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  1. Re:I am SHOCKED! on How English Beat German As the Language of Science · · Score: 1

    Well yes, it's a matter of pride. To admit you are occupied is to admit weakness. So, we create euphemisms, like "allies" and "coalition of the willing".

  2. Re:More feminist FUD on How Women Became Gamers Through D&D · · Score: 1

    I really hate things that are made to "appeal to women".

    You haven't shot the Lady Smith. Just remember you only have five rounds.

  3. Re:You think electricity is expensive now? on Battery Breakthrough: Researchers Claim 70% Charge In 2 Minutes, 20-Year Life · · Score: 2

    What will probably happen is that you will pay an odometer tax every year when you get a new sticker for your plates. Simple and convenient.

  4. Re:Haven't we heard this before? on Battery Breakthrough: Researchers Claim 70% Charge In 2 Minutes, 20-Year Life · · Score: 1

    You and this guy are sitting next to each other, right?

  5. Re:Historic? on Rosetta Takes Stunning Self-Portrait 10 Miles From Comet's Surface · · Score: 1

    famous or important in history

    History - a study of past events. An event has the potential of being historic after it happens.

    Read the rest of the thread. I don't feel like repeating myself.

  6. Re:Spider Goats on Companies Genetically Engineer Spider Silk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cool, Giant eight legged spider goats, head butting little kids into the ravine.

  7. Re:Historic? on Rosetta Takes Stunning Self-Portrait 10 Miles From Comet's Surface · · Score: 1

    It still relates to past (the definition of history) events, which may have the potential to become historic. Some events become historic immediately after they happen, and some a long time afterwards, but not before.

    Like you say there: important in *history*

  8. Re:Historic? on Rosetta Takes Stunning Self-Portrait 10 Miles From Comet's Surface · · Score: 0

    *History* presumes the event has already happened. Well, *history* doesn't, but using the word for a future event seems illogical. Let's compromise and call it an historic attempt (up to, but not including the present moment), until the 12th, in the afternoon or evening.

  9. Re:The source is there, just read it on Confidence Shaken In Open Source Security Idealism · · Score: 1

    The texts of the laws are available...

    Depends...

    The world is full of secret sauces...

  10. Re:perfect timing. on Confidence Shaken In Open Source Security Idealism · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's why a lot of people switched to Apple.

    Boy, are they in for a surprise!

  11. Historic? on Rosetta Takes Stunning Self-Portrait 10 Miles From Comet's Surface · · Score: 1

    A tiny bit presumptuous, no?

  12. Re:I am SHOCKED! on How English Beat German As the Language of Science · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I do... It's not always a shoot-em-up...

  13. Re:I am SHOCKED! on How English Beat German As the Language of Science · · Score: 1

    The bases are still there, ready for action.

  14. Re:Voting for the right people on ISPs Violating Net Neutrality To Block Encryption · · Score: 2

    Well, I hope you're not singling him out. I've been watching the same thing for a very long time with many different actors. But the one thing remains as true as it ever has, the blame lies squarely on the shoulders of the voters, and nowhere else.

  15. Re:That's not the reason you're being ignored. on Flight Attendants Want Stricter Gadget Rules Reinstated · · Score: 2

    Of course it should end. Takeoff and landing is when I want the camera rolling. It's the best chance to record a wreck.

  16. Re:Incompetence, malice, or No Such Letter? on ISPs Violating Net Neutrality To Block Encryption · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter which ones it is. We are all screwed as long as we remain tied to their wire. Circumvention, by whatever means, is our only hope.

  17. Re:Competition urgently needed on ISPs Violating Net Neutrality To Block Encryption · · Score: 1

    And once there is healthy competition among them...

    You gotta vote for people who will make it so, and stop protecting monopoly contracts. And while you're at it, try to get prohibition taken off the books too.

  18. Re:I am SHOCKED! on How English Beat German As the Language of Science · · Score: 1

    And yet Germany, Italy, and Japan are all major economies.

    And yet, they are still occupied countries.

  19. Re:Same old American Xenophobia on How English Beat German As the Language of Science · · Score: 1

    America: Our courts force us to obey the first amendment.

    Oof! How I wish!

  20. Re:if you ban cash on Too Much Privacy: Finnish Police Want Big Euro Notes Taken Out of Circulation · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The big crooks are the ones making the rules.

  21. Re:4k is a buzzword on Netflix To Charge More For 4K Video · · Score: 1

    Why? Aside from marketing gimmicks, I don't see the reason.

  22. Re:Trillions for war on Pentagon Unveils Plan For Military's Response To Climate Change · · Score: 2

    no

  23. Re:No difference here on Who's In Charge During the Ebola Crisis? · · Score: 1, Informative

    In the US, the people in charge are still the health insurance companies.

    Hey, you handed it to them on a silver platter. You voted for the guy, I didn't... And save your "lesser evil" crap.

  24. Re:4k is a buzzword on Netflix To Charge More For 4K Video · · Score: 1

    It certainly is! That is exactly my complaint. Before all this "nK" shit. Video was measured by its fixed vertical resolution. The horizontal (even though aspect ratio didn't change, 4:3 was all we got) was whatever the bandwidth the machine could muster, and what was legal to transmit. I just expected them to stick with what we knew and keep using a known way of measuring video screens, and we did up through hi-def. The flip was a little like switching from imperial to metric, or vicey-versy. Eh, whatever... the compression still sucks. 4K is just going to give me a better view of those big ol' gray blocks.

  25. Re: 4k is a buzzword on Netflix To Charge More For 4K Video · · Score: 2

    Hey! Wait a minute! Film people never measured resolution in pixels until digital video came along. And your aspect ratios were determined by the lens (hell of a lot easier to change than the film gate). On film the frame size is set in stone. You're right, marketing, but it was no film standard.