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  1. Re:Not a flying car on Flying Car Makes Successful Maiden Flight · · Score: 0
  2. Re:Not a flying car on Flying Car Makes Successful Maiden Flight · · Score: 2

    Nope. Because if an aircraft needs shooting down, it's the Air Force who comes to play.

    The police don't even have the equipment (good thing) to do the job.

  3. Re:Not a flying car on Flying Car Makes Successful Maiden Flight · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm pretty sure that the police do not have jurisdiction to shoot down aircraft.

  4. Re:Recourse? on Up To 1.5 Million Visa, MasterCard Credit Card Numbers Stolen · · Score: 2

    Yes. My bank is not exactly one known for good behavior, but that said all it takes is a phone call for them to wipe the offending transactions, give me my money back, and start an investigation. Note I get my money back first. I've never once had them come back and go "hmm, no actually we want out cash back" - and I've had to do this some 10 times over the years.

  5. Re:Hmm on Minecraft Creator Announces Space Sandbox Game Mars Effect · · Score: 1

    Woosh.

    Check your clock, globe, and calendar.

  6. Re:Because to Americans on Why Are Fantasy World Accents British? · · Score: 2

    At the same time, characters with a Jersey accent sound arrogant and idiotic, a southern drawl makes them sound dumb, hick, and quite possibly inbred and crazy, and a Texan accent makes them sound all of the above.

    FTFY :P

  7. Re:Abstraction on Why Are Fantasy World Accents British? · · Score: 1

    Tolkien was a linguist above all else, and as such was incredibly sensitive to linguistic nuances, something that's lost on most casual readers.

    I'd argue that if it's NOT obvious and seems right, then he certainly did the job correctly!

  8. Re:It's a perfectly valid on CBS Uses Copyright To Scuttle Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II Episode · · Score: 1

    It could very well be the other way around: passion for money, afterthought for art.

  9. Re:It's a perfectly valid on CBS Uses Copyright To Scuttle Star Trek New Voyages: Phase II Episode · · Score: 1

    OK? So how did this move give them any money? They stated they didn't care for the script.

  10. Re:Fagets on Qualcomm Calls To 'Kill All Proprietary Drivers For Good' · · Score: 1

    What's your point? It means exactly what I think it means.

  11. Re:Would make for some interesting kids' books on Google Using ReCAPTCHA To Decode Street Addresses · · Score: 1

    ... and you just put the idea of "Green Eggs and Ham" censored, just like The Count. Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any injury occurring as a result of laughing at this video.

  12. Re:Tape never died or lost its supremacy on After 60 Years, Tape Reinserts Itself · · Score: 1

    Sounds to me like you're on a 400 derivative!

    Good times.

  13. Re:You know who else likes to reinsert themselves? on After 60 Years, Tape Reinserts Itself · · Score: 0

    Oh, no... he's not talking about homosexuals... I think he's just really obsessed with dead rocket scientists!

  14. Re:If I just type out the necessary word... on Google Using ReCAPTCHA To Decode Street Addresses · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Great. You know what they were previously? OCR for things like libraries.

    I think your own answer to them describes what you are.

  15. Re:Fagets on Qualcomm Calls To 'Kill All Proprietary Drivers For Good' · · Score: 1

    One is a command... an edict. The other is a guideline... a suggestion.

  16. Re:Fagets on Qualcomm Calls To 'Kill All Proprietary Drivers For Good' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nobody is telling you what to do. Just like RFCs don't tell you what to do.

    They tell you what you should do. This is an important distinction.

    Of course, if you ignore those recommendations and do your own thing: you are on your own.

  17. chance or no... on Qualcomm Calls To 'Kill All Proprietary Drivers For Good' · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I know where I'm throwing my money the next time I need such hardware!

  18. Re:Chinese Subsidies on Solar Power Is Booming — Why Do We Want To Kill It? · · Score: 1

    Aah, thanks for the explanation! I'd never heard of that measure somehow, but it seems obvious now.

  19. Re:Also prohibits hacking tools. on European Law Could Give Hackers Mimimum Two-Year Sentence · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I used wireshark to fix a bug today. Apparently I would be a criminal in the UK, with a minimum sentence of 2 years.

    This is fucked.

  20. Re:Chinese Subsidies on Solar Power Is Booming — Why Do We Want To Kill It? · · Score: 2

    No, not really. The ONLY thing the octane rating means is how stable it is - meaning how well it resists premature detonation.

    My car doesn't knock when I put 87 in it. Putting 93 then would do about jack squat - if you ignore the much smaller wallet I have to carry around with me.

  21. Re:Chinese Subsidies on Solar Power Is Booming — Why Do We Want To Kill It? · · Score: 1

    $1 per watt barrier

    .. per what? You're missing a per-unit-of-time measure.

    If I assume you meant per month, that's still ridiculously expensive.

    I used 384 kWh this month, and payed $54 for it. Sure, this area is nuclear for the most part... but even still.

    Your figure means I would have paid $20 million if that was all solar (and assuming you just forgot the "kilo" that still comes to $20k)

  22. Re:Chinese Subsidies on Solar Power Is Booming — Why Do We Want To Kill It? · · Score: 1

    So, pretty much exactly what he freaking said? (hint... the "F" in FUD stands for.... fear!)

  23. Re:My W-2 just shuddered with the Force on Solar Power Is Booming — Why Do We Want To Kill It? · · Score: 1

    Not enough for me to bite, even if it costs us nothing. I'd rather find ways to reduce usage and cut our bill by more than that.

    Is there some reason you can't do both? "Well, we got solar, so we can stop trying so hard to turn the lights off!"

    You're not going to pay MORE, so I'd be doing it:
    1. Because it's supposed to be better for the environment
    2. Because it will further encourage the industry
    3. Because.... because solar is cool!

  24. Re:My W-2 just shuddered with the Force on Solar Power Is Booming — Why Do We Want To Kill It? · · Score: 1

    Part of the obnoxiousness of the new US culture, I guess.

    Just the gen-X and baby-boomer assholes reaching retirement age. Please don't assume ALL of us are like that.

  25. Re:Limited use on New SimCity To Require Constant Internet Connection · · Score: 1

    Even better. Many such arbitration things let you write them a certified letter saying "no" to it and opting out.