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  1. If you believe this (and I am not doubting it), then put it on your house. If it doesn't (they have these things in Alabama called "trees"--sometimes they shade the house, including the roof. Good for savings on cooling bills, pain in the fall--maybe even more than solar savings), or if you don't want to, then don't. Just don't have the government force them down my throat!

  2. Re:going from illegal to mandatory overnight on San Francisco Adopts Law Requiring Solar Panels On All New Buildings (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Bird store; try a parrot.

  3. Re:How is this not a conflict of interest? on Clinton Campaign Chair: 'The American People Can Handle The Truth' On UFOs (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    Since when does legal vs illegal become of any importance to the clintons?

  4. Re:I'm good with this. on AP Style Alert: Don't Capitalize Internet and Web Anymore (poynter.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Are you a citizen? If not, you are an alien. (I'm ignoring the category of US Persons, who can be either a citizen or not--this is irrelevant to the discussion.) That's neither good nor bad, just a fact. Are you here legally? If not, you are here illegally. That's a fact, neither good nor bad. If you a non-citizen (alien) who is here illegally, that makes you an illegal alien. That's a fact, neither good nor bad. I've been in a situation where I could have been considered to have crossed the border illegally (in a military jet, no less); that maked me an illegal alien during that time frame--doesn't bother me. If you take offense at it (and it's true, of course), that's the same as taking offense at being called a thief when you're caught with your hand in the cookie jar (or holding the diamond necklace as you're caught fleeing the jewelry store). It's a fact, neither good nor bad. GET OVER THIS PC NONSENSE!

  5. Re: What if it had supported "social justice"? on Microsoft's 'Teen Girl' AI Experiment Becomes a 'Neo-Nazi Sex Robot' · · Score: 2

    Too much clintonism here. I'm tired of this stupid parsing to try to get around a racist statement. At the (D) debate, Bernie & Hill were both asked "Do Black Lives Matter, or do All Lives Matter?" No extra words. The obvious, non-racist answer is "All Lives Matter". If you have to explain extraneous, implied words, you've lost the argument. If you claim "all lives matter" is a racist statement, you're most likely a racist. Besides, most of the folks who chant "Black Lives Matter" seam to not care about "Black Lives"--otherwise they would be up in arms about all the black-on-black violence, which is a much bigger problem than police shootings.

  6. Re: Powerlines, chimneys, now big wind turbines on Scientists Are Developing the World's Biggest Wind Turbine With 656-Ft. Long Blades (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    uh...what is "sane figures"? 2000 sqft? 1000 sqft? 100 sqft? How about those in power? Do they also get limited to the same amount of space? Those who already have houses above "Sane Figures"? Shall we evict them and force everyone to live in a concrete apartment structure? "Sane Figures" sounds good until you flesh out the details--then it's just another tyranny by progressives.

  7. Re:Total BS on Apple Employees, If Ordered To Unlock iPhone, Might Quit (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    If engineer worked on this I can see some potential outcomes: Being blackballed. Something not working to the FBI's liking--jail/fines. Lots of similar possibilities. You can't pay me a 6-digit salary for taking that big a risk. 8-9 digit? Maybe, but the govt isn't going to pay that much.

  8. Re:Additionally ... on Apple Employees, If Ordered To Unlock iPhone, Might Quit (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I thought I saw an article were the investigators agreed with you--this is only about establishing a precedent, nothing more.

  9. Re: I'd just undermine it on Apple Employees, If Ordered To Unlock iPhone, Might Quit (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Long time ago (well past the Statue of Limitations), the govt organization I worked for got a FOIA request from IBM for some code we developed We complied. After removing all comments and whitespace (including crlf's). Oh, and it wasn't well-written code to begin with.... Oh, if the judge threatens contempt, there's probably plenty of examples of similar code you could supply to "prove" you weren't being bad...

  10. Re:Good to hear. on The Law Is Clear: the FBI Cannot Make Apple Rewrite Its OS (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    Louisiana actually had this for state offices. I believe the courts through it out, though. I believe it worked where everybody was on the same ballot; if no one got 50%+1 in the primary, the top two (regardless of party) went on to the Nov ballot. Made for some different election strategy (a lot of times #2 guy won in November), but I think it's superior to the current system.

  11. The EULA will be when you purchase the car: "You agree to all updates being pushed to your vehicle w/o option to decline them". Or some other legalize meaning the same. Don't sign the EULA, can't purchase the car.

  12. Re:Wheres my flying car. on DC Metro Closes For Emergency Safety Inspection (nbcwashington.com) · · Score: 1

    That would be .539957 https://www.google.com/search?...

