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Comment Re:Tragic... (Score 4, Insightful) 469

Some idiot talking head on Fox actually called Warren Buffet a socialist. If there was ever a need for the phrase "I don't think that word means what you think it means" that was surely it. The problem is capital gains taxes. The truly rich don't earn paychecks. they take dividends from their investments, or stock options from their boards. Raising income taxes isn't going to hurt them. Thats why Warren Buffet is taxed at a lower rate then his secretary. It's not hyperbole, it's actually true. He is being taxed at 15% on the majority of his income. Any of you all being taxed at 15%? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Comment Re:A word from the Vendor if I may (Score 1) 309

Not here. Everything goes through a proxy, all webmail sites are blocked, as is FTP to anywhere not specifically opened up through the firewall. The only things opened outbound is http and https. I've heard of tunneling ssh over port 443 to get out, but it's not something I'd want to bet a felony conviction on.

Comment Re:If you could walk out with a stack of papers... (Score 1) 309

Yep, we've got software that keeps you from writing to USB drives, that watches what you save to your hard drive, scans your email for keywords in case you try to mail confidential info home, network software that checks every PC that attaches to the network to make sure all of the other software is installed and up to date. Grabbing a paper copy off your managers desk and Xeroxing it is about the only thing you can do if you want to steal company data.

Comment Re:American Guns!! Yay NRA!! (Score 1) 518

Well, that's because people who play with toys in public are weird little nerds. Go up to any woman and ask her who she's rather be with; Luke Skywalker, or Jack fucking Bauer. She will probably pick the one who's best friend isn't a shiny little computer.

LOL - so your reply is "big metal toys with bullets are cooler than little plastic toys with lights! That's how I get chicks." Nice argument there.

Didn't really shoot down the whole "susbstitute for a small penis" theory.

Comment Re:American Guns!! Yay NRA!! (Score 1) 518

I carry a pistol every day. You know how many people I've ever shot? none.

The other day I was at the grocery store and a woman saw my pistol. When she noticed that the hammer was back (the proper way to carry a 1911 is with a round in the chamber, the hammer back, and the safety on) she asked me "Isn't that dangerous."

My answer to her: "Yes, that's the point of owning a pistol. They're dangerous when you need them to be."

She smiled, got the point, and went about her day.

I've never understood why people walking around carrying light sabers in public like Luke Skywalker are considered weird little nerds, but people carrying a loaded gun in public like Jack fucking Bauer are considered macho. It all looks the same to me.

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