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  1. Re:Yeah I never heard it called "Obamaphone"... on FCC Proposes To Extend So-Called "Obamaphone" Program To Broadband · · Score: 1

    It has been pretty pervasive since the last election. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  2. Re:What is responsible for aging? on Scientists Reverse Aging In Human Cell Lines · · Score: 1

    My teeth are fine now but after 100 years... I would hate to have to wear dentures for eternity.

  3. Re:Collapse on Scientists Reverse Aging In Human Cell Lines · · Score: 1

    I think this may actually be a boon for the species. Think about it, everyone is granted an immortal lifespan. You still have the same percentage of the population that are little more than -I'm looking for a better phrase than "idiot brutes" but lets go with that. They will have a longer lifespan sure but not by much as lifestyle will become the deciding factor in how long you live. You will have those unfortunate souls continuing to die off at alarming rates and the more mature individuals gaining more and more a significant percentage of the voting population. Utopia? Maybe not. Better? Perhaps.

  4. Re:Unfortunate, but could be worse... on Heat Wave Kills More Than 1,100 In India · · Score: 1

    It is a tragedy when people die but I'm not even sure why this is international news. The number sounds bad to be sure but as a percentage of the population and comparing that percentage to the typical number of deaths in other countries during heat waves as you said... this is a low number

  5. Good luck for now but ... Self driving cars on Court Orders UberPop Use To Be Banned In All of Italy · · Score: 1

    These protectionist type measures might work for now but the whole transportation field will be turned head over heels in next few decades. Self driving cars will mean few in the cities will need to own a car. You will just hit a button on your phone to summon one when necessary. All the space and resources tied up in parking lots, taxis, large scale public transport all might be seen as archaic soon.

  6. Re:How does one tell the difference? on Oldest Stone Tools Predate Previous Record Holder By 700,000 Years · · Score: 1

    I imagine they are looking at regular patterns like striation marks from repetitive use.

  7. Re:I wonder why... on North Carolina Still Wants To Block Municipal Broadband · · Score: 0

    There is no hypocrisy here. As much as I am on the side of municipal broadband the FCC is overstepping itself here. I think even those in the NC legislature that would be in favor of municipal broadband would be against the federal government telling the state how to regulate its cities and counties.

  8. Re:Low income students can afford mobile phones? on Schools That Ban Mobile Phones See Better Academic Results · · Score: 1

    That wouldn't be too surprising. Probably the same relationship to car accessories like rims and fancy sound systems.

  9. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 1

    We are in rural Kentucky so that is part of it. Even then I personally don't understand why the teachers put in the effort they do there for the pay they receive but... they do. They are really pretty selfless in their dedication to the children. The school itself just uses a local church for class space and calls itself a "homeschool academy". The kids all test very well and are very tight knit and supportive of one another -not at all my experience from public school. My nephew in third grade tested on a middle school to high school level in whatever categories the state tests measure.

  10. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 1
    What you are saying is true but my nephew for example attends a small private school with less than 40 children. The teachers there create their own curriculum from several sources and the school charges like 2k a year for attendance. I guess I would argue that if Texas wants to push for certain curriculum for their schools other schools should still be able to educate their children in any way they see fit either using other materials or creating their own.

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    I mean the a public school employees dozens to hundreds of people with degrees in education and specialty fields. Why do they need to outsource their curriculum?

  11. Re:Controversial because? on Bill Gates Still Trying To Buy Some Common Core Testing Love · · Score: 1

    The nice thing about the US is that the states should be independent of one another when it comes to education and most other things. We can have some states institute a version of common core and other push solutions they feel to be more rational and see which yields the better result.

  12. Re:What a load of utter shite. on Psychologist: Porn and Video Game Addiction Are Leading To 'Masculinity Crisis' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    One might argue that structuring a boy's entire life in a such a way that every approved activity is completely at odds with their natural inclinations would have a predictable result of creating compulsive behavior around the few available activities that provide a release.

  13. Re:neoconservative dreck. on Psychologist: Porn and Video Game Addiction Are Leading To 'Masculinity Crisis' · · Score: 2

    The consensus then from slashdot is that this is neoconservative / feminist / liberal bullshit.

