone.

Comment Re:Roboticus Superioritis (Score 1) 54

by Too Late for Cool ID on Friday August 06, 2010 @09:49AM (#33160974) Attached to: Swinging Robot Excels At Wall-Climbing

In one of the pictures in the article, the robot did appear to be attaching the smug-looking goateed fellow.

Comment Embrace the "Airship" designation! (Score 1) 363

by Too Late for Cool ID on Thursday August 05, 2010 @12:20PM (#33151190) Attached to: The Second Age of Airships

Instead of running from it, they should embrace the "airship" designation and use a steampunk motif for all styling, both interior and exterior. I'd be more likely to buy a ticket.

Comment Re:But what if I liked the application (Score 1) 509

by Too Late for Cool ID on Friday June 25, 2010 @11:59AM (#32691660) Attached to: Google Remotely Nukes Apps From Android Phones

I agree: it's your phone. I think the better way to have handled it would be for Google to send out a notice explaining why they think the software should be removed, and allow the user to decide.

Comment Re:One question (Score 1) 197

by Too Late for Cool ID on Thursday June 03, 2010 @05:02PM (#32450664) Attached to: OH Senate Passes Bill Banning Human-Animal Hybrids

According to the Council of Nicea, Jesus was fully human, so no, it wouldn't apply.

Comment Re:Not the first, not by a long shot (Score 1) 125

by Too Late for Cool ID on Wednesday May 05, 2010 @04:51PM (#32104302) Attached to: MIT Unveils First Solar Cells Printed On Paper

As the saying goes, "Two months in the lab can often save you two hours in the library."

Comment Re:I swear.... (Score 1) 756

by Too Late for Cool ID on Wednesday April 28, 2010 @06:29PM (#32023024) Attached to: California's Santa Clara County Bans Happy Meal Toys

California may as well be a whole 'nother country...

We can only hope.

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