Or speeds it up, depending on how it's used. Sometimes a nice clean bit of JavaScript can eliminate the need for another page load, and a little AJAX query can quickly fill something in without the need to load a completely new copy of the entire page again. Of course JavaScript can also be used to do stupid annoying things, and on a site like this, they should definitely make sure the site degrades very well.

Oh hush, let him make his point. :-P

I'm not sure if you never listen to NPR, or never watch MSNBC...

The "old guard" editors didn't know how to do their jobs either. Note my user ID; I remember. I come here for the comments, not the articles.

As is so often the case, those of us posting here on Slashdot have no idea. Of course someone does, but we don't.

If you ask a transit rider how to get there by car, they may not give you the best directions. Try asking them how to get there by bus. If they don't know the answer offhand, they certainly know how to quickly find out.

Thanks, I got these titles from thomas.loc.gov and it didn't occur to me that they wouldn't be the official titles.

Back in the Win95/98 days, I can't tell you how many people mentioned to me that they had tried defragmenting their hard drive as a troubleshooting step.

You're right about the first part, but wrong about the second part.

H.R.132 : ObamaCare Repeal Act
H.R.1005 : Defund Obamacare Act
H.R.2087 : Protecting Taxpayer Dollars and Identity under Obamacare Act
H.R.2125 : No IRS Implementation of Obamacare Act
H.R.2443 : Safeguarding Children Harmed by Obamacare's Onerous Levies Act
H.R.2682 : Defund Obamacare Act of 2013
H.R.3067 : No Obamacare Subsidies for Members of Congress Act of 2013
S.177 : ObamaCare Repeal Act
S.1292 : Defund Obamacare Act of 2013
S.1497 : No Exemption for Washington from Obamacare Act

Unfortunately not, but if you find one, let me know!

I should mention, in case it wasn't clear, that my comment about Planned Parenthood was an example I made up, not something mentioned in the study I linked to.

According to this report (PDF), there are three distinct groups within the Republican party: the Tea Party, evangelicals (the Religious Right), and moderates. There are stark differences between the three groups, but another poster mentioned "the power of cognitive dissonance" - no matter which of the three Republican subgroups you belong to, you're going to have a natural tendency to WANT to agree with the other two, because you're a Republican. For example, Evangelicals think the government shouldn't fund Planned Parenthood because abortion is murder, and the Tea Party thinks the government shouldn't fund Planned Parenthood because it's wasteful government spending, but Evangelicals are going to adopt "smaller government" as part of their argument and Tea Partiers will adopt the moral case as part of their argument.

Well, you can, apparently. They're going to be reelected, you know. Most of them.

I just want to quickly point out that the government did NOT "promise to pay you back at some indeterminate time in the future". After the shutdown was over, they decided to do it, just as most people thought they probably would (based on a similar decision 17 years ago) but during the shutdown there was no such promise.

Just because you have a contract that says you can be screwed, doesn't mean you're not getting screwed.