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  1. Re:Classic FUD on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Car That's Safe From Hackers? · · Score: 1

    Of course, the fact that Tesla tells WHERE it is, makes that problematic.
    It is for this very reason that only 2 Model S have been stolen. One of them was stolen from Tesla motors and ended up in a high-speed chase with the death of the crock (the ONLY death/serious injury in 50,000 cars). And the other one is missing under odd conditions.

  2. Re:Classic FUD on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Car That's Safe From Hackers? · · Score: 1

    LOL. Go read the first post. It was SPECIFICALLY about Tesla. The question is, what does your post have to do with anything?

  3. Re: He's got company on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    There appears to be a lot of politics here, BUT, it appears to be on the part of those that want to scream that all of the killing was from the American gov. The fact is, that most of it happened PRIOR to the French, English, or Americans arrived.

    There was nothing humane in the Indian wars wether it was with English, French, Spaniards, or finally, Americans.
    BTW, the natives throughout all of the Americas (North, central and south) had been doing plenty of scalping and using human skins for all sorts things, LONG before westerns (both Spaniards and the rest) showed up. Here in Colorado, we had multiple tribes in wich it was common to sacrifice humans and then they were not wasted..
    And as to hunting natives including in CA, well, that started in Mexico. But even when CA became part of America, it was supposed to stop. Sadly, it did not
    In the end, there was nothing humane about any of this. There was plenty of blame to go around. However, it always cracks me up when somebody screams that Southwest USA belongs to Mexico (it belonged to the natives, never to mexico), or that anglos did all of the damage. However 90% of the natives were killed by Spaniards via disease, and various wars, but after that, well, the anglos via europe and then America were just as brutal, even when our laws said to be otherwise. But, by then, the native Americans had already been badly decimated.

  4. Re:He's got company on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    First off, the spaniards DID start out up north. They are the ones that spread the diseases, not the English or the French. In fact, the Spaniards found that they could not do much there because there were SOOO many Native Americans. So, they went south, where there were fewer.
    By the time that the French and English showed up, the eastern Indians had been decimated down to about 1/10 of where they were during the time of the Spaniards. That is the main reason why the English and French were able to move so freely into the eastern America and grow.

  5. Re:And yet, they are NOT winning on How California Is Winning the Drought · · Score: 1

    I got news for you. It really does not matter. What should be doing on, is that the state, along with the feds, should be planning on having a LONG LONG drought. This technology should be brought to not just CA, but from Texas to Florida, and all the way up to Washington DC. Drought is going to be a REAL issue down the road. And with some 75% of our population living on coastal area, it makes sense to focus on using desalinated ocean water.

  6. Re:In Capitalist America... on IBM Launches Linux-Only Mainframes · · Score: 1

    I think that you mean, capitalist India. Right?

  7. Re:Classic FUD on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Car That's Safe From Hackers? · · Score: 2

    and yet, Tesla has NOT had a key fob exploit. Why not? Because they are not like other car makers. And yes, these crackers tried to get in that way and could NOT. Basically, the ONLY way to get in, is to break the window, which will then not allow the car to be driven away. That is why only 2 teslas out of 50,000 cars on the road have been stolen. The first was stolen by stealing the fob out of Tesla motors and then driving the car off the lot; That was the one in which the driver died when doing 120 MPH and hit an old early 1900's lamp pole. And nobody knows how the second was stolen. Considering that it was the ONLY other one, there is the question of, was it really stolen? .

  8. Re:Keep it locked wndows up on Ask Slashdot: Buying a Car That's Safe From Hackers? · · Score: 3, Informative

    LOL.
    Tesla is the ONLY car that was considered difficult to crack and very safe. In addition, they are the only ones that were willing to work with the crackers at fixing things.
    And BTW, the other cars were cracked remotely. Tesla required not only physical access to the car, but the door had to be opened, and then you accessed the Ethernet via the side of the dashboard. And then and only then, were they able to shutdown the computer, not control things.

    So, if tesla is the one that concerns you, well, no doubt you are still running XP and lower.

  9. Re: He's got company on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    Some did that. OTOH, I did not.
    BUT, I will point out that Romney did NOT do a good job at business. Far from it. He simply off-shored companies, even successful ones, and then declared that they were good. For all intents and purposes, Romney was no different than the large banks that sold off bad mortgages.
    In addition, while Romney spoke against China, he was one of the best friends that the Chinese leaders have in America.

    So, I would not hold up HIS past to be successful.
    Eisenhower and Teddy would have been GREAT examples of the GOP to hold up. Sadly, good examples in either of the major parties is pretty much gone.

