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  1. Re:Child Gender on Police Could Charge Data Center Operators In the Largest Child Porn Bust Ever · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure 17 years old doesn't count as "child", so that doesn't answer my question. Ah well... one of those mysteries I'll never solve I suppose.

  2. Child Gender on Police Could Charge Data Center Operators In the Largest Child Porn Bust Ever · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I've always wondered... when one thinks of child porn they imagine ugly, balding guys taking advantage of little girls. Do these people ever make stuff like older women taking advantage of younger boys? You'd think there would be some interest in that sort of thing among those kinds of people.

    For the record I have no interesting in "researching" this and landing in jail for it, hence the question.

  3. Re:It's funny on We Stopped At Two Nuclear Bombs; We Can Stop At Two Degrees. · · Score: 1

    Requires changes won't cripple any economy. The NOAA estimates it will cost .06%/year of GDP growth. IOW a few % over 50 years.

  4. Re: Poor choice of example on We Stopped At Two Nuclear Bombs; We Can Stop At Two Degrees. · · Score: 1

    So guilt by association?

  5. Re:Who did the study? on We Stopped At Two Nuclear Bombs; We Can Stop At Two Degrees. · · Score: 1

    Literally every nuclear plant in construction throughout the entire world is way overbudget, even the ones in China. They also take decades to complete a buildout, which no private bank is willing to fund. So they're entirely reliant on government funding. Which itself may not be a bad thing, but the final cost of building and then later decommissioning the plant (which is also extremely expensive and difficult) is just way too high.

  6. Core M GPU on Intel Core M Enables Lower Cost Ultrabooks; Asus UX305 Tested · · Score: 1

    In benchmark testing of current devices, the Core M GPUIN is actually significantly slower than the iPad Air 2's GPU, at a much higher TDP. Its CPU is faster though.

  7. Re:The whole idea is crazy on Quantum Equation Suggests Universe Had No Beginning · · Score: 1

    I mean... why is there even a concept of "something" and "nothing"? Why the duality? Why is there anything at all?

  8. Law Student? on DMCA Exemption Campaign Would Let Fans Run Abandoned Games · · Score: 1

    Why does it take a student to do this...? No actual lawyers willing to take this case on pro bono?

  9. Re:why does everyone always want to give... on Free-As-In-Beer Electricity In Greece? · · Score: 1

    The government is playing by the rules put in place by the rich.

  10. Re:Doubtful on Woman Suffers Significant Weight Gain After Fecal Transplant · · Score: 1

    1. Animals aren't people

    2. Unknown side effects. Doesn't always work.

  11. The NOAA estimated the cost of mitigation to be .06% of GDP growth/year. Climate change hurts the poor far more than the rich.

  12. Re:Have I lost my mind? on Woman Suffers Significant Weight Gain After Fecal Transplant · · Score: 1

    From med school: they swallow the mother's fluids during childbirth.

  13. Re: Okay, so... on Woman Suffers Significant Weight Gain After Fecal Transplant · · Score: 2

    It's called a case study. It is in fact science. It doesn't "prove" anything but illuminates possibilities for further research.

  14. Re:Doubtful on Woman Suffers Significant Weight Gain After Fecal Transplant · · Score: 4, Informative

    Did you even bother to read the article? The woman's eating habits and calorie intake were carefully measured and she gained weight despite not changing anything. I've lost 35 lbs with exercise, but despite spending almost 100 minutes and 1100 calories a day, I still can't get rid of the last 5-10 lbs of flab. It doesn't matter how little I eat.

  15. Nonsense on Verizon Sells Off Wireline Operations, Blames Net Neutrality Plans · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is actually quite silly. Plans to sell 11 figures worth of business assets ($10,000,000,000) don't happen overnight. This has obviously been years in the making.

  16. Re:What happened? on What Happened To the Photography Industry In 2014? · · Score: 1

    Try an iPhone 6 or 6+. Focus is almost instantaneous.

  17. Re: Government Intervention on Ask Slashdot: When and How Did Europe Leapfrog the US For Internet Access? · · Score: 1

    Do you know how many people have refuted your nonsensical argument? Not just in this read but countless others. You're desperately searching for justifications no matter how irrational.

  18. Re: Government Intervention on Ask Slashdot: When and How Did Europe Leapfrog the US For Internet Access? · · Score: 1

    So you want to subsidize a private company so they'll roll out lines and become a monopoly? Great...

  19. Re: Government Intervention on Ask Slashdot: When and How Did Europe Leapfrog the US For Internet Access? · · Score: 1

    Larger size gives you economy of scale, making it easier to deploy infrastructure.

  20. Re: Government Intervention on Ask Slashdot: When and How Did Europe Leapfrog the US For Internet Access? · · Score: 1

    You idiot, the USA's GDP and federal budget is 100x Sweden's. Our massive size gives us huge economies of scale that Norfic countries can't even begin to take advantage of.

  21. Re: Still not good enough. on FCC Officially Approves Change In the Definition of Broadband · · Score: 1

    Is this a joke? The budget hasn't shrunk under Republicans since Reagan ran up trillions of dollars in deficits. That was 30 years ago. How long does it take for you idiots to learn some basic US history?

  22. Re: Still not good enough. on FCC Officially Approves Change In the Definition of Broadband · · Score: 1

    Exclusive franchise agreements were outlawed in the freaking 90s. Infrastructure markets always develop into natural monopolies because of the insurmountable capital required to just enter the market. It has nothing to do with the fracking government,

    This is basic economics 101.

  23. Re: What are the practical results of this? on FCC Officially Approves Change In the Definition of Broadband · · Score: 1

    Yes it is true.

  24. Re: What are the practical results of this? on FCC Officially Approves Change In the Definition of Broadband · · Score: 1

    The democrats are center right. Republicans oppose everything they propose.

  25. Re: Wow on Canada Upholds Net Neutrality Rules In Wireless TV Case · · Score: 1

    Sounds pretty corrupt to me,