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  1. Re:already exceeding expectations on Donald Trump Is Sworn In As the 45th US President (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    You meaning advocating for a No Fly Zone in an area where the Russian Air force is operating daily?

    How do you enforce a No Fly Zone?

    A. Ask nicely that the planes leave.
    B. Hold a press Conference and strongly denounce that fact that you were ignored.
    C. Shoot down planes that violate the No Fly Zone.

    Who was it again who wanted a No Fly Zone?
    Hint: She kept a private email server.

  2. Re:Kevlar Vest for Suicide bombers on Researchers Create A Lithium-Ion Battery With Built-In Flame Retardant (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Why don't cars have Fire Extinguishers in the engine compartment and new the fuel tank?

  3. I was just think what is the point? Most new games are released to the various consoles. Seems like you can't hardly buy any of the better games for PC anymore.

  4. Yet another "study" that presumes to suggest that one life style is better than another and intentionally tinge the lifestyles the authors either don't live or approve of.

    If this effort was done with Federal funds, the authors should be in jail for wasting taxpayer's money.

  5. A-Fucking-Men.

    These universities are ultimately under the control of the Legislature. The CA Government is swarming with Democrats, yet none of them seem to give a fuck about good jobs being sent out of the country. Why is that?

    Seriously...it wasn't all that long ago they'd be all over this like bees on an open soda can.

  6. Re:What an odd coincidence... on Brain Region That Recognizes Faces Keeps Growing in Adulthood (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    This explains my ability to recognize the ever increasing numbers of porn stars in my pics folder.

  7. Re:You probably don't need it. on Origin PC's Custom, Professional Overclocking Will Push Your Kaby Lake Chip Past 5GHz (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    The thing is that these days, pretty much anything you buy isn't slow. 98% of computers sold are more than up to the task of every day use.

    Seems to me these things are like guys modding their cars. For instance taking a stock v6 mustang, removing the governor, adding a supercharger and replacing various bits and pieces to make a 160 MPH car out of one that will already easily go fast enough to get yer ass put in jail.

  8. Re: Apple's recent performance: Let's review on Apple CEO Tim Cook Calls AirPods 'a Runaway Success' (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    1. Make a new iPhone without headphone jack
    2. Make new Bluetooth headphones
    3. Profit!

  9. Re:so is there a good theory? on China Claims Tests of 'Reactionless' EM Drive Were Successful (popsci.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can see it now...Greens protesting about tidal power generation because it will slow down the moon and cause it to crash into the earth.

  10. Re:Grief stage 6 on Nokia Sues Apple, Claims Patent Infringement in iPhone and Other Devices (marketwatch.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Software and interface patents just need to die.

    Billions spent and still computers suck.

  11. Anyone who's ever had a kind knows... on Pregnancy Alters Woman's Brains 'For At Least Two Years' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The mothers go batshit crazy...not necessarily in a bad or good way, just a giant deviation for the person you married.

    Sometimes that sticks, too.

  12. Time to Delete Linked In account on Microsoft Officially Closes Its $26.2B Acquisition of LinkedIn (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    Probably should have done it sooner.

  13. You aren't a REAL programmer unless edited a COBOL program on line with a 1200 baud dial up.

    Puzzies!!!

  14. Re:Well you could start by not falling for it on Crowdsourced Volunteers Search For Solutions To Fake News (wired.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Wikileaks just outed the folks behind the Fake News bullshit.

  15. You need to spend some quality time with the 12th Amendment.

  16. Actually, the people that have been assaulted and injured and had their property destroyed by Liberal "violence" are complaining.

  17. Here's how it could go.

    Several electors choose someone besides Trump or Hillary but not enough to affect the outcome. Trump wins, no one cares about the "protest" vote of the electors.

    Many electors switch their votes to someone besides Trump or Hillary, Trump falls below 270. It goes to Congress and Trump is president. The electors will be reviled.

    Enough electors flip to give the Presidency to Hillary. Congress rejects it and votes in Trump. Shooting starts. Liberals, having given up their guns, don't do so well.

  18. Huffington Post? Politico? on False Porn-on-CNN Report Shows How Quickly Fake News Spreads (usatoday.com) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WTF with Slashdot today??

    It's turned into the Fucking Huffington Post.

    Or did they hire Michael Hirsh?

  19. Re:Narrative Pushing on Advertising Company AppNexus Bans Breitbart News Over Hate Speech (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    So then the leak of the Pentagon Papers in the 70's was NOT the greatest hour of the media since it was leaked illegally?

  20. So...an article by Business Insider, which relies on an article in the New Yorker, wherein a reporter makes these claims.

    No proof, no official findings, no investigations, just, "he told me" from a reporter and magazine that are unquestionably anti-everything that is not Democrat.

    This shows all the hallmarks of Fake News as they have been explained to us by the media.

  21. Re:The priesthood has spoken on Finland Set To Become First Country To Ban Coal Use For Energy (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    Finland is not the American Continent.

  22. "I know..."

    2016 and no fucking Edit button.

  23. Re:So... on Clinton Urged To Challenge Election Results Due To Possible Hacking [Update] (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No know plenty of "blue collar" people who are "educated" and visa versa.

    When you try to turn this into a "smart" vs "not smart" you are asking for trouble. It's more likely about people who have been negatively impacted by the last few decades of policy.

    For instance, I'm thinking that there is a good chance that plenty of IT workers who have had to train their foreign replacement voted for Trump.

  24. I don't think there is any real way they can challenge the results.

    If, as they are suggesting, the Trump win came from hacked voting machines, there is no paper trail to check against. Once you click the submit button, the vote is logged. They have no idea who cast it, or what (if it was different) their intention was. It also means that you have no concrete means to be sure that how you voted is what was counted. The reputation of the system is the only thing you can rely on.

    Same thing with paper ballots. No signatures, no trail. About the only thing you can do there is carefully recount them, which is happening more and more often.

    On the one hand, it makes it so no one can be intimidated into voting a certain way ("if you want to keep your job, prove you voted how I want")

    On the other, it makes find any fraud almost impossible to detect. About the only thing you can go on is the Registrations. It's not uncommon that far more people voted than are registered. Investigations are seldom done in this circumstances.

  25. Re:So... on Clinton Urged To Challenge Election Results Due To Possible Hacking [Update] (cnn.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's the various academicians that still can't believe Trump won because, "nobody I know voted for Trump".