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  1. Trump isn't stupid, impulsive (definitely) and narcissistic (probably), but not stupid. Clinton is spending $Millions to counter what is basically free publicity for Trump. Trump's first TV ad is just now ready to air, think about that. In his last couple appearances he stayed on script and didn't go rogue; He maybe re-invented already.

    Clinton is going to have to get on stage again in the debates, and she going to have to stay on stage, if Trump pushes, she likely to have another seizure on TV; and nobody is going to be there to talk her through it there.

  2. Re:Popcorn's ready... on FBI Finds 14,900 More Documents From Hillary Clinton's Email Server (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually Trump's personal income taxes would probably be quite boring, the income taxes of all of the corporations, foundations and partnerships is where things will get more interesting. The same with the Clinton's, they donated nearly a million dollars to the Clinton Foundation, a pretty hefty tax deduction to a non-profit foundation with an 85% overhead.

  3. Re:This is bad, still not as bad as Honan Square.. on Chicago's Experiment In Predictive Policing Isn't Working (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up.

    I am disgusted by the US media that they have not picked up this story. It's an absolute disgrace, both by the police and the media.

    Well Obama's Friend and former Administration member, Rom Emanuel, is mayor so It's unlikely either He or Hillary are too anxious for a lot of press on this.

  4. Re:Meta-predictions on Chicago's Experiment In Predictive Policing Isn't Working (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    When I was in Chicago, in the "Miracle Mile" area a year or two ago, I don't see any crime (Unless you count pan-handling), but I saw a beat cop on every corner and a roving patrol in between; seems predicting Tourists in over-price hotels and restaurants would attract criminals and a high density of police would deter them seems to work.

  5. Re:So long as we're trying such elaborate measures on Chicago's Experiment In Predictive Policing Isn't Working (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    No the principal is if everyone is able to defend themselves, up to and including deadly force if necessary, violent criminals would be more wary of plying their trade. Years ago Miami Florida was known as the murder capital of the US, as a result Florida loosened their concealed weapons laws and crime went down considerably. It got to the point where the majority of people being robbed were people driving rental cars, the criminals knew that tourist who flew into Florida would be unarmed. Even now rental cars in Florida don't have decals of the rental company on them to protect the renters.

    The State has been allowed the prosecutorial prerogative, but that doesn't prohibit the individual's right to self-defense, and asserting the right to self-defense doesn't prohibit prosecution by the State.

    The basic problem is too many people have too little value for human life and too little respect for others. Even during the "Wild West" days, the professional gun slingers were less promiscuous with gun play.

  6. Re:Broken Windows Policing on Chicago's Experiment In Predictive Policing Isn't Working (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    If you have been convicted of a felony, it is illegal for you to posses a firearm. You know if you have been convicted of a felony, and felons almost automatically go through the parole system and are counselled on the illegality of them possessing a firearm. There may be an outlier cases where someone was mistakenly put on a list or had a conviction over-turned without being removed, but the vast majority of those failing background check were aware they were prohibited from weapons possession.

  7. Re:Broken Windows Policing on Chicago's Experiment In Predictive Policing Isn't Working (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Maybe the president could start enforcing the gun laws he has the power to enforce, instead of pushing for new restrictions on law abiding citizens?

    Because that's what liberals do, they make a grandstand play, pass a law with a feel-good title, catch some news coverage for trying to solve a problem, then become derelict on enforcement because it might actually reduce some minority on minority crime. If you reduce minority on minority crime, the minorities might become self-sufficient and tell the liberals to go to hell with their plantation mentality.

  8. Re:Broken Windows Policing on Chicago's Experiment In Predictive Policing Isn't Working (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd go along with decriminalizing or legalizing marijuana, but other drugs would need a more intensive intervention. The financial pressures of drug addiction lead to more destructive crimes. Non-violent drug offenders could get probation/enforced rehab instead of prison for small amount possession. Prostitution is usually not a victimless crime, prostitutes typically are in an involuntary servitude arrangement with a pimp, so the prostitute is the victim. Maybe when Hookers get Health/Dental coverage, workman's comp, unemployment insurance, uniform allowance and a 501K, I'll rethink the victimless part.

    Obama could take marijuana off the schedule 1 narcotics list with just his signature on an Executive Order.

  9. Re:Seems stupid... on Chicago's Experiment In Predictive Policing Isn't Working (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Percentage of total child abusers: ...

    The term "child abuser" isn't a term I usually associate with crime reporting data. A citation would be nice here; otherwise we will have to assume it's an emotional appeal form one of those "Non-profit advocacy groups" with an 85% overhead.

  10. Re:largest aircraft target on World's Largest Aircraft Completes Its First Flight (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Have there been any in the last 30 years? Patriot first fielded in 1981, based on a 1969 design, repalcing the Nike-Herc in the MIMAD role and the HAWK in the MEMAD role. Turning on an illuminator from an aircraft is pretty suicidal in today's threat environment.

  11. Re:Not the first flight either on World's Largest Aircraft Completes Its First Flight (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem with the Army doing R and D is they are constitutionally limited to a 3 year funding cycle. It often takes longer than that to spec out requirements for bids.

  12. Re:largest aircraft target on World's Largest Aircraft Completes Its First Flight (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Most "Radar Guided" are really semi-active homing, which means they home in on microwave energy radiated from an illuminating radar and reflected back from the target to the missile. The interesting part of this is the Airlander has a carbon-fiber skin, and carbon is a microwave sponge; so the radar cross-section is going to be pretty small, I wouldn't be surprised if commercial versions have Radar reflectors installed to make them more visible. In fact the airlander might be a very effective anti-radiation weapons platform.

