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  1. I think it was already accelerated at about 9.8 m/s^2

  2. A video taken out of context can be extremely deceiving. Like someone posting a video of someone fighting back and leaving out the initial assault on them makes the defender look like they are the instigator.

  3. Re:"We're" loosing it? on UW Professor: The Information War Is Real, and We're Losing It (seattletimes.com) · · Score: 1

    You've obviously never been to Boston

  4. Can the next release make these billionaires go broke? Thanks

  5. Re:Total Boondoggle on Physicist Kip Thorne On the Physics of "Interstellar" · · Score: 1

    Or corporate subsidies or allowing them to dodge taxes?

  6. Re:The correct way to "inform the authority" on Australian Teen Reports SQL Injection Vulnerability, Company Calls Police · · Score: 1

    Or, more likely, he never contacted anyone (he says he never got a response) and should have made another effort to contact them maybe by directly calling. I wouldn't be surprised if he just used some webmaster email address on the site that gets checked once in a blue moon or his email got caught in a spam filter. Either way, to escalate it by going to the press was a bit of a rash jump to make.

    I agree that them responding by having him arrested was a petty act that showed more petulance than professionalism.

    As a developer myself I understand the inertia fixing security holes could face, especially if they subcontracted all of it out and that would mean asking for bids, spending $, etc. That is no excuse though for just ignoring it. There is also little excuse for allowing a public facing DB to have SQL injection holes like this in this day and age. The proper coding standards for dealing with this should've been followed from the start.

  7. Or they could... on Oregon Extends Push To Track, Tax Drivers Per Mile · · Score: 1

    Just accept that the gas tax isn't a god-given cash cow and either spend less on roads or look elsewhere for money.

  8. Desperation? on Facebook Testing Screen-Tracking Software For Users · · Score: 1

    Getting hard to sell those ads for more money eh? Pump all the data you want, I still won't buy your crap.

  9. Wacky America on US Executions Threaten Supply of Anaesthetic Used For Surgical Procedures · · Score: 2

    Welcome to America where killing our citizens is more important than saving their lives.

  10. Cheaper solution on A Thermoelectric Bracelet To Maintain a Comfortable Body Temperature · · Score: 1

    I have a cheaper system that involves a fan and a jacket.

  11. Re:Jesus fucking christ on a stick on Facebook Comment Prompts Arrests In Cyberbullying Suicide Case · · Score: 1

    She belongs in a center where she would be forced to attend therapy. Maybe there is still hope for her though I assume she is picking up her attitudes from her parents. The sooner she is separated from them the better probably.

  12. Re:Officer dickhead is a dickhead. on Georgia Cop Issues 800 Tickets To Drivers Texting At Red Lights · · Score: 1

    Dickheads drive manuals too.

  13. Been through this before on US Now Produces More Oil and Gas Than Russia and Saudi Arabia · · Score: 1

    When oil drilling first started in PA there was a huge boom and bust. There is nothing special about fracking technology, it is only a matter of time before other countries get it going and gas shale deposits are not limited to the US. The price of gas could get pushed down below the cost of the drilling and processing and become a bust. It might also become cheap enough to process natural gas as a substitute for oil in things like plastics depressing oil prices too.

  14. Re:Environmentalists... on US Now Produces More Oil and Gas Than Russia and Saudi Arabia · · Score: 1

    It is ok, we have a backup planet.

  15. Re:Importation on US Now Produces More Oil and Gas Than Russia and Saudi Arabia · · Score: 1

    Good luck with that. Unlike diamonds natural gas isn't exactly rare.

  16. Re:Very tech oriented on Tom Clancy Is Dead At 66 · · Score: 1

    I'd rather read nonfiction. Real history is more interesting IMHO.

  17. Say this 10 times fast on Flowering Plants' Roots Pushed Back 100M Years · · Score: 1

    Here we report on angiosperm-like pollen and Afropollis from the Anisian (Middle Triassic, 247.2–242.0 Ma) of a mid-latitudinal site in Northern Switzerland. Small monosulcate pollen grains with typical reticulate (semitectate) sculpture, columellate structure of the sexine and thin nexine show close similarities to early angiosperm pollen known from the Early Cretaceous.

    I think this sprained my brain.

  18. Re:Remember all those times Bush blocked... on German NSA Critic Denied Entry To the US · · Score: 1

    Remember who created this program in the first place? The no-entry list has become a popularity list and it just gets longer.

  19. Re:They've got money to burn on Adults Make Riskier, More Inconsistent Decisions As They Get Older, Study Finds · · Score: 1

    I've already taken that into account with my death plan, whore-house heart attack.

  20. Re:"Secure" meaning . . . on Microsoft Azure Platform Certified "Secure" By Department of Defense · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The certification makes it easy for foreign entities to avoid it like the plague.

  21. Re:Balloons on Congress Reaches Agreement ... On Helium · · Score: 1

    Whew! Thank goodness we aren't wasting it on something frivolous.

  22. Re:Sour Grapes on Car Dealers Complain To DMV About Tesla's Website · · Score: 1

    This is right up there with the laws the liquor distributors have rammed through in MA to keep their middleman system going.

  23. Re:jerk on Georgia Cop Issues 800 Tickets To Drivers Texting At Red Lights · · Score: 1

    I was just following orders! Great excuse, didn't work during some famous trials.

    Yes the law should be changed but cops are expected to use judgement also.

  24. Next military invention on Boeing Turning Old F-16s Into Unmanned Drones · · Score: 1

    Waiting for the drone communications jammers to start coming out. Drone isn't very useful without a communications link.

  25. Harry said it best on NSA Spies On International Payments · · Score: 1

    "Secrecy and a free, democratic government don't mix." - Harry Truman