Comment Re:"Propellors"? (Score 1) 151
In commercial aircraft? Even private airliners use jet turbines...
Comment Re:Why are Libs so enamored with taxes? (Score 1) 623
And, even if it did, where does it say that the military must be the size that it is?
I agree that it could be substantially more efficient in spending its money (the military).
Conservatives love to talk about cutting government, however they always seem to conveniently forget to include the military in those cuts. It doesn't matter that we could halve the military budget and still be spending more than any other country. If we did that, we might actually be able to pay our firefighters and we'd also have enough left over to keep Social Security solvent and pay for universal health care like every other civilized nation on earth.
Sorry to sound harsh, but you should probably brush up on the complexity and reality of geopolitics before making an erroneous statement like that. Sorry I can't expand on that... it's too complex! But seriously, I don't feel like writing a book.
Comment Re:Why are Libs so enamored with taxes? (Score 1) 623
Bullshit. Plain and simple. Do you think Amazon gets to avoid VAT on European sales? I think the State of California should block amazon.com from DNS resolution on state owned DNS servers, and block amazon.com's IP address at state owned routers.
Wow, really? So then all States (except CA and NJ) should therefore block NewEgg, since they don't charge taxes outside those two States?
It's like nobody gets it -- interstate commerce is not regulated by individual States; it is not an out-of-State entity's responsibility to collect sales taxes for residents of a State they have no presence in. Also, Amazon (as well as every online retailer) pays State taxes for sales to State residents (e.g., WA) that they have a presence in.
Comment Re:No way (Score 1) 623
Other online retailers such as WalMart have a physical presence in CA and must therefore collect sales tax.
Comment Re:Confront your accuser? (Score 1) 367
Which is exactly how it's done in my town. And you get sent a link to the video that you can review with your fine... just ask my wife. Why do the GP and GGP assume that it's not that way in LA?
Because it's not how it works in Cali (at least all of SoCal, and therefore the assumption that the enforcement/operation of these things being the same all over is proven false). Here, the images are electronically sent to San Diego. There they are reviewed by someone that works for the private company that manages the cameras. If you broke the red light law, regardless of the circumstances, you get a ticket mailed to the address of the plate.
Playing devil's advocate, I have seen the paper that gets sent, and regardless of what everyone says, the guy that got it deserved it -- it's very obvious that the light was already red as he approached the limit-line (the line before the crosswalk), which the camera sees and images, and you can see him clearly cross the crosswalk and go into the intersection, all while it was red.
Comment Re:judges need to say no (Score 2) 330
Hmmmm...
clarify privacy laws.
Really? You actually need to clarify that it's an invasion to take clandestine pics inside someone's home? Christ, it'd be less of an invasion if they'd sent a photographer to shoot through the curtains at night!
Comment Re:I am disappoint (Score 1) 75
I was gonna say the same thing (about the headline, that is -- I welcome our Slashdot overlords...).
1928 Time Traveler Caught On Film? 685
Many of you have submitted a story about Irish filmmaker George Clarke, who claims to have found a person using a cellphone in the "unused footage" section of the DVD The Circus, a Charlie Chaplin movie filmed in 1928. To me the bigger mystery is how someone who appears to be the offspring of Ram-Man and The Penguin got into a movie in the first place, especially if they were talking to a little metal box on set. Watch the video and decide for yourself.
Comment Re:this isnt the 70's (Score 1) 319
Maybe it's just me, but I'd rather my women didn't remind me of prepubescent girls......
By that logic, I take it you don't want women to shave their legs or armpits, either (they're both also pubic hair)? And, of course, you don't shave your beard or cut your hair?
Comment Re:This all story starts to look like swine flu (Score 1) 459
The deaths are something like 13 or so -- not an incredibly high amount, but there's evidence that suggests (and that's not strong enough a word) that Toyota's been aware of this since about 2002 and has actively tried to stop any and all probes, lobbied against safety changes, and made bogus recalls (e.g., the floor mats) in order to positively affect their bottom line.
Outlook 2010 Bug Creates Monster Email Files 126
Julie188 writes with this snippet from Network World "Office 2010 is still in beta and a patch is already out. Microsoft is trying to fix a bug in the email program Outlook 2010 Beta that creates unusually large e-mail files that take up too much space. The Outlook product team has offered a bug fix for both 32-bit and 64-bit systems that fixes the problem going forward, although previous emails will remain super-sized. This could be a problem for email programs that limit message sizes, such as Gmail or BlackBerry."
Owners Smash iPhones To Get Upgrades, Says Insurance Company 406
markass530 writes "An iPhone insurance carrier says that four in six claims are suspicious, and is worse when a new model appears on the market. 'Supercover Insurance is alleging that many iPhone owners are deliberately smashing their devices and filing false claims in order to upgrade to the latest model. The gadget insurance company told Sky News Sunday that it saw a 50-percent rise in claims during the month Apple launched the latest version, the iPhone 3GS.'"
64-Bit Flash Player For Linux Finally In Alpha 172
Luchio writes "Finally, a little bit of respect from Adobe with this alpha release of the Adobe Flash Player 10 that was made available for all Linux 64-bit enthusiasts! As noted, 'this is a prerelease version,' so handle with care. Just remove any existing Flash player and extract the new .so file in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (or /usr/lib/opera/plugins)."
Prolonged Gaming Blamed For Rickets Rise 254
superapecommando writes "Too many hours spent playing videogames indoors is contributing to a rise in rickets, according to a new study by doctors. Professor Simon Pearce and Dr Tim Cheetham of Newcastle University have written a paper in the British Medical Journal which warns of the rickets uptake – a disease which sufferers get when deficient in Vitamin D. The study boils down to the fact that as more people play videogames indoors they don't get enough sunlight and this has meant the hospitals are now having to combat a disease that was last in the papers around the time Queen Victoria was on the throne." At least the kids are eating enough snacks with iodized salt that we don't have to worry about goiters.
Apple Patches Massive Holes In OS X 246
Trailrunner7 writes with this snippet from ThreatPost: "Apple's first Mac OS X security update for 2010 is out, providing cover for at least 12 serious vulnerabilities. The update, rated critical, plugs security holes that could lead to code execution vulnerabilities if a Mac user is tricked into opening audio files or surfing to a rigged Web site." Hit the link for a list of the highlights among these fixes.
