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  1. Re:I do on Who Owns the Moon? A Space Lawyer Answers (theconversation.com) · · Score: 2

    He can't say he wasn't warned that she's a harsh mistress.

  2. Re: Color me unimpressed with their opinion. on Chinese Space Official Seems Unimpressed With NASA's Lunar Gateway (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I KNEW there was a reason the US needed Space Force!

  3. So basically the maxim "there are no free rides" is still in effect.

    It's spelled "TANSTAAFL". You know, from TMIAHM. By RAH.

  4. The phrase 'on sale' doesn't actually mean 'cheaper', just that special attention is being brought to it.

    "On sale" means "available for purchase." Pretty much everything on Amazon is on sale. Declaring it "on sale", like you say, is just drawing attention.

  5. On a universal time scale, all information will be destroyed.

  6. Re:Nah, 'diving' did that a long time ago. on Has Video Refereeing Ruined The World Cup? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Soccer games routinely end without a single point on either side. In cricket matches, sometimes more than a hundred runs are scored in a single at-bat.

    Foreign sportsball is broken. I'll start watching when they get their shit together.

  7. Re: Seek & DESTROY - Metallica on India Now Has the 'World's Strongest' Net Neutrality Rules (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Did anybody read past the first three words of that waste of space ?

    Waste of space? Know what else is? Orion's Belt is a big waist of space!

    OK, it's not funny. But you have to admit it's a three star joke.

  8. Re:Please mention how the organics were destroyed on NASA May Have Discovered and Then Destroyed Organics on Mars in 1976 (space.com) · · Score: 1

    The word is pronounced the same as "lead," and it refers to the first sentence of a news article.

    Do you mean pronounced as "lead" or pronounced as "lead"?

  9. Re:Amazing stuff on Software Beats Animal Tests at Predicting Toxicity of Chemicals (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    Then use people to find out what the chemicals will do. People are animals.

    If you're doing lethality studies, you'll have to pay your human volunteers MUCH more than the price of a rat.

  10. Re:Invading privacy? on Malls In California Are Sending License Plate Information To ICE (theweek.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Right. And go back "home". What could be so bad that they don't want to return to where they were born? Could there really be a situation in the world so bad that it's worse than having to duck ICE? I can't imagine.

  11. Re:Digital forensics on Researchers Devise AI System To Reduce Noise in Photos (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 2

    Because somebody with Sandra Bullock's acting ability is best suited for porn.

  12. Re: how are scooters even a problem? on Uber Adds Electric Scooters To Its App (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    In kansas a motorized scooter is less 130cc or 3.5 brake horsepower...

    It sounds like you're talking about the Kansas definition for a moped or motorized bicycle. A motorized scooter has the additional requirement of being under 5 horsepower, but the laws don't change so the point is moot.

  13. Re:If it ain't broke, fix it on AT&T Wants To Overhaul HBO, Says It Isn't Profitable Enough (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I hope we don't lose either. They're my favorite things on HBO. GoT is the reason for a lot of subscriptions, so I don't think they'll abandon it in spite of cost. John Oliver has recently pissed of a big coal baron and the Chinese president, but is he really that divisive? His most recent main piece was on gene editing. I suppose his "We Got Him!" celebrations when DJT gets caught in a lie could be considered partisan.

  14. Re: how are scooters even a problem? on Uber Adds Electric Scooters To Its App (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure where the law falls on motorized scooters, I would actually assume they fall into the bicycle category.

    Here's what CA haws to say.

    A motorized scooter is a two-wheeled device that has handlebars, a floorboard designed to be stood upon when riding, and is powered by a motor.
    Motorized scooter does NOT have to be registered. A motorized scooter may be driven with any class driver license.

  15. One for the cool people and one for the dorks.

    And two Denny's, so we can always say, "Let's not go to that one. Let's go to the good one."

  16. Re:Anti-darwinism on Spiders Can Fly Hundreds of Miles Using Electricity (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    It's like gravity, just a theory with no proof.

    Proof? There's obvious proof that gravity is a hoax. When I drop a pencil, I can observe the ground rushing up toward it at 9.8 m/s/s. This is proof that disc-Earth is under constant linear acceleration. You might think we'd reach c after about a year, but for an explanation of why that doesn't occur I refer you to Einstein's papers on the subject. Of course, you have to read them in the original Hebrew before they were censored by NASA.

    Besides, if gravity is real, and our planet is a sphere, then which way is down brainiacs?

  17. Re:Manual Shut Off? on Hackers Stole 600 Gallons of Gas From Detroit Gas Station, Report Says (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Shut down the full station just to fix one bad pump?

    Yes! If the other option is to let gas free-flow for 90-minutes, then shut down the whole station. Of course! You think the gas station made $1,800 profit on the functioning pumps during that 90-minutes?

  18. Re:Plug-Spreading? on 'Plugspreading' is an Abomination (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    What country is Wednesday the 4th a holiday? That would happen several times per year.

    Several? My math says an average of less than twice. July 4th, the USA's Independence Day, happens once.

  19. Re:Plug-Spreading? on 'Plugspreading' is an Abomination (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe for you. I was off yesterday, Wednesday the 4th.

  20. Re: Plug-Spreading? on 'Plugspreading' is an Abomination (cnet.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    #metoo

    Am I the only one that reads this as "pound-me-too"?

  21. Re: Investors? on MoviePass Parent Files To Raise $1.2 Billion To Stay Afloat (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Speaking personally, ads influence very little of my behaviour ...

    You may think that, and you may be right, but everyone thinks that. Some big players are betting big money that you're wrong.

  22. Re: Investors? on MoviePass Parent Files To Raise $1.2 Billion To Stay Afloat (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    At the bottom of the pile, doesn't someone need to actually make something for everyone else to market and sell?

    For a date night like one we're discussing tracking, somebody makes drinks, dinner, and a movie and those things are purchased my the daters. Deciding who provides those things could be influenced by ads. There is a bottom here.

  23. Re:I still buy CD's reguarly on Best Buy Stops Selling Music CDs (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know how common this is, but if anyone is still buying CDs it makes little sense to pay the new price.

    Just get everything through Limewire like me.

    I used to collect used CDs and have ripped about 300 hours worth of MP3s, but I stopped years ago. For $10/month with Pandora or Spotify you can select from massive libraries. If you cared, you could trap the stream and keep a copy. My MP3 collection still gets use, but it's not worth what it once was. I gave away all my CDs except for the HHGTTG radio show and don't know what I'd do with them if I had them.

  24. Re:So, can we say "I told you so" now? on AT&T Removes HBO From an Unlimited Data Plan After Buying Time Warner (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Buy one for twice the price, and I'll throw in a second for FREE!

  25. Re:Amazon wants you to go broke on Amazon Wants You To Start a Business To Deliver Its Packages (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    RTFA. the DO allow you to use the vans for other deliveries. sheesh.

    FTA:

    The partner companies can only deliver Amazon packages from the branded vans, but they're allowed to add their own non-Prime vehicles and pick up work for other companies.