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Comment Re:Governmental Fail (Score 0) 461

Quite obvious how out of touch certain government officials really are. Not that it's news to anyone though. As is typical, they sit in their ivory towers and have become so out of touch with what the average citizen understands as reality, they they can't fight the battles they've been hired to fight.

Or maybe I'm just jaded?

Comment Times is tuff.... (Score 0) 636

Yeah, things are tough all over. Cities and states are starting to find out they need to generate some extra revenue now, so they try just about legal tactic they can. I'd have to say that this seems almost borderline legal though. A though of standing up in court and telling the judge that the officer was going to rape you just because he looks the type kind of amounts to the same thing.

Comment Re:Flashback! (Score 0) 432

Regardless, the wind farms are a good move. They won't reduce our dependency on oil, but will help (albeit slightly) with the consumption of electricity from the grid. With the exception of some errant ship captain running his ship into one, there really isn't much to worry about. The installation and maintenance will provide jobs, and hopefully make that deceased, hypocritical nutjob Kennedy roll over in his grave (a perfect selling point for me).

I'm all for it.

Comment Ahhh, Verizon (Score 0) 50

Another sorry excuse for a cell provider. I've been going round and round with them ever since they bought out Alltel (I'm a former Alltel customer with an Alltel data plan). They can't seem to see the forest for the trees. Why should I put any faith in some new Idea they've come up with?

Comment Nothing Is Free (Score 0, Troll) 65

Including skipfish. While I haven't downloaded it, I have no doubt that something is being reported back to Google. Just as with any business practice, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel. Google advertising maybe? Possibly, whatever the reason, I doubt "Free" in this case really isn't "Free".

Comment What? No Northrup Grumman? (Score 1) 116

For cryin out loud, how did they not get in the game? They seems to be in every other corner of the government market! Don't take this as a whine as to why NG isn't in the game, I for one am glad that they aren't. I would much rather see more smaller companies in there working for "the greater good" as it were, than the big boys. But, the big boys have some good technology that they bring to the table, but they also bring a hefty price tag and probably some nasty rules too.

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