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  1. Re:Such a deal... on Iran Has Signed a Nuclear Accord · · Score: 1

    You're assigning an awful lot of rationality and logic to human beings, who often are not rational or logical.

    Plenty of religious folks in the past have expressed the idea of 'God will know His own.' Hell, that was part of the justification of the Inquisition; if an innocent was tortured and killed, well, God will reward them in Heaven.

    And attempting to engineer another regime change in Iraq probably won't do any better than the American-engineered regime change that turned Iraq from a fairly normal democracy into a theocratic anti-Western state.

  2. Re:Priveledge on Interviews: Ask Brianna Wu a Question · · Score: 1

    Could you cite cases in which a man was convicted of rape in a "he said - she said" situation, without other factors (I'm perfectly willing to believe that the word of a white woman would be believed in a jury trial in some communities)? I'm not saying that false rape accusations aren't damaging, but I'm having trouble believing that the accusation alone would lead to a conviction.

    Duke Lacrosse team comes to mind.

  3. Re:Small 5W USB was recalled as a fire hazard on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 1

    My original xbox had a power line recall. They shipped out a new one with something like a GFCI built into it.

  4. Didn't see this posted yet on J.J. Abrams On "Star Wars" Cast's Racial and Sexual Diversity · · Score: 1

    Hooper: Always some white boy gotta invoke the holy trilogy. Bust this: Those movies are about how the white man keeps the brother man down, even in a galaxy far, far away. Check this shit: You got cracker farm boy Luke Skywalker, Nazi poster boy, blond hair, blue eyes. And then you got Darth Vader, the blackest brother in the galaxy, Nubian god!
    Banky Edwards: What's a Nubian?
    Hooper: Shut the fuck up! Now... Vader, he's a spiritual brother, y'know, down with the force and all that good shit. Then this cracker, Skywalker, gets his hands on a light saber and the boy decides he's gonna run the fuckin' universe; gets a whole clan of whites together. And they go and bust up Vader's hood, the Death Star. Now what the fuck do you call that?
    Banky Edwards: Intergalactic civil war?
    Hooper: Gentrification! They gon' drive out the black element to make the galaxy quote, unquote, safe for white folks. And Jedi's the most insulting installment! Because Vader's beautiful black visage is sullied when he pulls off his mask to reveal a feeble, crusty, old white man! They tryin' to tell us that deep inside we all wants to be white!
    Banky Edwards: Well, isn't that true?
    [Hooper pulls out his gun, shoots Banky]

  5. Re:One of those "Microsoft Support" calls was biza on Time Warner Cable Owes $229,500 To Woman It Would Not Stop Calling · · Score: 2

    I once told a Toronto Star phone salesman that I didn't need a subscription, as I was illiterate. He then argued with me that I couldn't be.

  6. "My wife doesn't want to do something, but I'm pretty sure I know what's good for her better than she does. How do I mansplain to her simple woman brain that she needs to get back in the kitchen and code me a recipe database?"

  7. Re: Google It on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Empty Toner Cartridges? · · Score: 1

    I'd assume there's a difference between 'third party refill kit' and 'OEM refilling their own carts.'

  8. Re:Free Speech vs. Vigilantism on 8 Yelp Reviewers Hit With $1.2 Million Defamation Suits · · Score: 1

    This is true. By and large, people vote 'yes' with their wallets, and 'no' with their words.

  9. Re:Google It on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Empty Toner Cartridges? · · Score: 2

    Damn, that's a nice program. Kudos to Brother.

  10. Re:How quickly we forget Y2K on How IKEA Patched Shellshock · · Score: 1

    I think the idea is, if you have a SOE from the get-go, you don't need to be brutal.

  11. Re:Dangerous on Disney Bans Selfie Sticks · · Score: 1

    Maybe they could be followed by a dour woman in a full wimple, ringing a large hand bell, chanting 'Shame. Shame. Shame.'

  12. Re:Free speech on Google, Apple, and Others Remove Content Related To the Confederate Flag · · Score: 1

    And they're allowed, as a private company, to decide what results to show and not show.

    Or do you advocate that the Government take away their right to freedom of speech by using force of law to dictate what they are and are not allowed to say?

