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  1. Re: Two birds with one stone on Clinton Promises 500 Million New Solar Panels · · Score: 0

    That part was contracted out to interns.

    Well, that could be true...

    I mean, they DO have a daughter, so they presumably did it at least once...but there have been many rumors that Hillary is more of a "vagitarian" that a penis fan...so...?

  2. Re:Two birds with one stone on Clinton Promises 500 Million New Solar Panels · · Score: 0

    As I said in my post, I don't live in the U.S.A. Apart from that solar panel thing, all I know is that she's the wife of former president Bill Clinton.

    So, in other words, her primary qualification is, that she sucked a sitting presidents dick, right?

    Not sure how that qualifies her for President???

  3. Re: Or let us keep our hard-earned money on Clinton Promises 500 Million New Solar Panels · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, that's just what this country's over-leveraged home owners need---more loans.

    And exactly who held a gun to those home owners' heads and forced them to take out loans way beyond their means?

    If you don't know how to live within your means, manage your money like an adult, and overstretch yourself fiscally and fuckup and blow it and lose it....exactly who's fault is that?

    And why would anyone suggest other folks having to be there to catch them when they fall?

    The US is supposed to be free...free to succeed and free to fuck up.

    Most good lessons in life are learned more from fucking up and having to deal with the repercussions.

  4. Re:Or let us keep our hard-earned money on Clinton Promises 500 Million New Solar Panels · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Absolutely after a day of hunting, give me a curvy redhead I only have to pay once and don't have to talk to, and a bottle of good scotch and that is money well spent. At least getting screwed by the hooker is a hell of a lot more fun than having the government do it.

    Ah....my kingdom for MOD points today!!

    :)

    The govt shouldn't be in the business of trying to mold or target my behavior. I fail to find in the US Constitution where that is one of its few, enumerated responsibilities and rights...

    Look, I don't mind paying reasonable taxes, to fund common good things, schools, roads, etc. But that is best done by the states who are more directly answerable to MY needs locally.

    I earn my my money, and should be able to spend it on anything legal I wish and I should not be having external forces, like the federal govt trying to mold my behavior by penalizing me with taxation.

    That is simply NOT their job.

  5. Where in the US Constitution..... on Clinton Promises 500 Million New Solar Panels · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Hmm.

    I"m still trying to thumb through my US Constitution and find where within the enumerated responsibilities and rights of the Federal Govt. that it is charged with picking winners and losers in industry. Also,where in there is the Fed govt supposed to figure out health costs of one industry vs another and penalize one over another?

    And no, it has nothing to do with the "General Welfare" parts....

  6. Re: i haven't bought a car in a while... on When Do Robocars Become Cheaper Than Standard Cars? · · Score: 1
    Parellel park?

    Hell, people can't even fucking SHIFT a car anymore hardly.

    I've actually heard that car thieves are passing cars by that have manual transmissions because they don't know how to drive them...geez.

    I've never owned an automatic car in my life...I like to have something to do while driving...helps keep you awake too.

  7. Re:Technology to deliver personalized lessons on Melinda Gates: Facebook Engineers Have Solved One of Education's Biggest Problem · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How about streaming the pupils so that those of similar ability are grouped together for their classes. Ok it might not work at primary school level so much as these tend to be smaller often with only enough pupils for a single class per year. However even then you can arrange the class into groups of different abilities.

    You can't do that in the "PC" America today, no sir...

    You'll get hit right off to bat with shouts of "discriminaiton".....then classism, elitism...and just about any other -ism you can think of.

    No, in the US today, we really are trying to not even give merit to those that do excel despite todays education system. I think I read the other day about a high school that had something like 50+ valedictorians...?? WTF? Afraid to hurt someones feelings that they didn't make the cut?

    No, today int he US, you can't have any programs that single out folks for success, or even remedial needs...it might hurt Suzy or Johnny's self esteem and we all know that would be the end of the world. No, we have to keep them all together, and teach to the lowest common denominator.

    Any separation of the kids by merit or ability...could potentially lead to an imbalance in the racial or socio-economic mix of kids, and once that happens, the SJW's and other types will scream bat shit bloody murder that this is just another example of the man keeping people down and stripping them of opportunity.

  8. Re:"Automatic" Weapon? on Police Not Issuing Charges For Handgun-Firing Drone -- Feds Undecided · · Score: 1
    I have a hard time believing that. A friend of mine had a crank he could attached to the trigger and stock of a rifle, I think it was a mini14.....anyway, you could crank that thing and fire machine-gun style, like a gatling (sp?) gun.

    Perfectly legal as far as I know....

