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  1. Re:wtf are they thinking? on Xbox One S is the Best Xbox You Might Not Want To Buy (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Wait a second: There was a benefit of a console? When? They've always sucked. All the way back to Apple 2 vs Atari 2600.

  2. Re:Does it make phone calls? on Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Launched, Features Curved Display, Iris Scanner (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You don't even want to know what some people pay for blue jeans. People, in general, are stupid, some are just really well trained consumers. They don't understand how the rest of us can stand to drive cars more than a year old...we must just be bad people.

  3. Re:So much for that flavor of the broken money mod on Gawker Founder Nick Denton Files For Bankruptcy (nydailynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Didn't write it out, but strongly implied that something should be done about 'fake news stories' being reported. Also in favor of 'alternative economic models', smells strongly of authoritarianism.

    I suspect you started this thought process by lying to yourself. You have no place to criticise intellectual honesty. I quote:

    Alternative economic model to address that last problem: Stop competing for eyeballs when that is supporting the terrorists. Set up a special non-competitive news office (SNCNO?) to handle such publicity-seeking manufactured news.

    Sounds like you want to ban free economic actors from covering a category of 'news', just as I assert. SNCNO is the 'Ministry of Truth' and all news falls under it 5 years after it's established. Study some dam history you wanna be fascist.

  4. Re:So much for that flavor of the broken money mod on Gawker Founder Nick Denton Files For Bankruptcy (nydailynews.com) · · Score: 1

    You want to establish a 'Ministry of Truth' to determine which stories are legit and can be covered by news organizations? What could go wrong?

  5. Re:You know if you can get the Republicans on Donald Trump Signs Pledge To Crack Down On Internet Porn (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    She got pushed to her parties lunatic fringe. She will spend the rest of the election moving to center, same as always.

  6. Re:Now that the candidates are officially lined up on Donald Trump Signs Pledge To Crack Down On Internet Porn (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    That ship has sailed. More emails coming.

    Yeah gridlock.

  7. Re:Calling this a first amendment issue denigrates on Gawker Founder Nick Denton Files For Bankruptcy (nydailynews.com) · · Score: 1

    On the other hand: If it was a Jessica Alba and Natalie Portman sex tape, there would be great public interest in the tape being released.

  8. Re:Ban sex offenders from visiting libraries on New York Governor Bars Sex Offenders From Playing Pokemon Go (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    White list for the rugrats. When they learn to defeat it, they are ready for porn.

  9. Re:Untouchable criminal on Clinton Campaign Breached By Hackers · · Score: 1

    I just sent a pair of 'Trucknutz' back to Germany with my cousin (for a friend of hers).

    There is at least one set of balls in europe (chrome green). Likely hanging from the ridiculous tiny trailer hitches they all have.

  10. Re:Money the Fantasy on The Case Against a Universal Basic Income (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    Still not Scrooge McDuck. The capital is being used overseas. Giving the foreigners something to lose, which makes the world a more stable place. Forcing government to 'compete' for investment capital. Ask yourself how confiscatory would taxes be without tax havens keeping the bastards in check?

    It also deprives the local government of funds to waste, which is a good thing. They ran out of things they should be spending money on more than 50 years ago. It's not like they would spend another penny on necessary things if they got more money.

  11. Re: I think it's pretty obvious on Snowden Questions WikiLeaks' Methods of Releasing Leaks (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    More importantly; she will be gridlocked for her four years.

  12. Re:empty waste land not equal to best location on World's Largest Solar Power Plant Planned For Chernobyl Nuclear Wasteland (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    The nightmare scenario is a massive brush/forest fire. All those nice medium life, non water soluble radioisotopes back in the wind.

    Funds for clearcutting and burying of the current forest, starting with massive fire breaks need to be found. At least assays for the most contaminated locations vs those where the wood was safe to use.

  13. Re: I am with Snowden 100% on Snowden Questions WikiLeaks' Methods of Releasing Leaks (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Anybody considering sending information to Wikileaks should just send it to Cryptome instead.

    Assange created Wikileaks for ego only, there were already several better sites online.

  14. Re:I think it's pretty obvious on Snowden Questions WikiLeaks' Methods of Releasing Leaks (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    In /.s history (prior to the HR drones being involved anyhow) they deleted one posting. The clams (scientologists) forced it with threats of litigation.

    Post the goddamn link if you have it. There is no ethical issue you pussy. The cards are long canceled.

  15. Re:I think it's pretty obvious on Snowden Questions WikiLeaks' Methods of Releasing Leaks (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Bernie is a loony lefty. Lefties are not liberal in the classic sense. Rather the opposite.

  16. Re:I think it's pretty obvious on Snowden Questions WikiLeaks' Methods of Releasing Leaks (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    In America today they are synonyms. Sorry.

    Liberal hasn't meant 'in favor of liberty' in 100 years.

  17. Re:Money the Fantasy on The Case Against a Universal Basic Income (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    Still invested, just overseas.

  18. Re:You are Fucking Right We do on The Case Against a Universal Basic Income (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    If you believe that, you are an idiot.

    The speaking fees are influence fees.

  19. Re: The Republicans want to make everyone work on The Case Against a Universal Basic Income (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    It's clearly an advantage. But one that can go away overnight.

    As soon as a big currency is managed better than the US dollar, it will take over.

    But the other major currencies don't even appear to be trying. If anything they are getting worse and are proud about it.

  20. Re:Everybody wants a piece on Volkswagen Sued For Violating State Environmental Statutes With Dieselgate (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    Even my German cousins now have to admit VWs are crap. If you know any Germans, you would realize how hard it is for them to admit that. But the fact is that VW is on their 'never again' list.

  21. Re:reduce revenue? are you kidding me?! on Farmers Demand Right To Fix Their Own Dang Tractors (modernfarmer.com) · · Score: 1

    I tasted it about 30 years ago. Blech.

  22. Your priority should be to hack up your firmware with a new high, but still reasonable, version number. So they won't downgrade your ECU to the clean one.

  23. Re:Everybody wants a piece on Volkswagen Sued For Violating State Environmental Statutes With Dieselgate (theverge.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    Water cooled VWs are junk, always have been. No loss.

  24. Re:Pierce the corporate veil on Volkswagen Sued For Violating State Environmental Statutes With Dieselgate (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    You realize VW is largely owned by a German state (and the Porsche family)? Good luck with that, you'll be suing them in their own courtroom.

  25. Re:Is there an actual shortage of energy? on Energy Prices Skyrocket in South Australia (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    They don't just pretend to compete. Do you know how a power pool dispatches units?

    Owners bid into the market (the default bid is the unit's marginal cost), the system stacks the bids up against the load, cheapest first. Tells the units what to do, than pays them all their generation times the highest price unit running that hour.

    All done in an auditable and transparent way. They are competing and they all make independent decisions regarding capacity expansion. The intention is to shake out the 'fat dumb and happy' nature of the government sponsored monopolists and have the most competitive organizations take over. They don't really want 7 parts, but likely expect 4 of them to fail and be bought up by the successful (hopefully from neighboring regions to promote more competition).

    Of course that description is drastically simplified, ignores transmission, capacity charges and operational issues (where in 'emergencies' economics are just ignored until after the mess is handled).

    We might have met, my client at the time was ETSA.