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  1. Re:Judges, that's who! on FCC Finalizes US Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    +1

  2. Re:Really constructed? on Brain Imaging Reveals the Movies In Our Mind · · Score: 1

    For definitions of closely. That looks a lot more like a painting of a headcrab zombie on a grassy field in front of a lake of blood than a parrot.

  3. Re:Not the best idea on PETA To Launch Pornography Website · · Score: 1

    Kill animals? No. Ritually and continuously kill a very great fuckload of animals while escalating in size, yes.

  4. Re:We at PETA were only *mostly* crazy before on PETA To Launch Pornography Website · · Score: 2

    Apparently they want to attract/guide young serial killers.

  5. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 3, Informative

    Um, Clinton had a dot-com and post-soviet bubble. Not to mention the beginnings of the housing bubble. Not to mention his policies were much more moderate than Obama's and the military at the time had a lot more that could be cut without utterly destroying it. Not to mention that his insistence for SigInt over HumInt(because SigInt is cheaper and looks flashier in sound bites) was probably what allowed both the 9/11 attackers to get through and the crap intel from Iraq.

    As for Romney, a republican in Mass. with both houses controlled by Dems, who is by far the Republican equivalent of the most right Blue Dog democrats, is a really fucking stupid appeal to authority.

    As for the supposed war debt being off the books, how big of an idiot are you? While the wars were never in the projected totals for defense at the start of the year, at the end of each year their cost was certainly accounted for. The biggest expense signed over to Obama was the first stimulus and bank bailouts.

  6. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 1

    In which case they look for other ways to maximize profit, like moving offshore.

  7. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 1

    The really rich people, the dynasties? They have all their money/land/stock tied up in trusts that they can access, but they don't technically control. Which means that things like inheritance taxes don't even touch them. That little system started after inheritance taxes became popular. Prior to that, your average rags to riches to rags turnaround was 3 generations.

  8. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 1

    What's the probability that the bread will end up poisoning the consumer?

  9. Re:Military State on Israel To Join CERN As First Non-European Member · · Score: 1

    Yes, at least if we remove all outside influence from the area and left all the countries to their own devices. The Israelis would slaughter the competition.

  10. Re:You cant blame him on Italian Hacker Publishes 0day SCADA Hacks · · Score: 1

    Hillary Clinton took a position in the Italian government?

  11. Re:Privatization? on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 1

    The consumer in this case being the government and not the prisoners. See the company knew it could get away with things against the government, since governments spend OPM, and the pressure to make sure they're not giving it to complete fuckwads is much more minor.

  12. Re:Privatization? on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 1

    Both the air india and lockerbie flight were destroyed through the use of checked baggage.

  13. Re:Got my vote on US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It · · Score: 1

    Changing bureaucracy without nuking the agency in question and starting over is extremely difficult.

  14. Re:You cant blame him on Italian Hacker Publishes 0day SCADA Hacks · · Score: 1

    The italian justice system?

  15. Re:First to file? on Intel Mandates Universities Receiving Funds Not File Patents · · Score: 1

    Unless you're the one publishing it and file within a year.

  16. Re:I've Tried This Logic with Resulting Low Impact on Of Diamond Planets, Climate Change, and the Scientific Method · · Score: 1

    Except for the human factor, events in casinos are discrete and unconnected(any connection caused by wear on the machinery is minimal at best and when it strays beyond minimal is reset by replacement). THAT is why chaos theory doesn't work.

  17. Re:You're Wrong to Target the Scientists on Of Diamond Planets, Climate Change, and the Scientific Method · · Score: 0

    The EPA is protected from politicians. The bureaucrats and their pet scientists are the ones in control. The IPCC is nothing but a bunch of highly politicized scientists. Remind me why the scientists aren't fair game again?

  18. Re:"But luckily we’re not climate scientists on Of Diamond Planets, Climate Change, and the Scientific Method · · Score: 0

    As the two ACs noted, Gally was in fact a very political motherfucker. Truth be told, guy was an asshole. He assumed he was right even in areas he was utterly wrong(comets) and pretty much managed to alienate all the other major astronomers of his time, which is why when he was put on trial none of them really tried to defend him.

  19. Re:So climate science is politics? on Of Diamond Planets, Climate Change, and the Scientific Method · · Score: 1

    Newsflash, unless we nuke the three most populated areas of the planet and force the rest of the planet back to the stone age, it's already too late if the only plan is to reduce CO2. Assuming arguendo that CO2 driven warming is correct, the only way to actually fix the problem at this point without going super-luddite is to massively sequester carbon.

  20. Re:any signal can be found and killed on North Korea Forced US Reconnaissance Plane To Land · · Score: 1

    Their defensive position is severely restricted by US interference in their constitution. Whatever the official name may be they're functionally a US protectorate when it comes to their military stance.

  21. Re:They're Not Alone on Turnitin's Different Messages To Students, Teachers · · Score: 1

    Um, no. Copyright infringement and plagiarism are two different things. While they generally intersect unless you're using century old sources, they are very different. Copyright infringement means you're copying a thing that the holder of the copyright doesn't want you to. Plagarism is taking someone's work and passing it off as your own.

  22. Re:Offensive on Turnitin's Different Messages To Students, Teachers · · Score: 1

    Possible, but this service is primarily aimed at high school level and above. So 14's the minimum age. Which drops us to 35, ignoring gestation. So 17 and a half. Or older and younger as the case may be.

  23. Re:Good on Power Demand From US Homes Expected To Fall For a Decade · · Score: 1

    Of course, there's the fact that CFL efficiency is directly related to the cleanliness of the power grid it's drawing from and when put on the standard dirty grid CFL life isn't any longer than incandescent, and many times shorter.

  24. Re:It's About Time on Patent Reform Bill Passes Senate · · Score: 1

    Overly broad patent grants have nothing to do with the way patents are filed. They have to do with the dipshits granting the patents.

  25. Re:This oughtta be good for... on Krugman On Bitcoin and the Gold Standard · · Score: 1

    Inflation depends on perceived value of the money supply. Japan's debt is held almost entirely by it's citizens, and the Japanese work ethic is perceived as legendary, both of which have a strong mitigating effect upon how everyone else treats their currency.