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  1. I can only say that outside of Gawker's legal team, I think just about every lawyer in the USA would argue that the system is working perfectly and has no problem at all with what Thiel is doing and would not consider it perversion.

    With the Gawker legal team, I imagine their impression would be dependent on how well Gawker employees were following their coaching and advice in court.

  2. Re:Getting to a technological level is hard. on Researchers Say The Aliens Are Silent Because They Are Extinct (theconversation.com) · · Score: 1

    But it's not "random", is it? It's constrained by the chemistry and physics. Truly random would be like a single cell turning into a couch, or a shovel.

    We just need to develop the infinite improbability drive.

  3. Re:Bernie almost certainly won't get nominated on Julian Assange: Google is 'Directly Engaged' In Hillary Clinton's Campaign (infowars.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If the FBI hasn't got anything yet regarding the private server I very much doubt it will ever be a real issue beyond some poo for republicans to fling at her.

    The FBI has enough evidence that they believe is cause for an indictment. The Department of Justice is just sitting on it and not pursuing the indictment. Why would they? Why would the Democrat lead DoJ do something that would wreck the candidacy of their party's Presidential candidate?

    The larger risk to Hillary right now isn't even the email scandal. It's perjury and that's why there's pushes to get Obama to issue a preemptive pardon to Hillary for whatever crimes she may have committed. A charge of perjury is not likely to be taken lightly because it can easily be played into the lying politician bias that most people have.

    The whole thing is sleazy and it's showing just how incestuous DC can be.

  4. It's not a hard goal to achieve. Most of the logistical problems with Mars is getting humans to Mars in a condition in which they can survive on the surface.

    Dying on Mars is a pretty easy task in comparison. You only need to live until impact on the surface.

  5. It's a company created by the Illuminati to indoctrinate children to prepare them for the New World Order.

  6. Re:Ahhhh.. fucking synergy again on Startups Can't Explain What They Do Because They're Addicted To Meaningless Jargon (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    No.

    Our business plan will foster flexible solutions for our customer base.

  7. Re:Campaign season on US Death Rate Rises, Health Officials Aren't Sure Why (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Third the youngest of the three is 69, they are running for a position that ages people by Dog-Years, so who's running for Vice President is likely to be very important.

    The four presumptive or confirmed candidates from Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens are Trump (69), Clinton (68), Johnson (63), and Stein (66). Trump is the oldest of the set, it's only if you include Sanders at 74 that Trump isn't the oldest.

  8. Re:Campaign season on US Death Rate Rises, Health Officials Aren't Sure Why (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    One must be 35 years of age to assume the office of Presidency. The 2010 census collected data for 308,745,538 individuals. We can assume that the percentages are still pretty similar.

    0 to 34 years: 145,917,503 (47.3%)
    35 and older: 162,828,035 (52.7%)

    The census bureau also has a foreign born statistic, which basically means everyone who did not have US citizenship at birth. These are the people that definitely do not qualify for the Presidency. They hold that figure at 40%. Once again, we'll assume that distribution hasn't changed.

    Of 325,000,000 people we can assume that 52.7% meet the age requirement. That leaves us with 171,275,000 individuals. Of that amount we can assume that only 60% qualify as natural born citizens which leaves us with a pool of 102,765,000 individuals.

    Now you take that value, discard it, and look at how many people are prominent with the Democrat and Republican parties or have sufficient independent wealth to counter the party's influence.

  9. Re:Thank you for your kind permission on Apartment In US Asks Tenants To 'Like' Facebook Page Or Face Action (business-standard.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh if only the government had such common sense. Unfortunately they haven't had it since 1942 with the Wickard vs Filburn case where they determined that the act of not participating in commerce within your state is in fact participating in interstate commerce.

  10. Re: Please report this. on Apartment In US Asks Tenants To 'Like' Facebook Page Or Face Action (business-standard.com) · · Score: 1

    The same people who use Yelp to review parking enforcement.

  11. Re:Ted Cruz isn't libertarian on John McAfee Denied Libertarian Party Nomination For President (reason.com) · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, we refer to the concept as human rights which you are entitled to for being a human, not a person. Abortion is a weird thing for libertarianism if you look at the NAP as the core to the philosophy. You can argue for abortion as the fetus is trespassing. You can also argue against it that the fetus is not trespassing of its own free will since it was put in that position by the parents. Simultaneously, the question of what stage of the human lifecycle something is considered a human, and consequently granted the innate rights that humans enjoy, is a relevant question. There's also the question of the method of abortion and whether it's simply an eviction or it abortion itself kills.

    Abortion is anything but a religious issue within libertarianism, but thanks to the fact that Republicans see it as a religious issue and they have very loud voices it's practically impossible to have a reasonable discussion regarding it because the majority of people who support abortion only see the religious argument and won't entertain the thought that there's a non-religious argument against it.

  12. Given how much both are disliked I am surprised that the Green Party and Libertarian Party aren't getting more attention.

    Why are you surprised? The media doesn't care about them. You could put up Adolp Hitler and Osama bin Laden at the top of the two big party's tickets and the media still probably won't pay attention to them.

  13. Maybe it's a response to being raided. They're attempting to create an inescapable cell and then tell to investigators that what they're looking for is available in the room.

  14. It's the Walmart of cruises.

  15. http://exchange.aaa.com/wp-con...

    I used AAA which seems like a reasonable source and only calculated based on operating costs while not factor in operating costs. Their operating costs for a medium sedan were $0.1087/mile (gas), $0.052/mile (maintenance), and $0.0111/mile (tires) for a total operating cost of $0.1718/mile multiplied out by 3400 miles is $584.12.