  14. Not at fault vs a human couldn't have avoided on Self-Driving Cars In California: 4 Out of 48 Have Accidents, None Their Fault · · Score: 1

    There is a difference between following traffic laws and not being at fault and not failing to avoid an accident an alert human driver would have.

  15. Re:One small problem on What To Say When the Police Tell You To Stop Filming Them · · Score: 1

    Well that would definitely be a bad thing. I'm curious though if that is so common why all the recent protests have centered around career criminals that resisted arrest.

  16. Re:Libertarians are to the right of Republicans on Two Programmers Expose Dysfunction and Abuse In the Seattle Police Department · · Score: 1

    What international standard is this? I'm assuming you must be speaking of a European standard. Surely you don't include the majority of eastern countries, the middle east or Africa.

  17. Seems the "industry" may be correct about this one on Recent Paper Shows Fracking Chemicals In Drinking Water, Industry Attacks It · · Score: 2
    I'm not an apologist for the oil industry and I wouldn't want to have any of these wells near my place but I did grow up in it. It seems to me extremely more likely that the issue isn't the process of fracking but

    1) a problem with the pipe further up near the surface. When you have an oil well (even a regular old one) you get all sorts of stuff that comes up water, the gases we call "natural gas", nasty deadly gases and "oil".

    2) some other source of contamination completely unrelated to drilling which given their measurement of the concentration at parts per trillion seems likely..

    Even if the problem is the first one I imagine there would be nastier compounds I would be more worried about.

  18. Re:I do not get it. on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Announces Bid For White House · · Score: 1

    She isn't stupid you are correct. She is maneuvering for a VP spot I expect

  19. Re:All aboard the FAIL train on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Announces Bid For White House · · Score: 1

    Look I don't really have a dog in this fight but is there anything that could have gone wrong under her watch you would have been willing to hold her accountable for?

  20. Re:All aboard the FAIL train on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Announces Bid For White House · · Score: 1

    A moderate Republican candidate will lose them the election. The simple truth is that the Republican base turns out in stronger numbers than the Dems when a conservative candidate is fielded and that is how they win elections. The Republican leadership isn't comfortable with this so may very well attempt a moderate but if so they will lose.

  21. Re:Pay, not talent on Recruiters Use 'Digital Native' As Code For 'No Old Folks' · · Score: 1

    That and the majority of positions are going to be for entry level roles. If you have someone 20 years older than you who has been in the field longer and you are interviewing them for an entry level position.. that is something of a red flag. That likely means they are a) less than competent or b) need a job and cash but will be looking for a better position almost immediately and aren't likely to stick around long.

  22. Re:Just my take on Who Owns Pre-Embryos? · · Score: 1

    Technically he was responsible because the child would not have existed and been in need without his decision to create it. The reality is that any child with same sex parents has a father and a mother and both are responsible for the life they created. Even in situations of adoption.. you can't abdicate moral responsibility for a child you created. Of course I'm not sure how that stands up in the future when designer children with DNA from a dozen sources come into vogue.

  23. Re:Both own half. on Who Owns Pre-Embryos? · · Score: 1

    I'm not about to wade into the abortion debate but plenty of abortions are performed in third trimester in the US. The common meaning of a late term abortion is any time after 20 weeks.

  24. Re:A contrary opinion on Google Insiders Talk About Why Google+ Failed · · Score: 1

    I agree. Much better discussions on google plus than facebook. I like the way it is structured. I like circles and I like the communities. I tried last year to finally use facebook and as soon as I joined it I was mobbed with friend requests from folks that barely know me and my page filled up with useless stuff. Some of it may be the smaller community which is on average I'm sure more technically literate but Google plus is structured much more to my liking.

  25. Re:Google Streams on Google Insiders Talk About Why Google+ Failed · · Score: 1

    How difficult would it be to update from the v2 API to the current v3 one for the few calls you are doing? I know it is a pain when things end of life but v2 was around for a while and had a pretty good run...