Comment Re:Sure, it's not personal at all (Score 1) 436
I can randomly write down license plates I see all day. If I don't have access DMV records than I have no idea who is driving that car.
I am not saying what MS did is right. But an IP address in of itself can't identify a person.
Comment Re:Use the line to pull other lines into your outl (Score 1) 635
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Comment Re:Avoid American Airlines (Score 1) 303
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Comment Re:Some also want knives banned (Score 1) 615
Hand-picked top chefs who say that they don't need a large pointed knife clearly don't make sushi, cut up chickens, or dice their own garlic, let alone have the same economic concerns as the average "man in the street" - it's hard to see what it looks like in a normal kitchen from the top of an ivory tower.
But isn't that is what a sous chef is for?? It easy to forget what you need to do basic things like dicing garlic, when your paying someone else is doing it.
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Comment Damn Canadians (Score 1) 242
Comment Re:I didn't know Feinstein was a Republican.... (Score 1) 873
I'm thinking 2 terms for the house and 1 for senate. Then maybe just maybe we will have a legislative branch that is more worried about doing what is good for country and not being reelected.
Comment Re:Oh how I love planes.. (Score 1) 366
If you buy tickets months ahead of time, you used to be able to get good deals. These days, by the time the return flight becomes available for sale, all the cheap seats on the flight over are sold out because everybody is buying so far ahead trying to keep from getting utterly screwed by the skyrocketing prices.
I fly almost every week for work and have noticed that the ticket prices are usually the best two to three weeks out, sometimes just one week. Less than a week usually means paying a premium
Of course, the holidays are usually the exception.
Comment Re:Natural Monopolies (Score 1) 647
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Comment Re:USB hubs (Score 1) 47
Or that typical interface for almost every PC game is keyboard and mouse. Yes you can use a controller, but most PC gamers don't. Not to mention a keyboard and mouse isn't the best interface while sitting on a couch.
Of course PC gaming has always been a one person to a box thing unlike consoles, with a few exceptions I can't think of.