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  1. International waters aren't Japanese.

    Extinction doesn't give a shit about possession.

    Whales are no different from any other international traveller, beyond higher intelligence. That doesn't depend a whole lot on your view of whale intelligence. They don't belong to Japan.

  2. Whales have territories, no different from humans, only whales can't move due to food and temperature constraints.

  3. No, they don't make money. Neither side does. Whalers are given money, they don't make it, and protestors lose money.

  4. Fosdil fuels lose so much, they need a 23 trillion dollar subsidy every year. Don't see them closing.

    No, government egos are quite capable of keeping the undead animated. The whaling industry is such a zombie.

  5. Trump has issued a fresh statement that he, and not the Democrats, caused the shutdiwn and wull continue the shutdown until he gets his way.

    Are you accusing Trump of being a liar?

  6. Engine parts, in isolation with no cooperation, are just spare parts on a shelf.

    So it is with countries. A country in isolation has no value and will remain stagnant. There are no exceptions.

    Think of diseases. Diseases don't need passports. You don't have smallpox solely because nobody does. As your measles rates went up, so other nations were affected.

    That's how it works

  7. Your assumption that one anonymous poster speaks for over 3.5 billion people - well over, now that Americans consider Reagan a socialist - is impressive.

    Especially as you've no evidence they're even leftwing. A term you are unlikely to be able to define, because it's not actually defined.

  8. The house rejected Trump's minimum and went with a smaller amount.

    Trump has now stated he, and he alone, will continue the shutdown until he gets everything he wants.

    That's Trump's choice. Maybe it's his right, toi, but don't go blaming his choice on anyone else.

  9. Their lack of welfareis why you've border problems. That makes it your concern.

    And, no, it hasn't been proven.

    What has been proven is that private healthcare and health insurance js a net drain on a nation's economy.

  10. The Brirish did. The IRA are now in government doing good rather than killing people.

    The Colombian people rejected peace and are now locked in a death struggle. Talk about snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

    Don't be an idiot and learn.

  11. The Democrats didn't cause this. How could they? They control none of the houses nor the presidency.

    Trump said he'd cause a shutdown and stated he would own it.

    If you think him so good, then accept his word. If you reject his word, what worth is he?

  12. None of the Republicans in the Senate agree with you. The Senate Leader, an avid Republican, has declared this a tantrum by the far right.

    Are you going to accuse the Republicans of being closet Democrats? Or will you accept that the Senate - NOT the Democrats - refused this.

    A REPUBLICAN Senate.

    Trump is not God. A pity, God is fictional.

  13. The wall offers no security, and you know that perfectly well.

    What it offers is environmental devastation and financial ruin for America. You proud of that?

    This isn't scientific intetest, this is getting rescuers to the right plave. This is saving lives and improving world stability.

    You prefer Americans to die in wars? And dare to call that security?

  14. There was a war fought, oh, around 1776. It was about the last person to go tell Americans to bend a knee.

    Americans have no kings, not you, not Alien Boy, none.

  15. Re: So do most Americans on UK Now Has Systems To Combat Drones (bbc.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Shotguns lack the range or accuracy.

    To judge from the high death toll from vigilantes killing bystanders, so do many American gun owners.

    No American I'd trust with a gun, and there are a few, would willingly fire off rounds at a tiny moving drone next to an aircraft filled with passengers and fuel.

  16. Re: Let me predict here that this stuff does not w on UK Now Has Systems To Combat Drones (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    It isn't hard to build anti-drone gear, assuming anti-missile lasers exist. Drones don't have anti-anti-missile gear.

    Radio direction finders can locate transmitters in range. Lancaster bombers can then take out the one that suddenly runs away when you blow up the drone.

    This not only removes the problem, but also puts on a vintage aircraft show.

  17. Re: No Evidence of an Actual Drone on UK Now Has Systems To Combat Drones (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You mean, other than the wreckage of the downed one?

  18. Mostly books I keep rereading on Slashdot Asks: What Are Some Good Books You Read This Year? · · Score: 1

    Doctor Who - The Dalek Masterplan I, II
    Katharine Kerr - Daggerspell/Dawnspell
    Fred Hoyle - The Black Cloud
    Terry Pratchett - Pyramids
    Alan Garner - Weirdstone of Brisingamon

    Harvard - A Grammar of Akkadian
    Edward de Bono's Thinking Course
    1177 BC The Year Civilization Collapsed
    Kurt Jensen - Coloured Petri Nets
    Program Logics for Certified Compilers

  19. Re: Bullshit is bullshit. on Researchers Show Parachutes Don't Work, But There's A Catch (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Cheaper than throwing people without parachutes out of a plane, and you get much more useful data.

  20. Universal income on The First Basic Income Experiment in Germany Will Start in 2019 (basicincome.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is a sensible, logical, rational, cheap way to run a society, and gives the electorate the power to hire or fire those controlling the supply.

    It doesn't make people lazy, all evidence says the opposite. Every scrap of evidence shows that crippling people's ability to work is what makes people lazy but that UI facilitates work.

    It also facilitates good work, employers can't risk unsafe or abusive conditions. Furthermore, healthy people with adequate resources can - and probably will - work harder as a result.

    Real work is about feeling fulfilled and productive, deep inate human needs, not about surviving to the weekend and dying young from work-related conditions.

    There are other philosophies. Other countries are welcome to them, so long as they keep them to themselves. Every country should be free to live as it pleases, not as some other country's pet.

    Will Germany's program meet the requirements? Doubt it. It's not a scale invariant concept, the numbers aren't statistically useful, the Germans are too rightwing to think collectively.

  21. Re: UBI an extension of digital serfdom. on The First Basic Income Experiment in Germany Will Start in 2019 (basicincome.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's always a rope held by someone, whether honestly or not, whether accountable or not.

    I'd rather have someone who could be held accountable and isn't above the law.

    I'd rather a rope of high quality because all resources were put into just the one, than a hundred million rusty ladders that are still being held but could collapse at any moment. Especially as the screams of those falling from the ladders are getting worse.

    You're welcome to your choice, just don't get in the way of mine. I'm tired of do-gooders telling me my choices are wrong, my culture is wrong and my philosophy of efficient, compassionate, cooperative societies is wrong.

    I don't like their views either, but I'm not into trying to deprive them.

  22. Re: Asimove had this in a story... on Researchers Show Parachutes Don't Work, But There's A Catch (npr.org) · · Score: 2

    Arthur C Clarke, not Asimov.

    And, yes, it's all about terminal velocity for a given aerodynamic configuration.

  23. Re: Why are the most educated people dumb as brick on Researchers Show Parachutes Don't Work, But There's A Catch (npr.org) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Then you didn't understand it. Which, in all honesty, doesn't reflect on them.

  24. Re: Bullshit is bullshit. on Researchers Show Parachutes Don't Work, But There's A Catch (npr.org) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why would you send people?

    Crash test dummies loaded with sensors would give you much more information.

  25. Re: And the winner of the 2019 Ig Nobel prize is.. on Researchers Show Parachutes Don't Work, But There's A Catch (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    IgNobels have been issued for this sort of work before - fish in brain scanners, anyone?

    I'd be horrified if they awarded another for what is basically repeat work.