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  1. Re:I like... on U.S. Senator: All Cops Should Wear Cameras · · Score: 1

    Like many officers?
    Police cruisers already have cameras, and we're already seen cases where the camera is disabled by the officer because they don't think bureaucrats with no experience have the right to judge them. And that's not getting into the officers who disable them or "lose" the footage after the fact to cover up their own crimes.

    I'm all for these body cams, but don't expect it to be received with open arms or to change behavior overnight.
    I suspect if this passes there is going to be a spike in google searches for "how to secretly disable camera and make it looks like equipment failure".

  2. Re:Crazy statement! on FarmBot: an Open Source Automated Farming Machine · · Score: 2

    The pilgrims faced starvation and death the first winter until the native americans introduced them to corn based ethanol to power their tractors.

  3. Re:"Hard redirect" on Rightscorp's New Plan: Hijack Browsers Until Infingers Pay Up · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah. My question is what malware are they stealing the idea from.
    Something their CEO caught probably.

  4. Re:Bitcoins? on Sniffing Out Billions In US Currency Smuggled Across the Border To Mexico · · Score: 1

    I thought dogecoin smelled like a dead horse that's been beaten to a thin paste of desperate attention grabs and herd mentality?

  5. Re:Bitcoins? on Sniffing Out Billions In US Currency Smuggled Across the Border To Mexico · · Score: 1

    I was going to go with shame and regret.

  6. Re:See? Technology gets better on New Process Promises Ammonia From Air, Water, and Sunlight · · Score: 4, Funny

    But without mining the core out of an asteroid, where will we build our secret space lairs?
    Won't somebody think of the mad scientists?

  7. Re:So... on UK Team Claims Breakthrough In Universal Cancer Test · · Score: 1

    And until it does reach the public for real, expect a flood of scams citing this as proof their quick test works. Just send a drop of blood and $10,000 and get your cancer test results in a couple days!
    The sooner the real thing goes through trials the better. Assuming it does lead to a legitimate test, that is.

    I wonder if the homeopaths are going to twist this into a cure? Dilute UV light in water, instant all cancer cure.
    At least it would be a step up from the usual bottled water they sell. This stuff would atleast be UV sanitized.

  8. Re: It's Putin's fault on Russia Prepares For Internet War Over Malaysian Jet · · Score: 1

    And this is how bush got away with so much. They cultivated an image of him being a frat boy idiot so the general populace would shrug things off as "oh he's too stupid to know what he's doing".
    Which is a horrible thing to accept from a president, but apparently it worked.

    It would not surprise me if that image comparing faces bush made to faces monkeys make was created by his PR team.

  9. Re:Why is this so important? on DC Entertainment Won't Allow Superman Logo On Murdered Child's Memorial Statue · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, you're right, a child's death by starvation and abuse is such a downer and should be forgotten as quickly as possible. That money would do much more good for the world if used to create more cute cat videos and pictures for the internet.

    Not like any good ever comes of reminding people child abuse happens and kills. And even if it did, there's no way an interesting statue could possibly generate attention and remind people of the incident for decades to come.

  10. Re:DC's public relations powers aren't very super on DC Entertainment Won't Allow Superman Logo On Murdered Child's Memorial Statue · · Score: 5, Funny

    With his boss looking, Jim in PR denied 40 requests. He denied 40 requests. That's as many as four tens. And that's terrible.

  11. Re: Gotta agree with it being illegal on San Francisco Bans Parking Spot Auctioning App · · Score: 1

    Being the effective owners of said parking spots, the city has the right to determine who can use the public spots, not some phone app. Just as they can mark whole stretches of street as no parking or parking with time limits or other rules.

    If the app makers believe they have the legal right to continue operating they can sue to force the city to allow use of their app.

  12. Re:Nada on NADA Is Terrified of Tesla · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't surprise me if, after their attempts to enforce their middle man monopoly by law fail, they change their name to the National Automotive Sellers Association and try to claim some of the federal budget for themselves.