    Video of similar set up

    And LInk to similar product for sale

    So, I have trouble thinking a solenoid doing the same thing mechanically would suffice it to be an automatic weapon. Hell, one turn of the crank here fires off 4 shots.

  9. Re:Valasek and Miller are assholes and should be a on Remote Exploit On a Production Chrysler To Be Presented At BlackHat · · Score: 1

    A-frigging-men! I'm looking into a Hellcat. Now I just might look for a '70 and put the Hellcat drive train in that.

    Yeah, I just found out about the Hellcats yesterday and have looked into them today. I like the Hellcat Challenger, not so much the Charger, looks too much like a regular family car.

    But wow...707 HP bone stock....in the $63K price range that is *BANG* for the buck for sure....

    I am trying to calculate how many tires per gallon it gets.

    :D

    Unfortunately, it comes with this unsecure system too and would have to be disabled....

  10. Re:Valasek and Miller are assholes and should be a on Remote Exploit On a Production Chrysler To Be Presented At BlackHat · · Score: 1

    Do you want autonomous cars or driverless cars?

    Nope. I do not.

    At least not for me. Hmm...I was looking at the Vipers that do seem to have the Uconnect as standard package.

    I'm wondering if you can disable this without killing functionality in the car?

    Same question about onStar for a Corvette...can you kill it without killing the car, or, are these systems so integrated now that you can turn them off?

    I wonder if you can at least kill the method it uses to "call home" at the very least..?

  11. Re:No! on Ask Slashdot: Do You Use a Smartphone At Work, Contrary to Policy? · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I've never worked at a center where smart phones and the like were Verboten. This includes different govt. facilities too. Secure ones.

    About the only policy they had, was to NOT set up or use any wireless access points, they did actively scan for these but cellphones and the like they never had a policy against them on worksite.

  12. Re:Chrysler on Remote Exploit On a Production Chrysler To Be Presented At BlackHat · · Score: 1

    People still buy that brand?

    Well, the Viper is quite nice....

  13. Re:Valasek and Miller are assholes and should be a on Remote Exploit On a Production Chrysler To Be Presented At BlackHat · · Score: 2
    Is the UConnect system optional or are they trying to make it standard on their cars?

    I had looked awhile back at a new corvette and last I heard you could NOT get the fscking OnStar system out of the car....

    So, wondering if this is another "feature" that isn't optional....

    Why is it so hard to get a car without it being fucking connected to everything? I just want performance, and nice looks...I drive a car, I'm not trying to do a spreadsheet while driving for God's sake.

  14. Re: Three Laws of Self-Driving Cars on UK Government Releases Rules To Get Self-Driving Cars Onto Public Roads · · Score: 1

    If you want fun, go have it in a place where people who are merely trying to get on with their lives are not endangered by it. Your fun is an artefact of driving, not the reason why people drive. Cars are a mode of transport. You finding fun in driving one is akin to a foot fetishist at the shoe store - the shoe store serves a distinct purpose, yet the fetishist derives pleasure for a different reason. I appreciate you having fun, but to insist on endangering others simply for your fun is, well, hideously selfish.

    Why do you automatically make the assumption that my fun driving endangers others?

    I drive what is safe for each given road environment and conditions at the time. I also have a performance vehicle that starts and stops better than most cars, so I have the ability to actually be safer in traffic than most cars.

    The times I drive fast, are generally when there is no other traffic around me, and conditions warrant it to be safe to do so, given my vehicle.

  15. Re:Go ahead on Affair Site Hackers Threaten Release of All User Data Unless It Closes · · Score: 1

    Eh.. married men live longer than their single counterparts.

    The men don't actually live longer....it just seems longer.

    ;)

  16. Re: Three Laws of Self-Driving Cars on UK Government Releases Rules To Get Self-Driving Cars Onto Public Roads · · Score: 0

    And I feel sad when I hear about people like you who waste precious limited resources and pollute the planet just for the fun of it.

    Hey, life is short and I'm only on this planet for a short time.

    I fully intend to make that limited time as fun and pleasurable as humanly possible within my means.

    Why should I not? Resources are there to be USED, and I'm certainly not seeing any reason to deprive myself during my short time on this planet.

  17. Re:Mimicing on UK Government Releases Rules To Get Self-Driving Cars Onto Public Roads · · Score: 1

    So, if I juggle my iPhone, a cheeseburger and a cigarette while my car is driving itself, for all intents and purposes I am mimicking the majority of other drivers.

    You forgot keeping an opened, cold beer between your legs while doing this too.

    :)

  18. Re: Three Laws of Self-Driving Cars on UK Government Releases Rules To Get Self-Driving Cars Onto Public Roads · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually soon they will be ten time safer and better at driving than any human and they will be wizzing past you

    Yeah, but where's the fun in that?

