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Comment Re:How about... (Score 1) 45

I mean yes, but also a pedestrian colliding against plastic designed to disipate energy by crumpling and breaking, is much much better than colliding against metal. That's the real reason. The problem is not the switch to plastic and functional crumpling. The real problem is the overpricing of collision parts because they know the main customer of these are the insurance companies.

Comment Re:Social Engineering? (Score 1) 116

I never thought this actually worked, then a week ago I got a concerned call from an old time customer that her computer was BSODing. Turns out, the AV license ran out and she got one of this ads and promptly downloaded the "Fix program". Cleaned the program away and the computer ran with no problem. Damn

Comment Re:the average American pays $99.10 per month for (Score 1) 174

What does the TV channels include and how fast is your internet? For comparison here in Mexico you can get a plan with 200Mbps down/20 Mbps up; 285 channels (95 in HD) with an unlimited phone line (which no one uses since cellphone lines are also unlimited, and no way to get rid of the phone) costs 1719 MXN a month which runs about 91.5 USD given the awful exchange rate (1 USD = 18.7975 MXN). This is on one of the expensive service providers. Recently changes to telecommunications law got passed making it easier to compete, we have a handful of choices even in the small city I live. Prices have gone down a lot! But still I'm curious if they are low enough or we're still being ripped off. Comparing to the states is one good option.

Comment This could be on purpose (Score 1) 69

Elections are harsh in Mexico, with the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) doing whatever it takes to hold onto power. This might very well be on purpose to extract data on voters to fake votes and inflate ballot boxes. A good bribe to the sysadmin or even a harsh threat (political parties are known to have nexus with organized crime) could have been the reason for this.

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