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  1. Re:Who Cares? on 3D Printed Gun Maker Cody Wilson Defends Open Source Freedom · · Score: 1

    Oh Hollywood....

  2. Re:Who Cares? on 3D Printed Gun Maker Cody Wilson Defends Open Source Freedom · · Score: 2

    No, its because we want much more accuracy than a BB gun will give us and want to practice shooting at distances much farther than a BB gun will shoot its BB. Just in case you can't figure out why shooting 100-600 yds is different than shooting 20 feet, use your imagination and think about angles and trigonometry.

  3. Re:Cold Weather Package on Tracking Tesla's Quiet Changes To the Model S · · Score: 1

    My 2001 Yukon has mid row seat heaters.

  4. Re:180 satellites... on Google To Spend $1 Billion On Fleet of Satellites · · Score: 1

    You must be new around here. Doing anything other than simply giving it away is nothing but pure, unadulterated evil. Having a business plan is not considered an option in these parts.

  5. Re:The US needs a loser-pays legal system on Federal Court Pulls Plug On Porn Copyright Shakedown · · Score: 1

    Or maybe take a bit of personal responsibility and notice the wet, slippery floor and avoid it. Do you also sue God or Mother Nature for the ice and rain?

  6. Re: The US needs a loser-pays legal system on Federal Court Pulls Plug On Porn Copyright Shakedown · · Score: 0

    The TLA supports far more Democrats than Republicans but everything the TLA and its members do is the fault of the Republicans. That is a prime example of liberal logic right there.

  7. Re:The US needs a loser-pays legal system on Federal Court Pulls Plug On Porn Copyright Shakedown · · Score: 1

    I have an even better idea. We could all be required by law to pay an equal amount into a pool that is then used to pay all lawyers. The government will hire a few private contractors to manage who pays in and who gets paid.

  8. Re:This is a *LIE* on 50 Years Later, MIT Looks Back At AI and Networking Pioneer Project MAC · · Score: 1

    Was quite happy making typewriters. Have you shown evidence that they were working on miniaturizing without government involvement. I think there were many factors involved in the technological advancements of the past 1/2 century or so and the space race (militarization and ICBMs included) did play a large role in that. Would we have gotten there without it? Probably. Would we have gotten there quicker or even as quickly? Probably not.

  9. Confusion abounds on Microsoft Fends Off Data Request, FBI Gets Data Another Way · · Score: 1

    So the Slashdot is now generally in favor of NSLs and such? We obviously must be if Microsoft is against them.

    Or is Microsoft not really against them but secretly complied while putting on a good public show in the court system and all?

  10. Re:Crappy headline on IT Pro Gets Prison Time For Sabotaging Ex-Employer's System · · Score: 1

    and the point is made by skipping the other 12 definitions how?

  11. Re:That's fine. on IT Pro Gets Prison Time For Sabotaging Ex-Employer's System · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Did they set out to mess them up or did they try something that turned out that way?

    Did this guy set out to cause harm or did he do it accidentally?

    Do you see a difference?

  12. Re:Ashamed! on IT Pro Gets Prison Time For Sabotaging Ex-Employer's System · · Score: 1

    No, it simply means that the error may have been made at the too lenient side.

  13. Re:Yes! No more mandates! on Gun Rights Groups Say They Don't Oppose Smart Guns, Just Mandates · · Score: 1

    I'm not so sure as they already provide one (maybe not a trigger lock as it is sometimes a slide-lock) with every gun they sell as do all other manufacturers that I am aware of. It may be a law already. That is a much different proposition than requiring electronics and their connections that must be hardened against very high g-loads. Optics manufacturers sometimes fail at it.

  14. Re:Yes! No more mandates! on Gun Rights Groups Say They Don't Oppose Smart Guns, Just Mandates · · Score: 1

    Are keys actually mandated by law or did manufacturers just realize that people wanted them?

  15. Re:Yes! No more mandates! on Gun Rights Groups Say They Don't Oppose Smart Guns, Just Mandates · · Score: 1

    and how many people are killing and maiming from the the safety of a roof top? More people die in the US from cars than guns. More actual children (18) die in the US from water than guns.

  16. Re:Yes! No more mandates! on Gun Rights Groups Say They Don't Oppose Smart Guns, Just Mandates · · Score: 1

    Okay, lets use "vast majority of gun owners" or "gun owners that have chosen not engage in the illegal drug trade". You do realize that the overwhelming majority of gun homicide is committed between gang members, right? very little ( 0.1%) of it is guy goes nuts and shoots up a school or mall.

  17. Re:Yes! No more mandates! on Gun Rights Groups Say They Don't Oppose Smart Guns, Just Mandates · · Score: 1

    And the choice to eat that food is made by a human being his own worst enemy. just another way to view that and inject a bit of personal responsibility.

  18. Re:Yes! No more mandates! on Gun Rights Groups Say They Don't Oppose Smart Guns, Just Mandates · · Score: 1

    I believe in individuals being socially responsible by choice. I do not believe that the government taking my money had handing it out like candy in any way helps me be more socially responsible.

  19. Re:everyone does on The 69 Words GM Employees Can Never Say · · Score: 1

    Many of us have known that for quite a while now. Unfortunately, they have more sway in legislatures around the US than any other trade or industry group.

  20. Re:Note to myself: on The 69 Words GM Employees Can Never Say · · Score: 1

    He may be telling the truth. Probably is. Stuff like that does happen.

  21. Re:Note to myself: on The 69 Words GM Employees Can Never Say · · Score: 1

    Boeing does not really care how their customers (customers' employees) talk to ATC nor did anyone suggest they do.

  22. Re:Note to myself: on The 69 Words GM Employees Can Never Say · · Score: 1

    170k on my GM engine and still working great. the salt on the northern roads is starting to take its toll after 14 years though. you do realize that GM stopped using 70s style engines somewhere in the 80s don't you? I'm sure mommy will let you look under her hood once she let's you out of the basement after nap time if you ask nicely.

  23. Re:Corporate speak on The 69 Words GM Employees Can Never Say · · Score: 1

    You, all the lefties and their fearless messiah said it was too big to fail. Most on the right wanted to let it fail and be reborn according to the laws put in place to govern how to let companies fail and be reborn.

  24. Re:Corporate speak on The 69 Words GM Employees Can Never Say · · Score: 1

    Yeah, businesses run amok all the time here in the US and the government does absolutely nothing to stop them. Move to the US and start a business and find out exactly how wrong that sentiment is in reality.

  25. Re:Corporate speak on The 69 Words GM Employees Can Never Say · · Score: 1

    Actually, it does make a huge difference whether the government is doing it or some nameless corporation is doing it. you see, when the government does it the only real recourse is to move to a different country. If some nameless corporation does it, then I can talk to all the other nameless corporations. What? You mean all the other nameless corporations also dislike that behavior? Well, maybe people will figure out that engaging in what the majority considers as wrong behavior and then publicizing it will cause them problems in the future and then the problem self-corrects. Or, maybe, those same people could actually start providing jobs for themselves and others just like them.