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  1. Re:swearing? on Can The Martian Give NASA's Mars Efforts a Hollywood Bump? · · Score: 1

    The movie is PG-13, therefore they can only have one f-bomb (two if they're really crafty, but usually not). Usually heavy-swearing movies are rate R for that reason, PG-13 probably means the swearing is toned down. There may be some in dire situations, but I doubt it will be as constant as the book.

  2. Re:The Linux community is destroying itself. on Shuttleworth Says Snappy Won't Replace .deb Linux Package Files In Ubuntu 15.10 · · Score: 1

    We should all ditch monitors and move to different types of displays. Oculus Rift, HoloLens, UDHTVs, smartwatches, etc. The next generation of Linux shall have the most diverse displays known to mankind!

  3. Re:Troll is successful on Since-Pulled Cyanogen Update For Oneplus Changes Default Home Page To Bing · · Score: 1

    What if you changed it back to DuckDuckGo?

  4. Re:Cyanogenmod has gone downhill a bit on Since-Pulled Cyanogen Update For Oneplus Changes Default Home Page To Bing · · Score: 1

    And sadly, unless you're buying the device well into its shelf life, you don't know about major flaws until they're discovered. At which point, you've just sunk several hundred dollars into a device that you'll need to replace in a couple years to stay on top of the current version.

  5. Re:Big Deal on JAXA Prepares To Try Making Whiskey In Space · · Score: 1

    Any good science experiment is repeatable.

  6. Re:Promethius 1.5? on The Real NASA Technologies In 'The Martian' · · Score: 1

    This is the post-Breaking Bad society. "Science" is now a verb, if you haven't noticed.

  7. Re:Stop. Just stop. on The Real NASA Technologies In 'The Martian' · · Score: 1

    That blog is extremely simplistic, by Internet they mean email/communications.

  8. Re:book was boring on The Real NASA Technologies In 'The Martian' · · Score: 1

    You can't split molecules of H2O and get some left over He as a bonus.

    You can never split H2O and get He. Nor does Watney in the book.

  9. Re:CBC assumed CNN owned it on CNN and CBC Sued For Pirating YouTube Video · · Score: 1

    While that may be true and work for individuals, a company the size of CBC surely has a large enough research team to double-check that the video was properly attributed.

  10. Re:Law of large numbers on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    Well, keep an eye on Wisconsin, because as long as their "right to work" laws stay in effect, they're going to have a hard time hiring anyone who's not already living there in the first place.

  11. Re:Law of large numbers on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    And if you deep fry it and call it something like Deep Fried Lutefisk, people will actually buy it and rave about how good it is to the guy standing in line with them at the Giant Slide.

  12. Re:New York City on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    You know, I haven't asked one lately, but now that you mention it I've put it on my to-do list. It's there somewhere between Getting Cheeks Pinched By Grandma and Joining A Charity-Less Polar Plunge.

  13. Re:Law of large numbers on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    Oh, the mosquitoes. I nearly forgot about our state bird, thank you!

  14. Re:Law of large numbers on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    New Yorkers are just assholes. They complain about weather that's not even half as bad as ours. Sorry, next.

    We know about our State Fair because people actually attend (as I mentioned above). It's not called the Great Minnesota Get Together for nothing. It's actually a serious affair, and yes, a large part of that is because Minnesota remains a significant agrarian state. The difference between Minnesota and other states with a blend of agriculture and industry is that we embrace our heritage and our progress together.

    Minnesota does have beautiful scenery. That doesn't mean that other places don't. I'm not sure what exactly you have a problem with here. Maybe you need to step outside and enjoy some beautiful scenery yourself.

    Well, politics are politics, no one's truly going to agree. Even in Minnesota, where we put a gay marriage ban on the ballot, voted it down, and then the legislature vote in a bill legalizing it. I don't think anyone could say the entire state was 100% behind every action that took place there, but here's the point of it all: Minnesota hasn't challenged the bill in court. We made something happen and moved on with our lives, we didn't lose ten years in court bickering and dividing our society along battle lines. I'm not sure how many other states can really say that for such a divisive issue.

