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  1. China can't invade Taiwan. Taiwan has biological and chemical weapons and has islands covered in bunkers, artillery and anti ship missiles.

    More basically, limiting to conventional weapons, their invasion fleet would be at the bottom of the Taiwan strait, and they know it.

    If they nuke the defenses, China is a graveyard. If they don't nuke the defenses, their fleet is doomed. MAD should be familiar to all readers.

  2. Re:Jesus was a hacker. on Vatican Invites Hackers To Fix Problems, Not Breach Security (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    False hope is better than no hope?

  3. Re:Fix it with some careful regulation on What Airbnb Did To New York City (citylab.com) · · Score: 0, Troll

    We got us a mini Stalin here...protip, you don't make the rules.

  4. Re:"Law" on The Future of 'Fab Lab' Fabrication (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    The expanding surface of the mass of facebook users would exceed the speed of light in a relatively few years.

  5. Re:Not a government controlled currency... on Bitcoin Dives After SEC Says Crypto Platforms Must Be Registered (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    End game was obvious from day one. Regulated out of existence, but unenforceable, so mostly ignored, except by law abiders.

  6. Re:"We're aware of this and working to fix it." on Amazon Admits Its AI Alexa is Creepily Laughing at People (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Neural nets.

    Who's training Alexa's to laugh and how? Epic prank IMHO.

  7. Re:Engineering vs development on Mercedes' Futuristic Headlights Shine Warning Symbols On the Road (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Nobody makes engines that last anymore. Thank 20 weight oil, but you do get an extra 0.1 mpg.

    It's not just luxury cars. VWs are currently the _worst_ cars on the planet for serviceability. First step to replace a brake master cylinder on a new 'bug'...remove front bumper, no bullshit. Just say 'Hell No!'

  8. Re:Safety Cage on Flippy the Robot Takes Over Burger Duties At California Restaurant (ktla.com) · · Score: 1

    Safety cages are only required when you can't push the machine back by hand.

    There are no safety cages on elevator doors (for example).

  9. Re:What do the humans do? on Flippy the Robot Takes Over Burger Duties At California Restaurant (ktla.com) · · Score: 1

    No you shouldn't.

    Marshall stop spamming /. Your as bad as the other one, old "what's his 'tard"?

  10. Re:All the reasons to move here are gone on Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    I was with you until you claimed that Oreganos don't drive SLOW and SHITTY.

  11. Re:Come to Austin... on Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Works in Oregon and Colorado too! All these places know they need to do something about their regional average IQs.

  12. Re:No news here, move along on Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    SF proper is small. SF proper doesn't contain Silicon Valley, or any real tech worth speaking of.

    When people say 'SF' they generally mean the SF bay area.

    SF is like Manhattan.

  13. Case? on Silicon Valley Is Over, Says Silicon Valley (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Steve Case hates SV because everybody from SV rightfully hated AOL. Just human nature to hate on groups that deflate your ego.

    If we're going to list out of control egos, DC politicians would be at the _top_ of that list. I bet Pelosi thinks she earned her stolen money.

  14. Germans want things that last. If their 50 year old clock starts keeping bad time, you can bet they will notice.

  15. Re:AC mains is excellent if done right on Frequency Deviations In Continental Europe Are Causing Electric Clocks To Run Behind By 5 Minutes (entsoe.eu) · · Score: 1

    The pertinent FERC rules are much older than that. It might now be a law, but it has been a FERC rule for many decades.

  16. Re:The risk of relying on side-effects on Frequency Deviations In Continental Europe Are Causing Electric Clocks To Run Behind By 5 Minutes (entsoe.eu) · · Score: 1

    You are wrong, if you thought about it for a second you would know it. How would you build an accurate, cheap wall clock in 1950?

    Take it up with FERC. You won't get your money back, but the utility would be paying.

  17. Exactly backwards. Frequency is much better controlled than voltage and always has been. It does drift, but not nearly as much as Voltage does.

  18. Re: ludicrously and patently unconstitutional on Rhode Island Bill Would Impose Fee For Accessing Online Porn (providencejournal.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not a popular position at the supreme court. The trolls knows this. To hold that position, you have to ignore both US law and grammar.

  19. Re:What is turnover on Europe Plans Special Tax For Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    EU companies do business with overseas entities all the time. The eurotrash will next try to make these business expenses non-deductible.

  20. Re:Understanding EU policies on Europe Plans Special Tax For Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Europe doesn't know shit about immigration. 500 times larger? Numbers of immigrants/year says you're full of shit.

    At least some of the Eurotrash are awake now, less self righteous lecturing about beaners now. Give it 20 years (at 2016 flows) and they will actually start to understand.

  21. Re:The Anti-American Trade War has Begun on Europe Plans Special Tax For Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Check your history. You NEEDED them.

  22. Re:Legal and hypocritical on Rhode Island Bill Would Impose Fee For Accessing Online Porn (providencejournal.com) · · Score: 1

    If true, that implies billions of slackers.

  23. Re: ludicrously and patently unconstitutional on Rhode Island Bill Would Impose Fee For Accessing Online Porn (providencejournal.com) · · Score: 0

    The leftist moron already knows. Don't respond to trolls.

  24. Taiwan has biological weapons. China isn't invading, they plan on taking it over politically.

    When China's banking system falls over and they need an external 'boogeyman', then watchout. But who knows when that will happen. The Chinese banking system has been broken for decades, but nobody cares.

    The next Chinese revolution will be 'interesting'.

  25. Re:Actually, a very positive development on Levi Strauss Replaces Human Sanding With Automated Lasers (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not 'outlawed', just regulated. Lung protection is required.

    The solution is simply a media other than sand. Ground nut shells, baking soda etc etc. 'Sand' blasting is relatively uncommon.