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Comment: My top 5 concerns about the new net filter: (Score 4, Funny) 158

by cyrus0101 (#36708880) Attached to: 5 Concerns About Australia's New Net Filter
My top 5 concerns about the new net filter:
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2) _____________________________________________________
3) _______________________________is ______going________
4) _____________to ___________ be ____________________________
5) _______________ fine ____________________ .

Comment: Re:I loathe this invitation 'nonsense' (Score 2) 62

by cyrus0101 (#36093852) Attached to: Google Storage Is Now Available To All Developers
Two reasons come to mind immediately:
  • limited access means a smaller group to monitor for problems. Buzz, for example, went live across the board and had serious privacy issues. If they'd done it on a smaller scale, maybe they could have nipped it in the bud.
  • illusion of exclusivity makes the product seem cooler. You want what you can't have.

Comment: Re:Why tax Hybrids and Guzzlers equally? (Score 1) 1306

by cyrus0101 (#35616528) Attached to: US Contemplating 'Vehicle Miles Traveled' Tax
But it's not just about road repair. Fossil fuel use externalities are not currently reflected in the price of gas. Ideally, we should keep the gas tax (even increase it) to cover the damage done by gasoline and institute a road-use tax. We certainly should not replace the gas-tax with a road tax. Further, I think it's more than reasonable to keep the cost of road maintenance in gasoline-tax. This further incentivizes people to use hybrids/electrics, a technology which in its early stages of development would benefit from an uneven playing field.

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