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  1. I'm from Illinois - just across the river from Ferguson, MO. Many of the violent protesters were found to be from East St. Louis - if you look at a map they are not neighbors at all. It's just as likely that they are solely opportunists who came to have a good time.

  2. Someone needs a lesson in self control and in how to behave in a society full of imperfect individuals.

    Same could be said about waiting to smoke.

  3. Harassment is an extreme form of annoying and already illegal.

  4. I'm not the one that threw in Central Park - enough of the law is good that I don't want to nitpick. I have no idea what you're talking about regarding drinking sofas.

    Government (ideal government) is just a group of people deciding how society should be and then making it happen as a group. The will of the people refers to a large percentage of people - where if there were no laws would be enforcing it themselves anyway.

  5. Re:Nanny State on New York State Bans E-Cigarettes Everywhere Traditional Cigarettes Are Prohibited (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Who said anything about harmful? How about annoying? Infuriating? Laws like this reduce violence. If I throw a drink at you to put out your cigarette (or short your e-cig), it's assault. If you force me to partake, that's assault just the same.

  6. Re: Sounds like fun on New York State Bans E-Cigarettes Everywhere Traditional Cigarettes Are Prohibited (usatoday.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    is going into your butt

    They don't have any butts. They're a non-smoker.

  7. Re:Great, more ways for boomers to f**k the rest on Anti-Aging Stem Cell Treatment Proves Successful In Early Human Trials (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    Anyone going for life-prolonging treatment should become ineligible for SS and pension payments at 80.

    Gradual increasing of retirement age has been the general rule for increasing longevity and more healthy years.

  8. Re:Too good to be true on Anti-Aging Stem Cell Treatment Proves Successful In Early Human Trials (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    Or maybe it's the elimination of trans-fats in fast foods and snack foods. Who can say? It's not like our world population is a properly controlled study.

  9. This ban is for indoor. I could only wish that spraying perfume inside were equally illegal. Put that on at home. If you are so strongly doused that you set off a smoke detector, you should be forced to leave. I was once in a movie theater and someone thought it necessary to spray on extra perfume - in her theater seat. She's lucky I was thirsty, or I would have sprayed her with my drink to clean her off.

    I am fully in favor of an Axe law.

  10. Re:Nanny State on New York State Bans E-Cigarettes Everywhere Traditional Cigarettes Are Prohibited (usatoday.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is the will of the people - not nannying. Your rights end in my personal space. Do whatever you want at home or outside, but not next to me in a crowded building.

  11. Re:This is necessary and the rule is obsolete on FCC Ends Decades-Old Rule Designed To Keep TV, Radio Under Local Control (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    dating back to 1940 before the massive expansion of networks like NBC, ABC, and the others that have formed since then

    This is exactly what was foreseen. I think you forget that NBC was a radio company long before 1940. It was easy to see what would happen.

  12. Re:Cancer - I Don't Know Why I Got Cancer on 42% of Americans Under 8 Have Their Own Tablet (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    Non-ionizing radiation in those amounts might make you warmer - if you hold it really, really close. What would be even worse would be to step outside into sunlight. That's many times more severe. Better stay in the basement.

  13. Re:Metacoins? on Bitcoin Pioneer Says New Coin To Work on Many Blockchains (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    But wait, give it a few months and there will be competitors in this space too. Bubbles upon bubbles.

  14. Re:I don't get it... on Hong Kong Has No Space Left for the Dead (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    cement lined burial plots with sealed coffins.

    This is actually only required of the body is preserved with formaldehyde before burial. It prevents groundwater contamination.

  15. Re:Um... Isn't this just default Linux permissions on Windows 10's 'Controlled Folder Access' Anti-Ransomware Feature Is Now Live (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    permanently disable filesystem encryption

    Just because the Windows libraries are a convenient way to encrypt, they're just the low-hanging fruit. If this became difficult to use, they'd just use another library to encrypt the file contents. Malware can easily include this if needed.

  16. Re:So that's the reason ... on "Maybe It's a Piece of Dust" (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    Attach them with some 3M VHB double-sided stickers.

  17. Re: WHY?!? on The Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility: Where Spacecraft Go To Die (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    instrument panels start to spark and smoke.

    I've always wondered why futuristic societies left surge suppression out of their control panel designs. Seems like any direct hit to shields causes a ripple current to feed back into the control circuits.

  18. Anything we send up there should be thought of as being up there for damn good

    It's in low-earth orbit. It's only up there until we stop sending fuel to power the rockets.

  19. Re:A few ideas for a better example on When an AI Tries Writing Slashdot Headlines (tumblr.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, it would be more useful. But that would require programming. There are already ready-made libraries out there for predictive text for touch keyboards and so on.

  20. Re:April Fools' Day on When an AI Tries Writing Slashdot Headlines (tumblr.com) · · Score: 1

    Intelligence is intelligence, whether it runs on hardware or wetware. Artificial intelligence approximates real intelligence with machine learning and sophisticated algorithms.

  21. Re:Unique look and feel? on Essential Announces $200 (29%) Discount on Phones -- Price Dropped To $499 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I have computers and speakers everywhere. I also still have an iPod. If removing jacks I don't need will save money or improve durability, that's fine for a lot of people. It takes no courage for me to say that my phone is a portable communications device and not a multimedia center. The only time I use it for audio is via USB for Android Auto. And I'd probably use a separate device were it not for being able to answer calls and reply to texts by voice.

  22. Re:Unique look and feel? on Essential Announces $200 (29%) Discount on Phones -- Price Dropped To $499 (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That's definitely not the market they're going for, but it's exactly the one they'll get. Reducing price to generate buzz on a flagship device just makes it a very popular mid-range phone.

  23. Microsoft Releases New Months on When an AI Tries Writing Slashdot Headlines (tumblr.com) · · Score: 2

    Revenue was down at Microsoft, so two new months were added to the calendar for subscribers of its Office 365 service. "I think customers will love Duodecember the most," says longtime customer Brad. "It abbreviates to Dude, and it I still get Word, Excel, and Outlook for only $6.99"

    The new months were inspired by NBC's addition of Katilsday, added to the week to promote an additional episode of Dateline.

  24. Re:Unique look and feel? on Essential Announces $200 (29%) Discount on Phones -- Price Dropped To $499 (cnet.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    looks and feels like an Android phone. What makes it unique?

    That's exactly what I'm looking for. A plain, ordinary Android phone. My current and last phones were both Nexus phones. At $499, I would actually consider one of these.

  25. Re: works offline? on How Google's Pixel 2 'Now Playing' Song Identification Works (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    You evidently don't understand metaphor, figurative language, and idioms.