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  1. Re:My host is the router on Cloudflare: We Can't Shut Down Pirate Sites (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    No way, that's my luggage code!

  2. Re: If it works on Commodore C64 Survives Over 25 Years Balancing Drive Shafts In Auto Repair Shop (hothardware.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Don't fscking touch it - which applies to code as well as tools.

    .

    And if it breaks, throw it out?

    What happened to this world?

    It used to be a badge of honor to repair things. Now days everything is disposable.

    Kind of like what happened to Slashdot.

    You repair it when it it stops working, not while it's working. Seriously, read and comprehend the comment before going off on one.

  3. Re:Ok, let me get this straight... on YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Regardless the technical availability of guns in ex soviet bloc countries that were invaded/annexed/whatever by Russia I think my point still stands. By we I meant europe ( as in EU), which those countries aren't really and what I took the original post to be aimed at, none of which have really been invaded since ww2. The closest you could get is the balkans probably but that's still more soviet than europe and even if you do count all those it hardly qualifies as ripe for invasion.

  4. Re:i.e. I think I can ignore the law if I want to on FCC Official Asks Agency To Investigate Ban On Journalists' Wi-Fi Personal Hotspots At Debate (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Should it be illegal for movie theaters to have cellphone bans? How is this different?

    It seems different because they said you can't use your own thing, you have to pay us $200 to use ours, rather than x is banned.

  5. Re:I recommend a lithium drip. on Elon Musk Proposes Spaceship That Can Send 100 People To Mars In 80 Days (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    APK that is you.

    Still don't get out much? Good.

    Can't be APK it's not just going on about host files.

  6. Re:Let's Get One Thing Fixed... on Elon Musk Proposes Spaceship That Can Send 100 People To Mars In 80 Days (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    North Korea is what the rest of the planet would label an entirely different thing.

    Wait, you're saying they're not a Democratic Peoples Republic?

  7. I would send the British monarchy, only because I think they are a giant waste of my tax money.

    You mean the ~56p they cost you per year? C'mon you cant even get a can of coke for that these days. I agree they're a useless waste of space but getting rid of them to save tax is a stupid reason.

  8. Re:We live in that environment now. on Anti-Defamation League Declares Pepe the Frog a Hate Symbol (time.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Watt about the grammer Nazi's?

    Grammar Nazis.

    There ok.

  9. It applies to any entertainment database, IMDB is just the most publicly visible.

    AB 1687 provides the necessary tools to remove age information from online profiles on employment referral websites to help prevent this type of discrimination

    So what is it? An entertainment database or an employment referral site?

  10. Re:Ok, let me get this straight... on YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Ukraine is the only country in Europe where firearms are not regulated by statute. Everything related to firearms is regulated by the Order 622 of Ministry of Internal Affairs. Citizens are permitted to own non-fully automatic rifles and shotguns as long as they are stored properly when not in use.

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

    They might not be as armed as America but they can get their hands on guns.

  11. Re:Ok, let me get this straight... on YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and those are countries with an armed populace. Which was my point. Having no guns in public hands doesn't suddenly open you up to invasion.

  12. Re:Ok, let me get this straight... on YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you'll find they can have guns in Ukraine.

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

  13. Re:Please explain... on YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 2

    Other than the amount of money in Data that I'm saving by not watching a song.

    The amount of money they're missing by not forcing all the ads on you.

  14. Re:Ok, let me get this straight... on YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Guns can be used to commit a crime too. A lot of crime involves a gun. But we don't ban those, right?

    In countries that are ripe for conquering and contain citizens who don't mind being defenseless targets for criminals, yes.

    FTFY.

    When was the last time one of us was invaded? Pretty sure most of the recent invasions have been in countries with armed populaces in the middle east. There are also ways to defend yourself without resorting to a deadly weapon in the first instance. It helps when the assailant doesn't have one either though. You have two perfectly good weapons on the end of your arms and a couple backups attached to your legs. They can be used for more than shoveling food in your face and walking to and from the fridge.

