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  1. Re:Super cap or super crap? on Scientists Create Battery That Charges In Seconds and Lasts For Days (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    I think it is safe to say that a battery the size of a fingernail should and would never be used in a cell phone or a vehicle. It is pretty obvious that if it works at all, and I'm not buying that it does, it should be scaled up for phone or vehicle use. The claim that a device the size of a fingernail would be used in either of the listed devices is completely bogus, and once again an obvious failure of the Slashdot editors to edit.

  2. Pizzagate must never be spoken of on Reddit CEO Admits To Editing User Comments Amid Pizzagate Malarkey (cnet.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Pizzagate must never be spoken of

    Remember the vast right wing conspiracy where the then First "Lady" had to tell us herself that there was absolutely no truth to the terrible lies that the right was saying about her husband, the honorable William Jefferson Clinton? And she certainly would know better than anyone if the rumors were true or not, she was not only right there but she was also the smartest woman in the country if not the whole world. It's just like that. Complete bunk. The perpetrators deny it and that should be good enough for anyone on the far left.

  3. Super cap or super crap? on Scientists Create Battery That Charges In Seconds and Lasts For Days (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...about the size of a finger nail and could be used in phones, electric vehicles ...

    Wow. A battery the size of a finger nail that can power an electronic vehicle for days! I'm impressed. At least I'm impressed by the quantity of bullshit that the Slashdot editors will let be packed into a lame summary.

  4. At what price? on China Breaks Patent Application Record (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    What does it cost to go through the patent filing process in China? Is it as onerous as it is in the United States?

  5. Michigan on Clinton Urged To Challenge Election Results Due To Possible Hacking [Update] (cnn.com) · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Among the many problems with this is that I'm told that all counties in Michigan use paper ballots, so arguments that there is a 7% difference between paper ballots and voting machines are bogus. Can anyone name any Michigan county that didn't use paper ballots.

    What the hell is Jill Stein whining about? Does she think that she had enough votes anywhere to change anything??? Or is it just an attention getting stunt (rhymes with .... ) to waste money (and perhaps steal some)?

    I love all the stupid stories about trying to get the electoral college members to change their votes. Particularly Hillary supporters trying to get votes changed in states where she supposedly won, just to show that the system is flawed. Hillary was a senator and could have introduced an amendment to change that system but never did. Some fools even think they can make a difference by assuring that no one gets to 270 in the electoral college. Do they really think that the Republican Majority who then has to decide the election will give it to Hillary????

  6. Re:I don't want to pay for this. on Amazon Wants To Include Live Sports as Part of Prime Membership (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Too bad fucker, Amazon says that everyone must pay for sports, even though most of you will never watch them. That way a few of us who will get what seems like a good price subsidized by the rest of you and Amazon gets to promote Prime as having another "feature". And the National Felons League and the rest of the steroid abusers get more money.

    Of course, they could just say that it is included "free" in the price of Prime and not raise the price of Prime today (raise it later or take something else away). But since you know that lots of money if flowing to the sports leagues and that money has to come from somewhere and that ultimately it is the Prime subscribers, you likely are not stupid enough to believe that this is "free". Prime will pay for sports thus Prime members will pay for sports, just admit it.

  7. Re:Interesting side effect: No pardon for Hillary on President Obama Says He Can't Pardon Snowden (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It is not just Trump. Congress is still carrying on it's investigations too (although we all see how effective they have been). And the F.B.I. may not have given up either, particularly since they will have a different head of the justice department over them in January. And I have hope that Trump has only toned down his statements to avoid further Liberal violence and not because he no longer believes in justice.

  8. Re:Interesting side effect: No pardon for Hillary on President Obama Says He Can't Pardon Snowden (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It is such a shame that this thread will be closed to responses in late January when it happens.

  9. Re:Interesting side effect: No pardon for Hillary on President Obama Says He Can't Pardon Snowden (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It will be a blanket pardon, not an itemized list (that would take way too long). It will stop Trump and the congress and the F.B.I. from going after her for all of her crimes. It will not list what those crimes were, is will simply allow Hilary to say she is above the law and untouchable.

  10. tag line? on President Obama Says He Can't Pardon Snowden (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    DarkOx

    Maybe I'm just another victim of the American "educational" system, but I don't understand your tag line. What does the 17th amendment or repealing it have to do with the "right to read" link that you provided?

  11. Of course Obama once again is a blatant liar on President Obama Says He Can't Pardon Snowden (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Obama replied: "I can't pardon somebody who hasn't gone before a court and presented themselves, except, of course, when I give Hillary her blanket pardon, so that's not something that I would comment on at this point."

    What else is new.

