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  1. Stagnation on US Patent Regime Is Absurd · · Score: 1

    Is /. so stagnated now that they've resorted to just reporting basic facts!?

  2. Re:Government destroys economy on Swede Arrested For Building Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    So if a private court/cop system was successful enough it'd expand into other areas, right? If it was successful for long enough it might grow big enough to cover the entire country. That'd be a lot of power in the hands of one or two companies. It'd be pretty easy then for them to force out any other players. The only difference to what we have now is that you wouldn't have to vote every few years.

  3. Re:Government destroys economy on Swede Arrested For Building Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    We keep coming back to the same argument: who enforces the contract?

    I get the idea that you are unhappy with the way the US government is handling things right now, and I am open to the idea that there are better ways to go about it, but the ideas you are presenting are impractical.

  4. Re:Government destroys economy on Swede Arrested For Building Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    So if I don't like the judgement does that mean I could get another trial with a competing court? What if my opponent doesn't like that verdict and wants to go back to the first court?

    Small claims are enforced with private collections agencies that can only exist under the legal framework provided by the government, enforced when necessary by the governments court system.

  5. Re:Government destroys economy on Swede Arrested For Building Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    A court system that isn't government provided? How then would it enforce its rulings?

  6. Re:Government destroys economy on Swede Arrested For Building Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    We've decided some time ago that personal vendettas usually don't work out too well, and that we should let the government step in rather than just 'take care of things' ourselves.

    How exactly would you suggest his neighbors handle this? Assuming they even knew what he was doing.

  7. Re:Lesson learned on Swede Arrested For Building Nuclear Reactor · · Score: 1

    If you follow the chain of comments to which you're replying, that would lead you to the chain of events that actually occurred.

    The chain of events proposed by Impaledsunset is:
    1. Guy calls Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten and asks if it's legal to build a nuclear reactor at home
    2. Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten replies in the negative
    3. Guy builds nuclear reactor anyway
    4. Guy gets arrested

    Whereas the friendly AC tells us that the real chain of events is:
    1. Guy calls Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten and asks if it's legal to build a nuclear reactor at home
    2. Guy gets arrested

  8. Re:With profits like these... on Are We Seeing the End of Big Oil? · · Score: 1

    I have another great idea. Read the post to which you are replying.

  9. Re:Not even nearly... on How Face Recognition Can Uncover SSNs · · Score: 1

    What I'm reading from this is that as an individual you'll probably get lost in the crowd, but for someone using this technique they'll be able to get SSNs from a significant proportion of the people they look at. So I'm sleeping at night by thinking attack vectors are possible, but they probably won't hit me.

  10. Re:FCC says? on Radio Energy Harvested With Inkjet-Printed Antenna · · Score: 1

    Teeny amounts of energy by a significant portion of the population can add up to quite a lot.

    I do however agree with your point that it is already happening with every metal object.

  11. Re:Losers on Study Compares IQ With Browser Choice · · Score: 1

    I didn't get fucked when Emacs was first released... Was that a special promotion they ran or something?

  12. Re:Generator not equal battery on MIT Unveils Sun-Free Photovoltaics · · Score: 1

    I thought it might be that the generator itself burned out once it had produced 3 times as much energy as the lithium battery could hold.

  13. Re:text of RMS's mail on Emacs Has Been Violating the GPL Since 2009 · · Score: 0

    Actually that doesn't completely make sense, as MichaelKristopeit417, doesn't really imply mobile disrepute. Just ignore that part and carry on with the rest.

  14. Re:text of RMS's mail on Emacs Has Been Violating the GPL Since 2009 · · Score: 0

    I am rubber, you are glue, everything you say bounces off me and sticks to you.

  15. Re:text of RMS's mail on Emacs Has Been Violating the GPL Since 2009 · · Score: 0

    high-five!

  16. Re:Do you know on Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day · · Score: 1

    Why the fuck would I want to?

  17. Re:Wierd on How Google Killing Accounts Can Leave Androids Orphaned · · Score: 1

    No it isn't it's Chrisq. They're not even remotely similar, so I'm not sure how you got so confused...

  18. Re:Follow the data! on New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but there weren't any people around back then. I for one don't give a shit about the planet, I just want a nice place to bring up my kids.

  19. Re:Trotting out this old joke. on Linguists Out Men Impersonating Women On Twitter · · Score: 1

    It sucks to have a sense of humour?

  20. Re:Feature bloat vs. the KISS principle... on War Texting Lets Hackers Unlock Car Doors Via SMS · · Score: 1

    The start buttons are just cool. That's all the reason you need.

  21. Re:How long before someone bricks an expensive car on War Texting Lets Hackers Unlock Car Doors Via SMS · · Score: 1

    That's the beauty of it, they don't even realise anything's wrong until hours later! You're then lost among the thousands of people who've been close enough to the car to do it.

  22. Re:As an American on How Do You Keep Up With Science Developments? · · Score: 1

    This isn't Twitter, you could post the full URL.

    To answer your actually point, I could suggest this site:
    http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/10/29/who-said-what-answering-ross-mckitrick%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%9Cresponse-to-misinformation-from-deutsche-bank%E2%80%9D-part-ii/
    which answers the first of the emails listed in that article, but you clearly stopped paying attention a few months ago, so I won't waste any of my time answering the other points.

  23. Re:Not glowing on South Korean Scientists Create Glowing Dog · · Score: 1

    unless you take him near a UV source

    Like, the Sun?

    (Don't mind me, I'm just being snarky)

  24. Re:As an American on How Do You Keep Up With Science Developments? · · Score: 1

    I remember emails being released. I don't remember exposing any hoaxes though... Perhaps you're confused.

  25. Re:Good! on Climate Unit Releases Virtually All Remaining Data · · Score: 1

    pssst, they've just released the data. what exactly do you think they're 'covering up'?