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  1. Re: Kind of consistent, isn't it? on Most Firefox Users Still Running Windows 7 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    You are correct, 72.6 percent of all numbers on the internet are made up.

    You missed the point though

    MS can look at 5/10/15 percent of people to take the time to do something and 'claim' 95/90/85 percent LOVE IT the way it is just fine and proceed to use their own 'assumptions' to further goals the OP was saying didn't matter because he could turn it off currently.

  2. Re: Kind of consistent, isn't it? on Most Firefox Users Still Running Windows 7 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    What percent of users do you think did what you did? I'm guessing less than 5%.

    Given NINETY-FIVE PERCENT ACCEPTANCE rate, MS will no doubt disable your ability to turn them off before too long.

  3. Um...the explosion in filibusters? More done against the Dems than in all previous Congresses combined. Or perhaps the meeting with GOP leadership on the night of his inauguration? http://swampland.time.com/2012... "If he's for it we need to be against it". Even during the economic crisis to the detriment of the country.

  4. Your link shows he 'blamed' Bush in 2012....not during the crisis.

  5. Re: We're so screwed on Rapid Rise In Methane Emissions In 10 Years Surprises Scientists (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    I'd guess the 'unexpected' label means that they modelled a certain amount for the reasons you mention. Its just far greater than what they thought.

  6. Re:Great News! on Fossil Fuel Divestment Has Doubled In the Last 15 Months (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Miles driven per person has been declining for a decade, just fyi. Electrics are going to be a massive wave on top of that.

    Basically ZERO maintenance for 100K miles beyond consumables. And electricity is basically 1/5 the cost of oil, even at today's prices.

    The vehicle range isn't on par yet, but even so most families with 2 cars have one just for around town and one for trips. That's a very rich target market to pick away at.

  7. linky

    Bush did the emergency surgery to stabilize a critical patient, Obama did the work of actually healing the patient. Both are necessary. The GOP said we should let them die.

  8. Re: I guess I know where all those DEA Profits wi on The DEA Has Been Secretly Paying Transport Employees To Search Travelers' Bags (economist.com) · · Score: 2

    If you don't think the reward is an inducement to behavior from a legal perspective, just wow. It makes no difference legally whether the payment is upfront or after if it's declared as policy.

  9. It certainly could have been better. Obama was handed an economy losing a 800k jobs a month...Google Bikini Graph. In just a single year we were back to positive job growth. And it could have been much better except for the GOP simply opposing everything he tried simply to oppose. At the expense of the country. But yeah he hasn't done anything.....lol

  10. Re: Cue the hipocrisy... on NSA's Best Are 'Leaving In Big Numbers,' Insiders Say (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually we can. The NSA has been acting unconstitutionally so has compromised their own credibility. The fault is still on them for creating the environment in Which Putin/Trump could rise.

  11. Re: I guess I know where all those DEA Profits wil on The DEA Has Been Secretly Paying Transport Employees To Search Travelers' Bags (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, racketeering would render you logic meaningless. You don't think the mafia tried the exact same deal? No we didn't pay him to do anything.

    When the payment is available it changes the justification for the search. If I'm legally traveling with 10K in cash and they report me to the DEA...that's still illegal.

  12. Re: I guess I know where all those DEA Profits wil on The DEA Has Been Secretly Paying Transport Employees To Search Travelers' Bags (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    This isn't the security search when you go through the lines. This is you being pulled out of line for 'special' searching. there's a difference.

    A 'random' search is legitimate. When the searcher was being 'paid' to do 'random' searches...you now have a legal point you can argue that your search wasn't 'random' at all and therefore NOT agreed to. And it can cause real criminals to get off when the evidence is stricken.

  13. Re: I guess I know where all those DEA Profits wil on The DEA Has Been Secretly Paying Transport Employees To Search Travelers' Bags (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    When people are pulled for suspicion, yes it's legal.

