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  1. Re:Cat got your brain? on Dogs' Brains Have Human-like "Voice Area" · · Score: 1

    And saying "Bad kitty" gets both of my cats under the bed for 20-30 minutes, and a lap full of apologetic cat in an hour. Animals learn words they hear frequently, and make reactions based on that.

  2. Re:Three Years? on Scientists Create Pizza That Can Last Years · · Score: 1

    The MRE's are also about 5000 calories, so eating 2 a day is excessive.

    You're supposed to eat it in stages throughout the day when you get hungry, not all at once.

  3. Re:Uh.. on Scientists Create Pizza That Can Last Years · · Score: 1

    I have, from a domino's. Then they refused to even so much as take a percentage off the bill for being 3 hours after the delivery time.

    Complaining to corporate got me a call from the GM who told me and I quote "tough shit, we don't care" so I quit ordering from them and will never order from them again. They went from having a weekly order to no order all because one GM is a dick about their own failure.

  4. Re:the good news on Scientists Create Pizza That Can Last Years · · Score: 1

    MRE's have been good for a while. The C Rations sucked.

  5. Re:Sounds great on CERN Wants a New Particle Collider Three Times Larger Than the LHC · · Score: 1

    It seems to me to be tied to comments. If I comment 1-5x a day, I always have them. If I don't comment for a week or two I won't. If I comment excessively, I never get them.

  6. Re:The basics... on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Convince an ISP To Bury Cable In Your Neighborhood? · · Score: 1

    Much further than a mile with a pair of these. http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber

    They say they can hit 13 KM with them at 1.4 gb/s, and faster at shorter ranges.

  7. Re:The basics... on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Convince an ISP To Bury Cable In Your Neighborhood? · · Score: 1

    Some cities, counties and even states insist all new development carry a HOA so they won't be responsible for things like the streets/lights in case they need fixed. Where I live is like that, there are some non HOA areas, but they are rare.

    After the HOA is released from developer control the HOA can be disbanded and the restrictions removed, but it's very rare for them to do it.

  8. Re:Cue the climate change deniers ... on Polar Vortex Sends Life-Threatening Freeze To US · · Score: 1

    Central Florida is considered subtropics though, and this isn't feeling much like subtropics weather to me. It's now down to 48. 1.5F/Hour it looks like is the current rate, but it was going much quicker earlier.

  9. Re:Cue the climate change deniers ... on Polar Vortex Sends Life-Threatening Freeze To US · · Score: 1

    I should add, the record low in my city is 35, and it's normally in the 50's-60's this time of year.

  10. Re:Cue the climate change deniers ... on Polar Vortex Sends Life-Threatening Freeze To US · · Score: 1

    I live on the gulf coast of Central Florida, it was 73 when I woke up, it's currently 51. It's expected to get down to 36 tonight.

    The weather is fucking crazy.

  11. Re:Politics as usual on Red Light Camera Use Declined In 2013 For the First Time · · Score: 1

    There are standards and laws regulating how long it must be yellow. Many areas have been caught breaking those laws to increase their ticket revenue.

  12. Re:Politics as usual on Red Light Camera Use Declined In 2013 For the First Time · · Score: 1

    We have the countdown timers on most lights with a crosswalk in the tampa bay area. Soon as it hits 0, light goes yellow. They really are a great way to help reduce accidents.

  13. Re:three responses on Police Pull Over More Drivers For DNA Tests · · Score: 1

    The response to "Yes, we are conducting an investigation" is what are the charges?

    They can't detain you without cause, and they can't fingerprint/take dna without charging you.

  14. Re:Remember on Police Pull Over More Drivers For DNA Tests · · Score: 2

    Remember: It's only being done in red states by state police.

  15. Re:Um.... on Police Pull Over More Drivers For DNA Tests · · Score: 1

    I'd refuse, and I don't drive drunk or stoned. The government already has my DNA from my time in the military, but it sure as hell doesn't mean I'm giving it to some podunk cops who abuse their power at every turn.

  16. Re:Not too worried on Bitcoin Exchange Value Halves After Chinese Ban · · Score: 1

    Bitcoin is valued at what it is because people say it is. Nothing more. It's still entirely fiat.

    Same with gold. Same with silver, same with every other "backing" that people assume will fix the world and usher in a libertarian utopia that mirrors that of Somalia.

    It's a scam, and your the sucker.

  17. Re:"Proof against tyranny" on Bitcoin Exchange Value Halves After Chinese Ban · · Score: 1

    And that means a very vocal and visible dissident, or a high profile business refusing to comply. It's not like china hasn't had many of those cases.

  18. Re:"Proof against tyranny" on Bitcoin Exchange Value Halves After Chinese Ban · · Score: 1

    Oh I know, I'm just expecting a news report that china executes someone for BTC use within the next year or so. After all, it is china.

  19. Re:Not too worried on Bitcoin Exchange Value Halves After Chinese Ban · · Score: 1

    You should realize by now all currency is fiat, including BTC, and especially included gold/precious metal backed. There is no value except what we decide it's worth. The gold is inherently not worth a specified amount, but has been decided to be worth an amount based on what someone thinks they can sell it for. This rage against nationalized currency is a fraud perpetuated by those attempting to rob the blind ignorant sheep who continue to buy their lies wholesale. Those same people bought up tons of gold when it was cheap, then told you to buy it because FIAT CURRENCY RAGE. Now their offloading all that gold onto you, where they take your money at 15x what they paid for the exact same product 5 years ago and you get stuck with a metal that you can't spend.

  20. Re:"Proof against tyranny" on Bitcoin Exchange Value Halves After Chinese Ban · · Score: 1

    It is china, where they execute people for bankrupting a company. I doubt they'd just throw them in jail because of that.

  21. Re:me too... on Bitcoin Exchange Value Halves After Chinese Ban · · Score: 1

    The bitcoin bubble gets inflated and bursts monthly. When silkroad closed the same thing happened.

    The concept is neat, but the chance of it ever becoming more has always been nil.

  22. Re:Blowing out of proportion on Fusion "Breakthrough" At National Ignition Facility? Not So Fast · · Score: 1

    We've got extremely good evidence fusion is a great energy source too, unless you deny the existence of the sun.

  23. Re:water bottles like you'd take to the gym? on Water Discovery Is Good News For Mars Colonists · · Score: 1

    You sir have obviously never known the horror of a boot filled with icy water on a cold day.

  24. Re:water bottles like you'd take to the gym? on Water Discovery Is Good News For Mars Colonists · · Score: 1

    The real question is how many boots of water will it contain.

  25. Re:jerk on Georgia Cop Issues 800 Tickets To Drivers Texting At Red Lights · · Score: 1

    Yeah just like the ones who created a nonexistent no filming law, arresting people for having cameras pointed in the vicinity of cops.

    Or maybe they are just corrupt. I'll go with they are corrupt.