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  1. Re:Still photos on Why the Final Moments Inside a Cockpit Are Heard But Not Seen · · Score: 1

    Or the government could order the pilots back to work and start fining them for all their assets if they didn't.

  2. Re:"Drama of mental illness" on Child Psychotherapist: Easy and Constant Access To the Internet Is Harming Kids · · Score: 1

    An uptick in emergency admissions doesn't mean more children need care, it means more are getting care.

  3. Re:Yet another Ted Cruz bashing article ! on Politics Is Poisoning NASA's Ability To Do Science · · Score: 2

    Democrats are equally vulnerable to beliefs not supported by science, it just isn't pointed out as often on liberal sites and media.

  4. Re: Climate change is politics on Politics Is Poisoning NASA's Ability To Do Science · · Score: 1

    The "top 1%" is referring to people who are millionaires. In the US this is roughly 1% of the population.

  5. Re:I'd like to solve the puzzle please. on How To Execute People In the 21st Century · · Score: 1

    Or they think that they don't want to be the one to kill him.

  6. Re:NOT self driving! on Self-Driving Car Will Make Trip From San Francisco To New York City · · Score: 1

    Delphi is huge as a company, but it doesn't have much consumer presence compared to Google and the car manufacturers. Also, being based in the UK it isn't as well known in the US.

  7. Re:Maybe in a different country on Mental Health Experts Seek To Block the Paths To Suicide · · Score: 1

    Most locked doors will open from the inside without any time lost.

  8. Re:Is there still a suddenoutbreakofcommonsense ta on UK Parliament: Banning Tor Is Unacceptable and Technologically Impossible · · Score: 1

    You didn't read his post, banning it is easy, all you have to do is pass a law that says its not allowed. Enforcing the ban is the hard part.

  9. Re:Not very effective. on Pakistanis Must Provide Fingerprints Or Give Up Cellphone · · Score: 0

    Might be problematic if the fingerprint is required to unlock the phone.

  10. Re:Not unambiguously bad on Only Twice Have Nations Banned a Weapon Before It Was Used; They May Do It Again · · Score: 1

    To be fair, the computers decided some of his crew had died before he interfered.

  11. Re:Run Silent, Run Deep on Will Submarines Soon Become As Obsolete As the Battleship? · · Score: 1

    If you have air superiority, the submarine is redundant.

  12. Re:Run Silent, Run Deep on Will Submarines Soon Become As Obsolete As the Battleship? · · Score: 1

    A submarine without stealth is an expensive missile boat.

  13. Re:You don't say! on Low Vaccination Rates At Silicon Valley Daycare Facilities · · Score: 1

    Average doesn't have to indicate mean, it can refer to median instead.

  14. Re:Or not - the data is not up-to-date on Low Vaccination Rates At Silicon Valley Daycare Facilities · · Score: 1

    Rather than high turnover of employees, they probably have a high turnover of kids in daycare.

  15. Re:really.. this is on slashdot? on The NFL Wants You To Think These Things Are Illegal · · Score: 1

    They are checked before the game. However, after they are checked, they are returned to the team until the game.

  16. Re:The crime happened to an Indian in India. on Indian Woman Sues Uber In the US Over Alleged New Delhi Taxi Rape · · Score: 1

    A background check on the driver with a criminal history, including rape charges, would have been a start.

  17. Re:No nice things on Indian Woman Sues Uber In the US Over Alleged New Delhi Taxi Rape · · Score: 1

    It wasn't his first offense.

  18. Re:Why even 3? on 'Anonymized' Credit Card Data Not So Anonymous, MIT Study Shows · · Score: 1

    To do that, however, you need both the information on the transactions and the information on the person, which is twice as much as advertized.

  19. Re:Why even 3? on 'Anonymized' Credit Card Data Not So Anonymous, MIT Study Shows · · Score: 1

    Should probably use 3am rather than midnight, far fewer people away from home. 10am or 2pm would probably be better than noon, people tend to eat around then and frequently leave their workplace.

  20. Re:Oh yay, more about the bullshit clock on Doomsday Clock Moved Two Minutes Forward, To 23:57 · · Score: 2

    Nukes are generally almost completely unhackable as they use technology designed during the cold war, no networks, no commercial interfaces. They're probably far more vulnerable to social hacks than technological ones.

  21. Re:Wow you sure showed me! on Doomsday Clock Moved Two Minutes Forward, To 23:57 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Genes aren't the only things that are hereditary. Many behaviors are learned from the environment rather than being innate to a person's biology.

  22. Re:I hope it works on Calls For European ISPs To Filter Content Could Be Illegal · · Score: 1

    More likely, a voluntary blocking of opinions that the ISP doesn't like.

  23. Re:Geez, that was scary on US Lawmakers Push For a Permanent Ban On Internet Access Taxes · · Score: 2

    It's not their fault you have a small browser window and/or low resolution display.

  24. Re:Mars Needs Nothing on NASA's Asteroid Redirect Mission May Not Actually Redirect an Asteroid · · Score: 1

    Mars days are roughly the same as Earth days. Moon days are almost the same as the lunar cycle on Earth, so the moon has far longer days.

  25. Re:Free? on Obama Proposes 2 Years of Free Community College · · Score: 1

    If you just accept the automatic credit transfers, you're probably right, but if you work with an advisor you can usually get the 2 year degree to replace the 2 years of breadth requirements that 4 year universities require. However, you will need to make sure you cover the few classes that are required as prereqs for the major.