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  1. Re: Mall shooting in Germany on Microsoft Can't Shield User Data From Government, Says Government (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I will stay right here and hope that reason can persuade future generations of the folly of your dogma.

    Pot meet kettle. The problem is there are extremists on both sides of the issue, which prevents us from making reasonable changes.

  2. Re: Mall shooting in Germany on Microsoft Can't Shield User Data From Government, Says Government (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    DC, Illinois, Mass, and NY appear to be the only license requiring states, unless we're discussing concealed carry
     

  3. Re: Mall shooting in Germany on Microsoft Can't Shield User Data From Government, Says Government (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    http://www.factcheck.org/2009/...

    There's mixed results in studies done in Australia. So, let's not draw conclusions from a single one. The jury's still out.

  4. Re: Mall shooting in Germany on Microsoft Can't Shield User Data From Government, Says Government (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    So, only the government is able to do a well-designed research project? Do tell.

  5. Re:Don't take anything electronic into the USA on Homeland Security Border Agents Can Seize Your Phone (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Because they call themselves anarchists elsewhere :)

    Libertarianism is a far cry from anarchism. Please do some reading before posting such drivel.

  6. The VP needs to be just as presidential. Here's a list of those who had to step in...

    John Tyler, after Harrison's death
    Millard Fillmore after Taylor's death
    Andrew Johnson after Lincoln's assassination
    Chester Arther after Garfield's assassination
    Teddy Roosivelt after McKinley's assassination
    Calvin Coolidge after Harding's death
    Harry Truman after Roosevelt's death
    LBJ after Kennedy's assassination
    Gerald Ford after Nixon's resignation

  7. What, you mean his name is really... Khan?

    Kublai or Genghis?

  8. He gets a F rating from http://progressivepunch.org/sc...

  9. I used to be one of those voters: socially liberal and fiscally conservative, and I did vote for Democrats

    Welcome to my world, only I've stuck mostly to the other side, while holding my nose as the radical religious types have just about ruined it. I don't want either Trump or HRC, but those are the realistic options at this point. If it becomes obvious that my vote won't count, I'll likely go 3rd party.

  10. The democrats run a much more deceptive game than the republicans do

    This (and previous) Democratic primary was really a simple coronation. There was no election. Your vote didn't mean squat. The republicans tried to play the same game, but just aren't as good at it, or you wouldn't have seen 17 people on stage. The D's have a pipeline and groom their candidates...the R's were trying to do that with Jeb, but when it was clear he was on the outs, they floated other trial balloons. Trump just beat them because the media couldn't take their eyes off of the train wreck that he is, and gave him $2B in free advertising.

  11. Prediction... As a Virginian, I'll tell you that Kane won't bring additional VA votes with him. He had unremarkable terms in office here, and I believe will be a net zero as far as VA voters are concerned. The state will continue to be a swing state because of the blue areas (No. VA, Richmond and Norfolk), vs. the remainder of the state.

  12. They didn't post the math or reasoning behind their estimate, so there's no way to critique it. Click-bait. Nothing to see here...move along.

  13. No, you don't reach top speed. You reach a speed, not likely top, at the end. Nobody calls it top speed.

  14. Well, the point is that you can be ticketed for acceleration. As someone else mentioned though, the rules vary from state to state.

  15. I'd have to shoot that dog.

  16. Re:Fastest in what way? on The Flux Capacitor Becomes World's Fastest Street-Legal Electric Car (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You took the time to post all this BS w/o reading the article...yes, I know, it's /. And no, it's not a vehicle that's useful to the public, but as I posted just above, many improvements to normal vehicles have come from racing. They didn't claim it was something you'd want to run out and buy. Now that the stick out of your rump.

  17. Improvements at the track have frequently made their way into improvements for the rest of us.

    http://auto.howstuffworks.com/...

  18. I don't think you mean top speed (that's not measured on a 1/4 mile track), maybe speed at the end of the 1/4 or average speed (rarely shown)

  19. You don't generate a lot of downforce at the lower speeds when you'd really need it for better traction. Downforce is necessary to keep your vehicle from becoming an airplane.

  20. It may look aerodynamically awful, but the article claims otherwise.

    "Despite the car's boxy shape, it's remarkably aerodynamic (with a Cd of 0.28)"

  21. AmiMoJo is full of shit. 0-60 in a Leaf is over 10 seconds. She might be beating people off the line for a second or two, but after that it's ZZZzzzz..... http://www.caranddriver.com/ni...

  22. No, anything over 8 sec 0-60 is for your grandparents, and a hazard when trying to merge onto a freeway.

  23. You've clearly never been pulled over for http://www.criminaldefenselawy...

  24. Maybe if you logged in with an account to prove you're not the manufacturer.

  25. Re:Complete Marketing Bullshit on MIT's Ori Robotic Modular Furniture Is Designed To Make Small Places Feel More Roomy (archpaper.com) · · Score: 1

    Can't wait for the first time someone's dog dies because they got trapped inside/crushed when someone remotely configured their system.