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  1. No big deal to me on To Encourage Biking, Lose the Helmets · · Score: 1

    I've biked heavily for years, in the US even, and my few injuries have involved scraping up my arms and/or legs, not hitting my head.

    If I remember my helmet, great. If I don't, I keep on riding and not worry about it.

    I ride in the shoulder, sidewalk if shoulder doesn't exist or is occupied. I use crosswalk lights when available. I generally don't have trouble with cars on the road.

  2. biking in northern VA on To Encourage Biking, Lose the Helmets · · Score: 1

    I lived in Falls Church summer 2011 - yeah, it was quite hilly, but there were ups and downs like any hilly area.
    I went on a bunch of short rides and occasional ~15mi rides.
    My hometown isn't as hilly, though not flat either. I ride a similar amount and distance at home, occasionally going farther.

  3. Spacecraft carriers on Aircraft Carriers In Space · · Score: 1

    I can still see a use for carriers, although the different dynamics of space would lead to a different kind of carriers.

    A carrier would have longer-term life support, maybe better FTL travel or any at all depending on the setup, better protection for fighters not in use (that's all I can think of right now)

    Putting that stuff on a fighter might hinder combat capability and/or cost more.

  4. Re:strict liability? on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 1

    Oh, it is bullshit (assuming we have the relevant facts here), just saying what this particular type of legal bullshit is called.

  5. strict liability? on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the law in question is strict liability - if you did you're liable even without malicious intent.

  6. Re:Job creators on How the Critics of the Apollo Program Were Proven Wrong · · Score: 1

    I don't know why br00tus left it untranslated.
    That is the Google Translate result.

  7. Re:Genius of the GPL revealed once again on Red Hat Fights Patent Troll With GPL · · Score: 1

    "If they don't recognize their freedoms, they'll let their freedoms fall. They'll let freedom slip through their fingers because they won't bother to close their hands if they don't know why" - Richard Stallman (WSIS Tunis 2005)

    Getting a 'we know better than you' vibe form this, so call me skeptical.

  8. Actually, the GPL writers thought of this. on Red Hat Fights Patent Troll With GPL · · Score: 3, Informative

    Both A and B include the clause "on a medium customarily used for software interchange".

  9. Re:exemption on MP Seeking To Outlaw Written Accounts of Child Abuse · · Score: 1

    I haven't read Huck Finn, at least not in a while, but I am aware that the controversy is about how Twain handles racial issues, not something sexual.

    I did read Anne Frank, and I do remember a bit on lesbian sexual thoughts amidst the hiding from Nazis stuff. A classic example of why girls keep their diaries secret.

    I definitely haven't read Naked Lunch

    Not sure if it's about people being oversensitive, or using 'obscenity' as a pretext for something else - either way, the banning isn't helping.

  10. Re:exemption on MP Seeking To Outlaw Written Accounts of Child Abuse · · Score: 1

    Even with obvious cases like Lolita, there's too much in the middle of the continuum.

    The difference is whatever an individual makes of it. As far as I know, we have no objective way of drawing the line because it's entirely subjective.

    didn't think of it that way, just thought it was hard to define.
    and some stuff can be artistic and titillating. (By the way, I feel written material is often better at that than video material)

  11. Re:Why child porn possession laws are bad on MP Seeking To Outlaw Written Accounts of Child Abuse · · Score: 1

    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3113343&cid=41320319
    already posted, and I replied to that comment.

  12. Re:Fool of an MP on MP Seeking To Outlaw Written Accounts of Child Abuse · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I agree that the absolutism of the laws can ensnare non-perverts. The specific point about ubiquity of Google Glasses and accidentally becoming a witness seems too far fetched for now. Punishing consensual acts of the barely underaged is definitely a problem, and kiddie porn law isn't the only example. Using this as a pretext for other bullshit is also definitely a problem.

    http://falkvinge.net/2012/09/11/child-porn-laws-arent-as-bad-as-you-think-theyre-much-much-worse/
    The biggest point added in his followup is about how ridiculous it is to criminalize fictional and/or nonsexual work.

  13. exemption on MP Seeking To Outlaw Written Accounts of Child Abuse · · Score: 1

    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3113343&cid=41320355 mentions exemptions for things like Lolita.
    There is a difference between actual art and titillating trash, but sometimes it's not obvious where to draw the line

  14. Assange reference I assume on Ask Slashdot: What Would Your 'I've Got To Disappear' Plan Look Like? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That seems to be about Assange. You have a point there. If he actually did something wrong, he really messed up. I don't want to let him off the hook for sexual misbehavior just for Wikileaks' sake. If he did nothing wrong, that still provides a pretext for the authorities to go after him.

  15. pattern in mass shootings on Ex-Marine Detained For Facebook Posts Deemed "Terrorist in Nature" · · Score: 2

    With many mass shootings, it turns out people knew the perpetrator had mental issues, but nothing was done about it. Now that somebody is doing something about it, that's not right either. shaking my head

  16. ex post facto on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 1

    Yes, the Constitution forbids ex post facto laws (laws that punish actions committed before the law was passed), and this isn't the only law to have an exception for that reason.

  17. Re:Sounds like win-win to me! on Man Orders TV On Amazon, Gets Shipped Assault Rifle · · Score: 1

    This is UPS, not the Postal Service. So not sure if the gift thing would apply, special firearms-related issues aside.
    I read the gun was worth about $1600 and the TV about $300

  18. got out of character on 'Wi-Fi Police' Stalk Olympic Games · · Score: 1

    dammit I should have maintained the nautical analogy - lapping her waves, preemptively unloading?

  19. birth control on 'Wi-Fi Police' Stalk Olympic Games · · Score: 1

    seems 'passengers' 'disembarking' could cause some unwanted results. so you may want to hurry up and get out of port, but that often doesn't work.

    if you mean getting her off, wouldn't going down on her or jacking off first so you last longer help?

  20. where that came from on 'Wi-Fi Police' Stalk Olympic Games · · Score: 1

    yeah I got that from a list of nerdy pickup lines.

  21. Re:Fox hunt? on 'Wi-Fi Police' Stalk Olympic Games · · Score: 3, Funny

    6 inches in Yankee speak. I understand that's about average. Well, it's not about the length of the vector, it's about how you apply the force.

  22. Ford Focus hatchback on Koch Bros Study Finds Global Warming Is Real And Man-Made · · Score: 1

    we have a Ford Focus hatchback - easily seats 5 with a fair amount of cargo space, maybe 6 if the people in the back seat are small. Gas mileage is something in the mid-20s.
    Also, you could fold down one or two of the back seats for a lot more cargo space, especially if you need the extra cargo space only occasionally.

  23. Re:Oh for the love of.. on Why You Should Be More Interested In Mars Than the Olympics · · Score: 2

    Yeah, this was a blatant failed attempt to tie together two disparate news stories, however interesting they may be to certain people on their own.

  24. sexy sports stars on Why You Should Be More Interested In Mars Than the Olympics · · Score: 1

    they're athletes, of course they're in shape (okay, some athletes and/or some sports are an exception).
    Minimal clothing is appropriate for exercising in the heat. Tight clothing won't get in the way (whether other players or inanimate objects on the field of play)/

    Is is played up beyond that, though?

  25. Re:First my beloved Viper fighter, now this on Feds Ban 'Buckyballs' Magnets · · Score: 1

    The store operating in the US would still have to follow US law