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  1. Re:Bollocks on Paris Attacks Would Not Have Happened Without Crypto (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know where your view of "elsewhere in the world" is from, but it does not seem to match mine.

    I think he means Rosie O'Donnell's dining table.

  2. Re:Smart! on Austrian Minister Calls For a Constitutional Right To Pay In Cash · · Score: 2

    That particular business got some luck and is getting a refund of the fines.

    At the time, the IRS refused to say whether the deal would be extended to other shops.

  3. Me help you.

    *shoots Mr D in head with woolly mammoth bone*

  4. Re:One down. on Carly Is Out · · Score: 1

    I watched their various speeches last night, the irony is that Trump was rather humble in accepting victory, a bit out of place for him. It is possible that he sees winning as a real possibility and now has to pay attention to the other 64% of Republican voters.

    He might be looking at the possibility of actually winning and starting to realize what a s#!tstorm is waiting for the victor in 2017.

    Obama is pretty obviously just trying to run the clock out on his time in office, and leaving the mess for the next person to clean up.

    If I were a candidate in either party, I'd be seriously considering handing the primary victory to someone else and saying, "See ya' in 2020!"

  5. Re:trump independent can lead to no one getting 27 on Carly Is Out · · Score: 1

    Having one party in the Presidency and a different party in Vice Presidency could be a load of laughs.

    We've had situations like that in California, where our governor is elected separately from the lieutenant governor. When the governor would leave the state, the lieutenant governor would undermine him at every opportunity.

  6. Re:Its not the actual bomb, its the threat on North Korea's Satellite Tumbling In Orbit · · Score: 1

    Let's imagine that NK manages to launch a nuke and lands it in Los Angeles (not densely populated like San Francisco or New York, but a nice big target that wouldn't require as much precision to hit).

    The US decides it is going to turn NK into a parking lot and launches a retaliatory strike.

    The really big problem occurs when China and Russia detect multiple ICBM's being launched from the US and sees them heading in their general direction, and they start thinking "Ya' know, we'd better get something into the air because we don't really know what the targets are."

  7. I can't beat it, but I can get fairly close.

    My automatic '09 Honda Fit (pretty much the equivalent of the Tercel hatchback except, IIRC, the Tercel had two doors vs. the Fit's four) regularly gets 35+ MPG. Mind, that's actual use, not the manufacturer's estimated MPG.

  8. Re:Y2K issues again! on President Obama Unveils $19 Billion Plan To Overhaul U.S. Cybersecurity · · Score: 1

    Well, the good news is that I'll be about 80 years old by then, and no longer writing software. And my pacemaker will probably just halt at the rollover, so I won't have anything to worry about.

  9. Re:The basic question is answered...but still... on Australia Cuts 110 Climate Scientist Jobs: "The Science is Settled." · · Score: 1

    Sure, we know the answer is "The world is getting hotter and it's all our fault" - but there are still a heck of a lot of questions that need to be answered. "How Fast?" and "Will the extra CO2 help crops or weeds grow faster?" and "What can we do about it?" and "Will such-and-such course of action have enough effect to avoid such-and-such consequences?"

    We need those guys even more than we did before the original question was answered.

    One question was addressed many (I think about 25) years ago, at least on a small scale.

    Some scientists saturated a field with CO2 for several months to observe the effects. (Thus, contributing to global climate change :) )

    What they found was that the plants grew significantly larger, but they were also much less nutritious. This, in turn, led to bugs having to eat more plants.

  10. Re:Insanity on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 1

    You'll wind up with rainbow ponies! Just think of the tourism dollars!

  11. Re:More nation-wrecking idiocy on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 1

    I think you also have to take in the account that there may be temporary effects of the change, when you change the road layout people will naturally become more cautious, but as time goes by they will get used to it and increase there speed again.

    I wonder if that is really what's happening. The road without the dividing line is an aberration. The driver may become confused about what's going on ahead and slow down because of it, maybe expecting to come upon some road repair being done.

    Once not having the dividing line is seen as a normal condition, drivers may just drive at the normal speed.

  12. Re:Weighed Response on North Korea Accused of Testing an ICBM With Missile Launch Into Space (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    I would think it would be unlikely for the US to counter any NK nuclear attack using ballistic missiles, simply because both Russia and China would see them coming and not completely trust that they weren't the targets.

    I rather doubt that China would take too kindly to nuclear blasts occurring right at their own border, either.

  13. Re:The land of the free? on California Bill Would Require Phone Crypto Backdoors · · Score: 2

    We have one of the largest economies in the world, but we also have $450 billion in debt.

  14. Re:Why? 4g is fast enough on Verizon Vows To Build the First 5G Network In the US (networkworld.com) · · Score: 0

    Don't worry about it. Remember, we are talking about the U.S. and Verizon, here.

    That means that whatever they build will be called "5G" for marketing purposes, but it will only be half the speed of what the rest of the world calls 5G, and cost 6 times more.

  15. Re:The land of the free? on California Bill Would Require Phone Crypto Backdoors · · Score: 1

    California is to the U.S. as Italy or Greece is to the E.U. It's pretty much ungovernable and fails its citizens regularly. Our legislature is ruled by a single party with little input from the other, and they openly debate about how they can leverage various crises to make people vote for tax increases.

  16. Re:FeinSwine on California Bill Would Require Phone Crypto Backdoors · · Score: 2

    Feinstein is a senator in D.C.

    This is being introduced in the state assembly (essentially the equivalent of the House of Representatives, but at the state level).

  17. Re:Fuck it i'm voting republican on California Bill Would Require Phone Crypto Backdoors · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately the Republican party in California is so dysfunctional that they couldn't nominate a viable candidate for dog catcher. They'd have to go to the Democratic party and ask them who they should put on the ballot.

    I'd like to know what kind of reception this bill is getting from the other assembly members.

  18. Re:Just What the Government Wants - Backdoors on Backdoor Account Found On Devices Used By White House, US Military (sec-consult.com) · · Score: 2

    They're eating their own dog food.

    I'd like to ask some of the presidential candidates what they think about backdoors now. There's another Republican debate coming up. This needs to be brought to the attention of the moderators along with any press that happens to be interviewing HRC and Sanders.

  19. What about the BUSes? on NASA, NOAA Analyses Reveal Record-Shattering Global Warm Temperatures In 2015 (nasa.gov) · · Score: 1

    You mean the Blizzards of Unusual Size? I don't believe they exist.

  20. It's still going to ruin your day if it falls on your house.

  21. By the same companies that were manufacturing hoverboards, no doubt.

  22. Re:no surprise it was on /. yesterday, either on Adblock Plus Blocked From Attending Online Ad Industry's Big Annual Conference (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Getting something for free means that you are not the customer, you are the product.

  23. In that case, IAB shouldn't be surprised if the users of ABP make the decision for them.

  24. Re: Tomorrow in The Guardian on Overfishing Responsible For Declining Fish Population (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    And St this time, few deniers are consider to have decent papers in any field that they operate in.

    Ah, good old St This Time!

    Followers of St Last Time always think they're so superior to followers of St This Time. But everyone really knows that we, of This Time, are far better off than they, of Last Time.

  25. Re:I'm not seeing the problem here on 10-Year-Old Muslim Boy Probed For 'Terrorist House' Spelling Error (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I have no problem with them looking into the boy's comments either. It isn't infringement. Could even have been a cry for help, and imagine if we ignored a cry for help.

    We just had a little incident out here, last month, where some neighbor noticed odd activity around a house but didn't report it because she didn't want to be accused of racial profiling. It made a little stir in the local news. Fourteen people died.