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  1. Re: Supply and demand on Ask Slashdot: Why Are American Tech Workers Paid So Well? · · Score: 1

    Take a bath hippie. Sewage treatment requires added water, too high a ratio of shit/water and they add fresh water to the process. Indoor water use is a non-issue for water accounting (but does have a dollar cost), it is treated and returned to the river, to be used again by downstream communities. As we say, flushing the toilet in inland N. Cal is 'fixing a drink for LA'.

    I believe he rented the plane. But just maintaining a license and competence is about 10k$/year for rental hours and costs.

  2. Re: Supply and demand on Ask Slashdot: Why Are American Tech Workers Paid So Well? · · Score: 1

    Been there, done that.

    It's a dangerous thing.

    Management will abuse it, they will never build redundant, robust systems if you are the backup for everything. Simple things like backup tape changers won't be bought...fuck your weekends. You can come in and feed it a tape every Saturday, then another on Sunday when the backup job grows. Karnak sees the future...(my past).

    Managers are like dogs. Some are so used to crapping everywhere they are actually shocked when you hit them with a rolled up newspaper.

  3. Re: Supply and demand on Ask Slashdot: Why Are American Tech Workers Paid So Well? · · Score: 1

    Modern muscle cars are better. Seriously, measureable better.

    The old ones are much too expensive to drive and/or build to drive these days. At this point they are kept like babies, not driven like they were stolen.

    There is also something to said for driving the piss out of an underpowered car. You simply can't drive a fast car fast on the streets. You can drive a Metro like the Stig and still barely keep up with traffic.

    I'm bipolar on cars...V8, wind up toy, V8, wind up toy, V8. (But I'm not getting rid of the V8s.)

  4. Re: Supply and demand on Ask Slashdot: Why Are American Tech Workers Paid So Well? · · Score: 1

    Suspension parts are wear parts.

    At 80km (I assume a typo in your post) your shocks/strut elements are purely ornamental. At 150k all the rubber bushings are also sloppy as hell.

    I assume by 'fairly smooth' you mean 'mushy as hell'.

    That said,: Most people consider my car's rides harsh. I can drive over a coin and tell you if it was heads or tails. Yellow Konis and polyurethane bushings.

  5. Rooting a time zone change? Pervert.

  6. That's Muslim time...Seriously, that's how telling time used to work in the Muslim world. Hours of the day/night would be different lengths at different times of the year and also depend on latitude and longitude (no time zones, just solar time).

    Implement that in a mechanical watch, I'll be impressed.

  7. Before time zones, every place ran on local 'solar time'.

    Time zones broke the alignment to an extent, but made railroad schedules much more workable.

  8. No I wouldn't. History shows how bad an outcome it was.

    And that's on top of the fact that it was a pawn battle in the larger cold war.

    Claiming the Stalinists were with Batista is BS. Castro worked for the USSR. It's just a fact, confirmed by the KGB archives. (The Chelan red too!)

  9. Re:I need to see more on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Get out. You don't belong here. Blithering moron.

    Generators take torque to turn, more torque than an EM drive would make with the output power of the generator.

  10. Re:I need to see more on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    1.2 +/- 0.1 millinewtons per kilowatt.

    1.2 is less than 0.1?

  11. He didn't/doesn't support Castro?

  12. Re:People are not logical on US President Barack Obama Criticizes Facebook of Spreading Fake Stories (www.bgr.in) · · Score: 1

    You don't generally know the immigration status of the perp when you report a crime. Even if you think you know (racist), they won't count it.

    Based on standard lying with statistics methods. The % of crime the is attributed to illegal aliens is that for which they are convicted. All other crimes are not proven to be committed by illegals and are the denominator.

  13. Sanders is on record saying he supported Castro.

    He went to the USSR for his honeymoon.

    The lie is that he isn't a red.

  14. Re:Might not be neutral but... on Wikipedia's Not as Biased as You Might Think, Say Harvard Researchers (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Any non technical subject on wikipedia. Especially the political ones.

  15. Re:50 more gallons of gas that Ford offers on New Tesla Buyers Will Have To Pay To Use Superchargers (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    LOL. You still cite CR like it means something.

  16. Seeing as they are only doing this in Democrat strongholds, I feel justified wasting their time with a script that will post fake ride requests all day long.

    Only problem will be that every request will be from a brand new user.

  17. Re:Will only help in non-West part of US on Google Will Display Election Results As Soon As Polls Close (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Washington state has a history. They will 'find' as many votes for Hillary as they need.

  18. Re:Nissan Leaf on New Tesla Buyers Will Have To Pay To Use Superchargers (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Protip: Say 'I don't have any money for you, but I've got a tip for you...Get a job you parasite!'

  19. Re:Show me the Wikipedia entry for "Bradley Mannin on Wikipedia's Not as Biased as You Might Think, Say Harvard Researchers (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    What you are feeling is a symptom of the 'Uncanny valley'. It's perfectly normal.

  20. I've been told the 'Sacred Ganges' has special oxygen that makes the water pure, no matter what.

    Of course it's nonsense. But don't have this discussion with a Hindu unless you want to be lied to.

  21. Re:Daddy needs a new pair of shoes on Google Will Display Election Results As Soon As Polls Close (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    John Stossel is a gambler?

    He is a democrat reporter.

  22. Re:Might not be neutral but... on Wikipedia's Not as Biased as You Might Think, Say Harvard Researchers (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    Even the article you link admits that the policy is not working (see discussion of 'tag teams').

    Until people that participate in 'tag teams' are banned from all editing this shit will continue.

  23. Re:Serious Answer on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way to Browse the Web Anonymously? · · Score: 1

    It's about 2 pounds. It doesn't replace the 5 lb mini sledge any more than the 5lb replaces the 20lb.

  24. Re: No constitutional crisis at all. on FBI: Review of New Emails Doesn't Change Conclusion on Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't go full potato!

    Too late. That has got to leave a mark.

  25. Re:No constitutional crisis at all. on FBI: Review of New Emails Doesn't Change Conclusion on Clinton (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    He cooperated by lied. (proven by his posts on how to hide the dirt while the dirt was under subpoena.)

    His immunity is toast. When an unbiased justice department completes it's investigation, he will go to federal prison.