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  1. Re:This is so stupid. on In a First, Judge Throws Out Evidence Obtained from FBI Malware (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    That would be interesting in this case since the FBI knowingly distributed child pornography AND engaged in blackhat hacking.

    But I have to say that nothing will do more to discourage the FBI from going in to the child porn business than getting their evidence tossed.

  2. Re:Mixed Feelings on In a First, Judge Throws Out Evidence Obtained from FBI Malware (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    No, they shopped so hard for a judge they could snow, they ended up with one who didn't have the authority to sign.

  3. Re:Wavelength can't fit within the universe(?) on The 'Impossible' EM Drive Being Tested By NASA May Finally Be Explained (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    It means the wave won't fit so the state that would result in that wavelength cannot occur.

  4. Re:Why to everyone's dismay? on Anders Behring Breivik, Norway Murderer, Wins Human Rights Case · · Score: 1

    OK, but you asked what it seemed like that people were reacting to. So I told you.

  5. Re:Why to everyone's dismay? on Anders Behring Breivik, Norway Murderer, Wins Human Rights Case · · Score: 1

    Because you seem to very much want to excuse what you consider the lesser mistreatment.

  6. Re:Why to everyone's dismay? on Anders Behring Breivik, Norway Murderer, Wins Human Rights Case · · Score: 1

    It seems like you have this urge. A craving perhaps. To hurt someone very badly. How long have you had this? If you can't spend it on some unsympathetic character like Behring, who will you take it out on? Should we isolate you?

  7. Re:Why to everyone's dismay? on Anders Behring Breivik, Norway Murderer, Wins Human Rights Case · · Score: 1

    You want catharsis, try primal scream therapy.

  8. Re:Rule of law on Anders Behring Breivik, Norway Murderer, Wins Human Rights Case · · Score: 1

    You wouild only add more as the focus shifts to determining if it is a case like this and the inevitable appeals.

  9. You'll care a great deal when you can't drive the car at all until 3 is met. You'll have the urge to kill when you see that to meet 3 you will have to give up 1 and 2.

  10. Re:100% Electric Vehicles by 2030? on Solar Is Now Cheaper Than Coal, Says India Energy Minister (climatechangenews.com) · · Score: 1

    China controls 95% of current production, but prices don't have to move much to make it practical to re-open a great many operations in the U.S. and elsewhere. That's why China backed down on attempts to push prices up.

  11. Re:Are drone dangers exaggerated? on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Only if the whole airport shuts down for the robin.

  12. Re:Are drone dangers exaggerated? on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Having the wings fall off would be pretty bad too, but what's your point?

  13. Re:Obviously, no safety problem was demonstrated h on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    It's even sillier to go into full on panic every time a drone is spotted within a mile of a plane. For example, we don't even have evidence that this plane was struck by a drone rather than a bird.

    I'm not saying flying drones in the flight path is an act of genius, but I do believe we can drop the pretense of air safety as a reason to limit drones as sharply as the various authorities want to.

    The solution here is to track down the idiot flying drones at the airport.

  14. Re:Are drone dangers exaggerated? on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm sure that was annoying, but not really life threatening.

  15. Re:Obviously, no safety problem was demonstrated h on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    If doing that caused zero disruption and never caused a crash, it would probably be quite common.

  16. Re:Are drone dangers exaggerated? on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you trying to tell me that thousands of planes go down in flames every year? If not, read what I wrote again, very carefully this time.

  17. Re:Obviously, no safety problem was demonstrated h on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    You're speaking in the theoretical extreme worst case. I'm speaking of the more common case.

    As for actual cases confirmed by reality, we have zero damage to aircraft from drones and one report that one might have gone 'whump'.

    Other things (not comprehensive) that may in extreme conditions bring a plane down (but don't in real life), kites, big ass slingshots, big spotlights, helium balloons.

  18. Re:Obviously, no safety problem was demonstrated h on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    I said that bird strikes that bring the plane down are freak events. That doesn't mean there isn't video of it. When you consider how many planes fly every single day, the handful of crashes attributable to birds are freak events.

  19. Re:I call BS on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    More likely, there is a deep seated fear that if Citizens get their own air power, they can show the truth on camera to other citizens. They want us afraid of the eye in the sky, not the other way around.

  20. Re:Obviously, no safety problem was demonstrated h on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    In the case of the 747, fine means only the pilot will even know.

  21. Re:Obviously, no safety problem was demonstrated h on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    I would at least like to wait until we can see an actual scuff mark on a plane to do something.

  22. Re:Obviously, no safety problem was demonstrated h on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    Sully ran in to a whole flock of geese, not just a goose. Even still, it was a freak accident.

  23. Re:I call BS on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 2

    He saw something and there was a dull thud. They decided it must be a drone because that's a lot more exciting.

  24. Re:Are drone dangers exaggerated? on Jet Strikes Drone Near Heathrow Airport (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 1

    No, we know that birds occasionally cause freak accidents to aircraft so we try to keep the number of birds on the runway to a minimum. Have you ever been on a plane and the pilot calls out "Ladies and Gentlemen, we apologize for the delay, there is a ROBIN on the airport grounds, we will be taking off as soon as we can scare it away".

  25. Re:No Google will Win. on Six-Hour Meeting Friday Fails to End Oracle/Google Lawsuit (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Nothing is a slam dunk when the players have millions to spend on lawyers.