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  1. No worries on China Confirms New Generation of ICBM · · Score: 3, Insightful

    All current missile defense shields are kind of useless.
    China felt the need to achieve military parity.
    Developing ICBM technology comes with Rocketry and is simply a prerequisite for Space Flight.

  2. Number five is alive! on NASA Announces Mars 2020 Rover Payload · · Score: 1

    "It's the all-new Johnny Five! Just look at these items! Increased memory: five hundred megabytes on-line! I come with a utility pack and dozens of gadgets for outdoor living, lots of Greenpeace stickers, and even my own Nike swoosh! And, if you act now, I'll throw in, absolutely free, my all-new, multi-frequency remote control!"

  3. Re:Winners don't use drugs! on Suddenly Visible: Illicit Drugs As Part of Silicon Valley Culture · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Winners do whatever the fuck they want, and succeed at not getting addicted.

  4. Re:One of many... on The Truth About Solar Storms · · Score: 0

    But Uncle Jerkov, I want go to Liberty City, in search of better life. Cousin Roman is living there with lots of money, sports cars, women and a mansion. Is better life than in Soviet Russia...

  5. Re:RUDEST PASSENGER EVER on Man Booted From Southwest Flight and Threatened With Arrest After Critical Tweet · · Score: 1

    "(He) tried to board in a spot for frequent flyer privileges he held and take his sons, ages 6 and 9, with him, even though they had a later spot to board the plane" =/ "Rape victim".

  6. Re:Godwin and wrong at the same time on Dutch Court Says Government Can Receive Bulk Data from NSA · · Score: 2

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
    ad.The terrain in the Netherlands isn't exactly conducive to any form of partisan resistance, there is no wilderness to speak of to hide in/have droppings/train in.

  7. Re:As I've said before on Dutch Court Says Government Can Receive Bulk Data from NSA · · Score: 1
  8. As I've said before on Dutch Court Says Government Can Receive Bulk Data from NSA · · Score: 0

    I don't mind my (local) government having some sort of file on me, (preferably no racial or ethnic information as you so rightly state) but I would rather have it on paper and in a wooden building, so if we're ever occupied or a dictatorship arises the files are relatively easy to destroy : ).

  9. Re:Godwin and wrong at the same time on Dutch Court Says Government Can Receive Bulk Data from NSA · · Score: 0

    I've read a lot about WW II European resistance-movements from my grandfathers library. For pure efficiency I would personally put the Danish resistance in first place.
    http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9518712-hitler-s-savage-canary

  10. Maybe you should read the link you post? on Dutch Court Says Government Can Receive Bulk Data from NSA · · Score: 3, Informative

    Shortly after it was established, the Nazi military regime began to persecute the Jews of the Netherlands. In 1940, there were no deportations and only small measures were taken against the Jews. In February 1941, the Nazis deported a small group of Dutch Jews to Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. The Dutch reacted with the February strike, a nationwide protest against the deportations, unique in the history of Nazi-occupied Europe. Although the strike did not accomplish muchâ"its leaders were executedâ"it was an initial setback for Seyss-Inquart as he had planned to both deport the Jews and to win the Dutch over to the Nazi cause. Before the February strike, the Nazis had installed a Jewish Council: a board of Jews, headed by Professor David Cohen and Abraham Asscher, who served as an instrument for organising the identification and deportation of Jews more efficiently, while the Jews on the council were told and convinced they were helping the Jews. In May 1942, Jews were ordered to wear the Star of David badges. Around the same time the Catholic Church of the Netherlands publicly condemned the government's action in a letter read at all Sunday parish services. Thereafter, the Nazi government treated the Dutch more harshly: notable Socialists were imprisoned, and, later in the war, Catholic priests, including Titus Brandsma, were deported to concentration camps. Of the 140,000 Jews who had lived in the Netherlands before 1940, only 30,000 (21%) survived the war. But the real picture was even worse than this suggests. The Netherlands had the highest Jewish death toll of any western European country. Of the approximately 107,000 Jews deported to the camps, only 5000 survived; a survival rate of less than 5%. On top of that, included in that number were about 900 Jews still in Westerbork at war's end and not in the same extremis as those deported. This high death toll had a number of reasons. One was the excellent state of Dutch civil records: the Dutch state, before the war, had recorded substantial information on every Dutch national. This allowed the Nazi regime to determine easily who was Jewish (whether fully or partly of Jewish ancestry) simply by accessing the data. More to the point, the Dutch attitude of "going along to get along" with the Nazis made many Dutch workers more or less willing collaborators in the effort.