  15. Re:.NET Consultant from MN here... on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    Except that $200k would be worth more in Minnesota than it would in CA, TX or NY, our cost of living is much lower and your dollar goes much further.

  16. Re:No Surprise on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 1

    Unless you're from Seattle and flying to Chicago, nobody really flies over Minnesota. Planes overhead are either coming or leaving.

  17. Re:Law of large numbers on The Fastest-Growing Tech State Is... Minnesota · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Because it's the only thing they can make fun of.

    They can't make fun of our Minnesota Nice attitude (we'd probably just laugh it off anyway).

    They can't make fun of our state fair, which is the biggest in terms of attendance per day (second only to Texas in terms of sheer attendance, but they have to run it twice as long just to get there).

    They can't make fun of our beautiful scenery, from wooded forests to Lake Superior to grassy plains and a lake every way you look.

    They can't make fun of our political successes, our progressive attitudes that care for people, or our economic sensibilities that actually work.

    No, the only thing that people outside of Minnesota can make fun of is the weather. And if that's the worst they can do, then bring it on!

  18. Re: Ha! on Company Testing Standardized Salaries Is Struggling · · Score: 1

    I imagine that while their salaries are equal, their housing opportunities are not.

  19. Re:It's clearly out of copyright on "Happy Birthday" Hits Sour Notes When It Comes To Song's Free Use · · Score: 4, Funny

    I tried, but Donald Trump outbid me.

  20. Finally! on Google Launches Gmail Postmaster Tools To Eliminate Spam · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can finally rest easy knowing all the advertisements for penis enhancement will come straight to my inbox. No more hunting around in the spam box for these important emails.

  21. Re:Hillary Clinton says: on Japanese Court Orders Google To Delete Past Reports Of Man's Molestation Arrest · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And if she had botched her job, the child rapist could have just appealed on that basis and gotten off scot free. The United States has this thing called due process, and that's what stops the folks like you from just lining up anyone accused of a heinous crime and shooting them. Every one is entitled to a competent defendant, regardless of whether they are guilty or not, and if Mrs. Clinton had somehow been removed from the case, then some other lawyer would have just been assigned.

    When we lose our moral compass is when we, as a society, decide that due process isn't important anymore. When we revoke the rights of the accused to a proper defendant, to a proper trial, and try them in the Court of Public Opinion. It's been done in the past, and it generally works out to a singular solution, with no quarter and no recourse. But being accused of a crime doesn't mean that one has committed it. Even though Mrs. Clinton was convinced he committed the crime, she wasn't a judge, it wasn't her call to make. That's the way our society is built, that's our system of justice.

  22. Re:Hillary Clinton says: on Japanese Court Orders Google To Delete Past Reports Of Man's Molestation Arrest · · Score: 1

    That's not when this happened, however. This was 1975, not 2015. How many of today's voters, indeed Hillary's main supporter base, were even alive in 1975? I wasn't, and I can't begin to fathom how it must have been for a female lawyer in 1975.

  23. Re:This is the way the world ends, not with a bang on Japanese Court Orders Google To Delete Past Reports Of Man's Molestation Arrest · · Score: 1

    Thunderous applause!

  24. Re:Hillary Clinton says: on Japanese Court Orders Google To Delete Past Reports Of Man's Molestation Arrest · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When you're a young lawyer fresh out of law school, I can't imagine you have much choice in the way of cases. Not if you're going to get very far in your law career. Are you suggesting that an accused child rapist doesn't deserve competent legal counsel?

  25. Re:Annex NZ as Territory on Rocket Labs Picks New Zealand For Its Launch Site · · Score: 2

    It has cultural value. In fact, we'll rename it Hollywood South Lot just to be clear about what we expect from the state of New Zealand.