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Comment Re:really though anyone shocked? (Score 1) 59

Your misuse of language betrays you. I'm sure you meant, "Democratic owned cities..." and "Democratic presidents". FoxNews keeps trying to change the word, but that doesn't make it correct. It's pretty obvious that people who use "Democrat" don't have a respectful, open-minded, fair, consider-all-points-of-view approach.

Comment Re:Did he misread the email? (Score 1) 405

Confirmed: Brent didn't misread the email. The latest post regarding Web Lock on Network Solutions' blog says,

Any customers who may happen to enroll, who do not recognize value, or do not wish to take advantage of this new security, will continue to be allowed to opt out of the program. More importantly, as one of the world’s largest domain registrars and global Internet leaders, we believe that we have a responsibility to “push” our customers—to help inform, educate, and protect them against would-be threats. [emphasis mine]

Could someone please explain how anyone could "happen" to enroll? At least they "allow" opt out. How wonderfully generous.

Comment Maglev train in Shanghai: 432 km/h (=268 mph!) (Score 2, Informative) 539

aims to operate at a record-breaking 223 miles per hour

Record-breaking?! I rode the maglev train from Shanghai http://www.shairport.com/en/airline02_d.jsp to the airport. It accelerates for an awe-inspiring 3 minutes, to 432 km/h http://flickr.com/photos/25577117@N00/21992900/ then after about 1 minute it decelerates for the final 3 minutes. Less than 8 minutes for what is nearly an hour drive in traffic (30 km).

Of course there are no tunnels, it's brand new maglev track, etc, so not comparable to trains on traditional track. Still, an unbeatable experience.

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