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  1. Re:Yeah, um, not so much on Study Finds 3 Laws Could Reduce Firearm Deaths By 90% (meta.com) · · Score: 1

    In my opinion it is the only offense that should be punishable by death. In fact there should not be an option for a lesser sentence for knowingly attempting to subvert the bill of rights.

  2. Re:Yeah, um, not so much on Study Finds 3 Laws Could Reduce Firearm Deaths By 90% (meta.com) · · Score: 1

    I agree with you on this one. I do not think the NRA is in any way a proponent of the second amendment. They have consistently endorsed gun control throughout their entire existence. They are nothing more than a Trojan horse. Their purpose is to give people the illusion that someone is fighting for their rights and to make ever further restrictions on gun ownership sound reasonable until there is no gun ownership left in this country.

  3. Re:Yeah, um, not so much on Study Finds 3 Laws Could Reduce Firearm Deaths By 90% (meta.com) · · Score: 1

    Thank you AC

  4. It takes mental illness to understand a lot of people out there.

  5. Re:Will Someone Please! on Windows 10 Upgrade Reportedly Starting Automatically On Windows 7 PCs (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    What do you expect when Micro$oft now has keyloggers on the personal computers, and many work computers of the government. Micro$oft knows many of the crimes that they have committed, so they have a very large amount of leverage.

  6. Re:We've always been at war with... on Surprise Nuclear Strike? Here's How We'll Figure Out Who Did It (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    They did happen to have legitimate military targets in them, but those cities were chosen to maximize civilian casualties, not to hamper their military. Japan was already trying to surrender at that point and we kept that part of the war going for the sole purpose of dropping the atomic bombs.

  7. Re:We've always been at war with... on Surprise Nuclear Strike? Here's How We'll Figure Out Who Did It (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Exactly, this shit is nothing but FUD.

  8. Re:We've always been at war with... on Surprise Nuclear Strike? Here's How We'll Figure Out Who Did It (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Do you not remember where we dropped the first two atomic bombs? Those two cities were chosen for their enormous civilian population, not military infrastructure. Also, since you obviously never got the memo, civilians are almost always the primary targets in war.

  9. Re:We've always been at war with...ourselves on Surprise Nuclear Strike? Here's How We'll Figure Out Who Did It (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    That's not what they are talking about. An iodine solution is what is usually used to clean gas masks. What you are thinking about would be an iodine pill.

  10. Re:There's an old Microsoft slogan about this on Open Source-happy Microsoft Joins Eclipse Foundation (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    MS is evil incarnate

    I had to use an XP virtual machine for one of my CS classes years ago. Evil Incarnate is what I named it.

  11. Re:If obesity ever becomes a protected class on Dutch Companies Not Allowed To Fitness-Track Their Employees (www.nu.nl) · · Score: 1

    I would gladly trade weight problems with you. I have been trying to lose weight since 2000 and every time I lose a little I end up gaining it back plus 15-20 lbs. Every time there has been some physical problem that forced me to quit the diet/exercise program that I was doing. When I was going to the gym on a regular basis I got mrsa, likely from the gym, so I couldn't go to any gym for a while and didn't want to ever go back to that one. When I was on a diet and actually losing weight and feeling great my appendix attempted to assassinate me. Since then back problems have prevented me from doing any meaningful amount of exercise.

  12. Re:More on the grant on Reason Excoriates Paper On "Glaciers, Gender, and Science" (reason.com) · · Score: 1

    WTF is this gibberish I just read?

  13. I vote troll, unfortunately I have no mod points at the moment.

  14. Re:Because "Borg" on BorgBackup 1.0.0 Released (github.com) · · Score: 1

    [begins slow clap]

  15. Re:From Don't Be Evil on Eric Schmidt Gets A Job At The Pentagon (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    This is what you are missing:
    http://www.theguardian.com/tec...

  16. Re:Allow me to choose the funeral march, please! on Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Dead At 94 (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I came here to make sure this happened. Thank you.

  17. Re:Just say no to on Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Dead At 94 (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    What heart failed? I'm pretty certain she lacked a heart.

  18. Re: Expectations game on SpaceX's Latest Launch Successful, But Ends With a "Hard Landing" (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    But he was trying soooo hard!

  19. Re:Let Me Guess... on Anonymous Hacks Donald Trump's Voicemail and Leaks the Messages (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    You know, way back in the day the vice president was not chosen by the president. The vice president was the runner up in the presidential race, so it would work out to exactly like that had this been 100 years or so ago. (I can't remember exactly when it changed, and I'm too lazy to look it up.)

  20. Re:other browsers with Firefox-like add-ons on Mozilla Bans Popular Firefox Add-On That Tampered With Security Settings (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Let me get this straight. Are you saying that the install script is somehow giving the program root permissions that it can use after it has been installed? Otherwise in order to write to the /bin, /usr/bin, or any other directory that is not in your home directory you must have root permissions. You can temporarily give a user write permissions for a folder, but that also involves using root to give that permission.

  21. Re:other browsers with Firefox-like add-ons on Mozilla Bans Popular Firefox Add-On That Tampered With Security Settings (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    If you are installing into the standard directories then you must use root privileges. That is the way Linux is designed. If you want to install it in your home directory I guarantee that it will not require it.

  22. Re: Have they thought this through? on NRC Engineers Urge Shutdown of Nuclear Plants If Design Flaw Not Fixed (utilitydive.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you trust everyone with an engineering degree?

  23. Re: Have they thought this through? on NRC Engineers Urge Shutdown of Nuclear Plants If Design Flaw Not Fixed (utilitydive.com) · · Score: 1

    The major problem with the state of nuclear reactors these days is the regulations themselves. You can make a much safer nuclear reactor with more enriched uranium because the fuel will last for the life of the reactor vessel. This means that there is no need to open it at all until all the fuel is spent. This is how the military handles reactors. In the civilian sector you can only enrich uranium to 15% U-235 so you have to refuel the reactor multiple times before it is time to retire the vessel. This necessitates that it be made in such a way as to be easily refueled, which makes it less safe.

  24. Re: Have they thought this through? on NRC Engineers Urge Shutdown of Nuclear Plants If Design Flaw Not Fixed (utilitydive.com) · · Score: 1

    Yea, this looks like about the equivalent of a reactor scram on a navy reactor. It is just an unexpected shutdown, nothing more. Hell, the captain would cause a scram at least once a week for fun(training).

  25. Re:wasnt RSA paid to backdoor by nsa? on Godfather Of Encryption Explains Why Apple Should Help The FBI (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm betting this person received a large portion of that.