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  1. Re:Why not just kill them all? on Sex-Switched Mosquitoes May Help In Fight Against Diseases · · Score: 2

    "Not a good plan usually."

    "Usually" is a very important qualifier there. There are some things we do not need, some things the ecosystem does not need, some things that can be removed without disrupting the greater cycle of life. Some of those things are just annoying. Yes, there are things that eat them but not that are dependent on them. Eliminating them eliminates an annoyance. Take the Polio virus for example. Please.

  2. Re:White Man's Fault on Galapagos Island Volcano Erupts After 33 Years, Threatening Fragile Ecosystem · · Score: 1

    The link is probably to a Nul device which caused a buffer overrun resulting in the ejaculation.

  3. White Man's Fault on Galapagos Island Volcano Erupts After 33 Years, Threatening Fragile Ecosystem · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly this is a manmade disaster caused by White American Republican Males. They should stop volcanoing!

  4. Killing is only Optional on What AI Experts Think About the Existential Risk of AI · · Score: 1

    There seems to be a lot of fear revolving around the idea that an AI will kill us off. But I would hazard that as unlikely. We don't tend to exterminate, to kill off, species. Counter examples of the kill off hypothesis include but are not limited to:

    1) Pets

    2) Work associates (e.g., our livestock dogs)

    3) Livestock which we harvest something from such as eggs, fiber, milk, etc. (Of course, eventually we kill them but there are far, far more of them because we get a benefit than there would be if we did not raise them so it is more a matter that we cultivate them than that we kill them (off). People tend to worry about being killed off, not being used. After all, the government uses us for its benefit and people don't seem to mind (too much).)

    4) Zoos (Not many needed for this.)

    5) Nature Parks - conservancy (but we won't need very many of you humans for that either.)

  5. Re:Well... on What AI Experts Think About the Existential Risk of AI · · Score: 1

    Counter examples:

    1) Pets

    2) Work associates (e.g., our livestock dogs)

    3) Livestock which we harvest something from such as eggs, fiber, milk, etc. (Of course, eventually we kill them but there are far, far more of them because we get a benefit than there would be if we did not raise them so it is more a matter that we cultivate them than that we kill them (off). People tend to worry about being killed off, not being used. After all, the government uses us for its benefit and people don't seem to mind (too much).)

    4) Zoos (Not many needed for this.)

    5) Nature Parks - conservancy (but we won't need very many of you humans for that either.)

  6. Too Big on Google Developing 'Brillo' OS For Internet of Things · · Score: 1

    32MB? Bill Gates said nobody would ever need more than 640KB. That's not the size of the OS but the total system memory. Let's work within reasonable memory limits...

  7. Prior Art on Cute Or Creepy? Google's Plan For a Sci-Fi Teddy Bear · · Score: 1

    My dogs claim prior art on all of these behaviors. Sorry Google.

  8. Wrong Principal on Student Photographer Threatened With Suspension For Sports Photos · · Score: 2

    The principal doesn't know what he's talking about and needs to study law, or hire a lawyer. The student created the art and is the copyright holder. That is the law. The kid should sue the principal and the school for trying to violate his rights, etc. Opportunity knocks.

  9. Sounds Hackable on New Chrome Extension Uses Sound To Share URLs Between Devices · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sounds like a way to hack a computer with audio. Even the isolated can be gotten.

  10. Re:My god you people need to think about economics on Los Angeles Raises Minimum Wage To $15 an Hour · · Score: 1

    Actually, Walmart pays good wages, has good benefits and is a nice place to work according to several people I know who work at the local Walmart store. My suspicion is that you're speaking out of ignorance and from mythical generalizations. Try using facts and understand the difference between income and assets.

  11. Automation Drive on Los Angeles Raises Minimum Wage To $15 an Hour · · Score: 1

    Increasing the minimum wage will lead to employers looking to ways to minimize the high cost of labor. Automation such as voice recognition for order taking is one such example. Robots, even as simple as Siri, will take the low end jobs and then more people will be out of jobs and competing for the lowest paid jobs. Look at what happened in Detroit and other areas like that which now have very high unemployment rates. Government price fixing produces problems.

  12. Fortune Telling on Forecasting the Next Pandemic · · Score: 2

    "the model has identified more than 150 new animal species that could harbor zoonotic diseases"

    Using a very broad baseline helps - just like astrology and fortune telling.

