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  1. Re:Capable people don't want to be involved. on US Army May Relax Physical Requirements To Recruit Cyber Warriors · · Score: 1

    The most violent on earth? By what metric?

  2. Re:Dear Canada.... on Shooting At Canadian Parliament · · Score: 1

    That and revoking passports from people consider at "high risk" of traveling to join ISIS.

  3. Re:Prove him right some more on Carl Sagan, as "Mr. X," Extolled Benefits of Marijuana · · Score: 1

    So who is to say which perception is actually the correct one?

  4. Re:This is an old argument... on Living On a Carbon Budget: The End of Recreation As We Know It? · · Score: 1

    But private travel is perfectly viable on a well-designed public transportation network. You don't have to track every person, you just need to know where most people want to go most of the time. Some people do have a reason to take a vehicle and go their own way. But it could be an appropriately sized single-person vehicle rather than a road-crushing SUV.

  5. Re:perfect? on MIT Study Outlines a 'Perfect' Solar Cell · · Score: 2

    Even a high cost/kw would be extremely useful for applications where space and weight are at a premium. Solar powered aircraft, spacecraft, and wearable devices spring to mind.

  6. Re:Poor rats on Device Allows Paralyzed Rats To Walk, Human Trials Scheduled Next Summer · · Score: 0

    Because there are potentially horrific consequences of inserting untested hardware into a person that don't merely result in them still not being able to walk?

  7. Re:The Global Food Crisis is not a science problem on Irish Girls Win Google Science Fair With Astonishing Crop Yield Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    It'll work until they actually run out of land that can be converted to food production, a limitation that Ethiopia is nowhere near.

  8. Re:Not always on Sci-Fi Authors and Scientists Predict an Optimistic Future · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Nobody is going to read your wall of text.

  9. Re:In other words....Don't look like a drug traffi on CBC Warns Canadians of "US Law Enforcement Money Extortion Program" · · Score: 2

    There were several more specific cases cited in the Washington Post article, as well as statistics showing that 40% of people who chose to take the issue to court received their money back.

  10. Re:This is abuse! on CBC Warns Canadians of "US Law Enforcement Money Extortion Program" · · Score: 1
  11. Re:In other words....Don't look like a drug traffi on CBC Warns Canadians of "US Law Enforcement Money Extortion Program" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's happened 65 thousand times according to this article. You can't assume that just because someone can't afford a lawyer that they're guilty.

  12. Re:Simple solution on CBC Warns Canadians of "US Law Enforcement Money Extortion Program" · · Score: 1

    The Washington Post article implies that the legal fees part is already true, and it clearly isn't enough.

  13. Re:Maybe on Using Wearable Tech To Track Gun Use · · Score: 2

    But you can kill a guy with a hammer without violating parole...

  14. Re:Bikes lanes are nice on Surprising Result of NYC Bike Lanes: Faster Traffic for Cars · · Score: 1

    It sounds like the left turn lanes was part of the bike project as well, eliminating the need for bicycles to sit stationary in impatient straight-through traffic while waiting for a chance to turn left.

  15. Re:Fuck You Canada on Ontario Government Wants To Regulate the Internet · · Score: 1

    You do realize that the most this is going to result in is Canadians getting bunch more "this video is not available in your country" messages, right?

  16. Re:Enlighten me on Surprise! More Than Twice As Much Mercury In Environment As Thought · · Score: 1

    So how does it get locked up in the rocks in the first place?

  17. Re:Zoe Quinn vs. Internet on Combating Recent, Ugly Incidents of Misogyny In Gamer Culture · · Score: 1

    These are the same game sites that will run full page background ads about a game right behind the review. Sex is the least of the ways they whore themselves out. Usually they're straight up accepting money for good reviews.

  18. Re:http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/ on Invasion of Ukraine Continues As Russia Begins Nuclear Weapons Sabre Rattling · · Score: 1

    [citation needed]

  19. Re:unlikely to be true on Russian Military Forces Have Now Invaded Ukraine · · Score: 1

    Alternately, all these things you've been claiming are lies are actually true, and this is just the logical conclusion of continued Russian involvement.

  20. Re:The New America on 850 Billion NSA Surveillance Records Searchable By Domestic Law Enforcement · · Score: 1

    When it comes to that I'm sure they'll be just as careful as the IRS is with their records.

  21. Re:There is no public benefit on Put A Red Cross PSA In Front Of the ISIS Beheading Video · · Score: 1

    You do realize that the period of history where people were actually sensitive to this stuff was fairly brief? Go back a few hundred years and everybody went out to watch the public executions if they wanted to.

  22. Re:I forced myself to watch it on Put A Red Cross PSA In Front Of the ISIS Beheading Video · · Score: 1

    The realistic scenario is that they will continue to behead people regardless, but with censorship we would have that ugly little activity swept away under a rug where we don't have to remember that it happens.

  23. Re:Time? on The 2014 Hugo Awards · · Score: 1

    At least Girl Genius has intentionally pulled out of nominations because they were afraid that repeated wins would devalue the award.

  24. Re:Gravity isn't SF on The 2014 Hugo Awards · · Score: 1

    Science fiction /always/ has fantasy elements. Otherwise it would just be transcribing what is happening in reality now.

  25. Re:Clothes on Calif. Court Rules Businesses Must Reimburse Cell Phone Bills · · Score: 1

    1. I am not a Republican.

    2. I am Canadian.

    3. There are several nice men in white coats who can help you with your problems.