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  1. Re:Science is not about trust on Scientists Seen As Competent But Not Trusted By Americans · · Score: 2

    This is of course true for most expensive experiments. I can't afford a LHC, Space telescope, not even a small tokamak to test hot fusion. And the LHC produces so much data I can't even afford enough harddrives to store a copy. And even if I could, I'm not sure I have the knowledge to write a program to parse that data myself (or buy sufficient computer power to have it finished in my lifetime). Noone claimed you must me able to re-verify each and every experiment. And in many cases this is just simply impossible in practice. However, when the successor of the LHC will be built (they are designing some pulsed linear collider now in CERN, got a nice explaination of it when I visited last year) its results should not contradict the LHC results.

    In CERN, this was partly solved by keeping the results of the 2 main detectors in LHC separate and just compare the end results. This should prevent matching the results voluntarily or involuntarily.

  2. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupid on Scientists Seen As Competent But Not Trusted By Americans · · Score: 2

    The Japanese might disagree.

  3. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupid on Scientists Seen As Competent But Not Trusted By Americans · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Whatever, anyone can predict that this will lead to so many false earthquake alarms that no one is going to take them serious anymore.

  4. Re:Fox News? on Scientists Seen As Competent But Not Trusted By Americans · · Score: 1

    Yes, American scientists seem to be trained in adsvertising their accomplishments too much. When I graduated we were tought to be modest, talk en write mostly factional. An American guest student had the habit of reporting each small result in a way someone else would only do if he truly believed it would earn him a Nobel prize.

  5. Yes! The first step in developing Cymeks (look up the term if you're unfamiliar with the Dune universe).

  6. Re:Australia voted... for a kick in the nuts. on Australian Senate Introduces Laws To Allow Total Internet Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Like Australia?

  7. Re:Australia voted... for a kick in the nuts. on Australian Senate Introduces Laws To Allow Total Internet Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Greeks are mostly orthodox catholic, not muslim.

  8. Re:Nothing new on Where Whistleblowers End Up Working · · Score: 1

    What was the first one? All the way back to the Cuban invasion and the civil war I see only wars that were either started by the US fot profits or power, or were started because someone else started it (like WW2, where the US responded to a preemptive strike when the Japanese reacted like the modern US when they got hindered in their access to oil. And then Hitler declared war on the US too for good measure).

  9. Re:At least tap water is chlorinated on CDC: Ebola Cases Could Reach 1.4 Million In 4 Months · · Score: 1

    Chloride? Fortunately not everywhere. In western Europe most countries use hydrogen peroxide, because afterward you can still drink the water and don't need expensive water in bottles.

  10. Re:Scrap all the rules on UK Ham Radio Reg Plans To Drop 15 min Callsign Interval and Allow Encryption · · Score: 0

    "Would you be happy if I filled the TV frequencies with hardcore porn"
    Well, yes. That would be better than the crap they broadcast now most of the time. :-)

  11. Re: Stupid design, appalling on Facebook Blamed For Driving Up Cellphone Bills, But It's Not Alone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Welcome to the world of rooted Android phones. With AfWall+ you can set on a per-application basis wether it can dial out on mobile data, roaming mobile data, WiFi (split into general WiFi and LAN if you want to enable this), and allow VPN connections only if you want. Each option's availability can be selected so if you don't do anything with VPN's you wdon't have to select it.

  12. Re:It is much smaller than the iPads screens on E-Books On a $20 Cell Phone · · Score: 1

    Cheap e-books are for free on any torrent site or on mobilism.

  13. Re:The article is complete fucking bullshit on Invasion of Ukraine Continues As Russia Begins Nuclear Weapons Sabre Rattling · · Score: 1

    So, Russian soldiers are fighting Blackwater mercenaries and US "advisors".

  14. Re:The article is complete fucking bullshit on Invasion of Ukraine Continues As Russia Begins Nuclear Weapons Sabre Rattling · · Score: 1

    "Yes, but the Ukraine government is in charge of the lands that your family lives on."

    Not for long anymore. If such a change offends you, take some action against the Israeli land robbers who steal land without the approval of the people who live there.

  15. Re:Okay, it's time. on Invasion of Ukraine Continues As Russia Begins Nuclear Weapons Sabre Rattling · · Score: 1

    So what - the US has invaded countless other countries with madeup claims, like Iraq and Serbia. The later had to give up Kosovo up with the same arguments that the Ukrainian separatists use.

  16. Re:Why talk about war but avoid talking about gas? on Invasion of Ukraine Continues As Russia Begins Nuclear Weapons Sabre Rattling · · Score: 1

    But your country has invested so much already in the Ukrainian coup and the rich in the US are now beginning to get profits from arms sales and gas deals (like Joe Biden's son). How can you not support it?

  17. Re:Not the end... on Invasion of Ukraine Continues As Russia Begins Nuclear Weapons Sabre Rattling · · Score: 1

    The US set up a coup in Kiev, putting a leader more favorable to the US in charge.

  18. Re:How I know that Russian troops are not in Ukrai on Ukraine Asks Zuckerberg to Discipline Kremlin Facebook Bots · · Score: 1

    "Ukrainian politicians, if they want to have a hope in hell of keeping control of their own country, should stop blaming others for the deep dark hole that they got their country into, for their own internal civil war, and sort it out amongst themselves, pronto. Otherwise, Ukraine will end up being parceled out between Russia, Romania, Hungary and Poland."

    Which would be probably the best solution anyway.

  19. Re:Rules of war on Ukraine Asks Zuckerberg to Discipline Kremlin Facebook Bots · · Score: 0

    "It *is* a military assault, and it is orchestrated by Russia... "

    And all those Blackwater (or whatever they call themselves now) mercenaries and US "advisors" fighting on the West Ukrainian government count as US milirtary assault?

  20. Re:Wait.... what? on Ukraine Asks Zuckerberg to Discipline Kremlin Facebook Bots · · Score: 0, Troll

    Last time I checked, Ukraine was fighting a separatist movement that wants to liberate the east of Ukraine after a coup occured in Kiev. If the separatists have the support of the majority of the local people, why would we oppose them? When the Serbian province of Kosovo wanted independence, the US was very quick to recognize it as a separate state...

  21. Stupid namecalling on Net Neutrality Is 'Marxist,' According To a Koch-Backed Astroturf Group · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Calling something "Marxist" seems like an attempt to make further discussion unnecessary, comparable when in more civilised countries something is called "fascist". And calling someone who pleads for unbrideled capitalism as |leading to American situations" is also supposed to cut off further discussion, as no sane person wants that to happen.

  22. Re:IMEI Blocking in Australia on Smartphone Kill Switch, Consumer Boon Or Way For Government To Brick Your Phone? · · Score: 1

    Probably because CDMA phones don't have an IMEI.

  23. Re:Way for *any hacker* to brick your phone on Smartphone Kill Switch, Consumer Boon Or Way For Government To Brick Your Phone? · · Score: 1

    It will not be used by hackers, it already has been used by hackers in Australia. Some implementor of such software got hacked in Australia, and a lot of people found their phones bricked, displaying a message that they would be unbricked if they payed using some voucher card.

  24. Re:Off topic on China Pulls Plug On Genetically Modified Rice and Corn · · Score: 1

    " Just now I was redirected to a full page ad"
    So you're admitting you still have no adblocker installed? Then don't expect pitty. My old mother need my help to install things like that, if you\re on Shalsdot you're expected to be able to do that yourself.

  25. Re:Wow on China Pulls Plug On Genetically Modified Rice and Corn · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Actual reasons? They probably don't want Monsanto-style things to happen in China. Very wise of them IMO.