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Comment What constitutes a "message"? (Score 1) 332

'Neither party shall visit the website of the other’s social network and post messages purporting to be the other,'

So they cant send people facebook messages as eachother, but for better or for worse, nowadays facebook is your defacto online presence for most of the internet.

Recent activity -
"_Ex husband_ liked horsefuckers.net [thumbsup.gif]"
"_Ex husband_ liked midgettrannyhookers.com [thumbsup.gif]"

Or less malicious, but possibly more professionally damaging...

"_Ex husband_ liked NORML.org [thumbsup.gif]"

You get the idea. This sort of thing should be handled carefully by a third party. In a bitter divorce, if one party doesnt mind going to jail for contempt of court, you could pretty much ruin someones personal and professional reputation with access to their facebook account. I mean, there have been cases of people coaching their children that the other parent had molested them in attempt to effect divorce proceedings as well as ruin the other party, this sort of thing has the potential to be at least as damaging.

Comment Re:Good! (Score 1) 990

Ok, sure, TVs have gotten bigger and cheaper. Thats a very small segment of "goods".

In 1985 the federal minimum wage was $4.88 and a loaf of bread cost $.56, thats working 7 minutes for a loaf of bread

In 2010 the federal minimum wage was $7.25 and a loaf of bread cost $1.79, thats working 14 minutes for a loaf of bread.

Comment Re:Why is it bad ? (Score 1) 990

Do you really think it takes 100,000 people of the skill level of burger flippers to produce 100,000 burger flipping robots?

The first world DOESNT need ditch diggers anymore. And even if it did they couldnt be paid a wage on which they could support themselves.

Comment Times have changed. (Score 1) 990

If there's less work to do, we need to improve the quality of life per unit of work ratio to keep people from falling into poverty simply because there's no work for them to do.

This has already been going on for decades. Certainly MY quality of life is higher than it was even ten years ago.

On the other hand, you are correct in implying that it's not proceeding quickly enough. As automation acceptance rates accelerate, the process of "improving quality of life per unit of work" has to accelerate at least as quickly, or bad things happen....

Well certainly, as you grow older, you generally make more money, are able to buy more goods, nicer house etc. What is the reality for young people, say mid 20s, today vs even 15 years ago? It used to be you could work your way through college with a part time job and a little help from your parents, be able to afford a crappy apartment and a crappy car and put food on the table. That is no longer the reality, which is why you see kids today working full time, going to school full time and still having to take out thousands of dollars in loans even for a state school.

I'm 25 years old, i dont think its too much to ask to be able to work 32-40 hours a week, have healthcare, my own modest place, a used car, feed myself, pay my bills, internet, phone, car insurance, and have a couple of bucks left over to maybe go out to eat two or three times a month, maybe go to a movie or concert once a month and out for drinks with friends occasionally. Thats all i really want at this point. But even that modest lifestyle is just not a possibility for the majority of people, myself included. I was an assistant store manager at a big box retail store, in charge of a staff of dozens and a store with several million in merchandise, 40-50 hours a week. Im living at home, but even a cheap 1bdr in a non shit neighborhood (nowhere near work) would have been nearly half my monthly takehome.

Comment Yeah, this could work. (Score 2) 136

With reserved spots, the infrastructure for charging becomes simpler for this sort of thing. My sister lives in Chicago, she doesnt own a car and bikes most places, but for things like bulk grocery buying and other shopping, that sorta thing, she has a zip car membership. If the charging stations are prevalent enough, i could see zipcar going electric. And after a minute of research it seems theyre already testing it in san francisco with plug in hybrids.

Comment Yup. (Score 1) 1016

I'd say anything above a 22 long should be enough to put a hole in a hard dive, and will probably be more fun than sanding or something. Smashing is fun too though, its up to you. A 20# sledge and a concrete surface would do the trick too.

Comment Thats still 15-30 games, but probably a lot more.. (Score 1) 200

Most games are around 8-10GB, because they have to fit on a DVD. WoW is my biggest at about 30GB, that and starcraft II (about 12gb) and are on my main drive (74gb raptor). I have another 74gb drive for my steam folder and i have, as far as large modernish games...

Borderlands
CS:S
DoD:S
L4D2
ME2
Portal 2
TF2

and about 20 other smaller games installed. Unless you cheaped out and have like an 80GB SSD or something, space isnt really an issue for your average gamer for games at least.

Comment Re:PS3 now costs as much as a midrange BF3video ca (Score 1) 167

Yeah, im also considering buying a PS3 just as a media center. Not many console games that interest me, but blu ray and netflix sure do. Not a big fan of sony, but its the best device for what i want. Have a Wii and no blu-ray now, waiting for them to definitively say the WiiU will not have blu-ray before i buy a PS3

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