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  1. Re:Money on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Near Launching Presidential Bid · · Score: 1

    The 10th Amendment, being part of the Constitution and subsequent to Article 6 Clause 2, supersedes any part of Article 6 Clause 2 with which it conflicts. Further, the judges in the case decided wrongly, and it is the Constitution, not the court, which is the final authority. Fiorina was correct to identify the ruling as a bad one on several grounds. Any president who fails to follow the Constitution, regardless of the claims of any court, is violating the Constitution and should be impeached and removed from office. Any judge who fails to follow the Constitution is violating the Constitution and should be impeached and removed from office.

  2. Re:Echo chamber on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Near Launching Presidential Bid · · Score: 1

    If Fiorina runs true to form, only other people's money will be lost.

  3. Re:So she can do to the US... on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Near Launching Presidential Bid · · Score: 1

    The recession continues, but the media is hiding the fact by cherry-picking statistics and ignoring inflation (inflation used in the technical sense here.) Government dispersing money is not the way to end a recession, and the systematic damage being done will hurt the country for decades.

    Obama's biggest monetary cockup came during the first 2 years, when Congress obeyed him slavishly. Blaming Congress for Obama's failings is like pointing at a mirror and saying "It's your fault!"

  4. Re:Now I understand her record at HP on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Near Launching Presidential Bid · · Score: 1

    Scott Walker left college because he was offered a job that paid very well, that wouldn't still be available when he finished college. It paid more than he was likely to get if he had finished college. Judging from his success, there was no reason to return to college. What did you learn in your last term of college?

    Walker is active and dynamic. People who complain that he is divisive fall into 2 camps: those who plan to run against him and their sycophants, and those who like a sneaky or convictionless candidate. A candidate who has successfully opposed unions is a candidate who has successfully opposed entrenched power, and that should be a tremendous plus.

  5. Re: Now I understand her record at HP on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Near Launching Presidential Bid · · Score: 1

    Immigration laws are a matter of LAW. Enforcement is a matter of bureaucracy. Whether immigration laws are just is an open debate, as is the question of whether they're being enforced justly.

  6. Re:Simplr math ... on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Near Launching Presidential Bid · · Score: 2

    One point of a small government is to not have enough power to grant boons.

  7. Re:Simplr math ... on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Near Launching Presidential Bid · · Score: 1

    Fiorina did not have to break the HP Way. Her personality flaws were incompatible with a position of power in the HP culture, and those same flaws will be bad for the country if she's elected. Not as bad as Hillary or the current occupant of the White House, but bad nonetheless.

  8. Re:This is great! on Former HP CEO Carly Fiorina Near Launching Presidential Bid · · Score: 1

    You don't hear "Republic Party" because it is a compliment of the highest order.

    Also, the word "republics" refers to countries with a certain type of government; whereas "democrats" refers equally well to people espousing democracy and many members of the Democratic Party.

    The Democratic Party contains many people who claim and believe that democracy is a good thing, and consider themselves both democrats and Democrats. It is therefor accurate to describe the Democratic Party as the democrat party, i.e. the party of democrats. Calling it the Democrat Party, though inaccurate, is a subtle way of insulting those Democrats who understand the deficiencies of democracy by those who also understand the deficiencies of democracy.

    It's a slur only if it's inaccurate.

  9. Re:Not calculated correctly on Measuring How Much "Standby Mode" Electricity For Game Consoles Will Cost You · · Score: 1

    The mayor of Seattle is a Democrat. The governor of Washington State is a Democrat. You, on the other hand, are an idiot.

  10. Re:If you can't afford... on Measuring How Much "Standby Mode" Electricity For Game Consoles Will Cost You · · Score: 1

    It's very annoying to buy a radio for $20 that uses $5 in electricity a year.

    Wall clocks are an interesting example. One that runs on AC could be using $3 a year, but a battery powered wall clock can run 2 years on a single AA cell.

  11. Re:Waste is heat! on Measuring How Much "Standby Mode" Electricity For Game Consoles Will Cost You · · Score: 1

    Want to see real waste, that is us, letting the 1% exist.

    It sounds as if you're proposing murder.

  12. Re:What really is happening? on Measuring How Much "Standby Mode" Electricity For Game Consoles Will Cost You · · Score: 1

    Computer RAM is optimized first for storage size and second for speed. It's dynamic RAM and has to be refreshed. That's a recipe for high power; that's why computer RAM has heat spreaders / heatsinks. Phone RAM takes power into consideration during design, and might even be static CMOS or flash: low power.

