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Comment Re:NUCLEAR IS NEVER THE ANSWER! (Score 1) 424

Abolishing something is so ridiculously hard to do to 100% that it's almost never an option, see prohibition or the current war on drugs in America that's been going on for 30 years to no perceivable effect. As for making everyone forget about it, well..... I can't say that it's never happened before (if it did we forgot about it) but I would have to think it's would be magnitudes more difficult than abolition. If you think nuclear power is that evil then how about a solution that has a reasonable chance at success, heck, I'd be willing to listen to one that even had a minuscule chance.

Spouting slogans and raving on about the evils of any topic incessantly just get you labeled a a bit of a nut and in the end is in no way productive.

Comment Re:Why don't I need word? (Score 2, Insightful) 843

I love Open Office

In many ways it's superior to MS Office but it does have one great downfall and that is MS Office, more to the point the MS Office format. I've used both programs extensively for the last couple years and one thing that I've found is that if you modify a .doc file with Open Office and then pass it off to someone who's going to use MS there is a very good chance that the .doc will have some horrible formating issues. I know lot's of OOffice lovers (read as MS bashers) will tell you that it looks just fine when they open it up and have no problems but thats not the issue, if you if you go MS with that document thats when it's messed up and makes you look like a fool. If I'm going to build a PDF or make a document to be printed I'll use OOffice every time but I've been force to use MS Office most of the time just to keep my documents from getting mangled.

The only way to fix this would be to get MS to open up the .doc format (not going to happen) or to get the whole world to switch off MS Office (honestly think that opening up .doc would be easier). Yes yes I'm sure lots of MS bashers out there love that second option but with the entire US government and the vast majority of businesses everywhere locked on MS it's not going to change anytime soon and wishfully thinking isn't going to change it.

Comment Re:This is not moderation, this is accomodation. (Score 1) 78

A stripper at a bachelor party is providing a erotic service that is not against the law.

If you go to Nevada you'll find that there are legal cat houses there "like from the HBO show Cat House".

Craigs List made a statement months ago when this all started saying that those adds would be on the site with or without the "erotic services" section and at least this way the only way you would see them is if you were looking for them. That section isn't about Craigs List partnering in prostitution or even saying that it's OK, just that it's a fact and that it's not really their job to put an end to it.

Comment Re:Bah (Score 1) 700

You forgot to mention the muscle cramps, caffeine is a diuretic and can lead to dehydration and dehydration can and will cause cramps. I used to wake up in the middle of the night with horrendous charley horses in the backs of my calf's. When I figured out that it was too much caffeine I spent a really bad few days to "get clean" and it fixed me right up. Have cut way down on my intake and haven't made that mistake again.

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