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  1. Will you now be able to use a Sodastream to refuel your car?

  2. Re:sage on The Future Deconstruction of the K-12 Teacher · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "And who answers questions about the lectures?"

    Yep. And if most students can learn simply by watching videos and then taking tests, why have school at all? They can do that at home.

    Good teachers are much more than subject matter experts - they're sociologists and mentors. Those roles can't be done by some national "super teacher."

  3. Re:Google: Select jurors who understand stats. on Median Age At Google Is 29, Says Age Discrimination Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    You obviously don't know what "typo" means. Using the wrong word is not a typo, but an error indicating lack of knowledge. But, since you used "typo" incorrectly, too, at least you're consistent.

  4. Re:Google: Select jurors who understand stats. on Median Age At Google Is 29, Says Age Discrimination Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    You don't know how the reserve banking system works, do you?

  5. Re:Google: Select jurors who understand stats. on Median Age At Google Is 29, Says Age Discrimination Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    So you don't even have that as an excuse.

  6. Re:Google: Select jurors who understand stats. on Median Age At Google Is 29, Says Age Discrimination Lawsuit · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "They won't learn anything knew"

    But the young ones think they already know everything, even how to spell.

  7. Re:Google: Select jurors who understand stats. on Median Age At Google Is 29, Says Age Discrimination Lawsuit · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "our skills actually create value."

    But legal skills create money. Most people would choose money over value (would you like $100 in fiat currency or 40 loaves of bread?).

  8. Re:"Full responsibilty?" on Drone Killed Hostages From U.S. and Italy, Drawing Obama Apology · · Score: 2

    "Maybe a better plan is for civilians to stay the fuck out of conflict zones or face the fact there's a risk of getting killed."

    I'm sure the hostages would have gladly been just about anywhere else.

  9. "Full responsibilty?" on Drone Killed Hostages From U.S. and Italy, Drawing Obama Apology · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So, if he's fully responsible for accidentally killing an American, he'll be prosecuted for manslaughter, right?

  10. Re:Silly on Swallowing Your Password · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And what happens when you die, and the executor of your estate can't get access to your records and accounts? Sure, there's legal authority, but good luck making things happen smoothly or timely.

  11. Next up... on Update: No Personhood for Chimps Yet · · Score: 1

    ...the right to vote and carry arms. I, for one, welcome our new Planet-of-the-Apes overlords.

  12. Re:Original? on Netflix Is Betting On Exclusive Programming · · Score: 1

    And Star Wars is a remake of a Japanese movie from the 1950's (The Hidden Fortress).

  13. Daredevil... on Netflix Is Betting On Exclusive Programming · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sorry if this offends comic fans, but Daredevil is meh. Reasonable plot/character development, interrupted by extended punchfests reminiscent of '60's Batman Pow! Blam! Zowie! kitsch.

  14. Whoosh.

  15. Re: Would it matter? on Does Lack of FM Support On Phones Increase Your Chances of Dying In a Disaster? · · Score: 1

    Most (all?) phones send all audio out the headphone jack when something is plugged into it. What good is having an antenna, when you can't hear anything?

  16. Re:Obvious on Does Lack of FM Support On Phones Increase Your Chances of Dying In a Disaster? · · Score: 5, Informative

    AM is even better, because of the range. So, keep an AM/FM radio with your emergency supplies. If your emergency supply is only a cell phone, you're screwed anyway.

  17. It's "ham," not "HAM." It's not an acronym.

  18. Re:Is it the Apps? on John Gruber On Third-party Apple Watch Apps: They Suck and Are Really Slow · · Score: 1

    "Google copied it's user interface and general device layout"

    Well, no, although that's certainly the Apple worldview. Fact is, both iPhone and Android came out due to a convergence of technologies at pricepoints which made smartphones, as we now know them, practical.

    Think low power processors/GPS/WiFi, low cost hi-res color touch LCDs, flash memory, MEMS/sensors, high speed cellular data connectivity, etc. The iPhone and Android phones came out essentially simultaneously, and both had been in development for years before they were announced.

    Nokia's (and Blackberry's) problem was mostly one with which market leaders have had a long tradition - the unwillingness to compete against or see beyond their own success.

  19. Re:Are things back to normal now? on Gyrocopter Pilot Appears In Court; Judge Bans Him From D.C. · · Score: 1

    "Range is not a problem, most guns can kill someone over a mile away."

    Some, perhaps, but certainly not most, especially if you consider handguns. It's about 1.6 miles. 9mm will only go about 1.4 miles.

    Of course, one reason even rifles don't have the range is that there's stuff in the way between the White House and the Capitol.

  20. Re:Are things back to normal now? on Gyrocopter Pilot Appears In Court; Judge Bans Him From D.C. · · Score: 4, Funny

    "I can't believe no one shot him as he came over the fence. What the fuck is wrong with White House security?"

    Maybe the firearms they're armed with don't have the range to hit a gyro-copter landing at the Capitol building, which is over a mile away.

  21. Re:Oh, man! on Google Helps Homeless Street Vendors Get Paid By Cashless Consumers · · Score: 1

    My brother-in-law has the best line for dealing with them - "My mom told me not to talk to strangers."

  22. "What she just did is claimed that everyone magically has the same abilities, experiences, and knowledge to draw from."

    Actually, what she's doing is saying that even if there are differences, they shouldn't be allowed to matter. I don't think she should be allowed to discriminate on any basis (including education, knowledge, ability, etc.), so suggest that Reddit should simply hire for all positions by simply drawing names from a hat, so any difference between applicants doesn't effect the outcome.

  23. Re:I tried this myself on Reddit CEO Ellen Pao Bans Salary Negotiations To Equalize Pay For Men, Women · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...I told her..."

    See, there's the problem. If it was a male cashier, he would have negotiated. I hear they're better at it.

  24. Yeah, right. on Reddit CEO Ellen Pao Bans Salary Negotiations To Equalize Pay For Men, Women · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "Men negotiate harder than women do"

    So, she makes a sexist statement to defend not negotiating in order to eliminate sexism? Fail. Would she use the same claim to defend hiring men over women for positions which involve negotiating contracts?

  25. Re:Apple has little to do with this on Patent Case Could Shift Power Balance In Tech Industry · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's Microsoft v. Motorola. Microsoft is the plaintiff, and the patents which Google acquired when it purchased Motorola Mobility are what's at issue, specifically what Google charges Microsoft to use them.

    But yeah, trying to say it's Apple v. Google is a troll.