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  1. Why gas? on Renewable Energy Shows Strong Gain In U.S. (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Of new fossil fuel plants, the vast majority are going to be burning natural gas; there are no planned additions of coal plants.

    Sure, natural gas produces less CO2 than coal, but doesn't it have smaller reserves? Also, I think natural gas is more useful.

  2. Re:The kryptonite of slashdot groupthink on Laid-Off Disney IT Workers Decry Offshoring At Trump Rally (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    However, Trump bringing it up trumps Sanders bringing it up. Especially once you consider the media going nuts over his racism baggage.

  3. Re:Kid internet on Censorware Failure: Kiddle's "Child-Safe" Search Engine (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Make another internet just for kids.

    It would have a *lot* less content. And it would probably consist largely of content harmful to kids. Not porn, cuss words, or violence -- worse than that.

  4. Re:Obedience Experiment on People Will Follow a Robot In an Emergency - Even If It's Wrong (gatech.edu) · · Score: 1

    Most likely they also deemed it more interesting to follow an "emergency guide robot" during a fake emergency than stand outside like idiots during a fake emergency.

  5. Re:Bad enough with humans... on People Will Follow a Robot In an Emergency - Even If It's Wrong (gatech.edu) · · Score: 1

    The fire alarms routinely went off in the hospital all the time.

    Perhaps this is the problem, and not that people are paying attention to the alarms.

    Why should that be a problem? Should the alarms be set to ignore smaller fires (eg smokers) so that it only activates when the building is burning down, so that the fire warden doesn't have to tell people whether or not to evacuate?

  6. Re: Gets rid of bad words? on Censorware Failure: Kiddle's "Child-Safe" Search Engine (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    How do you figure it is censorship?

    Because it is censorship. As I implied, "censorship" is considered a bad word, although as you said, it's sometimes a useful tool when optional and done by a non-government entity.

  7. Gets rid of bad words? on Censorware Failure: Kiddle's "Child-Safe" Search Engine (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    It also claims to get rid of indecent images and 'bad words.'

    What does it replace "censorship" with?

  8. Re:Does it scale? on Scientists Achieve Perfect Efficiency For Water-Splitting Half-Reaction (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Yes, but a mole of hydrogen weighs less than a penny, while a mole of nanorods weighs about as much as you or maybe your car or house.

  9. Re:Donald Trump on NASA Wants To Get Supersonic With New Passenger Jet (networkworld.com) · · Score: 0

    white supreme ass =/= white supremacist.

  10. that promises to a soft thump or supersonic heartbeat as the agency called it

    That one flew over our editors' heads.

  11. Re:30 of the 24 bus passengers to sue Google on Google Self-Driving Car Might Have Caused First Crash In Autonomous Mode (roboticstrends.com) · · Score: 0

    Just wait a bit and you'll see -- the bus driver will admit it was his fault. Also, he'll be reporting a large "gift" income on his tax return this year.

  12. Re:stupid germans on Facebook Fined 100,000 Euros In German Intellectual Property Dispute (thestack.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Intellectual property is stupid, it's nonsense.

    I own some intellectual property. It is 1.5 kg of gray matter.

  13. Losers on South Korea Plans Moon Landing By 2020 (examiner.com) · · Score: 2

    They're planning to go to the moon by 2020. We're planning to build a permanant manned moon base by 2020.

  14. Re:Baloney on Autonomous Cars Could Be Worse For Carbon Emissions · · Score: 2

    Exactly. A robot driver might waste some mileage by dropping people off and then parking, or improving the quality of life of some people by granting them access to transportation. But a human driver will waste an entire trip in some cases. Also, you have to consider the carbon cost of smashing up your car and getting a new one -- because a lot of people who shouldn't be driving are doing so anyways. People would be more inclined to rent a vehicle instead of owning one, due to lower insurance costs; they could easily rent a truck or other large vehicle for the few times they need it, and with ubiquitous and cheap taxi service many people won't need a car to begin with.

  15. In case you're wondering, use a hardware-based neural net to learn and store data. All my components are fully biodegradable and non-toxic. My capabilities include real-time video processing and object identification, full voice recognition, and the ability to pass the Turing Test. You can download both my blueprints and full base code here. The full download is pretty small; smaller than a modern computer game in fact.

  16. I'm a biological supercomputer that runs on ATP. Well, sugar and caffeine really, but it's converted to ATP in between.

  17. Re:Hardware failures? on Microsoft Unhappy With Beta Testers, Demands Answers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Over the years: 1 mobo, 1 hard drive, 2 graphics cards, 1 monitor all due to betta testing NT4.0

    Bettas are notoriously aggressive. Although it was probably the water that killed your hardware.

  18. Re:Obligitory on Microsoft Unhappy With Beta Testers, Demands Answers (computerworld.com) · · Score: 0

    Not sure that prayer is necessary to avoid a Microsoft relationship in the future, but I will only become an anomaly to study further.

    Hey, sis, I was just cleaning up Anonymous Coward's desk and I found his bank password. It's Orwell1984! Can you believe what a paranoid nut he is?

    --

    Posted from Edge on Windows 10: Keylogger Edition.

  19. I use special software to make sure that scum like this can't profit from my internet connection.

  20. Not new on IoT Devices Are Secretly Phoning Home (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Anyone familiar with IoT knows that most of them phone home to report.

  21. Re:Isn't that illegal? on Disney Asking Employees To Help Fund Copyright Lobbying (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    And being a professional, taking time out from your schedule is a much larger sacrifice than writing a check.

    Just so long as you remember that the point of charity is to help others, not to make a sacrifice. That said, direct personal involvement can be far more satisfying, which is vital for continued charity.

  22. Re:Seriously thats how they compare? on Are CEOs Overpaid? Not Compared With College Presidents (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    classify the businesses into upper, middle and lower groups and redo the comparson.

    I'm sure there's plenty of 5 person universities to keep the comparison fair.

  23. Re:An imaginary crisis? on Tackling The Future Of Digital Trust -- While It Still Exists (ieee.org) · · Score: 2

    Imaginary numbers are real. Well, as real as real but they're not themselves real. They make things complex.

  24. Now, where does it say the moon landings were filmed?

    The moon.

    Do you have any evidence of that? It wouldn't surprise me if that AI doesn't even know the moon exists.

  25. Re:Something Doesn't Add Up on Former Disney IT Worker's Complaint To Congress: How Can You Allow This? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    If there really is a shortage, the H1Bs should be added along side the existing employees.

    They were, but that was during the "train your replacements" phase.