    When people are being pulled because someone was paid to pull you...that means there was something other than 'suspicion' involved. And, yes, that is illegal.

    This is the bullshit that causes actual criminals to get off on technicalities. It makes us LESS safe.

  14. Re: Bush's fault! on The DEA Has Been Secretly Paying Transport Employees To Search Travelers' Bags (economist.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    The CIA will report that the Russians hacked the DEA, but that report will come out too late to matter.

    Except we learned yesterday that Obama and the security agencies called a meeting of the Congressional Leadership (D & R) to tell them this was actually happening.

    In SEPTEMBER. Guess who decided to not do anything about it...and flatly claim that anyone mentioning it publicly would be accused of doing so for political game? Hint, it's not the Dems.

  15. Re: Bush's fault! on The DEA Has Been Secretly Paying Transport Employees To Search Travelers' Bags (economist.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    That is the way it works. Except Obama didn't really do that. He just went about getting the economy working again and getting people back to work...faster than Romney said he could do it.

    Oh and with no help, at all, from the GOP and even them actively working against the countries interests so as to not look like they were 'helping' Obama.

  16. Re: Doesn't depend at all. on Why Automation Won't Displace Human Workers (diginomica.com) · · Score: 1

    You'll notice the post I responded to....acknowledged having cats in the home.

    Version 3.1? LOL not likely linky from 8/2016

  17. Re: Doesn't depend at all. on Why Automation Won't Displace Human Workers (diginomica.com) · · Score: 1

    Which Roomba (or any brand) models have this ability right now?

  18. Re:You're still making my point for me on Why Automation Won't Displace Human Workers (diginomica.com) · · Score: 1

    Cat puke on the floor is a lot different than cat puke spread out over the *entire* floor. Dogs and poop take it to an entire new level.

    I wonder if the roombas could have some sort of 'height' sensor so anything sticking up to far, it would know to avoid.

  19. Re: Extrapolation? on Why Automation Won't Displace Human Workers (diginomica.com) · · Score: 1

    The problems occur when multiple trends collide. Automation has indeed both created new jobs and massively destroyed old jobs. With the explosive population growth has been the parallel growth in the remaining non-automated technology. We won't have that parallel effect this time around as even the most menial jobs get automated. The icing on the cake is now automation doesn't require massive scale to be economical; smaller employers will be able to make use of it. Those were the backbone of the parallel jobs growth

  20. Re: Doesn't depend at all. on Why Automation Won't Displace Human Workers (diginomica.com) · · Score: 2

    Roombas are a perfect example of 'not quite there's What happens when your roombas encounters cat puke ?

  21. Re: I'll wait for a third party review... on Elon Musk: Tesla's Solar Roof Will Cost Less Than a Traditional Roof (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    https://mobile.twitter.com/Tes... Does quite well against a heavy impact

  22. Re: Cure now, Gym later on Children Can Now Sue The US Government Over Climate Change (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    perhaps I'm missing the sarcasm....but urban life isn't where these are happening, at least generally.

  23. No, i'm refering to Chalabi aka Curveball.

    Or the documents experts said were forged and shouldn't have fooled anyone? linky

    Which can only mean the CIA is inept...or wanted a particular outcome

    of course the biggest example is the multitude of subsequent 'explanations' for why we went into Iraq. i.e. it totally wasn't the WMD.

  24. Re: Also too early to spend trillions of dollars on Another Study Finds Earth's CO2 Emissions Have Flattened Over The Last Three Years (go.com) · · Score: 1

    How about the numerous reports indicating that the CIAs reports were completely wrong. They had a single expatriate source that had serious credibility problems bit the directive was go at all costs. So it was ignored. Cheney would go on talk shows claiming that leaks in the media confirmed the Govs position. When the Gov had been the original leaker.

  25. Re: Cure now, Gym later on Children Can Now Sue The US Government Over Climate Change (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Cool, glad you agree turbines aren't a significant threat to birds