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  1. Re:Cuba could have lifted it ages ago on Cuba Calculates Cost of 54yr US Embargo At $1.1 Trillion · · Score: 2

    Your asinine statement is predicated on the idea that international trade is a -requirement- for a communist nation to be successful. Globalism opens up greater opportunities, but by no means is it required for any nation to succeed. Even complete islands of people can function without Marxist ideology. And FYI, Cuba isn't an American welfare state. They can (and do) trade with the rest of the world and South America just fine. If Communism falls, it falls on its own face. Please see N. Korea and their Juche philosophy.

    Damn, what they hell are they teaching you in school these days? FFS!! Please PLEASE educate yourself.

  2. Re:Cuba could have lifted it ages ago on Cuba Calculates Cost of 54yr US Embargo At $1.1 Trillion · · Score: 2

    Cuba (Fidel Castro) doesn't want the embargo lifted. They know that lifting the embargo would be a threat to the command-and-control Communist regime. Censorship and the ban of capitalist media was unlike what's happening now in N. Korea. It was only recently around 2007 that the average Cuban can purchase an won their own PC. Even Internet access is still restricted.

    My guess (and just a guess) Raul Castro will allow for greater reforms once his brother dies.

  3. Re:US is... on Cuba Calculates Cost of 54yr US Embargo At $1.1 Trillion · · Score: 1

    Ostensibly, that was the exact thinking when the US forged on-going relations with China. It worked, sorta. At least they're coupled to codependency with America at the economic level. It's still to early to tell if this was a good idea or not in the long run.

  4. Re:Batteries? Seriously? on To Really Cut Emissions, We Need Electric Buses, Not Just Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    It's best to leave the wires over-head or have uses use super capacitors instead (it's not like they will need to keep a full charge for weeks on end) assuming the cost and capacity is adequate.

    Already mentioned. You'll have to run the numbers (I have not) to determine economic viability, but the cost and range might be offset from its single benefit; frequent and fast changing ability. So yeah, buses that run local loops could deviate on schedule to a recharging hub while another takes over its normal route.

  5. Re:Batteries? Seriously? on To Really Cut Emissions, We Need Electric Buses, Not Just Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    Yeah...um no. Roads often have to be repaired. Things like pot-holes, ground sinking ("gumbo" clay in southern gulf states), and maintenance pose an issue of interrupting service and delaying repairs. It's best to leave the wires over-head or have uses use super capacitors instead (it's not like they will need to keep a full charge for weeks on end) assuming the cost and capacity is adequate. The ability to quickly recharge might be worth it.

  6. Re:Incredibly bad live stream on Apple Announces Smartwatch, Bigger iPhones, Mobile Payments · · Score: 1

    What, you didn't like a bad case of Groundhog Day? Dude, I loved it. Like when they showed the opening to the Watch in space and it froze at a black screen. Killer cliffhanger right there. Makes you wanna punch someone in the nose doesn't it?!

    Seriously, this was to be expected. MELT DOWN

  7. Re:No Dick Tracy calls? on Apple Announces Smartwatch, Bigger iPhones, Mobile Payments · · Score: 1

    "Dick Tracy" FaceTime will be in Apple Watch 2.0. And it will be thinner too I'm sure.

  8. Re:Incredibly bad live stream on Apple Announces Smartwatch, Bigger iPhones, Mobile Payments · · Score: 1

    ISP problem. Or rather the infrastructure in the city. I'm sure the entire world just nuked the fiber connections. How long before local businesses sue over loss productivity?

    j/k...sorta

  9. Re: We really need on AT&T Says 10Mbps Is Too Fast For "Broadband," 4Mbps Is Enough · · Score: 1

    I'm curious, how's the performance of YouTube and Netflix over there. Do you notice a bottleneck most likely traced at the trans-Atlantic fiber pairings, or is all content cached on local servers too?

  10. Post heart attack damage on Scientists Regenerate Rat Muscle Tissue · · Score: 2

    Being that the heart is it's own type of muscle, has it been confirmed if this would help regrow dead heart tissue from a heart attack damage?