  13. Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates appear to regard politicians as people who have to be bought. They each contribute slightly more to Democrats than Republicans. I doubt that either has any political conviction deeper than "Me! Me! Me!", although Gates gives the appearance of being serious about some charitable causes.

  14. Re: What Would be a Trivial Amount? on Measuring How Much "Standby Mode" Electricity For Game Consoles Will Cost You · · Score: 1

    The myth that appliances, tools, or cars lasted longer in the past is mostly false nostalgia.

    Back in the 1950's, unless you were willing to take extraordinary care and do a lot of rebuilding, cars started failing at about 50,000 miles. Many brands are much better now.

    The case with tools and appliances is much different. High quality, long life tools are still available, but due to inflation they seem very expensive. Much cheaper tools are available today, but they've been designed right to the edge of acceptable durability and often have poor assembly. Stall a cheap drill and it starts smoking in 3 seconds. Buy a $30 food mixer instead of a $200 model, and there's a good chance it won't run, right out of the box.

  15. Re:Grow a victory garden, go to jail on Measuring How Much "Standby Mode" Electricity For Game Consoles Will Cost You · · Score: 1

    Gardening takes effort, time, and usually some money. If you enjoy it, swell; but if it's just another task you're probably earning less than when you're at your regular job. The home gardener does have available superior, fresher, and unusual plants.

  16. Re:It seems that the airline industry on Why the Final Moments Inside a Cockpit Are Heard But Not Seen · · Score: 1

    Anywhere military secrets are visible is a poor choice for video surveillance.

  17. Re:Would it work? on Why the Final Moments Inside a Cockpit Are Heard But Not Seen · · Score: 1

    Aux control rooms are for big ships where the primary has been destroyed by enemy fire, etc.. In an airplane, it would be a second point of vulnerability and an additional source of failure even if there's no attack..

    To fix the problem of this particular crash, put a potty in the cabin - not that I'm seriously suggesting it, just a thought to work with.

  18. Re:led costs $22????? on Graphene Light Bulbs Coming To Stores Soon · · Score: 0

    Grow up, anonymous turd.

  19. Re:OMG america is stupid on Commercial Flamethrower Successfully Crowdfunded · · Score: 1

    A trebuchet is a poor choice for a mobile weapon because of the high weight, unless you plan to load the ballast at the firing range.

  20. Re:Easy to refactor on Ask Slashdot: What Makes Some Code Particularly Good? · · Score: 1

    It does everything in the simplest, most obvious way.

    So.......bubble sort.

  21. Re:Storage space isn't the problem. on Micron and Intel Announce 3D NAND Flash Co-Development To Push SSDs Past 10TB · · Score: 1

    Keep more than one version of Fedora on your computer, in different partitions. I currently have F14, F17, and F20. Use multiple drives, so that worst case there are multiple boot drives available from BIOS. Keep a "Live CD" available on a USB flashdrive.

  22. Re:Boo, you fad killer! on The One Thousand Genes You Could Live Without · · Score: 1

    That humans don't always do it better doesn't mean that humans can''t do it better.

    the worst fucks you can imagine end up rich and funding "science" for their own benefit.

    There are three available possibilities. People can fund science the harms them - why would they do that? People can fund science that has no effect on them - why would they do that? People can fund science that benefits them - a rational activity. People claiming that there's something wrong with the third alternative either aren't deep thinkers or they've got a hidden and vicious agenda.

  23. Re:Symmetric mouse on What Makes the Perfect Gaming Mouse? · · Score: 1

    Microsoft Wireless Mobile Mouse 6000 is symmetrical, and has one button on each side. There's room for more if the design were changed.

  24. Re:ok asians are good at math, bad at physics. on Japan To Build 250-Mile-Long, Four Storey-High Wall To Stop Tsunamis · · Score: 1

    The answer comes from wave theory. Reflecting a wave can cause the amplitude to double with respect to the wave in free space, but no more. It's not a question of energy or momentum except as they fall out of the equations that describe wave motion.

  25. Re:Like a paper wall. on Japan To Build 250-Mile-Long, Four Storey-High Wall To Stop Tsunamis · · Score: 1

    I propose stockpiling gelatine. When a tsunami threatens, dump it into the ocean and everything will solidify until it rots in a few days later. Surely this as at least as effective as your plan.