  10. Re:He's got company on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    BTW, This link probably does a better job of explaining how badly many ppl understand our past history. Basically, between Spaniards and Vikings, they decimated what is today US with disease (and war by Spaniards). Had that not happened, USA would never have existed. In fact, had the exodus from Britain, France and Germany happened another 100 years later, it would have been short-lived. As it was, because of the disease, and the constant waring of the Spaniards with the Native Americans (esp. in the western USA), it was possible for White Europe to take USA and Canada.

  11. Re:He's got company on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    Our understanding of what happened back then changes CONSTANTLY as we find out more and more.
    In this wiki, along with the links, you will find that at one time, the native population in just USA, was around 20 million. What caused most of the deaths was disease, as well as the Spaniards. The Spaniards used indigenous populations for slavery, etc, but they alsio moved fast grabbing what gold and silver they could steal. Since the majority of stable populations, which are the ones with gold/silver was in South and Central America, they spent the majority of their time down there. Upon wiping out Aztecs, Myans, etc, they tried hard to come up from New Spain/Mexico, but the North American Indians from California through to eastern Colorado fought back bravely.
    Sadly, between disease and the wars from them, they were decimated by the time that USA gov moved into that Area, the natives population had gone from 5-10 Million down to less than 1M. In addition, the Mexicans were also less than 250K in the area. As such, when USA moved into this area, it belonged to the Native Americans, but, Mexicans were trying to claim it.

    I find it interesting that with the far right, America can do no harm, while with the far left, we see that America can do no right. Due to that, we see history that gets skewed badly. But, if you read a little, you will find that American gov did a number on the Native American population east of the mississippi, mostly via war, while the Spaniards/New Spain/Mexicans, did the majority of killing with disease, and war to the native American population west of the mississippi.

  12. Re:He's got company on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    No, history class rarely covers the 'truth' since history constantly changes (history is trying to report what happened in the past; but "recent history always belongs to the victors").
    However, our understanding of what happened back then changes CONSTANTLY as we find out more and more.
    For example, in this wiki, along with the links, you will find that at one time, the native population in just USA, was around 20 million. What caused most of the deaths was disease, as well as the Spaniards. The Spaniards used indigenous populations for slavery, etc, but they alsio moved fast grabbing what gold and silver they could steal. Since the majority of stable populations, which are the ones with gold/silver was in South and Central America, they spent the majority of their time down there. Upon wiping out Aztecs, Myans, etc, they tried hard to come up from New Spain/Mexico, but the North American Indians from California through to eastern Colorado fought back bravely.
    Sadly, between disease and the wars from them, they were decimated by the time that USA gov moved into that Area, the natives population had gone from 5-10 Million down to less than 1M. In addition, the Mexicans were also less than 250K in the area. As such, when USA moved into this area, it belonged to the Native Americans, but, Mexicans were trying to claim it.

    Sadly, ppl like you have a VERY poor understanding of history esp this since you are far more interested in Political Correctness, rather than Accuracy. But do not let facts get into your way of thinking. Between the far right (American can do no wrong) and your far left (American can do no right), things like history is being destroyed.

  13. Re:He's got company on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 3, Interesting

    and yet, it was not the yankees that did the main damage to them. It was New Spain/Mexico that had been wiping out numerous tribes in what is today America. Had they not reduced the native American population by 3/4, then the yankees would never have controlled the area.

  14. Re: He's got company on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 2

    In fact, trump is most like W. W took multiple businesses that were doing decent and pretty much ran them into the ground.
    So, when looking at Trump, we should be looking at how W did.

  15. Re: He's got company on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    Nothing of the sorts.
    You think that the neo-cons/tea* have stymied O or that O has not worked with the GOP?
    CONgress, not just the neo-cons/tea*, will NOT be willing to work with Trump and will do all that they can to kill him.

  16. And yet, they are NOT winning on How California Is Winning the Drought · · Score: 2

    The fact is, that they need to start desalinating along their coast line, and providing water inland for 60 miles or so.
    Right now, what has been keeping LA and SD going has been the Colorado River. However, lake mead is dropping FAST, since the drought is also spread all the way to vegas.
    But, they start building desalination plants now, then if the drought persists, they can solve SD and LA, while saving water for Vegas.

    BTW, this is where CONgress is so wrong. We desperately need to start building new nuke plants that will use the nuke waste. With these, they can provide electricity AND desalination.

