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Because they are angry people. Angry!

But the precise identity of these substances is often unknown to researchers and printer users because the printer manufacturers don’t disclose this information. That's not entirel…

So I guess the disk platters used a glass substrate, coated in a layer of magnetic medium?

But, of course, no one questions the possibility of, like, you know, not letting kids use cell phones in school. Or maybe not letting kids use any form of digital camera, at all, e…

2. Cooking is easy and enjoyable Okay, but what about washing dishes, and waiting in line at the grocery store, and taking out the garbage, and cleaning the refrigerator, and wasti…

...not to mention that in most cases, Johnny doesn't even really know what encryption is, let alone believe he's capable of it. Try asking someone to encrypt something, anything be…

I dunno. Technicalities of vertical envelopment aside, once something is surrounded it's usually considered ceded to those who have it surrounded. An inability to defend, contraste…

The common definition of a duel is: FIGHT TO THE DEATH. Typically with weapons, not limited to pistols, and pre-dating pistols, swords were used. And the above cited law states tha…

Uh, sort of, yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_punch http://www.fightingarts.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showfl... You'll probably want a degree of comraderie in a fight,…

The funny thing about depictions of ISIS' areas of operation and control on maps provided by, say... The New York Times, is that they're always shown as wispy red tendrils curling …

Okay, so at 30 frames per second, 500 seconds of animation, so... less than 10 minutes?

I'm complaining about his beating around the bush, not a reading comprehension thing. I like to know where the author stands on the topic at the outset, otherwise the article feels…

Yikes! I thought NYC was bad. ...and yeah, I was thinking more in terms of national averages, not specific metropolitan areas.

God damn it. That guy needs to learn to spell out certain key points, when writing an article. Maybe he'll consider bouncing his material off an editor from time to time. I’ve long…

$75,000 isn't market wages for a developer?

Another key point: My contrarian remarks aren't made in such ways that would result in getting flagged to death or hellbanned. My goal is discussion, not shock value or being incen…

Fun fact: I find downvoting to be a completely worthless feature of this site for all of the reasons you've listed and more! I find it useless to be in possession of the capacity t…