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Comment Re:Won't happen (Score 1) 259

"Generally, the smarter a person gets, the more republican they tend to lean in ideology even if they insist on remaining democrats or liberals."

I truly hope you are trolling and don't believe what you wrote. I have read some idiotic stuff on /. over the years and this one is right up towards the top.

It is more like: "Generally, the older a person gets the more conservative they tend to lean..." The older you get the more you have thus you have more to lose. I tend to think it is more like "Generally, the more intelligent a person gets the more centrist they tend to lean..." Key being intelligence (contextual application of data) vs smart (memorization of data) and realizing that voters are a diverse group with diverse wants, needs, etc etc so there is rarely a single right answer to complex issues.

Having said that, thinking of politicians as "democrat" or "republican" is a trap. If you pay attention you will see they are more alike than they are different. I tend to think of them as two different marketing campaigns for the same organization.

Comment Re:No, it would improve Google searches (Score 2) 210

This may make me sound old but before Google was around the Internet was much much smaller and search engines pretty much SUCKED. Searching was (and sometimes still is) a skill/art. Sure search engines and directories got incrementally better at first and then Google blew them all out of the water.

Feel free to use another search site. Nobody is forcing you to use Google.

Comment Right and wrong (Score 4, Interesting) 356

He is technically right and morally wrong.

Let the shareholders decide by vote. We the consumers (and the taxpayers) can then decide if we want to continue to buy their products, bail them out, or invest as shareholders. This is a decision that will have very long term effects on GM that will affect them long after the CEO is gone. I know it will affect my future buying decisions.

Comment Re:What Internet? (Score 1) 365

We don't see power companies charging me more for using particular devices. Is it because they can't tell or because the service should be usage agnostic?

In the end the customer pays so they will just pay twice. First to the ISP and then second to the content provider who's costs go up because they have to pay ISPs not to cripple their traffic. If they go through with this extortion then monthly rates for Netflix, Hulu, etc will be pushed up.

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