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  1. Re:This is one reason why IT doesn't get respect on A Software Project Full of "Male Anatomy" Jokes Causes Controversy · · Score: 1

    I agree with everything you said. But unfortunately that kind of behavior is not just tolerated but glorified in our society.

    Think about the big shot liberal Hawkeye in M*A*S*H, in one breath he railed on about racism or the evils of war, then in the next he sexually harassed every nurse in the room. And of course there was the two term President who had his dick sucked in the oval office by a woman half his age.

  2. Re:next you will be an Independent contractor and on Mars One Delayed 2 Years, CEO Releases Video In Response To Criticism · · Score: 3, Funny

    And once on mars you can't go to court.

    That would be Martian H1-B status, since you are an alien there.

  3. Already happening? on How 'Virtual Water' Can Help Ease California's Drought · · Score: 1
    From the Economist link:

    State officials have cut off supplies to water districts; their federal counterparts will soon follow suit. Some farmers who made the risky decision in past years to plant lucrative pistachio and almond trees, which require year-round watering, have had to bulldoze them. Others are fallowing farmland, or digging deeper to tap brackish groundwater, further depleting aquifers.

    It sound like farmers are already being forced out of growing crops in a desert that require a lot of water.

  4. I'm sorry on New Alzheimer's Treatment Fully Restores Memory Function For Mice · · Score: 1

    What was this article about again?

  5. Jaysus Croist! on Meet the Carolina Butcher, a 9-Foot Crocodile That Walked On Two Legs · · Score: 1
    Actually it reminds more more of the Jesus Christ Lizard.

    what would a person experience upon encountering this agile, roughly three metre-long, about 1.5 metre-tall beast with a long skull and blade-like teeth?

    Probably a Monty Python like reaction. And soiled underware.

  6. Mary on Virgin Could Take On Tesla With Electric Car · · Score: 2

    You insensitive clod.

  7. Bipedal reptile... on Meet the Carolina Butcher, a 9-Foot Crocodile That Walked On Two Legs · · Score: 4, Funny

    a giant, bipedal reptile that looked a lot like living crocodiles — except it walked on two legs, not four.

    Brought to you by Geico

  8. Re:Stupid Question on How Space Can Expand Faster Than the Speed of Light · · Score: 2

    I didn't ask can we get to the speed of light, I asked "does space travel become possible?"

    If you could accelerate yourself to a speed close to the speed of light then you could go to a distant star within your lifetime.

    We would just need to go at some % speed of light.

    Getting to a high enough % to make a difference is the part which is impossible.

  9. Re:For everyone who didn't read the decision on Defending Privacy Doesn't Pay: Canadian Court Lets Copyright Troll Off the Hook · · Score: 1

    The bulk of the $350,000 Teksavvy was requesting was for council

    But there was no need for council, they chose to fight the Order. Which is why the request was denied.

  10. Re:The attic is the gap... on France Decrees New Rooftops Must Be Covered In Plants Or Solar Panels · · Score: 1

    You assume solar panels (without subsidies since they don't reduce the total cost) will generate enough electricity to make up for the much higher cost. I doubt that's the case in France. Anyway, a canvas cover would be a lot cheaper than a rooftop garden which is also acceptable.

  11. The attic is the gap... on France Decrees New Rooftops Must Be Covered In Plants Or Solar Panels · · Score: 1

    Which is why attics are ventilated and ceilings are insulated. If a second cover over the roof made much difference most buildings would already have one.

  12. Yes, what's the problem? on Defending Privacy Doesn't Pay: Canadian Court Lets Copyright Troll Off the Hook · · Score: 1

    They wanted another few hundred thousand for their legal expenses incurred as part of resisting the Order. The court correctly decided that those costs had nothing to do with the reimbursement they are entitled to for work done to comply.

    In other words, nothing to see here...

  13. Re:Interesting double edge sword there. on German Vice Chancellor: the US Threatened Us Over Snowden · · Score: 1

    If they never prevent anything, they're not "the good guys" because they're spying on people for no reason.

    Or they're good guys, because their spying is enough to deter attacks

    If they do prevent attacks, they just threatened to allow Germany to be attacked for spite.

    Or they're good guys, because a slightly reduced capability is better than letting it be known that someone who participates in a massive breach can find a comfortable home in Germany.

  14. Theoretically possible on Giant Lava Tubes Possible On the Moon · · Score: 1

    TFA concludes that really large domes might be possible.

    Not that are any.

    Not that they could be sealed and made habitable.

    Just that in the Moon's gravity they *theoretically* might not collapse.

  15. Re:Then ID would be required on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 3, Insightful

    How do you know there isn't wide spread fraud? There's no way to tell with the honor system in use today. Require a state issued ID card an you'll find out in a hurry.

  16. Works for the countries he mentioned on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 3, Insightful

    One the one hand he thinks mandatory voting as in Belgium is a good idea, but he is also opposed to the type of photo IDs they require to vote.

    I suppose there's a compromise: maybe people could issue the ID to themselves (kind of like running your own email server). Or (in Chicago) give people as many IDs as they need.

  17. Nope... on To Avoid NSA Interception, Cisco Will Ship To Decoy Addresses · · Score: 1

    He's a sergeant in the Chinese Army.

  18. Deployed quickly? on Gates: Large Epidemics Need a More Agile Response · · Score: 1

    Deploying any kind of sizable mobile force (military or otherwise) takes months. The ebola epidemic had pretty much run it's course by then.

  19. Re:LiDAR does not penetrate foliage. on Laser Imaging Drone To Hunt Out Unexploded Bombs In War-Torn Nations · · Score: 4, Informative

    Is this just bad information (using something other than LiDAR) or just a stupid idea?

    It's a fund raising pitch from a guy who sells aerial photography drones. He doesn't seem to have any relevant engineering training.

  20. in the future? on Hertz Puts Cameras In Its Rental Cars, Says It Has No Plans To Use Them · · Score: 1

    Cars don't stay in a rental fleet very long. If they are installing them today they must be looking at activating them in about a year; by then the entire fleet will have them installed.

  21. Oh Really? on NASA Launches Four Spacecraft To Study Earth-Sun Magnetism · · Score: 3, Informative

    The project was started in 2005, when Republicans controlled both houses of Congress and the White House.

  22. Who created the entries and changed them back? on Wikipedia Entries On NYPD Violence Get Some Edits From Headquarters · · Score: 1

    There are two sides to every argument. Obviously the NYPD changing these entries goes against the terms of use. But if someone from Al Sharpton's National Action Network created the entry in the first place it seems like just as much of a violation. I wouldn't expect accurate information from either side.

  23. Re:Wind is on US Wind Power Is Expected To Double In the Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    I don't see anywhere on that page where you got those numbers. Solar is sometimes cheaper than battery storage or diesel, but nothing else.

  24. Climate Policy on In Historic Turn, CO2 Emissions Flatline In 2014, Even As Global Economy Grows · · Score: 1

    Democrats could have enacted a serious climate policy if they had sat down and negotiated. But they tried to do it unilaterally and got stuffed. Same with health care reform; the Republicans wanted to be at the table and work out a solution - but Pelosi locked the door.

  25. Consider the source on In Historic Turn, CO2 Emissions Flatline In 2014, Even As Global Economy Grows · · Score: 1

    All of the reduction can be attributed to China's "reported" reduction. Some of that might be real because they are ramping up nuclear and hydro projects.

    But consider the source of that report.