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  1. What I want to know... on Antares Rocket Explodes On Launch · · Score: 5, Funny

    What I want to know is if there's any truth to the rumors that Musk was seen leaving the area with an empty Stinger launch on one shoulder and a shit-eating grin on his face...

  2. Re:Here's one reason on Employers Worried About Critical Thinking Skills · · Score: 1

    Republicans reject teaching critical thinking skills...

    And it stands to reason that they would; seriously, what's the point of returning society to feudalism if the rest of us aren't willing to play along and act like retarded peasants and serfs??

  3. Re:Government again sells security to highest bidd on Sale of IBM's Chip-Making Business To GlobalFoundries To Get US Security Review · · Score: 1

    Countries are an illusion designed to keep the little people from revolting

    One of the most insightful things I've ever read on here...

  4. Re:Rain and snow? on Will the Google Car Turn Out To Be the Apple Newton of Automobiles? · · Score: 1

    Your totally Aspie-ish inability to spot humor notwithstanding, I actually agree with your idealism... but it's quite clear that you've never gotten to enjoy the "pleasure" of living amongst the wonderful [and admittedly all-too-human] folks in question! ;)

  5. Re:zomg singularity! on Machine Learning Expert Michael Jordan On the Delusions of Big Data · · Score: 1

    autism is caused by vaccines

    And of course there's never been a valid reason to suspect that everything we've been told by Big Pharma might not be entirely true...

  6. Re:Rain and snow? on Will the Google Car Turn Out To Be the Apple Newton of Automobiles? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sure performance will be degraded in bad weather, and the car will have to slow down to compensate. Which is exactly what humans do.

    Considering that Texans and Okies tend to speed up when the streets are slippery and visibility's been reduced, I suspect this confirms my suspicion: hicks aren't human! :p

  7. Re:Tesla wasn't the target, it was China on Michigan Latest State To Ban Direct Tesla Sales · · Score: 1

    it has to be able to drive 1000 miles in a day

    That's perfectly reasonable; you'd only need to drive at 65mph for nearly fifteen and a half fucking hours without ever stopping to get gas or take a piss. :p

  8. Re:After whast happened to Odroid-w, why? on Raspberry Pi Founder Demos Touchscreen Display For DIY Kits · · Score: 1

    Isn't it more important to do cool and interesting things with a computer rather than everything obsessedly being open source?

    You simply don't get it: in the long run, those two ideals are anything but mutually exclusive.

  9. Re:Why on Shooting At Canadian Parliament · · Score: 1

    So basically we should give up all our civil liberties, and live in a police state with harsher restrictions than sharia law WITH high tech tools to enforce it.

    Yes, yes; now you're catching on!

  10. Re:Bennett solved the problem of waiting in line on An Algorithm to End the Lines for Ice at Burning Man · · Score: 1

    Well, I've never even been and I skipped this year, too! :)

  11. Re:credibility of article is doubtful on Lockheed Claims Breakthrough On Fusion Energy Project · · Score: 1

    It is amazing that reporters seem to lack even an 8th grade level of science education

    Indeed, they seem to lack an 8th grade level of science education. However, I have it on good authority that they actually lack even a kindergarten level; they're just good at faking it. ;)

  12. Re:That's easy! on Raspberry Pi Sales Approach 4 Million · · Score: 1

    Thank you; my point exactly!

  13. That's easy! on Raspberry Pi Sales Approach 4 Million · · Score: 5, Insightful

    what would you like to see tweaked in future versions?

    No closed-source binaries, obviously!

  14. Re:PETA won't be happy until all animals are extin on PETA Is Not Happy That Google Used a Camel To Get a Desert "StreetView" · · Score: 1

    Holy shit, man... I believe that might very well have been the most astute, intelligent and objective I've seen you post yet.

  15. Re:Ebola threat on The CDC Is Carefully Controlling How Scared You Are About Ebola · · Score: 1

    ...customs like washing the body of the deceased, then having the wife drink the water to prove she didn't try to kill him. Once again, that is not the kind of tradition you want to have...

    Come on, how else is she supposed to prove she didn't kill him??

  16. Brilliant idea... on The Case For a Federal Robotics Commission · · Score: 1

    Regulatory capture: it'll end up getting controlled by the very entities it's supposed to be controlling: robots, like the other Federal Commissions... :p

  17. Re:Drop vs. Scratch on Sapphire Glass Didn't Pass iPhone Drop Test According to Reports · · Score: 1

    Less likely to be dropped; more likely to get knocked against hard objects.

  18. Re:At $281, a bit expensive for a tablet CPU on First Intel 14nm Broadwell Core M Benchmarks Unveiled · · Score: 1

    Comparing high-end mobile x86 chips to ARM is comparing apples to oranges. Don't agree? Look at the transistor counts.

  19. Too complicated... on Text While Driving In Long Island and Have Your Phone Disabled · · Score: 1

    Too complicated with too many ways to circumvent the restrictions. Suspend their fucking license for thirty days (first offense) if caught using anything but GPS or MP3 apps while driving, six months for the second offense, two years for the third offense, five years for the fourth and permanent revocation for the fifth.

  20. I know! on Toyota and Tesla May Work Together Again · · Score: 1

    So what exactly will this joint project be?

    Refitting the Model S with an Atkinson cycle engine so that its range doesn't suck...

    I kid, I kid! :p

  21. Re:Well? on UN Study Shows Record-High Increases For Atmospheric CO2 In 2013 · · Score: 1

    Well, do they?

    Only if we can frack with sequestered CO2 instead of precious H2O...

  22. Re:fracking is NOT new on US Rust Belt Manufacturing Rebounds Via Fracking Boom · · Score: 1

    Fracking itself may not be new... but it wasn't used on a scale anywhere even close to what we're seeing now... until the advent of directional drilling, which definitely is new. And it can be argued that drilling long narrow tunnels laterally through layers of shale is far less disruptive and risky than the recent trend of pumping millions of gallons of fresh water, diesel, propane, proprietary mixes of mysterious synthetic substances into the ground beneath our pastures and farmland.

    So, while the media may have missed a few technical details in their coverage, it's definitely a moot point.

  23. Re:Defund on Private Police Intelligence Network Shares Data and Targets Cash · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The question is ... is it legal?

    If you can't find a prosecutor willing to investigate and press charges, it's a meaningless question.

  24. Re:Anthropometrics on 3 Recent Flights Make Unscheduled Landings, After Disputes Over Knee Room · · Score: 1

    You lay down, go to sleep, and wake up on the other side of the world.

    A month later. In Shenzhen. Missing a kidney. And your asshole's sore...

  25. Re:Anthropometrics on 3 Recent Flights Make Unscheduled Landings, After Disputes Over Knee Room · · Score: 1

    Airlines can cram 4 times as many people on a single flight, airfare costs half as much

    Airlines' net profits increase twenty-fold (FTFY). :p