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  1. Re:Gun Registry on FAA Sued Over Federal Drone Registry (technical.ly) · · Score: 1

    My premise is simple: Fifth commandment just war is the only exercise of heavy weaponry that is permissible.

    If you lived in a theocracy that would be a valid point. Here in America we don't, so you don't. Is that really the best you got? Seriously?

  2. Re:Gun Registry on FAA Sued Over Federal Drone Registry (technical.ly) · · Score: 1

    The 2nd amendment is not about hunting, it's about making sure the citizens of military age (AKA the militia) may own and carry weapons suitable for an infantry. Both a Bazooka and a sawed-off shotgun are (1) excellent examples of infantry weapons and (2) not for hunting. You have yet to field a single actual argument in support of your baseless assertions.

  3. Re: Gun Registry on FAA Sued Over Federal Drone Registry (technical.ly) · · Score: 1

    I'm not certain that's true, for instance a single shot firearm wouldn't qualify as a machine gun unless I misunderstand that part of the NFA.

  4. Re:Gun Registry on FAA Sued Over Federal Drone Registry (technical.ly) · · Score: 1

    You brought up "Bazooka" and "sawed-off shotguns", not I. If that's not what you're talking about then talk about what you want to talk about.

  5. Re:Gun Registry on FAA Sued Over Federal Drone Registry (technical.ly) · · Score: 1

    In practice limiting human death is a motivating concern for law in a civilized society

    What percentage of murders are committed in America with "Assault Weapons", or "Assault Rifles", or were ever murdered with "a Bazooka", or even the famously banned in California 50 BMG rifle, care to guess or look it up? Because if it's a really big percentage then you have a point, otherwise you're just making odd mewling sounds.

  6. Re:Numbers dictate regulation. on FAA Sued Over Federal Drone Registry (technical.ly) · · Score: 1

    I'm not agreeing but that's probably the first decent argument in favor I've heard.

  7. Re:Gun Registry on FAA Sued Over Federal Drone Registry (technical.ly) · · Score: 1

    The same foolish argument could be made about the 1st amendment and the technologies we can now leverage in exercising it. Reason out why freedom of speech doesn't just apply to hand operated printing presses and soapboxes and work down the list of explicitly enumerated rights.

  8. Re:Gun Registry on FAA Sued Over Federal Drone Registry (technical.ly) · · Score: 1

    A gun is a constitutionally protected right. A drone isn't.

    Arms isn't technically limited ti firearms, I guess you have to weaponize that drone!

  9. Re:Toys on FAA Sued Over Federal Drone Registry (technical.ly) · · Score: 1

    ... many can be operated beyond LOS and that is at the root of the problem.

    It's always been and remains illegal to fly R/C recreational aircraft outside LoS. How is this a new problem that's not addressed by the old laws?

  10. All the ones I've seen in Culver City have the magnetic Amazon signage on them. I've not seen them all though so who knows. The carrier that always gets it wrong here is one called Dynamex that I assume is a 2nd tier outfit.

  11. It's already sort of a thing in larger metros. I get a good portion of my Amazon crap delivered by Amazon in Culver City.

  12. True. How does 19 + 13 + 3 = 35 illustrate that? I really think an example like yours (except including the addends), or some other easier to see but valid example that adds to a prime like the first example would be more illustrative. All the second example shows is that 3 odd numbers (who happen to also be primes in that example) result in an odd number.

  13. Adding 3 odd numbers gets you an odd number has never really astonished me.

  14. "Goldbach’s weak conjecture, according to which every odd number greater than 5 can be expressed as the sum of three prime numbers—such as: 3 + 3 + 5 = 11 and 19 + 13 + 3 = 35." Hmmmm.

  15. That's sort of funny because a lot of Republicans say it's a Democrat running against a Democrat. Given Trumps past support of Democrats during primaries and so on I'd say that R vs R position is slightly, but not a lot, stronger. I am not registered as either, as a matter of full disclosure. I tend to lean "leave me alone and I'll afford you the same courtesy".

  16. Re:The more hated windows 10 is on Windows 10 Haters: Try Linux On Kaby Lake Chips With Dell's New XPS 13 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It's going to be both, I'm not sure which one would be the majority contributor. Also, Dell does pay for Win10 licenses, albeit not much per copy, so that cost has to be offset on the Windows machines. Microsoft actually sometimes pays in the form of a deeper OEM discount if the OEM leaves the shovelware off, but it's often the case that the ISVs outbid them.

  17. Re:The more hated windows 10 is on Windows 10 Haters: Try Linux On Kaby Lake Chips With Dell's New XPS 13 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    It's highly unlikely they would get paid for this, as ISVs track the ROI on all this stuff and no one with this installed on WINE is going to pay for the full version.

  18. Re:The more hated windows 10 is on Windows 10 Haters: Try Linux On Kaby Lake Chips With Dell's New XPS 13 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    No single vendor pays $150, and as I said, some of the difference is in economies of scale, however if you have 3-10 ISVs each paying $5-$20, it adds up.

  19. Re:The more hated windows 10 is on Windows 10 Haters: Try Linux On Kaby Lake Chips With Dell's New XPS 13 (pcworld.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Executive summary: It makes total sense if you have any inkling of how the PC business works. ISVs pay hardware makers to pre-install their software on consumer PCs, thus partially subsidizing the PC for the consumer. They consider it a marketing expense. Yes, you actually do get PAID to have that shovelware put in front of your face. Couple that with the larger unit volumes for Win10 equipped devices and there's your answer.

  20. Re:Fools on Uber Starts Self Driving Car Pickups In Pittsburgh (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 0

    What does riding the leftmost horse have to do with it?

  21. Sometimes there's juicy bits down low.

    She said

  22. Re:Biggest effect will be on nearby Best Buys on Amazon Will Open 100 Retail Stores (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually in this locale (and probably the markets where they're opening stores) they usually deliver either the same day or the next day for most items I want.

  23. Re: That's not even the worst part on Malware Infects 70% of Seagate Central NAS Drives, Earns $86,400 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't back that up but I have really good results with Seagate, and all my drives are in a couple servers (a FreeNAS and an ESXi box) with decent cooling. So I can't say you're right, but my evidence sure doesn't say you're wrong either. Personally I like them, and I'll likely get a bunch of 8tb ones for my next NAS box.

  24. Racist Summary on Vandalism Detection Contest Sponsored For Wikidata (wsdm-cup-2017.org) · · Score: 1

    My people, the Vandals and their various descendants, had nothing to do with this as a race and feel the summary and implication is beneath the fine people who run Wikipedia. Not even a trigger warning!

  25. Re:and they're abandoned in 10... 9... 8... 7... on Companies Are Developing More Apps With Fewer Developers (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    C++