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  1. Re:She has a point. on My High School CS Homework Is the Centerfold · · Score: 1

    Right. Because helping further the Victorian Era sexual repression that's ingrained in our culture is a good thing. Hint: it's not. No, we don't need to go overboard with it. That being said, not so long ago 14 year olds were getting married and having children. Get over your sexual repression and just grow the fuck up.

  2. Re:She has a point. on My High School CS Homework Is the Centerfold · · Score: 2

    And part of growing up is learning to not let the comments, jokes, and snickers get you. Stop being an apologist for stupidity.

  3. Re:Some of us are safe on Space Radiation May Alter Astronauts' Neurons · · Score: 1

    They have some but not total radiation shielding. Such shielding is very heavy and thus very expensive to put into orbit.

  4. Re:Both own half. on Who Owns Pre-Embryos? · · Score: 1

    That's what King Solomon would do.

  5. Re:tax unhealthy choices on Robots Step Into the Backbreaking Agricultural Work That Immigrants Won't Do · · Score: 1

    I never said it was an argument I agreed with. It is just the argument I often hear from sin tax proponents.

  6. Re:tax unhealthy choices on Robots Step Into the Backbreaking Agricultural Work That Immigrants Won't Do · · Score: 1

    I didn't say it was *my* argument. Read carefully. I was just pointing out the argument that is often used.

  7. Re:tax unhealthy choices on Robots Step Into the Backbreaking Agricultural Work That Immigrants Won't Do · · Score: 1

    The argument is along the lines of the fact that smoking, obesity, etc. have a direct cost to society. From lost productivity to higher healthcare costs, unhealthy lifestyle choices do have a real cost to others who share the planet.

  8. Re:1.5-15k? For real? on Microsoft Opens Vulnerability Bounty Program For Spartan Browser · · Score: 1

    *Whoosh*

    Opportunist is referring to the fact that bad guys will pay many times more than that for a 0 day remote execution bug.

  9. Re:SystemD added? on Ubuntu 15.04 Released, First Version To Feature systemd · · Score: 2

    It reminds me of those 'That's now how this works. That's not how any of this works' commercials.

  10. Thanks, Hubble on Hubble Turns 25 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Both my scientific curiosity and my desktop backgrounds thank you.

  11. Re:Both or none? on Median Age At Google Is 29, Says Age Discrimination Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    You mean google astroturfers, right?

  12. Re:Dell, HP, Panasonic on We'll Be the Last PC Company Standing, Acer CEO Says · · Score: 1

    You don't get out much, do you? They are firmly entrenched in the enterprise both in the PC and server markets.

  13. Re:A sane supreme court decision? on Supreme Court Rules Extending Traffic Stop For Dog Sniff Unconstitutional · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All it will probably do is cause police to take their sweet time writing a citation until the dog gets there.

  14. Re:Habeus Corpus on Update: No Personhood for Chimps Yet · · Score: 1

    Fine, what did the chimps ask their representatives?

    "I can haz bannanaz plz?"

  15. Re:Not an arms race, a race to zero! on How Security Companies Peddle Snake Oil · · Score: 1

    Fixing all of the bugs in the world won't stop methods like social engineering. That is why I also included user training. Sure it'll never be 100% because people are flawed and often stupid, but it's an important part of the equation.

  16. Holistic on How Security Companies Peddle Snake Oil · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No point product or product line of point products is a 'security solution.' They are part of the equation, but only a holistic approach that encompasses user training, proper design, constant vigilance, and yes the right point products can really be called a 'solution', and even then I tend to avoid the term. I'll speak to solutions for particular problems, for example web filtering or fire-walling, but I try to lead my clients to understand that only a complete top to bottom approach will even come close to providing them with the security they need. Even then, it's a game of leap frog. The bad actors will always be back with sneakier malware, more artful attacks, etc.

  17. Re:1 million dollars per family? on George Lucas Building Low-Income Housing Next Door To Millionaires · · Score: 1

    Maybe after paying all that money, Lucas will have to live in one of these low-income homes.

    Seeing as he was already rich prior to selling the Star Wars franchise to Disney for $4 billion, I highly doubt it.

  18. Re: Awkward on Resistance To Antibiotics Found In Isolated Amazonian Tribe · · Score: 2

    What do you think the anal probes are for that the Greys use when they abduct us?

  19. Re:why must human ancestors be involved on World's Oldest Stone Tools Discovered In Kenya · · Score: 1

    Our closest cousins among the great apes sure do as well:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G...

  20. Re:Stuff that matters? on Study: Ancient Mosasaurs Gave Birth In Open Sea · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Truly spoken by someone with a seven digit ID. Anything about dinosaurs or related kin is definitely News for Nerds and as such is Stuff that Matters to many of us who wouldn't have seen it otherwise. Now, get off my lawn.

  21. Re:First, manhole covers are not always round on The Key To Interviewing At Google · · Score: 3

    You're probably better off. Working for the big Silicon vendors is over rated. You can make a six figure income working for a small firm, as well, without the hype and hyperbole.

  22. Re:Wrong goal on Material Made From Crustaceans Could Combat Battlefield Blood Loss · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Actually the main purpose is to wound as many enemies as you can. Each wounded soldier takes 2-3 support people to care for them. The purpose of engaging in battle is to gain the specific objective (hill, town, city) as described by the mission objectives. A lot of killing takes place, yes, but it's actually the wounded that count the most from a tactical standpoint.

  23. Re:The value of technology investment on SpaceX's New Combustion Technologies · · Score: 1

    Helping makers of internal combustion engines create more efficiencies certainly does help direct competitors of Musk's.

  24. Re:Metric on World's Largest Asteroid Impacts Found In Central Australia · · Score: 1

    Tell that to the failed Mars Climate Orbiter. If we'd settled on one set of units (either would be fine) it probably wouldn't have been lost.

  25. Re:Gulf of Mexico ? on World's Largest Asteroid Impacts Found In Central Australia · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm not sure where you got that one. The only credible theory related to it is the Chicxulub crater, which is on the Southern edge of the Gulf, near the Yucatan Peninsula. That's what's left by the impact that many believe killed most of the dinosaurs, as well as many other species. It's not even close to the size of the whole Gulf. What theories are you talking about?