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  1. Re:Of course! on NSA Suggested Clinton Use A $4,750 Windows CE PDA (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I suspect that the cost of a toilet seat purchased by the government is an artifact of the same accounting methods that charge you $26 for a $.30 pill...if it's administered by a nurse in a hospital.

  2. Still... on Nike's Self-Lacing Shoes Will Go On Sale This Year (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Springs, bouncy soles, fancy graphics, LEDs, etc...those are gimmicks that idiots fall for.

    Self lacing is a practical advantage for millions of disabled people.

  3. That's why we have fake user names on 'Chilling Effect' of Mass Surveillance Is Silencing Dissent Online, Study Says (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    What idiots are using their real names and putting in valid contact info?

  4. I hope... on Obama Nominates Merrick Garland For Supreme Court (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    ...Obama at least gave Garland a tour of the bus he just threw him under.

    Political Cannon Fodder

  5. Skeptical on Study: Drones Present Minimal Threat To Aircraft (cio.com) · · Score: 2

    I've always been skeptical of pilot reports of Drones in the pattern.

    When you are in the pattern or on approach, you are crazy busy. Check lists, settings, instruments, etc. Also, your typical airliner, on approach or in the pattern, is doing 150-200 mph. Given the small windows, the speed, and their already hectic routine, it seems unlikely that anyone could spot a less than 1 meter in diameter drone (Phantom size).

    Sure, you may have some asshat with a 2-3 meter monstrosity they built up there, but that is illegal already. In fact, flying just an RC plane around an airport is illegal.

    This is all an example of over reaction and over reach on the part of the feds.

  6. Just watch. If you have more than X people, it will be considered a violation of the license.

    SWAT raids will follow.

  7. Unintended Consequences? on Obama Administration Supports Recycling Code and Open Source · · Score: 1

    If done in the full spirit of the summary, would that not create a mono culture of code that makes vulnerabilities available everywhere instead of just the agency in which it was developed?

  8. I foresee a HUGE market of moving furniture to location after location in various rooms as wives figure out the best arrangement, thereby saving countless backs.

  9. Re:correlation != causation on Study Finds 3 Laws Could Reduce Firearm Deaths By 90% (meta.com) · · Score: 0

    "mental competence" = you are buddies with the local Sheriff or the mayor.

    At least that's how it's been practiced in the past, especially in states with oppressive gun laws.

  10. Re:correlation != causation on Study Finds 3 Laws Could Reduce Firearm Deaths By 90% (meta.com) · · Score: 2

    That's from yet another bogus "study" by the Lancet.

    As for the Self part. That's just Darwin in action.

  11. Re:And STILL even that wouldn't prevent the deaths on Study Finds 3 Laws Could Reduce Firearm Deaths By 90% (meta.com) · · Score: 2

    The Lancet may be a prestigious Medical Journal, but they are morons when it comes to guns.

    You know that old line about how you are morel likely to kill a family member? Guess who the lumped in as "family"? Neighbors, acquaintances, husbands with restraints files against them, etc.

    They are the dumbest smart people you've ever seen.

  12. Re:Why not cite MAD magazine instead? on This Was America's Warmest Winter On Record (slate.com) · · Score: 1

    99.99% of all Slashdotters are out of their depth with Climate Change.

    It consists of one side citing some authority and the other side citing others, then a mutual degradation fest of each others source.

    "Climate Change" has been hijacked by assholes looking to support political agendas...on both sides.

  13. Re:More should be worried ! on 1 in 3 Developers Fear AI Will Replace Them (computerworld.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They should worry about being replaced by Deepak on an HB-1 visa.

  14. Re:Another Sokal affair ? on Reason Excoriates Paper On "Glaciers, Gender, and Science" (reason.com) · · Score: 1
  15. Re:mdsolar's on a roll on France's Oldest Nuclear Plant To Close This Year (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    I think it's more like Tourette's.

  16. Re:Or China Syndrome on France's Oldest Nuclear Plant To Close This Year (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Dumbest thing about that movie, aside from Jane Fonda, is the fact that the antipode for San Onofre is in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

  17. Re:So.... on France's Oldest Nuclear Plant To Close This Year (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    MDSolar has to get up pretty early in the morning to get all these AC troll posts in.

  18. Re: Prison rate [Re:She lived longer than most...] on Former First Lady Nancy Reagan Dead At 94 (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Policies like jailing scumbag crimi als instead of pleaing down and probation?

    I bet you wonder why so many are in nail since crime is so low.

  19. MDSolar and his crowd are preparing lawsuits as we speak so 3 years from now he can cite the millions of dollars spent defending frivolous suits as why Nuclear is too expensive.

  20. OK...Girlfriend is Company Secret since she works downstairs.

    Mistress is classified.

    Fuck buddy, is unclassified since she joins in with the Mrs. ...and then I work up.

  21. Half a million to what is probably the most expensive and exclusive school in the US. And, a Private school at that.

    Wasn't there some school in the not so nice areas of DC that could have used that money?

  22. Re:Will she pardon here self and him once she gets on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Hillary is in a tough spot.

    Her only escape is a No Bill.

    A deal or a trial will sink her candidacy, at least if the world still makes sense.

    On the other hand, Trump looks to get the GOP nod...so does the world really make sense?

    It is going to be as depressing on Nov 4 as "choose the manner of your death".

  23. Re:This is backwards. on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I work in aerospace. EVERY email we send has to be marked as Classified, Company Secret, or Unclassified. Even if you are asking your spouse to pick up some milk on the way home.

  24. Re:How much do you bet he dies some times befor tr on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Bill was holding out for getting it as a Keep Sake, or a Trophy.

  25. Re:Everyready on Renewable Energy Shows Strong Gain In U.S. (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Most lawsuits don't have anything to do with the actual construction or safety, but with the bureaucratic process.

    Don't dot the I's or cross the T's and it's millions and millions in delays. It's a game the environmentalists have learned well. And wind, if subjected to the same abuse would see skyrocketing costs.