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  1. Re:It's absolutely censorship. on VidAngel Keeps Streaming Videos, Defying Movie Studios and a US Judge (deseretnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Well if they are independent then they CAN make their own value judgements, but until they are the head of their own household, paying their own bills, and feeding their own mouths, guess who get's to call the shots? That's right the provider -- the head of the house hold. Instead of whining and throwing a fit about not getting what you want go out and *earn* freedom; move out of mommy and daddy's basement.

  2. Re: Welcome to the Trump future... on US Life Expectancy Declines For the First Time Since 1993 (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    This is part of the problem. The government prevents the building hospitals, and closely watches how many hospital beds are located in an area. Without the ability to build there isn't any choice thus no market pressure. This is one regulation that needs to go out the window. Let entrepreneurs build.

  3. "Who would like to hang around in a place where everyone seems to be negative, mean, and disapproving?" This seems to be the epitome of Facebook.

  4. The DNC knows there was hacking because they've done it before and did it this election too. What a surprise.

  5. My biggest problem with this. on Terminally Ill Teen Won Historic Ruling To Preserve Body (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    And in a 120 years even if there was technology to revive the person why would they? What makes anyone that special? Especially after everyone who knew you was dead? There's very few people as a society that we'd even consider reviving anyway. Just get over it, we all die, and always will.

  6. Laws on Paris Climate Change Agreement Enters Into Force (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    The world is about to discover that man made laws cannot override nature.

  7. Re:Paris Climate Change Agreement Enters Into Forc on Paris Climate Change Agreement Enters Into Force (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Actually it's not. As the president does not have the authority to ratify a treaty for our country.

  8. Re:Great on Clinton Responds To WikiLeaks During Debate, And Blames Russian Hackers (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There are other viable candidates, if you reject the notion that you have to vote democrate or republican. There is McMullin, Johnson, and Castle running as well. It only "sucks" if your dim witted enough to play the "official" game.

  9. Re:Does Zoning Abrogate First Amendment? on No Coding in Palo Alto? City Takes On Silicon Valley Growth (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Because the US constitution (1st amendment) applies to the *federal* government, not your state or your city government. Your state has it's own constitution (you should read it), and your city has it's own laws as well.

  10. How is this good? on Man Says Tesla Autopilot Saved His Life By Driving Him To the Hospital (cnbc.com) · · Score: 0
    "A Missouri man says his Tesla helped saved his life by driving him to the hospital during a life-threatening emergency. Joshua Neally is a lawyer"

    I don't see how this is a positive thing for society?

  11. Church Steeples? on Amazon Patents Way To Turn Lampposts, Church Steeples Into Drone Perches (consumerist.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    They want their drones struck by lightening?

  12. So if a planet in the Goldilocks zone is usually destined to freezing or burning up it seems to suggest a path to terraform Venus. We just need to export an organism that can live there and absorb the CO2 and survive the acidic environment. Some set of microbe that already lives on earth perhaps would fit the bill. Something that could float around in the atmosphere where it isn't quite so hot.

  13. It's simple really... on White House Releases Report On How To Spur Smart-Gun Technology (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Just propose to ban it.

  14. If it's perfected... on U.S. Military Spending Millions To Make Cyborgs A Reality (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Then you wouldn't need to send the soldier to the battlefield at all, just a robot with some sort of encrypted and authenticated wireless interface between the brain and the robot.

  15. It's time to talk on Robots May Soon Put Surgery Into the Hands of Non-Surgeons (computerworld.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    " The robot, a snake-like endoscope that can be directed into any shape through the relative orientations of its linkages, requires only one incision" Sounds like the monologue from a super villain just before inserting a device of torture into the hero.

  16. Re:Overturn States' Rights? on Federal Bill Could Override State-Level Encryption Bans (thestack.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    When you convince the legislatures that those CARBs have gluten in them, of course.

  17. Actually it could, because there are only a small minority of people that are politically active. What you need to do is start early in the process of candidate selection where fewer people participate. You could effect both major parties and make sure that the candidates that end up on the final ballet from both parties are from your organization. Something like this happened locally here. The police in the area hated the elected sheriff who had been in office for years and years. At the county party convention I'd say about 1/5 of the 400 people there were police officers who all very vocal about their support for the new guy who they picked themselves. The incumbent didn't get enough votes to even make it to the primary election, ensuring that he wasn't an option at the general election save by write-in. The same also happened to Bob Bennett in Utah too. A small group organized and flooded the local precincts with their members. However, when Orrien Hatch came up for re-election he was wary and careful to flood the precincts with hundreds of people. Usually a precinct elections will only have 20-30 people show up, but that time there were over 150. The lesson is that it can have an effect, but not only as a surprise tactic.

  18. It's like bowling shoes for the face.

  19. Re:Serious questions for a serious candidate. on Interviews: Ask John McAfee About His Presidential Run · · Score: 1

    Wasn't that the situation with the last 3 presidents? It's just more of the same.

  20. Apple on Ask Slashdot: Cheapest Functional Computer For Students? · · Score: 1

    Didn't apple announce new products today? Should be a lot of hipsters out there replacing their "old" apple products.

  21. Re: Meet the new guy on Virginia Ditches 'America's Worst Voting Machines' · · Score: 1

    They might not be able to, but they are also a huge minority. Making fraud hard at the exclusion of 0.001% of the population is better than making voting fraud easy. You aren't going to have a perfect solution, so let's go for good enough.

  22. Re:This is an invasion of my privacy on Airline Begins Weighing Passengers For 'Safety' · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of this comedy skit.

  23. Another possibility on Russian Missile Parts Found At MH17 Crash Site · · Score: 0

    Here's a scenario that hasn't been argued. What if an insurgent from some middle eastern country has worked their way into the Russian Army as a missile operator and purposely fired at the plane to bring it down with the hope of plunging Russia and the US into war with each other. The middle east has no love for either Russia or the US and if they were busy with each other perhaps the middle east would be left alone.

  24. Presidential Campain on Hacker Shows How To Fabricate Death Records · · Score: 1

    I dare someone to get all of the presidential candidates declared dead. I mean their souls are dead already so it'd only be fitting.

  25. Re:Welcome to Fascist America! on Trade Bill Fails In the House · · Score: 1

    That is true. The mistrust I believe largely comes from two things. We've been abused to much to trust, and we as a people aren't trust-worthy ourselves.