User: Bernard Swiss
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• Re: How about Creator?

  Posted to Jurisprudence by Bernard Swiss on November 28, 2009     Views: 13 Replies: 1
  Topic: How about Creator?     Rating: -1
  Last response by Joe_JP on November 28, 2009

• Re: Don't forget Open Office

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on November 21, 2009     Views: 11 Replies: 0
  Topic: Don't forget Open Office     
  Last response by degsme on November 27, 2009

• It's called "lock-in"...

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on November 27, 2009     Views: 15 Replies: 1
  Topic: Don't forget Open Office     
  Last response by degsme on November 27, 2009

• Re: OpenOffice from Sun Microsystems

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on November 21, 2009     Views: 9 Replies: 1
  Topic: OpenOffice from Sun Microsystems     
  Last response by enfermot!! on November 23, 2009

• seriously?

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on November 21, 2009     Views: 7 Replies: 1
  Topic: Missed stuff as usual     
  Last response by Badbone on November 22, 2009

• Selling commodities at scarcity prices

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on November 21, 2009     Views: 48 Replies: 0
  Topic: Selling commodities at scarcity prices     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on November 21, 2009

• Re: hell freezes over - i agree with farhad for once

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on November 21, 2009     Views: 12 Replies: 0
  Topic: hell freezes over - i agree with farhad for once     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on November 21, 2009

• Re: Businesses have needs that home users don't.

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on November 21, 2009     Views: 10 Replies: 0
  Topic: Businesses have needs that home users don't.     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on November 21, 2009

• Re: To nitpick

  Posted to How They Do It by Bernard Swiss on October 22, 2009     Views: 19 Replies: 1
  Topic: To nitpick     
  Last response by JGC on October 24, 2009

• Re: So show your math

  Posted to How They Do It by Bernard Swiss on October 22, 2009     Views: 13 Replies: 1
  Topic: Creationist?­?     Rating: +1
  Last response by JGC on October 23, 2009

• Re: Transformative use

  Posted to Politics by Bernard Swiss on October 22, 2009     Views: 12 Replies: 0
  Topic: Transformati­ve use     Rating: +3
  Last response by enfermot!! on October 23, 2009

• The committee does not have to make a selection

  Posted to Foreigners by Bernard Swiss on October 11, 2009     Views: 30 Replies: 1
  Topic: Unless there is a candidate there should be no award     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on October 12, 2009

• Re: The committee does not have to make a selection

  Posted to Foreigners by Bernard Swiss on October 12, 2009     Views: 36 Replies: 0
  Topic: Unless there is a candidate there should be no award     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on October 12, 2009

• Re: The committee does not have to make a selection

  Posted to Foreigners by Bernard Swiss on October 12, 2009     Views: 29 Replies: 0
  Topic: Unless there is a candidate there should be no award     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on October 12, 2009

• Tolstoy wasn't eligable

  Posted to Foreigners by Bernard Swiss on October 11, 2009     Views: 33 Replies: 1
  Topic: what would tolstoy have won for?     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on October 12, 2009

• Re: Tolstoy wasn't eligable -- Yes he was

  Posted to Foreigners by Bernard Swiss on October 12, 2009     Views: 39 Replies: 0
  Topic: what would tolstoy have won for?     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on October 12, 2009

• Re: Intelligent liberals agree with you Applebaum

  Posted to Foreigners by Bernard Swiss on October 11, 2009     Views: 25 Replies: 0
  Topic: Intelligent liberals agree with you Applebaum     Rating: +1/-2
  Last response by Doc Holliday on October 12, 2009

• Re: Baby with the bath water

  Posted to Foreigners by Bernard Swiss on October 10, 2009     Views: 22 Replies: 0
  Topic: Baby with the bath water     Rating: +1
  Last response by Sultan64 on October 11, 2009

• I remember this story about a certain red paperclip...

  Posted to Culturebox by Bernard Swiss on October 10, 2009     Views: 162 Replies: 0
  Topic: I remember this story about a certain red paperclip...     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on October 10, 2009

• Re: Annoyance not health

  Posted to Human Nature by Bernard Swiss on October 2, 2009     Views: 47 Replies: 2
  Topic: Annoyance not health     Rating: +1
  Last response by sundancer12 on October 6, 2009

• Re: Kindle Crybabies?