  13. Re:Chicago Blackhawks too? on Washington Redskins Stripped of Trademarks · · Score: 2

    "Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"

  14. Re:Under the increasing pressure from China on Wireless Industry Lobbying Hard to Keep Net Neutrality Out · · Score: 1

    Well, Amazon is developing drones capable of delivering heavy "packages" with pinpoint precision. They just need to make sure their control commands to the drones have priority on wireless channels so they work uninterrupted.
    Nothing spoils an invasion worse than your mechanized troops crashing into walls because your target was watching netflix.

    Netflix and the FCC, working tirelessly to protect Japan.

  15. Re:"Safety Requirements"? on California Regulators Tell Ride-Shares No Airport Runs · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm pretty sure the LA cab drivers are on some secret contract to thin the general populace.

  16. Re:next it will be illegal on California Regulators Tell Ride-Shares No Airport Runs · · Score: 1

    How do they know you're not driving your family to the airport for a fee? Or yourself for that matter.
    Obviously they can't take your word for it, you could be in collusion with yourself in a conspiracy to defraud the airport and cab drivers.

    No, best thing to do is make it completely illegal for someone to drive to the airport or anywhere within a 4 hour walking distance without a commercial license.

  17. Re:Uh Oh! Here comes Iron Man on Gecko Feet Inspire Hand-Held Spider-Man Paddles · · Score: 2

    "Thor, the god of thunder, is trying to enter my building!"
    -Adam Savage, Season 4 Episode 11

  18. Re:Time to piss is someone's gas tank on Fuel Cells From Nanomaterials Made From Human Urine · · Score: 1

    Then you heat it to 1000C.

  19. Re: Useful Idiot or Russian Agent on Did Russia Trick Snowden Into Going To Moscow? · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Agency for Slandering Snowden?

  20. Re: Not that surprising. on Fasting Triggers Stem Cell Regeneration of Damaged, Old Immune System · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dear dog I hope not. If this makes the immune system forget allergies then it also forgets all the thousands of strains of bacteria and virus you have been exposed to. All your immunizations, chicken pox, colds, flu, mono, ect...
    A newborn would have a better immune system than a clean slate.

    Plus you would have a much greater chance of becoming allergic to new stuff.
    Would suck to get rid of a minor hayfever just to become allergic to all nuts.

  21. Re: Keep ignoring the Scriptures..... on Fasting Triggers Stem Cell Regeneration of Damaged, Old Immune System · · Score: 4, Funny

    Increased upper body strength.

  22. Re: Immortality on Fasting Triggers Stem Cell Regeneration of Damaged, Old Immune System · · Score: 2

    Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
    Give a fish a man and you leave no evidence.

  23. Re:Piracy on Sony Winding Down the PSP · · Score: 4, Informative

    The DS and its redesigns (DSlite and DSi) sold over 270 million units in 7 years before being succeeded by the 3DS, while the PSP and its redesigns sold 80 million in 10 years.

    No contest there, EA and the like didn't want to waste their time on a relatively tiny userbase.
    Piracy is just a handy scapegoat for both lawmakers and sony. Mainly they just didn't want to piss sony off by making it public they think the PSP is a failure not worth developing for.

  24. Re:What a punishment on Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Buys the LA Clippers For $2 Billion · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I wonder if he bought them for help with his chair throwing? I heard he's having problems with his follow through.

  25. Re:fondly remembering bullshit on Chelsea Clinton At NCWIT: More PE, Less Zuckerberg · · Score: 1

    Same age as her and that was the year we got an apple IIe from a fire sale (literal, some kids tried to end school forever), cleaned it up, and upgraded from the C-64.

    I'd have to agree with that 95% part. Given the opportunity any kids can learn the basics of a command line interface once they start to learn to read, and earlier with a GUI. My 6 year old loves playing on computers.
    Heck my 18 month has figured out how to unlock my phone and loves seeing the screen change when she pushes buttons. That's a fascination that will bloom into true geekdom as she grows.