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  1. The problem with mass transit on India Just Might Be Getting a Hyperloop (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    The designers of this system don't take into account the time it takes to park your car, walk to the station, wait in line to get on the next pod, get off at the destination station, and use some other means of transportation to get to the location your want to be. If all that takes more than 54 minutes then you really aren't saving any time.

  2. I live in Vermont. The city of Burlington (pop 39,000) has a municipal cable service. Only nine cities/towns have over 10,000 people. While there are a few small operators in other parts of the state, Comcast is the only one authorized statewide.

  3. Re:Could not Compete on Nissan Won't Build Its Own Electric Car Batteries Anymore (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    The problem with the Leaf is that it looks like it was made ugly on purpose.

  4. Re:Why Indeed... on Can Elon Musk Be Weaned Off Government Support? (thehill.com) · · Score: 2

    Ford hasn't paid it back because it never took one.

  5. Re:They bought a person?? on Netflix's First Takeover: a Comics Firm (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Mark Millar is the person's name, the name of his company is Millarworld. The summary says they bought Mark Millar (the person) while the article correctly states that they bought the company: "Netflix buys Scots comic book firm Millarworld". Submitter msmash made a mistake creating the summary.

  6. They bought a person?? on Netflix's First Takeover: a Comics Firm (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Summary says "Netflix announced today that it is acquiring Mark Millar, a well-known name in the world of comics."

    Should say "Netflix announced today that it is acquiring Millarworld, a well-known name in the world of comics."

  7. Re:Just like every other major retailer on Amazon Owns a Whole Collection of Secret Brands (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Dr Thunder is a clone of Dr Pepper. They also have Mountain Lightning (Mtn Dew).

  8. Re:Do editors actually edit? on EPA Reverses Course on Ozone Rule (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It looks like that was corrected. The article had three dots - E.P.A. so that was a botched edit job by msmash.

  9. Must be an iOS problem on Are App Sizes Out of Control? · · Score: 1

    On my Android phone LinkedIn is only 108MB. Twitter - 81MB., Chrome - 131MB, Facebook - 397MB.

  10. Re:Proof... on Some Low-Cost Android Phones Come at a Price -- Your Privacy (cnet.com) · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hillary sent emails containing Top Secret info to her aid Huma's home computer to print because they couldn't figure out how to get the secure fax machine to work. Meanwhile Huma's husband is using very same computer to send dick pics to underage girls. Exactly the sort of person who should be president.

  11. Re:The Military is not the place for this. on Donald Trump Says US Military Will Not Allow Transgender People To Serve (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    As a veteran I would not be against them serving pre-surgery as long as they knew up front that the military would not pay for surgery and that their emotional state was stable enough for them to wait until they got out.

    The purpose of the military is to blow shit up and kill people. It doesn't matter why, if someone isn't physically and emotionally capable of performing that mission, they shouldn't enter the military.

  12. Baseball on Pittsburgh Gets a Tech Makeover (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    The Pirates are the ones in need of a makeover.

  13. Re:Happy Monday from The Golden Girls! on Pittsburgh Gets a Tech Makeover (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    If it was a joke, it has gone so far over our heads that it needs a spacesuit.

  14. Re:Happy Monday from The Golden Girls! on Pittsburgh Gets a Tech Makeover (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    *confidant

  15. Re:NO! on Microsoft Paint To Be Killed Off After 32 Years (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    I use the version from XP from here: http://www.mspaintxp.com/.

  16. Re:The one profitable Amtrak route on Elon Musk Says He Has a Green Light To Build a NY-Philly-Baltimore-DC Hyperloop (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    The existing Acela train doesn't go very fast in some areas because of sharp turns and areas where the tracks are too close to each other.

  17. Re:well fuck on Avast Now Owns CCleaner After Acquiring Piriform (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    CCleaner already is a nag. Every couple of days they come out with a 'new version' which you are prompted to upgrade to if you haven't turned that option off. Other than that it is a great program.

  18. Re:The UK is going much further to censor the net on China's Censors Can Now Erase Images Mid-Transmission (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    Yet they allow topless pictures of large breasted women in regular newspapers.

  19. I wonder if Microsoft is actually behind all these leaks in order to push people towards Windows 10.

  20. Re:Just give 'em time... on NASA Finally Admits It Doesn't Have the Funding To Land Humans on Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Cuomo probably

  21. This is not a new idea on Hyperloop One Conducts First Full Systems Test But Only Traveled 70MPH (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In the 1973 Gene Roddenberry movie 'Genesis II' they have an underground transportation system very much like the hyperloop. This is also the movie where Mariette Hartley famously has two belly buttons. When she appeared on Star Trek the censors wouldn't allow her to show a belly button so Gene decided to give her two as a middle finger to the earlier censors.

  22. Re:VAT (Sales tax) fraud on Ebay 'Millionaire' Sellers in Germany and UK Grow 50 Percent in Four Years (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    If a golf trolley is the same as a golf cart, why would anyone need a remote controlled one?

  23. Re: In other words... on Trump Administration Officially Delays 'Startup Visa' Rule (sfchronicle.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In some cases it is merely a way for rich foreigners to purchase permanent residency, the so called 'green card' which are actually pink nowadays. There was a recent case in Vermont of an EB-5 scam. The now former Governor and current US Senator Leahy met with the 'investor' but whether they knew it was a scam before it came out in the press is unknown.

  24. Re: he's an idiot on Customer's 20-Year-Old Email Account Shut Down Over Unusual Address (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    He once found a dead mouse in his computer while working as a programmer. Later when his musical career took off, he adopted deadmau5 as his stage name.

  25. I was wondering if one of those "skills" is that it would laugh whenever someone in the room farted.