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  1. Except it doesn't work. Look at CBS on demand or whatever, all you hear is people complaining about having to buy another service or how it was too expensive. All people will say about a $5 race is, ""This is how you get pirates" haha Archer meme"".

  2. Re:Geostorm - who didn't see this coming? on 2017: The Year That Horror Saved Hollywood (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Lol, only this time no one else made almost the exact same movie. Stormbringer would be a good name.

  3. Re:Heard this twenty years ago... on Every Other Summer Will Shatter Heat Records Within a Decade (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't there a La Nina going on though?

  4. Re:Global freezing for several years eh? on The Asteroid That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Plunged Earth Into Catastrophic Winter (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    But we don't know the exact asteroid, what it came from, etc. Which would be equivalent to solving the murder. What we know is the bullet type used (roughly from the entrance and exit wounds), how long it took to kill, and what happened immediately afterward.

  5. Re:Gotta love the USA on Verizon Wants To Ban States From Protecting Your Privacy (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    They're currently law, so that doesn't matter. And before you say it does, it doesn't. If I break that law I can try to fight it to the supreme court, but until then a judge/jury could still find me guilty even on appeals. Your hypothetical "has it survived challenges" doesn't matter.

  6. Re:Use two factor authentication! on Student Charged By FBI For Hacking His Grades More Than 90 times (sophos.com) · · Score: 1

    How much would it cost? Probably only the tuition payment of a handful of students per college.

  7. Re:Wow I would have never known on 'We Can't Compete': Universities Are Losing Their Best AI Scientists (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Reminds me more of this scene from Ghostbusters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  8. Re:I think this is pretentious on Is the Optical Cable Dying? (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Lots of my devices have used it and always included one in the box if it had the capability. I currently run one from my Xbox one to my cheap iLive soundbar lol.

  9. Re:Geostorm - who didn't see this coming? on 2017: The Year That Horror Saved Hollywood (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Global Warming Climate Change Day After Tomorrow, the media scares everyone, so let's make a movie to capitalize on it, and toss in some government weather conspiracy stuff!! All the boogeymen in one. And it probably started out as a Scy-fy script, but those Nadosharks are popular too, then you got some big name stars and the budget went crazy.

  10. Re:Hollywood woes not just financial on 2017: The Year That Horror Saved Hollywood (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    It was released on Google Play for free and opened in 10 theaters for one day. I've never even heard of it, and most limited 1 day releases do terribly.

  11. Re:AMP is broken on The Meaning of AMP (adactio.com) · · Score: 1

    I usually only see it on my phone and I avoid the pages marked with the AMP logo on my desktop. AMP makes it impossible to share the direct link, same with putting it on reddit or other social media. I wish I could turn it off as well.

  12. Re:Many was pro-union? What a surprise! on Tesla Hit With Labor Complaint On Behalf of Fired Factory Workers (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    A successful company cuts waste and shows the same or better production with reduced costs.

  13. Re:It is still private, right? on Twitter Says It Overstated Monthly-User Figures For 3 Years (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Who are the defrauding?

  14. Re:Yeah, been through that on Many Junior Scientists Need To Take a Hard Look at Their Job Prospects (nature.com) · · Score: 1

    The AC is right. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04... DDT is the good example of this.

  15. Re:You know... on Uber Faces Engineers' Lawsuit Alleging Gender, Race Bias (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    Also they're usually illegal: http://www.npr.org/2014/04/13/...

  16. Re:Why is this necessary? on Italy Proposes Phasing Out Coal Power Plants By 2025 (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Calling it Virtue Signalling seems accurate though when taken with the 1st post. AC asked, "If solar and wind are as cheap without subsidies as recent stories claim, why do countries need to set targets like this?" Which would lead to the pointlessness of the law, so with the definition from Wikipedia "Virtue signalling is the conspicuous expression of moral values done primarily with the intent of enhancing standing within a social group." it start to sound like this is just political pandering, and with the last part of the definition from Wikipedia "the term has become more commonly used as a pejorative characterization by commentators to criticize what they regard as empty, or superficial support of certain political views, and also used within groups to criticize their own members for valuing outward appearance over substantive action." then we can easily see that if the question by AC is grounded in fact than it is Virtue Signalling. If on the other hand we can say that none of this is cheaper, and the laws are necessary to improve the environment, but even this simple site https://www.skepticalscience.c... says that CO2 turnover is at least 500 years if we stopped 100% now. More likely 1000 years, so it seems more like it is Virtue Signalling since it would be pointless. Now, if the goal was to improve air quality for people and animals in/near cities and power plants I could easily get behind this. http://www.oecd.org/env/the-co...

  17. The Nazis knew smoking was bad before the 40s. They did medical studies, and knew in the 30s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  18. Re:Sounds like fun on New York State Bans E-Cigarettes Everywhere Traditional Cigarettes Are Prohibited (usatoday.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    There are: Our data confirm that e-cigarettes are not emission-free and their pollutants could be of health concern for users and secondhand smokers. In particular, ultrafine particles formed from supersaturated 1,2-propanediol vapor can be deposited in the lung, and aerosolized nicotine seems capable of increasing the release of the inflammatory signaling molecule NO upon inhalation. In view of consumer safety, e-cigarettes and nicotine liquids should be officially regulated and labeled with appropriate warnings of potential health effects, particularly of toxicity risk in children. http://www.sciencedirect.com/s...

  19. From 2014 http://www.sciencedirect.com/s... Our data confirm that e-cigarettes are not emission-free and their pollutants could be of health concern for users and secondhand smokers. In particular, ultrafine particles formed from supersaturated 1,2-propanediol vapor can be deposited in the lung, and aerosolized nicotine seems capable of increasing the release of the inflammatory signaling molecule NO upon inhalation. In view of consumer safety, e-cigarettes and nicotine liquids should be officially regulated and labeled with appropriate warnings of potential health effects, particularly of toxicity risk in children.

  20. Re:It is the American way on Why We Must Fight For the Right To Repair Our Electronics (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Why though? It's not like the newest phone does so much more than a 6 or 7 or even a 5s. Computer you can upgrade parts easily and if I can get a monitor repaired for $100 when it's still a widescreen HD and only needs a new chip why buy a new one for $100s more?

  21. Re:It kinda sucks. on Star Trek: Discovery Is Returning For a Second Season (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Tunics, gladiator sandals, uniforms, tuxedos, retro designed cars, gothic and roman style buildings are built today, classical music is still listened to.

  22. Re:whatever on Star Trek: Discovery Is Returning For a Second Season (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    You're paying for all of CBS content though right? So it's exactly the ala cart everyone said they wanted. I also did the math before, it's like $1.50 per episode if you are only watching Star Trek, which is on par with most iTunes type of episode costs.

  23. Re:Do not ever feed any wild animals on Bird Feeders Might Be Changing Bird Beaks (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    So we just need to have some feeders that spill food out onto the ground?

  24. Re:Toshiba nuclear ... on Toshiba Forecasts $1 Billion Loss (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Selling Ak-47s and RPGs to terrorist groups fighting against Russia is a lot different than selling advanced stealth technology to Russia.

  25. Re:And the biggest blunder of a comment award goes on Slashdot's 20th Anniversary: History of Slashdot · · Score: 1

    https://slashdot.org/~zephc "5 GB still is more than my whole mp3 collection"