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  1. Re:In exchange for the astronomical recognition on An Asteroid Has Been Named After Freddie Mercury (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    That's a short song. You should listen to some classical music every once in a while to hear some loooooooong pieces. Try Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. It's nice and long.

  2. Re: Fucking Useless Shit on Microsoft Helps Develop Smart, IoT-Enabled Refrigerators (microsoft.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because eventually there won't be any regular refrigerators. Have you searched lately for a television that's not a smart tv?

  3. Re:How does it contradict? on Apple May Bring Back Billions In Profits To The U.S. (siliconbeat.com) · · Score: 1

    It sounds like Cook is anticipating a Trump win. Hillary certainly would go the other way on taxes.

  4. Re: overreach on FDA Bans 19 Chemicals Used In Antibacterial Soaps (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Anything that would kill 100% of the bacteria might possibly kill the use. Even antibiotics taken by mouth don't kill 100% of the bacteria they are targeting.

  5. Inflation near zero for 30 years?!? Where? Have you bought anything recently? Are you old enough to have bought something 30 years ago and compared what that same thing costs today?

    What "things" am I talking about? Damned near everything except tech items.

  6. Amen! A shotgun can hold more than one shell. Use the first to shoot down the drone and the others (preferably slugs) to shoot the operator.

    I carry a .45 on my job, mainly for protection from vicious dogs. The pistol holds 10 rounds in the magzine + 1 in the chamber. The first round is for the dog, the other 10 are for the dog's owner. Haven't had to shoot one yet, but any day now . . . .

  7. Re:Too secure for insecure? on Hillary Clinton Used BleachBit To Wipe Emails (neowin.net) · · Score: 1

    Hillary used a private SERVER. There is a difference.

  8. Uh, maybe try something different? on Robot Babies Not Effective Birth Control, Australian Study Finds (sky.com) · · Score: 1

    Maybe they should have been given robot sex partners instead of robot babies.

  9. Re:I wish I could purchase laws... on ISP Lobbyists Pushing Telecom Act Rewrite (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't want to buy a politician. They eat like pigs and are not even house-broken. They would be a pain in the ass to clean up behind. You couldn't trust them enough to leave them home alone; they'd steal everything you own, no matter how little you have. They're born liars. Your neighbors would never forgive you if you brought one of them home with you.

    I wouldn't even want to live next door to one of them.

  10. Re:I always use my home as an example on Self-Driving Cars Aren't Going To Be So Great Until We Make Our Maps Better (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If it runs through my yard on the way to your location, then there's going to be a problem, a BIG problem.

    You see, all maps have errors - printed maps, Garmin maps, Google maps, ALL maps. Garmin shows streets that aren't there and misses streets that are there. Google maps shows my house two doors down from my house. I've been using maps on my job for the past forty years. I've seen it all.

    Also, street names/numbers are not permanent, they change, and so do addresses. New streets and neighborhoods are built all the time. Hell, I've been on streets where odd and even are on the same side, and where houses right across the street from each other have the same number. I've seen houses on streets where the house numbers run like - 402 next door to 1607 next door to 723. I've seen street signs with four different names for the two streets that intersect. BTW, it's not the houses that are numbered, it's the lots. Even vacant lots have numbers.

    Mapmakers insert some errors on purpose. They can tell by the errors if somebody else is using their data. But even traditional paper maps have errors. I bought a map years ago (Rand McNally) that switched the names of two cities. How can you trust a map for tiny details when they can't even get the names of major cities right?

    Humans can adapt to changes quicker than machines. Maybe one day AI will be good enough to totally trust. We're just not there yet despite all the wishful thinking.

  11. Wi-Fi speed is not my problem on MIT Scientists Develop New Wi-Fi That's 330% Faster (msn.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My Wi-Fi is already capable of speeds much faster than what I get from my isp. I could see the need for faster Wi-Fi if I transferred tons of files from one room to another, but I don't have that need.

    First give me faster internet speed; then maybe I'll need faster Wi-Fi.

  12. I hate autocorrect with a passion and turn it off when possible. Some programs won't let you turn it off, or if they let you, they turn it back on the next time you use it.

    I sure hope it's not on the voting machines this November!!

  13. Re:I don't use pinterest on Pinterest Acquires Instapaper (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    A while back you could at least read what was on Pinterest, but now they block you from even doing that. I have no patience for sites like that.

  14. Re:adding it all up on FBI Authorized Informants To Break The Law 22,800 Times In 4 Years (dailydot.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You are probably just being funny, but the FBI does have a habit of looking the other way when a person with money or power breaks the law. The sad part is that if Hillary becomes President, she will never have to pay for her crimes.

  15. I was thinking the same thing and was looking to see if anybody had posted it. If I had mod points today, you'd have one of them. +1

    Thanks for the laugh!

  16. Even with improvements to the interface, it will still be more of a toy than a useful tool.

    Right now it's just fun to play with, but I can read super fast and I prefer text to graphics.

  17. Re:Just don't let them talk... Moaning is ok on RealDoll CEO Aims To Make Its Sex Dolls Love You Back Via AI App (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I didn't know she was dead, your Honor. I thought she was British.

  18. Re:Universal Basic Income would fix that on When We're Happy, We Actively Sabotage Our Good Moods With Grim Tasks (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Even with Universal Basic Income you still have tasks to do - shopping for your food, cooking your food, cleaning your house, maintaining your yard, taking a bath (well, maybe not in your case). There is ALWAYS something that needs to be done.

  19. I got a letter from AT&T yesterday on Cable Expands Broadband Domination as AT&T and Verizon Lose Customers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    They were offering me 6Mbps DSL! Wow! My Charter service averages 11 times that for just a little more $$. I laughed as I threw the letter in the garbage.

    A long time ago during the dial-up dark ages, I told the cable and phone companies that whoever got to my house first would get my business. Cable won that race by years, and I have no intention of ever changing.

  20. "The power grid is very lightly used at night."

    That won't be true once you're charging millions of vehicles overnight. Plus, millions of homes are heated by electricity in the winter. On a cold January night the grid could very easily be overloaded.

    Same thing is true during the day in summer. Air conditioning plus millions of vehicles charging at work could stress the grid.

  21. The only sure way to hide from them on Can We Avoid Government Surveillance By Leaving The Grid? (counterpunch.org) · · Score: 1

    The best way to hide is six feet underground in a coffin, because dying is the only thing you can do to get away from the government's attention.

    But on the bright side you can still vote for Democrats!

  22. Snopes cannot be trusted. They clearly have an agenda. We need a new fact checking site.

  23. In other news . . . . on First US Offshore Wind Farm To Usher In New Era For Industry (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    Most species of seabirds will soon be extinct, but our benevolent government assures us that it's not due to offshore wind farms.

  24. Re:nut because on Next Generation of Wireless -- 5G -- Is All Hype (backchannel.com) · · Score: 1

    It's "proofreading", not "proof-reading". Do you own a spellchecker?

  25. Re:Wait for the conspiracy on Hack of Democrats' Accounts Was Wider Than Believed, Officials Say (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    Okay, let's hear your explanations for the dozens of other victims of Arkancide. There are just too many bodies in the Clintons' past to say it's all coincidence. Even if you explain away 75% of them, that's still crime on the level of the Mafia.