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  1. Re:You idiots. on VP Pence Lays Out Trump's Vision For Establishing a US Space Force (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Did he say that we were breaking out of the 'Outer Space Treaty' that was signed into effect in 1967 by the US, the UK, and the Soviet Union (as well as India, Pakistan and China later on)? That treaty forbids putting weapons of mass destruction in Earth orbit, the Moon and other celestial bodies.

    If the U.S. has them they are by definition NOT WMDS. If anyone else has them a pea shooter can be called a WMD. So no problem, only nations other than the U.S. can possibly be in violation of the treaty.

  2. Re:What about the deep see force. on VP Pence Lays Out Trump's Vision For Establishing a US Space Force (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    1984 - "Excess" productivity transferred to continuous war so the "lower classes" can be kept poor and down trodden rather than getting an increased share in worldly goods. Nationalism cranked up to keep them accepting their poverty from the resulting continuous war.

    It wasn't ALL Big Brother.

  3. Re:2.3 billion? Party like it's 1999 on Magic Leap Finally Demoed Its Headset And It Is 'Disappointing' (digg.com) · · Score: 1

    I have noticed Chinese advising that buying property that has barely started construction is "the best investment there is"

    Started construction? Around here they sell condos not only before the old building is torn down but when the selling company seems to have no plan to actually build it themselves, they collect deposits then sell the project to someone else if they can find a buyer.

  4. Re:Is it not the really big rats? on Killing Rats Could Save Coral Reefs (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Except the cats would kill the birds too. So you would have to introduce dogs to keep the cats under control as well. Which means adding cars to keep the dog population from getting out of hand. Then the car population gets too big so you have to introduce hipsters to reduce the number of cars. And the last thing anyone wants are islands overrun with hipsters.

    Cats chase a lot of birds but catch relatively few.

  5. For those who can't take caffeine? on Scientists Use Caffeine To Control Genes (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Some people have caffeine cause multiple health problems and can't use it. Like myself for example. Guess we get cut out of the medical future.

  6. while the development line that lead to our species is only about 7 million years old.

    No. The development line is from the first life which is nearly as old as the planet. 90% of the time life was on this planet it was either single celled or simple multi cellular life.

  7. Trump wants to be a war President as war Presidents most often get their 2nd term.

  8. Re:Footprints?? on Australia Discontinues Its National Biometric ID Project (gizmodo.com.au) · · Score: 1

    The shoes themselves will leave identifying marks as each would be worn in different patterns. Even with shoes good estimates of height can be made as well.

  9. Re:And why are they stopping? Incompetence? on Australia Discontinues Its National Biometric ID Project (gizmodo.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Since it was a criminal database one would assume that the first entries were all the politicians.

  10. Re:they won't stop til it's 'forever less a day' on Lawrence Lessig Criticizes Proposed 140-Year Copyright Protections (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    sonny bono actually wanted perpetual (as in forever) copyright. he was advised that would be unconstitutional, and the joke (we hope it was just a joke) was then that it should be 'forever less a day'

    They won't stop until it is forever less the smallest quantum unit of time.

  11. Re: You've got a lot of influence on Lawrence Lessig Criticizes Proposed 140-Year Copyright Protections (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    In about the same way a dead beatdad is your father and he deserves your respect because even if he was a deadbeat and he abandoned you your whole life to go get strung out and even though he is still doing it all, you should still show him the utmost respect because he is your father.

    It is a biblical commandment.

  12. Re:Who will be the first post giving glory to god? on Doctors Hail World First as Woman's Advanced Breast Cancer is Eradicated (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I love how we are more than happy to give the glory to God for creating a cure, but some how we over look that it was God that created the cancers in the first place.

    Everything that happens, happens for a reason, it is all part of God's plan...

    No free will. Just like if there were an omnipotent, omniscient creator - he chooses the start point and knows the end point, humans would have no ability to choose their destiny to be different from what was foreseen before creation.

  13. But .... on Intel Hits 50 Years and Its CPUs Hit 5.0 GHz (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    The Pentium IV was supposed to take us to 10 ghz. What happened?

  14. Re:Who will be the first post giving glory to god? on Doctors Hail World First as Woman's Advanced Breast Cancer is Eradicated (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Instead of the scientists who did all of the hard work?

    Give credit where due. If it weren't for "God" creating cancers and other diseases these scientists wouldn't get the glory of curing them.

  15. So how long until one of these things in a confessional relays "inappropriately"?

  16. Re:Giving up your rights on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    There's a fundamental imbalance of power -- your employer can find a new employee more easily than you can find a new job, and meanwhile you need to make the bills. Thus the little guy needs to be protected from the bigger guys by the government.

    Now consider the EULA where the company claims rights copyright law doesn't give them.

  17. Giving up your rights on Supreme Court Upholds Workplace Arbitration Contracts Barring Class Actions (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Contracts shouldn't be allowed to take away rights under the law.

  18. Re:Maybe I'm missing something on Repo Men Scan Billions of License Plates -- For the Government (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep your are missing something, it is called location and time associated with each scan.

    And the SEQUENCE of the locations so they have the pattern of your movements over the entire time covered by the database. Stalking

  19. Re:Shameful on People Hate Canada's New 'Amber Alert' System (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    And you wonder why nobody wants to live in your oppressive country!

    So why are we getting refugees from the U.S.?

  20. Re:Interesting idea. Opposite of stalking on Repo Men Scan Billions of License Plates -- For the Government (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    From the article they are making personal tracking patterns of your movements. That could be enough to push it to stalking.

  21. Corporate Stalking. on Repo Men Scan Billions of License Plates -- For the Government (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    So how about charging them under stalking laws? Or possibly under laws regulating detectives, I recall the RIAA had a case or two tossed out because their "agents" weren't legally detectives.

  22. So they know the protein that blocks hair growth? on Potential New Cure Found For Baldness (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    So they know the protein that blocks hair growth? So why not harness it to inhibit beards?

  23. Re:Short sighted attitude on Wages Aren't the Only Reason Teachers Are Striking (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    In addition to you paying more taxes the rich would pay more taxes.

    Now you are in a fantasy world. So long as the rich can legally buy politicians they won't be increasing THEIR taxes they'll either drop (as they just did) or be given ever more tax loop holes (as they just did)

  24. How many customers are willing to pay for movies from female directors ? Everyone paid for Weinsteins movies. The product is that matters, not the personality of the products maker.

    Relatively few people care who directs. The average person cares more about the stars of the movie. Until Weinsteins indiscretions came out recently I didn't know who he was and wouldn't have cared if someone told me. I couldn't name a single movie he was associated with. If your face isn't on the screen the typical person couldn't care. Have there been exceptions? Sure Spielberg for instance had his name associated with a number of hits and could draw people to films with his name. But he was an exception not the rule.

    If I find out a woman directed a movie or TV show I want to see my response is SO WHAT and I promptly forget that fact and watch the show.

  25. Similar but not exactly.

    This guy was a cop, not a football player. Funny how they don't mention his status as an oinker.

    Strange, pretty much every report I've seen has that front and center.