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  1. Re:More person, more cost. Fine. on Samoa Air Rolling Out "Pay As You Weigh" Fares · · Score: 1

    This was the premise of a Stephen King short story. A little boy decides to hold his breath while they administered the "gas" just to see what happens during hyper teleportation or whatever, and bad things happened.

    The Jaunt

  2. Re:$7800 on The RFP and IT Logistics For Washington's "Pot Czar" · · Score: 2

    [...] 80% of the responses would weed themselves out [...]

    Heh... Nicely done. :o)

  3. Re:Probably not just about pot on The RFP and IT Logistics For Washington's "Pot Czar" · · Score: 1

    The banks are paranoid because its illegal at a Federal level and there's all kinds of ways for the Feds make pain -- money laundering laws, revoking Federal bank charters, seizing assets, and so forth.

    HSBC's not paranoid.

  4. Re:What a waste on Boston Cops Go Undercover Online To Crack Down on Concerts · · Score: 1

    Why would police officers assigned to this duty be required to sign out service revolvers for a day in the office?

    Desk pop.

  5. Re:The winner? on United States Begins Flying Stealth Bombers Over South Korea · · Score: 1

    The [dropped nuclear] bombs are why Japan surrendered. It's pretty damn clear. Would Japan have lost without the bombs? yes, but it would have cost millions of lives.

    You've merely repeated the propagandized supposition put forth by Truman and US middle-school textbooks. Those claims aren't "clear;" they're very highly suspect. If you decide to investigate and understand the circumstances leading to Japan's surrender, you will find a substantial body of evidence and insights that call your claims into serious question.

    Debate over the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: [Opposition: [Militarily unnecessary]]

    The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan (It Was Not to End the War or Save Lives)

    The Atomic Bombs and the Soviet Invasion: What Drove Japan’s Decision to Surrender?

    Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States [s01e03]; [x264 SD torrent] [x264 720p torrent]
     

  6. The other half features a non-interventionist, loving god whose gay son does crowd pleasing magic tricks.

    I love my dead, gay son!

  7. Re:This solves what? on Ask Slashdot: Encrypted Digital Camera/Recording Devices? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What police have the right to do and what police do are two very different things.

  8. Re:Profound implications! on Mobile Phone Use Patterns Identify Individuals Better Than Fingerprints · · Score: 1

    Recent research on 1.5 Million users shows that phone numbers uniquely identify subjects 100% of the time.

    Do you have a link to that research? It sounds incredible, due to loaning, theft, caller ID spoofing, etc.

  9. Re:Just because you can't hear it. on Windfarm Sickness Spreads By Word of Mouth · · Score: 1

    It's because the low frequency sound from the blades is the same frequency as the Brown Note[.]

    Although I haven't read any analyses of wind turbine sound, I think you're referring to infrasound; "brown note" (not to be confused with brown noise) refers to a phenomenon generally regarded to be fictitious.

  10. Re:Very ancient technology on Video Inpainting Software Deletes People From HD Video Footage · · Score: 3, Informative

    One day, you think it's cool that you've been "painted" into a video game...until you realize that same technology can "paint" you right into Exhibit A: The murder scene.

    How long before innocent people are framed? Judges can't even understand how the internet works. You think they're going to grasp this and give you a fair trial?

    Already, people are routinely convicted based on bullshit forensic pseudoscience: PBS Frontline: The Real CSI [torrent]

  11. Re:Are you seriously serious? on Take Hands-Free 360 Degree Panoramic Photos With an iPhone (Video) · · Score: 1

    You have some fundamental problem with vibration?

    Is this one of those "chipped teeth" jokes?

  12. Surprise on Google Removing Ad-Blockers From Play · · Score: 5, Insightful

    World's largest ad-pusher seeks to push more ads.

  13. Re:There may still be some money stashed in a matt on Obama Administration To Allow All Spy Agencies To Scour Americans' Finances · · Score: 1

    After being screwed over by three different banks six different times, I simply stopped using them a few years ago.

    What do you expect? Banks are typically run by banksters. Unless they're too socialist for your taste, you're better off with a credit union.

  14. Re:Sure why not? on Obama Administration To Allow All Spy Agencies To Scour Americans' Finances · · Score: 2

    From TFA:

    Financial institutions file more than 15 million "suspicious activity reports" every year, according to Treasury. Banks, for instance, are required to report all personal cash transactions exceeding $10,000, as well as suspected incidents of money laundering, loan fraud, computer hacking or counterfeiting.

