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  1. If you are not a paying customer, YOU are the product.

    Well then, I'm taking me right back to the store for a refund. I won't stand for defective merchandise.

  2. I heard it was al Qaida.

    An al Qaida spokesman stated that they were responsible and that ISIS couldn't find their ass with both hands.

  3. Re:Anyone know what the effective Paris equivalent on Explosions and Multiple Shootings In Paris, Possible Hostages (cnn.com) · · Score: 0

    ...of SWAT is?

    These guys.

    Thank goodness. I feel safer already with the professionals on the job.

  4. Re:I would actually bet money on Windows 3.1 Glitch Causes Problems At French Airport -- Wait, 3.1? (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Including support for some custom 8-but ISA bus cards? Good luck.

  5. Re: Weed on UK May Blacklist Homeopathy (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    At least, let's have a citation from an impartial source with some expertise in evaluating drug hazards and efficacy. Not the law enforcement agency with a vested interest in maintaining their business model. Pot, probably less harmful than booze. As far as efficacy goes, the jury is still out on that. So take it for jollies, but don't come crying about "Muh medication."

    And shut down the DEA while you're at it. Move their classification responsibilities over to the FDA and law enforcement to the FBI.

  6. So, if my user name ... on Usernames Reveal the Age and Psychology of Game Players (sciencedirect.com) · · Score: 1

    ... is Walter Mitty, what does that say about me?

  7. SDR Hardware on Getting Started With GNU Radio (hackaday.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Entry level, about $12. I think I'll just go ahead and risk it.

  8. Re:How to tell if your surveillance op is legal: on Justice Officials Fear Nation's Biggest Wiretap Operation May Not Be Legal (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    If the probable cause is based upon an informant, all a cop has to do is to tell himself that the informant is reliable and the information is sound. From there on, there is no lying to a judge required. If it turns out that your "informant" is just another cop running illegal taps, just don't ask.

    Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.

  9. This is true. But his (her) functions can be automated. This would leave the CEO to serve as the hostage or scapegoat for contractual and legal purposes.

    The AI fucks up and somebody has to go to jail.

  10. Re:Use a correctly seeded random word generator on Even the CEO's Job Is Susceptible To Automation, McKinsey Report Says (networkworld.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Back in the late last century, I worked for a company that was just starting to look at Web apps on its intranet. They held a contest (mainly for fun) to nominate the best internal web site in the company (mine got honorable mention, but that's another story). One of the most voted sites was basically a mission/vision statement generator web page that would do what you have posted. Basically a copy of the old 'spew.exe' program with some HTML wrapped around it and the vocabulary database populated from a corpus of internal company memos.

    The story goes: A few groups actually generated group mission statements based upon this guy's output and that fact was never noticed.

  11. I can't get this image out of my head.

  12. We'll just tell the aliens to endeavor to persevere. And once they've thought about it long enough, they'll vaporize the Earth.

  13. Re:I don't get it on Fantasy Sports Sites Ordered To Stop Taking Bets In New York State (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    It was the equivalent of casino owners getting to shoot craps in their own joint using loaded dice.

    Sort of like Goldman Sachs and mortgage backed securities.

  14. Re:What is PDQ? on Harnessing Conflict in the Workplace (video) · · Score: 1

    A lesser member of the Bach family of composers.

  15. Personally, ... on Symbolic vs. Mnemonic Relational Operators: Is "GT" Greater Than ">"? · · Score: 1

    ... I welcome our operator overloads.

  16. because when she came home

    Implying that I let my wife out of the house.

  17. Well duh. on No Such Thing As 'Unlimited' Data (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Downloading the entire Internet is still a finite quantity.

  18. Don't tell me, let me guess. It's the INS form to apply as a candidate for the US presidency.

  19. ... if you let my wife fiddle with the thermostat.

  20. Fine ... on Google's Robotics Group Lacks Leadership (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    ... until the head robot starts muttering "Kill all humans".

  21. I don't have a problem ... on No Such Thing As 'Unlimited' Data (wired.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ... with metered plans. Just as long as the billing meter is certified by the Washington State Department of Agriculture weights and measures program.

    INB4 not applicable because FCC. The airlines tried claiming this due to their status as regulated by the FAA. They got slapped down hard by the courts and must comply with state regs.

  22. Re:50% more than LEO, TO BE EXACT on British Spaceplane Skylon Could Revolutionize Space Travel (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Higher orbits are SLOWER than low ones.

    Once you are up there. But you have to trade kinetic energy (velocity) for potential (altitude).

  23. I can't get this image out of my head.

  24. I am Spartacus! on Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto Nominated For Nobel Prize · · Score: 1

    n/t

  25. What about cyclists? on VW Engineers Have Admitted Manipulating CO2 Emissions Data (reuters.com) · · Score: 0

    Those people run their tires up around 80 to 100 PSI. Lets see how much CO2 they produce if we deflate them to 35 pounds.