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  1. Re:Collateralized vs Non-Collateralized Loans on Let Them Eat Teslas · · Score: 1

    Every loan comes with the risk of default.

    Some more than others. Loans that are backed with public money, and managed by people with no stake in the outcome, most of all.

  2. Re:Collateralized vs Non-Collateralized Loans on Let Them Eat Teslas · · Score: 1

    I don't think "free" means what you think it means.

  3. I'm sorry... on Let Them Eat Teslas · · Score: 1

    ...did someone make the claim that Fascism makes sense? I must have missed it.

  4. 40hp = small motor scooter? on Solar Impulse Airplane To Launch First Sun-Powered Flight Across America · · Score: 1

    I think not. 40hp is 40hp. At full power the motors are using almost 30,000 watts of power. That's assuming 100% efficient motors. They didn't say what cruising power requirements are, but 30,000 watts is a lot of power to move 1 person at 43mph. Even 7,000watts would be a lot of power to move one person at 43mph.

  5. Re:The Stupidity, It Hurts! on Video Game Industry Starting To Feel Heat On Gun Massacres · · Score: 1

    Yep. My only quibble is with your use of the word liberal. It was insightful to put it in quotes. In this debate I see the liberals on the side of gun rights. The Liberals? Not so much.

  6. Re:The Stupidity, It Hurts! on Video Game Industry Starting To Feel Heat On Gun Massacres · · Score: 1

    Oops, engage=attend.

  7. Re:The Stupidity, It Hurts! on Video Game Industry Starting To Feel Heat On Gun Massacres · · Score: 1

    No, that's like a city requiring and issuing a permit for a group wanting to put on a gun show. What I'm saying is that we should do background checks on people wishing to engage in protests.

  8. Re:The Stupidity, It Hurts! on Video Game Industry Starting To Feel Heat On Gun Massacres · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think we should mandate background checks of participants before protests. Think of all the rapes and muggings we could have prevented if Occupy participants were checked out before they were allowed to participate.

  9. Re:Oh good, undersea mining on Major Find By Japanese Scientists May Threaten Chinese Rare Earth Hegemony · · Score: 1

    Yeah, lifting a pound of feathers is relatively cheap. Coming from a different thread, putting a pound of aerogel into orbit would be almost free!

  10. Re:At least Fox tries to pretend its unbiased on Pew Research Finds Opinion Dominates MSNBC More Than Fox News · · Score: 1

    MSNBC does not use Republican as an adjective. They use Republican as a perjorative.

  11. Re:There is no such thing as unbiased reporting on Pew Research Finds Opinion Dominates MSNBC More Than Fox News · · Score: 1

    Because when someone finds a news source that is aligned with their interests, and shares a common narrative, it becomes unbiased. Beware all the people that say news source A is straightforward, while B, C, D, E, and F are biased.

  12. Re:Theres nothing wrong with opinion on Pew Research Finds Opinion Dominates MSNBC More Than Fox News · · Score: 2

    What MSNBC does, is put nerdy hipster glasses on all it's hosts. That is supposed to make them more credible, but it is not subtle at all.

  13. Re:Seems useless on Pew Research Finds Opinion Dominates MSNBC More Than Fox News · · Score: 2

    The problem really lies with what is not reported. Bias by omission. And omitted facts can never be incorrect.

  14. Re:The average Slashdotter . . . on Google Reportedly Making a Smartwatch, Too · · Score: 1

    I agree. Mainly because it requires you to wear it on your wrist.

  15. Until the laser burns through said arrangement and vaporizes the cornea.

  16. NK? Are you kidding? They've been pulling this crap for 60 years. Of course they should have known.

  17. Re:Patriot Act is unconstitutional on National Security Letters Ruled Unconstitutional, Banned · · Score: 1

    Are you just deliberately obtuse? The Tea Party movement start with Rick Santelli's statement on the trading floor in 2009. Are you holding back some sort of time travel device? Was the Tea party supposed to create itself in response to Republicans last budget with a deficit of 165 billion? No. They formed when we started racking up trillion+ dollar deficits in 2009 when we had the the Pelosi, Reid, Obama trifecta of spending and total lack of restraint.

  18. Re:Patriot Act is unconstitutional on National Security Letters Ruled Unconstitutional, Banned · · Score: 1

    Because the Tea Party movement started in April 2009. The 2007 fiscal year had a 165 billion dollar deficit. Hint, yes it is.

  19. Re:Patriot Act is unconstitutional on National Security Letters Ruled Unconstitutional, Banned · · Score: 1

    So you're reduced to expressing amounts in percentages to create some sort of equivalency. Congratulations.

  20. Whatever... on US To Deploy Ballistic Missile Interceptors In Response To North Korean Threats · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So, the Obama administration scrapped the prior administration's plans to increase the number of interceptors from 30 to 44 at Ft Greely, AK in 2009. Now the Administration plans to increase the number of interceptors from 30 to 44 at Ft Greely, AK. By 2017. Idiots.

  21. Re:Patriot Act is unconstitutional on National Security Letters Ruled Unconstitutional, Banned · · Score: 1

    When was a Republican more hardcore than Obama with deficit spending? We have something called Dollars, which are a monetary unit that can be used as a metric.

  22. Re:what could go wrong? on Berkeley Scientists Plan To 'Jurassic Park' Some Extinct Pigeons Back To Life · · Score: 1, Insightful

    While I'd like to restore an extinct species, this sort of thing is outright irresponsible.

    So is a luddite knee-jerk reaction to everything related to the phrase genetically modified.

  23. Re:Forgotten 2012 campaign poster on Obama Administration To Allow All Spy Agencies To Scour Americans' Finances · · Score: 1

    Yeah, it was kind of awful when FDR did that, wasn't it.

  24. Nothing new on High Tech Vending Machines Transform IT Support At Facebook · · Score: 1

    Machine shops have been doing this with cutting tools for years.

  25. Re:Yeah, right on For Jane's, Gustav Weißkopf's 1901 Liftoff Displaces Wright Bros. · · Score: 1

    The delta wing was designed for improved supersonic performance, at the cost of low speed performance. While it is a low-aspect ratio wing design, that is the only trait it shares with Whitehead's wings.