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Comment Re:We are so fucked (Score 1) 760

by ULTRAJOE (#37987954) Attached to: World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario
with you for most of this, but

(except that would mean I'm buying oil from countries that finance terrorism and hate our guts; but that's another story).

most of US oil imports are from your fellow Americans: ftp://ftp.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/import.html

I guess the "hate our guts" is up for discussion ^_~

UJ

Comment Re:Subsidies inflate pricing. (Score 1) 1797

by ULTRAJOE (#37823562) Attached to: Ron Paul Wants To End the Federal Student Loan Program

perhaps it is because the federal government guarenteed that the costs of putting people who make 20K a year in a 500K house that the costs went up... you introduce new people into the buying force (people spending money they dont have) and there is more people fighting for the same number of houses, therefore the price rises. I say that if we didnt give people who we all know could never afford those houses a loan in the first place, they would be better off and everyone else would be as well.

Please stop repeating the lies that "the federal government", "those awful poor people who took advantage of those defenseless banks" or anyone other than those greedy banks caused the Housing crisis. The CRA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Reinvestment_Act mandated only that redlining banks actually offer loans in those areas to those who were eligible ("consistent with safe and sound operation") - NOT that they were to offer any loan to any applicant.

Comment Re:Take that copper (Score 1) 252

by ULTRAJOE (#37222608) Attached to: Social Media a Threat To Undercover Cops

Half of all arrests in the US are for misdemeanor marijuana possession. THAT's what the secret police are for -- to catch pot smokers. You can't catch armed robbers with secret police.

You have a citation for this, Steve? i'm not giving you shit, a quick Google is not turning this up for me and I'd like to read what you're quoting.
Television

A TV That Knows and Shares What You're Watching 168

Posted by Soulskill from the can't-hide-your-jersey-shore-addiction-from-skynet dept.
holy_calamity writes "A technology will be appearing soon in TVs that fingerprints what is onscreen and sends that information to an internet server able to identify the content, whether it's live TV or another source, like a DVD. Web pages and mobile apps using the same connection as the TV can access that information using an API, allowing online content to dynamically provide relevant information and ads to be more targeted. Startup Flingo, which developed the technology, says one of the top 5 TV brands in the US will launch a set with the Sync Apps system in coming months."

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