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  1. Re:This was _outlawed_ in the USA? on Federal Law Now Says Kids Can Walk To School Alone (fastcoexist.com) · · Score: 1

    Pretty much the same in Scotland. And admittedly it's a few decades since I was at school but if one was observed being dropped off there by one's parents rather than getting there on your own then that was a ticket to abuse from one's peers.

  2. Re:WTF is the "Cookie Law" on Attackers Abuse Legitimate EU Cookie Law Notices In Clickjacking Campaign (malwarebytes.org) · · Score: 1

    Apologies for the source but here's a bit of a humorous summary of the Cookie law as implemented in the UK.

  3. Re: Neo900 phone on Encrypted Blackphone Patches Serious Modem Flaw (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Looks pretty much like someone thought that they'd be buying a phone and complained to PayPal when they didn't get one and then PayPal treat it like any old eBay auction dispute.

  4. It's clear now on North Korea Claims It Detonated Its First Hydrogen Bomb (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    That North Korean astronaut that went to the sun and back in 4 hours [1] recently was obviously going to collect hydrogen for this device.

    [1] Yeah, yeah, I know the story was fabricated rather than being an official NK declaration.

  5. I'm not in the US but does this represent a precedent for class action over misleading claims?

    Because politicians make all sorts of misleading claims in the run-up to elections. And there's no such thing as a poor politician. Just sayin'.

  6. Really? You can infer mood and state of mind from:

    Moooooooooooooooo! You are all [insert word that appears in summary or is tenuously related] cows! Moooooooooooooooooooooo!

  7. There must be something else on Twitter To Revive Politwoops, Archive of Politicians' Deleted Tweets (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    I remember not being surprised when it was shut down and I find my surprise at this announcement tempered by the thought that there must be something else in play.

    I'm wondering if, during the period that it was shut down, that various political parties have been able to set up some sort of moderation program. This would operate such that a politicians tweets would first go to party central moderation for clearance for public submission.

    Nobody in the "free" world would do that you say? Well, people pretty much give up their personal opinions and slavishly follow the party line when they embark on a political career because political parties are in some ways like large corporations. They are not nice entities and the only way to advance within them is determined by how you are seen to conform to party rules and who you can be sycophantic towards. If you don't, then you're never going to get to the position where you might actually be a candidate in an election.

  8. Re:So useless. on Massive Marine Reserve Created In Atlantic (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    While the Royal Navy is well equipped and capable there is also the issue of political will and under the current Conservative government that is slightly lacking, nay, totally absent, when it comes to the interests of big money.

    Watch the idea of this marine reserve vanish when some multi-national corporation finds that it hampers them.

  9. Seems reasonable on Astronaut Tim Peake Calls the Wrong Number From Space (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    From the summary:

    '...I thought it was someone looking to go to a nightclub called Planet Earth.' Mrs Barker

    The article doesn't actually say where she is but there is a nightclub called Planet Earth in Edinburgh, UK.

  10. Re:That bad... on Pirate Bay Cofounder Utterly Bankrupts the Music Industry (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you actually have a directory called Justin_Beiber?

    No wonder you're posting as AC.

  11. Re:Hair growth factor? on What the Mites On Your Face Say About Where You Came From (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Well, USA cooling. I thought the intended wall was only to keep aliens out of US territory

  12. Re:Hair growth factor? on What the Mites On Your Face Say About Where You Came From (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 2

    His wall to keep them out could be a marvel of construction. Nevermind the unintended consequences of that.

  13. Re:These people on North Carolina Town Defeats Big Solar's Plan To Suck Up the Sun (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Some day dumb people should be just set up to vote in fake elections. They won't know.

    They already are. Not caught on to that yet?

  14. Re:Skynet rises on Facebook Open Sources AI Hardware Design (facebook.com) · · Score: 2

    This meme comes up in the comments of every AI story. But with Facebook involved, I can't help but think that the result is certain to be malevolent.

  15. Re:Gonna need some hollywood magic SPOILER ALERT on Spike TV Is Turning Red Mars Into a TV Series (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    There are some potentially impressive scenes. Anything featuring Olympus Mons could be good but the real money shot is going to be...

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    ...when the space elevator is brought down and wraps twice round the planet.

    I suppose when a canal is created using the orbiting lens to cut a path in the planetary surface using focused sunlight is another bit with potential.

  16. Re:Why? on Twitter Testing Non-Chronological Timelines (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    It seems counter to anything that Twitter is useful for. I signed up in the first place for a travel information feed and the information I get from that is no fucking use if I'm not seeing the most recent incidents reported.

  17. I thought that 08:15 was the time that it's always been.

    Lyric from Enola Gay by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, for those too young to know it

  18. I call shenanigans, I'm almost certain that there would be no internet access to post that at Guantanamo Bay.

  19. Re:Another win for Apple on Samsung Agrees To Pay Apple $548 Million Over Smartphone Patents (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Ok, I'm stumped. I can't tell if you're making a sarcastic response or if you are a genuine Apple fanboi.

  20. Convenient blame bandwagon on Mother Blames Wi-Fi Allergy For Daughter's Suicide (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Despite there being no supporting evidence, this seems to be a favourite thing to blame at the moment. And while it's easy to disregard this as nonsense we have a woman who is clearly upset over losing her daughter. Perhaps there is not a shred of scientific evidence over WiFi being a cause but there was obviously something very real causing her daughter distress and she would be better campaigning for _that_ to be properly investigated.

  21. Re:Here's the real story on Yahoo Discussing Sale of Internet Business (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    My first thought on reading the summary was that someone who had acquired Yahoo shares wanted their free money while there was still some to be had. No surprise to see it confirmed.

  22. Re:Democrats had 7 years to fix this on Yahoo Discussing Sale of Internet Business (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, 'cos politicians have a long history of keeping election promises once in power. You can detect that is sarcasm, right?

  23. Have sales persons done this for years? on LSD Microdosing Gaining Popularity For Silicon Valley Professionals (rollingstone.com) · · Score: 1

    This might just explain some of the product/service claims that sales persons tend to make.

  24. Unlikely to work on UK Prisons To Crack Down On Inmate Internet and Mobile Phone Use (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Given this governments desire for things to have backdoors what are the chances this will include one. I mean what's an ex-MP to do if they get imprisoned (which occasionally happens). Mind you it would be a good lesson in something they seem to be totally unable to understand; even if you create a backdoor for a select few then eventually everyone knows how to use it.

  25. Re:Does not compute on How Sports Commentaries Can Speed Up AI Development (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Indeed. The anonymous reader has compromised their anonymity; all that is required is identifying the single address in the world where cricket is associated with sport and action.