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Comment Re:TV? (Score 1) 502

Lord knows! ABP + NoScript, and I die a little death every time I accidentally fire up IE and see OH MY GOD THE ADS! MY EYES! MAKE IT STOP!

Has anyone, anywhere, ever, clicked a picture of a dancing super-deformed girl character dressed in a green smock in an actual attempt to become a social worker? WTH?

By the way, the TV I own isn't in my home. Wife and I use 'net for pretty much everything for years now. I actually get a little queasy in waiting rooms and restaurants, under the constant barrage of over-compressed audio and perfectly-histogrammed video that never... ever... stops... Fear of a Blank Planet indeed.

Comment Re:Not this arguement again. (Score 1) 531

Mod parent up, please. I have recently been to the range with friends that know guns and gun safety, and own a number of pistols/rifles/shotguns. Something really clicked this last time I was there, and I managed to put 10 .45 shots into 3" of center/left (heart area) target at 21 yards. Please bear in mind, this is my second time shooting anything, ever. Practice with guns (for the moment, someone else's) has been critically important for me. I'll be getting my first hunting license this year (at age 31), and actually doing some hunting. I'm sure that someday, there will be guns in my house, and the children I don't have yet will all get very thorough schooling, including gun handling and safety. Sniping auctions is fun, but so is blowin' up stuff real good.

Anyway, strongly concurred. Go to the range.
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Journal Journal: I'm a man 15

It's time to tell the truth. I am a 55 year-old man. My name is Andy Kaufman, and I live in New York City.

I am sincerely sorry to everyone for all my lies.

--Andy

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Journal Journal: Merry Christmas -- $$$$$exyGal

It's not the new year yet, but it seems like a good time to give thanks.

Long story short, I've had a good year. Great job, short commute, and dating again. I've become focused, but with great flexibility. I'm not sweating the big stuff, or the small stuff. The good stuff is in the middle.

May your holidays be commercial-free,
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Journal Journal: Teach me economics: Why are tech jobs going to India? 19

American companies are moving tech jobs overseas to India [more info]. Why? Simple, it's all about money. But how is that so? The article says that Indian programmers make 1/10th that of American programmers. Why do they make so much less?

I'm not an economist, but here's a some possible reasons:

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Journal Journal: Can the blind see? 30

Xerithane left me a very interesting comment a few weeks ago. Here's a blurb:

For instance, I suffer from a moderately rare eye condition. I will go blind for 3+ hours if I'm exposed to bright light for more than a few minutes. It's like a goths wet dream. When it first happened I was probably 12 or so, and the whole time I sepnt trying to think what blind people saw suddenly made sense.

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Journal Journal: Slashdot Oldtimers? Are there more archives? 21

Just for fun, I decided to peruse the really really old Slashdot stuff to see how everything started. Maybe I'd find quiet thoughtful debate about the HTML CENTER tag (1995?) ? Or maybe some lively debate regarding the plot of "Good Will Hunting (1997)" ?

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