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  1. Re:The USA wont follow this on UK Standards Body Issues Official Guidance On Robot Ethics (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    I would agree, that is far worse of an automated weapon. The SK turret requires human authorization before firing.

  2. Re:Like suing McDonald's for hot coffee on Florida Man Sues Samsung, Says Galaxy Note 7 Exploded (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    150 deg F is not the same thing as 180+ that the expert said will cause "full thickness burns" also, scald is not third degree, but first degree burns.

  3. Re:It's missing the full picture on Germany Unveils a Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Train (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Ok, so you are thinking you will lose less hydrogen than the equivalent charge of a battery? You sound like you don't know anything about the issues involved.

    Somehow

    Power source > hydrogen > storage > fuel cell > battery

    is better than

    Power source > battery

    in your mind? Somehow using power to crack hydrogen and store it, then run it through a fuel cell to charge a battery is infinitely more efficient than just charging the same damn battery?

  4. Re:It's missing the full picture on Germany Unveils a Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Train (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    In 6 months worth of storage ALL the Hydrogen would escape....I'll take the 2-3% of batteries any day over 100% for H2.

  5. Re: It's missing the full picture on Germany Unveils a Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Train (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Do we somehow need to be to understand that H2 is not available free from any source?

    H2 is produced currently by cracking natural gas (Methane), so it is a process which produces lots of CO2, and it is a process that would be better just put on the train. Wouldn't it be better to use the Methane to power the train directly? It has a higher energy content than the produced Hydrogen after all.

  6. Re: It's missing the full picture on Germany Unveils a Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Train (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Where did the poster say the power plant needed to be on the train? As far as I see, that is only something being added as a strawman argument.

  7. Re:But how do they get the hydrogen? on Germany Unveils a Hydrogen-Powered Passenger Train (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Usually it comes from cracking Methane (natural gas), so yes, it produces copious amounts of CO2. The only way it wouldn't involve CO2 is nuclear powered hydrolysis.

  8. http://www.autoblog.com/2010/0...

    You do realize that some of the cases were actually fraudulent? Just because some of them were real does not mean that all of them were real, there were a couple of high profile cases of fraud involved with the Toyota thing.

  9. Says the pot?

    That is an entirely true statement, but it makes him a shill?

    http://www.digitaltrends.com/m...

    It isn't like Apple has been without any issues in this arena.

  10. It worked for Bill ;)

  11. For what?

  12. Re: They don't answer the only question we care ab on Smoking Permanently Damages Your DNA, Study Finds (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    But, are the ovaries exposed to the carcinogens that are found in smoke? As far as I understood, the lungs are mostly what is affected, not the ovaries. How would the carcinogens even get to the ovaries?

  13. Re: Who cares? on Smoking Permanently Damages Your DNA, Study Finds (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but McDonald's in France isn't anything like it is in the US. I'll bet in France, they even use actual meat instead of a soy patty.

  14. Re:How to fix that? on Netflix Wants 50% Of Its Library To Be Original Content (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know what Raven is talking about, the 6 month wait is still alive and well in the US.

  15. Re:Turn off the wireless on Tesla Fixes Security Bugs After Claims of Model S Hack (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    You expect that a sales person even knows what a SIM card is or where it is located?

  16. Re:Big Sur is NORTH of Santa Barbara County! on Wildfire at Vandenberg Air Force Base Threatens ULA, SpaceX Launches (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It was a map produced by Australia...

  17. Re: I claim prior art on Apple Patents a Paper Bag (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    If those 404's were intentional, nicely done, if not, what happened to those links? They both go to a not found page. Did Apple have them taken down already?

  18. Re:Tell me... on A Shocking Amount of E-Waste Recycling Is a Complete Sham (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    There are almost a billion little kids in China and most of them are disposable.

    Either your definition of little kid is a bit broken, or you massively exaggerated the number of little kids in China. China has 1.3 billion people, so saying they have a billion children doesn't make much sense at all.

  19. Re:This is my shocked face on China Confirms Its Space Station Is Falling Back to Earth (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe CrankyFool works at JPL, you never know...

  20. Yes, some of the incident is documented on Wikipedia:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    (the 2013 section)

  21. Why the rail against libertarians? This was a significant example of overreach by the state. The Hospital participated, but it was the state that kept the child from their parents for over a year.

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

    (2013 section)

    This was entirely a case of overreach by the state, they ignored diagnosis that were based on actual medical evidence and supported the hospital when they tried to claim that the parents made up the whole thing.

  22. Name a single advocacy group that represents the views of ALL of their members. I can't even say the NRA represents the views of all its members, but I can't imagine what group you are thinking of that does.

    Corporations are run democratically. The shareholders are the members, the employees sometimes, but not often get a vote. But that is no different than many organizations. The corporation I work for hands out stock to the employees along with their 401k match, so technically, I have a vote in everything that my company does. Why you feel it should be an equal vote for everyone I can't imagine though, I don't have as much of a stake in the company as the larger shareholders, they have much more invested than I do.

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

    So, you believe corporations are person's now? There is such a thing as a corporate death sentence, it just isn't used very often, just as the death sentence isn't used on humans very often.

    But, what you typed did not in any way disagree with what the previous poster said. Michael suggested that if you hold corporations to that standard, so should Unions and other citizen groups. He also said that corporations are groups of citizens, which is a fact even if you don't want to believe it.

  24. In this case, it isn't even like it is some kind of backroom deal (which does happen sometimes as well). This politician is being entirely above board and open about this. It makes sense that the people with equipment on the poles should be involved, it is just a matter of negotiating a compromise that is the best for all involved.