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Comment Re:Bluff City is south of Bristol Motor Speedway (Score 2, Insightful) 680

The only real solution is near 100% enforcement - either the law will be generally accepted or you'll finally manage to piss off so many people that the law is changed.

That's the perfect solution. I really hate it when people spend all this time and energy to get around laws, to complain about laws, to fight the lawful punishments for those laws, but nothing on getting the laws changed. If this guy's so eager to get the law changed, start a Paypal or something similar to get donations to fund a road study. Take those results (assuming it says the speed should be upped) and a petition signed by voters in the area, and get in front of the city council to get the limit changed. But no, it's easier to buy a domain, setup a website, and whine.

Same thing with the kids in schools where the parents get all huffy when their son or daughter gets suspended for a zero tolerance policy because they took aspirin to school without a note from a doctor. Why didn't they hire a lawyer to fight the rule when it was proposed instead of waiting till their kid gets popped for the offense?

Comment Re:Transparency (Score 1) 545

i have multiple clocks in my house, a cell, and a watch. all of them drift differently, so all have different times. while i know my cell is most accurate cause it updates from the cell towers (i'm hoping that's more accurate), i also know my nightstand clock is about 3 minutes ahead. doesn't mean i don't use it, but that i keep in mind that it's off a bit.

however my microwave drifts horribly. i count on it to know approximately what hour it is. anything more and i risk being late.

Comment Re:Hmmmmmm (Score 1) 92

well, you don't want to fall into the habit of having too many bots. i mean one for telling time, one for making phone calls, one for reading. you want one robot that does it all, and you want it to do it all well. what if you're in an orgy and after awhile everyone's tired and just want to talk about politics? you'll sure be glad you have a "all-in-one" bot instead of wishing you'd brought your "coversationalist bot."

hm. an all-in-one bot at an orgy. may not be the best idea after all.

Comment Re:Really? (Score 2, Funny) 1324

reminds me of the kid at school who wore religious t-shirts ("jesus, the choice of the last generation" in the style of a pepsi logo). somehow we got on the topic of the upcoming 84 presidential election, and he said his dad was voting against mondale because mondale wanted to allow teachers that were gay. we were in 4th grade. what a role model.

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