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  1. Yet another example... on The Disgruntled Guys Who Babysit Our Aging Nuclear Missiles · · Score: 1

    of what some would call the pussification of America. The conditions are no worse, and in fact a heck of a lot less stressful than they were. Yet now for whatever reason we need to make it all a big deal.... because they're bored.

  2. Re:They had a one-time-use number program years ag on American Express Seeks To Swap Card Numbers For Secure Tokens · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because it's a pain and people are lazy.

  3. Re:Huge setback on Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo Crashes · · Score: 1

    It could be up to 10 years before they can have a replacement up to this level testing. Sounds crazy, but not unrealistic.

  4. Just wait on The CDC Is Carefully Controlling How Scared You Are About Ebola · · Score: 1

    A few homeless people who hang out in the NYC subways all day catch it and see how controlled it is. Total nightmare scenario, and far from unrealistic. Why bother with suicide bombers when all you have to do is get a half dozen people infected and send them on the next airplanes to who knows where with instructions to maximize exposure. They don't even need to be successful and you'll see travel restrictions that dwarf after 9/11. Just what the world economy doesn't need right now.

  5. Re:Maybe affects Boeing, not SpaceX on NASA Asks Boeing, SpaceX To Stop Work On Next-Gen Space Taxi · · Score: 1

    Both of them have been funding it themselves for years, as has sierra nevada. Neither will have a work stoppage, at least for the near future.

  6. Re:lol capitalism. on eBay To Spin Off PayPal · · Score: 1

    Because being acquired makes you money? Just tossing it out there.

  7. Re:Money is fungible on Stanford Promises Not To Use Google Money For Privacy Research · · Score: 1

    Which is why there are accounting rules. I'm not saying it can't/isn't being done. But it isn't as simple as you lead on either. It's more about accountability to all the other people giving money for grants. Who would do it if they had no way of insuring the money they give goes to what they are giving it for.

  8. Re:Emma Watson is full of it on Emma Watson Leaked Photo Threat Was a Plot To Attack 4chan · · Score: 1

    Whose fault is it when you have 50% of the voters and can't fill 50% of the seats? Either women don't care and are too stupid to vote themselves in. Or they are smarter vote for men because they know they are the better choice. Which is it?

  9. Re:Ask him about his opinion when he is 74 on Bioethicist At National Institutes of Health: "Why I Hope To Die At 75" · · Score: 1

    While you're at it, ask the person who at 40 is an atheist what his beliefs are. I'm not saying they all convert back when looking over the abyss, but a fairly decent number do.

  10. Just what they want! on Bioethicist At National Institutes of Health: "Why I Hope To Die At 75" · · Score: 1

    Coming from a government official this is the ultimate in government social engineering to get rid of those who are no longer contributing as much as they are taking. This is a pretty nicely veiled attempt though, will give them that.

  11. Re:Who to believe? on Is the Tesla Model 3 Actually Going To Cost $50,000? · · Score: 1

    Tesla is a money meth money laundering scheme. They lose money with each car sold, but it doesn't matter.

  12. Re:Maybe 40k on Is the Tesla Model 3 Actually Going To Cost $50,000? · · Score: 1

    Because it has the word Giga in it so it must be able to meet the capacities needed to lower costs?

  13. No one is going to buy your exported arms if they know you can disable them at any moment.

  14. Oh please on Put A Red Cross PSA In Front Of the ISIS Beheading Video · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The real question is why do we live in a society that thinks they need actually see this as opposed to reading. I didn't need to to go search out the video to understand the significance of what happened. I think the fact we live in a society that seems to "need" to see such is very telling. Whether you've seen it or not changes none of the facts, and in no way should influence how you feel about such matters.

  15. Re:Technical People on The Billion-Dollar Website · · Score: 1

    Oh please. It's just another example of fleecing a government contract. This one being a no brainer to do on given it's importance.

  16. Good grief on Ask Slashdot: Linux Login and Resource Management In a Computer Lab? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Is this 1988? The easiest/cheapest solution is spend a couple bucks on decent machines.

  17. 1st world problems.

  18. Re:What? on White House Punts On Petition To Allow Tesla Direct Sales · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Death Star proved that. Overwhelming support. Brushed under the rug. This administration is a joke.

  19. Re:Devils advocate on Economist: File Sharing's Impact On Movies Is Modest At Most · · Score: 2

    Doesn't matter if they are losing money or not. It is their product and thus have the right to determine how it is consumed. Stay in business or go under has no bearing on the rights of the copyright holder who whether you agree or not legally dictates how they want it to be consumed.

  20. Devils advocate on Economist: File Sharing's Impact On Movies Is Modest At Most · · Score: 1

    The money spent trying to stop piracy is a direct result of piracy. So you can take that money spent right off the bottom line and attribute it to piracy. The fact is people do receive a service without paying for it. All you have to do is find one person who has downloaded a movie instead of going to see it in the theaters to prove this. Let's be honest here and compare the number of people who download movies so they don't have to spend money to see it to those who download them to see if they want to spend money. We all know how that number looks.

  21. Re:Hi speed chase, hum? on The First Person Ever To Die In a Tesla Is a Guy Who Stole One · · Score: 1

    Don't need a warrant, just permission of the owner.

  22. Re:simple fix on IeSF Wants International Game Tournaments Segregated By Sex [Updated] · · Score: 1

    Apparently something where men and women perform differently.

  23. simple fix on IeSF Wants International Game Tournaments Segregated By Sex [Updated] · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Stop pretending video gaming is a real sport.

  24. What's with the outrage? on Goldman Sachs Demands Google Unsend One of Its E-mails · · Score: 1

    They asked google to do something, google said they can't without a court order, and now they seem to be getting one.

  25. Re:Wrong decision on Supreme Court Rules Against Aereo Streaming Service · · Score: 1

    My understanding was 1 antennae per customer.