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  1. Coldest spot on earth is inside Dick Cheneys heart on Coldest Spot On Planet Earth Identified · · Score: 0, Troll

    But unfortunately due to a combination of global warming and Cheney's gay daughter coming out, Cheney has lost the world record to East Antarctic Plateau.

  2. Nature doesnt bailout losers and neither should we on US Treasury Completes Bailout of General Motors · · Score: 2

    As harsh as it is for those on the losing side of the ledger, capitalism requires failure for those who misallocate resources. Periodically disrupting Adam Smith's "invisible hand" is very tempting and can be rationalized in countless ways, some intellectual, some humane, but in the end the result is weaker economy that is less able to compete on its own against other countries without continued subsidy from the government.

    Humans would have turned out rather differently if mother nature had decided to take the kind route and let some of our mutations survive and procreate.

  3. I can infer productivity of Facebook users @ work on Facebook Patents Inferring Income of Users · · Score: 4, Funny

    Pretty, pretty low.

  4. I use Russell Simmon's PHAT filesystem on German Court Invalidates Microsoft FAT Patent · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's cool and hip and avoids patent issues.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phat_Farm

  5. Is auto-recaluation always a good thing? on Why Reactive Programming For Databases Is Awesome · · Score: 1

    I like the idea of having variables auto-recalculate based on a dependency tree built automatically by a tool. But recalculating vars sounds kinda slow, esp when resolving the dependency calculations involves time-consuming operations like database fetches. What control does the tool provide in limiting the timing and scope of the recalcs?

  6. Europol keeping the world safe from click-fraud on Europol, Microsoft Target 2-Million Strong ZeroAccess Click Fraud Botnet · · Score: 0

    What a fantastic use of taxpayer funds.

  7. Mandela taught forgiveness on Nelson Mandela Dead At 95 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    To be imprisoned for 27 years but still have the selflessness to bring peace and freedom to his country so that nobody should share his fate is the essence of compassion, generosity, and forgiveness. He is a shinning example of the human spirit.

  8. How about senators self immolate? on In Letter To 20 Automakers, Senator Demands Answers On Cybersecurity · · Score: 1

    To prove their earnestness about cyber security.

  9. Wheeler just using what he learned on K Street on FCC Chair: It's Ok For ISPs To Discriminate Traffic · · Score: 2

    On K Street whoever funnels the most money to a politician gets the most sympathetic ear. Wheeler is proposing the same corrupt concept for ISP traffic. It likely comes natural to him as a lobbyist and I doubt he even realizes there's anything wrong with it.

  10. Georgia, where cars ride with confederate flags on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lucky the car owner wasn't black otherwise he'd be shot in the back with the officer accusing him of using the car's electrical plug as a weapon.

  11. Tell me when they can compare what sex feels like on The Brains of Men and Women Are 'Wired Differently' · · Score: 1

    Spatial skills for men, verbal dexterity for women. Got it, thanks. But tell men what sex feels like for a woman and women what it feels like for a man. Only then can we bridge the divide between the genders.

  12. Marketplace Fairness Act seems DOA on Supreme Court Declines Case On Making Online Retailers Collect Sales Taxes · · Score: 1

    Haven't heard much about MFA since it passed the Senate. Studies I've read say it's a non-starter for the majority of constituents. That means it's going to take some extra palm greasing by corporations. Congressmen don't act against the will of people for cheap!

  13. Will Amazon ever post a profit again? on Amazon Reveals "Prime Air", Their Plans For 30-minute Deliveries By Drone · · Score: 2

    Investors continue to give Bezos the benefit of the doubt, allowing him to reinvest Amazon's entire cash flow into the company with the expectation that "some day" Amazon will be able to flip an investment switch and suddenly become immensely profitable. Perhaps. But it seems to me Bezos just doesn't care about money and is using Amazon's money as his personal playpen.

  14. I'm buying - Blackberry has a future on BlackBerry Launches Twitter-Like BBM Channels · · Score: 1


    A future in the museum of forgotten electronic gadgets that were once popular but have long since been forgotten.

  15. Unnecessary complexity is actually bad in itself on NYT: Healthcare.gov Project Chaos Due Partly To Unorthodox Database Choice · · Score: 2

    From the summary:

    "The story does not say that MarkLogic's software is bad in itself, only that the choice meant increased complexity on the project."

    Unless that complexity was necessary to solve a problem, then it is in fact bad.

  16. Sorry, NSA already won, contest over on Japan Aims To Win Exascale Race · · Score: 0

    But thanks Japan and others for your participation.

  17. Disruptive technologies have long adoption cycles on Electric Cars: Drivers Love 'Em, So Why Are Sales Still Low? · · Score: 1

    People have been driving combustion automobiles since the industrial age. It takes time for new technologies to move through adoption stages, not to mention time for manufacturing costs and yields to improve.

  18. I don't usually predict winners in Wars on A War Over Solar Power Is Raging Within the GOP · · Score: 2

    But any war that involves the Sun, I predict the Sun wins.

  19. Re:They compared two completely different systems on Elevation Plays a Role In Memory Error Rates · · Score: 1

    And how exactly do they normalize the effects of two completely different system when they don't have a clear understanding of what is causing the higher bit-error rates in the first place? You can't simply an equation with two unknown factors when the interrelation between those two factors are unknown.

  20. They compared two completely different systems on Elevation Plays a Role In Memory Error Rates · · Score: 1

    According to the article the low elevation system was a Jaguar supercomputer whereas the high elevation one a Cielo supercomputer. Based on available specs for each the two are entirely different systems. How can they reach conclusions about altitude-relative bit error rates when they're not even comparing the system system? The article goes on to state:

    "The group had found that, when all other possible confounding issues were factored out, Cielo's SRAM had a "significantly higher rate of SRAM faults," compared with Jaguar's SRAM, Sridharan said."

    Huh? They factored out all confounding issues except that they were completely different systems.

  21. Musk Claim of Fewer Tesla Fires Questioned by MIT on NHTSA Tells Tesla To Stop Exaggerating Model S Safety Rating · · Score: 1
  22. Where there's smoke there's fire on NHTSA Tells Tesla To Stop Exaggerating Model S Safety Rating · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If Tesla's bad press continues they may be forced to reduce their prices. Talk about a fire sale.

  23. Re:There were shitty pilots before automation on Airline Pilots Rely Too Much On Automation, Says Safety Panel · · Score: 2

    Couldn't even be bothered to read between the lines? I read the summary and the article, The natural reaction to stories like this to debate whether automation is a good idea, so I offered my opinion on that matter.

  24. There were shitty pilots before automation on Airline Pilots Rely Too Much On Automation, Says Safety Panel · · Score: 1

    The majority of plane crashes are caused by pilot error, either in isolation or in response to equipment failure and/or adverse environmental/weather conditions. Flight systems were automated to help avoid or minimize those errors by reducing the mental workload required to manage the plane in those scenarios. Great pilots utilize that automation to improve the overall safety of their flight operations. Bad and lazy pilots use automation as a crutch for their poor airmanship. In the absence of automation bad pilots would still be bad pilots but the number of adverse incidents caused by pilot error would be higher. The solution is better employment screening, skills monitoring, and training, and not cutting back or removing the automation.

  25. Re:Media always the scapegoat on Musk Lashes Back Over Tesla Fire Controversy · · Score: 1

    Perhaps, but was anyone complaining when Tesla was getting so much "good" press, which was just as unwarranted as the "bad" press they're receiving now? Was Musk writing missives complaining about how much undeserved free press and advertising Tesla received?

    Ironically the press is much more balanced than crowds in this regard.