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  1. Re:Ethical is irrelevant. on NASA Can't Ethically Send Astronauts On One-Way Missions To Deep Space · · Score: 1

    People who climb Mount Everest need hotels, rental cars and of course guides. Nobody seems to think providing those services is unethical, despite the death rate.

  2. Re:Judging Distance on Will Cameras Replace Sideview Mirrors On Cars In 2018? · · Score: 1

    If mirrors are so good at depth perception, why do they all have "objects in mirror are closer than they appear" printed on them?

  3. Re:should'a boycotted Sochi, it was a toilet on NASA Halts Non-ISS Work With Russia Over Ukraine Crisis · · Score: 1

    Though it could be more accurate to say that the Soviets sent support to the government of Afghanistan, in the same way the USA sent support to the government of South Vietnam.

  4. Re:Politcs vs. Science on NASA Halts Non-ISS Work With Russia Over Ukraine Crisis · · Score: 1

    If the USA had any influence over Iraqi elections, Maliki would've lost to Allawi. It's absurd to think the USA would choose the Iranian-influenced guy over the more secular guy. At any rate, the USA's real choice was Chalabi but they couldn't get anybody in Iraq to accept him.

  5. Re:I'm suspicious of patents on things made of ste on Supreme Court Skeptical of Computer-Based Patents · · Score: 1

    Imagine if you could copyright steel designs like you can copyright software code. Would there be any need for patents anymore?

  6. Re:Remember when.... on Software Upgrade At 655 Million Kilometers · · Score: 1

    Even if the software is flawless, the world it's written for evolves so the requirements change.

  7. Re:ads on Yahoo May Build Its Own YouTube · · Score: 1

    Even google (google video) couldn't compete with youtube. That's why they had to buy it.

  8. Re:I dont get it on Russians Take Ukraine's Last Land Base In Crimea · · Score: 1

    These "traitors" will no doubt say they're loyal to the constitutional president of Ukraine who was deposed in a coup and himself went to Russia. Why wouldn't Russia like that? I'm sure if protests overthrow Putin they'll be happy to have soldiers who stay loyal to Putin.

  9. Re:Bullshit on Russians Take Ukraine's Last Land Base In Crimea · · Score: 1

    Finland was united. A large percentage of Ukraine would rather the Russians win, as evidenced by the 50% defection rate here.

  10. Re:Movie prop for Airbus Flight 655 on Iran Builds Mock-up of Nimitz-Class Aircraft Carrier · · Score: 1

    Since when have movies been accurate? An air craft carrier is more iconic, so you can bet it'd be used for a movie.

  11. Re:What about OS/2? on Linux May Succeed Windows XP As OS of Choice For ATMs · · Score: 1

    That was about 2-3 years ago.

    So why would anyone install Windows XP in the year 2011 or 2012? Couldn't they see the end coming?

  12. Re:Big bad bunnies on Spacecraft Returns Seven Particles From Birth of the Solar System · · Score: 2

    The last hundred plus years of science defines matter and energy as different, denies the previously held law of conservation of matter, and instead uses the law of conservation of matter-energy. It's time for you to update your definitions.

  13. Easier and more effective strategy on Mathematician Gives Tips On How To Win $1 Billion On NCAA Basketball · · Score: 2

    Pick a team from each of the 63 games that you want to bet against. Offer two of their starting players a million dollars each to throw the game. Pocket the other $874 million.

  14. Re:Lemme posit this... on College Grads Create Fake Tesla Commercial That Elon Musk Loves · · Score: 1

    I see now that a bunch of other people have said the same thing already, so let's pretend the above duplicate is to illustrate how annoying repetition is.

  15. Re:Lemme posit this... on College Grads Create Fake Tesla Commercial That Elon Musk Loves · · Score: 1

    The real problem I have with commercials is just that they repeat so many times. Could you watch that commercial 500 times and still enjoy it?

  16. Re:A toy for the 1%ers on College Grads Create Fake Tesla Commercial That Elon Musk Loves · · Score: 1

    That's why most of America drives Chinese cars. Oh, wait...

  17. Re: Ridiculous. on Time Dilation Drug Could Let Heinous Criminals Serve 1,000 Year Sentences · · Score: 1

    A drug that makes a criminal think they've been let off and gone on to live 50 years as a fine upstanding free citizen could be effective -- they'd be too used to being good to go back to being bad. Bound to work better than one that simulates prison time.

  18. Re:According to the latest study.... on New Stanford Institute To Target Bad Science · · Score: 1

    The fundamental problem is that false results tend to be much more exciting than true ones, and people gravitate to the exciting.

  19. Re:These work some of the time, cars all the time on Lit Motors, Danny Kim, and Changing How Americans Drive · · Score: 1

    For families who want two cars -- one commute car one family car -- it could make a lot of sense. Plus it's good for antisocial people like me.

  20. Re:Ah, the Planet Pluto on Pluto Regains Its Title As Largest Object In Its Neighborhood · · Score: 1

    Distinguishing the major objects from countless minor objects is an awfully good reason. If you're labeling Pluto and Jupiter as a the same category of thing, your categorization system is hopelessly stupid.

  21. Re:Ah, the Planet Pluto on Pluto Regains Its Title As Largest Object In Its Neighborhood · · Score: 1

    Ceres, as well as Eris and probably lots of other trans-neptunian objects, are large enough to have an atmosphere and revolve around the sun and not another body. Defining atmosphere is tricky too.

  22. Re:Do WOLVES hunt in a sustainable manner? on Why Did New Zealand's Moas Go Extinct? · · Score: 1

    Very few wolves build boats to colonize islands, nor are they nearly as effective of hunters as people are. The wolf doesn't have to worry about sustainability because it's too inept to fully destroy its own food chain.

  23. Re:We need to stop big tax dodgers useing loop hol on Silicon Valley Billionaire Takes Out $201 Million Life Insurance Policy · · Score: 1

    Why isn't estate tax 100%? Why should countless future generations of a family who've done nothing to earn it never have to do a day of work while the rest of society suffers? Inherited wealth is as unfair as it gets.

  24. Re:Maybe, but on Prominent GitHub Engineer Julie Ann Horvath Quits Citing Harrassment · · Score: 1

    Does it matter? Whether or the ruthless assholes prey on gender/race/orientation/hair/height differences because of personal prejudices or because they feel they gain advantage by it, they have to be stopped. (And whether it's opportunistic general malice or specific malice, they are able to harass minorities more effectively as racist/sexist slurs tend to be more hurtful than insults about hair length. Although of coursethat harassment should also be grounds for firing the harasser.)

  25. Re:One side of the story on Prominent GitHub Engineer Julie Ann Horvath Quits Citing Harrassment · · Score: 4, Informative

    Seems like they don't dispute any of her accusations, and readily endorse them.