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  1. And in other news... on Wrong Chemical Dumped Into Olympic Pools Made Them Green (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ...Pool supply company Eurinott has announced the release of a new chemical that reacts quickly with chlorine to produce a remarkable and embarrassing colour change when people relieve themselves in your pool.

  2. No surprise here on China Starts Developing Hybrid Hypersonic Spaceplane (popsci.com) · · Score: 1

    I guess China has finally stolen enough ideas, tech and infrastructure that they feel confident enough to try something like this.

  3. Proof of China's Superiority... on China Starts Developing Hybrid Hypersonic Spaceplane (popsci.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No doubt the Communist Chinese are now confident they've stolen enough ideas, tech and infrastructure from everybody else that they can put some poor bastard in charge of a doomed project and hang him as a traitor when their "space plane" accomplishes something a bit..."North Korean" on its maiden flight.

    (Let's watch how fast this comment gets modded down into obscurity. ;-)

  4. Re:Just a thought... on Seagate Reveals 'World's Largest' 60TB SSD (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    ROFL! It would be a pain in the ass, though, having to file a Freedom of Information request just to get your own pron back.

  5. Re: If they only use for serious crime investigati on FBI Forced To Release 18 Hours of Spy Plane Footage (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the chuckle, my friend!

  6. Just a thought... on Seagate Reveals 'World's Largest' 60TB SSD (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The cost of being too lazy to back up just went 'way, 'way up.

  7. Re:If they only use for serious crime investigatio on FBI Forced To Release 18 Hours of Spy Plane Footage (vice.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sadly, too many "good" cops are willing to lie and conceal evidence that would expose the activities of "bad" cops.

    As far as I'm concerned, that should cost them the "good cop" appellation, but somehow it never does.

  8. I wouldn't be surprised if Free World police killed more innocent, unarmed civilians over the last couple of years than terrorists.

    Like so many of us, GhostMail's owners have lost track of where the real threat lies.

  9. You learn something new every day on 1,000+ US Spies Are Protecting Rio Olympics, Says Report (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    All this time, I thought "Brazilian Cluster-fsck" was just an expression.

  10. "...those on the fence about switching to Windows 10 better move quick or risk paying for what they could have had for free."

    Having a dog do its business on my lawn isn't right at the top of my list. Paying for the privilege ranks even lower. In either case, I'd rather introduce the dog to my paintball gun in a very direct way than allow it to leave a POS on my property.

    I feel just the same about "upgrading" to Windows 10.

    How long have you been working for them, by the way?

  11. Re: No chance they'll be indicted on Top DNC Staffers Leave Following WikiLeaks Email Scandal (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    You're not much of a reader, are you!

  12. Re: No chance they'll be indicted on Top DNC Staffers Leave Following WikiLeaks Email Scandal (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Not really. I have some scientific evidence to support my statement.

    Unlike you.

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/the-hot-button/study-links-low-intelligence-with-right-wing-beliefs/article543361/

  13. Re:Fixed that for you, Donna on Top DNC Staffers Leave Following WikiLeaks Email Scandal (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Nixon also tried to get universal health care legislation, but was stymied by the bought-off congresscritters and senators in both parties.

  14. Re: No chance they'll be indicted on Top DNC Staffers Leave Following WikiLeaks Email Scandal (usatoday.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Nice straw man argument you've got there. I bet it works great with conservatives and other people with severe intellectual challenges.

    :-)

  15. Fixed that for you, Donna on Top DNC Staffers Leave Following WikiLeaks Email Scandal (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    " In spite of the hard work of Amy, Luis, and Brad, the Democratic Party has been forced to adopt a platform that's still more conservative than Richard Nixon's ", has put itself in financial position to win in November, and has begun the important work of investing in state party partnerships.

  16. Just a slight misunderstanding... on One Year Later: Windows 10 Now Runs On Over 21% of All Desktops (winbeta.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "...Windows 10 is no longer offered as a free upgrade for PCs running Windows 7 or Windows 8."

    I think what the author meant to say was, "Windows 10 is no longer rammed down the throat any user too naive to treat anything coming from Microsoft as a malware attack."

  17. You had me right up 'til you pulled out that tired old "English lit and Art are useless" bullshit. Forbes, Fortune and a bunch of other sensible business media attest to the value of those degrees for people in the tech field. If I want a programmer, even good ones are a dime a dozen. Somebody who can tell me what's going to sell, and how to make it more attractive to the people I want to sell it to, is worth a hell of a lot more...and that very often takes the kind of expertise taught in the Arts.

    "AAC&Uâ(TM)s employer surveys confirm, year after year, that the skills employers value most in the new graduates they hire are not technical, job-specific skills, but written and oral communication, problem solving, and critical thinkingâ"exactly the sort of 'soft skills' humanities majors tend to excel in."

    http://fortune.com/2015/11/13/liberal-arts-degrees-critics/

  18. Re:They don't make disasters like they used to on The Chip Card Transition In the US Has Been a Disaster (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Interesting. Thanks for that!

  19. We aren't. And source on your allegation that Plame's husband was identifying her as CIA at parties...and if so, which ones. People with high security clearance actually do get together once in a while. Mentioning Plame's employer there isn't the same as blasting it out to the world, which is what those Republican traitors did.

  20. Celebrating Semi-legit Amusing Comparison Day... on PSA: Windows 10 Is Still Free For Those Who Use Assistive Technologies (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    In many parks, one can find evidence that dogs have been at large. Even though their leavings are available free of charge, I have no desire to take any home and put it on my computer.

  21. Re:They don't make disasters like they used to on The Chip Card Transition In the US Has Been a Disaster (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    If I had points right now, I'd mod you up for this. In Canada, we've been using the system for years, and are now onto an even later version where you just tap your card on the terminal display. That's it...no signature, no PIN. It takes literally a second.

    Having seen it work for years, I'll add my voice to yours about the time for a transaction with a chip card. Crappy little terminals take forever. Decent ones are every bit as fast as the "side slide".

    And our banks are responsible for fraudulent transactions, so it isn't a concern for consumers.

  22. Why is everything so difficult for Americans? on The Chip Card Transition In the US Has Been a Disaster (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Up here with the igloos and polar bears, we have had these machines for years. You can slide, swipe or tap. If you do the first two, you'll have to input your PIN. Occasionally sliding the chip end of the card into the reader is a bit slower than swiping, but not as a rule. Newer machines simply require you to tap your chip card on the display screen. That's it...no PIN or anything. It takes about a second.

    It's a bit ironic that most of this technology was invented in the US, but it's the only First World country on the planet that can't use it properly.

  23. Of course not. What they haven't explained is why they didn't prosecute Karl Rove and George Bush for the TWENTY-TWO MILLION emails they deleted from their illegal server in order to conceal their involvement in illegally firing several prosecutors who refused to serve as their pawns by selectively prosecuting Democrats.

  24. Re: Slant eyes are a serious threat to the free on Chinese State Company Unveils World's Largest Seaplane (theguardian.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Cracker" is not a racial slur. Since the word originated as a description of one cracking a whip (typically to punish a slave or an animal), a person of any colour could be described as a cracker.

    Up here in Canada, we typically don't use such language to describe that particular sub-species of Southerner. We usually refer to them instead as "bigots", "racists" or "inbred morons".

  25. Well, that was fast... on China Bans Internet News Reporting As Media Crackdown Widens (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It looks like Roger Ailes has already found his next job.