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Comment Re:Soon to be 'encouraged' for lower insurance rat (Score 3, Insightful) 30

And mountain climbers.

And bikers in urban areas.

And people who have a temper (emotional stress shortening their lifespan don't' cha know..).

And soon, those who sit too much. Who don't do their expected exercise first thing in the morning. Who don't live however Our Exalted Overlords want us to live.

Thanks but no thanks to all this garbage.

Comment Re:By "Facebook" they mean ... (Score 1) 102

Yup... "No one believes more firmly than Comrade Napoleon that all animals are equal. He would be only too happy to let you make your decisions for yourselves. But sometimes you might make the wrong decisions, comrades, and then where should we be?" -- George Orwell, Animal Farm -- apparently taken once again as an instruction manual instead of a warning.

Comment Ugh... (Score 5, Informative) 43

For now at least about:config --> browser.urlbar.update1 turns that ugly thing back off. From web searching, it looks like it was renamed on the nightlies around version 74, so expect that will probably go away soon and we'll be stuck with it.

Also: browser.urlbar.trimURLs if you don't care for the hiding of https and www.

Comment Executive Power? (Score 1) 171

How exactly is this constitutional? Congress presumably by law granted the Executive the right to make the loans and charge the interest -- I seriously doubt there's a "but waive it whenever you feel like" clause... if there is, the article definitely doesn't say it.

I know, I know... the FYTW clause strikes again. So annoying.

(And before someone starts frothing in a rage -- I don't think this is a terrible idea for an economic stimulus given the stupid amounts of debt folks are apparently running up, not going to argue those causes. I just want the government to use the proper process, not act in a dictatorial fashion whenever it feels like it).

Comment Re:Testable predictions (Score 1) 322

I live in Houston.

Are you old enough to remember when Houston actually had a "winter"? Because I am.

Well, you must a been around Houston for a hell of a time. In the 40 years I've been here winter has only ever been an occasional thing for at most a handful of weeks. Remembering a few freezes doesn't hardly count as remembering a winter.

Comment Re:US Legal system (Score 5, Interesting) 571

And that's how these things would normally be handled here as well.

In fact, it is mentioned in the article that it *did* go to small claims first, where the plaintiff asked for a ridiculous court-maximum of $6000 (for a $75 online purchase). That got found in favor of the defendant after the plantiff apparently admitted to destroying/disposing of the printer and had no further evidence of it not being as described in the sale.

Only after he lost in small claims did he somehow then take it to additional courts. I have a few thoughts based on the Indiana Supreme Court actually knowing this guy by name and commenting on his usage of the courts -- but the words "libel suit" are coming to my mind so I'll just keep my impressions to myself.

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