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  1. SpaceX has, even with the experiments and what not, remained at $60M per launch, which is drastically lower than the competition.

    During that time they've managed to recover multiple first-stage boosters. Even before the serious ROI concerns the company is doing these things. So even if SpaceX doesn't manage to recycle they still got the production pipeline for the engines that will scale, other things will scale, etc, just as most other kinds of businesses.

  2. Who would ever want to listen to music on $5.00 headphones? Can only assume you either had some kind of accident or an unfortunate birth defect.

  3. Re:who decides what is "hate speech"??? on Microsoft, Facebook, YouTube and Others Agree To Remove Hate Speech Across the EU · · Score: 2

    You're not a lawyer, as you said, so obviously you're missing the reason why the above is pretty fucked up.

    First of all there's no clear definition of what constitutes a 'threat' against those groups, and it is established international law that 'refugees' have the right of asylum. So let's say you don't like economic (or even civil war) refugees coming to your country in the hundreds of thousands due to their way of life. (patriarchal, non-democratic, etc, views/actions) Send them back / keep them out.

    Make a facebook post about the subject and suddenly you have made a 'threat' against a race/origin/religion/... and their 'freedoms' and 'rights'. We do after all have some signed papers regarding the rights of refugees.

    And the law is so broad it will put random people in front of judges until they can show how retarded the law is, and that is going to take years to sort out which means during the next couple of decades you'd better be using an anonymous account and TOR if you want to say something the 'people' don't like you saying.

  4. How is a machine 'computed' proof any different from a human 'computed' proof?

  5. Re:Tesla defying old ways again on Tesla To Hold Gigafactory Grand Opening on July 29 · · Score: 1

    They already got some production up and running so why be such an asshole about 'grand openings'.

  6. Re:But of course... on CIA Watchdog 'Mistakenly' Destroyed Its Only Copy Of A Senate Torture Report (yahoo.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When you have to compare yourself to ISIL to look good, I guess you've reached the top of the bottom.

  7. Re:GOP has too much hateful speech on Mark Zuckerberg: 'No Evidence' Facebook Staff Suppressed Stories With Conservative Viewpoints (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    True, and everything our opponents say is hateful by definition.

  8. Then you haven't seen the right picture. They drove at 110mph into what can only be called a GTA-style ramp, the flat road and field is just where they got their speed and awesome high-impact landing.

  9. Re:Not seeing how this is any different. on Tesla's Inherent Safety Saves Five Joyriding Teenagers In Germany (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not about how your car looked compared to the tesla, it's about how bad the crash itself was.

    If _your_ car had gone through the same it would not be looking 'similar to this'.

  10. Re:Simple question on Aging and Bloated OpenSSL Is Purged of 2 High-Severity Bugs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    They say FIPS and a secure, cleanly coded ssl library can't work, so who cares about some government-mandated 'standard'.

    LibreSSL has been multi-platform for a year or so now, what are you smoking?

    Switching to LibreSSL is no more than a binary (or source) package change as it has the same ABI/API as OpenSSL except for the retarded bits.

  11. Re:SWIFT is also to blame on $10 Router, No Firewall Blamed In $80M Bangladesh Bank Hack (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    SWIFT can only send money, not deduct money, so why should SWIFT require any security? Don't have it, well you pay for it.

  12. Re:Makes sense on Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps · · Score: 1

    So what you are seeking is a 'lemonade stand finder' app? I'm sure that can be easily made.

  13. Re:No on Have We Reached Maximum Sustainable Population Size? · · Score: 1

    Congratulations on completely missing a pretty simple reductio ad absurdum; he didn't say we needed to worry about infinite number of humans, rather that the GP's argument of no worries would suggest that infinite number of humans would still be sustainable.

  14. Re:Syria Reportedly Back On the Internet... on Syria Reportedly Back On the Internet · · Score: 2

    Applying the same logic to the OP, let's disconnect him from the internets as he brings no value to it.

  15. Re:There is a simple solution on Carbon Emissions Reached Record High In 2010 · · Score: 1

    I too am not really that worried personally, as I got a Norwegian passport... One of the five countries with arctic territories and all the latest climate models put us in a really nice position on all counts. Hell, we've been making buddies with Russia thanks to our shared interests in the North so once the hungry masses of climate-refugees start pouring north to get their dirty hands on that arctic goodies we'll have the military might to keep them out.

    Not to mention we're rich, so we can buy our way out of any food or energy shortage. Hell, I can't see any reason at all to worry as long as I keep my egocentrical view of the world.

  16. Re:"lese majeste" on US Citizen Visiting Thailand Arrested For Blog Posting · · Score: 1

    And in this case it looks like they didn't have any laws to stop an American from leeching on their Health Care without paying taxes... Someone thought it was a good idea to exploit his Thai passport.

  17. Re:2027? 2045? on Japan's MagLev Gets Go Ahead · · Score: 2

    No it isn't...

    If you want to see the answer to what one does with such a large source of oil wealth in a small country, on looks to Norway. When brand new desalination plants are built that run on oil you know there's a serious lack of forward-thinking.

  18. Re:Missed opportunity on Fedora 16 Will Number UIDs From 1000 · · Score: 1

    Yet how will this interoperate with the Japanese version of RedHat MEME when that starts at UID 8000?

  19. Reading, counting to 100 and other difficult tasks on Professor Questions Sink-Or-Swim Intro To CS Courses · · Score: 2

    What next, CS students get slack for not knowing how to read and write, addition and multiplication, and all the other skills you're expected to have when entering a high-level field of study?

    Computer science isn't a vocation education... You're there to learn the theory and techniques of programming, amongst other things. If you haven't taught yourself the basics of programming by the time you enroll then you deserve that F.

  20. Re:Sounds like someone 'famous' is out of cash on Twitter Sued By British Soccer Player · · Score: 1

    I'm sure those who posted those twits have 13 BILLION dollars under their beds, just in case they say something a rich football player doesn't like.

  21. Re:Evolved to process religion? on Apple Causes Religious Reaction In Brains of Fans · · Score: 2

    There are some very interesting theories regarding how the brain's preference towards false positives due to survival pressure, and how that leads to a preposition towards religion.

  22. Re:Much Broader Implications on Computer Records Hold Key In IMF Head's Sexual Assault Case · · Score: 2

    Everyone knows he liked women, that has never been the issue unless you are one of those who think everyone who isn't monogamous and/or virgins until they get married... A pervert would be someone who employs more buttplugs than there are butts, not someone who just likes sex.

    The issue here is that considering the Euro Debt Crisis and how much of a change in direction his resignation would herald, we're talking about half a trillion dollars worth of Greek debt that will end up being restructured... In addition the domino-effect it will have.

    So this could very well be a setup, where they aimed at his virility. Or someone who realized how much money they could sue for, after getting paid for giving a blowjob. Or the guy might have gotten a bit too excited going beyond what she was willing to do. Or it might have been a real attempted rape as claimed.

  23. Re:The burning question. on Boot Linux In Your Browser · · Score: 1

    I'll just leave Stephen Fry's wise words regarding this; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxxiS4m9OSg

  24. Re:Happens to me in Japan too on Think I'm Not American? Pass the Hamburgers. · · Score: 1

    LOL weeabo, stop trying so hard... It's really embarrassing when I'm with some japanese friends and we meet a newbie gaijin like you.

    When they ask if it's normal for white people to be like that, I tell them it's mostly just the Americans.

  25. Re:Nuke power on Japan Widens Evacuation Zone Around Fukushima · · Score: 3, Informative

    The Chernobyl reactor was brand new... If you're going to be all panic mode about stuff at least get the easily verifiable facts right.