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  1. Re:Dependence is just a way to control you on Let's Drug Test The Rich Before Approving Tax Deductions, Says US Congresswoman (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Congratulations! You have managed to make a suggestion as bat-loon crazy as she did.

  2. Hmmm, someone in government said something stupid, and the party was left off by the media.

    Wanna bet she's a Democrat?

    Well, to be fair, it was reported by The Guardian, once the Manchester Guardian, the mouthpiece of the Labor Party from back when they yearly met with Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin back before WWI. To them, she is vaguely right wing.

  3. Don't worry. The people that would be tested includes bankers, financial traders, Hollywood, and high class lawyers. I.e., the big donors to the Congresswomen's party. She's just making an appeal to the Bernie voters, to improve her turnout.

  4. Re:Multiple use cases on Renewables Are Set To Overtake Gas and Coal By 2027 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    This will only work in cities without skyscrapers and without winters. A friend installed solar panels on his property, and two winters were enough to crack enough of the panels to reduce the power generation to enough to recharge a few D cells at a time.

    And seriously, where do you install them on the Chrysler Building? Or in the shadow of a taller building than the one on which you are installing the panels?

    This might work in the US Southwest, but there is more suitable land outside cities than on all the buildings. Multistory buildings screw up your calculations, I am afraid.

  5. It has less shelf space because they don't pay the stores enough to get more shelf space.

    As to them beating Pepsi or Coke in taste tests, whose tests? Pepsi;s tests showed them beating Coke at the same time that Coke's tests showed Coke was preferred by people drinking more than a small cup at a time. This rather implies that test design is as important as the wording on political polls in determining the outcomes, that it, _very_ important.

  6. Re:It's "better... THAN", you fucking American idi on Future Phones May Use Vacuum Tube Chips As Silicon Hits Moore's Law Extremes (inverse.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, "better to" sounds awfully British to me, but then I am just an American cretin.

    I just assumed that it was a stupid mistake missed by a failed editor, possibly caused by the writer switching sentence structure in the last revision.

  7. Re:i write everything in lowercase on Internet, Web Enjoy One Final Day As Proper Nouns (go.com) · · Score: 1

    thank you, e.e.cummings

  8. Re:Giant problem on Declaring Code Is Not Code, Says Larry Page (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    First, we were discussing the copyright of the APIs for CP/M, not Sons of The Swordmaker (which was copyrighted the first time in a period where it could have gone into the PD if it hadn't been extended, which it was, so it still is). CP/M APIs are in the easy period (copyright lasts forever because Disney will keep persuading Congress to extend it whenever Steamboat Willie gets near leaving copyright).

    Second, 70 years? Oh, GOD! It's WORSE than I remembered!!

  9. Re:Giant problem on Declaring Code Is Not Code, Says Larry Page (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Alas, there is nothing to be done to maintain copyright. It lasts a half century after the creator's death, unless the creator or the rightful heir or heirs (and isn't THAT just a bunch of lawsuits in waiting?) explicitly places it in the Public Domain.

    All so Mickey Mouse can never be abused by non-Disney artists/writers/whatever.

  10. Re:Two wrongs don't make a right on Iran Is Arresting Models Who Pose Without Headscarves On Instagram (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Non-specific Deism is a religion in the terms of establishment.

    Incorrect. I leave you the exercise of looking up the Supreme Court decisions where this phrase that I quoted (without quote marks, sorry) was specifically cited as acceptable given the Establishment clause.

    there are non-monotheistic religions.

    As for polytheists, most will accept the term to mean either the head of the pantheon or the pantheon as a whole. It might be an interesting question in the cases of Manicheans worshiping Ahriman or Satanists, I grant you.

    In any case, you ignored the rest of my reply about the original form without "under god" being acceptable, as would silence or even absence in some cases. I just thought of another case -- foreign citizens obviously cannot make the Pledge, and I suppose must remain silent. Unfortunately, I cannot ask my one-time office mate how his wife and brother-in-law handled it as German citizens whose parents were here on work visas. When I last saw him, neither had made any efforts to becoming US citizens.

  11. Re: Basically if you ever posted social media self on Face Recognition App Taking Russia By Storm May Bring End To Public Anonymity (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, if your job is related to social media, I can see it, but I doubt that the average auto mechanic is hired for his rad Facebook skilz.

    Don't forget, the sources of these stories wanted people to be dumping their life's stories in a forum that they can monitor programmatically.

    Also, how do they handle the multiple John Williams Problem? When I was listed in the whois database back in the 1990s, I received emails for someone else with my name at least once every few months, and my surname is not exactly common.

  12. Re: Basically if you ever posted social media self on Face Recognition App Taking Russia By Storm May Bring End To Public Anonymity (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Which DMV? Every US state and commonwealth has its own, even if it is not called the DMV, like in PA.

