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  1. Not to get all factual on you but...

    the electoral college hasn't voted on the 2016 election yet. They don't meet until December to vote (just checked they meet on December 19th).

    https://www.archives.gov/feder...

  2. Ok maybe I'm dense but I would think net neutrality is the opposite of "crony capitalism pure and simple."

  3. Re: yes they should on Slashdot Asks: Should The US Abolish The Electoral College? · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, since they are still just territories they don't get a vote for US president.

  4. I think you need to rewatch the video you linked. No where in there does Obama say that illegals and non-citizens should go out and vote. He does say that if you are a citizen with an undocumented family member that you should go out and vote because you aren't only voting for yourself but also representing these individuals. He clearly states several times that citizens should get out and vote not that illegals should be voting.
    Now you may disagree with citizens of undocumented immigrants voting but that is on you.

  5. They are now 10x the cost? on Long-Range Projectiles For Navy's Newest Ship Too Expensive To Shoot (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    But what I want to know is who thought $80000 a round was a realistic price in the first place?

    I guess cutting the US military budget is really going to hurt their safety after all.

  6. It's easy for Trump to have "committed no crimes and has not abused his power of being a public official for his own gain" when he hasn't held public office.

  7. Ok, I can kind of see a point to the law... on California Enacts Law Requiring IMDb To Remove Actor Ages On Request (hollywoodreporter.com) · · Score: 1

    as having your age posted could lead to age discrimination. I just don't see how the law can really be enforced effectively so what is the point.

  8. Re:How many of those... on Windows 10 Now On 400 Million Active Devices, Says Microsoft (thurrott.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Microsoft is only counting machines that have been turned on (and I assume connected to the Internet) in the last 28 days as active devices. So the number of devices that have Windows 10 installed could be significantly higher than the number stated. If you haven't had your Windows 10 machine on the Internet in the last 28 days it wouldn't have been counted in the 400 million (so all those systems that had Windows 10 installed just to register the machine then returned to a previous version also wouldn't have been counted).

  9. Actually just going to LED street lights eliminates a lot of light pollution. Before our town made the switch to LED street lights I could see the light pollution 10 miles out of town proper any night of the year. With the LED street lights I only see the light pollution produced if there is a low cloud cover or light fog.

  10. If your looking at games that need dosbox and/or ran fine on Windows XP most likely you are talking about 16bit games. Most Windows 10 machines are going to be running the 64bit version of the OS. Unfortunately, 64bit Windows doesn't run 16bit software anymore. I don't know if this is necessarily a bad thing. After all, how long do we really need to keep things backward compatible (ok, 15 years might not sound all that long but in the tech industry that is an eon)?

  11. Re:Misleading? on EFF Asks FTC To Demand 'Truth In Labeling' For DRM (techdirt.com) · · Score: 1

    Not all countries have eminent domain laws.

  12. Re:classy actions on EFF Asks FTC To Demand 'Truth In Labeling' For DRM (techdirt.com) · · Score: 0

    I know cases where people buy new hardware of even take vacation time to play a game. If the game then is updated post-sale with a license that the person don't want to accept then he/she is still screwed.

    I think this says more about how messed up peoples priorities are than how bad DRM labeling is. Guess I've just never been that committed to playing a game. 8-P

  13. Re:Funny, my modern TV doesn't do that crap on TVs Are Still Too Complicated, and It's Not Your Fault (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It's actually quite easy to mitigate smart TVs spying on you. Don't plug them into your network. 8-)

  14. Re:When do we move from diminishing returns... on Japan Starts 8K TV Broadcasts In Time For Rio Olympics (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't that only need 2.0 (or 2.1) sound or do you plan on playing all 11 languages at the same time?

  15. Re:Ain't no governor like a republican governor on Florida Regulators OK Plan To Increase Toxins In Water (washingtontimes.com) · · Score: 1

    So we aren't supposed to believe the "liberal media" and trust the oh so fair and balanced reporting of the two websites you quoted? I could just as easily say that the articles quoted are "not journalism, it is storytelling designed to advance a (right)-wing agenda". Sorry but I won't go so far as to say that they are "packaged as facts" but will admit they are still "nothing but politics".

  16. Re:Shell games and double talk on Spanish Authorities Raid Google Offices Over Tax (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Just remember that "Taxes are regressive. All of them." when infrastructure starts falling down around you.

    Oops! Sorry too late.

  17. Does this policy work across the whole company? on GE Considers Scrapping The Annual Raise (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    In particular does it also apply to management? I kind of doubt that the presidents and vice presidents (CEOs, CIOs, CFO, etc.) are going to be affected by this.

  18. Actually I don't think the fish would say anything as they don't have vocal cords nor do they understand human language.

  19. Re:Bitcoin doesn't make sense as currency on Miami Money-Laundering Case May Define Whether Bitcoin Is Really Money (ibtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Paper being currency really doesn't make sense either. The only reason paper (currency) has value is because it can be exchanged for goods that people want. If it were not for this exchange paper (currency) would be totally worthless.

    I would actually argue that precious metals and stocks are currency (stocks maybe not as much but definitely precious metals). The only way this isn't money laundering is that using that currency to purchase stolen goods doesn't really clean the currency (the whole point of money laundering). You are actually using clean money to purchase dirty money in this case.

  20. Re:Yes, they are stupid on Consumer Campaigners Read T&C Of Their Mobile Phone Apps To Prove a Point (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    So would it make you feel better to state that the average T&C takes approximately an hour to read?

  21. Re:In Microsoft's support . . . on Bing Bans 'Computer Support' Ads From Its Network (mspoweruser.com) · · Score: 2

    Its my understanding that it is just the ads they aren't allowing. If you specifically search for a computer repair service I'm sure you will still get hits.

  22. Re: daily mail reporting on Scientists: Electric Vehicles Produce As Many Toxins As Dirty Diesels (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    To be fair electricity isn't renewable. It is the source of that electricity that can be renewable. Currently a lot of the electricity is derived from non-renewable sources but that doesn't have to be the case.

  23. Re:Outbid for content? on Netflix's Original Content Library Is Growing By 185% Each Year (cordcutting.com) · · Score: 1

    I would assume that this is mostly due to the licensing agreements and not any technical reason. If I am negotiating to pay a licensing fee for a particular series it would be in my best interest to pay a bit more for the license if I could gain exclusive access to that programming. With this exclusive deal I could then market my service as the only place to get that particular program and hopefully increase subscriptions from people that want to watch that series.

  24. Ok so look at it as a balance. If you have ten pounds of sand on each end of a fulcrum point so that the system is balanced. If you add half a pound of sand to one end what happens? It couldn't really be the cause of much since it is 4% added weight right? Also, in the new unbalanced system taking away that extra half pound couldn't possibly re-balance the system since it only accounts for 4% of the total (your situation of "96% of it is naturally occurring, and we couldn't do anything about it if we tried."). Just because humans only contribute a small percentage of the total doesn't mean that that contribution is meaningless.