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Comment: I applaud Apple for its actions... (Score 2) 678

by macbeth66 (#43780855) Attached to: Web of Tax Shelters Saved Apple Billions, Inquiry Finds

It has shown our government where the loopholes are and now they can close them. ( Yeah, right, that might happen! )

Oh, by the way, Apple, since you don't pay, what is in my opinion, your fair share of US taxes, then I do not feel that the US should use taxpayer money to go after people that steal your IP, patents or trade secrets. And those H1Bs you have? We will be paying very close attention to them.

Comment: Re:bias in publications? (Score 3, Interesting) 1077

by macbeth66 (#43753937) Attached to: 97% of Climate Science Papers Agree Global Warming Is Man-made

Not if the author has actual data. Authors who go against a known field of study that don't actually have good data risk their careers, as they should.

And if the data goes against dogma, it is called into question. Something was not done correctly or quite often, the researcher is accused of fabricating the results. I've seen this way too often in Medical, Psychological and Physics research. Granted, these were papers close to thirty and plus years ago, but I suspect things have only gotten worse in this regard, not better.

Comment: What for it... (Score 0) 91

by macbeth66 (#43666371) Attached to: Help the OED Find a Lost Book

How do you know she is a witch?

Sir Bedevere: There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
Peasant 1: Are there? Oh well, tell us.
Sir Bedevere: Tell me. What do you do with witches?
Peasant 1: Burn them.
Sir Bedevere: And what do you burn, apart from witches?
Peasant 1: More witches.
Peasant 2: Wood.
Sir Bedevere: Good. Now, why do witches burn?
Peasant 3: ...because they're made of... wood?
Sir Bedevere: Good. So how do you tell whether she is made of wood?
Peasant 1: Build a bridge out of her.
Sir Bedevere: But can you not also build bridges out of stone?
Peasant 1: Oh yeah.
Sir Bedevere: Does wood sink in water?
Peasant 1: No, no, it floats!... It floats! Throw her into the pond!
Sir Bedevere: No, no. What else floats in water?
Peasant 1: Bread.
Peasant 2: Apples.
Peasant 3: Very small rocks.
Peasant 1: Cider.
Peasant 2: Gravy.
Peasant 3: Cherries.
Peasant 1: Mud.
Peasant 2: Churches.
Peasant 3: Lead! Lead!
King Arthur: A Duck.
Sir Bedevere: ...Exactly. So, logically...
Peasant 1: If she weighed the same as a duck... she's made of wood.
Sir Bedevere: And therefore...
Peasant 2: ...A witch!

( sorry, so sorry, I couldn't resist )

Comment: While this guy was an *sswipe... (Score 4, Insightful) 178

by macbeth66 (#43624367) Attached to: Ex-Employee Busted For Tampering With ERP System

Unfortunately for all of us, some people continue to give us a really bad reputation in the executive suite."

Sorry, but nothing, and I mean nothing, compares with the the bad reputation the executive suite has with everyone one. Psychotic bastards, the lot. Have you forgotten the whole banking fiasco that caused a massive economic meltdown? So, I think if anyone has a reputation to fix, it is upper management.

Comment: Re:no problem (Score 1) 508

by macbeth66 (#43557757) Attached to: NYC Police Comm'r: Privacy Is 'Off the Table' After Boston Bombs

If I ever get arrested for something, I certainly do not want people to be able to bring up the video. Now, if you said that the videos were to be stored somewhere the police have no access, perhaps the Consumer Advocate's Office, I agree with you 100%. That way, the video is available should the police do something they should not be doing.

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