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Comment I'm Blind in Texas (Score 1) 523

Any love for the TI 99/4A? I had it along with a TI Extended Basic (sprites!), a Speech Synthesizer, a casette adapter, and a Peripheral Expansion Box. Played lots of Hunt the Wumpus, Parsec, Star Trek, and some game I can't remember the name of with flying octopuses. Had the Flight Simulator too but it took like an hour to load off cassette.

Comment Decide to make a statement. (Score 1) 76

Easy fix. Everytime you go to Walmart (why do you go to Walmart?), stop in the mens department, pick up a 3 or 4x hanging shirt, then put it on the robot as you walk by. Blind robot can't see. Or... just walk between the robot and the shelves. At some point, Walmart management will figure it out and scrap the program.

Comment 50/50 (Score 1) 284

When I hear a weather-person say there is a 50% chance of rain tomorrow, my brain translates that into "maybe it will rain, maybe it won't" The weather prediction is 100% accurate.

So, in this case, my brain translated this as "maybe we live in The Matrix, maybe we don't", which as far as I can tell is just restating the question. 100% accurate? Yes. Information (valuable or not)? No.

Comment Re:Liberty is the only thing in danger here. (Score 5, Insightful) 550

Many assumptions in those questions:

1) He has to justify his carry. He does not.
2) He feels he needs to. He did not say that, he said he was carrying. One does not "need" in order to excercise a right
3) He fears for his safety. I see no indication of fear. I suspect, rather, that he does NOT fear for his safety. Once again, fear of safety is not a requirement to excercise a right.
4) He lives somewhere where it is necessary to keep a firearm and ammo while working in an office environment. See above, a firearm being "necessary" is not a requirement for carry if you live in an area that is open carry, '"must issue", or no permit required.

I do however sense you projecting your own fears into the questions. I may be wrong, but if not it's ok. Make you a deal -- I have found that most folks who are "afraid" of guns & people who carry are those that have the least exposure. Actually, this is common in almost all fears. If you are near, I'll take you out, show you some basics, let you fire a few rounds from a variety of rifles, pistols, and shotguns. I'm not saying I can or will change your feelings, but at least I'll know that you are basing those on education, exposure, and experience rather than what you've heard or seen. Message me if you want to take me up on that.
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Submission + - Amazon Patents 'Maintaining Scarcity' of Goods

theodp writes: Back in Biblical times, creating abundance was considered innovative. That was then. Last Tuesday, GeekWire reports, the USPTO awarded Amazon.com a broad patent on reselling and lending 'used' digital goods for an invention that Amazon boasts can be used to 'maintain scarcity' of digital objects, including audio files, eBooks, movies, apps, and pretty much anything else.

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