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  1. Re:Sure, I guess I agree on Kerry Says US Is On the "Right Side of History" When It Comes To Online Freedom · · Score: 1

    Some of you who hated W are probably now thinking Kerry might have been worse.

  2. Re:why cows? on Scientists Race To Develop Livestock That Can Survive Climate Change · · Score: 0

    ... and they eventually paid it off. It wasn't until the Constitution replaced the Articles, but I assure you, that the size of the government in the Washington administration was a great improvement over the monstrosity we have right now.

  3. Re:Good for the economy? on Elderly Mice Perk Up With Transfused Blood · · Score: 1

    value and price of blood would go up and the number of donors would skyrocket. This could cause problems like increasing the cost of a blood transfusion for someone who is bleeding out from a bad accident

    Not once the "number of donors... skyrocket".

  4. Re:Vegetarian on Scientists Race To Develop Livestock That Can Survive Climate Change · · Score: 1

    They forgot to account for the increased methane emissions from all the people experiencing gastrointestinal distress from the legume-heavy meat replacements. Not to mention the cost in health care for all the people who fall ill due to the unsuitability of the replacement diet for their particular physiology.

    It's really a pipe dream, because you aren't going to turn the entire world vegetarian, so why give bogus numbers that aren't all that impressive in the first place?

  5. Re:why cows? on Scientists Race To Develop Livestock That Can Survive Climate Change · · Score: 0

    Because Nazi Germany wasn't an authoritarian state?

    My hippie 10th grade social studies teacher said the Nazis were "right wing", so they can't be anything like Red China!

  6. Re:Have you not heard?? on Scientists Race To Develop Livestock That Can Survive Climate Change · · Score: 1

    But this is climate change. Why are we assuming the weather will be hotter in the USA, so we need funny looking chickens? This year is shaping up to be cooler than normal.

  7. Re:News flash on Rand Paul Suggests Backing Bitcoin With Stocks · · Score: 1

    The government response does not determine truth. If they decided to back down because a bunch of four-year-olds had rubber band guns, would that mean the kids were terrorists?

  8. Re:NO NO NO!!!!!!!! on For the First Time Ever, the FAA Is Trying To Fine a Drone Hobbyist · · Score: 1

    Too bad cities don't have some kind of personnel who watch for dangerous behavior and prevent or apprehend those who might harm people or property.

  9. When I fart, the smell is carried on the wind and might cross state lines. Therefore, the federal government is empowered to make everyone wear smell-absorbing underwear after eating Taco Bell.

  10. Having the feds regulate airspace makes good sense, given that a huge portion of air travel is interstate

    Was this?

  11. Right. It's a shame we don't have any departments at the state or local level that could handle incidents where people cause property damage or injure people.

  12. Re:They had deflector shields in Star Wars? on Physics Students Devise Concept For Star Wars-Style Deflector Shields · · Score: 1

    The deflectors were on "double front"-- which suggests that they were weak or nonexistent in back. Why? Because those turbolasers on the surface would have taken them out quicker than the TIEs.

  13. I think this is what inspired the design of the deflectors in the X-Wing games by Lucasarts. Your deflectors take time to charge, and if they're not fully charged you can decide whether to divert most of their power to the front, rear, or evenly depending on the situation.

  14. Re:Plasma Shield? on Physics Students Devise Concept For Star Wars-Style Deflector Shields · · Score: 1

    I don't think Roddenberry was a communist; he was more like a big kid who said, "Hey-- the pursuit of money causes problems, so wouldn't a future without it be better?" He made Starfleet personnel (it wasn't clear until DS9 that Federation citizens were included) not use money, but didn't really explain how that worked and kind of just let it go. A real communist would explain in excruciating detail for 20 pages of script how awesome this was, that the proletariat finally crushed the bourgeoisie.

    This does get a little awkward. I look at Riker's trombone and wonder how many forms he had to fill out to obtain clearance for that indulgence, and that DS9 episode where Jake Sisko has to have Nog's help for a business scheme (because Terrans don't have money!) kind of hand-waved it away. Still an amusing episode, though.

  15. Re:Plasma Shield? on Physics Students Devise Concept For Star Wars-Style Deflector Shields · · Score: 1

    Which of our military hardware is ineffective, again?

  16. Re:Security cameras on Sony Tape Storage Breakthrough Could Bring Us 185 TB Cartridges · · Score: 1

    ENHANCE!

  17. News flash on Rand Paul Suggests Backing Bitcoin With Stocks · · Score: 1

    A senator said something dumb. If this frightens you, then please don't look up what your Vice President has said over the past few months. You will need new underwear. Not to mention another senator from Nevada calling his own citizens "domestic terrorists" for basically trespassing. Where was was he during Occupy Wall Street, when people were trespassing AND vandalizing? Oh yeah-- lauding those people.

    My consolation is that this is probably the most awkward thing you'll hear out of Paul. I'm pretty sure I know what he meant, but it still doesn't make sense. Any non-government currency is naturally fiat or nearly so. When US currency wasn't circulating during the Civil War, private companies minted tokens. Usually, the tokens only contained metals worth a fraction of their face value.

  18. Re:Seriously? on Really, Why Are Smartphones Still Tied To Contracts? · · Score: 1

    You can also buy a prepaid phone and pop a SIM from a contract carrier into it.

  19. Re:Re-release of 2004 turkey? on Review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 · · Score: 1

    Kind of points out the absurd state of Hollywood that they have about a 5 year reboot cycle. I imagine a new set of Batman movies are due next year.

  20. Re:Not for Nerds on What It's Like To Be the Scientific Consultant For The Big Bang Theory · · Score: 1

    There was an episode with Summer Glau? To the Bittorrent!

  21. Re:Not for Nerds on What It's Like To Be the Scientific Consultant For The Big Bang Theory · · Score: 0

    No it shouldn't, because it's not the same.

    You forgot to throw Hitler in there somewhere.

  22. Re:Not for Nerds on What It's Like To Be the Scientific Consultant For The Big Bang Theory · · Score: 0

    She could never abuse her kids as badly as you've abused this formerly rational discussion.

  23. Re:Dead-end bureaucracy on One-a-Day-Compiles: Good Enough For Government Work In 1983 · · Score: 1

    Wow... now the Iron Lady is responsible for "GOTO statement considered harmful." Is there anything in revisionist history she can't do?

  24. Re:Huh? on One-a-Day-Compiles: Good Enough For Government Work In 1983 · · Score: 1

    A Commodore 64 was $595. :-P

  25. Re:"there's not much to indicate difficulty" on The Ways Programming Is Hard · · Score: 1

    Lay down enough to make sure you don't miss a spot, then wet your finger and run it along the bead.

    You now look like an expert.