  Posted to Moneybox by Bernard Swiss on October 2, 2009     Views: 36 Replies: 1
  Topic: Kindle Crybabies?     Rating: +1
  Last response by DuckworkerMike on October 4, 2009

• Re: trick questions are tough to evaluate

  Posted to Prescriptions by Bernard Swiss on September 29, 2009     Views: 27 Replies: 1
  Topic: trick questions are tough to evaluate     Rating: +1
  Last response by libertyforall on September 29, 2009

• Re: In Passivity We Trust

  Posted to Prescriptions by Bernard Swiss on September 29, 2009     Views: 26 Replies: 0
  Topic: In Passivity We Trust     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on September 29, 2009

• Re: Human Error

  Posted to Faith-Based by Bernard Swiss on November 7, 2008     Views: 273 Replies: 0
  Topic: Human Error     
  Last response by NightSwimmer on September 21, 2009

• Re: Outdoor smoking is the least of our worries

  Posted to Human Nature by Bernard Swiss on September 17, 2009     Views: 38 Replies: 0
  Topic: Outdoor smoking is the least of our worries     
  Last response by amethyst on September 18, 2009

• Re: Don't Ban Smoking, Just Don't Permit It

  Posted to Human Nature by Bernard Swiss on September 15, 2009     Views: 60 Replies: 1
  Topic: Don't Ban Smoking, Just Don't Permit It     Rating: +2
  Last response by MacAdvisor on September 16, 2009

• Smokers, outdoor smoking, and attitudes

  Posted to Human Nature by Bernard Swiss on September 15, 2009     Views: 243 Replies: 2
  Topic: Smokers, outdoor smoking, and attitudes     
  Last response by Datdamwuf on September 16, 2009

• Re: Can we cut to the chase?

  Posted to Human Nature by Bernard Swiss on September 16, 2009     Views: 41 Replies: 0
  Topic: Can we cut to the chase?     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on September 16, 2009

• It's a loaded offer

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on August 28, 2009     Views: 41 Replies: 0
  Topic: Here is the solution     
  Last response by zornwil on September 15, 2009

• Re: Doing more?

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on September 11, 2009     Views: 58 Replies: 0
  Topic: Real performance?     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on September 11, 2009

• Re: Flawed Logic as usual

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on September 11, 2009     Views: 46 Replies: 0
  Topic: Flawed Logic as usual     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on September 11, 2009

• Re: I'd like to know which computer is fast enough...

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on September 11, 2009     Views: 52 Replies: 0
  Topic: I'd like to know which computer is fast enough...     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on September 11, 2009

• Re: Those stats are just as meaningless

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on September 11, 2009     Views: 49 Replies: 0
  Topic: Those stats are just as meaningless     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on September 11, 2009

• Re: Republicans are liars

  Posted to Prescriptions by Bernard Swiss on September 5, 2009     Views: 101 Replies: 0
  Topic: Republicans are liars     Rating: +1
  Last response by bill sullivan on September 8, 2009

• Re: we like Firefox… but

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on August 29, 2009     Views: 58 Replies: 0
  Topic: we like Firefox… but     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on August 29, 2009

• Re: IT Managers

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on August 28, 2009     Views: 110 Replies: 0
  Topic: IT Managers     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on August 28, 2009

• Re: Negotiating with IT

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on August 28, 2009     Views: 76 Replies: 0
  Topic: Negotiating with IT     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on August 28, 2009

• Re: ok here it is in a nutshell.

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on August 28, 2009     Views: 50 Replies: 0
  Topic: ok here it is in a nutshell.     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on August 28, 2009

• Re: Here's a thought

  Posted to Lifehacking by Bernard Swiss on August 27, 2009     Views: 97 Replies: 0
  Topic: Here's a thought     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on August 27, 2009

• That was then, this is now.

  Posted to Lifehacking by Bernard Swiss on August 27, 2009     Views: 111 Replies: 0
  Topic: Absolutely despicable     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on August 27, 2009

• Re: Missing the point - Google does what it must

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on July 11, 2009     Views: 82 Replies: 1
  Topic: Missing the point - Google does what it must     
  Last response by endorendil on July 13, 2009

• Re: Movie-editing software,CAD programs are not always essential

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on July 11, 2009     Views: 130 Replies: 0
  Topic: Movie-editin­g software,CAD programs are not always essential     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on July 11, 2009

• Re: Wrong, Sir! Wrong, I Say!

