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  1. Re:Pressure can be held. Heat not exactly. on The Record For High-Temperature Superconductivity Has Been Smashed Again (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Gravity is not a force - it's "magic"!

  2. Re:Pressure can be held. Heat not exactly. on The Record For High-Temperature Superconductivity Has Been Smashed Again (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Hey, your flying car is finally almost a thing. Just be patient about the hoverboard :)

  3. Re:Pressure can be held. Heat not exactly. on The Record For High-Temperature Superconductivity Has Been Smashed Again (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Certainly, a superconducting CPU for the average user is now thinkable.

    Seems to be a lot of effort just to read a facebook feed and watch porn though.

  4. Re:Well that solved the problem on The Record For High-Temperature Superconductivity Has Been Smashed Again (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd just get my mother in law to sit on it.

  5. Re:They just snatched up a random Canadian. on Canada Grants Bail For Arrested Huawei CFO Who Faces US Extradition (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Not so random. He's a spy. Why? Because they say he's a spy.

  6. Re:China, no question on Canada Grants Bail For Arrested Huawei CFO Who Faces US Extradition (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Chartered private planes don't require them.

    Immigration in your destination country kind of does, though. You realize they track planes through flight plans and radars and know if you're trying to skip immigration and customs, right?

  7. Re:I'd like to know the odds on Canada Grants Bail For Arrested Huawei CFO Who Faces US Extradition (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm betting she's going to have some of the best lawyers in the country on her side.

  8. The solution is easy on Why I'm Usually Unnerved When Modern SSDs Die on Us (utoronto.ca) · · Score: 0

    Stop buying shit SSD's. I've been using them for 7 years now and have not had a single failure. As for loss prevention, a good PC owner knows to always back up important files. You do this regularly, right? Oh you don't? Then it's your own fault.

  9. Re:Good lord on Huawei Executive Arrest Inspires Advance Fee Scams (sans.edu) · · Score: 1

    Are you seriously comparing disease with stupidity? Bit of a false equivalence there.

  10. Re:Good lord on Huawei Executive Arrest Inspires Advance Fee Scams (sans.edu) · · Score: 1

    ...I hacked your router and I see what you're doing on your webcam (I don't have a webcam). Give me some bitcoin or I will send video of you doing perverted things while watching porn to all your friends...

    I keep getting this one. Annoying as fuck.

  11. Re:How is it malware, if you compromise the server on ESET Discovers 21 New Linux Malware Families (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The evil maid strikes again!

  12. And they thought _strrev() was a secure way to encrypt the user passwords. I guess this time they will switch to ROT13. Twice, for extra security!

  13. Everything old is new again :)

  14. Re:Wow, that's a huge find alright. on Scientists Identify Vast Underground Ecosystem Containing Billions of Micro-organisms (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    There's liquid water on Earth. Mars' minuscule quantities of water are frozen. That makes it kind of difficult to access. If you're an organism that produces heat as a byproduct of your metabolism, then maybe you can live in little isolated pools of liquid water but then it becomes a chicken or egg situation. Likewise since Mars does have at least a partially molten core one would expect it to get warmer the further down you go. But then you have to wonder if frozen water could penetrate that deep.

  15. Re: Don't worry! on Qualcomm Says It Won Case Banning Sale of Older iPhones in China (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, for a specific process. Not just A--> B, pay me.

  16. Re: Don't worry! on Qualcomm Says It Won Case Banning Sale of Older iPhones in China (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The problem is patent holders (and some judges) who believe that ideas and concepts can and should be patented. A patent is supposed to cover a specific application of an idea, not the idea itself. Putting a phone to sleep between packets should be available to everyone provided they find their own way of doing it rather than copying the specific electronic layout.

  17. Re: They could, but they won't on Can Democrats In Congress Restore America's Net Neutrality Rules? (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd accept that if it was Pelosi's only mix up, but she does it regularly. I leave looking it up as an exercise for the reader.

  18. Re:Oh so common in the corporate world. on Apple Store Employees Aren't Allowed To Say 'Crash', 'Bug', or 'Problem' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You can thanks the lawyers for this.

  19. My interaction with most sales staff at most shops usually end very abruptly, and often rudely now.

    I shop online. Fuck retail.

  20. Re: Sounds like Mobil Oil ... on Apple Store Employees Aren't Allowed To Say 'Crash', 'Bug', or 'Problem' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Trying to understand the opportunity involved in BP dumping billions of barrels of crude into the Gulf of Mexico with Deepwater Horizon... exactly who benefited here?

  21. Re: They could, but they won't on Can Democrats In Congress Restore America's Net Neutrality Rules? (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Nancy Pelosi actually has a history of political competence

    Whoops there goes all your credibility. Nancy Pelosi is only vaguely aware of who the current president is.

  22. Re:Karshi or Ennui? on 22-Year-Old Google Engineer Dies At His Work Terminal (nypost.com) · · Score: 1

    Depends on what is being displayed on your screen at the time...

  23. So rapid warming has happened before?

  24. What seems to be happening is they're quickly running out of people to sanction. They were even going to start sanctioning EU members and Turkey a little while ago. Well once you've started sanctioning your allies who is left? I can imagine a future where the US has walled itself off from everyone, and everyone will be happy.

  25. Be careful what you wish for.

    Says the party imposing the sanctions. I believe it is you who is wishing too hard.