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  1. Re:incomplete sentence... on Study Finds Humans Are Worse Than Radiation For Chernobyl Animals · · Score: 2

    The american indians managed the land and it's resources just fine,

    Tell that to the mastodon, the American horse, the saber-toothed tiger ....

  2. Re:This is what happened to America on What Non-Geeks Hate About the Big Bang Theory · · Score: 1

    When you closed the mental hospitals and allowed them to breed.

    We may have a solution for this. Just dart anything that moves in a trailer part from helicopters.

  3. Re:even worse fraud detection: on When Fraud Detection Shuts Down Credit Cards Inappropriately · · Score: 1

    My bank uses a geographic fraud detection technique. So they'd probably flag this sort of activity as well. I just call the service number in advance and tell them I'll be traveling, where and when. I've never had a problem.

  4. Re:The F-35 is having problems? on F-35 Ejection Seat Fears Ground Lightweight Pilots · · Score: 1

    The US learned from their Iran blunder.

    Imagine what would happen if we sold Canada a functional fighter. We share an 8900 km undefended border with them.

  5. Re:Coca Cola on The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? · · Score: 1

    The fructose is the reason people can drink Cola and not keel over and die in a few minutes.

    So glucose intolerant then. Get your diabetes taken care of, watch your diet (maybe just stay away from pop altogether and lose some weight) and don't expect 90% of the population to make compromises for you special snowflakes.

  6. Re:Coca Cola on The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? · · Score: 1

    HFCS isn't sugar.

    The sugar cartel is why cane sugar costs so much in the US market. And why food manufacturers turn to alternatives like HFCS.

    But most consumers vote with their wallet.

    Right. Because our market for sweeteners is being tampered with. Level the market and let consumers vote.

  7. Coca Cola on The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Fructose sweetener. Forget it.

    Switch back to cane sugar. Fuck the sugar cartel. Throw them all in prison.

  8. Re:The F-35 is having problems? on F-35 Ejection Seat Fears Ground Lightweight Pilots · · Score: 1

    train-wreck that is the F-35 program.

    Keep in mind that the F-35 was designed for export. So it was intended to be good enough for foreign air forces to say "Ooooo! Shiny!" but be bad enough that we can still knock them down with something like an F-22 should we have to go head to head with an ex-customer*.

    *Having high maintenance requirements works to our advantage as well. A few months after the coup, our newfound adversaries will have nothing but a fleet of hangar queens, waiting for spare parts.

  9. Re:136 lbs? on F-35 Ejection Seat Fears Ground Lightweight Pilots · · Score: 1

    The large muscle-bound types have large leg muscles

    ...should have large leg muscles. But then you haven't been to the gym very much. The large musclebound guys tend to spend most of their time working on arms and chest. There are a few of them that look pretty good from the waits up, but have little stick legs.

  10. Re:Who weighs 136? on F-35 Ejection Seat Fears Ground Lightweight Pilots · · Score: 1

    This may be true of the general public. But then the general public doesn't fly fighters. In fact, I've known a number of pilots, including military test pilots. And the latter tend to be on the small side. There's no advantage to size in a cockpit.

  11. Re:Sexism on F-35 Ejection Seat Fears Ground Lightweight Pilots · · Score: 1

    Actually, TFA makes a point of stating that this restriction does not affect the one female F-35 pilot.

  12. Re:Ignore the "humans almost went extinct" bit on Cape Verde Boulders Indicate Massive Tsunami 73,000 Years Ago · · Score: 1

    This was a localized mega-tsunami. An enormous volcanic-induced landslide caused a huge wave to hit a nearby island.

    Volcano in Indonesia (Indian Ocean) causes a tsunami in West Africa (Atlantic Ocean). I'd call that a bit more than localized.

    Most homo-whatever species were living in Africa and many lived near the coastlines. The combination of an immediate wipe-out plus an ensuing volcanic winter probably did put a major stress on our ancestors.

  13. Sorry about that on US Bombs Hit Doctors Without Borders Hospital · · Score: 1

    We were aiming at the Chinese embassy.

