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  1. Re:Moon-Bound at Least on SpaceX Fires Mars-Bound Raptor Engine (extremetech.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nobody is going to the moon or Mars on a tourist trip in your lifetime, try to stop being an idiot before you die.

    Funny though Virgin Galactic's whole business model is based around Space Tourism and they are only planning Sub Orbital. I think Anonymous Cowards should try having dreams rather than crushing them.

  2. The quest for Unobtanium continues

  3. Insurance Companies? on Hackers Threaten To Dump Insurance Files Related To 9/11 Attacks (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Surely this is like extorting The Joker and threatening to reveal how he does his makeup :|

  4. Re:They all have the same name on Should Calls From Google's 'Duplex' System Include Initial Warning Announcements? (vortex.com) · · Score: 2

    Anyone who's worked in retail would probably tell you they'd prefer the bot.

    As would anybody who works in prostitution :D

  5. Re:How did this happen? on GitHub Accidentally Exposes Some Plaintext Passwords In Its Internal Logs (zdnet.com) · · Score: 2

    3) you feed the string and the salt into an encryption algorythm like sha512 which produces a HASH this is what gets stored

    Except sha512 is a hashing algorythm not an ecryption algorythm.

  6. Just imagine the L Space

  7. One thing most people forget is that the Sci-Fi Genre was largelly invented by a woman https://www.google.co.uk/searc...

  8. Re:so he was a minor at the time... on UK Teen Who Hacked CIA Director Sentenced To 2 Years In Prison (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    It's called a Borstal and it's fairly accurately depicted here https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0...

  9. Re:john connor on The US Military Desperately Wants To Weaponize AI (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Kom wit me if you mant to live

  10. Re:Sounds like a CYA distraction statement on Tesla Issues Strongest Statement Yet Blaming Driver For Deadly Autopilot Crash (abc7news.com) · · Score: 1

    They really need to stop calling glorified cruise control Auto Pilot :|

  11. Re:You can say what you want on The Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy Returns With the Original Cast (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Don't confuse the role with the actor. They could all be assholes privately.

    Pfffft sense of humor failure there

  12. Re:Just a reminder: on Windows 10 Is Finally Adding Tabs To File Explorer (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    So we're saying they've gone back to Windows 3.1 only now with Tabs?

  13. Re:You can say what you want on The Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy Returns With the Original Cast (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Given that Sandra Dickinson was Married to Peter Davidson (Time Lord known as The Doctor) and their daughter Georgia Moffett (Also a Time Lord and daughter of The Doctor) is married to David Tenant (Also a Time Lord known as The Doctor). Christmas dinner round there's must have been a hoot!

  14. Re:What is hate speech and who defines it? on Sri Lanka Blocks Facebook, Instagram To Prevent Spread of Hate Speech (lankabusinessonline.com) · · Score: 1
  15. No more Dazzling on Mercedes' Futuristic Headlights Shine Warning Symbols On the Road (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    I think most of it is just gimmicks except for the highlighting pedestrians and not dazzling other road users which are going to be a big improvement for road safety.

  16. Gender disphoria is a recognized medical condition.

    And they only stopped thinking of homosexuality as a mental disorder in 1987 https://www.psychologytoday.co...

  17. A new interrogation technique "Watermark Boarding"

  18. Re:Breaking the law. on WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Asks UK Judge to Drop His Arrest Warrant (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    He also broke the terms of his Bail agreement which in the UK counts as Contempt of Court so the Judge will have complete discretion on the Sentencing (Both Custodial & Fine are pretty much unlimited for contempt of court)

  19. If they'd cloned 12 I'd be paying attention

  20. If only I had Mod Points

  21. Re:Ummmm.... on Scientists Get Closer To Replicating Human Sperm (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I'll make my own thanks. It's a lot more fun.

    Actually the fun is all in the dispensing. You're making sperm all the time.

  22. Begun, the Tube Wars have.

    Wake me when they start the Lube Wars

  23. "Intentionally disabling your services on a competitors device" is EXACTLY what Amazon has been doing for multiple years, but you only have a problem when Google does it?

    Antitrust anyone?

  24. Re:Is the pylon... on Why Some People Can Hear Silent GIF (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ...is the pylon blue or gold?

    They're normally made of Galvanized Steel so it should be a dull grey but knowing Happytoast off of http://www.b3ta.com/ and twitter @IamHappytoasty it's probably wearing pink frilly underwear :D

  25. Re:US is emotionally unstable on Foreign Students Have Begun To Shun the United States (axios.com) · · Score: 0

    Beyond Trump, maybe it's the general mood of Trump-haters and angry activists of all kinds versus Trump supporters and angry defenders of all kinds.

    Why come to a country where everyone is angry all the time?

    Oh so both sides are to blame where have we heard that one before