    Keeping transactions below $10k is considered "suspicious," and can therefore result in an SAR filed against you.

  15. Re:Well That Was a Depressing Read on Dr. Robert Bakker Answers Your Questions About Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    The first set, never saw vindication in their lifetimes.

    That wasn't a constraint per khasim's statement that "[e]ven an unpopular person with an unpopular theory can (possibly) demonstrate that his theory give correct predictions."

    The second set were immensely popular.

    Certainly; they demonstrated that their theories gave correct predictions. If they'd failed to do so, I wouldn't have provided that reference.

    NEITHER fits your "an unpopular genius with an unpopular theory can still find success", because arguably the first set never found success and the second set were immensely popular.

    Misquote, incorrect attribution, moving goalposts, good day.

  16. Re:Well That Was a Depressing Read on Dr. Robert Bakker Answers Your Questions About Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    The fact is most people who badmouth religion and it's connection to science know very little about religion itself.

    Research shows that atheists on average know more facts about religion than the religious do.

    Reference: U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey.

  17. Re:Well That Was a Depressing Read on Dr. Robert Bakker Answers Your Questions About Science and Religion · · Score: 1

    "Even an unpopular person with an unpopular theory can (possibly) demonstrate that his theory give correct predictions."

    Name three.

    "Five Famous Scientists Dismissed as Morons in Their Time"

    "Six Uneducated Amateurs Whose Genius Changed the World"

    Should you consider Cracked's own reputability lacking, sources are cited as links throughout their articles.

  18. Re:Facebook on Facebook Knows If You're Gay, Use Drugs, Or Are a Republican · · Score: 1

    What percentage of Facebook users have been adversely affected by Facebook's privacy ills?

    100%; loss of privacy is an adverse effect.

  19. For those unable or unwilling to patronize Netflix: National Geographic: Inside North Korea

  20. But they can't say they are canceling the armistice then continue to comply with the armistice.

    Why not? Just because they *appear* to be complying with a contract does not mean that they are following a contract. Maybe they aren't interested in physical combat and instead start attacking vital systems of South Korea, US, etc. Wouldn't that be the same thing?

    I'm not familiar with the terms of the armistice, but a few days ago Guardian columnist Aidan Foster-Carter talked about "dozens of South Koreans" commuting cross the border to supervise workers in the city of Kaesong, North Korea, in an arrangement established under the former Sunshine Policy. Although the Sunshine Policy ended in 2008, neither side has ended the commuting arrangement, thus it potentially serves as a warning indicator of the seriousness of worsening relations between the Koreas.

  21. Re:Blocked access to Google and Yahoo, but not Bin on Iran Blocks 'Illegal' VPNs, Google, and Yahoo · · Score: 3, Informative

    [O]f the three search engines only Google will actually use SSL, even if you go to http://google.com/ the form is submitted over https. The other two not only won't do that, they will *downgrade* you to http even if you explicitly navigate to https://yahoo.com/ or https://bing.com/. Iranians can easily use DPI to spy on Yahoo and Bing users, only Google presents a problem. So I'm not surprised Bing didn't get blocked, it's not clear to me why Yahoo did.

    https://duckduckgo.com/ and https://ixquick.com/ both support SSL/TLS. The latter allows viewing searched content through their embedded HTTPS proxy service.

  22. Re:What is this conservatard shit? on Seattle Bar Owner Bans Google Glass, In Advance · · Score: 1

    Get over your corporation fanboyism.

    FTFY.

  23. Re:What is this conservatard shit? on Seattle Bar Owner Bans Google Glass, In Advance · · Score: 1

    What is this conservatard shit?

    In what way is opposition to a corporate-sponsored, real-time surveillance system a conservative position?

  24. Re:Dude Doesn't Deserve to be Called a Physicist . on The Manti Te'o of Physics · · Score: 1

    Clearly here is one guy who lacks the sense of curiosity that is supposed to be the hallmark of all physicists. What is in the bag? Is the cat in the bag alive or dead?

    Brad Pitt: Aspiring Physicist

  25. Re:Electricty has made daylight savings obsolete on Is Daylight Saving Time Worth Saving? · · Score: 1

    [DST] doesn't really help the farmer either, since the cows want to be milked at the same time each day [...]

    Robotic VMS (Voluntary Milking System) helps the farmer, since he doesn't have to milk the cows at all.