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  1. Re:Registered to vote != Voted on The Demographic Future of America's Political Parties · · Score: 1

    The funny thing is that though the TX law was so much in the news before the election, the majority of news agencies somehow missed that the voter ID law offered free IDs, so the only people disenfranchised by this law were lazy people who don't vote anyways.

    The other funny thing to me was that many Democrat majority states have the same laws (missing the free ID in Maryland at least), but the Democrats had issue with Republican states doing it as well.

  2. Re:One Assumption on The Demographic Future of America's Political Parties · · Score: 1

    Many when they have very little want things taken from those who have a lot (Democrats). When they get older and have things, they no longer want things taken from those who have and given to those who have not (Republicans).

    If you experienced the reverse, I would have to ask, do you make more or less now than when you were a Republican?

    Funny thing though, the Democrats in congress average out being wealthier than the Republicans. Also, the Republicans average out giving more to charity (to help our fellow man) than the Democrats. True charity is something given willingly, not something taken at gunpoint.

  3. Re:Only Two Futures? on The Demographic Future of America's Political Parties · · Score: 1

    In the US, senate and congressional elections require a 50% majority for a candidate to win. If the majority is not met, a run-off election with the two leading candidates determines the winner.

    This really varies by state, every state runs their elections slightly differently.

  4. Re:Only Two Futures? on The Demographic Future of America's Political Parties · · Score: -1, Troll

    The laws in the US are based off the bible. Did you miss somehow that most of the ten commandments are codified in law in one way or another? Obviously one of them is not, but that is because of the freedom of religion, we can't go around saying that "God is the god, and no other can be your god", now can we?

    What I have never understood about the abortion debate is why it is even a question. Murder is already illegal, why is murder committed by a doctor in a clinic somehow allowed?

  5. Re:Republicans and their unhealthy space obscessio on Robotic Space Plane Launches In Mystery Mission This Week · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Are you sure that would be the reaction? I don't believe that to be the case, after all Russia and China have both had military test platforms in space. Russia even weaponized at least one of their space stations.

  6. Re:not the real question on Chris Roberts Is the Least Important Part of the Airplane Hacking Story · · Score: 1

    Would the pilots be able to tell the difference between a gust of wind yawing the aircraft and the engine thrust increasing/decreasing momentarily and causing the yaw instead? I doubt that they pay that close of attention to the engine readouts when there isn't an issue.

    Also, if he did do what the FBI claims, wouldn't it be recorded on the black box that the engine RPM changed when the physical controls didn't move?

  7. Re:call me skeptical on FBI Alleges Security Researcher Tampered With a Plane's Flight Control Systems · · Score: 1

    Another question would be how did he get a screwdriver onto an airplane? That is one of the TSA banned items, and it shows up pretty well on x-ray...

  8. Re:Men's Rights morons on Men's Rights Activists Call For Boycott of Mad Max: Fury Road · · Score: 1

    Among 60 year old males- the percentages are m ore like 80% male and 20% female.

    So, 20% of 60 year old males are female? That is an interesting statistic.

    So, what fell out of that sentence? I am genuinely curious what you were trying to say there.

  9. Re:Men's Rights morons on Men's Rights Activists Call For Boycott of Mad Max: Fury Road · · Score: 1

    You and I are the exception. Pretending that it is somehow normal for the man to receive the kids, or for men to get alimony is BS and you know it.

    Also, there is always the abuse laws and rape laws which always favor women over men even though it is shown to occur roughly 50/50.

  10. Re:Yeah, disappointing on Men's Rights Activists Call For Boycott of Mad Max: Fury Road · · Score: 1

    Yes, I have. At least the travel part, she signed the passports.

    I was hassled on my way back into the US, but the other country was pretty straightforward.

  11. Re:adults hate kids' music on What Happens To Our Musical Taste As We Age? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mixing Country and Rap will get you Crap.

  12. Re:give up implies it has potential. on What Happens To Our Musical Taste As We Age? · · Score: 5, Funny

    As for my demographic, there's no pop music about cubicles, TPS reports, traffic jams, mortgages, diapers, etc.

    That would be country.

  13. Re:I know that happened to me. on What Happens To Our Musical Taste As We Age? · · Score: 2

    As did Metallica until they became big, then it was the evil fans stealing from their pockets...

  14. Re:So... on Greenland's Glaciers Develop Stretch Marks As They Accelerate · · Score: 1

    Being divorced is awesome, you just wish she would get off her ass and work so you didn't have to support her with alimony anymore.

  15. Re:charge what? on Wireless Charging Tech Adopted By Ford, Chrysler, and Toyota Goes Open Source · · Score: 1

    The car companies felt QI wasn't good enough, and that they needed a better more car friendly charging standard. So they came up with something almost entirely less useful than QI. I suppose the benefit is that you will be able to get QI chargers that hook up to this and therefore don't need the USB cable hanging in front of the car stereo anymore.

  16. Re:Another standard... why? on Wireless Charging Tech Adopted By Ford, Chrysler, and Toyota Goes Open Source · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that be Cancer free rather than free cancer (with every order)?

  17. Re:Surprising to those unfamiliar with mathematici on John Urschel: The 300 Pound Mathematician Who Hits People For a Living · · Score: 1

    Not everyone can run the probabilities in their head...oh wait...

  18. Re:Here's the thing on Apple, A123 To Settle Lawsuit Over Poached Battery Engineers · · Score: 1

    Something about slavery being illegal. Damn hippie socialist fascist homosexual liberals, wanting workers to have rights.

    Those sentences taken together are rather funny. The republicans put an end to slavery, the democrats were for it. So are you trying to say the northern republicans were socialist, fascist, homosexual, liberals now?

  19. Re:That'll Show 'Em on Verizon, Sprint Agree To Pay Combined $158 Million Over Cramming Charges · · Score: 1

    The summary mentioned the premium text messages, these are messages that are sent by third parties and money from them goes to the third party, so it is more like a 150% fine, not 65% as some of the money from the premium text message went to the third party which doesn't have to refund the money.

    Unfortunately, the third parties were never forced to advertise that requesting these messages caused the fees at all.

  20. Re:One Criterion Missing on No, NASA Did Not Accidentally Invent Warp Drive · · Score: 1

    No, they had two setups, one the equivalent of a block of wood, and one the real thruster. Both produced the same thrust.

  21. Re:Why rollover? on The BBC Looks At Rollover Bugs, Past and Approaching · · Score: 1

    Can you even buy mice with balls anymore?

  22. Re:Trace Amounts on Recent Paper Shows Fracking Chemicals In Drinking Water, Industry Attacks It · · Score: 1

    It could even come from cleaning brushes properly in a sink as the grey water would tend to go into a drainage field which eventually feeds back into the well.

  23. After all, everyone knows that even one part per trillion is too much,

    If you subscribe to the theory of Homeopathy, this is extremely high levels.

  24. Re:School me on well water on Recent Paper Shows Fracking Chemicals In Drinking Water, Industry Attacks It · · Score: 1

    The US is far less developed than the UK. Do your farms have city water or wells? The houses discussed in this article are very likely farms as PA has lots of farms.

  25. Re:Basic Concept Fail on Recent Paper Shows Fracking Chemicals In Drinking Water, Industry Attacks It · · Score: 1

    I would say very likely it is a serious post, as the issue is that many homes on the east coast that aren't in a city have wells that provide drinking water. In the case of these PA results, they come from home drinking water wells, not municipal water supplies.