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  1. Censorship in the US on Anti-TPP Website Being Blacklisted · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Censorship in the US doesn't have to be about the first amendment as long as you can get Facebook, Twitter and Google to agree.

  2. Re:Disgusting... on Placenta Eating Offers No Benefit To Mom · · Score: 1

    I think he was roughly trying to say "just because animals do it doesn't mean it's good," in which case it sounds like you are in agreement.

  3. Not as small as guimp! on 1-Pixel Pac-Man · · Score: 0

    http://guimp.com/pacman_flash.... Original smallest website in the world!

  4. Re:modern gameplay renaissance? on How Cities: Skylines Beat SimCity At Its Own Game · · Score: 2

    It's not necessarily a dark age, you just have to look below the surface for the really interesting games. What we experienced in the PS2+ era were giant game studios failing to learn the lesson that adding more money and more people to a project doesn't make it better (unless you know how to scale a game properly like Rockstar or Bethesda), a lesson EA still hasn't figured out.

  5. Re:PC version on Grand Theft Auto V Keeps Raking In Money · · Score: 2

    They accept modders. Modding in singleplayer is perfectly within policy. What's (understandably) not acceptable is modding things like models in multiplayer. While in a perfect world, nobody would take advantage of it, the reality is that the most popular multiplayer mods would be ones that let you see your opponents through walls, fire through walls etc. You might think that drawing a line between fun and exploitative mods wouldn't be too terribly difficult, but how much of a model change is fair? If I mod player heads to be bigger because it looks funny, that might also make it significantly easier to headshot these models with my client.

    A dedicated multiplayer environment where people can load in common mods, and only play with others with the same mods is really the only fair option, and that's just not the way GTA Online is set up (it's more like an MMO instead of individualized servers as Minecraft and Garry's Mod have).

  6. Re:PC version on Grand Theft Auto V Keeps Raking In Money · · Score: 1

    On purpose, surely. Having a wider FOV is an (albeit minor) advantage, which is the exact reason for prohibiting mods in multiplayer.

  7. Re:Why limit to just CS education? on Microsoft-Backed Think Tank: K-12 CS Education Cure For Sagging US Productivity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because Microsoft and Facebook want and abundant (and therefore cheap & expendable) workforce.

  8. Mmmm.. on Deep-Frying Graphene Microspheres For Energy Storage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Proof that everything is better when deep fried.

  9. Re:What the hell is this guy smoking on The Billionaires' Space Club · · Score: 1

    Not to mention the work SpaceX has already done developing re-usable rockets, a technology that's going to save every-tax-paying-body money in the long run.

  10. Re:Yep on Neglecting the Lessons of Cypherpunk History · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Even ROT13 takes some effort to solve, it's better than laying everything out over the wire in plaintext. Will it stop the NSA from reading it if they really want to? No, but it prevents it from being searchable at the press of a button from a massive index of communications.

  11. A Woolly Mammoth killed my pappy.

  12. Re:Are they drones? on Drone Sightings Near Other Aircraft Up Dramatically · · Score: 1

    Sometimes, but not in this case. Check his other posts.

  13. Re:Thanks fracking on Americans Rejoice At Lower Gas Prices · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Start looking at how to adapt to climate change instead of some fantasy of avoiding it.

    The way to adapt is by retiring the internal combustion engine.

  14. Pidgin and OTR on The Fight Over the EFF's Secure Messaging Scoreboard · · Score: 1

    Use Pidgin with the OTR plugin for easy chat encryption.

  15. Re:Disappearing files on Video Raises Doubts About Attkisson's Claims of Malicious Hacking · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The real kicker is after she selects a huge block of text which is then, of course, deleted, she goes to quit Word and saves over the previous revision. The only one deleting actual data in the video is her, herself.

  16. Five Eyes on Secret Policy Allows GCHQ Bulk Access To NSA Data · · Score: 5, Informative

    Be aware that the same "arrangement" likely exists for all members of the Five Eyes spying network, a.k.a. the ECHELON group, sometimes referred to as "AUSCANNZUKUS" for its members, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US. As long as any of these nations allows Orwellian surveillance, all five nations (and the rest of the world) will be in the same position.

  17. Human laws? on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Is Back In Court · · Score: 1

    Most chimpanzees would likely end up right back in prison on destruction of property laws, among other things.

  18. Re:Comcast & Warner Cable Bullshit on FCC Puts Comcast and Time Warner Merger On Hold · · Score: 1

    They directly admit this: "Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Charter do not compete in any market" (direct quote)

    Appalling.

  19. Re:Compound Found In Beer Impairs Brain Function on Study: Compound Found In Beer Boosts Brain Function · · Score: 5, Funny

    To alcohol! The cause of - and solution to - all of life's problems.

  20. Re: feminists controll the law! on CEO of Spyware Maker Arrested For Enabling Stalkers · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Firstly, reliance on anecdotal evidence alone is succumbing to a logical fallacy. Secondly, demonstrate that these women somehow get a "blanket pass" or even your anecdotal evidence holds no weight.

  21. 1717% of 165 is roughly 2833.
    283,467 is 171,798% of 165.

  22. Re:15 sec on Japan's Mt. Ontake Erupts, Stranding Hundreds of Hikers · · Score: 2

    If you ever find yourself in that situation, wet a rag or the front of your shirt and hold it over your mouth, this will act as a filter for ash and you should still be able to breathe.

  23. Re:Great on Australian Senate Introduces Laws To Allow Total Internet Surveillance · · Score: 5, Informative

    Be aware that Australia is an arm of the ECHELON or "Five Eyes" spying network, also known as AUSCANNZUKUS (for its members, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US). As long as laws exist in any of these countries allowing total internet surveillance, they can simply hand over any information gleaned to the other four parties.

  24. Re:Cubic litres on IBM Solar Concentrator Can Produce12kW/day, Clean Water, and AC · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure it cleans that amount of water (which the title refers to as "producing clean water") and I'm still not sure where they got AC, unless that's what they're calling the cooling done by the water as it draws heat from the solar units.

  25. Re:Bullshit on Secret Service Critics Pounce After White House Breach · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly, more dead presidents means fewer dead presidents.