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  1. Re:Autopolit, should have been called Assistpilot! on Tesla Avoids Recall After Autopilot Crash Death (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Autopilots in planes are also assistpilots. People misunderstand what an autopilot does. The pilots in planes can't go to sleep or to the bathroom. They must sit there and monitor the system as it flies. They normally have more than 7 seconds to respond before impact things, so they don't have their hands constantly on the controls. Look at what happened to Air France flight 447 for what happens when the pilots aren't ready to take back control.

  2. Re:Oregon is NOT a right-to-work state on Uber Sues City of Seattle To Block Landmark Driver Union Ordinance (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Everything west of the Cascade range is now Oregon and liberal. Everything east is now Washington and conservative. Much better breakdown.

  3. Lucky. I have never been able to get ISDN installed.

  4. Re:Oregon is NOT a right-to-work state on Uber Sues City of Seattle To Block Landmark Driver Union Ordinance (geekwire.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Seattle is not in Oregon.

  5. Union busting on Uber Sues City of Seattle To Block Landmark Driver Union Ordinance (geekwire.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    How Republican of them.

  6. Re:Don't you mean... on NASA Astronaut Gene Cernan, Last Man To Walk On the Moon, Dies At 82 (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Who are "they"? "They" would have to be in on the Moon landing hoax, too. Otherwise it couldn't be covered up for so long.

  7. Re:Don't you mean... on NASA Astronaut Gene Cernan, Last Man To Walk On the Moon, Dies At 82 (engadget.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Remember, if the Moon landings were faked, the coverup was lead by Richard Nixon. A man who couldn't cover up an office break in.

  8. Re:Don't you mean... on NASA Astronaut Gene Cernan, Last Man To Walk On the Moon, Dies At 82 (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Who really need a good punch in the mouth.

  9. Re:Don't you mean... on NASA Astronaut Gene Cernan, Last Man To Walk On the Moon, Dies At 82 (engadget.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    Remember, Buzz Aldrin is still around. It's not the last person who had walked on the Moon, it's the last person to have done so.

  10. Re:more CNN fake news on SpaceX Returns To Flight, And Nails Another Drone Landing (cnn.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's because this was actually filmed in a sound stage on the Moon.

  11. Re:Specific to English? on Open Source Codec Encodes Voice Into Only 700 Bits Per Second (rowetel.com) · · Score: 2

    It includes poorly translated Engrish subtitles.

  12. Abraham LinkedIn?

  13. Al Gore? Weird Al?

  14. Great. Spread invasive plant species all over on US Military Seeks Biodegradable Bullets That Sprout Plants (newatlas.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Unless the plant is native to the area, keep it out. Last thing we need is another kudzu or similar plant spreading like wildfire.

  15. And they stole the idea from Palm on Apple's iPhone Turns 10 (www.bgr.in) · · Score: -1

    Everything on the phone was already sold by Palm except the music store and iTunes.

  16. Then they put the baking soda into coal mines! on A Coal-Fired Power Plant In India Is Turning Carbon Dioxide Into Baking Soda (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 2

    They will be making so much baking soda that they will have to put it back in coal mines to get rid of it.

  17. Re:Isn't this just reinventing the bus? on 3,000 Ride-Sharing Cars Could Replace Every Cab in New York City, MIT Study Says (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    This is exactly like a bus. A Taxi is a point to point system. A bus is a multi stop system where the route is developed to provide maximum usage and convenience. The difference here is the route is developed on the fly. It still has the same features as a bus route, but now they know exactly where the bus needs to be, and not just guessing the most convenient place. Originally bus routes were designed to replace trolley lines, which had to follow preinstalled tracks. The bus allowed for changes over time as usage dictated. This new concept takes it a step further, and makes the route changes in real time.

  18. Re:An understandable mistake on Facebook Is Sorry for Taking Down a Photo of a Nude Neptune Statue (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    No, they got the wong god.

  19. Isn't this just reinventing the bus? on 3,000 Ride-Sharing Cars Could Replace Every Cab in New York City, MIT Study Says (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sounds like they just came up with a plan to use a bunch of smaller buses to replace taxis. What a novel concept.

  20. Get back to important stuff: SCO vs IBM on Legal Sparring Continues in Bitcoin User's Battle with IRS Tax Sweep (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    Enough arguing over bitcoins on /. We need more news about the SCO vs. IBM lawsuit. The future of Linux is in the balance!

  21. Re:Figures seem too low... on Wikipedia Announces Their Most Viewed Articles Of 2016 (wikipedia.org) · · Score: 2

    This is for the English language version, which is dominated by people in the USA. The Dallas Cowboys would be far far more popular than anyone playing Association Football. Now, most American's would go to some other web site to find information on the Cowboys. Messi is probably as high as he is in the rankings from people wondering who he even is.

  22. Sorry to hear of her passing on Iconic Star Wars Actress Carrie Fisher Dies at 60 (people.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Just as a new generation of Star Wars fans were getting to know her, she suddenly passed away. May the Force be with her.

  23. Solar powered warehouse farming? on The US Government is Loaning Millions of Dollars To Jumpstart Urban Farming (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    When you are warehouse farming, do you put solar panels on the roof to supply power to the lights inside?

  24. I can finally build that Beowulf Cluster on FreeDOS 1.2 Is Finally Released (freedos.org) · · Score: 0

    I can finally build that Beowulf Cluster I always wanted.

  25. They tried that already back in 2001. Didn't work.