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  1. Re:I hope it's a publicity stunt on Surgeon Swears Human Head Transplant Isn't a 'Metal Gear Solid' Publicity Stunt · · Score: 1

    The patient's options are certain death or slim chance at life, with risk of extreme pain and suffering. I don't fault him for choosing the latter, and I don't fault the surgeons for offering him that choice.

  2. Re:Not about saving money on Cheap Gas Fuels Switch From Electric Cars To SUVs · · Score: 1

    I was talking production CO2 from an EV car versus production CO2 from a traditional car. The former is much more difficult to manufacture, and releases significantly more CO2 in the process. I believe small traditional cars like the Honda Civic are by far the most responsible cars to purchase if you truly care about CO2.

  3. Re:Not about saving money on Cheap Gas Fuels Switch From Electric Cars To SUVs · · Score: 1

    I was under the impression that the increased CO2 needs for manufacturing Leafs and Volts more than offset the small reduction in exhaust. Perhaps I'm wrong.

  4. Growing up on Cheap Gas Fuels Switch From Electric Cars To SUVs · · Score: 1

    I'd guess at least part of the switch is from couples having families. If you're a single (or married) 20-something with a hot job making good bank, that fancy electric car is a huge status symbol. But five years later with a kid or two, and the thing is simply impractical.

  5. Woohoo! Call off the Apocalypse! on In Historic Turn, CO2 Emissions Flatline In 2014, Even As Global Economy Grows · · Score: 3, Funny

    I guess we've done enough to ward off all those hurricanes and droughts and tornadoes and dogs and cats living together. No need for a carbon tax! Congrats, humanity!!

  6. Care to volunteer? on US Wind Power Is Expected To Double In the Next 5 Years · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So you think we need to get rid of 6 out of every 7 people. Will you be first in line?

  7. Re:Clinton followed a Presidential trend... on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 1

    That's not the impression SpzToid's post gave. He speculated explicitly that Hillary was influenced by Bush 43's bad actions. Thus one would conclude she is excused for such mistakes.

    Calling out hypocrites is about as productive and difficult a task as shooting fish in a barrel.

  8. Re:In other news on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 1

    So basically any person off the street can walk into your mom's nursing home and wander the hallways? You don't consider that a security risk? The potential for identity theft via medical records is staggering.

  9. Re:Clinton followed a Presidential trend... on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So the defense now is "Bush did bad things, too?"

    "Hey - Nixon engaged in obstruction of justice, too! We have precedent!"

    Let's see how that one goes over.

  10. Re:What exactly were the rules? on Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email At State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules · · Score: 3, Informative

    After some quick digging, this appears to be the law broken:

    https://www.law.cornell.edu/us...

    Basically, she was required by law to archive her communications on federal servers. She did not.

    Also of note, according to TSG she forwarded classified intelligence Emails to Sidney Blumenthal, who was not a federal employee.

    http://www.thesmokinggun.com/d...

  11. "in theory, it should be possible to construct..." on The Science of a Bottomless Pit · · Score: 1

    Which theory is that, exactly? The theory in material science that there's something to make the walls from that'd survive the pressure and heat of the Earth's core?

  12. Despite the "flaws"... on The Fixes Sony's DualShock 4 Controller Still Needs · · Score: 1

    ...the Dualshock 4 is hands-down the best game controller I've ever used. The thing is just ridiculously comfortable.

  13. Re:good luck with that on Obama Proposes 30-Day Deadline For Disclosing Security Breaches · · Score: 3, Informative

    I see the main problem being that these companies will be forced to disclose breaches while they still be in the midst of investigating and fixing them. I can see it taking more than 30 days to discover the breadth of a breach.

  14. Not mutually exclusive on Automation Coming To Restaurants, But Not Because of Minimum Wage Hikes · · Score: 1

    McD's will of course SAY that the moves are for better customer experience and not a reaction to increased labor costs.

    But that doesn't mean the labor costs played no factor.

    I'm sure their bean counters did exhaustive analysis of the cost/benefit of the change, where one of the big variables was labor cost. They'd have been irresponsible not to. It's obvious both customer experience and labor costs contribute here.

    Editorializing "See, minimum wage isn't a factor! Look! Look!" clearly demonstrates a bias in the article.

  15. Dude... on Ask Slashdot: How To Pick Up Astronomy and Physics As an Adult? · · Score: 1

    Internet?

  16. You know what this means??!! on Bloody Rag May Not Have Touched Louis XVI's Severed Head · · Score: 1

    Louis XVI faked his death!

  17. Re:XBOX? on Why Is Microsoft Setting More Money On Fire With Surface 2? · · Score: 1

    "Dominate" as in second place for the 360/PS3/Wii generation in North America and third place globally? Or "dominate" as in a laughingstock in the upcoming One/PS4/Wii2 generation?

  18. Re:Dog and cats! Living together! Mass hysteria!!! on How Much Should You Worry About an Arctic Methane Bomb? · · Score: 1

    I was attempting to reference Anon's Wikipedia quip... apparently unsuccessfully...

  19. Re:Dog and cats! Living together! Mass hysteria!!! on How Much Should You Worry About an Arctic Methane Bomb? · · Score: 2

    But if it's on the Internet it has to be true.

  20. Re:Dog and cats! Living together! Mass hysteria!!! on How Much Should You Worry About an Arctic Methane Bomb? · · Score: 1

    Don't go confusing everyone with science!!

  21. Re:Seems like a resource, not a threat on How Much Should You Worry About an Arctic Methane Bomb? · · Score: 1

    There are many groups trying to figure out how to harvest methane hydrate. So far it's been an impossible problem to solve - mostly due to the resource being ridiculously deep in the ocean. The cost to extract exceeds the value of the fuel.

    But then that used to be the case with all the natural gas we're now recovering through fracking. All we need is a disruptive innovation and that methane will be viable. There's billions to be made... and lots of hard-working scientists working on making it reality.

  22. Dog and cats! Living together! Mass hysteria!!! on How Much Should You Worry About an Arctic Methane Bomb? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I supposed the 15-year pause in global warming has prompted alarmists to come up with even more extreme catastrophes.

  23. The Last of Us on The City Where People Are Afraid To Breathe · · Score: 1

    And you guys thought those Clickers were fiction...

  24. And yet the individual mandate still stands! on Obamacare Employer Mandate Delayed Until After Congressional Elections · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So at this point companies DON'T have to provide you insurance, but you MUST carry insurance. So all those people who would have been covered if the business deadline wasn't pushed back will be forced to buy their own insurance on the individual market. Either that or pay the "tax." This is a recipe for real disaster.

  25. Re:in your dreams on Pondering the Future of a Re-Org'd Microsoft · · Score: 1

    There are ardent brand loyalists who will buy one no matter what, but based on everything I've read the reaction to Xbox One's feature set has been nearly catastrophic. I don't think it's outside the realm of possibilities for the console to be an abject failure. I think fewer than a million sold is unlikely, but it could do worse than GameCube numbers.