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  1. your math is wrong on Canada Poised To Buy 65 Lockheed Martin F-35 JSFs · · Score: 2

    $8B Jet Purchase / 35M People = $228.57/Person

    I agree that the costs are out of proportion to what Canada should be spending, but it's no where near the number you suggest.

    Maybe you can provide a bicycle voucher instead of a car voucher. :)

  2. Re:Really stupid Canada? on Canada Poised To Buy 65 Lockheed Martin F-35 JSFs · · Score: 1

    it's only got a 600 mile mission range w/ out a refuel.
    it can carry external fuel and weapons, and will likely do so for many missions.

  3. Re:REALLY STUPID Canada on Canada Poised To Buy 65 Lockheed Martin F-35 JSFs · · Score: 1

    what need does Canada have for F35s?
    only thing I can think of is to jointly train with the US, and to interoperate with the US on joint missions.

  4. Re:Prediction on Apple WWDC 2014: Tim Cook Unveils Yosemite · · Score: 1

    Swift coding ability required.
    Check.

  5. Re:Self driving cars offer way more advantages on Is Google CEO's "Tiny Bubble Car" Yahoo CEO's "Little Bubble Car"? · · Score: 1

    self driving cars are public transportation. they are public transportation 2.0. they make it cheap enough to run individualized public transportation.

    people and companies may own these first batches as they perfect them, but the ultimate model will be public or leased transport. no need/desire to own/park/maintain these machines.

  6. Re:what's wrong with public transportation? on Is Google CEO's "Tiny Bubble Car" Yahoo CEO's "Little Bubble Car"? · · Score: 1

    don't u see that these cars ARE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION?
    they're not MASS TRANSIT, but they would awesomely form the backbone of next gen public transportation.
    Tens of thousands of these guys can be on the road, using minimal fuel, picking up people and dropping them off for a fare.
    you could make larger versions for main routes, but small ones would suffice for most uses.
    they will support at least 2x density on the roads bc they will tail each other super close...maybe they can even link up to each other at times.

  7. Re:Wait a sec on Belief In Evolution Doesn't Measure Science Literacy · · Score: 1

    Well, of course. That's what I meant.
    Besides, I know Jesus the person exists.
    He cuts my grass ever few wks.

  8. ur are being stupid on Belief In Evolution Doesn't Measure Science Literacy · · Score: 1

    First off, what the hell makes you think I'm an atheist?

    How arrogant and ignorant of you to think that no belief in Jesus = no belief in one or more deity. Most of the world doesn't believe in Jesus. They are not atheists.

    Second, it's clear that I meant the belief in him as a god, or son of god, or someone who is magically both...not as an individual. No one gives a fuck about weather he existed as a person. It's of no consequence.

  9. head in the sand approach on Belief In Evolution Doesn't Measure Science Literacy · · Score: 1

    i call this the head in the sand approach.
    just going to ignore the world and live in my bubble because it's easier and i'm dumb mentality.

  10. Re:Wait a sec on Belief In Evolution Doesn't Measure Science Literacy · · Score: 2, Informative

    there is no such thing as "the" explanation for anything, unless there is literally nobody who disagrees

    Even if "everyone" agrees, there is still no such thing as "the" explanation in that it is still not infallible. For example, if everyone believed in Jesus, that wouldn't make him any less fictional.

  11. Re:illegal? on Cisco Complains To Obama About NSA Adding Spyware To Routers · · Score: 1

    don't think so, coward. just not using caps.

  12. Re:Don't complain. Sue. on Cisco Complains To Obama About NSA Adding Spyware To Routers · · Score: 1

    build tamper proof containers and personally oversee them being placed on a boat.

  13. illegal? on Cisco Complains To Obama About NSA Adding Spyware To Routers · · Score: 1

    isn't this tampering with commerce?
    isn't this illegal?
    isn't this what the gov accuses the chinese of doing with their own routers?

  14. human in the OODA loop! on The Struggle To Ban Killer Robots · · Score: 1

    HUMAN OODA LOOP:
    1. Orient
    2. Observe
    BOOOOOM!!!!

  15. message to the studios... on Apple Reportedly Buying Beats Electronics For $3.2 Billion · · Score: 2

    buying beats is also a bit of a threat/warning to the studios.

    they are making money from the on demand model, but they aren't allowing apple to play in the space because they want to break itune's monopoly.
    by buying beats, apple is saying, look, now we own beats. you want to keep fucking with us, we'll own spotify and pandora too. fuck you.
    now sit down with us and let's make this on demand music thing work and stop trying to erode itunes dominance.

    that's how i see it.

    plus they get an solid brand with a solid music streaming service, a serious cool factor to have dre on board, and a deeper connection to the music industry.

  16. Re:Overpriced snake oil salesmen on Apple Reportedly Buying Beats Electronics For $3.2 Billion · · Score: 0

    that's disingenuous. yes the market well and charge a premium, but macs/iphones and beats music service are some of the best in the industry.

  17. Re:Governments need the source code on The Man Behind Munich's Migration of 15,000 PCs From Windows To Linux · · Score: 2

    You don't get to put Windows on a warship without the DoD being able to see what it does.

    Actually, you don't get to put Windows on a warship, period.

    They're all running Linux/Unix/Custom OS

  18. Re:does our generation really "watch" the news on Skepticism Grows Over Claims That MH370 Lies In the Bay of Bengal · · Score: 1

    what is this "paper" you speak of? ;o

  19. does our generation really "watch" the news on Skepticism Grows Over Claims That MH370 Lies In the Bay of Bengal · · Score: 1

    For at least 5-10 yrs, I don't "watch" the news. I get my fix from new.google.com, slashdot, nytimes, reddit, and several other blogs.

    This allows me to allocate my own time to coverage of events.

    I assume that most younger people do this these days? Who even watches CNN/FOX/etc for news and not entertainment?

  20. Re:Evolution has given humans the following: on You Are What You're Tricked Into Eating · · Score: 1

    I employ this strategy as well.
    If there is food, eat it.
    Sometimes I feel sick from it.

  21. it's about being smarter on You Are What You're Tricked Into Eating · · Score: 1

    This is an opportunity to be smarter about it. To eat more less carbs and fats and processed foods. To understand why we eat the way we do. This allows everyone to be more healthy. Not just the obese. It may allow us to change as a society.

  22. security through time on US Nuclear Missile Silos Use Safe, Secure 8" Floppy Disks · · Score: 1

    You don't have the schematics and architecture for this system floating around on servers at some DoD defense contractor. You don't have 1,000 people floating around who have intimate knowledge of the system and how it was designed. You're not leveraging packages/code/compilers/etc that have a support community around them. The lack of people who know about how this system works is key.

  23. Re:Security through Antiquity? on US Nuclear Missile Silos Use Safe, Secure 8" Floppy Disks · · Score: 1

    well, you might get a bug in your code.

  24. Re:Needs an update badly on US Nuclear Missile Silos Use Safe, Secure 8" Floppy Disks · · Score: 1

    distributed resources for elastic missile demand. fire as many as you need, with out having the hassle of maintaining them at your own site.

  25. Re:Floppy drives? on US Nuclear Missile Silos Use Safe, Secure 8" Floppy Disks · · Score: 1

    Or laser firing robots. Now that would be ironic.