  13. The Component Ph on Stock Market Valuation Exceeds Its Components' Actual Value · · Score: 3, Funny

    The excess above the ratio is the percent of Hope called Ph not to be be confused with PhD or pH. This value of Ph represents optimism for the future and is directly correlated with the height of skirts above women's knees based on historical data related to how well the economy is performing.

  14. Very Rude on World Health Organization Has New Rules For Avoiding Offensive Names · · Score: 2

    This is very rude. Diseases should be name after the molecular weight numbers of the causal agents.

    "I'm sorry, Mr. Magoo" said the doctor, "but you've come down with 1291-12-121-124132-1212-121-9342-12. If you have any questions just Wiki that for details."

  15. Re:Mother of all assumptions on The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead · · Score: 1

    Poison, Busses, etc: Reboot.

    5,000 years: And you're still worrying. :)

  16. Re:Mother of all assumptions on The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead · · Score: 1

    You definitely worry too much. :)

    Be the Chaos.

  17. Mother of all assumptions on The Challenge of Web Hosting Once You're Dead · · Score: 1

    "especially because all of us are going to die"

    Bit of a large assumption there...

    There are likely some people already born who will never die. Their form might change.

  18. Eat More Pastured Meat on Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach New Monthly Record · · Score: 1

    Want to reduce carbon levels in the atmosphere?

    Support your local pasture based farming. Raising livestock on pasture soaks up carbon, and nitrogen (legumes for free fertilizer), far better than crop land and provides a diverse ecosystem for wildlife. Best of all, get your pasture raised meat from small, local, family operations. Many small producers means better food security and helps keep your money in your local economy - an extra bonus.

    Support your local sustainable forestry. Forests that are regularly harvested suck up a lot more carbon than those that go into maturity stagnation. Cutting trees and planting new trees, or just letting the regen do it, is a huge way to sequester carbon.

    Both of these are things that sequester enormous amounts of carbon long term.

    While you're at it, reduce your carbon footprint. Attack the problem at both ends.

  19. Geoengineering would hurt some people on Climatologist Speaks On the Effects of Geoengineering · · Score: 1

    Geoengineering would hurt some people. Global warming is good for some of us in the northern climates because it is giving us a longer growing season.

    Note I'm not arguing about if it exists, but the reality is climate changed is a mixed bag that hurts some people and benefits other people depending on where you are. There are scientific papers about this. Thus any geoengineering to reverse climate change will also hurt some people and benefit others.

    A better idea would be to focus on the real problems such as pollution, reducing waste, war, etc.

  20. Re:Word Press? Wow! on New Zero Day Disclosed In WordPress Core Engine · · Score: 1

    "I used to offer WordPress as blog engine to my users. Like .... 7 or 8 years ago. And half of my time was spent updating, upgrading, and cleaning up after WordPress."

    Well there's your problem. WordPress 4.2.1 of 2015 is a totally different system than what you were using. It is now much easier to update, upgrade, clean and manage. Try it again.

  21. discovered in the WordPress 4.2 on New Zero Day Disclosed In WordPress Core Engine · · Score: 2

    "discovered in the WordPress 4.2 and earlier core engine"

    WordPress is on version 4.2.1 and makes automatic nightly updates and if comment moderation is turned on fully and always then this is not an issue.

    Keep up-to-date.
    Moderate comments.

    Both of these practices are good for other reasons.

  22. Re:I'm really conflicted... on Stephen Hawking Has a Message For One Direction Fans · · Score: 2

    You assume he has been following the situation. Just as likely he simply was able to grasp the situation form the small amount of data provided and present a good humored response on the fly. Intelligence can often make up for a lack of fine data.

  23. Re:I hope it's a publicity stunt on Surgeon Swears Human Head Transplant Isn't a 'Metal Gear Solid' Publicity Stunt · · Score: 1

    Everyone's going to die thus everybody is going to _be_ dead anyway.

  24. Re:I hope it's a publicity stunt on Surgeon Swears Human Head Transplant Isn't a 'Metal Gear Solid' Publicity Stunt · · Score: 1

    "Nobody is going to die that wouldn't be dead anyway."

    Yes, well, umm... that is a very, very nice neat tautology. I like it! :)

  25. Re:Legacy Support on iTunes Stops Working For Windows XP Users · · Score: 1

    it is not the percents that matter but the dollars at the end of the year and it mounts up and apple makes a huge amount off their media (content) sales. Look at their financial reports.