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  1. Re:Adam Smith Utopianism on Fossil Fuels Could Be Phased Out Worldwide In a Decade, Says Study (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    And what if your house *isn't* burning? Do you still by a $40k fire extinguisher to put it out?

  2. Re:Ridiculous conclusion on Fossil Fuels Could Be Phased Out Worldwide In a Decade, Says Study (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    You can't just legally mandate that all of your citizens abandon their cars. In a democracy, they would simply vote you out of office or camp out on your legislature until you resign. In a dictatorship, they would have you head on a pike. You can't even give them a free replacement car, because the extra $40k you'll be charging each of them in taxes will cause the same outcome.

  3. Surgery Simulator on Now Streaming: How To Do a Kidney Transplant (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    The only surgery instruction you need is here.

  4. ... because of fracking. Cheap and plentiful natural gas has displaced coal at power plants. But don't tell the eco-nauts without giving a trigger warning first.

  5. Re: fascists on AP Style Alert: Don't Capitalize Internet and Web Anymore (poynter.org) · · Score: 1

    In English, dictionaries are descriptive. In French, they are prescriptive, because authoritarian force is needed to prop up a dead language.

  6. Re:bribery go-between on Leaked Emails Reveal Widespread Corruption in Global Oil Industry (theage.com.au) · · Score: 1

    Pretty much all business activity in the second and third world involves bribing government officials. It's so pervasive that it's no surprise that an abstracted and streamlined bribery services business would develop.

  7. Re:Micro sd. on iPhone 7s May Sport Curved Glass and AMOLED Display (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    So you can pay $0.27/GB for flash storage instead of $1.79/GB.

  8. Re:But HE bring in H1B Workers... on Trump Gives Displaced IT Workers Attention, and He's Not Alone (computerworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Trump is a con man, tells people exactly what they want to hear, then turns around and tells the next crowd something different.

    You're describing Hillary Clinton, the Democrat lock. It's hardly a criterion for distinction between the two candidates in the general election.

  9. Re:Pretty much everyone in the trade knew that on Whistleblower: NSA Is So Overwhelmed With Data, It's No Longer Effective (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    They should give Harold Finch a call.

  10. Re:We won't win war on terror on Terrorist Attack In Brussels Airport and Metro Station: At Least 34 Dead (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    They're "no-go" zones that even the cops don't dare to enter. But don't worry; the leftist media likes to pretend that these places don't exist. That will certainly solve the problem of unintegrated Islamists!

  11. Re:We won't win war on terror on Terrorist Attack In Brussels Airport and Metro Station: At Least 34 Dead (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    And when the Jihadists inevitably get nuclear bombs?

  12. Re:We won't win war on terror on Terrorist Attack In Brussels Airport and Metro Station: At Least 34 Dead (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps because all the attempts made have done nothing to address the real issues?

    The "real issue" is that the Koran commands Muslims to kill infidels. The "real issue" is that crazy fuckers actually believe the fairy tales of a barbarian warlord. Can we presume that you don't wan to go anywhere near this "real issue"? Islam needs to be reformed like Christianity was. Almost no Christian actually "believes" or practices the literal word of the Bible. Hell, 33% of so-called "Christians" don't even believe in God. Islam needs to be like that: fun stories that nobody actually believes.

  13. Re:Cue the lawyers... on Old Kindles Will Be Disconnected Unless You Update By Tuesday (cnet.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    But consumers would have to be brave enough to come forward and admit that they were foolish enough to buy one of these crippled devices in the first place.

  14. Re:this might be the trend on Old Kindles Will Be Disconnected Unless You Update By Tuesday (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    The trend for automobiles is to remotely hack them and floor the accelerator.

  15. Re:M_PI on How Many Digits of Pi Does NASA Use? (kottke.org) · · Score: 1

    Moreover, double-precision floating point can make use of up to 17 digits of the M_PI definition, so NASA should be using 17 digits instead of 15 just to avoid needless differences in results on standard hardware.

  16. Re:Suzie can vote. Suzie can get a pitchfork. on Fast-Food CEO Invests In Machines Because Regulation Makes Them Cheaper Than Employees (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    No, they don't. Or, at least, they don't do it *automatically*. That's what competition is about.

    Competition doesn't help here, because all of the competitors will face exactly the same unavoidable government-imposed increased costs and will increase their prices by the same amount. Unless they can figure some way around those costs, like moving production or headquarters off-shore. Then you get even less taxes from them.

  17. Re:Why not a warp drive? on NASA's Journey To Mars May Use Nuclear Rockets (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Nuclear pulse engines are much more fun!

  18. If ultra-leftist criminals are shitting their pants, it must mean something good is happening.

  19. When a problem goes away, the people working to solve it do not.

  20. Re:Can't roll their own? on ISIS Supporters Abandon U.S. Encryption Tools As Apple-FBI Fight Rages · · Score: 1

    No, the Islamic State can only get good encryption technology from Israel.

  21. Re: No. That is not the strategy on Rubio and Kasich Are Living Out a Classic Game Theory Dilemma · · Score: 1

    Also consider what would happen if there were a string of Islamic terrorist attacks on US soil between now and November.

  22. Re:Why would you trust any of them? on Rubio and Kasich Are Living Out a Classic Game Theory Dilemma · · Score: 1

    If elected, Bernie will the one and only Socialist in Washington. How exactly will he ever get anything done?

  23. Re:No. That is not the strategy on Rubio and Kasich Are Living Out a Classic Game Theory Dilemma · · Score: 1

    TARP was paid back with significant interest. Can't say that about the auto-union bailouts.

  24. Re:No. That is not the strategy on Rubio and Kasich Are Living Out a Classic Game Theory Dilemma · · Score: 1

    It should have been followed with some prison sentences.

    Perhaps you could explain what law they broke. Though nobody else with your opinion seems to be able to do so.

  25. Re:Why not make physics a requirement? on Chicago Public Schools Make Computer Science a Requirement For a HS Diploma · · Score: 1

    I haven't used calculus even once in 33 years of computer programming. Why bother focusing on it?