  13. Re:As an informed citizen... on Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies · · Score: 1

    Wheee, sharecropping! Next, tell people that not only do they only have health insurance through their employer, but now they're paid in company scrip, usable only at company stores, where products the company decides you want or need is priced at what the company feels is fair.

  14. Re:A dark day on Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Subsidies · · Score: 1

    Also, if 'the state' doesn't mean 'the federal government,' as the dissent seems to think, somebody better call the US State Department and tell them that they're using the term wrong.

    Also, tell the POTUS that he's no longer the Head of State.

  15. Re:uhh... on Wi-Fi Router's 'Pregnant Women' Setting Sparks Vendor Rivalry In China · · Score: 1

    Actually, we still haven't got a clue as to what the longterm problems might be with Wifi.. There are studies which suggest it IS harmfull..

    Please link to peer-reviewed, reproducible tests and studies showing standard Wi-Fi routers produce harmful radiation.

    Take your time, we'll wait.

  16. Re:So what? on The Town That Banned Wi-Fi · · Score: 1

    If they choose to believe that non-interfering RF is causing them great harm, what is the harm in allowing them to hold that belief? It appears they are only harming themselves in so doing; outsiders can choose to visit other towns instead. Make no mistake that I don't agree with their ideas of Wi-Fi causing harm to humans, but I also don't see how their idea hurts anyone outside their own group.

    Ignorance is harm in and of itself, let alone the idea that, if they choose to blame something on an incorrect source (cows are dying because witches) they remove the possibility of finding and fixing the actual problem. (Cows are dying because contaminated feed, water, disease, whatever).

  17. The term you're looking for is 'stress inoculation.'

  18. Re:Krauss won't like the obvious answer on Lawrence Krauss On the Pope's Encyclical: Not Even Close? · · Score: 1

    The Pope continues to actively shield child molesters. He holds no moral authority.

  19. Re:What I don't get is... on Ask Slashdot: What's the Harm In a Default Setting For Div By Zero? · · Score: 1

    Ideally it would throw a trappable exception. If you want x/0 to equal 0, catch the exception and deal with it. Otherwise, crash as expected.

  20. Re:Whatever, I only play Pong on Microsoft Announces Xbox One Backward Compatibility · · Score: 1

    Licensing issue, perhaps? Or not wanting to steal sales for this year's edition of whatever game for XB1 by offering last years XB360 version?

  21. Re:Evolution is a theory not a fact on Freedom of Information Requests Turn Up Creationist Materials In Schools · · Score: 1

    All science is, is the attempt to make sense of observations, and to anticipate future observations.

  22. Re:Evolution is a theory not a fact on Freedom of Information Requests Turn Up Creationist Materials In Schools · · Score: 1

    Observations are the basis of science. You make several observations, craft a theory to explain them, then devise experiments to produce more observations, and see if the theory does or does not fit with them.

  23. Re:Evolution is a theory not a fact on Freedom of Information Requests Turn Up Creationist Materials In Schools · · Score: 1

    Ok, then it's a 'fact' that when a broad spectrum light is shone at that cup, the waves reflected are predominantly in the 475 nm range, which we happen to observe as 'blue.'

    When shone at this cup, however, the waves reflected are lower in frequency, and we observe them as 'red'. Now you come up with a theory to explain that.

    Similarly, Newton noticed the 'fact' that a thing dropped six feet from the Earth's surface will fall at 9.8 m/s^2, once you've factored in air resistance and the like. He then used that to build a Theory of Universal Gravitation. Which turned out to be wrong in some cases.

  24. Re:Lost world on American Pharoah Overcomes Biology To Win Triple Crown · · Score: 1

    Think of being in a car crash and being broken up so bad you'll never walk again and simply being a live every day is agony which no amount of painkillers will fix.

    Unfortunately, in this case, 'humane' changes definition to 'prolong as long as possible.' Despite the person being able to make a reasoned, rational decision, as opposed to a horse.

  25. Re:The STEM equivalent of Pullman on Why Apple and Google Made Their Own Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    If you're proficient in an internal language, you're more likely to remain working there. Eventually, you'll be paid in Google bucks or Apple dollars, which are not legal tender anywhere else in the world.

    The Shiawase Decision granted multinational corporations extraterritoriality status on their corporate holdings. Suddenly entering, say, a Renraku facility meant entering an entirely new country.