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  1. Re:Really? Political correctness? on Should the Next 'Doctor Who' Be a Woman? · · Score: 1

    In fairness the female Robin was more badass than any of the male ones.

  2. Re:Obligitory Reagan quote... on Federal Judge Declares Bitcoin a Currency · · Score: 1

    *shrugs* it does have the nutritional value of a tomato, plus sugar, salt, and vinegar. And contrary to the idiocy drummed up by the health nuts salt is not bad for you unless you eat truly massive amounts of it every day.

  3. Re:Almost all students of orca believe... on The Case of the Orca That Killed Its Trainer · · Score: 1

    Of course, without any sort of "time spent in vicinity of orcas" scale the number of attacks is rather meaningless. Not to mention that 100% or attacks by orcas in captivity will be documented whereas by definition that is impossible in the wild.

  4. Re:GET READY.... on Peter Capaldi Unveiled As the New Star of Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    I'm imagining a Doctor that curses like a sailor and doesn't get all mopey or surprised when he gets pissed off at his enemies. I will probably be disappointed however.

  5. Re:GET READY.... on Peter Capaldi Unveiled As the New Star of Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    Assuming, of course, that either his resurrection by River Song didn't reset the clock or that he was telling the truth about the number of regenerations when he said 13. And apparently the 13th doctor will go through over 25 TARDIS console changes if he is the last.

  6. Re:Their loss on Several Western Govts. Ban Lenovo Equipment From Sensitive Networks · · Score: 1

    Wow there's a lot of stupid there. As a percentage of population Indian H1Bs in the science/tech fields vastly outnumber the H1Bs of German autoworkers or Brit finance drones

  7. Re:Better plots? on Hollywood's Love of Analytics Couldn't Prevent Six Massive Blockbuster Flops · · Score: 1

    Citizen Kane is only on everybody's best list because the technical aspects of that movie are fucking amazing. While the plot may have been told well, it doesn't change the fact that it is boring as shit and if Welles weren't such a fucking genius no one would have looked at it twice.

  8. Re:Better plots? on Hollywood's Love of Analytics Couldn't Prevent Six Massive Blockbuster Flops · · Score: 1

    It probably had more to do with the idiotic leftist bent to the movie and the fact that Olympus has Fallen, which had a similar plot without the leftist idiocy and much better actors, came out a few months before at less than half the budget. Not to mention dumb shit like chromed RPGs.

  9. Re:Wow this is the best handwaving I've seen in a on Spatial Ability a Predictor of Creativity In Science · · Score: 1

    Depending on the length of the string, hammock for a doll. BDSM rack for a doll. Snap one of the sticks into four parts and you can make a doll. A knot puzzle.

  10. Re:Honesty? on How Climate Scientists Parallel Early Atomic Scientists · · Score: 0

    Except biologists by and large can prove their work. There's no band of CO2 forcing in the upper atmosphere which should be present according to every one of the accepted models. If temps don't start to increase in the next 5 years than every major CO2 forcing model goes from slightly broken to utterly useless. In any case, unless we go all world conquering asshole, kill off 90% of the earth's population and then impose MAJOR fucking emissions restrictions on the remainder CO2 increase will not stop. So, assuming arguendo that the AGW proponents are correct, every lobbying dollar and funding initiative should currently be being spent on finding large scale CO2 sequestration methods or massive geogeneering projects. Preferably the former if at all possible.

  11. Re:Obvious on The CIA Wants To Know How To Control the Climate · · Score: 1

    Of course, you don't mention how a much greater percentage of Sweden and Norway's population is centered in their large cities while the american population is much more decentralized.

  12. Re:Smart guns... on Hardly Anyone Is Buying 'Smart Guns' · · Score: 1

    Trayvon's mistakes started long before he met Zimmerman. According to his own texts and tweets he smoked pot and did lean, oddly enough two possible ingredients of which are Arizona Watermelon Drink and Skittles. Even though he was not high at the time, both drugs have long lasting effects, which includes paranoia for both pot and lean, and psychotic breaks and violent thoughts in the case of lean alone.

  13. Re:Now there's a petition on whitehouse.gov... on Tesla Faces Tough Regulatory Hurdle From State Dealership Laws · · Score: 2

    Except that the ban on shipping cars direct to customers would apply to both Tesla, as well as out of state car dealerships if for some bizarre reason you bought a car from said dealership and wanted it shipped to you. Operating a dealership also adds a large surcharge on the item in question. As such, it violates 3 and 4 of the majority holding.

  14. Re:Damage control on Microsoft Reputation Manager's Guide To Xbox One · · Score: 1

    GT6 is on PS3. You'll have to wait for GT7 to see how the PS4 performs. Of course, it'll be still be interesting to see which actual performs the driving aspect better.