  15. Basketball is hardly a complex game. It's a tiny court with few guys and ball through a net. That's the hardest part of it but with practice it's easy.

    Sounds like the assessment of a nerd who grasps the basic concept of the game and falsely presumes the remainder of the game is just a trivial extrapolation. If it is so "easy with practice" why aren't you making millions playing in the NBA?

    Sorry, did I offend your favorite sportsball game? Getting the ball in the net is easy with practice. Obviously there's a little bit more to it and the game has nuances but it's basically get the ball in the net more than the other guys. Pass it around a bit move close then have a go? Is there more to it or just a variation of the basic premise of sportsball? No? Didn't think so. Why aren't I making millions in the nba? Same reasons you aren't probably, chief of all is not enough practice, not being fit enough or tall enough secondarily and not being black or american as optional thirds.

  16. Re:Human missions = funding on SpaceX Tests Its Raptor Engine For Future Mars Flights (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm in the UK, and the excitement surrounding Tim Peake's ISS visit

    Who?

    A British astronaut they wouldn't let us forget (in Britain) was on the ISS for a bit as if it was the best thing to ever happen. I mean kudos to the guy but by the way the went on you'd think he was alone up there doing it all for blighty.

  17. Re:Miles... on Jupiter's Moon Europa May Have Water Plumes That Rise Up About 125 Miles (npr.org) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jupiter's Moon Europa May Have Water Plumes That Rise Up About 125 Miles

    Ugh. I know the country that made the telescope that saw the plumes still insists on using miles, but can't we at least agree to outlaw imperial measurements for anything to do with space?

    Especially spacecraft design and fuelling...

    Jupiter's Moon Europa May Have Water Plumes That Rise Up About 1.34473e-6 AU.

    Better?

  18. fluency in [ mandarin | Chinese ] is a plus

    Of course it's a plus. I'm likely to be hiring a group of Mechanical Engineers in the next six months, and I certainly want at least one of them to be fluent in Mandarin to make it easier to work with Chinese suppliers. It would be pretty handy if they speak Korean, Japanese or Hindi, too.

    -jcr

    So why not include an interpreter in your batch of hires? Unless one of your hires is Chinese/Korean/Japanese or whatever or you get one of each, but then are you hiring for their spoken languages or engineering ability?

  19. Um no. Why do people with genes from West Africa (but who live all over the world in different cultures) make up the top 95% of the top sprint times? It isn't because they grew up sprinting. Same thing applies to basketball (or any other sport that requires athleticism). There are guys in the NBA that didn't start playing basketball until they were 18!

    Basketball is hardly a complex game. It's a tiny court with few guys and ball through a net. That's the hardest part of it but with practice it's easy.

  20. Statistically, the vast majority of financial fraud is carried out by white men.

    See why it's wrong now?

    If that is a true statement (which it probably is), then nothing is wrong with it.

  21. So, uber is going to be the one to bring us the flying car? I doubt it but good luck to them.

  22. Re:A better idea on 'Transformer' BMW Turns Into A Giant Robot (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Please pay attention, there's already several of those on the market.

    https://encrypted.google.com/s...

    That's just several links referring to the same car.

  23. Re: these new companies trying to get around old l on Tesla Sues Michigan Over Sales Ban (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Pfft whatever. Same question though.

  24. Re: these new companies trying to get around old on Tesla Sues Michigan Over Sales Ban (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    The law could probably be changed if you where prepared to throw more money at it than the dealership lobby guys.

  25. Re: these new companies trying to get around old l on Tesla Sues Michigan Over Sales Ban (usatoday.com) · · Score: 2

    Most mcdonalds are franchised yes but some are directly operated by them. That's besides the point though. They're not legally forbidden from doing it. There's no law that says fast food companies MUST operate through franchises.