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flagnog··on Library of Congress and FTC will take their sites offline if gov’t shuts down
Wow, guess you can't take it, eh? :) that's ok, I know you're butthurt over it.
flagnog··on Library of Congress and FTC will take their sites offline if gov’t shuts down
It's always funny when the libs can't take what they dish out. Really? Negative points for pointing out the obvious - Obama only stands for what benefits Obama?
flagnog··on Library of Congress and FTC will take their sites offline if gov’t shuts down
Yep, the limit so far is 17 trillion, which is very limited..
flagnog··on School Expels Student For Playing With Toy Gun in His Own Yard
Anyone still question what the social outcome of all this will be?: society will frown upon gun ownership, to the extent that people will be ostracized for exercising their second amendment rights. It doesn't matter if this is planned or not, it's the end result that matters.
flagnog··on You are committing a crime right now (2012)
Nope, not involved in node/js. Sorry
flagnog··on On Lisp: Happy 20th Birthday
It basically spoiled programming in every other work language for me. Sometimes enlightenment brings pain.
flagnog··on You are committing a crime right now (2012)
It's a misdemeanor in the state of GA (all traffic violations are, now).
flagnog··on Infectious disease doesn't care why you're unvaccinated
It's interesting (scary) to see all the anti-biotic resistant diseases on the rise. I wonder how long until the diseases vaccinated against evolve enough to bypass the antibodies produced by the vaccine?
flagnog··on Down syndrome reversed in newborn mice with single injection
Ha, never heard of anyone else doing this before.
flagnog··on Down syndrome reversed in newborn mice with single injection
Silly rabbit, there you go thinking again. Did I say they chose? No, I said social, meaning their homosexuality was caused by social pressures instead of biological imperatives. I am sure there are some that 'chose' to be that way, just the majority of them are that way because of imprinting or other social pressures.
flagnog··on Down syndrome reversed in newborn mice with single injection
My gut feeling is that the majority of homosexuals are social, rather than biological.
flagnog··on Down syndrome reversed in newborn mice with single injection
Even better: I called one of my classmates a homo sapien, he went to the teacher and complained (he thought it meant he was gay) and the teacher said "you are a homo sapien". Ah, 6th grade, good times.
flagnog··on Drug Agents Use Vast Phone Trove Eclipsing N.S.A.’s
And if none of that was enough, have enough guns to force a regime change.
flagnog··on If you’re not rich, your bank probably wants you to overdraft
wtf? If the person can't be bothered with keeping track of their charges, they deserve a penalty.
flagnog··on Detained in the US for “Visiting Thailand Too Much”
With 11 million illegals in country I'd say we have anything BUT strict border controls. More like targeted border controls...
flagnog··on 1,600 Year Old Goblet Shows Romans Used Nanotechnology.
I always say that I'm a midget standing on the shoulders of giants.
flagnog··on Reporter goes rogue on RT, blasts "horrific" homophobia
so you're saying the laws in favor of slavery, and against homosexuality, should have been kept? Because they were the established practice and tradition...
flagnog··on The Man Who Was Treated for $17,000 Less
Here's a better idea: require all hospitals and Dr offices to publish fee schedules in a centralized location, allowing the customer to price-shop procedures. Then there would be downward pressure on prices, and you could plan in advance of elective procedures.
flagnog··on Obama administration asks Supreme Court to allow warrantless cellphone searches
ummm, waterboarding?
flagnog··on Crosswords don’t make you clever
way back in the dark ages, before the Playstation and XBox and Nintendo, I conducted my own empirical studies using coin-operated arcade games. I found that after a couple of hours, my reflexes plateaued, then degraded. I had to go do something else for a couple of hours before I could come back and do better.
flagnog··on DOJ Elevated Its Charges Against Swartz Because Internet Rallied on His Behalf
nope, it doesn't at all - it makes the prosecutor seem like a petulant child - they didn't get what they wanted (Swartz to quietly, meekly give in), so the pulled out the big guns and bullied him until he committed suicide.
flagnog··on DOJ Elevated Its Charges Against Swartz Because Internet Rallied on His Behalf
so, because someone's feathers got ruffled, they pursued him until he committed suicide. Let that be a lesson boys and girls - don't piss off people in power, bow and scrape like a good little citizen and you will be OK</sarcasm>.
flagnog··on ObamaCare months behind testing IT data security
first in a long line of failures. Say goodbye to medical care as we know it.
flagnog··on Linkedin Recommendations Are Junk
Not only that, the skills stuff is junk too - I have people endorsing me for skills that they have no clue of whether or not I posess them, nor how well I exercise them.
flagnog··on A rich new JavaScript code editor spreading to several Microsoft web sites
As Admiral Ackbar would say: "It's a trap!"

Unless you're committed to MS anyway.

flagnog··on SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition Sucks
"Are you also aware that Microsoft knowingly allows this to happen with a wink and a nod?"

and then the BSA comes calling.... it's not worth the risk.

flagnog··on SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition Sucks
THIS! This is one of the two largest arguments in favor of OSS. With a PG server all I have to do is throw it up, and not worry about the licensing. That's extra time back in my day for real work. No stress, no fuss, no muss.
flagnog··on Now That It’s in the Broadband Game, Google Flip-Flops on Network Neutrality
every other consumer broadband plan has been against them from the start. Google, on the other hand is the only company to start off saying do whatever, then change their tune once they started offering broadband.
flagnog··on How Apple Gets At-Home Workers To Work
Nah, they just ask the NSA.
flagnog··on Microsoft’s shares sink by more than 10%
and don't forget: DR now provided by the NSA.

And MS is still (a bit more quietly) trying to kill off Open Source in general, and the GPL in particular.

And MS is still trying to control your data by locking it up in non-standard (don't start saying it's a standard if even MS doesn't follow it) in proprietary products.

And MS is still running embrace, extend, extinguish on every competing technology.

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