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  1. Re:Bullshit ... on Is Public Debate of Trade Agreements Against the Public Interest? · · Score: 1

    I think this problem is quite intentional. Politicians spend vast amounts of money for the sole purpose of whipping people into a moral panic. Because of this panic they are completely blind to the much darker things that the politicians have done and are planning to do. The moral panic was not there in the first place, it was engineered by politicians, often working with religious leaders. The TPP is one of those darker things. I personally believe that our government should not have the power to enter into treaties, or any type of contract which could possible infringe on the rights of citizens.

  2. Re:Bullshit ... on Is Public Debate of Trade Agreements Against the Public Interest? · · Score: 1

    Just because some random idiot calls himself a historian does not mean you are obligated to believe him when he tells you Bill Clinton was the first president.

  3. Re:Misleading summary on Is Public Debate of Trade Agreements Against the Public Interest? · · Score: 1

    Did you just wake up from the year 2000? We have been at war since 2001. And no, they are not separate wars, only stages of a single larger war.

  4. Re:Misleading summary on Is Public Debate of Trade Agreements Against the Public Interest? · · Score: 1

    So, would it not be best to ban political parties altogether? Or at the very least ban primaries, since they allow each of the large parties to consolidate votes for the politician of their choice.

  5. Re:No on Will HP's $200 Stream 11 Make People Forget About Chromebooks? · · Score: 1

    Really, 32GB drive? If it is anything like win7 that will be filled by system updates alone within the year.

  6. Re:Yah, but can it do Pinch-2-Zoom? on Kubuntu 15.04 Will Be Based On KDE5 · · Score: 1

    Dude, this has been on Linux for years. The only time it doesn't work is when there are not good drivers for the touchpad.

  7. Re:I would send that TV back on Smart Meters and New IoT Devices Cause Serious Concern · · Score: 1

    Not to mention 1984. In that book TV's were the primary tools of surveillance.
    They were also one of the primary sources of fear.

  8. Re:don't use biometrics on Virginia Court: LEOs Can Force You To Provide Fingerprint To Unlock Your Phone · · Score: 2

    Which they don't even have to do now.
    Now all they have to do is label you a terrorist and they can throw you in prison for the rest of your life, oh and torture you every day if they want.
    And if that seems too public to them they can just murder you in secret, and if anyone finds out they can hide behind the mantra of "this guy was a terrorist, and we have the legal right to kill them!"

  9. Re:Robot factories on Colleges Face New 'Gainful Employment' Regulations For Student Loans · · Score: 1

    Plumbers, electricians, and construction workers very rarely get a job directly out of high school. Each of them generally requires some type of teaching after school, generally in the form of an apprenticeship, which pays very little and can last for quite a few years.

  10. Re:Not a Fan of Google Glass, But... on MPAA Bans Google Glass In Theaters · · Score: 1

    I wish I had mod points for you!

  11. Re:It's a space heater. on Alienware's Triangular Area-51 Re-Design With Tri-SLI GeForce GTX 980, Tested · · Score: 1

    That makes sense. A heat pump gets a large amount of its efficiency because it only outputs a small amount of heat at a time and is turned off a large portion of the time. When you have to raise the temperature that much, or maintain it with that much of a difference outside it would have to output a much larger amount of heat and run continuously.

  12. Re:It's a space heater. on Alienware's Triangular Area-51 Re-Design With Tri-SLI GeForce GTX 980, Tested · · Score: 1

    COP cannot exceed 1 dumbass. You cannot magically turn 1KW of electricity into 3KW of heat. With an ideal heating element(AKA non-existent) you could turn 1KW of electricity into 1KW of heat, no more.

  13. Re:100 year old survival knowledge in PDF files??? on A Library For Survival Knowledge · · Score: 1

    These are formats that there are many free readers and converters for. Your argument is invalid.

  14. Re:100 year old survival knowledge in PDF files??? on A Library For Survival Knowledge · · Score: 1

    Except it could only hit half the globe at a time. The other half will have forewarning and will be able to disconnect most equipment from the grid to save it. From there it will be a matter of repopulating that equipment to the other half of the world.

  15. Re:100 year old survival knowledge in PDF files??? on A Library For Survival Knowledge · · Score: 1

    That looks awesome!
    It appears to be based on a large array of thermocouples which are very reliable and would last for hundreds if not thousands of years if treated well. The real limitation would be the voltage regulator used with it.

  16. Re:100 year old survival knowledge in PDF files??? on A Library For Survival Knowledge · · Score: 1

    As far as the drive goes you certainly want a platter hard drive or possibly a tape drive. Flash will only last a couple of years without power and your average CD is likely to start degrading after 10-15 years. There are some CD's that claim to last up to 100 years, but that has not been tested. A standard hard drive, or tape fails from use, not from sitting there without power like the other two. It will eventually degrade without use, but that will take a very long time.

  17. Re:Sanity? on Ken Ham's Ark Torpedoed With Charges of Religious Discrimination · · Score: 1

    Technically Ham should have no issue with a Muslim employee since Muslims believe in the same creation story. They came from the same religion, they just fight over which was the real sequel. The only reason that he could have not to hire a Muslim is religious hatred, and there is no hatred which can compare to religious hatred.

  18. Re:Why at a place of learning? on Creationism Conference at Michigan State University Stirs Unease · · Score: 1

    Sorry to burst your bubble, but the native Americans had already visited Europe at that point.

  19. Re:someohow I think on "Police Detector" Monitors Emergency Radio Transmissions · · Score: 1

    One of the many reasons I hate that shithole.

  20. Re:Why at a place of learning? on Creationism Conference at Michigan State University Stirs Unease · · Score: 1

    That may have something to do with the fact that what they are trying to convince us is true is blatantly false.

  21. Re:Why at a place of learning? on Creationism Conference at Michigan State University Stirs Unease · · Score: 1

    I suppose that Wootery likes to apologize to imaginary friends, much like Christians.

  22. Re:Why at a place of learning? on Creationism Conference at Michigan State University Stirs Unease · · Score: 1

    Your comment and the parent comment are both completely full of shit.
    Columbus knew exactly where he was going and all educated people of Europe already knew the earth was round hundreds of years beforehand.

  23. Re: Snowden on When Snowden Speaks, Future Lawyers (and Judges) Listen · · Score: 1

    You are leaving out a few previous government officials.

  24. Re:Time for a revolution on Law Lets IRS Seize Accounts On Suspicion, No Crime Required · · Score: 1

    You say this as if it hasn't already happened...

  25. Re:As has been posted before on The Problem With Positive Thinking · · Score: 1

    Yes, without people like Peter Gibbons just think of how bad it would have been!