    I enjoy the adrenaline rush of firing up the fun performance cars I've had over the years, and hitting the road.

    I feel sad for those folks that see a car as nothing more than rote transportation from A to B.

  19. Re:Three Laws of Self-Driving Cars on UK Government Releases Rules To Get Self-Driving Cars Onto Public Roads · · Score: 1
    I think the main things for self driving cars to know and do..is STAY THE FUCK OUT OF MY WAY!!

    :)

    If they are going to just go the speed limit and stay in the right lanes (in the US), then, I'm game for them.

    Please just stay out of my way and let me get on with my drive.

    :)

  20. Re:Go ahead on Affair Site Hackers Threaten Release of All User Data Unless It Closes · · Score: 1

    ...as long as you don't cohabitate in certain states (where common-law marriage may apply).

    Yep, always a good idea to check the laws in your community/city/state.

    I don't marry them, the most I've done is live with them for awhile, kinda like leasing with an option "to buy".

    :)

    But I've not lived in a place with those laws, or length of time to make me liable to give her half my worth just for sleeping with me.

    I've had some really good pussy in my life, yet the BEST of it wasn't worth giving half of what I own away.

  21. Re:Go ahead on Affair Site Hackers Threaten Release of All User Data Unless It Closes · · Score: 1

    Even better yet: Make every effort to be loyal to your spouse. If you fail, repent, hope for forgiveness, and try harder next time. Flee from all forms of temptation to do evil.

    Even better yet....don't get married at all, unless you are planning to have children.

    If you're not wanting to have kids, then there is no real reason to get married. This way, you don't lose half your shit with you "upgrade" to a new and better mate periodically. No need for repent and forgiveness....

  22. Re:nothing new under the sun on Affair Site Hackers Threaten Release of All User Data Unless It Closes · · Score: 0

    There ought to be some societal reward for all of us married folk who take our vows seriously,

    I think you already have that. It is called NOT losing half your shit you own for getting caught playing in someone else's panties.

    You also get tax breaks for the marriage thing, and if you have kids, you get those breaks too, etc. EIC?

  23. Re:Newsflash, the desperate have computers too on Internet Dating Scams Target Older American Women · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The permanently single -- aka the creepy 55 year old guy still hitting on women in the bar with no intention of settling down or even being honest

    Aside from the parts about not being honest, you seem to turn your nose up at the concept of someone not wanting to marry and to have new and exciting experiences with different women over their lives.

    Why is a guy 55 with no intentions of marrying or "settling down" creepy to use your term?

    If a guy settles down he ceases to be creepy? Why?

    Honestly, at age 50+ it is a GREAT time to be a single man and still hunting women. If you're gunning for women in your own age group, the good thing is, their kids are pretty much GROWN and out of the house and not a drag on you or the relationship. You also have a good job, and disposable income (both of you do) which is nice and so finances aren't that big a strain on the dating or even relationship if it happens.

    At this age, you are both usually more able to travel and experience fun things.

    If you're hunting for the younger ladies, well, again...your more mature, fiscally established and know what your doing in life, can be more confident and all which does make you more attractive to a large swath of women out there.

    Again, not talking about being dishonest, but I'm puzzled why you have the notion that "no intention of settling down" is synonymous with "creepy".

  24. OTOH, the employer has to pay payroll taxes of the employee, there's paid time off, etc. And well, the person doesn't have to seek out work when the contract's running out (because of the way things work, an independent contractor has the obligation to seek additional work to provide "independence" - you cannot have your contract renewed over and over again otherwise you can get classified as an employee.

    Not true.

    Especially not true if you're working federal contracts....been on multi-year, renewed ones many times.

  25. Re:Sit down, shut up, and do your work... until... on Ask Slashdot: Opinions on the State Breaking Its Own Law Against Employee Misclassification? · · Score: 1

    Mind you I'm in Canada, but this is specifically NOT in the rules for allowable travel if to/from work sites if part of regular routine.

    When I was referring to expensing travel, I was referring to the mileage you get to write off for gas. I'm working from home now, so not up on current value, but it used to be like $0.58/mi or so? When doing this I just kept a log book in the car and recorded the odometer start and end when traveling to job site,etc.

    CA won't take that from you? You should still be able to do it for your federal returns.....

    But no, I'm very conservative in my business. I write off everything I can, but I am careful to not do anything to raise red flags. I don't write off part of my house as 'office', that often raises flags....but there is no need to try to push it or abuse it when it comes to deductions, just stay within the law and reasonable and you still are further ahead, IMHO, than you are in W2 land.