  15. Re:Damage control on Microsoft Reputation Manager's Guide To Xbox One · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Well, except for the fact that they've stated that they will release an unlock if at all possible if the company ever goes out of business. And the fact that Steam DRM is ridiculously easy to crack and they have not made any real effort to improve it except from the multiplayer security aspect. Which is almost certainly because they both know that stopping pirates is ineffectual and it will allow people to continue playing games if anything catastrophic happens to Valve.

  16. Re:Yawn... on Confirmed: CBS News Reporter's Computer Compromised · · Score: 1

    Really? What, pray tell, were Bush's Fast and Furious, Bhengazi, James Rosen, IRS targeting and now this hacking attempt equivalents. I'll note that Iraq is nowhere in this discussion as Obama is rapidly gearing up for his own Iraq in Syria.

  17. Re:Republicans should "go for it" on Do-It-Yourself Brain Stimulation Has Scientists Worried · · Score: 1

    Actually, their views are that as long as AGW proponents merely concoct pecuniary schemes that would do jack all to solve the actual problem according to their own fucking computer modelsd while greatly reducing quality of life, one should treat their demands accordingly. Which is to say ignore them. As for science skepticism, well, there's a damned good reason for that.

    http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/04/20/220201/studies-suggest-massive-increase-in-scientific-fraud

  18. Re:It's incredible to me on Bill Regulating 3D Printed Guns Announced In NYC · · Score: 2

    If you're so fucking worried about children, ban pools and 5 gallon buckets. You'll save a fuckton more children that way. The only reason your lefty schizo buddy Loughner was able to get a gun was because the mental health system failed. Same with Lanza. Both of them were beyond the stage of paranoid schizo where they should have been forcible committed. Also, why is it that all the mass shooters lately have lefty tendencies?

  19. Re:It is all software, really on Sony's PS4 To Have Less Stringent DRM Than Microsoft's Xbox One · · Score: 1

    No, they used that as the excuse. the reality is they weren't getting the Euro tax breaks they had expected and felt it was a waste of money for the upkeep as they made upgrades to the rest of the OS to make sure said upgrades did not impact OtherOS functionality. So hey cut it entirely, citing piracy fears as the reason.

  20. Re:Bad science on Death of Trees Correlated With Human Cardiovascular & Respiratory Disease · · Score: 1

    If and when AGW proponents start treating the issue seriously and try to solve it rather than make shitloads off of pecuniary schemes that would at best mitigate less than 10% of any harmful effects(assuming arguendo that their models are correct) while simultaneously greatly reducing quality of life, I will start to take them seriously. Since there's virtually no one demanding massive amounts of money be put into carbon sink research and major geoengineering projects, that time has not yet come.

  21. Re:Very nice on Sony's PS4 To Have Less Stringent DRM Than Microsoft's Xbox One · · Score: 1

    The difference being that all Steam games using Steam DRM are easily cracked. Which is a feature, not a bug.

  22. Re:And we all know what will happen... on NSA Surveillance Heat Map: NSA Lied To Congress · · Score: 1

    Transporting a short lobster across state lines. Or dozens of others really. Ever since the Staties and Feds started to phase out Mens rea jail time is fairly simple to get. There was the one guy who's gun malfed and slam fired while someone else was using it and got charged with unlawful transfer of a machine gun and chucked into prison for it. The funny part, neither he nor the guy it malfed on were charged with possession of a machine gun. That's right, somehow he magically transferred a machine gun without ever actually possessing it.

  23. Re:NSA spied more than China ? on NSA Surveillance Heat Map: NSA Lied To Congress · · Score: 3

    True, but given patterns elsewhere, one can almost certainly assume that just like Wide Receiver, it was expanded greatly in scope and reckless disregard for decency just like Fast and Furious.

  24. Re:Steam Vs XBox One on Microsoft Confirms Xbox One's Phone Home Requirement, Game Resale Rules · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Steam DRM is ridiculously EASY to crack given that with their authentication setup they could make it nearly bulletproof if they chose(and they are well aware of this but have done nothing much to fix it as it's a feature and not a bug) and more importantly, they have PLENTY of competition on their platform which forces them to price their fare accordingly.

  25. Re:Business Model on Tesla To Blanket US With Superchargers In Two Years · · Score: 1

    Until there is a MAJOR advancement in batt. tech(as in away from lithium with charge times at least an order of magnitude shorter) as well as a VERY well entrenched nationwide charging system gas and diesel ain't going anywhere except for the upper middle class to rich in major metro areas.