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on July 11, 2009     Views: 109 Replies: 0
  Topic: Wrong, Sir! Wrong, I Say!     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on July 11, 2009

• Re: It's simple, really...

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on July 11, 2009     Views: 119 Replies: 0
  Topic: It's simple, really...     Rating: +1
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on July 11, 2009

• Re: Linux hard to Love???

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on July 11, 2009     Views: 116 Replies: 0
  Topic: Linux hard to Love???     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on July 11, 2009

• Re: Exactly half are probably NOT below average

  Posted to A Fine Whine by Bernard Swiss on July 4, 2009     Views: 92 Replies: 1
  Topic: Exactly half are probably NOT below average     
  Last response by Autotomic on July 5, 2009

• Re: Global Warming is over

  Posted to Green Room by Bernard Swiss on June 21, 2009     Views: 81 Replies: 1
  Topic: Global Warming is over     Rating: -1
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on June 22, 2009

• Re: Silly question

  Posted to Green Room by Bernard Swiss on June 22, 2009     Views: 86 Replies: 1
  Topic: Global Warming is over     Rating: -1
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on June 22, 2009

• Re: Silly question

  Posted to Green Room by Bernard Swiss on June 22, 2009     Views: 192 Replies: 0
  Topic: Global Warming is over     Rating: -1
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on June 22, 2009

• Re: actually NYT kindle for 168 dollars a year

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on June 20, 2009     Views: 106 Replies: 0
  Topic: actually NYT kindle for 168 dollars a year     
  Last response by Paul_R on June 21, 2009

• Re: It really doesn't bear thinking about.

  Posted to Green Room by Bernard Swiss on June 21, 2009     Views: 149 Replies: 0
  Topic: Keeping in mind that Canada is NOT part of the U.S.,     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on June 21, 2009

• Re: Author opinion re: Paper Deciding News Importance

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on June 20, 2009     Views: 150 Replies: 0
  Topic: Author opinion re: Paper Deciding News Importance     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on June 20, 2009

• The first Farhad Manjoo technology article that I agree with

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on June 20, 2009     Views: 126 Replies: 0
  Topic: The first Farhad Manjoo article ever that I agree with     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on June 20, 2009

• Re: Funny, but I don't recall

  Posted to Politics by Bernard Swiss on May 30, 2009     Views: 98 Replies: 1
  Topic: Funny, but I don't recall     
  Last response by American_Bottom on May 31, 2009

• Re: Republican Hipocrisy

  Posted to Politics by Bernard Swiss on May 30, 2009     Views: 145 Replies: 1
  Topic: Republican Hipocrisy     
  Last response by American_Bottom on May 31, 2009

• Re: Klingon Popularity - A Legend Dashed

  Posted to Culturebox by Bernard Swiss on May 23, 2009     Views: 149 Replies: 0
  Topic: Klingon Popularity - A Legend Dashed     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on May 23, 2009

• The ads are aimed at people who don't know any better...

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on April 7, 2009     Views: 300 Replies: 2
  Topic: The ads are aimed at people who don't know any better...     
  Last response by degsme on April 20, 2009

• Re: Less advertising, more quality

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on April 6, 2009     Views: 110 Replies: 1
  Topic: Less advertising, more quality     Rating: +1
  Last response by NightSwimmer on April 7, 2009

• Re: Great article...

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on April 6, 2009     Views: 138 Replies: 0
  Topic: Great article...     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on April 6, 2009

• Re: Perhaps you should've stayed with Linux

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on April 2, 2009     Views: 135 Replies: 0
  Topic: Perhaps you should've stayed with Linux     Rating: +1
  Last response by NightSwimmer on April 2, 2009

• Re: Too Many Are Missing The Point

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on April 2, 2009     Views: 128 Replies: 0
  Topic: Too Many Are Missing The Point     Rating: +2/-1
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on April 2, 2009

• Re: But that's precisely the point

  Posted to The Big Idea by Bernard Swiss on March 22, 2009     Views: 135 Replies: 1
  Topic: The fundamental problem with the Kindle     Rating: +5
  Last response by Pogue Mahone on March 29, 2009

• Small, local papers are exessively vulnerable to libel suits

  Posted to Press Box by Bernard Swiss on March 28, 2009     Views: 132 Replies: 1
  Topic: The Houston Chronicle is so thin these days...     
  Last response by GLM on March 29, 2009

