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  1. Re:so this is how.... on Greenland Ice Sheet Not Covered In Soot · · Score: 1

    You seem to be confused about sea ice and land ice. It's not too surprising - those who attack climatology don't usually understand it.

  2. Re:Oh Gawd, why would they hack the US system? on Chinese Hackers Targeted Insurer To Learn About US Healthcare (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, Obamacare is all of those things, but still better than what existed before. That should tell you something about just how messed up it was before.

  3. Re:This has all been hashed out on /. before... on Solar Energy in Space is not Necessarily Easy to Harvest (Video) · · Score: 1

    Cheers, Robert. That's pretty interesting :)

  4. Re:Who told you about the 'culture quirk'? on Chinese Hackers Targeted Insurer To Learn About US Healthcare (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    A lot has changed since 1992! Now the vast majority of popular uses of the spelling "moslem" are by xenophobes ranting on about some nonsense they made up. If one wishes to not appear to belong to their ranks, using the more popular and less-loaded spelling will definitely help.

  5. Re:Let me save you some trouble... on Chinese Hackers Targeted Insurer To Learn About US Healthcare (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    And the rest of the developed world feels bad for you because your kidney transplant isn't guaranteed to be covered, regardless of whom you work for.

  6. Re: On Monday on Junkyard Owner Saves Lunar Rover Prototype (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't seem to understand what "hate" and "racist" mean, apparently. That would explain why you just vomited your ignorance all over slashdot for the world to see. And not for the first time :)

  7. Re: On Monday on Junkyard Owner Saves Lunar Rover Prototype (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    You do realise that digs at people who are not being actively repressed by great swathes of society or the institutions that govern them is somewhat different to digs at people who are?

  8. Re:Additionally: It protects vs. more threats on Hackers, Activists, Journos: How To Build a Secure Burner Laptop (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    And unlike other ad-blocking software, your HOSTS software can't block your pathetic spam posts. You are shooting yourself in the foot with every post.

  9. Re:How embarrassing on Chinese Hackers Targeted Insurer To Learn About US Healthcare (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    He just gave you evidence showing you are wrong, and all you can reply is with "No we don't", then make some sort of fallacious appeal to personal experience, as if you can experience every aspect of healthcare for oneself and expect that to represent the entire industry.

    You are lost. It's sad. The US pays more than most countries for healthcare, and the results are anything but great. You are like a battered spouse defending their partner. "They only hit me because they love me!"

  10. Re:Who told you about the 'culture quirk'? on Chinese Hackers Targeted Insurer To Learn About US Healthcare (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Just to let you know, it seems "moslem" is a spelling favoured by xenophobes. "Muslim" is the correct, non-makes-you-look-like-a-nazi way of spelling it.

  11. In some countries... on Google Fiber Goes Down During World Series, Credits KC 2 Days of Service (pcmech.com) · · Score: 1

    ... it's required by law, and failure to compensate is met with strict fines for the company in question.

  12. Re:Massive Economic Benefits = Going to Happen Fas on How Tesla's Autopilot and Google's Car Are Entirely Different Animals (robohub.org) · · Score: 1

    Which is a reason more advanced societies don't allow for such a ridiculous conflict of interests.

  13. Re:My city, Reykjavík, is trying to do this. on The Chicago Suburb That's Trying To Kill the Car (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    By that logic anything that costs a city money is a scheme to make some people rich at the expense of others. Genius.

  14. Re:My city, Reykjavík, is trying to do this. on The Chicago Suburb That's Trying To Kill the Car (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately you sound like some 60s dinosaur, as you are complaining about stuff which has been fixed for decades. Take a look at a country with decent public transport (including local & regional trams).

  15. Re:Zoning is key... on The Chicago Suburb That's Trying To Kill the Car (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    My girlfriend and I go shopping once a week. One of our local supermarkets is about ~10 minutes away by foot. We simply take a backpack and use that for our shopping. It can fit our weekly shopping (including beer, wine, and every other week 6x1.5L of bottled water). Extra beer is purchased as required from the gas station down the road (a 2 minute walk), or from the other supermarket (also 2 minutes).

    It's ridiculously easy, and doesn't require a car.

  16. Re: Mutation only, not evolution on Evolution Can Occur Much Faster Than Previously Thought (ox.ac.uk) · · Score: 1

    And your childish misrepresentation of the facts, frequent confusion of "evolution" and "the theory of evolution", and willful ignorance of the accurate prediction made by the theory of evolution are the first bastion of an idiot with an axe to grind. Were you abused by a biologist as a child? Maybe one killed your Pa?

  17. Re:SO when you pay people... on $70k Salaries Didn't 'Backfire'; Gravity Payments' Profits Have Doubled (inc.com) · · Score: 2

    It costs money to have a child?? What the absolute fuckety fuck?!?

  18. Re:My city, Reykjavík, is trying to do this. on The Chicago Suburb That's Trying To Kill the Car (politico.com) · · Score: 2

    The bikes do practically no damage to the road, so your point is moot. Also, tax money from non-motorists goes into providing road infrastructure, so your point is doubly moot.

    You always get so touchy when people say things that make motoring or motorists look less than absolutely perfect. I know you love driving, but try to separate "hobby" from "mode of transport" - it will help you get some perspective on these discussions. No-one is talking about taking away your hobby, just trying to get it practiced with a little bit of sense, especially when it adversely affects other people. You're clearly a clever guy - you must be able to understand this.

  19. Re:Congratulations on The Chicago Suburb That's Trying To Kill the Car (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    All forms of government work better with small communities - singling out socialism and communism is just bizarre in this context.

  20. Re:Not a loss - this is the correct outcome. on Alabama Man Sold a Priceless Apollo-Era Lunar Rover Protoype For Scrap Metal (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    It doesn't help when many of those "historic homes" are just a couple of hundred years old. That's not really "historic" in any meaningful sense of the word.

  21. It was taken over by the Nazis, so that's to be expected. Now, if after the war Interpol had Nazi leadership, you'd have a point.

  22. Re:Now let's talk about on Russian Presence Near Undersea Cables Concerns US (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    America is a republic and a representative democracy.

  23. Re: Military funding to thwart this threat? on Russian Presence Near Undersea Cables Concerns US (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Kuwait was slant-drilling into Iraqi oilfields. Iraq asked the US if it the US would have any problem with Iraq securing its oilfields, to which the US replied that it doesn't have any opinion on arab/arab affairs. Iraq then went in and secured its oilfields. Then the shitstorm of propaganda (remember the Iraqi soldiers and the baby incubators?) happened, and the US and its buddies decided to invade. Don't pretend it was Iraq stealing oil - it's a damn sight more complicated than that. Either you are being purposefully disingenuous or you are woefully ignorant. Neither is particularly becoming.

  24. Re:Military funding to thwart this threat? on Russian Presence Near Undersea Cables Concerns US (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Then it's the worst police force the world has ever seen, as it's allowing atrocities to be committed the world over without lifting a finger, at the same time committing its own atrocities wherever it feels money or influence can be won.

  25. Re:Military funding to thwart this threat? on Russian Presence Near Undersea Cables Concerns US (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Then they just put remotely-detonated charges on each one, so they can blow them all at the same time once the balloon goes up.