  13. Re:Say bye bye to the internet as we know it on Transfer of Internet Governance Will Go Ahead On Oct. 1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    No they wouldn't ban anything, they would just change the domains TTL (Time To Live) to 1 second and make sure the records were on the "slow server" and it would go into a DNS meltdown and not load.

  14. Re:So this is actually happening? on Transfer of Internet Governance Will Go Ahead On Oct. 1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Turn in your Nerd Card, you poser.

  15. Re:Much rejoicing... on Transfer of Internet Governance Will Go Ahead On Oct. 1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    It's not that most of what you are saying is wrong, but when you say

    Personally I think single country stewardship is a bad idea though regardless, in Asia there is censorship over blasphemy, Europe it's holocaust denial, in South America it's criticising government, and in North America it's defying the copyright cartels. All-country stewardship where changes can only occur based on 100% consensus is the only way to really protect free speech on the internet because that way you get all the benefits of the US veto you have currently but with the added advantage of countries like Russia and China being willing to block US copyright censorship.

    you should be aware that Europe will need to get their holocaust denial thing in so they'll abstain when South American Government Slander thing goes up for a vote, and of course for Russia to get their gay porn banned they'll have to go along with US copyright censorship and by the time all of the horse trading is done we'll end up with not the best of all out comes but the worse.

  16. Re:Criminal status is not a race. on FCC Complaint: Baltimore Police Breaking Law With Use of Stingray Phone Trackers (baltimoresun.com) · · Score: 1

    If 20% of the population is committing 50% of the crime, is enhanced enforcement in minority communities really racism or is it effective asset allocation? If your part of the majority of the minority community members being preyed upon by a minority of gangbanger scum, your really caught between a rock and a hard place.

  17. Re:Incomplete title... on Your Political Facebook Posts Aren't Changing How Your Friends Think (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually it's not that far fetched for Gary Johnson to take enough states to deadlock the Electoral College and force the election to Congress. Congress hates both Trump and Clinton enough to seriously consider Johnson as president. Johnson as a Libertarian would have a hard time getting anything done and the Establishment Parties would a clean shot without Trump and Clinton in 2020.

  18. Re:Incomplete title... on Your Political Facebook Posts Aren't Changing How Your Friends Think (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Third party, hell I'd like to see the top 4 minimum included in the televised debates. With the old Bernie supporters taking a serious look at Jill Stein and the Tea Party faction looking at Gary Johnson, we'd have a completely different race right now. Both Trump and Clinton would have to quite the "vote for me because the other is Evil(tm)" routine and the MSM might actual have to do some real reporting for a change.

  19. Re:Higgs still there on There May Be A Fifth Force of Nature, Study Suggests (space.com) · · Score: 1

    My suspicion is if there is one new force/gauge boson, there is two; and if there are two new bosons there are 6 new fermions, and likely another scaler boson to boot.

  20. Re:Actually it's the 6th force of nature on There May Be A Fifth Force of Nature, Study Suggests (space.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe when the Large Hardon Collider is back up we can we can mate Norris with Jovovich and conceive the true 5th force.

  21. Re: The fifth force is... on There May Be A Fifth Force of Nature, Study Suggests (space.com) · · Score: 1

    If you are lucky enough to get paid to hunt ghosts, you are going to provide enough evidence that your ghost hunting is providing the possibility of even more ghosts. In turn you need more funding to hunt for more elusive ghosts. If you can BS your way through talking about stuff that nobody can possibly understand your results, or even replicate your results, you can turn your ghost hunting into a life long career that pays very well, and never really do anything in life.

    I applaud these guys. Good for them.

    Back, back to Hell with you, you Evil(tm) Climate denier! Scum like you would probably even vote for Trump!

  22. Re:Inherently Insecure on Ask Slashdot: Are There Secure Alternatives To Skype? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not so sure with mobile devices that's as easy as it sounds. I'm not aware of the situation in other countries but in Australia you normally sit behind NAT and don't get a publicly routable IP address. I once inquired with with a carrier if it was possible to get one so I could VNC into an embedded system using a dynamic DNS arrangement and the answer was it was only available as an add-on option for corporate accounts, and that meant having a minimum of 500 phone services.

    That sucks, on the other hand getting scanned from all over the world sucks as well.

  23. Re:Why the obsession? on Ask Slashdot: Are There Secure Alternatives To Skype? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's not even that we don't trust,

    trust ; firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something.

    we absolutely trust that if we allow the agents of government a great power to use in a narrow context, against a specific group of bad actors for the general benefit, that they will eventually without fail use that power in contexts never intended and against people never imagined, with only in regard to the benefit of the few power brokers.

  24. Re:Marketing is a four-letter word on Popular Sex Toy Caught Sending Intimate Data To Manufacturer (fusion.net) · · Score: 1

    Try running for office and your "masturbation" details will be released. Oops.

    For myself, I would not care if you used a vibrator or not but there are hundreds of thousands of mouth-breathers out there who do care.

    I remember Bill Clinton telling GM UAW members about banging Bimbos in the back of his El Camino and getting rug burns on his knees from the astro-turf in the bed. He still got elected POTUS, got impeached over lying about banging Bimbos in the Oval Office, but he still got elected!

  25. Re:This already happens on Popular Sex Toy Caught Sending Intimate Data To Manufacturer (fusion.net) · · Score: 1

    I know people who would want to record the full sensory, and neuro-chemical responses and then share it on social-media; have you seen how many people brag about their fitbit numbers?