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  1. Re:Live people can act autonomously at landing. on ESA Lander's Signal Cut Out Just Before It Was Supposed To Land on Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Live people can act autonomously at landing.

    That all depends on how fast you land them...

  2. The ESA just has to intentionally aim for people to guarantee a miss.

  3. Re:Money well spent! on ESA Lander's Signal Cut Out Just Before It Was Supposed To Land on Mars (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    People have been dying ever since there have been people. If you're going to use people dying as an excuse to not do something, nothing will ever get done. AND people will still die.

  4. Re:Cheap catalysts on CO2 To Ethanol In One Step With Cheap Catalyst (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    Stop, you're hurting my feelings!

  5. I'm sure the NSA will be happy on Microsoft Claims Its Speech Transcription AI is Now Better Than Human Professionals (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Now the NSA can store text transcripts of your conversations instead of having to store the audio files. This will leave so much more room for video! Hey - why did you put tape on your webcam, citizen?

  6. Cheap catalysts on CO2 To Ethanol In One Step With Cheap Catalyst (sciencedaily.com) · · Score: 1

    The price of a catalyst is irrelevant since catalysts by definition remain unchanged by the chemical reaction. The price of the electricity to convert the CO2 into ethanol, however... Catalysts do not violate the laws of thermodynamics. If you do the math you'll find that the energy you put it will be significantly greater than what you'd get from burning all that ethanol back into CO2.

  7. Re: Biggest tech companies? on Project Include Drops Y Combinator As Peter Thiel Pledges $1.25 Million To Trump (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hey in America you can become an "inventor" by taking your Wal Mart bought clock apart and putting it in a briefcase.

  8. Re:Why do they even have a UK bank account? on Russia Today: NatWest To Close Russian Channel's UK Bank Accounts (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    No I blame the messenger when the "news" he gives me is a lie.

  9. Re:Round 1, begin on Russia Today: NatWest To Close Russian Channel's UK Bank Accounts (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    That doesn't stop it being France's most advanced warship.

    Then France is in a pretty sorry state. Not to mention the fact that someone should be concerned that they're selling one to that staunch ally and NATO member - Egypt............ oh wait

  10. Re:What reason was stated? on Russia Today: NatWest To Close Russian Channel's UK Bank Accounts (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    They gave no reason. RT published the letter on their website earlier. It was a vague corporate form letter saying the accounts would be closed because they no longer wished to provide services.

  11. Re:Why do they even have a UK bank account? on Russia Today: NatWest To Close Russian Channel's UK Bank Accounts (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The BBC manufactures its own news nowadays. They don't need people in Russia or anywhere else.

  12. Re:Round 1, begin on Russia Today: NatWest To Close Russian Channel's UK Bank Accounts (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You do not outsource the construction of your most advanced or secret technology. The Mistrals were helicopter carriers. A helicopter carrier is not a new concept, nor is there anything particularly advanced about it. France had to pay reparations for breach of contract, by the way. This doesn't say so much about Russia as about how much France is an American puppet.

    And Russia of course funds attacks on the other flank (Golden Dawn, Front National, Northern League, etc) - populists supporting policies favorable to Russia. And funds anti-fracking groups and other organizations that pose a threat to their energy dominance in Europe.

    You have actual evidence of this or are just making shit up?

    but it just hasn't gone well. Their infrastructure isn't there, their people aren't there, and even the places in China where they need the energy supplies aren't, for the most part, close to the border.

    Yes they're doing something that's totally ALIEN to Americans because they haven't done it in so long - they're :: get this :: BUILDING the infrastructure. This creates jobs, which attracts people. It attracts the workers. And it attracts all the people who want to provide services to the workers. The gas pipeline will be ready in 4 years. Then it will be built.

  13. Re:Round 1, begin on Russia Today: NatWest To Close Russian Channel's UK Bank Accounts (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    stop backing the Syrian regime so Europe and the Middle East can deal with the influx of refugees.

    You are laughably uninformed. Carry on.

  14. Re:Any day now on Russia Today: NatWest To Close Russian Channel's UK Bank Accounts (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Hold your breath. Go on. I dare you.

  15. Re:Nice to see the West pulling tricks from the on Russia Today: NatWest To Close Russian Channel's UK Bank Accounts (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This is the kind of thing Russia and China do to US/EU media groups.

    Which ones?

  16. LIBYA you ignorant fuckwit. But now that you mention it - the .ly as "lie" ALSO fits. Triple irony.

  17. Re:what about security? on More Performers Are Demanding Audiences Lock Up Their Phones (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Those are called assholes. Being on call does not preclude your ability to put your phone on vibrate.

  18. Using bit.ly. Oh the IRONY that the .ly TLD could somehow be involved in taking down Hillary Clinton.

  19. Re:There Is No Rivalry on China Just Launched Two Astronauts Into Orbit (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    China is no rival of the USA in space exploration. China is about 50 years behind the USA

    Pretty sure that's what I heard a certain hare say about a certain tortoise right before he went to sleep and lost the race.

  20. But once the AI reaches it's "safer" level, it will always be safer. Humans, on the other hand, will continue breeding dangerous drivers every generation.

  21. Re: Good on NASA Has No Plans To Buy More Soyuz Seats (spaceflightnow.com) · · Score: 1

    "We clowns"? I'm a Canadian living in Panama...

  22. Re:The ending comment on Uber's Ad-Toting Drones Are Heckling Drivers Stuck in Traffic (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    The problem with that is you always want to cram the other guy in a shared ride. It's never you.

  23. Re: I'm with Snowden on CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    there is a much more dangerous game being played.

    THAT game is doomed to failure. It has been tried multiple times throughout history, it has never worked, and it will never work.

  24. I'm with Snowden on CIA Prepping For Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "is contemplating an unprecedented cyber covert action against Russia"

    Usually the first step in covert actions is you don't tell anyone. Especially not the enemy.

  25. Re: Good on NASA Has No Plans To Buy More Soyuz Seats (spaceflightnow.com) · · Score: 1

    Confirming that the RuAF consists entirely of MiG 25's. Oh wait, they haven't been produced since the Soviet era.