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  1. Re:Philips just fell off my vendor list on Lightbulb DRM: Philips Locks Purchasers Out of 3rd-Party Bulbs With New Firmware (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    Some corporate genius figured that they have you hooked and that you have no options other than to bend to their will when buying light bulbs.

    That corporate genius forgot one option: the inevitable class-action lawsuit.

  2. Re:Cue the flamewar... on Mass Shooting In San Bernardino Kills At Least 14 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    It really is an ugly situation. Nobody is going to win here.

    The NRA wins by recruiting more members and increasing its income from membership dues. That's all it cares about, anyway.

  3. Yes. Discussing it sure beats covering one's ears and saying "Lalalanoproblemherelalala", eh?

  4. Re:It's a catenary curve on Structural Engineer On the Fallacies of Movie Bridge Destruction (hackaday.com) · · Score: 5, Informative
    From your own citation:

    However, in a suspension bridge with a suspended roadway, the chains or cables support the weight of the bridge, and so do not hang freely. In most cases the roadway is flat, so when the weight of the cable is negligible compared with the weight being supported, the force exerted is uniform with respect to horizontal distance, and the result is a parabola...

  5. So... on Google+ Redesigned (blogspot.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...Google has invented Yahoo Groups?

  6. Re:a real false flag on Anonymous Begins Publishing Ku Klux Klan Member Details Online · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Who is to say that this "list" is legit at all? on Anonymous Begins Publishing Ku Klux Klan Member Details Online · · Score: 1

    Which ex-KKK politicians would you like them to forgive?

  8. Re:Outside factors on Prison Debate Team Beats Harvard's National Title Winners · · Score: 1

    2. Look at the position that the good left-wing indoctrinated Harvardites were asked to take: That forcing public schools to educate any and all children of illegal aliens is not necessarily a good thing.

    RTFA. That is the position the inmates were asked to argue for.

  9. Re:What about the rights of those injured by firea on 10 Confirmed Dead In Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College · · Score: 1

    Fun fact: Nearly all of the mass shooters in America have been left wing activists...

    {{cite}}

  10. Re:Naw, it's Doctors on Why Biking Injuries and Deaths Are Spiking In the US · · Score: 1

    What world do you live in where somebody in okay shape gets ridiculously fast by buying an expensive bike?

  11. Re:Naw, it's Doctors on Why Biking Injuries and Deaths Are Spiking In the US · · Score: 1

    Bikes, like cars, are not required to pull off the road. They're required to pull into turnout lanes on a two-lane road (though bikes, it could be argued, should move into a paved shoulder if it's safe) when they can. Not the same as pulling off the road.

  12. Re:Naw, it's Doctors on Why Biking Injuries and Deaths Are Spiking In the US · · Score: 1

    It is VERY rare to see a street without shoulders at least 18" wide...

    Honestly, it's not a rare as you think. Having written that, though, I do try to avoid those places when cycling. Not always possible, though.

  13. Re:Require a license on Why Biking Injuries and Deaths Are Spiking In the US · · Score: 1

    Following laws is really just a small part of cycling safety. It's the "street smarts" that you develop but which are not taught to you that keep you safe. Keep behind that car on your left as you approach an intersection so he can't give you a right hook. Stay on the left of your bike lane while there a cars parallel parked alongside. Don't go full gas when riding alongside a traffic jam because some bozo may decide to pull in front of you because she feels she deserves a short-cut today. Practice emergency stops so shifting your weight to the back becomes second-nature. Learn to safely look over your shoulder while riding. Things like that are what's really going to keep you safe. I wish places taught that to new riders.

  14. Re:Cyclists DON'T obey the law! on Why Biking Injuries and Deaths Are Spiking In the US · · Score: 1

    ...here in California everyone is required to pull over to permit passing when possible if there are five or more vehicles being held up by them.

    You are mistaken. Please read the code and educate yourself.

  15. Re:commentsubjectsaredumb on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    But, but Dr. Jeanne Hubbach is Board Certified in Family Practice and Environmental Medicine.

    Turns out that the Family Practice (actually, "Family Medicine") board certification is real. The "Environmental Medicine" certification is total quackitude.

  16. Re:Interesting, from someone other than Google. on Google Announces a Router: OnHub · · Score: 2

    Towards the bottom of the link you shared:

    While OnHub doesn't track the websites you visit, your DNS provider can associate your web traffic with your public IP address. OnHub sets your default DNS provider to Google Public DNS. (This can be changed in the Advanced Networking settings of the Google On app.)

    What could possibly go wrong?

  17. Sustainable? on Soylent 2.0 Comes Bottled and Ready To Drink · · Score: 1

    ...an unprecedented level of environmental sustainability with half of its fat energy coming from farm-free, algae sources.

    Because plant sources of fat are not environmentally sustainable?

  18. Re:Meanwhile.... on Berkeley Breathed Revives Bloom County Comic Strip After 25 Years · · Score: 2

    How exactly is Breathed starting up Bloom County again and posting the strips for free on his Facebook page damaging his integrity?

  19. Re:Might make sense on Macon-Bibb County Government Wants $5.7 Million Drone Fleet For Emergencies · · Score: 1

    There is no way to cost justify the drones.

    There is if you're the one getting the kickbacks.

  20. Re:How is this news for nerds? on Supreme Court Ruling Supports Same-Sex Marriage · · Score: 1

    And yet Scalia didn't have a problem determining that the constitution gives corporations the same rights as people when, in fact, it says no such thing.

  21. Re:How is this news for nerds? on Supreme Court Ruling Supports Same-Sex Marriage · · Score: 3, Funny

    From Fish v. Oregon: "There's nothing in the constitution guaranteeing that water is wet. Therefore, any determination by this body that it is wet is nothing more than hand-waving gobbledy-gook."

  22. Re:Another great Scalia line on Supreme Court Ruling Supports Same-Sex Marriage · · Score: 4, Informative

    Besides, every single effort to recount the votes in Florida showed that Bush had an even larger margin of victory than at the time of the first count.

    Wrong, wrong, wrong. Next time, do some research rather than just being a parrot.

  23. Re:24/7 Live Global Radio on WWDC 2015 Roundup · · Score: 1

    ...whereas I can just turn on Sirius and go to a genre channel and get exactly what the channel says it is.

    Which is its weakness, for me. I don't want to stick to a genre. I'd like things mixed up, genre-wise and era-wise. I suppose I'm in a very small minority that way.

  24. Re:Does El Capitan Fix Major Problems? on WWDC 2015 Roundup · · Score: 0

    Frankly, I can't get how so many people still want to pay so much for an OS, when you can just download one for free...

    Yosemite is free. Always has been. El Capitan is almost certain to be free, as well.