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  1. Re:Advantages and disadvantages on Should We Fill the Sahara With Solar Panels? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You are one of those people that can't understand that you can buy things USED.

    I had 144 USED batteries that spent 6 years at cellphone tower sites. Bought them for scrap value and refurbished them myself. They then lasted another 10 years for me.

    there are a metric SHITLOAD of large capacity standby batteries that are absolutely useable with a little bit of work available for really cheap if you take the time to learn.

    But go ahead and believe I was very wealthy... I like that.

  2. Re:Solar strategic advantage on Should We Fill the Sahara With Solar Panels? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It's far, far, far easier to use an ICBM than a rail gun in the way you talk of. or are you suggesting that we shoot THROUGH the earth... Because that would be bad for everyone involved.

  3. Re:Avoid politics on Should We Fill the Sahara With Solar Panels? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    They tried that in michigan. they were going to install a wind farm several miles offshore in lake michigan. a lot of the really whiney really stupid people demanded they don't do it.

  4. Re:Give to the rest of the world and remain poor? on Should We Fill the Sahara With Solar Panels? (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    "If you want a few people to be rich you need capitalism. "

    FTFY.

    If you want most of your people to live comfortably you need SOCIALISIM. like we have in Canada. and like is available in a large part of the United states.

    Capitalism, unbridled capitalism. That causes more problems than a warlord would.

  5. Re:Advantages and disadvantages on Should We Fill the Sahara With Solar Panels? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    A big disadvantage that is easily overcome. I used to live on 100% solar power in northern michigan. it is trivial to store what you can when the sun is out and use that storage until the next time the sun comes back. I had enough storage to run 14 days without having a single watt generated from my solar array.

  6. Writers are not the brightest.... on Publisher Is Pretty Sure Google Could End Piracy (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    when it comes to technology.

    Dear authors... Technology is hard, leave it to the professionals.

  7. Oracle does not give a rats ass. on Oracle Asked To Help Low-Income Residents Evicted For Its New Cloud Campus (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Honestly Oracle really does not care about them, nor the fact that the property management company is being scum.

    All oracle cares about is next quarter profits. if people have to suffer for those profits, then so be it.

  8. Politician ban.... on Drone Ban Extends 30 Miles Around DC, Per FAA (wusa9.com) · · Score: 1

    Can I have a 30 mile Politician ban around my home? I cite public welfare and safety as the reasons.

  9. minus the trade in value? on Verizon Offering $650 To Switch To Their Network (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    So we get fucked if we have a high trade in value phone? stick your head in a lake Verizon.

  10. Re:Yeah they dont dare... on TSA Moves Closer To Rejecting Some State Driver's Licenses For Airline Travel (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Herp derp much? I fly WEEKLY. and yes you can pay for it and I do, but you still show your license.

    Let me guess, you are one of those that has never even looked up that info and think that everyone gleefully skips on through. I have never EVER seen even billionaires carry a passport as ID for that line. every one of them has their Drivers license.

    Oh and that special line, we get cookies and free beer as well as get to look at the naked scan pictures of you plebes that have to go through the regular line.

  11. Re:Yeah they dont dare... on TSA Moves Closer To Rejecting Some State Driver's Licenses For Airline Travel (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The concealed carry permit also protects you from the police. Cops that hate armed citizens can slap you with a felony for carrying firearms that are unloaded and locked in your vehicle if you dont have that concealed carry permit.

    Why? because 90% of cars today do not have a trunk, so the firearms are "within reach" even in the back hatch area. Yes cops really do think this way. your permit protects you from the cops harassing you.

    And yes, a LOT of cops utterly hate legally armed responsible citizens.

  12. No they dont.... on Microsoft Has Your Encryption Key If You Use Windows 10 (theintercept.com) · · Score: 1

    I dont have an encryption key! HA! Take that Microsoft!

  13. Not a chance in hell. on Can Web Standards Make Mobile Apps Obsolete? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I only use apps that will work offline as well as online. If your app is online only then stuff it. I'll just use the mobile web page using jquery instead of buying your lame $1.99 browser wrapper.

