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  1. Re:Avoiding stress causes social network stability on Study of MMOG Proves Human Interaction Theory · · Score: 1

    Yes because country v country wars are much better than civil wars.

    And the constitution is irrelevant since almost the entire problem goes away if it was followed in the first place. It reserves an amazing amount of power for the States, which has been gobbled up by the Federal Government.

    If the Federal Government would stop expanding and let the States do what they want with respect to pollution, carbon taxes, abortion, etc, etc. Then the conflict would be reduced.

    The pro-abortion folk can move to states in which abortion is a mandated by state law and every woman has to have at least one state funded abortion per 2 children they do have.

    The pro-pollution folk can move to states in which an acre of old growth forest is part of the requirements to get a driving license and there's a carbon rebate for industry's service in stocking up CO2 levels in the atmosphere.

    Everyone can be happy in their little States, and the rest of us will actually get to see what works and what doesn't as the crazies try everything out.

  2. Re:No on Study of MMOG Proves Human Interaction Theory · · Score: 1

    Yes, because it's important to make sure the joke is lost by spelling it out.

  3. Re:US abuse on WikiLeaks Publishes Afghan War Secrets · · Score: 1

    But both Iran and North Korea are safer if they have nukes, since the US is far less likely to risk a conventional invasion.

  4. Re:US abuse on WikiLeaks Publishes Afghan War Secrets · · Score: 1

    missile != torpedo.

    Probably the same outcome, but calling something a "nuclear missile" during the Cuban Missile Crisis really implies a missile aimed at the US mainland, not a battlefield nuclear weapon.

  5. Re:This guy already won the lottery on Company Claims Patent On Spam Filtering, Sues World · · Score: 1

    That was what I was trying to say with the second point.

  6. Re:How are you alive? on SFLC Wants To Avoid Death by Code · · Score: 1

    So you are rather obese. Still not enough to dilute all that alcohol though. I guess you spend a lot of the 12 hours a day you aren't drinking throwing up and pissing.

    No wonder you are still doing final papers at 41, with the 2 hours a day you must have which isn't sprent drinking, sleeping, or in the bathroom.

    But if it makes you feel tough I guess it's all worth it.

  7. Re:Flawed on Utah State Prof Says Hybrids Don't Kill More Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    Don't you get just a tad wet when driving in the pouring rain with the window down? Of the seats get wet if you open a window where no one is sitting.

    On the plus side though, I guess you're unlikely to be declared designated driver.

  8. Re:Did they even think about this one? on Australian Enterprises Block Sex Party's Political Site · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure I'd vote for a party that put me through that kind of hassle.

    Obviously you wouldn't vote for them anyway, so no loss.

  9. Re:This guy already won the lottery on Company Claims Patent On Spam Filtering, Sues World · · Score: 1

    Lotteries which jackpot will sometimes reach a point at which a ticket purchase has slight postive expectation.

    Not as much in the US due to gambling winnings being taxable, but it's still feasible.

    There's also a point at which even though the expectation is slightly negative the sheer amount of money involved and entertainment factor (for some people who like planning how they'll escape from their spouse with all the money, for example) make it not unreasonable.

  10. Re:Perch? on Micro Plane That Perches On Power Lines · · Score: 1

    Again if it can do that it doesn't need to stall, it can hover above the power line and drop.

    Of course the thing in question is a glider anyway...

  11. Re:And this folks... on WordPress Creator GPL Says WP Template Must Be GPL'd · · Score: 1

    No those exceptions are for binaries produced from the source, which will contain elements of those libraries. Not for the source itself.

    If I don't distribute such binaries - only distributing source for example - then those exceptions aren't necessary in the first place.

  12. Re:And this folks... on WordPress Creator GPL Says WP Template Must Be GPL'd · · Score: 1

    That's irrelevant, since (well I'm assuming) the theme is distributed without including any WP code/libs whatsoever.

    It just links against them when the user installs it - so that user can't not distribute that combination (since the licenses would be incompatible with no way of meeting both) which is fine since they are being executed not distributed.

    And if you mean the libc case, it's also irrelevant since I was refering to the code not the binaries.

  13. Re:Not Patents on Feds Bust Chinese Firm's Hybrid Car Data Heist · · Score: 1

    Sure, if you live somewhere with shitty laws, but that's ypur fault.

