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  1. Re:Barrel and slide/bolt too? on 3D-Printed Gun May Be Unveiled Soon · · Score: 1

    There's a bit of a schism in the community in my observations. The political split isn't between left and right, it's between authoritarianism and libertarianism. Probably not the right word choices, but oh well. What I mean is that both types of 'gun nuts' exist and the disagreements I've seen are like vi vs. emacs or distro wars.

  2. Re:Barrel and slide/bolt too? on 3D-Printed Gun May Be Unveiled Soon · · Score: 1

    Urban SWPLs and DINKs are different (and better!) than the rest of us.

  3. Re:Barrel and slide/bolt too? on 3D-Printed Gun May Be Unveiled Soon · · Score: 1

    If robbers know people have guns, they will bring guns. They'll have less compunction about shooting you.
    Guns don't protect people:
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2013/mar/25/guns-protection-national-rifle-association

    And they would know this why? Most gun owners do not have NRA stickers and the like on their doors.

  4. Re:Printed Mini-Tank Prototype on 3D-Printed Gun May Be Unveiled Soon · · Score: 1

    Let me know if they make "mini" printed Abrams battle tank prototype. I would love to give that to my daughter!

    Killdozer

    No main gun and egress was horrible, but capable enough for a prototype.

  5. Re:The Senate did something right at last. on CISPA Seems Dead In the US Senate · · Score: 1

    Why would you want to kill that? It's a convenient way to pay a tax you owe.

    Not true for residents of many states. Try again.

  6. Re:Why? Easy! on Salesforce, a Pillow Maker and a $125k AmEx Bill · · Score: 1

    An article I once read about this case stated that that was exactly what happened:

    You mean the article linked to in the summary?

  7. Re:What? on Salesforce, a Pillow Maker and a $125k AmEx Bill · · Score: 1

    Yes, my bad. I do suck in this case.

    But so does Soulskill, and he's being paid.

  8. Re:Joss Whedon on Should TV Networks Put Pilots Online For Judgement Like Amazon Is Doing? · · Score: 1

    and whatever Joss Whedon wants to do

    And that is bad how?

    Alien 4.

  9. Re:Don't need people to tell you? on Should TV Networks Put Pilots Online For Judgement Like Amazon Is Doing? · · Score: 1

    It wasn't widely carried, so most people only heard about it second hand, and it occured at a time when not every cable company carried it, and it occurred only on cable during a period when a significant number of people were still watching broadcast TV.

    Firefly was carried on Fox in 2002. According to Wikipedia, Fox network reached 96.18% of US homes in 2003. So... pretty much what I quoted from you up there is incorrect and/or pointless.

  10. Re:First let me buy your shows without cable on Should TV Networks Put Pilots Online For Judgement Like Amazon Is Doing? · · Score: 1

    OP should also look at taxes and franchise fees.

  11. Re:This is here, because? on Belief In God Correlates With Better Mental Health Treatment Outcomes · · Score: 1

    The problem is that a vocal minority of atheists are like people without televisions.

  12. Re:Thus proving... on Belief In God Correlates With Better Mental Health Treatment Outcomes · · Score: 1

    Yeah, methinks GP wasn't the one who didn't understand the word 'ignorance'. To whit:

    lack of knowledge or information:

    Substituting 'dumber' and 'less capable of abstract thought' is trollish on your part and something GP seems to have tried to avoid in the use of the word 'ignorance'.

  13. Re:Beliefs on Belief In God Correlates With Better Mental Health Treatment Outcomes · · Score: 1

    There's a spectrum of religious nonsense with some of it being worse than others.

    The same could be said of your posts.

    Did it occur to none of you troglodytes that the religious cry at funerals because they miss the person who is dead?

  14. Re:Not religion, but purpose on Belief In God Correlates With Better Mental Health Treatment Outcomes · · Score: 1

    Same old song, Just a drop of water in an endless sea All we do Crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see. Dust in the wind; All we are is dust in the wind.

    Now don't hang on. Nothin' last forever but the earth and sky. It slips away And all your money won't another minute buy. Dust in the wind All we are is dust in the wind.

    Now play Free Bird!

  15. Re:First ever to request files instead of paper? on Former Microsoft Managers Now In Charge of Washington State's Budget · · Score: 1

    Businesses need documents. They then need to communicate with those document files to all and sundry other businesses, government institutions, consumers etc.

    So they need an open document format. Luckily, one exists: csv .

    FTFY.

    Anything more complex than that, and someone is doing something wrong.

  16. Re:EA is burning on Electronic Arts Slashes Workforce · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let me go get my Marshmallows. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

    You may not want to eat anything cooked over flaming toxic waste.

  17. Re:Some other relevant stories on Crowdsourcing Failed In Boston Bombing Aftermath · · Score: 2

    And communism is two lazies and a hardworker deciding who will always pay for dinner.

    Only regarding extremely political values of the term "communism."

    In other news... go read a book.

    It's "no true Scotsman" not "no true Stalin".

  18. Re:Article troll on The Dark Side of Amazon's New Pilots · · Score: 1

    Also, AMC and FX are censored, you can't say "fuck" on Mad Men.

    They are self/advertiser censored, not FCC censored, IIRC.

  19. Re:Article troll on The Dark Side of Amazon's New Pilots · · Score: 1

    So current tv is the best of times and the worst of times? Could be a new script there...

  20. Re:My car has a range of 6000 miles on Will Future Tesla Cars Use Metal-Air Batteries? · · Score: 1

    As far as we know, there are no vehicles on the market today that offer 1,000 miles of continuous range using either gasoline or diesel fuel.

    More than a few class 8 trucks can do this and have fuel to spare. While moving 30+ tons of freight.

  21. Ahh, the Scotty method.

  22. Re:Souls crushed, while you wait! on Futurama Cancelled (Again) · · Score: 1

    Personally I'm waiting for "Ass:The Movie" or "Oww my balls" to air because it feels like we have just about dumbed down that damned far.

    Hasn't Johnny Knoxville made three of these?

  23. Re:Clever... on Omnidirectional Treadmill: The Ultimate FPS Input Device? · · Score: 1

    Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

  24. Clever... on Omnidirectional Treadmill: The Ultimate FPS Input Device? · · Score: 5, Funny

    You almost had me, but this looks like it could be dangerously close to exercise. Pass.

  25. I'll take... on Walking Distance from Wired: Kevin Kelly Surveys the Tech Scene · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alex, I'll take "Stuff White People Like" for $400.