  13. Re:Duh... on Study Finds 3 Laws Could Reduce Firearm Deaths By 90% (meta.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just this week in Vicksburg, MS, there was a gunshot death due to the Castle Doctrine. If the couple hadn't used their *unlocked* firearm, the alternative would likely have been 3 stabbing deaths (this guy had already raped a elderly lady, kidnapped and killed her, and had just escaped prison--pretty sure these folks were marked for death--he was in the process of raping the wife.) Sorry, don't feel any sympathy for this "gunshot victim".

  14. A lot of criminals are found-out when they can't keep their stupid mouths shut about it, and brag to their "friends". These "friends", who are usually as low-life as the perp, will tend to rat out the perp.

  15. Re:Let's be even clearer... on MIT Inches Closer To ARC Reactor Despite Losing Federal Funding (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been trying to figure out how much electricity fusion produces together from your 100% more than "no matter the size"--keep getting divide by 0 errors...

  16. Re:Premature Conclusions be Damned on US Gov't Confirms Clinton Emails Contained Top-Secret Information (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    #2 - How is one to magically know what's supposed to be classified? For example, she may receive an email that says, "The queen of Elbonia will arrive at 7pm." Perhaps that's from a classified source, perhaps not. One cannot tell by reading that fact alone. It's not "self-classifying". It's unrealistic to say she's in charge of verifying everything sent in the office. That should NOT be the job of S.O.S. anymore than the plumbing.

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    Simple--It's called a "Security Classification Guide". If you handle classified material you are responsible for knowing what's in it. BTW, "Queen of Elbonia will arrive" is usually CONFIDENTIAL (schedule events normally are--though depending on the threat, it may be SECRET). Also, if you receive info that you know or suspect is classified,it is your duty to secure it and report it to the security office in your area. If you don't know, you are supposed to secure it and have someone who does make that determination. That training is in your annual COMSEC and Handling Classified Info brief...You did get that brief, Mrs Clinton, didn't you?

  17. Re: She lives in pretend land on US Gov't Confirms Clinton Emails Contained Top-Secret Information (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Which is why *every* email in the govt not classified is supposed to be marked *UNCLASSIFIED*...to help clear up confusion and prevent leaks. She should know this...

  18. Re:Ninth, mofo. on Caltech Astronomers Say a Ninth Planet Lurks Beyond Pluto (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 2

    Careful...as one who some might consider "dwarf" or "little person"---I would be more offended by "little person" (What, I'm a kid?!) then "dwarf" (Hoo-ah! Don't get in my way--remember Lord of the Rings?). Or I can chose to ignore all this stupid PC excrement and just not be offended by either...

  19. Re:now on to the next question on SpaceX Lands Falcon 9 Rocket At Cape Canaveral (planetary.org) · · Score: 1

    You do realize that there are some tests that require partial/complete destruction of the item to get useful data? Even C-14 dating is a "destructive test".

  20. Re:Sounds like an MBA plan! on No More QA: Yahoo's Tech Leaders Say Engineers Are Better Off Coding With No Net (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    My experience in a recent project is that the main source of real bugs (those that take a good bit of looking-for) was in the integration phase. Of course I had issues with the overall design of the thing. Seemed like race conditions were always popping up--mainly when you got it out of the development shop and further down the pipelines. (Note: I was doing a QA function at the time, so maybe my bias is showing.)

  21. Re:Perspective on Largest Destroyer Built For Navy Headed To Sea For Testing (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Article 1 Section 8: To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water; To raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years; To provide and maintain a navy; To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces;

  22. I know you're joking, but it sounds like a interesting, if outrageous, problem. Assume that the cylinder/piston won't vaporize/etc, how big would they need to be? how long a throw? how to you connect it to the generator? How do you get the materiel into the cylinder & set it off? Then, figure out cost of the material vs amount of power generated--too lazy to work it out myself, but wonder if it would actually be profitable...or even break even.

  23. Re:I thought the secondary payload on NASA Prepares To Launch an Orion and 3 Cubesats To Deep Space: 3 Years To Go (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    That's due to lack of internet connectivity and/or age of most folks here. I remember quite a bit of hand wringing--especially "The Russians/Soviets can keep putting someone in space, why can't we? We can't even keep what we have (Skylab) going!"

  24. Re:battery vs capacitor on New Type of 'Flow Battery' Can Store 10 Times the Energy of the Next Best Device (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 3, Informative

    storage of energy in a field vs storage of energy in a chemical potential.