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  1. Cars always will be used by CRIMINALS on Child Abuse Imagery Found Within Bitcoin's Blockchain (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    You can say the same about cars and roads or many other advancements. Just because something can be used for evil doesn't mean it can't be used for good.

  2. Re:Related: on White House Seeks 72 Percent Cut To Clean Energy Research (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    If you wanted it, you'd fund it? So what research do you or have you voluntarily funded? I am guessing none.

  3. But people are seven times larger than they used to be so they are not getting any drunker.

  4. Re:Pipe bombs would have killed thousands. on Las Vegas Shooting Leaves at Least 50 Dead, More Than 200 Wounded (wsj.com) · · Score: 1

    Instead of showing some empathy for victims and families you think about how you could have killed more people? A tragedy just happened and you start pointing fingers and playing victim. Shame on you. Shame on whomever raised you. We need to come together when shit hits the fan, not politics.

  5. That reminds me how I planned a ski trip... on Arctic Climate Change Study Canceled Due to Climate Change (livescience.com) · · Score: 1

    ...but it was cancelled because of snow.

  6. Re:The joke's on John Deere on Farmers Demand Right To Fix Their Own Dang Tractors (modernfarmer.com) · · Score: 1

    And also on farms as we know them today? Why not have farming more distributed if it can be indoors? If everyone is their own farmer then goodbye traditional farms.

  7. missing factor on The Case Against a Universal Basic Income (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    But what is the current cost of all the progress it wold replace?

  8. Time is real. on Has Physics Gotten Something Really Important Really Wrong? (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Time is real. Oh shit, I'm so fucked.

  9. different creators different times on Why Did The Stars Wars and Star Trek Worlds Turn Out So Differently? (marginalrevolution.com) · · Score: 1

    The works say a lot about the authors and the culture or perspective of each time and place. Look at horror movies throughout the decades to see what americans feared at any time. That is one reason re-imaginings are so popular they take a new perspective on an old familiar work.

  10. But by then our genes are already in the pool.

  11. Re:If incrimental upgrades are going to be the nor on Sony Confirms It's Making a 'High-End PlayStation 4' With 4K and Richer Graphics (ft.com) · · Score: 2

    PC gaming is cheaper. Online multiplayer is without monthly fees. There are truly free games with no subscription fees on Steam, GOG and Origin, maybe others. Build your own PC for the same price as a console with more power and greater functionality. Replace your own parts... yada yada yada . . .

  12. But can it run... on ASUS' ZenBook 3 Is Thinner, Lighter and Faster Than the MacBook (engadget.com) · · Score: 1, Funny

    But can it run TextWrangler? What I really need is a machine that will run QuickTime, TextWrangler, iTunes and Safari.

  13. Trust on Slashdot Asks: What's Your View On Benchmark Apps? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can't trust benchmarks unless they are actually doing what my device is for. I have a gaming pc so I trust a benchmark tool that actually renders scenes like the games I play. The benchmark records things that apply to my enjoyment of games like frames per second under various settings. If a tool just gives me a grade on some arbitrary scale then it is no use to me.

  14. Is there a good reason? What would be gained? on Ask Slashdot: Is It Time To Shrink the Ethernet Connector? · · Score: 1

    There has to be a better reason other than "USB and HDMI did it". What good reason would there be? there has to be something beneficial achieved other than following a trend. Until then, no.

  15. Even if it were true so what? on Paris Attacks Would Not Have Happened Without Crypto (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Paris attacks would not have happened without roads, without phones, without the electricity. Lets ban them all just too be safe?

  16. Re:How about this... on Ask Slashdot: Securing a Journalist's Laptop Against a Police Search? · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Free stuff on The Campaign To Get Every American Free Money, Every Year · · Score: 1

    The subsidization of phones began under President Clinton, and has continued under Presidents Bush and Obama.

  18. It's OK right? on UK Health Clinic Accidentally Publishes HIV Status of 800 Patients · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We don't need any privacy right? Unless they are terrorists they have nothing to hide.

  19. Re:For anyone? on Revisiting How Much RAM Is Enough Today For Desktop Computing · · Score: 1

    I can't tell if this is a joke or a typo.

  20. Interesting or desperate on ISPs Claim Title II Regulations Don't Apply To the Internet Because "Computers" · · Score: 1

    Is it that interesting or just a polite way of saying desperate? All telecommunication is done with computers these days.

  21. There is always a catch. Get ready. on What Will Happen When Cascadia Subduction Zone Slips · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It figures. When something like a mild climate seems too perfect there is some catch like impending doom. At least it's not tornado alley, right? Stock up on water and nonperishables. If you live through it there will be no plumbing or power for a while.

  22. Re:*sigh* on Iowa's Governor Terry Branstad Thinks He Doesn't Use E-mail · · Score: 5, Insightful

    George Carlin had some insight: "Well, where do people think these politicians come from? They don't fall out of the sky. They don't pass through a membrane from another reality. They come from American parents and American families, American homes, American schools, American churches, American businesses and American universities, and they are elected by American citizens. This is the best we can do folks. This is what we have to offer. It's what our system produces: Garbage in, garbage out."

  23. RTFA on "Descent" Goes For a Crowdfunding Reboot (and a Linux Version) · · Score: 2

    "Peterson has big plans for Descent Underground, which will be both single- and multiplayer and will be set as a prequel, telling the story of how the games' Post-Terran Mining Corporation came to be. "

  24. Fuckin 9fps? But, I need at least 120fps for my 3D Vision!

  25. Re:'Bout time on 32 Cities Want To Challenge Big Telecom, Build Their Own Gigabit Networks · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Republicans in the right pocket and Democrats in the left pocket. Third party candidates don't have a chance. Your vote doesn't count for shit. Until people start seriously voting for third parties the gov't is bought and paid for.