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  1. Umm on Martian Canyons May Have Been Carved By Wind · · Score: 1

    While here on Earth with a good 1 atmosphere of pressure, wind might be 10 times faster than water. Now how does that scale to Mars' 0.6% atmospheric pressure?

  2. Some religions have rules about drawing certain prophets too.

  3. No way on Ask Slashdot: Should I Let My Kids Become American Citizens? · · Score: 2

    Tax on their world income. Forever. Even if they never ever set foot in the US. Make them Canadian instead. Almost all of the benefits (Canadian passport gets you into almost anywhere without a visa, including the US) but Canadian tax law is sensible - you need to reside in Canada 183 days out of the year in order to be liable for tax.

  4. Re:Don't call it "hand over" on Quebecker Faces Jail For Not Giving Up Phone Password To Canadian Officials · · Score: 1

    No one can compel you to talk. Oh they might throw you in jail anyway for "obstruction", etc, but you still don't have to talk. And if they claim obstruction they're going to have a hard time convincing a judge/jury that you are actually committing a crime. "We think he might have pornography on his phone" won't stand up in any sane court. Fishing expeditions are not allowed otherwise the entire population can (and will) be dragged in front of a judge in the name of job creation for law enforcement.

  5. Re:Don't call it "hand over" on Quebecker Faces Jail For Not Giving Up Phone Password To Canadian Officials · · Score: 1

    This. Rights are granted from "god" and exist in all people, unless a specific law allows the government to take them away in specific circumstances. The right to silence starts at conception/birth (depending where you live) and ends when you die. As a citizen you are not constrained in anything unless the law specifically says you are. On the other hand, the government starts with no rights and requires specific laws to give it specific rights and powers. It can do nothing without previous legal authority. Anyway that's how it's SUPPOSED to work. The US has perverted this beyond all recognition.

  6. Re:Right to remain silent where? on Quebecker Faces Jail For Not Giving Up Phone Password To Canadian Officials · · Score: 1

    Most countries have a "right to silence/avoid self incrimination".

  7. Re:Border Search Exception on Quebecker Faces Jail For Not Giving Up Phone Password To Canadian Officials · · Score: 1

    Case law is legal laziness. Why bother with a judge and court at all if the result is already pre-determined. The whole concept of a trial and a court and a judge is to judge each case INDIVIDUALLY.

  8. Re:What is the point? on Quebecker Faces Jail For Not Giving Up Phone Password To Canadian Officials · · Score: 2

    They don't even need to do that. All that is needed is a ballpoint pen.

  9. Wait on Ubisoft Has New Video Game Designed To Treat Lazy Eye · · Score: 1

    Does it require an always on internet connection?

  10. Re:Hmmm .... on Physicists Gear Up To Catch a Gravitational Wave · · Score: 2

    You mean like when an electric tester lets you know there's electricity by turning on a little light? Yeah it could be more simple - lick your fingers and grab this wire in that hand and this other wire in...

  11. Re:The Professor and Mary Ann on World's First Lagoon Power Plants Unveiled In UK · · Score: 2

    And I think of Brooke Shields?

  12. Re: Samsung on Samsung Officially Unpacks Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge At MWC · · Score: 1

    I'll address THAT when they sneak it into a EULA too.

  13. Samsung on Samsung Officially Unpacks Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge At MWC · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The company that thinks it's ok to make TV's that spy on you - no thanks. Not interested in any of their products.

  14. Conspiracy theories on 20-Year-Old Military Weather Satellite Explodes In Orbit · · Score: -1

    Cold war heating up? You knock out one of our obscure politicians we knock out one of your obscure satellites?

  15. Low tech solution on Ask Slashdot: Old PC File Transfer Problem · · Score: 1

    You could just get yourself one of these adaptors from Amazon then copy the files directly from one HD to another...

  16. National database to curb terrorism on Pakistanis Must Provide Fingerprints Or Give Up Cellphone · · Score: 1

    Yeah, the guy who is willing to blow himself to bits by strapping himself to a bomb is really going to try to keep his fingerprints a secret.

  17. The law does not and should not shield you from breaking the law.

  18. Re:common man on The Imitation Game Fails Test of Inspiring the Next Turings · · Score: 1

    Mozart did not invent music. Where would he be without, say, the instruments his musicians play?

  19. Re:Whatever on No Tech Bubble Here, Says CNN: "This Time It's Different." · · Score: 1

    Sorry sweetheart I have survived quite a few crashes including 2008 (recent history for me), and learned my lessons well. But shall I tell you what YOU sound like?

  20. Re:Whatever on No Tech Bubble Here, Says CNN: "This Time It's Different." · · Score: 1

    People in the check out line are far more interested in what Taylor Swift is wearing or who is fucking who. We all get what we deserve.

  21. Re:Whatever on No Tech Bubble Here, Says CNN: "This Time It's Different." · · Score: 1

    And this is exactly why you and almost everybody else can't make money on the stock market. You fail to understand one simple truth and end up doing the complete opposite - buying high and selling low.

  22. Re:Whatever on No Tech Bubble Here, Says CNN: "This Time It's Different." · · Score: 1

    "So how does your foolproof plan works?"

    Buy low and sell high. The rest is up to you to research. As for "sending my resume" why should I work for someone else when I'm perfectly happy working for myself?

  23. Whatever on No Tech Bubble Here, Says CNN: "This Time It's Different." · · Score: 2

    Stocks go up, stocks go down. If the market doesn't crash I'll make money. If the market crashes I'll make even more money.

  24. Prediction on Sony Sells Off Sony Online Entertainment · · Score: 1

    I predict that before the year is out it will be bought out and cannibalized by Electronic Arts anyway.

  25. Re:Younger people don't assign music a monetary va on Music Doesn't Feature In the Pirate Bay's Top 100 Biggest Torrents · · Score: 1

    Yawn. Yeah, music was just so damned expensive back when I would tape songs my radio station would play, edit out the commercials and make my own mix tapes. Funny how the musicians never had trouble making too much money though. These little kiddies should pay through the nose for their music!