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  1. Mine will hire an outside contractor to pick up both for $20- and then let them keep the dollar and the nickel.

  2. She is heroically bad and an inspiration to all people achieving mediocrity in management.

  3. Re:"must be prepared to die" on Elon Musk: First Humans Who Journey To Mars Must 'Be Prepared To Die' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It's hidden in the 200 page EULA, right before, "I agree to be Bill Gate's biatch when I get to hell".

  4. There be gold in them there craters.

  5. Re:Idiotic publicity stunt on Elon Musk: First Humans Who Journey To Mars Must 'Be Prepared To Die' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Add to that: a greater variety of minerals. Mining probably more fruitful. I think gravity is the biggest one though. Not just for health, but it will feel a bit more normal than the moon.

  6. Re:how meany people on death row will take this? on Elon Musk: First Humans Who Journey To Mars Must 'Be Prepared To Die' (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Australia should send all their prisoners to Mars just to be ironic.

  7. Plenty of people died colonizing the Americas. Didn't stop more coming and keep trying hoping they would make it a success.

  8. Re:Everybody should be prepared to die. on Elon Musk: First Humans Who Journey To Mars Must 'Be Prepared To Die' (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been scared half to death. Twice.

  9. Re:News Flash! on Elon Musk: First Humans Who Journey To Mars Must 'Be Prepared To Die' (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    What I'm doing now is completely pointless.

    I'm ok with that.

  10. Well... me too. I wouldn't risk my life to go to Mars. The thing is though; I don't have to.

    There are plenty of people who are. Maybe they dream of having people trace their roots back to being one of the founding fathers of Mars. Or having a city named after them. (must admit McWeanyville does have a ring to it).

    Meh! Not for me though- I will stay on green-green earth; however, I understand the motivation for those who are more adventurous than you and I. Most people won't want to leave, but plenty will.

  11. Re:No such thing as free shipping on 55 Percent Of Online Shoppers Start Their Product Searches On Amazon (recode.net) · · Score: 1

    I probably get 30 to 40 packages a year- Amazon probably accounts for about half of them (but then I get them free WITHOUT prime- I just don't buy from Amazon unless I have $50 worth to buy).

    I will say though, I do prefer buying from Amazon if costs (including shipping) aren't much different. Amazon really does get "honoring the customer". They're not hard to work with if things go wrong.

  12. Amazon is only free shipping if you're prime. (and if you're prime you're paying a whopping $100 a year in most cases).

    Without prime, if you're not paying $50 in products pre tax, the shipping isn't free. I frequently buy from stores other than Amazon so that I can get free shipping, and frequently exclude taxes too.

  13. Re:Aaaand that's how the British Empire started. on Nissan Debuts 'ProPILOT' Self-Driving Chair (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh pshaw! This is going to help automate turning people into Brits worldwide. They can't help but be British when robotic chairs force them to queue correctly. You don't think MI6 infiltrated Nissan HQ to put this plan in motion?

    5 years from now everyone will drink tea, love dogs and going to the pub for a pint. The world will drive on the left and Lion Bars and Kendal Mint cakes will be sold in every country on earth. Citizens of earth, prepare to start drinking your ale at the correct temperature of 13C (55F).

  14. Phileas Fogg to sign up for the 80 day trip to Mars.

  15. We don't have the technology to pull that off successfully yet. We do have the technology to send rockets full of people there however.

  16. Re:Cool, but how does that help anything? on Elon Musk Proposes Spaceship That Can Send 100 People To Mars In 80 Days (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They are different, but that wouldn't mean the experience would be so different that they wouldn't learn something. Life support, psychology, and society problems would all be similar even if the physical environment is different.

  17. But will the chair on Nissan Debuts 'ProPILOT' Self-Driving Chair (pcmag.com) · · Score: 1

    Great, a chair to wait in line for me!

    But will the chair work in the rain? If it skips the line, who is responsible, me or Nissan; what if there is a collision with a person sitting in a manually operated chair?

    Finally, who is going to trust a chair that operates itself. People aren't going to want to give up the right to sit manually.

  18. But how can you compete for who has the most friends and likes with e-mail?

  19. There will be fewer people going to Mars at first than the first voyage on the Mayflower. 102 on the Mayflower- probably only a dozen going to Mars. That said, there will probably still end up being more than 180 tons sent total due to supply craft going ahead of time- and no doubt supply ships scheduled ahead of time to send more supplies after they get there.

  20. Re:It takes a village on World's First Baby Born With New '3 Parent' Technique (newscientist.com) · · Score: 1

    ... and she still didn't get pregnant.

  21. Re:What selfish bastards on World's First Baby Born With New '3 Parent' Technique (newscientist.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There is more demand for adopting babies than babies available. It can be a challenge.

    Now older kids... they get the short end of the stick, very few people want to adopt an older child; part of that is that they often come with emotional and mental challenges due to being orphans and passed around without a real home for much of their childhood... and not getting adopted adds to that.

    If someone wants a baby, it may be easier to get medical help than adopt. You could say they should adopt one of the older children available for adoption instead... and that would be nice but some parent's aren't willing to adopt a troubled older child rather than start with a clean slate who they can mould into their own child.

  22. Re:Or they could have just adopted on World's First Baby Born With New '3 Parent' Technique (newscientist.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hardly fair to call the baby malicious names even if you disapprove of this medical technique. If you must; bash the doctor and the parents, but the baby is innocent in this.

  23. It takes a village on World's First Baby Born With New '3 Parent' Technique (newscientist.com) · · Score: 2

    It takes a village...

  24. I work in tech so need a more powerful machine than what laptops typically provide.

  25. 2 years on Yahoo's Delay in Reporting Hack 'Unacceptable', Say Senators (zdnet.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    It took them 2 years to report the breach because they were using the Yahoo search engine to try and find the appropriate people to report the breach to.