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  1. Re:Cui bono? on Malaysian Flight Disappearance 'Deliberate' · · Score: 1

    Russia is a far more likely suspect.

  2. Re:It's interesting.... on Malaysian Flight Disappearance 'Deliberate' · · Score: 1

    Not in the United States mainstream media (CNN, broadcast networks, etc) and that's what matters since the US was really the only major player that cared at all about the Ukrainian invasion.

    Distract the American people, and Russia knows that it can do anything it wants.

  3. Distraction on Malaysian Flight Disappearance 'Deliberate' · · Score: 1

    Who has the most to gain from the world focusing on a mysterious airliner disappearance and forgetting about the Ukrainian crisis? Vladimir Putin.

    Not saying that he made it happen, but of all the groups out there that have the means to pull something like this off, he's the most likely suspect. Especially with the referendum coming up. A terrorist organization would have already taken credit.

    To be clear, I'm still betting on something catastrophic happening to the plane.

  4. Re:More or less on Can Science Ever Be "Settled?" · · Score: 1

    You are confusing precision with accuracy. Accuracy is how close to a result is to reality.

  5. Re:Read between the lines on Google Chairman on WhatsApp: $19 Bn For 50 People? Good For Them! · · Score: 1

    You're = Your

  6. Re:Read between the lines on Google Chairman on WhatsApp: $19 Bn For 50 People? Good For Them! · · Score: 1

    You're friend didn't come up with that. It's pretty well known. The HBO show "Getting On" even had a segment on it a few weeks ago.

  7. Re: Denver? Atlanta? on Austin Has Highest Salaries For Tech Workers, After Factoring In Cost of Living · · Score: 1

    The influx is coming primarily from the mid-west and northeast. Spike Lee even went on a profanity filled rant last week because so many are leaving Brooklyn for Atlanta.

    Just so you know, people from Mississippi & Alabama tend to stay there. They see huge cities like Atlanta as cesspools of sin.

  8. Re: Denver? Atlanta? on Austin Has Highest Salaries For Tech Workers, After Factoring In Cost of Living · · Score: 1

    If people don't want to live in Atlanta, then why is it growing via people moving there from other areas?

  9. Re:More or less on Can Science Ever Be "Settled?" · · Score: 1

    The problem is that the differences are not a matter of precision - the results completely differ with reality when approaching the speed of light.

  10. Re:More or less on Can Science Ever Be "Settled?" · · Score: 1

    This has nothing to do with precision - the results at are completely wrong at near light speeds.

  11. Re:i interpret it to mean on Can Science Ever Be "Settled?" · · Score: 1

    That isn't anywhere close to be accurate. Where did you learn that?

  12. Re:i interpret it to mean on Can Science Ever Be "Settled?" · · Score: 1

    A much better sentence to leave to the next generation would be - "The sun is a star - do not worship it".

  13. Re:More or less on Can Science Ever Be "Settled?" · · Score: 1

    Newton's laws completely break down at velocities near the speed of light.

  14. Re:i interpret it to mean on Can Science Ever Be "Settled?" · · Score: 2

    While I agree with the spirit of your post, you may be making the same mistake that you're pointing out.

    Scientific theories don't graduate into laws.

  15. Re:Absolutely on Fedora To Have a "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" For Contributors · · Score: 1

    By this definition of civil disobedience, MLK was a poser.

  16. Re:Yeah, but women want it all on All Else Being Equal: Disputing Claims of a Gender Pay Gap In Tech · · Score: 1

    Don't you just take turns paying? I don't think I've ever split the bill on a date or with a girlfriend.

  17. Re:Predictable. on Computing a Winner, Fusion a Loser In US Science Budget · · Score: 1

    The green lobby is just as much against fusion as the oil industry because it's "nuclear and dangerous".

  18. Re:Yeah, but women want it all on All Else Being Equal: Disputing Claims of a Gender Pay Gap In Tech · · Score: 1

    Women who insist on splitting the bill on initial dates are not interested. That's all that means. It's not complicated.

  19. Re:Yeah, but women want it all on All Else Being Equal: Disputing Claims of a Gender Pay Gap In Tech · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Women who insist on splitting the bill on initial dates do it as a sign that they aren't interested and don't want to feel obligated.

  20. Re:What? on Walmart Unveils Turbine-Powered WAVE Concept Truck · · Score: 1

    and friction

  21. Re:Still should be hands free on Using Handheld Phone GPS While Driving Is Legal In California · · Score: 1

    I'm not disagreeing as California law does seem to be better in this regard than other states, but the police don't really have to prove anything to arrest a person for DUI. A person may get lucky and avoid a conviction, but the arrest is still on their record which can be enough to ruin their life.

    I did a quick search and California DUI attorneys warn about having the car running even if parked - they advise sleeping in the back seat.

    To be clear, I think that all of this is absurd. If MADD, cops and the anti-cell phone league really cared about safety (like they claim), they wouldn't go after people when they try to do the right thing.

  22. Re:Still should be hands free on Using Handheld Phone GPS While Driving Is Legal In California · · Score: 3

    Unless the law explicitly excludes it, being pulled over anywhere while sitting in the driver's seat with the keys accessible is considered "driving".

    A person can get a DUI while sleeping in their car in a parking lot.

  23. Re:Bullshit on YouTube Ordered To Remove "Illegal" Copyright Blocking Notices · · Score: 1

    No, you're not eating because GEMA is claiming ownership of your sandwich and youtube is required to accept GEMA's claim.

  24. Re:Bullshit on YouTube Ordered To Remove "Illegal" Copyright Blocking Notices · · Score: 1

    Who said anything about it being a good thing?

  25. Re:Bullshit on YouTube Ordered To Remove "Illegal" Copyright Blocking Notices · · Score: 1

    Has nothing to do with "giving out licenses for free" - where did you get that?

    If anything it gives GEMA the benefit of the doubt that it even owns the content in the first place.