• Re: Jack Shafer's Inability To See The Forest

  Posted to Press Box by Bernard Swiss on March 14, 2009     Views: 152 Replies: 1
  Topic: Jack Shafer's Inability To See The Forest     Rating: +1/-1
  Last response by Tom_Tildrum on March 16, 2009

• Re: Bill Moyer's memory

  Posted to Press Box by Bernard Swiss on March 14, 2009     Views: 125 Replies: 1
  Topic: Bill Moyer's memory     Rating: +3/-2
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on March 15, 2009

• Re: Bill Moyer's memory

  Posted to Press Box by Bernard Swiss on March 15, 2009     Views: 160 Replies: 0
  Topic: Bill Moyer's memory     Rating: +3/-2
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on March 15, 2009

• Re: Starbucks - Emily Carlson

  Posted to Everyday Economics by Bernard Swiss on March 14, 2009     Views: 209 Replies: 0
  Topic: Starbucks - Emily Carlson     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on March 14, 2009

• Re: God This Will Be Fun

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on February 19, 2009     Views: 165 Replies: 0
  Topic: God This Will Be Fun     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on February 19, 2009

• Re: Whole idea is nuts

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on February 19, 2009     Views: 175 Replies: 0
  Topic: Whole idea is nuts     Rating: +2
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on February 19, 2009

• Re: What is your problem with smokers?

  Posted to Human Nature by Bernard Swiss on January 31, 2009     Views: 215 Replies: 1
  Topic: What is your problem with smokers?     Rating: +1
  Last response by amethyst on February 6, 2009

• Re: Nicotine is useful too

  Posted to Human Nature by Bernard Swiss on January 31, 2009     Views: 142 Replies: 0
  Topic: Nicotine is useful too     
  Last response by shortcut on February 3, 2009

• Re: Nicotine is useful too

  Posted to Human Nature by Bernard Swiss on February 2, 2009     Views: 135 Replies: 1
  Topic: Nicotine is useful too     
  Last response by shortcut on February 3, 2009

• Re: Nicotine is not harmless

  Posted to Human Nature by Bernard Swiss on January 31, 2009     Views: 166 Replies: 0
  Topic: Nicotine is not harmless     
  Last response by shortcut on February 2, 2009

• Re: add me to the list of unbelievers below

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on January 31, 2009     Views: 173 Replies: 0
  Topic: add me to the list of unbelievers below     Rating: +1
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on January 31, 2009

• Re: You mean Christofascism's war on science...

  Posted to Science by Bernard Swiss on January 20, 2009     Views: 198 Replies: 0
  Topic: You mean Christofasci­sm's war on science...     Rating: +1
  Last response by sjpatejak on January 23, 2009

• Re: You Missed The Point. Entirely.

  Posted to Science by Bernard Swiss on January 20, 2009     Views: 162 Replies: 0
  Topic: You mean Christofasci­sm's war on science...     Rating: +1
  Last response by sjpatejak on January 23, 2009

• Solipsism + mis-information = unreality

  Posted to Science by Bernard Swiss on January 16, 2009     Views: 164 Replies: 1
  Topic: Science/Reli­gion     Rating: -3
  Last response by blueshift on January 22, 2009

• Re: It's going to be a difficult comeback.

  Posted to Science by Bernard Swiss on January 16, 2009     Views: 118 Replies: 2
  Topic: It's going to be a difficult comeback.     Rating: +3
  Last response by knight71 on January 22, 2009

• Re: It's going to be a difficult comeback.

  Posted to Science by Bernard Swiss on January 16, 2009     Views: 105 Replies: 0
  Topic: It's going to be a difficult comeback.     Rating: +3
  Last response by knight71 on January 22, 2009

• Re: No future

  Posted to Science by Bernard Swiss on January 16, 2009     Views: 153 Replies: 1
  Topic: No future     
  Last response by NateKrusi on January 19, 2009

• Re: War on science is over, war on heretics escalates

  Posted to Science by Bernard Swiss on January 16, 2009     Views: 184 Replies: 1
  Topic: War on science is over, war on heretics escalates     Rating: -1
  Last response by Appleman on January 17, 2009

• "slanting" versus "lying"

  Posted to Science by Bernard Swiss on January 16, 2009     Views: 186 Replies: 0
  Topic: The war continues I say...     Rating: +1
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on January 16, 2009

• Pseudo-objectivity on the rise

  Posted to Science by Bernard Swiss on January 16, 2009     Views: 255 Replies: 0
  Topic: The War on Science     Rating: +1/-2
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on January 16, 2009

• Re: Why not mention the global warming denial blog by name?