    Another factor was the disbelief of both the Dutch public as a whole and the Dutch Jews themselves. Most could not believe that the Jews would be subjected to genocide and sent to death camps. This meant the Jews needed to hide in others' homes, but that was difficult especially in urban areas. It was also punishable by death. Despite the risks, many Dutch people helped Jews. One-third of the people who hid Jews did not survive the war.

  11. Regardless of your politcs on French Blogger Fined For Negative Restaurant Review · · Score: 1

    Those statements are factually incorrect.

  12. Re:Math? on How Deep Does the Multiverse Go? · · Score: 2
  13. Hereditary=genetics? on Chimpanzee Intelligence Largely Determined By Genetics · · Score: 1

    Hereditary=genetics? What kind of a gross over-simplification is that? "Like in Humans, Genes Drive Half of Chimp Intelligence"? Genes don't drive human intelligence. They determine the upper and lower limits that can be achieved with proper nutrition, care and education and a multitude of other factors. More and more factors are being discovered everyday, each diminishing the role of genetics.
    http://pss.sagepub.com/content...
    http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb...

  14. Re:why new balls on Mathematicians Solve the Topological Mystery Behind the "Brazuca" Soccer Ball · · Score: 1

    And one from the IT crowd:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

  15. Re: Jezus on The Pentagon's $399 Billion Plane To Nowhere · · Score: 1

    Are you for a free internet?

  16. Jezus on The Pentagon's $399 Billion Plane To Nowhere · · Score: 1

    You're on a roll : ). And persistent.
    But your spelling is getting better.
    I guess you ran out of toads? ; ).

  17. The only pre-order bonus on Gamestop's Ludicrous Idea: Require Preorders To Unlock Custom Game Content · · Score: 2

    The only pre-order bonus you should ever give is a discount. I understand the will to preferably "sell-out" pre-order, but all you can really do is give a bigger pre-order discount. All other options are Pandora's boxes.
    "Unlockables" should always be in-game content.
    "Custom" should be reserved for skins/cosmetics, not content.

    Just my 2 eurocent.

  18. ANYwhere in the world on UK Computing Student Jailed After Failing To Hand Over Crypto Keys · · Score: 1

    "He even suggested sending nasty messages on a condolence page set up for two female police officers shot dead in Manchester" this here will get you fucked up by the law. All the other stuff is just throwing whatever might stick at him in my opinion.

  19. Re:Probable cause on Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On · · Score: 1

    Most of the WASPS in the region have been replaced by DRONES; get with the program : ).

  20. Re:Probable cause on Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On · · Score: 1

    To be honest, under duress, any fanatic could easily be expected to lead an exemplary public life provided that he considered it important for the cause.

  21. Re:Probable cause on Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Unless, of course, you work for a multinational, are a serving member of the armed forces, you have traveled there and made friends, your forefathers came from the region, you still have family there, or lovers, you like to watch the news and have an inkling of an interest in international politics, history or economy it is indeed incredibly unlikely as an American citizen to be involved with anything happening in the Middle East.

  22. Re:Oh no, they say he's got to go on Mapping a Monster Volcano · · Score: 2

    "You fool of a Took". : ).

  23. Re:Kidnapping. on US Arrests Son of Russian MP In Maldives For Hacking · · Score: 1

    The US Mercenary Corps (8 Marines + 500 mercenaries) went in to Derna to effect regime change. That was in 1805.

  24. Re:Words mean things on A Tour of One of the World's Only Underwater Labs With Fabien Cousteau · · Score: 1
  25. re: That could be anywhere, including his backyard on A Tour of One of the World's Only Underwater Labs With Fabien Cousteau · · Score: 3, Informative

    No.
    The pressure inside of a water-tight trailer at sea-level is 1 bar. The Aquarius is at "environmental" pressure, meaning 2.8b when you're 18m below sea-level. This means they will experience the same effects of pressure as a scuba diver but on a much longer period.

    So yes, this would be a family record for saturation diving (see older thread).