  17. Re: It'd be hilareous if not so sad... on Japan To Restart Nuclear Power Tomorrow After Energy Prices Soar · · Score: 1

    When you have a problem, it will be exciting. When it comes time for decommissioning, we'll see how clean the whole process is.

    First, a number of reactors have been shut down and it is not a big deal. A bit expensive, because they were built in place and have to be taken down by hand.
    OTOH, TransAtomic and Flibles would be built in factories and carted to the site via rail and/or truck.
    It is also easy to hook them up, by design.
    As such, It is easy to get them out of there as well without any real human issues. Take them to the current disposal site in Tx, and then have a robot tear it appear. Issue solved.

    There's nothing irrational about fearing that humans will be irresponsible. Indeed, it's the only safe way to bet.

    And that is why you use a process in which it does not require a human to shutdown or keep the temps down. It is irrational to disregard the fact that laws of physic protect these.
    And as one that is betting that AGW IS HAPPENING, the safe thing is to replace coal and nat gas as quickly as possible. There is ZERO chance that AE can do 100%, let alone 50% of the job within 15 years. As such, it is irrational to HOPE that we can do 100% AE, when it is already shown that it can not happen esp. since you on the far left refuse to stop China's growth.

  18. I would vote for him in a heart beat. on Lawrence Lessig Wants To Run For President So He Can Resign · · Score: 1

    At the least, let it send a message.

    I will say that I prefer a different approach. Most states have the ability to amend their constitution via ballot. It would be useful for the group to put together a measure that should match what would go into our federal constitution. Yes, SCOTUS, esp this current activists SCOTUS, would kill it as a threat to the status quo. BUT, in each state that it passed, it would send a message to any CONgress critter running that we want our democratic representation back and to drop the fascism that we have become. Hell, my CONgress critter takes money from a company that is owned by the CHinese gov. That is fucking sad.

  19. Actually, I think that is smart on Coca-Cola To Fund Research That Shifts Blame For Obesity Away From Bad Diets · · Score: 1

    Look, off-hand, I do not believe that Corn Syrup is the problem. I believe that our heavy use of anti-biotics are shifting our intestinal flora, which is leading to different products being produced by them.
    I suspect that if Coke will put some effort into this, they can solve this issue and make it so that they are not the ones to blame. Or possibly make it to shift to a different flora to process the drink differently.

  20. Re: It'd be hilareous if not so sad... on Japan To Restart Nuclear Power Tomorrow After Energy Prices Soar · · Score: 1

    This is not about being impressed or impressing others.
    The problem here, is that you and others HATE nukes and refuse to look at HONEST data. The Molten Salt Reactors have been tested and worked great. Meltdown is IMPOSSIBLE.
    In addition, the ability to not use any NEW nuclear material, but to simply use the waste, well, it is foolish to NOT do this.
    Trans Atomic, along with Flible, Could be ready by 2022. These would be SMALL reactors (150 MW, rather than 1-2 GW), and would be built in a factory and shipped to current nuke sites. Combine that with a small material processing unit, and suddenly, we have a way to remove most of the 'waste'.

    Look, you scream about the far right being afraid of science, and you are correct.
    BUT, your own irrational fear, and hope to push NOTHING but AE, puts you in the exact same boat with them. Basically, you are contributing to CO2 emissions increasing as much as they are.

  21. Re: Fine but they should invest in wind next on Japan To Restart Nuclear Power Tomorrow After Energy Prices Soar · · Score: 1

    Lol. So, lets see you write that neo-cons/teabaggers always lie. That way the illogic will destroy you.

  22. Re: What energy prices have risen? on Japan To Restart Nuclear Power Tomorrow After Energy Prices Soar · · Score: 1

    And how does this subsidy compare to wind/solar subsidies?

  23. Re: What energy prices have risen? on Japan To Restart Nuclear Power Tomorrow After Energy Prices Soar · · Score: 1

    Actually, nuke waste is trivial to solve. Simply use it in a gen 4 reactor and then have only 5% of waste and all safe within 200 years.

  24. Re: It'd be hilareous if not so sad... on Japan To Restart Nuclear Power Tomorrow After Energy Prices Soar · · Score: 0

    Actually, all those that state that nuclear power is unsafe, are not only irrational, but hate science as much as the far right wingers do.

  25. Re: It'd be hilareous if not so sad... on Japan To Restart Nuclear Power Tomorrow After Energy Prices Soar · · Score: 2

    No, all of Japan's plants require human intervention to prevent meltdown. A gen 4 reactor is needed.