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  1. Re: Humans can do this without the machinery on Scientists Connect the Brains of Three People, Allowing Thought-Sharing (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Because of course it's completely impossible for someone who is paralysed to have not been paralysed in the past...

  2. Re:Under Whelming Engineering on Japan Has Attempted To Land Two Tiny Rovers On a Distant Asteroid (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I have no idea what point you're trying to make with that comment.

  3. Re:Legitimate Kernel Developers Don't Want To Resc on Richard Stallman Says Linux Code Contributions Can't Be Rescinded (itwire.com) · · Score: 1

    he complains that because of people like me, the law doesn't allow him to marry very young girls.

    What's people like you?

  4. Re: That's going to really tick off people on Netherlands Proposes Legislation To Ban Use Of Phones On Bicycles (npr.org) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Should've got off your bike before typing that.

  5. Re:Under Whelming Engineering on Japan Has Attempted To Land Two Tiny Rovers On a Distant Asteroid (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps if you knew anything about space exploration and orbital mechanics you might have an inkling of how much harder it would be to do what you're suggesting.

    If you could demonstrate an ability to at least read at an 12 year old level

    The problem is that you're not demonstrating an ability to write at the level of a 12-year-old.

  6. Re:Under Whelming Engineering on Japan Has Attempted To Land Two Tiny Rovers On a Distant Asteroid (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    ...what? Have you woken up yet, or are you still drunk?

  7. Re:Why do we always assume that time moves forward on Quantum Experiment Confirms Causality Is Fuzzy (physicsworld.com) · · Score: 1

    starts running backwards from our perspective.

    would manifest strictly locally

    Aren't those mutually exclusive? Assuming you meant our perspective as being from outside the black hole.

  8. Re:He didn't "pass away". He *died* due to neglige on Creator of TempleOS, Terry Davis, Has Passed Away (osnews.com) · · Score: 1

    He didn't "pass away". He *died* due to negligence

    How do you know what he died of?

    According to Wikipedia, he hit by a train in an accident.

  9. Re:Née? on Creator of TempleOS, Terry Davis, Has Passed Away (osnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a bit old-fashioned but still in use.

  10. How about calling it "MSN Messenger"?

    Seriously the photo sharing in that was perfect.

  11. she can['t] be forced to testify against him.

    In most circumstances yes, she can. And in any case, demanding the password, which she knows, is unlikely to count as testifying against him.

  12. Re:laws in the uk? on Murder Suspect Jailed Over Refusing To Reveal Password In the UK (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Because they want to see what else in his Facebook account, not just any messages he sent to her. And yes, she might well have deleted them. He might have told her to.

    But who knows what else he might have in there - photos that place him in certain places at certain times, messages to other potential victims, and so on.

    It's called "gathering evidence" and you don't just look in the most obvious places.

    It'd be the equivalent of that Stormtrooper who goes "This door's locked; move on to the next one" when the droids they're looking for are right behind said door. He's an Imperial Stormtrooper! He could just bust the door down!

  13. Re:Working on a more comprehensive repair on Small Leak Discovered on Russian Side of International Space Station, NASA Says (go.com) · · Score: 1

    I assume you're being sarcastic, but what makes you think it wouldn't work well in zero G?

  14. Because for most people, movies cost money on Why Don't We Care About The Rotten Tomatoes Scores Of TV Shows? (digg.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's because for most people, watching a movie costs extra money. Watcing a new TV show usually doesn't.

  15. Re:No on It's Time to End the 'Data Is' vs 'Data Are' Debate (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh no you di'n't!

  16. Re:I don't spend 5 hours checking email on You Spend More Than 5 Hours Each Week Checking Your Email (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Well now I don't know what to believe. It says right there in the condescending headline that YOU spend more than 5 hours checking emails.

    Wait, is that you meaning you or you meaning me?

  17. No I don't on You Spend More Than 5 Hours Each Week Checking Your Email (fortune.com) · · Score: 2

    There's nothing more condescending - and in this case, completeley wrong - than a headline that tells you what YOU do.

    Some of us aren't so vacuous as to be unable to be interested in anything unless it directly affects ourselves personally.

  18. No on It's Time to End the 'Data Is' vs 'Data Are' Debate (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    No it aren't.

  19. Re:Is it? on It's Time to End the 'Data Is' vs 'Data Are' Debate (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    I'm pretty sure it aren't.

  20. Ooh, ooh, I know this one on Microsoft and Amazon Begin Public Rollout of First Alexa-Cortana Integrations (geekwire.com) · · Score: 2

    Cortana, what would Alexa say if I asked her which was the safe door?

  21. Re:Needs more solar panels on The Mining Town Where People Live Under the Earth (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    20W LED uses as much power as a 100W incandescent used to.

    Do you want to think about that statement for a second?

  22. Re:Only Children Censor on Facebook Bans Sites That Host Blueprints of 3D-Printed Guns (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    * They are a bunch of children who think they have the moral right to be the thought police. What gives them the right to decide what is acceptable or not?

    No, they are a bunch of adults who run their own website and can choose what can and can't be put on there.

    So owning Facebook is what gives them the right.

    ... does that mean they are infringing upon the rights of others when they block OTHER free speech rights?

    No, because they're not blocking others' free speech rights, any more than I would be blocking your free speech rights by making you leave my house if you started pontificating on the finer points of Kirk vs. Picard.

    Is communication on FaceBook's platform considered to be on "private property"?

    Yes.

    Is Facebook a "common carrier" or not when they have become a de facto Common / Town Square?

    No.

    If they acted like adults, why can't they allow the link but ALSO put up a banner saying "We believe this link to be irresponsible" .. and then let the user decide if the link is worth clicking or not?

    Because they don't want to, and there is no onus on them to do otherwise. Someone else can do that if they want to.

    The fact that they are censoring communication that they (politically) disagree with just proves that they are immature and scared and operating under the modus operandi of "CYA".

    Would you say the same about the makers of Roblox kicking people off for what they class as indecent behaviour?

  23. Re:I said “fuck them” long ago on Dropbox Is Dropping Support For All Linux File Systems Except Unencrypted Ext4 (dropboxforum.com) · · Score: 1

    Where does it say that?

  24. Re:MODERATION IS CENSORSHIP on Star Trek: Discovery's Season 2 Trailer Teases Spock, Christopher Pike, and Tig Notaro (theverge.com) · · Score: 1, Informative

    My posts are of a high quality,

    Oh yeah? How about you link to some?

    Moderation is censorship. It needs to stop.

    No it isn't. Grow up you whiny little shit.

  25. Re:Oh. Never mind. on Robots that Paint Have Gotten Pretty Impressive (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey, everybody's gotta eat.

    'cept the robots.