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  1. Re:Why only when there is a death? on Family of 'Swat' Victim Sues Kansas Police, Lawmakers Propose 40-Year Jail Terms (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I would go one more, If i call in a false fire alarm, and a fire truck, while lawfully going through a red light, accidentally hits a car who didnt hear the siren, killing the young family in the car, am I not ultimately responsible for their deaths?

    I would argue that the answer to your question is no.

    Take a very slightly different circumstance. My house is on fire, I call in a fire alarm and someone is killed in a traffic accident in a similar manner to the one you describe. Am I responsible for their deaths? What if the fire was my fault?

    In California, it appears that the city is responsible for all such accidents:
    https://www.torklaw.com/practi...

  2. Re:partisan politics on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Really? Are you that blinded by partisanship that you can't see what's in front of your own nose?

    The missing information is classified. They don't have permission from Trump to release it.

    Note that I did not say that it is false: merely that is is misleading. It misses out vital information that is classified.

  3. Missing from the memo ... on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Missing is any claim that the Steel document contains actual falsehoods. The only claim is that Steel was biased. Note that Steel was a highly regarded source with a reputation for accuracy.

    Note also the timeline. The FBI had the document in their hands in September 2016, but Steel was only terminated as a source in October 2016. He had little reason to falsify his report, because it would have jeopardized his reputation and with it, his income.

  4. Re:partisan politics on GOP Memo Criticizing FBI Surveillance is Released (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    I would like to also point out that the democrats went to the mat on trying to keep this from seeing the light of day.

    Democrats went to the mat to prevent the release of a one-sided, misleading partisan document.

    I'm shocked!!

  5. "Replacement players" don't practice? on NFL Players With Long and Short Careers Have Similar Death Risk, Study Finds (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    compared 2,933 athletes who played in the National Football League for an average of five years to 879 "replacement players" who filled in for three games during a mid-1980s strike

    These replacement players would have been playing and practising when not playing in the NFL. They probably received a similar number of head impacts. Why would anyone expect a different mortality rate?

    It's not the NFL that's dangerous: it's the sport.

    The NFL are scum: I recently heard an NFL doctor claim that head impacts are just as common in other sports such as soccer. Outright lying because they know that they are promoting a sport that is going to destroy the quality of life for many of its participants.

    Note that recent research shows that concussions are not required for CTE. Lower-level head impacts over a long period will cause CTE.

  6. As a bonus, it illustrates how bonkers crazy early religion is in one of its sub-plots

    That's your take? The whole of society in the book is organized on the basis of the Libertarian ideal, and it shows what a dystopia Libertarianism would be when fully implemented.

  7. Re:Bottom line on Backblaze Hard Drive Stats for 2017 (backblaze.com) · · Score: 1

    One thing that Backblaze could do to impart some robustness to their numbers is to provide statistical confidence intervals along with the single estimators.

    Something like this chart, you mean:
    https://www.backblaze.com/blog...

  8. Re: Related: on White House Seeks 72 Percent Cut To Clean Energy Research (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Ah, the "all the parties are the same, there is no point in voting" meme.

    Well, you have earned your money. Please bill the Koch brothers or the Mercers for your time.

  9. Re: Related: on White House Seeks 72 Percent Cut To Clean Energy Research (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I believe that you need updated instructions from your masters. It's currently in vogue among right-wing idiots to blame Obama. Bill Clinton is so passé.

  10. Related: on White House Seeks 72 Percent Cut To Clean Energy Research (engadget.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    https://news.slashdot.org/stor...

    This administration is determined to make the USA more like a third world country.

  11. You have difficulty with facts, don't you?

    Yes, he was nominated. The fact that, after an outcry, his nomination was withdrawn does not mean that he "wasn't even nominated to be a judge?" Of course he was nominated to be judge.

    Trump has a long list of successful nominations (where "successful" means that his nomination was appointed). Yes, I don't deny that. What I do claim is that they are largely idealogues, where loyalty to Trump is the most important criteria.

  12. So in places like Texas where coal is still very heavily used for energy,

    Is Texas so bad? There are more wind turbines in Texas than any other state.

  13. Trump is appointing Judges who care about the law and won't invent rulings on laws that don't exist.

    LOL. Trump is nominating unqualified partisan idealogues. Just look at the case of Brett Talley.

  14. Re:The US healthcare system needs disruption on Amazon's Push Into Healthcare Just Cost the Industry $30 Billion In Market Cap (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    Under the ACA, you should get one annual checkup (some blood tests not included) at no cost to you.

    Probably your doctor didn't bill your checkup properly (perhaps deliberately), or you exceeded the parameters of the annual "wellness" check.

  15. Re:Publicity Stunt that has zero net effect on T-Mobile Commits To 100 Percent Renewable Electricity By 2021 (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You ignore the simple mechanism that when entities commit to buying renewable energy, more renewable energy generation is installed.

    Or, to put it another way, you falsely assume it is a zero sum game.

  16. Re:States are out of control on California Senate Defies FCC, Approves Net Neutrality Law (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    The decision in that case was really just following the precedent set in 1942 in Wickard vs. Filburn

  17. Re:History of the Zombie on The SCO Vs IBM Zombie Shambles On (uscourts.gov) · · Score: 1

    Almost everything in that statement is wrong.

  18. Re:My god on The SCO Vs IBM Zombie Shambles On (uscourts.gov) · · Score: 1

    "Remove the head or destroy the brain"
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  19. Re:Never knew what it was called. on One in 50 of Us is Face Blind -- and Many Don't Even Realize (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    As I think about your comment, I realize that I could not begin to draw my own face.

    I also have problems remembering the color of objects. I can really only remember color if I have the object tagged with the name of the color in my memory.

  20. Re:"He" is Ajit Pai on FCC Chairman Slams Trump Team's Proposal To Nationalize 5G (axios.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I know that's what happened.

    But do you think that the fact that Pai was McConnell's choice will stop Trump from blaming Obama for Pai's appointment?

  21. Is this binary or are the gradations? on One in 50 of Us is Face Blind -- and Many Don't Even Realize (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I seem to have difficulty recognizing characters when watching TV programs.

    It's not that I cannot recognize characters; it's more that I have difficulty distinguishing between characters where the actors have similar body types. As I continue to watch the drama, I can distinguish them.

  22. Re:"He" is Ajit Pai on FCC Chairman Slams Trump Team's Proposal To Nationalize 5G (axios.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I wonder how he'll blame Obama or Hillary for this betrayal?

    Simple, he will blame Obama for appointing Pai.

  23. Re:The UK arrest warrant is still valid. on WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Asks UK Judge to Drop His Arrest Warrant (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    It may be a lot of money to you and me, but to the people who put up the money, it's pocket change.

  24. Re:And the others..? on A Single Line of Computer Code Put Thousands of Innocent Turks in Jail (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I for one never believed that the coup failed.

    I suspect that Erdogan had it planned all along and his coup worked as planned.

  25. Re:Their society is elitist liberal not facscist on 'How We Made Starship Troopers' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    "Libertarian" \= Liberal. It's more akin to anarchist day dreams"

    I think you misspelled "wet".