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  1. Did they really mean Dugald Stewart Monument? on Why Edinburgh's Clock is Almost Never on Time (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a strange reference because the Dugald Stewart Monument is actually on Calton Hill. I suppose you could position yourself on the hill such that the Balmoral tower appears left of the monument but at that point you would be pretty much beside the monument. Now if you're on the hill looking down toward Princes Street then the thing that the Balmoral tower will actually appear to be left of is the better known Walter Scott Monument.

  2. What about being a victim of collateral damage through someone else buying inferior products?

    Sure, liability lawsuits could be flung around but if we take the title of Schneier's book at face value then it's going to be your estate rather then you pursuing that legal action which does seem to lack any degree of personal satisfaction.

  3. Exactly. If the gold did exist and it was on the ship then it's a safe bet that it wasn't on the ship when it was scuttled. Maybe it was a cunning plan to distribute the gold among fleet officers. They report back that the ship was lost and unrecoverable and go on to quietly enjoy their windfall.

    Now a century later the wreck has been discovered. Lots of people jump in with a claim on the gold and when none is found, who do they blame?

  4. So go again and arrive earlier.

  5. Re:So fusion power in 20 years, right? on Could a Helium-Resistant Material Usher In an Age of Nuclear Fusion? (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 2

    There is no dark side of the Moon.

    Your turn.

    I'd say there's always a dark side of the moon. It's just not always the same side. And on those occasions when it passes into Earth's umbra then it's dark all over.

  6. Only affects those living in the wrong climate on The iPhone X Becomes Unresponsive When It Gets Cold (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Much like some were apparently wrongly holding an earlier version of the iPhone, clearly some customers of the latest version are living in the wrong climate and they should relocate in order to get a better Apple experience.

  7. First, you put sanctions on the bastards who messed up Iran placing tyrants into power.

    Well they're pretty much all dead now. So their "descendants", as in those that now hold those positions or modern equivalent? Well if you're talking from a US perspective they're your "besties" so sanctions won't be high on the agenda.

  8. Ingress on the moon on Startup To Put Cellphone Tower on the Moon (space.com) · · Score: 1

    Although once back on Earth I suspect you will be out of recharge range to keep any captured portals up.

  9. Re:Wait, what? on US Product Safety Commission Warns That Some Fidget Spinners Explode (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    That was the first thought that I had. There must actually be people who are just too lazy to spin the damn things themselves. However, without RTFA I would guess the power is for adding lights/sounds so that a user's attention can be engrossed even more in something that really shouldn't be taking any attention.

  10. Re:Why have it manned by astronomers? on China Built the World's Largest Telescope, But Has No One To Run It (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought it was a radio telescope? They don't have mirrors. So, even easier for the locals to clean.

  11. Re:Is this true? on US Lifts Laptop Restriction For Flights From Abu Dhabi (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Not only a real place but subject of an old pun:

    Television channels in Dubai don't broadcast episodes of The Flintstones but those in Abu Dhabi do.

  12. Re:Don't times change? on August Solar Eclipse Could Disrupt Roads and Cellular Networks · · Score: 1

    Well I'd recommend a tripod if using a camera, or something to keep whatever you're using very steady. I didn't have anything and a few of my shots have a less than circular moon surrounded by the corona. My more sensible friend did bring a tripod and got many more good images.

    My attempt at the diamond ring picture at the end of totality didn't work well either. I think that might have been a shortcoming of the digital camera but then they have moved on a bit in the last 11 years.

  13. Don't times change? on August Solar Eclipse Could Disrupt Roads and Cellular Networks · · Score: 2

    The only total eclipse I've seen was in Turkey in 2006. Only 11 years ago. I didn't have a smartphone then. All I was interested in was taking photos with my camera and just looking all around to take in the moment (as an aside if you're going to see this one and have never seen a total eclipse before then make sure you do a 360 look at the horizon during totality; worth it). I just didn't feel any need to tell anyone else about it there and then. Other people got to see the photos several days later when I returned to the UK.

