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  1. Re:Who cares? on MH370: Fragment Is From Missing Flight · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I think you're failing to understand how the statistics work. It doesn't matter how the deaths are spread out along the millions of miles, it's the same number of deaths.

  2. Re:Orbital mechanics on Orbiting 'Rest Stops' Could Repair Crumbling Satellites · · Score: 1

    Covering a lot of distance is no problem if you have weeks to do it in. Traveling through space is free as long as you aren't expending Delta V during the course of it.

  3. Re:Reddit is preparing to be bought out on Reddit Removes Communities To Address Harassment, Users Respond · · Score: 1

    There is generally very little overlap between OC and the constantly reposted tripe that is currently considered censorship worthy.

  4. Re: Free Speech on Anti-TPP Website Being Blacklisted · · Score: 1

    Some servers rely on whitelists and wont unblock a new server until a number of non-spammy weeks have passed.

  5. Re:48GB?! on Large Amount of Star Citizen Art Assets Leaked · · Score: 4, Informative

    Art assets are always many times larger than what goes into the actual game. Ultra-resolution textures, different versions of models, placeholders, etc. Most of which are trimmed or discarded long before release.

  6. Not to be against the "voice of the people" but hasn't it been long established that most artists lose money by being on Spotify?

  7. Re:Treat Drones Like Nerf Darts on FAA Program Tests Drones Flying Beyond Pilot's Line-of-Sight · · Score: 1

    A classic cliche... but really not true outside of the wild west. You simply can't keep anything that happens to enter your land, especially when that thing is legally registered to another owner.

  8. Re:Treat Drones Like Nerf Darts on FAA Program Tests Drones Flying Beyond Pilot's Line-of-Sight · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure lawyers would rapidly get involved in that scenario.

  9. Brilliant! on Kerbal Space Program 1.0 Released After 4 Years of Development · · Score: 1

    Now I just need all my mods to update for compatibility.

  10. Re:LOL on Bees Prefer Nectar Laced With Neonicotinoids · · Score: 2

    Deadly chemicals used on purpose to kill things continue to kill things besides what they were aimed at. Not really a shock.

  11. Re:Holy Stiction, Batman! WTF is hysteresis? on An Engineering Analysis of the Falcon 9 First Stage Landing Failure · · Score: 1

    No need really, since they stop to define both of those terms in the article itself....

  12. Re:Shocked he survived on Gyro-Copter Lands On West Lawn of US Capitol, Pilot Arrested · · Score: 2

    I'm pretty sure "rich enough to fly a gyrocopter for a political stunt" overrides skin color at some point.

  13. Re:Oh for crying out loud, yes on Can Civilization Reboot Without Fossil Fuels? · · Score: 1

    If you're rebuilding after the apocalypse, I believe the base assumption is that the vast majority of people are going to die.

  14. Re:Positive emotions are a myth on Acetaminophen Reduces Both Pain and Pleasure, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    So... what about people who get high off of pain?

  15. Re:Stop trying to cure me. on UW Scientists, Biotech Firm May Have Cure For Colorblindness · · Score: 1

    If diversity is the greatest thing, why don't we hack a random number of limbs off of every person for more diversity?

    Maybe it's time to give up your delusions of special-snowflakeness and admit that some variations are simply flaws. Flaws that can be fixed.

  16. Re:Seems reasonable on FAA Allows AIG To Use Drones For Insurance Inspections · · Score: 1

    Remember the lady who had her insurance coverage for depression revoked because she was caught smiling in a facebook photo?

  17. Re:Seems reasonable on FAA Allows AIG To Use Drones For Insurance Inspections · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Drones being used for spying on other kinds of insurance claims. Guy with an "injured" back gets caught chopping wood by flying spies? No more money for him.

  18. Re:Aluminium -- low flammability ?? on Stanford Develops Fast-Charging, Stable Aluminum Battery · · Score: 2

    Practically every dollar store in North America has a box of lighters next to the cash register. They'll card you to buy them, but they're the universal method for setting things on fire.

  19. Re:Aluminium -- low flammability ?? on Stanford Develops Fast-Charging, Stable Aluminum Battery · · Score: 4, Informative

    Practically any material can cause terrific explosions when powdered and airborne. Sawdust explosions have reduced more than one lumber mill to ash, but that doesn't mean we stop building houses from wood.

  20. Re:It's mostly not the cops' fault on Watching a "Swatting" Slowly Unfold · · Score: 1

    So, what kind of credentials should be required when you call the police to report that you're hiding under a desk from a psycho with a gun?

  21. Re:call the library ? on Watching a "Swatting" Slowly Unfold · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't using an anonymous VOIP service be what an actual paranoid criminal would do?

  22. Re:Geography.... on Slashdot Asks: What Will You (Or Your Kids) Learn This Summer? · · Score: 1

    I recommend learning to dodge the moose as well.

  23. Re:Never going to happen on European Commission Proposes "Digital Single Market" and End To Geoblocking · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Or major producers are using lobbying for regulation as an opportunity to shut down smaller businesses, like they do in every industry all over the world.

  24. Re:When did Slashdot become a press agent? on Pixar Releases Free Version of RenderMan · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ...where have you been the last six years?

  25. Re:Youtube? on Pixar Releases Free Version of RenderMan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The FAA claims that's commercial use. Don't know if anyone else would hold that up in court.