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  1. Re:Whats wrong with that? on US Army Completes First Test Flight of Mach 6 Weapon · · Score: 1

    If it can ruin mutually assured destruction, some countries might try to prevent mass deployment of it by a preemptive strike. Although I admit that this is very unlikely.

  2. Re:Not a bug on Drug-Resistant Superbugs Sweeping Across Europe · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I tought it was a synonim of beetle.

  3. Re:Supernovas on OPERA Group Repeats Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Results · · Score: 1

    Well the neutrons did arrive a few hours earlier in than the light from 1987a, so it does not have to be an exact match.

  4. Re:It's getting interesting on OPERA Group Repeats Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Results · · Score: 1

    Interesting, but I don't think this would happen, as neutrinos don't have charge. The Cherenkov radiation is an electromagnetic effect, so it does not work on neutrinos.

  5. Re:General Relativity is Wrong on OPERA Group Repeats Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Results · · Score: 1

    Oh, sorry then, that does require general relativity.

  6. Pointless on Microsoft Patent Aims To Curb Obnoxious Employee Behavior · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If anyone notices bad behavior, there is no need for additional monitoring. But if noone notices it, there is no harm done. What's the point?

  7. It's getting interesting on OPERA Group Repeats Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Results · · Score: 0

    But I remain sceptical until an independent experiment ran by another team confirms it.

  8. Re:General Relativity is Wrong on OPERA Group Repeats Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Results · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That objects can't travel faster than light is in special relativity, which does not contradict quantum mechanics.

  9. Re:Supernovas on OPERA Group Repeats Faster-Than-Light Neutrino Results · · Score: 5, Interesting

    OPERA measures muon neutrinos, not electron neutrinos. It's possible that only one kind travels faster than light.

  10. Not a bug on Drug-Resistant Superbugs Sweeping Across Europe · · Score: 1

    Not a parasite bug but a bacteria. The human body is not a piece of software to call every problem a bug.

  11. Re:US to erect Great Atlantic Firewall on EU Speaks Out Against US Censorship · · Score: 1

    Exactly, the European countries (mind you, not the same as the EU) have many problems with free speech, and I think this move is mostly motivated by the fear that the US is using its ownership of the majority of the Internet infrastructure to enforce its own economical goals.

  12. Re:US, get out on EU Speaks Out Against US Censorship · · Score: 1

    The Russians would still win WW2 without US help. But yeah, that would mean all of Europe except Britain would fall to communism. The problem is, someone will always rule the world, and if we have to choose between Russia, China and the USA, the Americans are still the best. There were plans about a paneuropean military alliance but I don't think that will happen in the foreseeable future.

  13. The only working method to measure a developer on The Futility of Developer Productivity Metrics · · Score: 1

    is Lines Of Code, obviously.

  14. They are perfectly safe on All French Nuclear Reactors Deemed Unsafe · · Score: 1

    "For example, it is necessary that each reactor has at least one protected independent diesel generator positioned out of the way which does not fail even in case of an extremely violent earthquake," he said.

    "All reactors have to survive much more violent events than what they were built to resist," he added, citing as possible examples an earthquake that destroys the southern city of Nice or the collapse of all dams at once, triggering massive floods.

    These events are very unlikely to happen. The plants are perfectly safe.

  15. Re:While they're at it ... on EULAs Don't Have To Suck · · Score: 1

    We already have that. For example, whenever a bank modifies the contract they have to send a letter detailing the modifications.

  16. Already exist on EULAs Don't Have To Suck · · Score: 1

    In my country EULAs are not allowed to contain "unusual" (I'm not sure hot that is defined) parts.

  17. Scam on Energy Firm Wants To Be First To Mine the Moon · · Score: 1

    Even if they had everything needed researched and designed so they could start immedietly, getting that much stuff to the Moon would still require at least 50 years and cost much morte they claim it would. This is a scam to collect funding.

  18. Re:just like battleships on Identifying Nuclear Scientists Willing To Sell Their Knowledge · · Score: 1

    Battleships kill soldiers, nukes kill civilians, and millions of them. BIG difference.

  19. Re:No proof. on Identifying Nuclear Scientists Willing To Sell Their Knowledge · · Score: 1

    To be honest, Russian nuclear technology is also based on the US one.

  20. Re:How could he have been stopped? on Identifying Nuclear Scientists Willing To Sell Their Knowledge · · Score: 1

    For deterrence to work, they had to be used at least once.

  21. Re:Knowledge isn't the problem. on Identifying Nuclear Scientists Willing To Sell Their Knowledge · · Score: 1

    Yeah, building the bomb is easy, but building a rocket to carry it is much harder.

  22. Re:Everybody should have the weapons on Identifying Nuclear Scientists Willing To Sell Their Knowledge · · Score: 1

    would make the world a more honest place or would unmake the world

    The second.

  23. Re:Everybody should have the weapons on Identifying Nuclear Scientists Willing To Sell Their Knowledge · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Libya made a huge mistake for example, so did Iraq.

    Yeah because it would have been great if one side had access to nuclear weapons in those civil wars wouldn't it? With smaller undemocratic countries the chances of nukes getting into the hands of some crazy rogue dictator is huge. Just look at all the suicide bombers, there are many people who don't care about death. If every country had nukes there would at least one dumb enough to use them.

  24. Re:I don't understand on RIAA Doesn't Like the "Used Digital Music" Business · · Score: 1

    You don't sell a copy but lease a copyright licence. Copyright is a legal thing mostly independent of the physical format.

  25. A sad necessity on Hiding Messages In VoIP Packets · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Steganography is tech which while I admire, I hope that I will never need to use. Sadly, the world seems to be going the other way.