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  1. Re:we may be "Martians" on Bacteria From Beer Lasts 553 Days In Space · · Score: 1

    That all assumes the 'life is rare' dogma... Why would life be rare, rather than abundant of conditions are right?

  2. Re:Charge for support on National Park Service Says Tech Is Enabling Stupidity · · Score: 1

    This is true, however people who don't have much experience in daily life of skipping multiple meals will find themselves losing their strength quite quickly hiking.

    I'd recommend emergency proviant consisting of a mix of chocolates pieces and nuts. One of best source of energy there is. You really don't need much.

  3. Re:Charge for support on National Park Service Says Tech Is Enabling Stupidity · · Score: 1

    So you're mandating that poor people aren't allowed to procreate... This really isn't like fucking driving a car.

    Anyway, his story is reality. And reality does not mix very well with capitalism.

  4. Re:Charge for support on National Park Service Says Tech Is Enabling Stupidity · · Score: 1

    It really is amazing how even those of us from the communistic socialistic marxistic what ever countries have people who don't realize how fucking awesome it is when you got an efficient well-managed system that provides services that Americans assume they must be millionaires to get.

    The Scandinavian countries are fucking awesome with jelly and whipped cream, and you won't realize it until you've lived in some other countries.

  5. Re:Statement from Swedish Pirate Party's leader on Julian Assange Faces Rape Investigation In Sweden — Updated · · Score: 3, Informative

    Funny how small but important details get lost in translation.

    What he actually wrote was that 'Vi känner inte människan', which would be translated as 'We don't know the person'. That is to say; what kind of person he is.

  6. Funny aspect of this on Julian Assange Faces Rape Investigation In Sweden — Updated · · Score: 5, Interesting

    According to the article the two women did not actually accuse him of rape, only that they asked the police for guidance relating to what allegedly happened.

    This point is rather interesting, as in e.g. Norway (which has very similar legal system) you can and often will get a year or more prison sentence if you knowingly falsely accuse someone of rape.

  7. Re:Hmmm.... on 'Wi-Fi Illness' Spreads To Ontario Public Schools · · Score: 1

    Only people who don't wash their hands after a trip to the bathroom are people who have a secret fetish that turns them on at the thought of sharing their ball-sweat with others.

  8. Re:save lives by exposing military tactics.... on Wikileaks To Publish Remaining Afghan Documents · · Score: 1

    It's called the United Nation Charter, and while technically a treaty rather than law the same applies.

  9. I helped jack off the horse on Ted Stevens and Sean O'Keefe In Plane Crash · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Please don't capitalize words like 'plane crash' unless you're talking about a movie or something.

  10. Re:wikileaks is politically biased on Human Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    Funny thing is; it wasn't ever really meant to be funny, which is why it really is funny.

  11. Re:EVE is the dickhead MMO on EVE Player Loses $1,200 Worth of Game Time In-Game · · Score: 1

    If EVE players are so risk averse how come I keep hearing FC's and fleet members saying the equivalent of 'screw the odds, let's go get ourselves blown up'.

  12. Re:I think that's the point on EVE Player Loses $1,200 Worth of Game Time In-Game · · Score: 1

    Experience managing complex production and logistics chains is stupid and wasted.

    Experience commanding half a thousand soldiers and processing intel from a dozen sources while keeping situational awareness is stupid and wasted.

    Experience learning intricate details of a complex market and correctly predicting price fluctuations and investment opportunities is stupid and wasted.

    Learning to set your own goals and working in teams is stupid and wasted.

    EVE is a stupid game and waste of time.

  13. Re:Question for EVE players on EVE Player Loses $1,200 Worth of Game Time In-Game · · Score: 1

    The real reason they changed this was to remove special-cases in the code that was only used for this one item. Basically increased efficiency and simpler code was the reason.

  14. Re:Question for EVE players on EVE Player Loses $1,200 Worth of Game Time In-Game · · Score: 1

    If you're looking at high-end grind for ISK, it's more like 60-100M per hour / per account. You do however need a carrier (assigning fighters) + pimped faction battleship in alliance controlled space running anomalies. For bonus you sometimes get good escalations or find high-end complexes that net you a couple billion in faction modules.

    Empire (safe space) mission runners and such do top out at 30M. However it's safe and easy to get into.

    For real income one goes into trading.

  15. Re:ok i'll say it on EVE Player Loses $1,200 Worth of Game Time In-Game · · Score: 1

    Does not cover cargo nor modules.

  16. Re:ok i'll say it on EVE Player Loses $1,200 Worth of Game Time In-Game · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is _NO_ excuse to even UNDOCK while carrying 22 billion ISK worth of cargo in a kestrel* during a wardec** (or even when you're not, as we have suicide ganks), in Jita*** of all places.

    The guy and his alliance is now the laughingstock of EVE, and the alliance he led probably won't survive losing pretty much their whole ISK reserve.

    * Kestrel; noob frigate that goes pop if you stare too hard at it.

    ** Wardec; one corp declares officially sanctioned war against another, being able to shoot without retaliation from CONCORD.

    *** Jita; most trafficked system in EVE, a trade hub with average of 1000-1400 people and known to lag at times.

  17. Re:Logistics. on Human Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    The logistics of this would be no problem for an organization such as the US military... They do much more complicated stuff all the time

    And btw, you mean 'the US military shouldn't have refused', rather than 'that Julian Assange should not have released these documents without doing the right thing', right?

  18. Re:wikileaks is politically biased on Human Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    As a funny-man once said; Reality has a strong liberal bias.

  19. Re:Wikileaks and Assange own this on Human Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    There was no 'big rush', the documents were in the hands of reporters for months prior to public release for fuck sake.

    And why aren't you buying that it's not the US military's fault? They were given a pretty simple choice; help us redact or risk sensitive information falling through. A simple choice. No rush.

  20. Re:This information is KILLING PEOPLE on Human Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If I ran into Assange right now, I'd kill him with my own bare hands. He's a traitor.

    And you'd be a simple murderer.

    BTW, he's not from the US (and easy to assume you are since that is one of the few western country where they pull the traitor card so freely) so he can't really be a traitor against you/your country.

  21. Re:Info sec, trust, access control. on Human Rights Groups Join Criticism of WikiLeaks · · Score: 3, Informative

    There was a simple solution to this... Let the US government go through the documents redacting sensitive names and locations.

    Unfortunately they refused putting those afghans in danger.

  22. Re:I submit this possibility on Abandon Earth Or Die, Warns Hawking · · Score: 1

    We're not playing Homeworld here... the signs just aren't there as said.

    However the idea that we need to get off this rock is rather weird. If you think a polluted earth is a difficult environment to live in, try Mars.

  23. Re:Anonymous prosecutions/defendants. on Child Porn As a Weapon · · Score: 1

    In Norway, not only are both anonymous, but if the police find they were mislead the accuser faces a year or two in jail.

    Comes up in the news all the time, stories of women who e.g. reported a rape to cover up infidelity... and then ended up with one year prison sentence.

  24. Re:War Crimes on Pentagon Demands Return of Leaked Afghanistan Documents · · Score: 1

    And the US would manage well handling Afghanistan and Iraq on it's own?

    Only semblance of justification most European countries have for being in these wars despite strong public opposition is that we're on the good side. Secret renditions were bad enough, killing someone on european soil would not go down well.

  25. Re:More problems than just that on Steve Furber On Why Kids Are Turned Off To Computing Classes · · Score: 1

    What do you need to teach computer classes?

    Light-weight unix and some knowledge.... you can do what using 486's with 8M ram if that's all you got...