  14. Bad Car Analogy on Volkswagen Diesel Scandal Logistics Imply Sizable Conspiracy · · Score: 1

    this is not an obscure open source project with almost no reviews, you cannot "slip" a patch without anyone noticing..

    So, this is the automotive equivalent of systemd?

  15. Re:Cooperating may be in your short-term interest on DHS Detains Mayor of Stockton, CA, Forces Him To Hand Over His Passwords · · Score: 1

    If you think the cop really is out to get you personally

    Mayor of Stockton, CA goes to China and talks with a bunch of Chinese government and business leaders. What do you suppose he might be bringing back? Perhaps some notes on proposals for joint business deals involving his city. DHS gets their hands on it and hand it over to some developer buddies of theirs. Suddenly, commercial lots get scooped up and prices are bid higher. The Chinese look at the market and figure, "Fuck it. Stockton is too damned expensive. We're going elsewhere."

    What do you think DHS is looking for on laptops coming into this country? That's the opposite direction one would expect any kind of espionage to flow.

  16. Re:So... on Artists Create a 1000-Year GIF Loop · · Score: 4, Funny

    What are we here on Slashdot? Chopped liver?

  17. Re:Incorrect on This Machine Produces the Largest Humanmade Waves In the World · · Score: 1

    Umm, no. Pure water does not suffer from the creation of dangerous isotopes due to neutron activation. However, water as found lying on the surface of this planet contains many minerals, particularly salt. And the isotopes produced can be quite nasty.

  18. VW vs TV on EU Probes TVs Over Energy Test Scores · · Score: 1

    Volkswagens spewing filth: Not good.

    TV sets spewing filth: I'm OK with this.

  19. Re:Can we get back on NASA's New Horizons Shows Pluto's Moon Charon Is a Strange, New World · · Score: 1

    The New Horizons team refers to it as a planet.

    It was when they left Earth.

  20. Re:Right Of Way on San Francisco Still Among Most Dangerous For Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    Even Missouri gets that right.

    Well, that's understandable in Missouri. Rural. Low traffic volumes. And the types of people that live there (watching Winter's Bone as I post this). But that just won't work in big cities. They need more control of both pedestrian and traffic flow, like Tokyo or Singapore.

    Try jaywalking in Singapore.

  21. Re:simple solution on San Francisco Still Among Most Dangerous For Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    Too many hobos in SF. "Levy enormous fines". But how will you collect anything?

  22. Debit vs Credit on Will 'Chip and Pin' Credit Card Technology Really Increase Security? (Video) · · Score: 1

    I've had a chipped card (issued by a US bank) for years now. But I've never seen a reader in the USA capable of using it. Some years ago, I was preparing for a trip to Europe and I figured I'd better get the PIN part of the card activated. One more interesting fact: This card was issued to me by a bank that I don not have an account with. Credit is the only business I do through them. So I call the service number and ask about the PIN. According to them, in order to have a PIN, I'd have to 'attach' the card to a bank account, effectively making it a debit card.

    Other accounts I have also seem to be pushing their debit card products. The problem (as I understand it) with debit cards is that the liability for fraud falls harder on the consumer. Charge my credit card fraudulently and laws protect me and minimize my losses. Charge my debit card and someone can empty my bank account. And it's my problem.

    So, whatever happens tomorrow, I'm going to watch my card agreement information very carefully. To make sure that my credit card doesn't magically turn into a debit card.

  23. how far behind

    Miles behind. Wait while I convert that to kilometers.

  24. That sounds like (no pun intended) an electrolytic cap reverse polarized. I scanned TFA and didn't see anything about these supercaps being polarized. So charging them backwards should work just as well as forwards.

  25. Re:Can they differentiate ... on (Over-)Measuring the Working Man · · Score: 1

    prepare your comments in the IDE and then cut and paste them into /.

    But then I forget to delete them from the IDE. And I get a syntax error:
    In Soviet Russia, illegal statement terminates you!