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Apparently the one that down-voted my comment can't articulate just why they disagree or disapprove. Was it too long a reply? Is it too full of sentiment? Is it too complex of an issue? Or could it be that a person with a bunch of karma points is trying to show me how to respond in such a way that I get more points? I think I'm done with this board as a forum for discussion. Down-vote away you karma bums.

He should be applauded and all charges dropped. One of the hallmarks of a free society is a lack of surveillance. The fact that he didn't first turn to his superiors brings back my impressions of the Bush era. The Bush era was the first time I ever feared my own government and that impression continues today although not nearly as much.

They're typos.

Here's a carefully written article:

http://www.educationbug.org/a/typos-vs-misspellings.html

I have hope that this is true. So much of the treatment and prevention is focused on protecting the surface of the teeth which is certainly a major consideration. However, there are health conditions that seem to effect the teeth and enamel that are not born from a tooth problem. A symptom of celiac is holes in the enamel. I don't know if these heal though after the diet is adjusted for celiac.

Bones can heal so it seems to follow (to me anyway) that perhaps teeth can heal too. Again, I hope this is true. I agree that conditions would have to be right in order for it to happen.

There are 'those people' that never get cavities. Would be interesting to know what's going on there.

I've often thought about traffic flow when stuck in traffic. I'm in favor of a bit of a gap. I'll try to describe it. I'll start with what lead me to my conclusion.

At a stop light that has turned green all the cars do not go at once. They all proceed sequentially from first to last. If the line is long enough, and the light short enough, the last car cannot make it through. If all cars were to accelerate at the same time simultaneously like a train then many more cars would make it through the light. Of course this will never happen with human drivers.

I believe keeping a reasonable buffer in traffic helps prevent the above situation that I see occur at lights. The delay of this affect is repeated for each and every stop.

I think an excessive gap would make the flow worse in the way described in the article. I'm thinking there's a happy medium somewhere. Somewhere between the excessive gap of the one that wants to teach everyone the 'wisdom' of the gap and the hot-heads that want to drive over the person in front.

Shame that someone tossed out that old red rotary phone. Wasn't it Buckminster Fuller that said garbage was just an non utilized resource?

It looks like it might have an advantage over the traditional umbrella in a wind gust. It doesn't look like it needs to fold against the wind to collapse and can maybe collapse safely into the handle if desired. Resilience to wind is a feature I would value in an umbrella way more than the risk of getting a little wet when entering a car etc. Writing from the Seattle area and the rain has started.... Got rain on the mind.

A good documentary to watch:

Adam Curtis - Bitter Lake (2015)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2hdcji_bitter-lake-2015-ad...

When I first created a facebook account in 2007, it asked for my email passord. I thought, "there's no way in hell I'm ever going to give that out to anyone and what kind of low-class outfit would ever ask.".

Then as I was using it and uploading pictures to it, the number of pictures I could load was reduced (eventually to one at a time per album) as it suggested I install special uploading software. I thought, "there's no way in hell I'm going to install anything on my machine just to upload pictures to some website and what kind of low-class outfit would ever require this let alone try to pressure me into it."

My impression of them has not changed one bit. I still have my account since I loath to imply a slight to my many contacts on facebook by leaving.

The idea of facebook is brilliant. It is so brilliant in fact that I think it prospers in spite of the fact that it is run by an absolute creep.

Some pretty bad things were done to a lot of those that 'got off their asses'. It is much more acceptable to buck authority now, or at least a lot less dangerous.

I agree that passion is what you can't not do but I think there's more to it. A person may not know what they are passionate about until they are right up against it.

Passion is what you care about. If getting a job done right keeps you up at night and you go the extra mile to do, then you have passion. If you can let it go then you don't.

I think better advice is: if you have a passion, then try to find a way to make it profitable if it's not and get into a position that you can act on your passion so it's not a detriment.

Having passion in an environment where it is not wanted is an awful experience and get a person fired really quick in an employment situation.

When a passion is profitable and works with others then it builds a fire that feeds itself and can be very fulfilling.

I got by using xp on a quite old machine from 2007 to 2015 by disabling updates and using a firewall. I think many will do similar things with windows 7.

Funny you mention pc-bsd. I lost the boot sector (perhaps) on my ssd in my win7 machine so this weekend I installed pc-bsd on the 'broken' ssd. During the install I was given a warning that something in my uefi was funny. Windows just failed to install with errors and no help to be found on the install cd (retail version).

So...I'm currently, as of 24 hours ago, using pc-bsd. I can't see most people going for it though. The kde desktop uninstalled itself randomly so I ended up installing gnome desktop and am using the classic version of gnome. It's going well now though. Actually really well, but I keep waiting for something bad to happen. If it behaves for a bit longer I might just switch.

There's an evil side to microsoft that I wouldn't miss but I do already miss liking microsoft. I've used them for a really long time. There's a lot of good design and engineering in there.

I tend to hate roundabouts. They're terrifying. But for 5-ways (and more) I think they can be a better solution than the complicated signage and striping of a traditional intersection. Provided that they are low speed.

There should be a compass marking at the center of each roundabout as standard.

What I can conclude for sure is that the upvoting/downvoting system is very imprecise, but engaging at the same time.

Excuse me. Science only happens in precise and predictable ways.

This may be sloppy science, but sometimes discoveries happen in very sloppy and unpredictable ways.

I've removed the update reminder from two win7 machines. It wasn't difficult.

Instructions are here: http://www.myce.com/news/how-to-uninstall-kb3035583-the-wind...

Incredible and beautiful.

This guy is brilliant! I want to do this.

There must be a law, or observation, concerning a balance of effort expended between 'labor replaced by tech' & 'hassle created by the labor saving tech'.

yes, and an hour of cycling is not the same as an hour on the average bike ride. Unless you're cycling up a mountain.

I used to play with those (mercury blob mazes) at electronic/junk shops when I was a little kid. Currently I've got a small collecting of mercury switches and rather large jar of mercury in the basement... It's neat stuff.

Yes. I grew up in Seattle and people rarely make eye contact. It's terrible. It wasn't until I visited other areas that I realized that it wasn't just me.

People here do want to be forced out of their shell though. If you don't require the slightest bit of affirmation in your personality, you'll do fine in Seattle. If not you'll most certainly get the blues. I do fine on some days and then sometimes it's just a chore.

I think a lot of the debate over evolution has to do with doctrines rather than concepts. I think a lot of it also has to do with a grudge between western science and the roman catholic church. It's a well deserved grudge I believe, but it doesn't get to a better understanding of science or religious thought.

I think the creationists are not necessarily dumb but I have no doubt that the evolutionists are not faithless.

I wish I wasn't reading this on the ACLU but in the mainstream press.

I don't have a problem with advertising and info gathering in general as long as you can opt out when you want to be private. When I search for something unpopular or controversial or personal I want to know that I have privacy. Just as when I change clothes, I want to have reason to believe that no one is watching me. When I clear my cookies I want to the tracking to be gone. I want fresh searches after I clear my cookies.

I know all of this has been said over and over but I'll say it again and I know I will say it again over and over.

Your last paragraph is how I view the non-trauma side of American medicine.

My confidence in the economy was great until I read this...

This is really exciting news. I'm not saying this from the prospective of a victory for capitalism and the market but as a hope that these 'alternative' energy sources will be standard energy sources. But it is nice when the market can make something good happen.