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  1. Re:Hmmmmmmm on JAXA Successfully Tests Its D-SEND Low-Noise Supersonic Aircraft · · Score: 1

    I'm just gonna take your sig at face value.

  2. Hmmmmmmm on JAXA Successfully Tests Its D-SEND Low-Noise Supersonic Aircraft · · Score: 1

    Ya know, I'll bet that if we didn't have so many science haters and pork barrelers in Congress playing games with the budget, that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration could do similar research.

  3. Re: "...the same as trespassing." on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: -1

    Pellets don't gain velocity when falling to earth...Have you ever even owned a firearm?

    EVERYTHING gains velocity (9.8 m/s^2) when falling to earth...Have you ever even heard of Newton?

  4. Re:I agree with the shooter on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The fact that the owner(s) showed up before the police did is proof that they knew where the drone was and what it was doing, and that they were in control of it: in other words, an admission of criminal trespassing.

  5. Re:Or... just hear me out here... on Kentucky Man Arrested After Shooting Down Drone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And what do you honestly expect the response from the nice policeman on the other end of the phone would be? Something along the lines of "Yeah? What do you expect US to do about it?".

  6. Re:It's not even a fucking article on Andromeda Galaxy's Secrets Revealed By Going Beyond Visible Light · · Score: 1

    Indeed. What's wrong with the occasional "here's some pretty astronomical pictures" story? So it's medium.com, at least it isn't some tool's blog.

  7. Re:DO NOT WANT on Intel Core I7-5775C Desktop Broadwell With Iris Pro 6200 Graphics Tested · · Score: 1

    This is a top-of-the-line I7. It's for high-end workstations, not for ANY of "schools, governments, integrated devices, laptops, tablets, low cost devices, small size devices, and 95% of the general purpose PCs on the market". The kind of machines it's meant for will, by definition, have separate video cards.

  8. DO NOT WANT on Intel Core I7-5775C Desktop Broadwell With Iris Pro 6200 Graphics Tested · · Score: 1

    CPU/GPU integration is for farmers, to paraphrase Seymour Cray.

  9. Re:Everything is copyrighted on Twitter Yanks Tweets That Repeat Copyrighted Joke · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now you're REALLY in trouble:

    It's Turtles® all the way down.

  10. Re:HP tried to step back in history today on HP R&D Starts Enforcing a Business Casual Dress Code · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Their R&D engineers left when HP decided to stop making PA-RISC and Alpha.

  11. Number one unanswered question about Mars on Interviews: Shaun Moss Answers Your Questions About Mars and Space Exploration · · Score: 1

    Where's the kaboom?? There's supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!

  12. Re:Not a summary on How Pentaquarks May Lead To the Discovery of New Fundamental Physics · · Score: 2

    It's really irritating when you read these articles where the authors treat hypothetical particles and real particles interchangeably, worse when you get tables full of them intermixed.

  13. Re: Seriously... on Giving Doctors Grades Has Backfired · · Score: 1

    We're just gonna call that "justifiable homicide". Besides, it killed all the dinosaurs. So we'll scorel it a "win/win".

  14. Re:Game the system game the metrics on Giving Doctors Grades Has Backfired · · Score: 2

    Yeah, because Bill Gates is THE go-to guy for opinions on software quality.

  15. Re:$805M budget on Smithsonian Using Kickstart Campaign To Save Armstrong's Moon Suit · · Score: 1

    Or we could maybe use 1/3 of the DOD's paper-clip budget.

  16. Re:The future is going to be incredible... on New Molecular Transistor Can Control Single Electrons · · Score: 3, Funny

    Heh. My future had mile-high skyscrapers, colonies on the moon, atomic powered airplanes, fusion power too cheap to meter, and FLYING CARS, goddamit, FLYING FUCKING CARS!

  17. Re:WTF? on 'Pluto Truthers' Are Pretty Sure That the NASA New Horizons Mission Was Faked · · Score: 4, Funny

    Really? Perhaps you didn't know it, but dwarf planets make a "whoosh"ing sound.

  18. Re:Is anything true? on 'Pluto Truthers' Are Pretty Sure That the NASA New Horizons Mission Was Faked · · Score: 1

    I knew you were going to say that.

  19. Re:In other news.. on Larry Wall On Perl 6, Language Design, and Getting Kids To Code · · Score: 3, Funny

    Sure, I'd let my kids play with used syringes and loaded guns, but Perl?? Whaddya think I am, a bad parent?

  20. Re:Perl is better than you think on Larry Wall On Perl 6, Language Design, and Getting Kids To Code · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Perl code can be treacherously obfuscated, but that's part of the fun. As long as good code is well documented, there is no harm.

    To quote something I read somewhere:

    You have obviously never coded in any language, let alone Perl. Comments like these are usually from people with zero real life experience.

  21. Re:Read the article, it's full of great quotes on Larry Wall On Perl 6, Language Design, and Getting Kids To Code · · Score: 4, Funny
    How about this one:

    We say in Perl that it's "strangely consistent".

    Because, god knows, if anything in Perl is consistent, it's strange.


    Then there's the use of "Larry Wall" and "language designer" in the same sentence...

  22. In other news on Neil Young Says His Music Is Too Good For Streaming Services · · Score: 4, Funny

    My ears are too good for Neil Young's singing. That guy couldn't carry a tune in a bucket.

  23. Oh. Darn. on Study Details What Happens When Galaxies Collide · · Score: 3, Funny

    I assumed this was a video of Samsung phones being fired at each other.

  24. Re:Decisions, decisons on Comcast Launches Streaming Service and Unveils Pricing For 2G Fiber · · Score: 1

    I assume that's an 8-bit Kermit you pointed us to, but it doesn't have TeleVideo 910 emulation :-(

  25. Re:Decisions, decisons on Comcast Launches Streaming Service and Unveils Pricing For 2G Fiber · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that's why I'm posting at -1 by default and you're ... oh wait ... just a jerk.