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  1. Please don't demean cupcakes by comparing them to whiners. It's pastryiest.

  2. Oh irony, that flatteneth the haughty on NSA Chief: Nation-State Made 'Conscious Effort' To Sway US Presidential Election (aol.com) · · Score: 1

    If she had used the security protocols like she was supposed to, the Russians likely wouldn't have been in her server. And had she done that, she might not have been emailing the sensitive information that should land her in jail.

    What difference, at this point, does it make anyway, eh Hillary?

  3. An academic, a member of the democratic, and a on Elizabeth Warren Says Apple, Amazon and Google Are Trying To 'Lock Out' Competition (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    loony tune. The world is full of them.

  4. stupid assumptions on Alien Contact Unlikely For Another 1,500 Years, Says Study (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    The only reason I read something with a headline like this is to see what kind of boneheaded assumptions these "scientists" (are astronomers automatically scientists?) make. The idea beings millenia or epochs ahead of us can't travel faster than light is stultifying. Let alone, that they haven't figured out how to communicate in faster modes.

  5. I had the same thought. How better to give insight into morality and consequences to actions.

  6. The best solution for Apple on FBI Unlocks iPhone Without Apple's Help In San Bernadino Case (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    Given the choices for Apple, I suspect that they passed-on the information (under the table) needed to crack the phone so that they wouldn't be forced to do it openly, so they pretend to be hanging onto the moral high ground, though seeming not as clever at protection as they claimed.

  7. There. I fixed that for you. on Volkswagen CEO Issues Apology Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    "I personally am deeply sorry that we got caught.” Winterkorn should have said in the statement.

  8. Again with Back to the Future on MIT Designs Less Expensive Fusion Reactor That Boosts Power Tenfold · · Score: 1

    "Using these new commercially available superconductors, rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) superconducting tapes, to produce high-magnetic field coils “just ripples through the whole design,” says Dennis Whyte, a professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering and director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center. “It changes the whole thing.”

    Anyone tried strapping this tape to the bottom of a skateboard yet?

  9. Re:thank god for the poor states on Mississippi - the Nation's Leader In Vaccination Rates · · Score: 1

    If it hadn't been done to death. Like I said, one troll, no problem, but +5 for insightful? It's not just you that makes me bitch. Try living in MS for a while, and you'll find more genuine people than anywhere else you go. At least that's been my experience. Except Ole Miss. Ole Miss sucks.

  10. Re:thank god for the poor states on Mississippi - the Nation's Leader In Vaccination Rates · · Score: 1

    The point is your and others desires to condescend. The internet is essentially ubiquitous in Mississippi, but you wouldn't know that as you've probably never been to the state. Whatever horrible reason there is that Mississippi has something right, it can't be good, can it?

  11. Re:thank god for the poor states on Mississippi - the Nation's Leader In Vaccination Rates · · Score: 1

    The fact that a troll posts such assholery doesn't bother me, but that this gets a +5 for Insightful is pathetic.

  12. When the singularity hits on DARPA-Funded Robots Learning To Cook By Watching YouTube Videos · · Score: 1

    "How to Serve Humans" will take on a whole new meaning.

  13. Re: America: Its just completely fucked on Baton Bob Strikes Back Against Police That Coerced Facebook Post From Him · · Score: 1

    According to that, then Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, the bunch of our founding fathers, are there with them.

  14. Re: A matter of priorities on Fusion Power By 2020? Researchers Say Yes and Turn To Crowdfunding. · · Score: 1

    I think it has more to do with their being bought and paid for by other interests. Nearly free energy (a fusion reactor in the utility room) is going to take a lot of money out of politicians' pockets.

  15. These goggles are perfect on Facebook Buying Oculus VR For $2 Billion · · Score: 1

    Perfect for cell phones. Now we can see large screens instead of that puny hand held thing. If someone comes up with a reasonably good controller, you've turned cell phones into a decent game/whatever platform.

  16. Those boy scouts on White House To Propose Ending NSA Phone Records Collection · · Score: 1

    I'm glad the white house has shown us how trustworthy they are.

  17. I have one freakin question about the space lift on Report: Space Elevators Are Feasible · · Score: 1

    How the hell do they propose to keep satellites and whatever other space junk there is from hitting the space "cable"? I've never seen this addressed.

  18. My car's new headlights on What Would You Do With the World's Most Powerful Laser? · · Score: 1

    BMW's going to put laser headlights on some of their new cars. Never again would I loose a headlight duel.

  19. Now we'll find out what they would've done to on LA Times: Snowden Had 3 Helpers Inside NSA · · Score: 1

    Now we'll find out what they would've done (or will do) to Snowden if they can get their hands on him. Or, will they hold these three hostage to try to get Snowden to give himself up?

  20. Independence Day code on Programmer Debunks Source Code Shown In Movies and TV Shows · · Score: 1

    I thought it was nice that the aliens that were taking over earth were also using C, let alone ascii characters.

  21. Before Carmack on Doom Is Twenty Years Old · · Score: 1

    I don't know what Carmack did in the business world, but he was little more than a teenager when he created the first 1st person, 3D shooter (Wolfenstein ). That was freakin fantastic at the time. Everything before that, that I remember, was 2D scrollers of one sort or another (Dragon's Lair was phony 3D). Not only did he pull that off first, he did it with a 286 computer. That's scarey impressive. That's what's so excellent about him. He followed that up with Doom (I'm skipping Spear of Destiny since it was pretty much like Wolfenstein). Each game had a generous trial version. Later Carmack made the 3D engine public, with tools for people to create their own levels. I suppose most people know that, but I don't know if most here were around and playing games when it happened. He set a fantastic precedent, and I respect the guy for a massive brain and the willingness to try to get the genre going full speed.

  22. When satanists found their own country, on Satanists Propose Monument At Oklahoma State Capitol Next To Ten Commandments · · Score: 1

    Satanists didn't found the country, nor a bunch of atheists, nor a bunch of gays. It was founded by a bunch of Christians almost exclusively, and it was founded primarily with respect to Christian values. When other groups found their own country, let them put up their set of values.

  23. Re:Right... on LeVar Burton On Google Glass · · Score: 1

    Some of us still say the same thing about people everywhere walking around looking at the little phones.

  24. Why do they need a windshield? on The Feathered Threat To US Air Superiority · · Score: 1

    With today's cameras and thin screen technology, do they even need them anymore? Redundancies can be built in. A strong, ejectable windshield cover could be made to protect against any bird.

  25. "LET THERE BE LIGHT!" on Telegraph Contributor Says Coding Is For Exceptionally Dull Weirdos · · Score: 1

    Folks who can create worlds in little boxes don't sound too much like a dull weirdos to me... especially if they let me play in their worlds.