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Comment Re:Tracking leads to trouble (Score 1) 299

Actually, since they scan your license at most stores now, you can't buy any "D" drugs over your allotted limit. I know, I take 1 12 hour allergy pill every day, and on those silly occasions I thought I should pick them up before I ran out (3 pills left), I was denied my medication. I did once buy them early at "Safeway", but they only required me to sign the book, but unless they take 3 years to audit such things I probably won't be arrested for a few weeks yet. Besides, do you have any idea the amount of those silly pills you would need to buy in order to make Meth? My understanding is that it requires something in the range of a pallet, and while I have no idea how many little boxes with their safety packaging would fit on that (I can't imagine some meth head popping out 1 pill at a time), I do have pallets of computers at work, and that would be a lot. Making a case against a person for unreasonably trying to buy a 1 month supply of allergy medication with a working decongestant would be a bit difficult, and before you get all defensive, 2 bottles of NyQuil would also be a hard case. Especially given how this person did this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hahn#2007_arrest

Comment Re:PC gaming never went away. (Score 1) 495

Yes, but bear in mind that should anything ever happen such as a game not work, you have 0 recourse. If for instance you upset them they can terminate your account blocking access to all of your games. If say you attempt a charge back on a game that doesn't work and they will not support, they will terminate access to your account and all the software you have bought through them, and then the charge back will be declined. Steam is great.

Comment Re:I didn't know Nero AG had time for this (Score 1) 247

I agree with a lot of what you said, but uhm, dude, I own a Yaris ($14,400 with every feature available) and it came with an Aux port right by the e-brake. Plug a $5 (non-apple or Belkin) cable from the iPhone to the Aux port, hit Aux on the stock stereo and crank up because of the crappy noise insulation on the damn car, and listen. I went high tech/high cost and bought the $29.99 cable at Radio shack that not only charges said iPhone but also allows me to plug in at the same time. I can't wait to trade this car in, it was a mistake. Should have gotten the 4 door, but tried to save money, gas was $4.10 a gallon and it was supposed to get 36/38mpg, more like 29 city and 38 highway.
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Canonical Explains Decision to License H.264 For Ubuntu 372

tux writes with this snippet from The Register: "Ubuntu's commercial sponsor Canonical has tried to clarify how — if not why — it has licensed a closed-source and patented codec for video on PCs running its Linux. Canonical is the first Linux shop to have agreed to license the codec in question, H.264, from MPEG LA. Even though Red Hat and Novell are also available for use on PCs, they have not licensed H.264."

Comment Re:health insurance is like auto insurance now (Score 1) 2424

No, just using worst case examples. Non-negotiated rates on Bypass surgery can exceed $250,000. That only covers the Surgery. The guy who puts you to sleep is extra. 2 rounds of Chemo and the associated medication to treat the side effects can run into the hudreds of thousands as well.

Comment Re:health insurance is like auto insurance now (Score 1) 2424

No, I have to disagree there. I have employer provided health insurance. It isn't bad, only $72 a month. On top of this I have $1000 in a FSA. Not a bad deal, until I have to use it. 10% copay on all hospital care, 3rd party approval for an MRI, 3rd party approval for knee surgery so I can stop living in pain, and a $2.5 million life time cap. Insurance based out of CA, keeps billing me as out of network when the providers I go to are in network, just not in CA. So, basically, if I had this insurance when my Gall Bladder decided to go, that would have cost me over $1000 just for that visit. If I developed Cancer or a Heart Issue I would blow that lifetime cap. If this 3rd party, whoever they are, decides I don't need the surgery to repair my knee (something two doctors agree I need) I could spend a few years appealing it and never get the surgery. Which I will have to pay 10% of. They will also probably try to claim I'm not in network again because they don't talk to their local affiliate. This is why I complain. This is nonsense. Imagine having to pay 10% of a $250,000 heart surgery? Indian hospitals become tempting at that point. You spend $25,000 not including your deductible, bills for your actual hospitalization, ambulance, food, and the anesthesiologist. On top of all that you just blew 10% of your total life time cap. After which you get into your follow up care, rehab, and the various tests they will want to run. So, if I killed my cable TV, cell phone, and internet. Two of which are actually closer to a must have for work purposes. (Just not deductible on my taxes yet) In 12.5 years I would be able to save enough to not go bankrupt if I follow in the footsteps of most of the men in my family. Unlike most of them, I don't smoke, drink, and try to keep my weight down to avoid this very situation.

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