  13. Re:Thirty years? Holy shit! on Fake Hacker Found Guilty Following Gutsy Mitt Romney Extortion Scheme (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    Nonsense. Beheading, despite looking spectacular, is usually about as quick and painless as possible short of being next to an exploding nuclear device (where the victim is turned into plasma faster than pain nerve impulses could travel). Now, the Blood Eagle, THAT was a good method of execution!

    OTOH, too much work involved. Just feed him to pigs. That will result in a smarter class of crook, as well.

  14. Re:Probably nothing to hide on Fake Hacker Found Guilty Following Gutsy Mitt Romney Extortion Scheme (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought that his net worth was supposedly $520 million, putting him on an inflation adjusted value about half of JFK's worth and just over Washington's estimated worth.

  15. Vladimir Putin demanded that it be included in the story, just to rub in how trustworthy he is, on pain of polonium poisoning by the FSB/KGB/NKVD/Cheka/Okrana.

  16. Re:Where's the beef? on Iran Is Arresting Models Who Pose Without Headscarves On Instagram (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, but France bans head scarves (on hopes that they make an exception for chemotherapy patients), crucifixes or Stars of David when visibly worn.

  17. Re:Repressing half the population on Iran Is Arresting Models Who Pose Without Headscarves On Instagram (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually, in most of the USA it is illegal, just as is not coming to a complete stop before proceeding through a stop sign or dumping your trash in a non-approved manner or location. The woman that you read about was either in Canada, or her locale's equivalent of the Kode What'sHisName on Sister Wives, who the local police decided wasn't worth the bother of dealing with so long as it doesn't interfere with traffic.

  18. Re:Two wrongs don't make a right on Iran Is Arresting Models Who Pose Without Headscarves On Instagram (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    US schools force children to pledge allegiance to the state. The pledge contains the phrase "under god", even though there is supposed to be separation of church and state.

    Non-specific Deism is not establishing a religion. Furthermore, if the child has religious objections to pledging allegiance, like certain sects do, they can refuse to say the Pledge, and even leave the room if their mere presence offends them (i.e., their parents). The phrase "separation of church and state" is merely shorthand, like "Lincoln freed the slaves" (ignoring little things like the US Army and, later, both houses of Congress, had a hand, as well) and has no legal force or effect, ignoring that it is wrong.

  19. Re:Two wrongs don't make a right on Iran Is Arresting Models Who Pose Without Headscarves On Instagram (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you stating that it is illegal to start a party which supports nationalizing all companies and major private assets without compensating the current owners, or that it is illegal to start a party advocating seizing all governments from the Federal to the local school authority boards by force to do the same?

    Obviously, it is illegal to start a "Communist Party of the United States of America" for the same reason that it is illegal to start a "Walt Disney Corporation" -- violation of trademarks held by the incumbents -- but I assume THAT is not your problem.

    PS: If "I don't read or reply to ACs. Ever." how did you decide to reply to your post's parent? Hypocrite!

  20. Re:It is inevitable on Volvo Wants You To Ditch Car Keys For Its New Smartphone App (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Hell, I hope this is optional.

    Just don't buy a Volvo. How much is all the supposed safety worth if your car steals itself, some night, and drives to the nearest chop shop?

  21. Re:Let me get this right on One of Silicon Valley's Most Esteemed VCs Says Startups Are 'Mostly Crap' (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 1

    What's this guy's angle?

    He's Bret Maverick?

  22. Re:They must have all died in the battle on Slaughter At The Bridge: Uncovering A Colossal Bronze Age Battle (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Or their society persisted until the event receded from the bards' repetoire. This one battle was about the same time as the Trojan War. I don't think that any German or Celtic legend that hooks into historical events or individuals precedes the Punic Wars, about 1000 years later, and most don't go back to Caesar, despite extensive trade and mercenary hiring. The amazing thing is that the Greeks managed to preserve (any) legends from the explosion of Thera to the Trojan War despite at least one fall of civilization and changing writing systems.

  23. Re:Pavlov volcano on Volcano Erupts In Southwest Alaska, Sending Ash 20,000 Feet (google.com) · · Score: 2

    Did someone ring a bell?

    THANK YOU! Someone finally makes the obvious comment, and it has to be an AC so modding it up helps no one.

  24. Re:Actually, on Researcher Measures Brain Reactions To Donald Trump (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    How DARE you not make a partisan rant on this, but criticize a stupid experiment saying nothing but Trump is bad if you need to go to sleep soon!

    Take away this person's 5 digit id!

    (exit sarc mode)

  25. Re:The world already burns on Researcher Measures Brain Reactions To Donald Trump (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    What are the BOTH SIDES in a three or more sided conflict?