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  1. Another purely symbolic waste of time by the GOP on House Republicans Roll Out Legislation To Overturn New Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    This has zero chance of becoming law.

  2. Right, but does it correctly model... on Statistical Mechanics Finds Best Places To Hide During Zombie Apocalypse · · Score: 2

    Okay, good work. But in their model, do they make the assumption that everyone on the continent is trying to make for Glacier National Park? Because, now that they've told everyone that's what they should do, I think their model should account for that.

  3. Re:Authority on As Big As Net Neutrality? FCC Kills State-Imposed Internet Monopolies · · Score: 1

    The legal theory is the delegation of powers. Congress delegated the power to write legislation within a certain scope, breadth, and depth, to the executive branch of government, authorizing it to set up an agency to manage same.

    Congress has the right to delegate its power to legislate to other branches of government. It is unfortunate, but we are learning now that it has delegated pretty much all of its power.

  4. Re:The day the internet died on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    Well that's how democracy dies, isn't it? To the sound of thunderous applause?

  5. Re:"and it looks like we've won." on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    This isn't legislation. It is executive decree.

  6. Love the weasely language on Only Twice Have Nations Banned a Weapon Before It Was Used; They May Do It Again · · Score: 0

    "Fully autonomous weapons are not unambiguously bad. They can reduce burdens on soldiers. Already, military robots are saving many service members' lives, for example by neutralizing improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and Iraq."

    A robot that neutralizes an IED is not a "fully autonomous weapon."

  7. Even if the courts punish US/UK on NSA, GHCQ Implicated In SIM Encryption Hack · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The governments will simply say "come and take it, if you can."

  8. Re:The other side of the coin... on How One Climate-Change Skeptic Has Profited From Corporate Interests · · Score: 0

    Pretty much all of them - certainly the US government and all members of the IPCC.

  9. Oh boy! I can't wait! on Nvidia Faces Suit Over GTX970 Performance Claims · · Score: 1

    I can't wait for my postcard-check in the mail for $0.21 explaining how the lawfirm got $34,500,000 of the $35,000,000 settlement and the remaining $500,000 gets divided among all GTX970 owners.

  10. The other side of the coin... on How One Climate-Change Skeptic Has Profited From Corporate Interests · · Score: 0

    And how much money has been accepted from governments by so-called scientists pushing the pro-ACC agenda on behalf of those governments?

    Conflict of interest is a two-way street.

  11. Universal Zero Tolerance of Side Effects on Two New Male Birth Control Chemicals In Advanced Stages · · Score: 4, Funny

    "anti-cancer researchers at Harvard, discovered that the JQ1 molecule blocked a bromodomain in cancer cells, causing them to forget how to be cancer."

    "Researchers are looking for a version of the molecule that works on the testicle protein only, to avoid any weird side effects."

    Umm... can I please have the side-effects, if the side effects are, you know, NOT GETTING CANCER?

  12. Re:Climate change won't destroy civilization. on Oxford University Researchers List 12 Global Risks To Human Civilization · · Score: 1

    "If climate change caused Hurricane Katrina, what's caused the lack of hurricanes since?"

    Why, Climate Change, of course!

  13. They watch too many movies: on Oxford University Researchers List 12 Global Risks To Human Civilization · · Score: 2

    1) The Day After Tomorrow
    2) Wargames
    3) Outbreak
    4) Armageddon / Deep Impact
    5) Volcano / Dante's Peak
    6) Wall-E
    7) Margin Call
    8) Resident Evil
    9) STTNG (Borg nanobots)
    10) I Robot / Terminator
    11) Idiocracy
    12) Catch-all for every other disaster movie evar

  14. Re:First we need to outlaw South Carolina. on EFF: Hundreds of S. Carolina Prisoners Sent To Solitary For Social Media Use · · Score: 2

    South Carolina attempted to oblige once. Why didn't y'all just let them?

  15. Re:It's all about the laptop on The Technologies That Betrayed Silk Road's Anonymity · · Score: 1

    IBKAC = Idiot Between Keyboard And Computer

    Oh well, it almost works.

  16. Fascinating!! on New Multi-Purpose Backdoor Targets Linux Servers · · Score: 1

    This is FASCINATING! Where can I buy Dr. Web antivirus for Linux? I'm seriously SOLD on this product that Dice has seen fit to advertise to me today.

    THANK YOU so much!!!

  17. 30 years does a lot on The IPCC's Shifting Position On Nuclear Energy · · Score: 0

    30 years ago, renewables were not such a large industry. With another generation of "stupidizing" our children in public schools, though, there is a new crop of "educated" children who actually believe you can generate enough energy from unicorn farts to power the nation.

  18. An argument in favor of being against something? on An Argument For Not Taking Down Horrific Videos · · Score: 1

    Why not just title this thing, "An argument against taking down horrific videos?"

  19. Fox also showed a guy killing himself on Does Showing a Horrific Video Serve a Legitimate Journalistic Purpose? · · Score: 1

    A while back, Fox also showed live TV footage of a man shooting himself in the head as he was pursued by police. This is not something that reputable journalists do.

  20. I gave him $10USD, who the fuck cares? on GPG Programmer Werner Koch Is Running Out of Money · · Score: 1

    I gave the guy $10. I doubt the NSA gives a shit who donates money.

    Fact is people use his software to help blow the whistle on tyranny and oppression all around the world. Regardless of what you think of him, his business practices, or even if you're retarded enough to think he has something to do with the Brothers Koch, the fact remains that keeping these tools alive to further the cause is more important than your petty political or armchair-MBA opinions.

  21. A solution to the problem on Mississippi - the Nation's Leader In Vaccination Rates · · Score: 1

    People who refuse to vaccinate (either themselves or their children) are also not allowed:

    Airbags, ABS, and Seatbelts in their cars
    Smoke detectors or fire extinguishers in their homes
    Insurance of any kind (that's socialism, right?)
    Chlorinated water from their water service
    Flame retardant furniture
    Any other safety device mandated by government ever

    The problem will take care of itself rather quickly when all of the anti-vaxxers have died off.

  22. A few counterpoints on Too Much Exercise May Not Be Better Than a Sedentary Lifestyle · · Score: 1

    First of all, jogging is fucking stupid. Second of all, who is going to be a bigger burden on the health system, an obese diabetic with hyptertension, heart disease, and a myriad of other chronic health problems, or a stupid jogger who gets lightheaded when they stand up and just keels over dead one day?

    Do your civic duty and become a stupid jogger

    Sincerely,

    A stupid runner/cyclist whose most recent cardiac calcium score showed no significant calcification of anything despite spending 20+ hours/week in the zone.

  23. Re:Ironic on Massive Layoff Underway At IBM · · Score: 1

    It's a Socialist Utopia, not a Democratic Republic

  24. Re:U-verse on FCC Officially Approves Change In the Definition of Broadband · · Score: 1

    I get one bar on my hotspot where I am, and I get about 35mbit down and 18mbit up.

  25. Re:U-verse on FCC Officially Approves Change In the Definition of Broadband · · Score: 1

    No, they're not. They are allowed to claim that they offer "broadband" to any area their LTE network is available.