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  1. Re:Erm, what? on Canadian Court Tries to Dampen Copyright Trolls In P2P Lawsuits · · Score: 1

    Well, conveniently that is $233.09 more than the statutory damage cap of $5000 that they might realize if they win (excluding exchange rate, which makes it even more of a loss).

  2. Dog to English translator.... on Dogs' Brains Have Human-like "Voice Area" · · Score: 1

    Perhaps this finding will help these people with the Indiegogo fundraising for their project;

    http://www.nomorewoof.com/

  3. Re:Cue the climate change deniers ... on Polar Vortex Sends Life-Threatening Freeze To US · · Score: 1

    You are right.

    Clearly we are all gonna die.

  4. Re:Vauge conclusions on Australian Icebreaker Tries To Get Through To Stranded Antarctic Research Ship · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But scientists have been equating ice levels with climate for decades.....

  5. Re: 1940s technology, here today! on New Ford Mustang May Have Electronic "Burnout" Button · · Score: 1

    Obviously you are not talking about the stretch and poke crowd.

    Given enough negative camber rice can slide into the ditch as well as anyone.

  6. Re:homosexuality != sterility on Satanists Propose Monument At Oklahoma State Capitol Next To Ten Commandments · · Score: 1

    Indeed. What do children have to do with marriage anyway?

    Not like you can't have one without the other. They are exclusive concepts albeit with some correlation in some societies.

  7. James Dean on Is the Porsche Carrera GT Too Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    Died in a Porsche as well.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean#Accident_and_aftermath

    If only he had stability control.....

  8. Re:Should have been driving a Tesla on Is the Porsche Carrera GT Too Dangerous? · · Score: 1
  9. Re:I'd like to be able to switch it off at will. on Is the Porsche Carrera GT Too Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    My car (335i) has a couple stages of stability control (DSC, DTC, and, yes, completely off) I routinely disable the most nanny like stage and drive in the mode that lets a competent driver have a little fun, while still correcting for excessive errors (if it can). It's not all or nothing - there is a continuum.

    Full on DSC is so interventionist it is annoying. I can see how it is probably good for the typical soccer mom, though.

  10. Re:When you have a bad driver ... on Is the Porsche Carrera GT Too Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    Most cars over, say, half a dozen years old don't have Stability Control.

    Are they all unsafe?

  11. Re:When you have a bad driver ... on Is the Porsche Carrera GT Too Dangerous? · · Score: 1

    Traction control in F1 was primarily for launches at the start in Senna's day.

    It certainly would not have saved his life.

  12. Re:Easy answer on No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service — and No Google Glass, Either · · Score: 1

    Like that will never be hacked.....

  13. Re:Garbage bags on EU Plastic Bag Debate Highlights a Wider Global Problem · · Score: 1

    Safeway still gives out plastic bags for free.

    Don't know if that will change when their acquisition by Sobeys is complete.

  14. Re:The cost and use of plastic bags on EU Plastic Bag Debate Highlights a Wider Global Problem · · Score: 1

    I try to minimize the number of bags I get from the stores, even though they are still free here. But I too still need some of them for trash, otherwise I would also have to buy them.

    I would probably be fine with that if the bags I bought for that purpose were specially designed to break down quickly. When we have spring flooding here we use sandbags that break down in a year or two. They can hold a lot of weight, but build a dike with them and after a few years it's mostly only sand left.

    I recycle what I can, and use a garburetor for food scraps (my yard is small so I have no use for composting), but there is still some trash that needs to go in the kitchen trash can, and that needs some sort of bag that is durable for the short term, and disposable.

  15. Re:good! on Puzzled Scientists Say Strange Things Are Happening On the Sun · · Score: 1

    Can't say for sure, but historically warmer has certainly been better for human civilization than colder.

  16. Re:CLIMATE CHANGE! on Puzzled Scientists Say Strange Things Are Happening On the Sun · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Global warming.. on Puzzled Scientists Say Strange Things Are Happening On the Sun · · Score: 1
  18. Re:Kind of the point on Sweden Is Closing Many Prisons Due to Lack of Prisoners · · Score: 1

    Yes. The difference between the USA and pretty much every other civilized country is that in America sick people are first and foremost considered an opportunity to make huge profits. Nothing comes before capitalism. Helping people is kind of an unfortunate but necessary afterthought.

    Those middlemen suck a huge amount of money out of the system (I've seen numbers like 1/3) while not providing anything actually healthcare related. It's just about shareholders getting as much as they can off that gravy train of illness.

    I'm constantly thankful I don't live there.

  19. Re:One in 20 million on Schneier: The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet · · Score: 2

    But of course we all know it's not just about terrorism. It's about control.

    Myself, I would much rather live in a country with a tiny risk of terrorism than a marginally safer, ostensibly terrorist free police state.

    And those are pretty much the de facto choices.

  20. Re:Encryption: on Snowden and the Fate of the Internet As a Global Network · · Score: 1

    You should never rely on third parties to do encryption for you. You have to do it yourself so you have complete control of the keys. I do trust the algorithms used as there are many highly knowledgeable eyes looking at them, and the government uses them themselves.

    And if you are concerned enough (or paranoid enough) you should indeed encrypt your data on an air-gapped computer, then move it to a networked machine for transfer, and reverse the process at the other end.

  21. Re:Encryption: on Snowden and the Fate of the Internet As a Global Network · · Score: 1

    But an obviously encrypted message would likely be blocked cold.

    So much for e-commerce.

  22. Re:QNX FTW on The Rise of Linux In In-Vehicle Infotainment · · Score: 1

    My 335i uses a QNX based system and it is impressively stable.

    I shudder to think what an MS based system would be like. Scary enough seeing BSODs on ATM machines.

  23. Re: 350ppm on "Dramatic Decline" Warning For Plants and Animals · · Score: 1

    Our intelligence tells us that if we were to annex Canada, most Canadians would welcome us with open arms.

    And the vast majority of us would vote Democrat.

    http://www.harrisdecima.com/news/releases/201207/1446-obama-remains-extremely-popular-canada

    OTOH, others of us could build IEDs as well as any Iraqi........

  24. Yes, trust the UN on Observed Atmospheric CO2 Hits 400 Parts Per Million · · Score: 1

    A million Tutsis can't be wrong.

  25. Re: Yawn on Observed Atmospheric CO2 Hits 400 Parts Per Million · · Score: 1

    Picking small sections of data (portions of a graph) whilst ignoring the rest to try and make a point is scientifically dishonest at best (and wrong/completely inaccurate at worst).

    So why did you post a graph of only 130 years then?