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Perhaps I'm missing something. How would you know if someone is an excellent censor (I.e. They only censor "bad" speech, and not "good" speech) if then intent is to shield you from…

I think you're missing the point, and would mind if we all went through your financial, medical and personal records. These records are made available to OPM under what are suppose…

With FISMA no one builds even remotely secure systems, nothing anyone here would even want their name associated with. And this is because under FISMA government executives can "ex…

Indeed. This is what's led to the skyrocketing costs of college degrees, the irrational belief that without one you're financially doomed. So any degree is presumed to be better th…

Then no one will issue loans to those students, who have a very high likelihood of never paying it back. You're right back to cheap schools and only issuing loans for degrees that …

In reality bad culture hires stick around because most people are polite and assume it's just them, and They give difficult people second chances, they put up with them for a long …

As Elvis Presely used to day: these aren't drugs, these are pills see I've got a 'script from my doctor. Psychology is everything, prescriptions aren't drugs, pills are safe, needl…

Simple, diesel costs more per gallon, it's not as widely sold compared to gasoline (not every station may have it), and there are less car models availavle with diesel as an option…

The first startup I worked for, after taxes, made me over 1m and I was employee 42.

Which is why I'm always puzzled as to why job applications ask for information that has no bearing on the process of qualifying an applicant, such as age, gender, nationality, race…

Your on to some thing here. In some resort communities, with high housing costs and large "seasonal" residents, you'll find rent controlled properties for just the reason you menti…

I don't follow, privately owned housing is a normal good. It's a Textbook case, as average living standards rise, the total demand for housing expands, as does the demand for more …

I'll probably get down voted for this, so be it. I worked in the Clinton whitehouse in the mid-90s. Every time you sent an email, which was on a cluster of VAX servers, you got a f…

A 90 minute delay by immigration because someone didn't bring the right paperwork is not the same thing as being imprisoned.

Neither MIT nor Harvard are public schools, they are both private.

Most ROTC cadets do not have scholarships, and for their first two years they recieve no money. Of those students, only during their 3rd and 4th years do they recieve any funding a…

Its DHS that is responsible for protecting critical infrastructure, not the NSA: http://www.dhs.gov/homeland-security-presidential-directive-... In the NSAs charter, the term "Nati…

Minor point, Hicks is a private in Aliens.

Or they're just sociopathic and sadistic and actually enjoy what they are doing. Wouldn't be the first time a DDOS was done just for the lulz.

Doesnt use of natural gas have an adverse impact on climate change?