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  1. Re:autonomous on NASA Is Making New Robots That Can Control Themselves (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Would HAL even qualify as a robot? I suppose you could view the ship as his "body", but it always seemed to be more of a computer than a robot, though the distinction isn't a very large one.

  2. Re:My last post shows your results (poor) on An Asteroid Passed By Earth At About Half the Distance Between Our Planet and Moon (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean like you using a bridge? Who doesn't get computing? Also, your comment about using group policy to distribute hosts files as if it is a good solution to the problem?

    Yeah, I never get the best of you, except in every conversation we have.

  3. Pussy? Really? I wasn't the one who backed down last time. Keep it coming, you only prove your mental illness.

    Also, it is kind of funny that you post links to where I totally thrashed you. You really need to check yourself, you always declare victory before even making a point. The only person who thinks you win arguments is you, posting as if you are an interested third party, as if that isn't obvious.

  4. Re:Some places are impossible. on Google Maps Starts Showing Parking Availability For Some Users (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, let's just repeal the gas tax that already pays for that.

  5. Re:Some places are impossible. on Google Maps Starts Showing Parking Availability For Some Users (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Is this SF's way of making sure that the poor are in shape?

  6. Re:Zuckerberg suing John Carmack for stealing code on Oculus Accused of Destroying Evidence, Zuckerberg To Testify In $2 Billion Lawsuit (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    But, the suit is from Id, not Facebook.

  7. My guess is Chris was specifically pointing this out:

    Some of the recipients of Carmack's charitable contributions include his former high school,

    He repaid the high school for what he did in a way. This doesn't excuse what he did though.

  8. Re:" it was even a Boeing aircraft" on Amateur Scientists Find New Clue In D.B. Cooper Case, Crowdsource Their Investigation (kare11.com) · · Score: 1

    It seems to me that this residue could have come from the plane he hijacked.

    No, it could not.

    It doesn't make sense that he would have used a tie from work, or that he would have all this residue but also be an employee who wears a tie.

    As TFA says, it would if he was an engineer.

    The rest I assume is about the stairs, which I have no comment on as I know nothing of it.

  9. It would also make cigarettes burn faster, assuming people were allowed to smoke indoors.

    It was last time I was in LV, did they change the laws in the last few years?

  10. Re:They agreed to the cards on How A Professional Poker Player Conned a Casino Out of $9.6 Million (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you have an example of this?

    https://goo.gl/images/WNuMz4

    I don't see any kind of orientation mark as you describe. Is this something they got rid of?

  11. Re:Common Sense Ways to Protect America on Apple/Samsung Patent Case Returns To Court To Revisit Infringement Damages (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know, let me know when you come across a fascist police state.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  12. Re:" it was even a Boeing aircraft" on Amateur Scientists Find New Clue In D.B. Cooper Case, Crowdsource Their Investigation (kare11.com) · · Score: 1

    But, did the 727 use titanium heavily in its manufacture? Titanium metals weren't very common back then, and were mostly used in supersonic aircraft, not boring commercial airlines.

  13. What is malware? Define it in a way that no legal software is included.

  14. What case? He pled guilty, which means that he couldn't afford a lawyer and was afraid of getting the maximum sentence if he fought it.

  15. Keyloggers are legal software. Often it is marketed for keeping track of what your kids are up to so you don't have to stand over them when they use computers. Saying that a keylogger by default is illegal is short sighted at the least, and incredibly far reaching of the FBI. There is nothing inherently illegal about the ability to track keystrokes, and many companies use keyloggers to monitor their employees, which has been deemed entirely legal. It is the use it is put to which can be legal or illegal. Monitoring your kids or employees (with informed consent) is perfectly legal, so the software is legal.

    This case should be dropped with prejudice, and likely only got this far because of the anti-intellectualism of general society and a crappy lawyer.

