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  1. Re: Poor VW on EPA To Overhaul Emissions Testing In the Wake of VW Cheating · · Score: 1

    If you look at this nice little map of supercharger locations https://www.google.com/maps/d/... you will see that where I live in Morgantown, Wv it is farther than 400 miles to the closest existing charger, so while I would love to have a viable electric car, especially a tesla, it is not a possibility here.
    Even their projected future rollout would be useless to me. http://www.plugincars.com/site...
    While I would technically be within 400 miles we are talking about WV roads. Our average road grade is higher than the worst in almost all other states, which will kill a battery quickly.

  2. Re:Living While Black or Brown? on Police Program Aims to Pinpoint Those Most Likely to Commit Crimes · · Score: 1

    I was merely clarifying.

  3. Re:Living While Black or Brown? on Police Program Aims to Pinpoint Those Most Likely to Commit Crimes · · Score: 1

    ... thereby putting a felony conviction or their record which takes away their right to vote. This voting restriction needs abolished.

  4. Re:The previous profiling algorithm on Police Program Aims to Pinpoint Those Most Likely to Commit Crimes · · Score: 1

    You mean previous and current.

  5. Re:There's an expression for that on Police Program Aims to Pinpoint Those Most Likely to Commit Crimes · · Score: 1

    You trust the police and legal system far too much.

  6. Re:There's an expression for that on Police Program Aims to Pinpoint Those Most Likely to Commit Crimes · · Score: 1

    I think you are exactly right and wish I had some mod points for this comment.

  7. Re:Minority report. on Police Program Aims to Pinpoint Those Most Likely to Commit Crimes · · Score: 1

    That depends, is the candidate favored by those running the system?

  8. Re:Minority report. on Police Program Aims to Pinpoint Those Most Likely to Commit Crimes · · Score: 1

    I would say you are not far from the truth, possibly dead on.

  9. Re:Minority report. on Police Program Aims to Pinpoint Those Most Likely to Commit Crimes · · Score: 1

    It is a decent show, but it is almost 100% NSA propaganda. They even had a plug in it saying that the NSA data collection had stopped many terrorist attacks. I think that watching it is fine, but you should keep in mind that it was designed as propaganda.

  10. Re:Pulling that off was a major conspiracy on Volkswagen Diesel Scandal Spreads To Porsche and Audi · · Score: 1

    The funny thing is that people constantly deny that conspiracies like this could possibly exist. Always saying that someone would talk, and that many people can't keep a secret.

    This is proof for the fools that it can and does happen. They only got caught because a group of kids at the University I went to was trying to do a demonstration to show off how great a job VW did with the emissions. Now translate that to an agency like the CIA where you can be fired, thrown in jail, or murdered for discussing even the normal daily office crap. How well do you think those bastards can keep a secret?

  11. Re:How long will the company stay up? on Volkswagen Diesel Scandal Spreads To Porsche and Audi · · Score: 1

    Nah man, Ford's best vehicle was the F-150 from the early 90's. That truck just wouldn't die. My dad had one of them he got in 1992 and eventually sold, in good working order, in 2001 or 2002. It had almost 300,000 miles on it and the only things he had to repair on it were the alternator and the power steering.

  12. Re:$949/week? on Girls-Only Computer Camps Formed At Behest of Top Google, Facebook Execs · · Score: 1

    You may want to recheck the propaganda you swallowed without a single thought.

  13. Re:$949/week? on Girls-Only Computer Camps Formed At Behest of Top Google, Facebook Execs · · Score: 1

    Issues involved:
    girls that do not want to be around boys
    Motivation:
    put girls up on a pedestal above the worthless boys who are taking all the high paying jobs
    convince the little girls that they want those high paying jobs
    Solution:
    create a summer camp to convince little girls that the high paying job is fun which excludes the little boys

    It may sound morally acceptable since we have been being told for years that girls are somehow at a disadvantage in the tech sector, but the cold, hard truth is that they are not disadvantaged in tech and it is not any more acceptable than having an all white summer camp. In fact women who go into tech are at a great advantage over men in pay, job security, and chances of being hired.

  14. Re:$949/week? on Girls-Only Computer Camps Formed At Behest of Top Google, Facebook Execs · · Score: 1

    It was a reference to segregation. I thought that would be obvious, but I guess not everyone thinks like I do.

  15. Re:$949/week? on Girls-Only Computer Camps Formed At Behest of Top Google, Facebook Execs · · Score: 1

    Separate but equal.

  16. Re:$949/week? on Girls-Only Computer Camps Formed At Behest of Top Google, Facebook Execs · · Score: 1

    You will never hear them talk about that. The reason is simple. It is not about equality and has not been for several decades.
    It is about elitism. It is all about having power over men, not having equality with them.

  17. Re:$949/week? on Girls-Only Computer Camps Formed At Behest of Top Google, Facebook Execs · · Score: 1

    Nope, it is exactly the same thing. This is just as fucked up as the scouts not allowing girls, gays, or atheists, and if it gets a penny of government funding it should be treated like a Klan summer camp just like the scouts should be.

    It doesn't matter who the target group is, discrimination is still discrimination and should not be tolerated.

  18. Re:Unfortunately on Barbie Gets a Brain · · Score: 1

    There's a reason I do not have an Xbox One, Apple product, or Window's 10. The child's toy is even more fucked up though. They would be able to use the doll to promote their other toys directly to the child without the parents even knowing it, or manipulate the child to have a certain ideology if they wished. All they would have to do is program it to only do those things when an adult voice has not been heard for a certain period of time.

  19. Re:You're doing it wrong. on The Ethical Issues Surrounding OSU's Lab-Grown Brains · · Score: 1

    While I don't think that it would be murder in itself, I am certain it would lead to many.

  20. Re: You're doing it wrong. on The Ethical Issues Surrounding OSU's Lab-Grown Brains · · Score: 1

    Really? I have memories from when I was 2, possibly 1.

  21. Re:Plea agreement = legalized extortion on Bitcoin Trader Agrees To Work For Police In Plea Agreement · · Score: 1

    I'll trust a drug dealer before a cop any day of the week. They are simply more trustworthy, and usually better people.

  22. Re: Plea agreement = legalized extortion on Bitcoin Trader Agrees To Work For Police In Plea Agreement · · Score: 1

    swartz is about prosecutorial overreach

    What do you think this is about then?
    If abuse of plea-bargaining is not prosecutor overreach then I do not know what is.

  23. Re: Plea agreement = legalized extortion on Bitcoin Trader Agrees To Work For Police In Plea Agreement · · Score: 1

    Looks some little internet dipshit has forgotten that the vast majority of our violent crime and property crime(aka real crime) is actually caused by our laws and law enforcement. If we just got rid of the police altogether crime would go down. At that point, all we need are detectives and a couple grunt security to actually make the arrest. It would amount to less than a tenth of the law enforcement we have now and be far more effective.

  24. Re:Plea agreement = legalized extortion on Bitcoin Trader Agrees To Work For Police In Plea Agreement · · Score: 1

    You haven't been paying much attention to the way police behave have you?
    career criminals break the law less often than your average police officer. I'll not even get into how bad the "bad outliers" are.

  25. Re:Doesn't sound like malware to me. on AT&T Says Malware Secretly Unlocked Hundreds of Thousands of Phones · · Score: 1

    If they are referring to McAfee or Norton those developers would be correct.