  14. Re:Muslim attack in London on Is Coinbase Closing Accounts For Paying Ransoms With Bitcoins? (coindesk.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you misunderstood the rolling news feed. The attack last night was a muslim attack in that muslims outside a mosque were attacked not that muslims were the perpetrators.

  15. Most of the respondents wouldn't have understand the question because they actually use whatever their IDE does.

  16. Re:Bullshit on NSA Links WannaCry To North Korea (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well except for all those Bitcoins they just made out of WannaCry (allegedly).

  17. Predict or arrange? on Artificial Intelligence Can Now Predict Suicide With Remarkable Accuracy (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    This reminded me of a sci-fi novel in which an AI arranges for people to die in bizarre and apparently accidental ways by interfering with other automated systems.

    As mentioned in other comments, this is just an algorithm but maybe it's not a huge leap to a more complex system doing the same this and given the goal of improving the accuracy percentage... well there's one option that would work, just kill off individuals that have already been flagged at risk.

  18. Re: real world on British PM Seeks Ban On Encryption After Terror Attack (boingboing.net) · · Score: 1

    There are 650 Westminter seats so in a full house, 326 votes are required to win anything. Many votes are carried on less than a full house but full house can be pretty much guaranteed for budget or confidence vote.

    There are some other factors though. Sinn Fein (who only ever have seats representing Northern Ireland) traditionally will not attend Westmister (reasons) but nobody can really make a plan based on them not ever doing so because they have on occasion suggested that they might; I'm sure I recently saw something about Sinn Fein possibly attending if a Brexit vote went before Westminster. Also the speaker, who is an elected MP and therefore represents one of the parties, does not get a vote except as a tie breaker.

    So here's the figures for your number crunching (but note that some combinations are simply impossible, reasons again).

    Conservative: 318

    Labour: 262

    SNP: 35

    Liberal Democrat: 12

    Democratic Unionist Party: 10

    Sinn Fein: 7

    Plaid Cymru: 4

    Green Party: 1

  19. Why did you qualify that with a question mark. Without that, it's a statement that your boss does not trick you into unpaid overtime. The addition of the question mark means that it is not a statement. Which suggests to me that you're not sure if your boss tricks you into unpaid overtime or not.

  20. Re:Bye Theresa on Theresa May Loses Overall Majority In UK Parliament (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    You'd think the fate of the Lib Dems might make any prospective coalition partners think twice but the political map is slightly different in Northern Ireland. The DUP are unlikely to lose their unionist support if they prop up the Tories; even if they assist in seeing through policies that are detrimental to that unionist support.

  21. Re:It's almost as if on Apple Makes iPhone Screen Fixes Easier as States Mull Repair Laws (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Threats don't cost them anything so they must have reason to believe it's not a threat. For whatever reason Apple have arrived at the tipping point where the cost of providing these machines becomes less than the cost of not providing them. It certainly won't be because of benefit to customers.

  22. Re:Hypeloop on Hyperloop One Reveals Its Plans For Connecting Europe (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I bet that they looked at transport data around the weekend of the 6 nations rugby game between the two and said "Holy shit! Look at those numbers.", completely failing to recognize that there is probably close to zero demand for the rest of the year.

  23. Re:I don't think the congressman understands on Congressman Proposes Organizations Should Be Allowed To 'Hack Back' (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    So.. I am thinking that the congressman is maybe up to something.

    Many commentators are saying the congressman clearly does not understand what he's proposing. The truth will actually be that the congressman doesn't care in the slightest about what he's proposing. He'll just be doing what he's being paid to do. Find the money source and you find the reason.

  24. Legal retaliation, you say? on Congressman Proposes Organizations Should Be Allowed To 'Hack Back' (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    So, given a few articles ago, I wonder if Putin could claim ACDC legitimized retaliation against the CIA.

  25. Re:No Blood For You! on Anti-Aging Start-Up Is Charging Thousands of Dollars for Teen Blood (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 1

    In the UK it's a minimum of 12 weeks between donations. In theory that would allow for 4 donations a year but in practice I've never done more than 3 a year.