  12. Re:Seems fair to me on Dutch Science Academy Plans A Women-Only Election (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 0

    Sure it is fair. Women can't compete with men on a fair level playing field. I used to believe that they could, but this election proves me wrong. So the only fair thing to do is have a women only contest, where the superior men are excluded. Perfectly fair for finding the woman who is almost as good as the average man.

  13. Re:Not taxing reserves, looking for gains or incom on IRS Demands Identities of All US Coinbase Traders Over Three Year Period (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    But the specific excuse for doing this mentioned reserves. They might as well just admit that they are on a fishing expedition.

  14. because there is a chance they are avoiding payin on IRS Demands Identities of All US Coinbase Traders Over Three Year Period (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    because there is a chance they are avoiding paying taxes on their bitcoin reserves

    What exactly is the federal tax on "bitcoin reserves"???? If you have cash money that you keep in reserve, there is no tax on it (assuming that you paid income tax on the original income). If there is actually no tax on "bitcoin reserves" as I believe, then this is an invasive fishing scam that improperly puts these bitcoin users in the position of being investigated just because they used Coinbase.

  15. Linked-in had their chance on LinkedIn-Russia: US Says Concerned Over Decision to Block Professional Networking Site (ndtv.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Russia simple said that if you store citizens social media information for that country then you have to do it in that country. Considering the abuses that data is subject to when it is stored in the United States, it is had to say that such a requirement isn't reasonable. Not that I trust Russia to not commit the same or similar abuses, but the Obama administration is completely hypotricital in saying that Russia is in the wrong here.

  16. it estimates will be worth 250 billion euros on ESA Launches Four Galileo Satellites (fortune.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    which it estimates will be worth 250 billion euros

    It might cost 250 billion euros to build yet another positioning system, but with the Americans and the Russians both making their commercial quality systems available for free, is a third system really worth 250 billion euros? Particularly since we no longer hobble GPS system accuracy. Sure, if money doesn't matter then Europe can say they want toys of their own, but it seems to me that there is no revenue stream here and perhaps someone could have come up with a better use for 250 billion euro than building a third redundant positioning system. I can think of a few things if they just want to save the effort and send the money to me.

  17. Re:white male non-sodomite torture luvn jesus phre on Britain Has Passed the 'Most Extreme Surveillance Law Ever Passed in a Democracy' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 0

    Joke's on you fudge packer, I'm not a jesus freak.

    Remember, with faith all things are possible. Unlike the real world.

  18. Re:Truly despicable on Britain Has Passed the 'Most Extreme Surveillance Law Ever Passed in a Democracy' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    British amateurs think that a government needs the law on their side to spy on its citizens.

  19. Oh thanks, just what I always wanted on Microsoft Announces Visual Studio For Mac (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 0

    In related news, Hitler announced that he will be sharing concentration camp design with the British so that they can start cleaning up their cities too.

  20. don't know their right from their left on Twitter Suspends American Far-Right Activists' Accounts (theguardian.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't understand. It is the left that is engaging in hate speech, and even physical violence. They are rioting, advocating the assassination of the President-elect, and denouncing democracy in this country. And they are blaming others for their own faults and criminal actions. Sounds like Twitter is going after the wrong people.

  21. And that's how Linux died on Microsoft Joins the Linux Foundation (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Step 1: Join

    Step 2: Destroy from within

    Seriously, does no one in the Linux organization see any problem with this? Microsoft pays money (peanuts to them) and can now influence Linux? Microsoft is capable of every dirty trick in the book. They have a habit of betraying "business partners", even I.B.M. They are the people who, through a Windows "security update" modified the eeprom on my notebook's NIC so that it wouldn't work in Linux and put code in Windows so that they could reinitialize it properly. When you make a deal with the devil you're not bringing him closer to your point of view, you can only expect to sink to his level.

  22. Re:Over priced like most apple stuff! on Apple Releases $300 Book Containing 450 Photos of Apple Products (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Just got mine. Well worth the $299 (plus not insignificant tax). Can't wait for the next one next April.

  23. Nuclear Winter is coming on Trump Picks Top Climate Skeptic To Lead EPA Transition (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    After Trump starts a nuclear war and nuclear winter sets in you'll all be glad that Trump turned up the global warming.

  24. If you don't like the game ... on The FBI Got Its Hands on Data That Twitter Wouldn't Give the CIA (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    There are fictional games on-line where you can kill people, but only extremely weak minded liberals complain about them. Here E.A. created an on-line game where you can steal the other players "money". Not real money, but pretend in-game money. Seem to me that the F.B.I. just doesn't understand that it is part of the game.

  25. Twitter is used extensively on The FBI Got Its Hands on Data That Twitter Wouldn't Give the CIA (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Twitter is used extensively by terrorist organizations and other criminals such as the F.B.I.