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  1. Re:They want no cash on It's Time To Kill the $100 Bill, Says Larry Summers · · Score: 1

    I think they were referring to the fact that the vast, vast majority of Europeans don't use cheques. Banks in some European countries don't even issue personal cheques. True, I'm sure you can find some cheque-using hold-outs in Europe, but they are a rare breed indeed.

  2. Re:How can you spend a EUR $100 anyway? on It's Time To Kill the $100 Bill, Says Larry Summers · · Score: 1

    Sounds more like user error :) If you are using your own bank's ATMs, it's usual for you to be able to select a custom amount (even if it's already offered as a selection), which will cause the ATM to ask you what denominations you want. Obviously your ATMs might differ. Either way blaming the ATM for not reading your mind seems rather bizarre...

  3. Re:They want no cash on It's Time To Kill the $100 Bill, Says Larry Summers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Translation: "I am going to ignore your points, dress them up with conjecture, and then go about believing what I did before, evidence be damned".

  4. The tool is very relevant, though. The easier it is to commit suicide the more likely someone is. If someone eats a bottle of pills, there is a lot of time after ingestion to back out and get help. People who survive an attempt are very unlikely to try again.

    This is a pretty good example of why ignoring the seemingly irrelevant is sometimes a terrible idea.

    And anyone can discuss anything about any country. You trying to censor him for voicing his opinion is very bizarre indeed. You certainly don't hold back from criticizing other countries...

  5. Re:They might guarantee it... on Snowden Would Return To US If Government Guarantees Fair Trial (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    You seem to be claiming that all American trials are equally fair. As that is demonstrably not the case, you need to revisit your argument to explain that away.

  6. Estimates of "what"? If you can't even ask a sensible question, I doubt your grasp of the science is as acute as you seem to think it is...

  7. Re:Good lord. Stupid SJW thinking. on Scientists Urge American Geophysical Union To Cut Ties With Exxon (insideclimatenews.org) · · Score: 1

    Pathetic. I'd expect nothing less from you. Or is arguing against non-existent "SJWs" more important than discussing the facts of the matter?

  8. Re:And the other funders ARE neutral? (ROTFL) on Scientists Urge American Geophysical Union To Cut Ties With Exxon (insideclimatenews.org) · · Score: 1

    It's Exxon's conflict of interest which is the most grating thing, a point you have gone through great effort to entirely miss. Plus their track record of purposefully distorting scientific findings and reporting. But no, I guess you comparing actual decent research funding to this duplicitous nonsense is entirely accurate! Derp.

  9. What a wonderfully vapid post. It has all the content required to be a sensible argument, but it boils down to "The STASI didn't have access to the internet of 2016". It says nothing about the NSA. Heck, pick a tiny little country which does a tiny little bit of internet surveillance and the results would be the same - they would also fit perfectly in your analogy in place of the NSA.

  10. Every time you construct a massive generalisation of millions of people you might as well replace it with the following text:

    "I do not understand nor care for logic. I am willing to say whatever I want in order to attempt to win an argument or make a point. I don't care if I am posting absolute nonsense - just me hammering out words is enough for me. Screw everyone who reads this".

    You are not very good at thinking logically, clearly.

  11. Re:Sounds a bit sketchy... on US Banks To Test ATMs Which Accept Your Smartphone Instead Of Cards (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    There you go again assuming if you don't know of something it must not exist. The perfect storm of ignorance and hubris.

  12. You don't seem to understand how much effort and resources are spent on creating and maintaining the society in which you create and obtain from others. It's almost as if you don't comprehend the world in which you live, and assume it's all because you are so awesome. You are not an island, and taxes buy civilization.

  13. Re:God this guy in an idiot on Kanye West Is Reportedly Considering Legal Action Against the Pirate Bay · · Score: -1

    You just condemned a whole genre of music based on your limited knowledge of it, safe in the understanding that if you don't know of it, it's not worth knowing.

    You sound really, really snobby with that nonsense. Your language is also slightly worrying - you seem to be focussing more on the artists than their music, which is bizarre when you are attempting to discredit a genre.

  14. Re:Not the same as the rest of us .. on Windows 10 To Be Installed On 4 Million US Department of Defense Computers (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    That doesn't say it leaks data. Sure, it sends some requests to MS services, but it's not "leaking data". You might want to tone down your anger lest you get mistaken for someone with nothing of substance to say.

  15. Re:Seagate SHOULD be good at that on Backblaze Dishes On Drive Reliability In their 50k+ Disk Data Center · · Score: 1

    ... which isn't "weird" at all, negating your initial point.

  16. Re:What kind of weapon, since the amount is so sma on Radioactive Material Stolen In Iraq Raises Security Fears (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    He doesn't. Unless you are scared of background radiation, you shouldn't be scared of this.

  17. Re:WMD's in iraq !!! - Operation Avarice on Radioactive Material Stolen In Iraq Raises Security Fears (reuters.com) · · Score: 2

    Hundreds of rockets, most of which were empty or with dummy warheads. The nerve agents found in a few were massively degraded (due to their shelf life being greatly exceeded). So we're still waiting for the WMDs we were promised.

  18. Re:Highly dangerous? on Radioactive Material Stolen In Iraq Raises Security Fears (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The representative you quoted is from Iraq.

  19. aka David Altavilla, Hot Hardware's editor-in-chief. He's been doing this for ages. Not disclosing his affiliation is rather sketchy to say the least.

  20. Re:It's all well and good... on Google CEO Finally Chimes In On FBI Encryption Case, Says He Agrees With Apple (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Calm down, Alex.

  21. So you don't understand how electronics work. Gotcha. Thanks for clearing that up for all of us.

  22. Re:Wall Wart? on New Energy Efficiency Standards Take Effect This Week In the US (nrdc.org) · · Score: 1

    1903, actually, according to Google that is.

  23. Re:save consumers $300 million a year in electrici on New Energy Efficiency Standards Take Effect This Week In the US (nrdc.org) · · Score: 1

    It appears you are the one doing the hand-waving.

  24. Re:Ghost electric vampires finally dealt with on New Energy Efficiency Standards Take Effect This Week In the US (nrdc.org) · · Score: 1

    The PS4 supports it. When I switch to the HDMI input my PS4 is connected to, the PS4 turns on. If the PS4 is sleeping and the TV is off, pressing a button on the PS4 controller starts the console, turns the TV on, and switches the TV to the PS4. If your own setup doesn't do this, try turning CEC on in your TV's settings. The fourth-generation Apple TV also supports this, apparently.

  25. Re:I must be missing something... on Lens-Free Flat Cameras Make Use of Pinhole Technology (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    They didn't rediscover it. They knew about it all along, but figured out a way to actually make it useful in this application. So your claim was incorrect.