  16. Re: Dozens! on Hamas 'Honey Trap' Dupes Israeli Soldiers (securityweek.com) · · Score: 2

    As I documented in those articles I posted, the ratio of Palestinians killed to Israelis killed is about ten to one. Most of those thousands of rockets fall harmlessly without injuring anyone. A few of them injured Israelis, and even fewer killed Israelis. The Israelis respond with massive retaliation, killing dozens, hundreds or thousands of Palestinians.

    Meaningless statistic. Being better at war isn't a crime. Firing rockets is an act of war, even if they are destroyed. Do you expect an aircraft carrier to sit and let an enemy boat fire missiles at it all day and not respond because the CWS is able to take out the missiles?

    As I also documented, the Palestinians have made many proposals to stop the fighting, and Israel has responded by killing the Palestinians who made peace offers and escalating the fighting. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11... [nytimes.com] Israel's Shortsighted Assassination By Gershon Baskin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]

    So has Israel, what is your point? Ever peace negotiation has ended with the Palestinians storming off with a refusal to acknowledge Israel's sovereignty. You can't negotiate with people who refuse to acknowledge your rights.

    Look, just admit it, you are blind to one side's attacks and only see the "horror" of Israel attacking in self defense.

  17. Re:Dozens! on Hamas 'Honey Trap' Dupes Israeli Soldiers (securityweek.com) · · Score: 1

    I am pretty sure that exactly zero people who suffered under the Nazis were Israeli.

  18. Re: Dozens! on Hamas 'Honey Trap' Dupes Israeli Soldiers (securityweek.com) · · Score: 1

    But even though they won those wars they are told they have to give back whatever land they won as a result.

    Remember the Alamo, we should give back Texas...

  19. Re: Dozens! on Hamas 'Honey Trap' Dupes Israeli Soldiers (securityweek.com) · · Score: 2

    A country that is being attacked has a right to defend itself.

    Exactly.

    That's correct. Israel is blockading Gaza. A blockade is an act of war, under international law.

    Which is an example of a country defending itself from outside attackers. Did you already forget the 1000s of rockets fired at Israel not long ago?

  20. Re:Is more education, better education . . . ? on Millennials Earn 20 Percent Less Than Boomers Did At Same Stage of Life (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Why would he? All of the vote stuffing was for Hillary.

    Did Bush get asked to step down while Gore fought his loss?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  21. Re:So Minecraft is worth billions... on Moon Express Raises $20 Million In Series B-1, Fully Funds Trip To The Moon (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The spot price of minerals for use in orbit is $10k/lb+the item, so clearly there is a market. Unless, like a moron you really think that the minerals are of any use on the Earth.

    Personally, I think all these Space Nutter posts (like yours) are adorable. You act like things that are clearly possible are out of our reach for all of eternity, and claim those trying to do it are delusional. I just see you spitting cheetos all over your keyboard while you type that, because clearly it isn't possible to ever exit the basement, so you never bothered to get a job.

  22. Re:"$1 billion in cash reserves and no debt" on SpaceX Accident Cost it Hundreds of Millions (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    In what world is a contract to provide services the same as free money? At that, this is a contract to provide servers in a "cloud", not the cheapest thing around to do properly.

  23. A decent car is $40k? You can buy a top model for that. When was the last time you bought a car that wasn't a luxury car? My Tundra cost $35k, my Camry before it was $32k, and $24k for the Camry before it. For $40k, you can buy an F250. For $16k you can buy a Civic. Where do you get your idea of $40k being an average car? Do you live in Silicon Valley?

  24. Re:Is more education, better education . . . ? on Millennials Earn 20 Percent Less Than Boomers Did At Same Stage of Life (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Trump himself said the election was rigged and he wouldn't accept the result. Was he lying?

    He may have been posturing, but it turns out he was right.

    http://www.thepoliticalinsider...

  25. Re:Is more education, better education . . . ? on Millennials Earn 20 Percent Less Than Boomers Did At Same Stage of Life (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Personally, I would settle for people actually using those words when they are appropriate, rather than just a shorthand for "I disagree". Hispanic and Muslim are not races BTW, in case you didn't know that.