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  1. Re:A step forward, but... on How Close Are We, Really, To Nuclear Fusion? · · Score: 1

    Yes that has been clear since the early 1980s but for some reason the hippies get blamed for the lack of nuclear power instead of the bankers.
    Most of the people who know how to build components of nuclear reactors have retired. Any serious effort is going to take years even if money is found.

  2. it breaks H.264 standards so HW decoders can't handle it

    It's not pointless for dropbox, since they can store it compressed a bit more and decompress it when a user asks for it. It's also not pointless for software decoders such as VLC that have access to a bit more memory and CPU capability to deal with it.
    Two points is a bit more than pointless by my count.

    Along those lines it doesn't seem that long ago that arguments about using floating point in mp3 decoding was seen as a flaw.

  3. Already there, but ... on How Close Are We, Really, To Nuclear Fusion? · · Score: 1

    It can already be done (Teller etc), it's just scaling it down to a manageable scale that's the problem.

  4. she was 15 when the sex occurred

    Just about anywhere that's enough to get charged as if consent is not given, because for a variety of good reasons technically it is not. Fucking kids (who often don't know any better and are often easily convinced) is a bad idea and society reacts to it.
    As for your school - the situation is out of control not the law.

  5. Re:It's not about the crime on Harshest Penalty for Alleged Rapist Was For Using a Computer To Arrange Contact With Teen · · Score: 1

    Perhaps if you thought before writing it there would be something to think about instead of something to dismiss out of hand as a very silly use of a flawed analogy.
    How about we discuss the subject at hand instead of trying to second guess what you would have written about something only loosely related if you had put a bit more effort in?

  6. Re:Lead the horse to the source on Hugos Refuse To Award Anyone Rather Than Submit To Fans' Votes · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't know about that but I suppose you have experience in such dishonesty.

  7. Re:Very sad - but let's get legislation in place N on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 1

    My vast ignorance? Sorry kid but the obvious is obvious here. Not noticing the silly hugo political games as they are and not understanding the implications of your suggestion above indicate not being on this world for long.

  8. Re:Occum Shave on F-35 Might Be Outperformed By Fourth-Generation Fighters · · Score: 1

    Tanks are generally more mobile than infantry

    My entire point was that in situations where they are not they are screwed.

    Your failure to even read that when your nose was rubbed in it three times reveals far more about yourself than the topic.

  9. Re:Lead the horse to the source on Hugos Refuse To Award Anyone Rather Than Submit To Fans' Votes · · Score: 1

    Because you are deliberately misleading the kiddies and I wanted to hang a bit of a bell on you so that they would know.

  10. Re:Very sad - but let's get legislation in place N on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 1

    Assuming contract law is the same is one example. I'm not accusing you, just attempting to enlighten you a little bit in both cases but those jumps to conclusions based on tiny bits of the picture are a bit of an impediment.

  11. Re:Very sad - but let's get legislation in place N on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 1

    Disagreement becomes hate whenever you're dealing with an extreme leftist. Don't gulag me bro.

    No it's just become very clear that you are quite young - nothing about disagreement since the other posts were just about stuff you had missed not about opinions.

  12. Re:Now we need a NoHTML5Media plugin on A Farewell To Flash · · Score: 1

    is the separation of sponsorship and production

    We almost lost "99" in "Get Smart" because the actress (Barbara Feldon) had done an advertisement for a company the sponsor considered a rival.

  13. Re:"Smokers" on South Africans Revolutionize Concentrated Solar Power With Mini Heliostats · · Score: 1

    Yep - just like the bird that hit a window, pretty tough for the bird.
    It doesn't stop us having windows so as a stalking horse for a politically motivated objection it's very weak.

    That politically motivated objection is making some people in China very rich on US developed technology that kept on getting knocked back.

  14. Re:Another deflationary pressure on oil prices. on South Africans Revolutionize Concentrated Solar Power With Mini Heliostats · · Score: 1

    Less consumption makes supply easier.
    This is a situation where consumption is low so roof space is not an issue - plus the cost of covering the roof space is far more and issue than available space.

  15. Re:Lead the horse to the source on Hugos Refuse To Award Anyone Rather Than Submit To Fans' Votes · · Score: 1

    Why should I defend myself when you clearly know very little about the situation and do not wish to bother to find out - yet you still emit pointless noise.

  16. Re:WIRED has it right on Hugos Refuse To Award Anyone Rather Than Submit To Fans' Votes · · Score: 1

    Oh wow are you seriously trying to hold up Stross as a competent writer?

    I could say the same thing about Tom Clancy, and the answer is the same, they make a living selling their writing in volume so they are clearly getting the job done and competent even if we don't think so.
    Personally I like his stuff, and if you don't like his deliberately very derivative laundry series the far more original short stories like "Palimpsest" have the same qualities as "A Colder War".