  11. Re:Where it came from on Denver Latest City Hit By Viral Respiratory Infection That Targets Kids · · Score: 0

    We have facts already that illegal immigrants are bringing disease and parasites from south of the border. Many of them so poor that they haven't had proper vaccinations. No, what we have here is hypothesis.

  12. Re:Musk worship on Tesla Plans To Power Its Gigafactory With Renewables Alone · · Score: 1
  13. Re: Broken light bulbs. on Surprise! More Than Twice As Much Mercury In Environment As Thought · · Score: 1

    The stupendous of money lost and and used to cleanup up America's pollution could be done for a lot less in China and yield better results. The term is called "law of diminishing returns".

  14. Re: Broken light bulbs. on Surprise! More Than Twice As Much Mercury In Environment As Thought · · Score: 1

    So I'll get to the nut of of it all. The EPA has been hell-bent on shutting down US industry and other green initiatives to tax us to the poor house. So the natural alternative is to offshore that production to the cheapest part of the world possible that can do the job; that's China. So here's an idea: If the EPA is serious about cleaning up our pollution, how about a portion of that "sin tax" goes toward purchasing scrubbing technology for China (verified and installed, not some Chinese slush fund that would get exploited by the corrupted) rather then telling us what light bulbs and TVs we can and can't buy.

  15. Re: Broken light bulbs. on Surprise! More Than Twice As Much Mercury In Environment As Thought · · Score: 1

    Blame China. They don't have scrubbers at most of their plants.

  16. Re: cram lots of people in a confined space on 3 Recent Flights Make Unscheduled Landings, After Disputes Over Knee Room · · Score: 1

    So there was one flight where an obese couple (fat people come in pairs) purchased three seats. The middle one was the "spill over" seat where their ass-fat-rolls would combined take 2/3rds the seat. And yes, the arms were raised to make room. Epic!

  17. Re: Not just one mobo on Some Core I7 5960X + X99 Motherboards Mysteriously Burning Up · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Never -ever- cheap out on the PSU. You'll have to read the reviews, but make damn sure you get one with quality Japanese components.

    If motherboards are using shit components these days, at least rely on clean and stable power to it.

  18. Re: Early adopters on Some Core I7 5960X + X99 Motherboards Mysteriously Burning Up · · Score: 2

    It's called water cooling. Just loosen this clamp over here and...

  19. Re: That paid product looks like shit on Ask Slashdot: Remote Server Support and Monitoring Solution? · · Score: 1

    It does the job and fulfills all the requirements of the OP.

    I use it for this purpose, I should know. For example, if the Information Store service stops or the drive reaches a free space threshold, I'm going to be notified immideately!

  20. GFI MAX on Ask Slashdot: Remote Server Support and Monitoring Solution? · · Score: 2

    Problem solved. Next topic please.

    http://www.gfimax.com/

  21. Moonraker on Space Station's 'Cubesat Cannon' Has Gone Rogue · · Score: 1

    They contain nerve gas. Blame Drax.

  22. Re:To the slashdotters of the world on Buenos Aires Issues a 'Netflix Tax' For All Digital Entertainment · · Score: 1

    Because at least Argentina is honest about it??

  23. Re: Yep. on Hackers Break Into HealthCare.gov · · Score: 1

    Obama is so good, Mad Max will just happen on its own. I mean, damn, that's some skill right there!

  24. Re:Yep. on Hackers Break Into HealthCare.gov · · Score: 1

    "House of cards"

  25. Re:Great idea at the concept stage. on UCLA, CIsco & More Launch Consortium To Replace TCP/IP · · Score: 1

    NAT inherently hides your private IP scheme from the outside. It's a form of security via obscurity, but that's not the same thing as true firewall protection. You can still be hacked by guessing what your internal IP scheme is, which for a lot of people is as simple as 192.168.1.x. No, if you want NAT firewall capability, it needs to provide SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) at minimum. All modern consumer based routers should now do this for the past 8 year or so. The first consumer Linksys routers however, no, just NAT.