    You can also incorporate the fixed annual costs into your per mile figure by estimating the total number of miles you drive year.

    Another source I could reference is the IRS and their use their 2016 standard mileage rate of $0.54/mile which incorporates fixed as well as operating costs. By that figure a 3400 mile trip costs $1,836. https://www.irs.gov/uac/newsro...

  16. Re: Trump is the future on Iran Is Arresting Models Who Pose Without Headscarves On Instagram (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Now, what did Hitler think of the Jews?

    That Jews were responsible for significant portions of the economic woes that Germany was facing and had no worthwhile qualities.

    And his does Trump view Muslims?

    That there is an alarming high number of Muslims that believe that Muslims in the US should be able to live under Sharia law rather than our laws as well as an alarming high level of hostility towards the US by Muslims who believe in Jihad and this reaction by Muslims justifies restricting immigration to the US of Muslims under the situation is better understood and contained.

    See the similarity?

    Not really. Hitler was using the German Jews as a bogeyman frequently using highly affluent Jews, like bankers and lawyers, as the main scapegoats while using that to fuel hatred against Jews in general. Trump's statements are reminiscent of isolationism and only seem to target foreign Muslims rather than domestic Muslims.

  17. All based on choices that you made. Unless you were kidnapped as a child and brought to America.

    This is a rather common situation with SE Asia families especially Vietnamese families. Oppression leads to situations where some members of the family were able to get out to the US as refugees while others were stuck behind. The ones that get out frequently continue their lives and have children in the United States. Once the oppression relaxed a bit the refugees were able to take trips back to SE Asia, a month long trip is not uncommon, to see their relatives they haven't seen in years. This is where the split occurs. The children were raised in the United States and not SE Asia. They don't feel at home in SE Asia and they may in fact have families of their own. Many of the refugees that come over wish to be back in their homeland so they will move back to SE Asia while the children, now adults, do not want to.

  18. The average operating cost for a medium sedan in 2015 for a 3400 mile trip is $580 plus the added depreciation of your vehicle.

    Dallas, TX and San Francisco, CA is close enough to 1700 miles for comparison of flights. Looking at Expedia for pricing on a roundtrip flight I got $289.70 as the lowest price. Add taxes, checked luggage cost, and parking and you'll still come out under the $580 of driving. You can probably also assume that since you're going to visit family they would be willing to pick you up from the airport. Your travel costs can be nearly halved and your cut the travel time to about one third of the total time. The flight takes about nine hours total and you can add and average of three hours to account for getting to and from the airport plus security. Flying would save money and practically give you an extra two days with your family.

    Of course, I'm assuming that the individual is travelling by himself since he didn't appear to reference any companions. At two people the costs probably about even out. The flight is a little harder on the pocketbook but the intangibles of less mileage on your vehicle (depreciation) as well as more time with family probably still balance out or are still in favor of the flight. Once you get up to three people that's when the flight is clearly more expensive and you're paying for expediency.

  19. Re:Summon into back of trailer mode? on Tesla Model S Owner Claims Vehicle Went Rogue Causing An Accident By Itself (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Since this happened in the US the trailer would only be on the "wrong side" if it were a one way road. Since this is the US the trailer is on the shoulder that is adjacent to a lane in the same direction.

  20. Re:Let's collect terrible puns on Obama To Become First US President To Visit Hiroshima Since 1945 Nuclear Attack (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    The Kwangtun Army in Manchuko was being obliterated by the Soviets but the army in China was still fighting the Chinese. If I remember correctly around 1,000,000 Japanese soldiers were surrendered to the Chinese.

  21. Re:Let's collect terrible puns on Obama To Become First US President To Visit Hiroshima Since 1945 Nuclear Attack (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Try closer to three times as many killed at Hiroshima as compared to Dresden and Dresden wasn't even the worst bombing in the European theater. That honor goes to Hamburg where bombing pretty much destroyed the entire city and resulted in over 40,000 deaths which is just half of Hiroshima which only resulted in about 70% of the city being destroyed.

  22. Tokyo: 88,000 - 100,000 deaths (USAF)
    Hiroshima: 50,000 - 60,000 deaths (USAF)
    Hamburg: 42,600 deaths (RAF & USAF)
    Nagasaki: 35,000 - 40,000 deaths (USAF)
    Stalingrad: 25,000 - 40,000 deaths (Luftwaffe)
    Warsaw: 25,000 deaths (Luftwaffe)
    Dresden: 22,700 - 25,000 deaths (RAF & USAF)
    Phorzheim: 17,600 deaths (RAF)
    Darmstadt: 11,500 deaths (RAF)
    Kassel: 10,000 deaths (RAF)

  23. Re:Unpredictable production is a bad thing on Germany Had So Much Renewable Energy That It Had To Pay People To Use Electricity (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    To be fair.... "ramping down conventional pants" is something you might do with your significant other.

  24. Re:Why limit your choice of bodies on Doctor Ready to Perform First Human Head Transplant (newsweek.com) · · Score: 1

    The martians are light years ahead of us. Transplanting a human head onto the body of a chihuahua is child's play for them.

  25. Re:Wait until they start making a bit of money on A Majority Of Millennials Now Reject Capitalism, Poll Shows (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The age range they did for this survey is missing some of the earlier millennials, which could include being born in up to 1980 (36 years old), and if they had instead surveyed up to about 35 the results might not be as drastic. The Great Recession occur in 2007-2008 and it would be pretty safe to say that anyone who was a 2008 or later graduate is a post-recession millennial. That would be someone who is 26 years old for a high school graduate immediately entering the work force or 30 years old for a college educated graduate entering the workforce.