  Posted to Science by Bernard Swiss on January 16, 2009     Views: 166 Replies: 1
  Topic: Why not mention the global warming denial blog by name?     
  Last response by irvingchang on January 16, 2009

• Re: Same old misleading hype about this inferior product series

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on January 1, 2009     Views: 203 Replies: 0
  Topic: Same old misleading hype about this inferior product series     Rating: +1
  Last response by RobertSOakes on January 7, 2009

• Re: Coitus Interceptus - Something wrong with this blog entry

  Posted to Human Nature by Bernard Swiss on January 6, 2009     Views: 290 Replies: 1
  Topic: Coitus Interceptus - Something wrong with this blog entry     
  Last response by tonto_goldberg on January 7, 2009

• Re: New Deal v. World War II

  Posted to The Best Policy by Bernard Swiss on January 6, 2009     Views: 171 Replies: 0
  Topic: New Deal v. World War II     Rating: +1
  Last response by truthynesslover on January 7, 2009

• Re: Heat and light.

  Posted to The Green Lantern by Bernard Swiss on January 1, 2009     Views: 314 Replies: 0
  Topic: Heat and light.     Rating: +1
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on January 1, 2009

• Re: Reassign Manjoo to something else

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on October 23, 2008     Views: 349 Replies: 1
  Topic: Reassign Manjoo to something else     
  Last response by arcelios on December 29, 2008

• Re: What's wrong with banning the SALE of cigarettes on campus?

  Posted to Human Nature by Bernard Swiss on December 15, 2008     Views: 201 Replies: 1
  Topic: What's wrong with banning the SALE of cigarettes on campus?     
  Last response by bmgreene on December 16, 2008

• Re: Ohhhhh Canada . . .

  Posted to Foreigners by Bernard Swiss on December 6, 2008     Views: 211 Replies: 0
  Topic: Ohhhhh Canada . . .     Rating: +2
  Last response by Bob Beck on December 7, 2008

• Re: Destroyer of his country

  Posted to Foreigners by Bernard Swiss on December 6, 2008     Views: 211 Replies: 0
  Topic: Destroyer of his country     Rating: +1
  Last response by bleeyargh on December 6, 2008

• Re: .135 is approximately 33% higher than .103

  Posted to Explainer by Bernard Swiss on November 27, 2008     Views: 244 Replies: 0
  Topic: .135 is approximatel­y 33% higher than .103     Rating: +3
  Last response by cyrene on December 4, 2008

• Re: why atheists are a surly bunch

  Posted to Faith-Based by Bernard Swiss on November 8, 2008     Views: 264 Replies: 1
  Topic: why atheists are a surly bunch     Rating: +1/-2
  Last response by posty on November 10, 2008

• Re: Other Countries vs. the US

  Posted to Faith-Based by Bernard Swiss on November 8, 2008     Views: 254 Replies: 0
  Topic: Other Countries vs. the US     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on November 8, 2008

• Re: Aren't you tired of being lied to?

  Posted to Medical Examiner by Bernard Swiss on November 7, 2008     Views: 332 Replies: 0
  Topic: Aren't you tired of being lied to?     
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on November 7, 2008

• Re: Right wing screeds? Maybe...

  Posted to Recycled by Bernard Swiss on November 5, 2008     Views: 289 Replies: 1
  Topic: Right wing screeds? Maybe...     
  Last response by snakehead on November 6, 2008

• Image over substance

  Posted to Chatterbox by Bernard Swiss on November 4, 2008     Views: 377 Replies: 0
  Topic: Image over substance     Rating: +1
  Last response by Bernard Swiss on November 4, 2008

• Re: Linux has come a long way already

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on October 25, 2008     Views: 244 Replies: 1
  Topic: Linux has come a long way already     
  Last response by BenK on October 29, 2008

• Re: Linux has come a long way already

  Posted to Technology by Bernard Swiss on October 25, 2008     Views: 250 Replies: 0
  Topic: Linux has come a long way already     
  Last response by BenK on October 29, 2008