  14. If an entire state tells the feds to "fuck you" they wont dare block an entire states residents from flying. whatever sitting president will shit bricks the moment they try as the screaming will start from all the rich people first...

    You know the ones that buy our government officials... yeah they wont tolerate being inconvenienced.

  15. Re:Only for weirdos and 4x4s on For a Missouri Cassette Tape Factory, Obsolesence is Just a 12-Letter Word (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    "Big fancy magtape can kick the crap out of a CD, but it doesn't fit in your pocket."

    http://www.amazon.com/Sony-PCM...

    Fits in my pocket and blows CD's out of the water hard. What are you one of those skinny jeans freaks that cant even put quarters in your pockets?

  16. Re:Only for weirdos and 4x4s on For a Missouri Cassette Tape Factory, Obsolesence is Just a 12-Letter Word (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Except Hipsters have a buttload more money than the rednecks... and they pay very well for someone to restore that 1965 motorcycle for them and add a beard holder.

    I love hipsters, they actually pay their bills.

  17. Re:Very few mediums die completely on For a Missouri Cassette Tape Factory, Obsolesence is Just a 12-Letter Word (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They company still makes DAT tape. I still record digital audio to tape as my old sony pocket DAT recorder still kicks the crap out of any other portable recording system out there. and the DAT drive I have hanging off of a SCSI->USB reads in the digital audio to the PC just beautifully.

  18. But they not only measure in frackles but they also break your fuel gauge so you dont know how much they actually put in your car.

  19. Re:Only if I have complete control... on Tesla Will Have Self-driving Cars In Just Two Years, Elon Musk Boldly Declares (fortune.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "The car is already not YOUR car anymore because the manufacturer controls the spare parts market."
    This is an amazingly uneducated response.

    Go see the company called "year One" and how they are making parts for cars that have been long abandoned by the manufacturer. Oh and please feel free to continue ignoring every car made from 1927 to 1999 that also have 3rd party parts available.

  20. Re:75% of intelligence is inherited on Poverty Stunts IQ In the US But Not In Other Developed Countries (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    100% totally and completely false. Your environment and what you are exposed to has a far larger impact than genes do. Bad water, bad air, bad nutrition, bad living conditions stunt brain growth or even heavy metal poisoning severely destroy a child's brain and ability to learn. Those factors are 50 times more important in determining a person's ability to learn than genetics.

    Nobody rich lives in Flint michigan, but guess what city of the poor was just nailed for poisoning the children of an ENTIRE CITY with lead in the water..... all of those kids are 100% fucked for the rest of their life because of the greedy rich asshole fuckheads that made decisions they had no right making.

  21. Duh. on Poverty Stunts IQ In the US But Not In Other Developed Countries (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Here in the USA lead abatement in rentals is a thin coat of paint. Elsewhere they require the landlord to remove it ALL from the home.

    And who lives in the shitty run down really old homes with lead paint in them? poor people.

  22. Power company Executives need to be put in Jail. on Hackers Have Infiltrated the US Power Grid's Control Networks (lasvegassun.com) · · Score: 1

    If the SCADA systems are freaking ON THE INTERNET then the executives need to be put in jail and all their family assets taken and treated as terrorists.

    Only the worlds most incompetent would put ANY SCADA system on the internet with any access ability. Private point to point networks with encrypted tunneling on those private point to points.

    Oh that is expensive? WAHHHHH. suck it up.

  23. Re:I've seen this before on Software-Defined Vehicles Will Dominate At CES (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    You seem to not understand that the automotive industry is all about lock in with really crappy electronics.

    You will never EVER get what you ask for from any car maker on this planet.

  24. Re:Ahhh yes on Phantom Squad Hacking Group Claims Credit For Three-Hour Xbox Live Outage · · Score: 1

    You are expecting ISP's to actually spend money on security and infrastructure?

    What bizzaro world do you live in?

  25. And nobody noticed.... on Phantom Squad Hacking Group Claims Credit For Three-Hour Xbox Live Outage · · Score: 1

    Because Xbox Live servers have been flakey for the past year.

    Why dont they also claim responsibility for Comcast uptime sucking?