  14. Re:this is Surprising? on SFLC Wants To Avoid Death by Code · · Score: 1

    So you never drive, since that amount of alcohol every night means you are always over the legal limit?

    Or you are *really* obese, which I guess is pretty likely since you are consuming 150% to 300% of the normal human calorie intake just in everclear.

    At usual rates you'll take 70 hours to get back to a legal BAC, but since there's less than 24 before you drink the next batch you must be excreting it in various additional ways.

  15. Re:Not Patents on Feds Bust Chinese Firm's Hybrid Car Data Heist · · Score: 1

    A patent doesn't stop you writing and reading the code. It just stops you running it.

    So the speech part remains allowed.

  16. Same reason on Why Designers Hate Crowdsourcing · · Score: 1

    Computer programmers hate programming shops in India.

    Factory workers hate factories in China.

    Big music labels hate cheap online music distribution methods.

    Everyone hates competition that will result in them having less work/sales. Doubly so when said competition implies there's not really much too your job anyway and an 11 year old can do it.

    Of course not everyone dislikes such competition on price alone - some people don't mind competing on quality, etc.

    And we spend real money (in the form of the time our employees who could be doing other things meaning we'd need fewer) writing up RFPs for various things and often implementing a demo version of whatever it is, with no obligation on the potential client to pay us anything. Which isn't that far off this.

  17. Re:Not Patents on Feds Bust Chinese Firm's Hybrid Car Data Heist · · Score: 3, Informative

    How do patents ever violate free speech?

    You can talk about them, copy them, repeat them, etc. You just can't do* what is described without permission from the patent holder.

    * the definition of "do" varies by jurisdiction.

  18. Re:And this folks... on WordPress Creator GPL Says WP Template Must Be GPL'd · · Score: 1

    If I write a module for the linux kernel it is noa derivative of the linux kernel. The binary it produces likely is, and once loaded into the kernel it is (but no one distributed the running kernel memory image...). But the source code? No way.

    Are all my C programs derivatives of libc because they call libc functions and libc functions call into it?

    If it includes code from WP, then that's a different story.

    And what happens if someone clean room re implements the WP theme interface? Suddenly though the code hasn't changed at all, the theme isn't GPLd?

  19. Re:Perch? on Micro Plane That Perches On Power Lines · · Score: 1

    Except if that is what you have, why are you be risking a stall to hook up, instead of just hovering and slowly descending until you hook up?

  20. Re:Perch? on Micro Plane That Perches On Power Lines · · Score: 1

    If it can VTOL, then you don't need to bother hooking up with a controlled stall, so no.

  21. Re:Perch? on Micro Plane That Perches On Power Lines · · Score: 2, Informative

    It does hang, just from a hook near the nose so it isn't upside down.

    Which would make actually hooking up *much* easier, since you need to be nose up which is why you can stall.

    Hooking up upside down would be really hard, pointing your nose down makes slowing down just a tad difficult.

    What I don't understand is how it is going to take off again. It'd need to unhook and flip nose down before it hit the ground with enough height left to get the speed to generate lift. That doesn't seem like such an easy thing to do...

  22. Re:Who cares on BP Caught Photoshopping Disaster Response Photos · · Score: 1

    Except then everyone would complain that they aren't doing anything since there's no hirez proof.

  23. Re:Who cares on BP Caught Photoshopping Disaster Response Photos · · Score: 1

    It's cheaper and faster to get an intern to read a "learn photoshop in 24 minutes" book and update an old image, than it is to pay a photographer to take a new photo making sure that there aren't any trade secrets or whatever in the image accidentally.

    So they are in fact doing this to allocate more resources to cleaning up oil.

  24. Re:Traditionalists shouldn't panic anyways on eBook Sales Outpace Hardbacks · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the people who did the study know the answer to those last two.

  25. Re:No real danger to road safety that I can see... on Catching Satnav Errors On Google Street View · · Score: 1

    That has nothing to do with the anything.

    Obviously if you are using a GPS nav you want directions from it. If it tells you to get in a different lane then you are going to get in a different lane, otherwise why have it in the first place?

    If it tells you to change lanes and you pull in front of of truck going 70 when you are going 50, then clearly you are doing something stupid and being an idiot.

    But if it is convenient and safe to change lanes, why would you bother waiting? Sticking it to the man^Wcomputer voice?