  17. Re:Very sad - but let's get legislation in place N on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 1
    Ok, now the posts about the puppies are making a bit of sense.
    No fault divorce works both ways and can give a man a quick way out if he is being treated as a financial investment or comes home to what you described - no need for evidence, statements etc. Think beyond the juvenile fantasy to how difficult it would be to deal with the reality of the word of four against one or possible physical violence, plus ongoing drama of multiple people being dragged through legal proceedings that are likely to not get to court for a year or longer in many areas. Life is not TV. Accusations and counter accusations really fucked things up for a lot of people back in the day and the juicy bits used to end up in the papers - bad idea all round even if the person who the accusations stick to the most gets the shit end of the stick, and guess who that normally was even if the wife was the only one who was actually playing around?

    no matter what happens it's usually the man who gets the shit end of the stick

    Complain to your local representative if the judgements are unfairly skewed where you are. If you are old enough to vote they will take some time to listen. It's probably far less skewed than back when fault was required and an unproven suggestion of wife beating was all it needed to give the man the shit end of the stick.

  18. Re:Occum Shave on F-35 Might Be Outperformed By Fourth-Generation Fighters · · Score: 1

    but how the fuck did the tank get so close to infantry that that even became possible

    Because they did not have enough infantry support to keep the allied infantry away - hence the entire point of this thread.
    Monash knew it was something to watch out for on day one of tank use and those people you misquote know it today and are very careful to provide support when tanks are deployed anywhere other than an open field today.

    is that there are many situations where tanks can operate alone

    As I pointed out - you stupidly reacted to a keyword and you are arguing a point that was not related to my post at all. Suggesting that unsupported tanks have problems with infantry in some areas is obviously NOT the same as suggesting that tanks can never operate alone - but you had to pretend to have someone put that view due to being too weak to argue with a real person, or spoiling for a fight, or some other bit of utter stupidity.

    So yes you were very stupid to pick a fight over being too lazy to read more than key words (or some deliberate childish reason) and lead with an insult about ignorance when the "ignorant" view was correct by your own admission. This would never have been a long thread with such a waste of your time if you had not led with the insult.

  19. Re:Which of course showed you didn't read it then on F-35 Might Be Outperformed By Fourth-Generation Fighters · · Score: 1

    I cited something where the reply very obviously DID NOT ADDRESS IT.

    You did not read before your screed.

    You wasted a lot of time going all over the place with no reference to anything in my post apart from a key word - the 1970s "Eliza" script did a better job of appearing human than that.


    Keep it up, I'm feeling more smug and superior with every one of your posts - especially the pathetic "throbbing" attempt to shock. I got a good laugh out of how far you are going to provoke a response.

  20. Re:Fans' Vote Was No Award on Hugos Refuse To Award Anyone Rather Than Submit To Fans' Votes · · Score: 1

    SJWs like Stross thought they had the slate situation well under control

    Are you deliberately getting things so ass-backwards to try to get a reaction or are you honestly getting things so completely mixed up? Either way, it's generally expected for someone to have some sort of handle on a situation before making declarative statements.

  21. Re:Real man not strawman on Hugos Refuse To Award Anyone Rather Than Submit To Fans' Votes · · Score: 1

    Since you are avoiding reading about it how do you know where the puppies and the "slate" list came from in the first place?
    If you don't want to get Vox slime on you the Stross blog has a cleaned up description as to why Vox and his puppies pissed a lot of people off.

  22. Which of course showed you didn't read it then on F-35 Might Be Outperformed By Fourth-Generation Fighters · · Score: 1

    Which of course showed you didn't read it then either.
    You asked me to put up - I did. Now show some of the integrity or just admit that you are doing nothing but playing a worthless little game here and this making me feel utterly smug and far superior to you. Let's see the human being instead of something an "Eliza" script could do better.

  23. Re:Occum Shave on F-35 Might Be Outperformed By Fourth-Generation Fighters · · Score: 1

    At the age of nine I read a placard next to a displayed tank that told me far more correct information than you've written here and appear to have gained a greater understanding of the topic than you have now. Rather sad really but I suppose that marks the level of the discussion.
    That WWI tank was captured by infantry with grenades.
    It's an example of the general case I put above, which you agreed to, and now you are ranting about irrelevant specifics I never mentioned as if I did mention them. You are putting up stupid arguments as if I put them up and then shooting them down.

    What is this shit of some stupid game where you are playing "moves" for me that I never did? Of course you can "win" such a pathetic game.

  24. Re:Real man not strawman on Hugos Refuse To Award Anyone Rather Than Submit To Fans' Votes · · Score: 1

    The puppies make zero sense without the stuff written by Vox that is driving this thing in the first place. He is at the middle of the shitstorm stirring hard.

  25. Re:Fans' Vote Was No Award on Hugos Refuse To Award Anyone Rather Than Submit To Fans' Votes · · Score: 1

    Their "how to vote card" shit is directly due to the actions of "Vox" and his hate of what he considers some sort of tide of minority fiction - I really don't get what has led you to disconnect from what has happened so much. If you don't want to wade through the shit the Stross blog has a bit about how this stupid expansion of juvenile student politics with attention seeking extremism on top has developed.
    Having a list is entirely against the spirit of such a contest no matter who is pushing it.