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  1. Re:Hey North Korea! on 30,000-Lb. Bomb On Fast Track For Deployment · · Score: 1

    During WWII most warring nations used such weapons to an extent. Regretfully, only those who lost were punished additionally for that. Those who won got a free pass, and that is why we may yet see some WMD usage, especially now that MAD is gone for good.

    It has always been the case that the loser is punished and the winner isn't and always will be. That's why when you're fighting a war you need to do everything you can to make sure that you win.

  2. Re:Low carbon foot print? on Google Mows With Goats · · Score: 1

    uh, it's not a lawn and they don't water it. It's a vacant field that is covered with the annual rye that covers most of California's grasslands. While it isn't native to the area, it performs a similar ecological role to the now rare native grass and probably isn't worth exterminating to replace with native grasses. Goats are a better option for fire control than mowing or discing which are the two other options.

  3. Re:USV on Computer-Controlled Cargo Sailing Vessels Go Slow, Frugal · · Score: 1

    An automated machine gun will kill a ninja just as dead as a pirate.

  4. Re:Sounds expensive... on Doctors Will Test Gene Editing On HIV Patients · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I should add that this isn't a reason not to pursue research for cures for HIV. It's a very interesting problem and this technique may have broad application if it works. Also in some parts of the world HIV is very common and hard to avoid.

    Just as we would treat a heart attack in a 400 lb man, so we should also treat someone with HIV as best we can.

  5. Re:Sounds expensive... on Doctors Will Test Gene Editing On HIV Patients · · Score: 0, Troll

    But the big majority of people with HIV in the developed world have it because they are stupid. Avoid shooting up and receptive anal intercourse and you've dramatically cut your chances. Insist on only doing the nasty with clean partners in safe ways and you're very safe. Keep your dick dry, your asshole closed and don't shoot up and your chances of getting HIV are pretty much 0.

  6. WTF with the summary. on Apps That Officially Support Wine · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Wine is a cool project. It's even useful, but it isn't nearly as compatible with Windows or DOS aps than Vista. That's just stupid. This is yet another story that leads me to suspect that kdawson is an idiot.

  7. Re:Why is the government even subsidizing this? on DTV Coupon Program Out of Money · · Score: 1

    The government didn't provide car vouchers, but the (very few) people who still needed leaded gasoline could (and still can, for that matter) still buy the lead additive separately and add it to their tanks. For nearly all drivers the answer was a minor adjustment to their engines and using premium unleaded gas.

    Interestingly, leaded gasoline hasn't completely disappeared. It is still used as an aviation fuel.

  8. Re:Riiight on Why LEDs Don't Beat CFLs Even Though They Should · · Score: 1

    Assuming what you say is true, something is seriously wrong with your light installation. Either your wiring is dangerously f'd up or the bulbs are getting wet. Either way, if you value your safety you should identify what the problem because it could indicate some real danger.

  9. Re:lol peta on PETA Using Games To Spread Its Message · · Score: 1

    It's a hell of a lot quicker, so yes, I would think it is more humane.

  10. Re:Ok, Pulling the internal organs out of a turkey on PETA Using Games To Spread Its Message · · Score: 1

    It's worse than vegans needing a huge array of vegetables. No plant produces vitamin B12, so vegans have to get it from some really odd sources, such as yeast extracts. It can be done, of course, but humans really do need to eat animals to live well.

  11. Re:Why did this vision suddenly pop in to my head? on PETA Using Games To Spread Its Message · · Score: 1

    I've visited meat packing plants that make sausage and made sausage myself. I still like the stuff.

  12. Re:lol peta on PETA Using Games To Spread Its Message · · Score: 1

    People have done taste tests with cows that have been slaughtered in different ways and have found that westerners prefer beef from cows that haven't been stressed immediately before being slaughtered. Since most flavor preferences are cultural, it may be that the flavor developed by torture is especially appealing to the Korean (and Chinese) pallet.

  13. Re:lol peta on PETA Using Games To Spread Its Message · · Score: 1

    It is darn tasty though.

  14. Re:Peta out of control on PETA Using Games To Spread Its Message · · Score: 1

    I don't think that most people who cook would have a real problem slaughtering animals. Once you're used to handling meat, it isn't a big step to kill the animal. I have no problem dispatching poultry, lobster, crabs and shellfish and nor do most people I know. I might have a problem killing a cow, but that has more to do with a lack of knowledge of how to do it right than any moral objection.

  15. Re:Should I be bothered? on PETA Using Games To Spread Its Message · · Score: 1

    I'm down, but only if I can have shark's fin soup as an appetizer.

  16. Re:Neat, but... on Paralyzed Man Walks Again Using Exoskeleton · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah, yes, for the ability to type furiously for a moment followed by a headlong rush into a wall.

  17. Re:Next, Effort to Duplicate the EYE. on Paralyzed Man Walks Again Using Exoskeleton · · Score: 1

    That's hardly a big stretch from our partly hardwired, partly learned ability to determine something's shape by touch. If you can tell the difference between a cube, a sphere and a coffee cup by touch then you are already doing a nearly equivalent task.

  18. Re:I'll believe it when I see it on Mimicking Photosynthesis To Split Water · · Score: 1

    Is there really a difference?

  19. Re:AUGGGHHH on Cooking Stimulated Big Leap In Human Cognition · · Score: 5, Funny

    It helps that we cooked veggies too.

    I mean, what is a burger without pickles, grilled onions, grilled mushrooms, and bread?

    Meatloaf.

  20. Re:People should search for AC-130 videos on USAF Enlists Shrinks To Help Drone Pilots Cope · · Score: 1

    Killing people isn't supposed to be fun or normal, that's not news.

    Given the popularity of first person shooters, I'm not sure I agree with you on that point.

  21. Re:And it's often broken unless you run IE on Net Shoppers Bullied Into "Verified By Visa" Program · · Score: 1

    Noscript is designed to break your browser. It seems absurd to disable features on your browser and then whine when they don't work. If you want a decent experience on the web then don't use noscript. If you want to browse dodgy porn and warez sites without worrying about security then use it and deal with the limitations.

  22. Re:September 10th? on Large Hadron Collider Goes Live September 10th · · Score: 1

    DO NOT WANT

  23. Re:This won't have an effect in Belgium on IBM Granted "Paper-or-Plastic?" Patent · · Score: 1

    We have a similar setup in most parts of California. In my town, everyone has a container for recyclable plastic, one for metal, one for paper, one for green waste and one for garbage. Although I sometimes do use a reusable bag, usually I opt for plastic bags because they're darn handy as garbage bags and to clean up after my dogs when I'm walking them (lest I face a $500 fine). I'm probably unusual but I often find myself running short of plastic grocery bags.

  24. Re:Nerd Decisions... on Towards an Exercise Pill · · Score: 1

    I'm slightly afraid to know how taking Viagra is going to help you get an iPhone.

  25. Re:Possible semi-benign explaination? on PCMark Memory Benchmark Favors GenuineIntel · · Score: 1

    You do realize that the CPUID instruction gives a list of the special features that are available on that chip. You would be an idiot to optimize based on the processor manufacturer ID string when you can just look at the list.