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  1. Re:The relevant regulation on Why We Need Certain Consumer Drone Regulations · · Score: 1

    This is a bs argument. Even the Federal government lost track of all the regulations on records...

  2. Re:Regulation because regulation is failing? on Why We Need Certain Consumer Drone Regulations · · Score: 1

    The first question ones should ask is not "is the current regulation failing ?", but "what was the reason of the current regulation ?".

  3. Reason for the current regulation ? on Why We Need Certain Consumer Drone Regulations · · Score: 1

    I'm gonna make a guess at the current regulation's reason: it has nothing to do about firefighting, and more to do about smoke being detrimental to proper engine function and airplane control. A similar temporary regulation was put in place over Europe during a volcanic eruption in Island (if my memory serves me well).

  4. Useful, not detrimental on Why We Need Certain Consumer Drone Regulations · · Score: 1

    The worst part is the drones can actually make the life of firefighters easier by providing them with a better situational awareness... but no, let's keep doing it as was done since the 16th century, because hey, we're afraid to change.

  5. Re:Stop charging for checked bag on US Airlines Say Smaller Carry-Ons Are Not In the Cards · · Score: 1

    They were never free, just included in the price. Just the same about free shipping; the shipping charges is averaged over every customer.

  6. Re:tangential: how many emails and how long do you on British Government Instituted 3-Month Deletion Policy, Apparently To Evade FOIA · · Score: 2

    I never delete anything. I can go back to 2005'ish. Storage is cheap.

  7. Re:Bodyfat percentage, not total weight, please. on CDC: Americans Getting Heavier, Average Woman Weighs As Much As 1960s Man · · Score: 1

    Given that women very hardly put on any muscle, your comments is hardly relevant. Even Dana Linn Bailey (and her gossip'ed 'roid uses) hardly goes above 135lb off-season. Above 140lb of lean muscle mass, women bodybuilders hardly look feminine anymore.

  8. Re:As a 163-pound guy on CDC: Americans Getting Heavier, Average Woman Weighs As Much As 1960s Man · · Score: 1

    you shouldn't date any girl weighting above 80% of your own weight... which pretty much render the pool of available girl pretty damn thin...

  9. Brace yourself... on CDC: Americans Getting Heavier, Average Woman Weighs As Much As 1960s Man · · Score: -1, Troll

    Overweight, anti fat-shaming, SJW / feminazi closing-in in 3... 2...1...

  10. Re:If it was political, that is sad on Philae's Lost Seven Months Were Completely Unnecessary · · Score: 1

    No they haven't. The current pile, 12kg, is enough for 3 NASA missions, one of them has already been allocated post-2020. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  11. Re:If it was political, that is sad on Philae's Lost Seven Months Were Completely Unnecessary · · Score: 1

    FWIW, the US still has about 17kg of the stuff available for civilian mission.

  12. Re:Reality Clause on Philae's Lost Seven Months Were Completely Unnecessary · · Score: 1

    In an hollywood movie, probably. Given that most people assume the following condition to be true: "holywood movie" == "reality", then yes, it would.

  13. Re:Aborted launch on Philae's Lost Seven Months Were Completely Unnecessary · · Score: 1

    Pu238 is a strong alpha emitter, not much to worry about...

  14. Re:Obligatory reading on Philae's Lost Seven Months Were Completely Unnecessary · · Score: 2

    The fact that even less people understand the difference between the non-weapon grade Pu238, and the weapon grade Pu239/Pu241. For them, it's Pu, so it's bad.

  15. Re:Obligatory reading on Philae's Lost Seven Months Were Completely Unnecessary · · Score: 4, Funny

    Easy, just avoid going in the contaminated zone, and everything will be fine.

  16. Re: Revenue or profit ? on Dark Net's Top Selling Drug Dealer Is Making $1.5 Million This Year · · Score: 1

    Given the amount of taxes and control on legal bud, I don't think there is anything which could be called "very cheap".

  17. Revenue or profit ? on Dark Net's Top Selling Drug Dealer Is Making $1.5 Million This Year · · Score: 2

    The article is rather vague, but a business making $1.5millions in revenue, especially in the grey-drug market, should not be bringing much profit...

  18. Re:Sometimes the good guys win on Appeals Court Rejects ISP Stay of Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    We'll see, said the zen master.

  19. Re:This is what happens when you use Luddite softw on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So it would probably have worked, and not crash because someone was using tr(1) to parse some output in an overly complicated shell startup system...

  20. Re:This is what happens when you use Luddite softw on Missing Files Blamed For Deadly A400M Crash · · Score: 1

    Boeing has an equally unimpressive architecture track record... http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/17/... So you shouldn't fly much...

  21. Re:Require .gov TLD ? on Whitehouse Mandates HTTPS For Government Sites and Services · · Score: 1

    and .edu, I'd guess.

  22. Do you mean "Internet Products", right ? on Report: Internet Users Feel Powerless To Protect Their Privacy From Corporations · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Everybody expect free services. Nobody want to pay for anything, and they all expect privacy. Maybe it's time to wake up. Facebook, Google, Amazon or Apple are not charities, they are for-profit companies. They must find way to monetize their users' data. At the same time, Facebook probably wouldn't have been if it had been paywall'ed.

  23. Re:Need to apply thought on Computer Chips Made of Wood Promise Greener Electronics · · Score: 1

    You are shooting your own foot. Biodegradability is a selling point from greenwasher. If it ain't biodegradable, then, there is no point. That being said, there is a whole lot more crap in today's electronic than IC's substrate...

  24. Re:Computers Kill Trees on Computer Chips Made of Wood Promise Greener Electronics · · Score: 1

    Numbers from the EPA seems to disagree. http://www.epa.gov/climatechan...

  25. Re:Computers Kill Trees on Computer Chips Made of Wood Promise Greener Electronics · · Score: 1

    oops, wrong post