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  1. Re:Debate about where control should exist. on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    I was only ever talking about a minority.

    I am not sure why you think I meant all rural folks are like that.

    Specifically Rural Conservative Christians are the only set of folks I was talking about. I was not generalizing about anyone else. I never spoke about anyone else.

    This small set of folks does this and they are catered to by the republican party.

  2. Re:What good will that to for us? on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    And my anecdote cancels out yours.

    I actually know 0 scientists and engineers whose political beliefs can be so easily labeled.

    I think that is the central problem with american politics. We have only two possible choices and they actually only cater to a select few.

  3. Re:Debate about where control should exist. on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think you need to travel into the rural areas more often.

    I have relatives that fit every single one of these questions. I agree they are a minority, but they exist and the Republicans cater to their every whim.

  4. Re:Evolution? on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 2

    I did not suggest people Mock them, I stated they should expect to be mocked.

    No one is suggesting they are not people, only not fit to be elected.

    People who cling to myths in the face of evidence are exhibiting magical thinking.

  5. Re:Evolution? on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nope, just reality.

    If you want to believe the Earth is flat go for it. Just don't expect not to be mocked. Same thing for thinking the universe is 6000 years old.

    Not all issues have two sides. Like with the shape of the earth there just can be no argument. Just reality and crazies.

  6. Re:What good will that to for us? on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    Penn State? They deserve whatever they get.
    The football program and the university higherups covered up and protected a child molester, could it have been much worse?

    You think even covering up child rape is something that should just be ignored?

  7. Re:I'd ask this question: on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Bullshit. Office buildings kill far more birds than wind farms, you never hear anyone mentioning that. Solar can take up huge swaths of land, we have it empty. What are your plans for our deserts?

    LFTR might do all of what you suggest, but no one knows that. First we need to build one in 2012 not 1970. Then we need to study it. I strongly support doing that, I do not support using bullshit against other forms of power.

    For all we know there are major problems with LFTR that have not yet been found, lets be realistic about this. We should try it, but not pretend like it is some magic unicorn.

  8. Re:What good will that to for us? on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The majority of scientists you know are then idiots.

    The republican party has fully embraced the far right christians. These are young earth crazies that are fine with destroying the earth as they believe the apocalypse is right around the corner. They have no interest in furthering knowledge beyond "God did it".

  9. Re:Debate about where control should exist. on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    For children yes, and Conservative Christians would also lump women in with that.

  10. Re:Evolution? on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    It is an easy sanity check.

    It really is that simple. It is not a troll, anymore than pointing out the earth is round.

  11. Re:Why? on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 0

    The sad part is both of those apply to both candidates pretty much equally.

  12. Re:Dear god no on Kmscon Project Seeks To Replace Linux Virtual Terminal · · Score: 1

    For that you need another computer.
    Burning it into ROM is just begging for that to be hacked.

  13. Re:What would you do if you had a million dollars? on 10 Internet Connections At Same Time · · Score: 1

    A guy making 100k is not going to buy the car the 10k maker will buy. Why would they? They don't get the same level of service from the government either. The 10k/year earner has no money for the FDIC to protect, no need for police to move vagrants and other riffraff away from property as he owns none, nor does he need the protection of the fire department for his nonexistent property. The lower earner will have far less use for the civil courts as he lacks the capital to engage in lawsuits.

    They should be paying that because it is a fair way of calculating payment. The law says that because people decided it was correct. The law is not always right, but in this case it happens to be.

  14. Re:Dear god no on Kmscon Project Seeks To Replace Linux Virtual Terminal · · Score: 1

    I thought you meant using the laptop as the debug device, not as the failing machine.

    For use as a serial console they work fine.

  15. Re:Forever on The Worst Job At Google: a Year of Watching Terrible Things On the Internet · · Score: 1, Troll

    All the time? So PTSD is imaginary in your world. Even the military which ties to use a total institution cannot deal with these problems, so that gives google about a 0% chance.

  16. Re:Dear god no on Kmscon Project Seeks To Replace Linux Virtual Terminal · · Score: 1

    This is a fallback that works.

    Just because you don't know what you are doing does not mean you can't know this and have a social life.

  17. Re:What would you do if you had a million dollars? on 10 Internet Connections At Same Time · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes, I actually do buy cars based on a calculation of a percentage of income.

    The rich paying less percentage tax is just that, them paying less tax than they should be paying. The fact that the number is still higher has no impact.

  18. Re:Dear god no on Kmscon Project Seeks To Replace Linux Virtual Terminal · · Score: 1

    PCI/PCIe cards that add serial ports are not hard to find either.

  19. Re:Dear god no on Kmscon Project Seeks To Replace Linux Virtual Terminal · · Score: 2

    Not even the Universal Serial Bus type?

    I thought those were pretty Universal.

  20. Re:Wonderful? At What Cost? on Windows 8 Gets Personal Use License For Homebuilt PCs · · Score: 2
  21. Re:Wonderful? At What Cost? on Windows 8 Gets Personal Use License For Homebuilt PCs · · Score: 1

    No but it is at reduced cost, and lower than the price that these users should be paying. For XP and Windows 7 people building their own PCs or running VMs should be buying a retail copy.

  22. Re:Dear god no on Kmscon Project Seeks To Replace Linux Virtual Terminal · · Score: 1

    In 2012, heck in 1999, you use a null modem cable and a laptop instead of a dedicated serial console.

    Since I would assume any geek has at least another computer and can easily get a null modem cable and a usb to serial adaptor this really is pretty simple.

    That approach is great when for one reason or another you cannot get any display out of a machine.

  23. Re:is any of this needed? on Kmscon Project Seeks To Replace Linux Virtual Terminal · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That is why real operating systems all have a serial console. Be glad for that.

  24. Re:Dear god no on Kmscon Project Seeks To Replace Linux Virtual Terminal · · Score: 1

    Is a serial console not an option for you?

  25. Re:Wonderful? At What Cost? on Windows 8 Gets Personal Use License For Homebuilt PCs · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That first sale doctrine does not apply to licensed software.

    STOP PIRATING WINDOWS, YOU COCKSMOKING TEABAGGERS!!!

    Buy a retail copy or run something else.