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  1. Re:And this is how perverted our system has gotten on Supreme Court To Decide Whether Rap Lyric Threats Are Free Speech · · Score: 1

    On the contrary it has everything to do with it.

    The court can't compel you to do anything if it's free speech.

  2. Re:Freedom has limits on Supreme Court To Decide Whether Rap Lyric Threats Are Free Speech · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There is no right to not be offended.

  3. Re:Had a realization on First Star War Episode 7 Trailer Released · · Score: 2

    Abram's Star Trek? Intellectual? Plot twists? ...

    Uhhhhh....

  4. Re:Nuclear is Clean on Renewables Are Now Scotland's Biggest Energy Source · · Score: 1

    That's an institutional problem, not a technological one.

    Incompetent handling of nuclear power does not undermine its potential.

  5. Re:Nuclear is Clean on Renewables Are Now Scotland's Biggest Energy Source · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Breeder reactors create more fuel than they use. Further, techniques can be used to greatly decrease the amount of waste created.

    The risks of a meltdown is zero with modern reactors, they have plenty of passive mechanisms in place.

    I suppose you could sabotage a modern reactor, but the best you can do is blow up the whole plant and spread radiation everywhere. The reactor can't be forced to meltdown or anything of the sort.

  6. Re:Nuclear is Clean on Renewables Are Now Scotland's Biggest Energy Source · · Score: 3, Informative

    Unfortunately no, they did the opposite of the safe thing and extended the life of old reactors and increased the output.

    But just because they're being all twisted and stupid about it doesn't mean they have their head up their ass. They clearly see the benefit in investing in nuclear infrastructure. They have eight new reactors being built that are set to be completed all within the next two years. Probably plans for more on the way. It's a very aggressive strategy, and I'd imagine after the new ones are online the old ones are going to be decommissioned.

  7. Re:Nuclear is Clean on Renewables Are Now Scotland's Biggest Energy Source · · Score: 2

    They're building one fast breeder reactor, the rest of the new ones are all VVER. It will likely pave the way for future breeder reactors.

  8. Nuclear is Clean on Renewables Are Now Scotland's Biggest Energy Source · · Score: -1, Troll

    And just as sustainable (if not more) than renewable energy.

    So far the only country who doesn't seem to have their head up their ass in regards to nuclear policy is Russia (feel free to point me to other examples).

  9. Re:writer doesn't get jeopardy, or much of anythin on Alva Noe: Don't Worry About the Singularity, We Can't Even Copy an Amoeba · · Score: 2

    Doubly true, we recently stuck a worm's brain in a robot body.

    Wowowowow and a worm is way more complicated than an amoeba! Dr. Noe should probably stick to questioning his own existence.

  10. Re:That's because on Three-Way Comparison Shows PCs Slaying Consoles In Dragon Age Inquisition · · Score: 1

    It's objectively better in all metrics except cost.

    Here's it's shown to be better than consoles visually. And the modders haven't even touched it yet.

  11. Re:Sorry, but no ... on Head of FCC Proposes Increasing Internet School Fund · · Score: 1

    Yeah it's a cash grab.

    He's basically pushing to get companies more business paid for by taxpayers.

  12. Re:Given how most spend their time in college... on Coding Bootcamps Presented As "College Alternative" · · Score: 2

    I've been learning to code on my own for more than the past 19 weeks pretty heavily.

    I could not tell you anything about hashmaps. I can in fact avoid off-by-one errors :p

    I still do the best I can but I feel like I have so much to learn I'll never get there.

  13. Re:We all dance in the streets on Visual Studio 2015 Supports CLANG and Android (Emulator Included) · · Score: 2

    So your argument is that the IDE is... Too good?

  14. Re:Good for him! on Overbilled Customer Sues Time Warner Cable For False Advertising · · Score: 1

    Because marketing.

  15. Re:The providers on FCC Confirms Delay of New Net Neutrality Rules Until 2015 · · Score: 1

    The content providers already pay for their bandwidth too.

  16. Re:If Obama were serious about protecting the net on President Obama Backs Regulation of Broadband As a Utility · · Score: 1

    Yeah, probably by not pissing off four million voters.

  17. Re:John McCain says ... on The Military's Latest Enemy: Climate Change · · Score: 1

    It's only a matter of time before Congress declares war on global warming.

  18. Re:Efficiency on There's No Such Thing As a General-Purpose Processor · · Score: 0

    The brain does convert chemical energy into mechanical energy into electrical potentials.

    But to say the brain runs more efficiently than a computer is pretty dumb. A processor needs some electricity and that it's it, it's good to go. Brains require nutrients beyond simply burning carbohydrates and it needs to keep being fed. Brains cease working if they aren't fed and they can't be restarted. Further brains need 1/3 of every day just to maintain itself.

    They also have a really high error rate.

  19. Re:Methodology? on Shift Work Dulls Brain Performance · · Score: 3, Informative

    I read the abstract; the actual article is paywalled, which is why I asked the question.

    But thanks for assuming I was criticizing the study when I said nothing of the sort and simply had a question about its methods.

  20. Re:They're probably correct on Too Many Kids Quit Science Because They Don't Think They're Smart · · Score: 1

    Hard work beats talent every time.

  21. Re:I wonder how long until we realize... on Shift Work Dulls Brain Performance · · Score: 1

    Well no, but the compensation should certainly be higher.

  22. Methodology? on Shift Work Dulls Brain Performance · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When did they test these candidates? If you're testing everyone at 8 AM that's going to show a bias for the people just woke up and had their coffee compared to the night shift workers who are getting ready for bed.

  23. Re:Algorithms Can Be Patented on Disney Patents a Piracy Free Search Engine · · Score: 1

    Only Google will be like, "Okay, I can do that if you pay me a huge recurring fee."

  24. Re:Indirect measurement on How Google Can Get the Flu Right · · Score: 1

    I don't think Google was wrong in underestimating the number of cases, they just had trouble putting the human element. How many people are actually going to go to the doctor?

    It assumed people would do the sane thing and consult a medical professional instead of trudging into work chugging DayQuil with a box of tissues so they're not seen like a slacker (because it's just a cold and you can't skip work for just a cold, c'mon).

  25. Re:Clean out your keyboard! on Video Raises Doubts About Attkisson's Claims of Malicious Hacking · · Score: 1

    But that's not how it works in movies.

    Too bad she didn't invest in one of those computers that splashes a skull and crossbones on the screen with a blaring siren to let her know she was being hacked.