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  1. Re:No... on Only Self-Awareness Can Keep Drones Out of Do Not Fly Zones · · Score: 1

    Except that when the "No Fly Zones" dynamically pop up (for whatever reason) and you are possibly already flying (ie. a man hunt you know nothing about). Some of these zones are not concrete. I am not advocating flying in them, I am just making a point that blanket laws don't take into account something as described.

  2. Re:Suck it, "editors." on GameStart Uses Minecraft to Teach Kids Programming (Video 1) · · Score: 2

    >> Wach

  3. Re:just nuke 'em on Federal Court Overturns Ruling That NSA Metadata Collection Was Illegal · · Score: 1

    SHALL WE PLAY A GAME?
    Love to. How about Global Thermonuclear War?

  4. Samsung Galaxy 18" on Samsung May Release an 18" Tablet · · Score: 2

    You know you want to laugh with everyone holding this up to their head. Or even better, in front of their face while driving in traffic.

  5. Simple weapons ... on Death Star Science: The Physics Of Destroying An Earth-Sized Planet · · Score: 0

    Humans. We are already destroying the Earth.

  6. Re:Are drones really THAT dangerous? on California Legislation May Allow First Responders To Take Out Drones · · Score: 1

    I would tend to agree with a skilled pilot being able to recover at a higher altitude. The real issue is with a yaw issue at really low altitude you have little room for recovery. No to mention, when those helis are coming in hot and not hovering for a drop, 90+ mph even a 5 lb object can potentially be damaging.

  7. Re:What's Cash? on Cashless Adoption Growing In Europe · · Score: 1

    CC and Debit are one in the same here for the most part when they are tied to your bank account. You might have a choice (if they ask), or they just run as credit/debit depending on the vendor. Either way it pulls from the same account so you shouldn't assume they are using a CC. That said, yes credit is a huge problem in the US.

    On a side note cash in Canada (via coins) was great. Looneys and Tooneys were perfect projectiles for strippers.

  8. Re:Illogical on Wi-Fi Router's 'Pregnant Women' Setting Sparks Vendor Rivalry In China · · Score: 1

    It's probably for marketing or CYA nonsense, but they failed. If they were smart they would have marketed it as "Pregnancy Mode". Enabling this mode will increase the chances of having a boy. In China I think this would be a genius marketing scheme.

  9. Examples??? on The Tools Don't Get You the Job · · Score: 2

    At my school for my undergrad and grad programs we used a various set of IDEs and OSes. The only time we needed to be locked into a vendor for dev tools was when the class was targeted at that. A large % of the time we could use whatever worked for us.

  10. Re:Comming soon on Near Misses Lead To More Consumer Drone Legislation · · Score: 1

    Sigh .... Unfortunately that won't solve the problem.

  11. Re:fasten a weapon on your drone on Near Misses Lead To More Consumer Drone Legislation · · Score: 1

    Cause Merica!!! ?

  12. Re:You do not seem to care on Edward Snowden: the World Says No To Surveillance · · Score: 1

    /sarcasm "Cause Merica' that's why!!!"

  13. Re: Tiny Drones Coming Soon on Drone Flying Near White House Causes Lockdown · · Score: 1

    No need to wait until July ... among others the Cheerson CX-10 is available TODAY!

  14. Re:Listnr on Listnr Wants to be 'Your Listening Assistant' (Video) · · Score: 1

    Looks like double hate with it missing 2?

  15. Re:Any actual examples? on Tumblr Co-Founder: Apple's Software Is In a Nosedive · · Score: 2

    AC is correct. All phones must be pointed towards Cupertino Mecca 5 times a day to achieve streaming longer than the said duration.

  16. Re:Backdoor.. on Nest Will Now Work With Your Door Locks, Light Bulbs and More · · Score: 2

    LOL. Or even the "Backdoor of Things" ... so many connotations on that one.

  17. Re:Backdoor.. on Nest Will Now Work With Your Door Locks, Light Bulbs and More · · Score: 2

    I am pretty sure that was the original meaning.

  18. Re:The way it works is ... on US Slaps Sanctions On North Korea After Sony Cyberattack · · Score: 4, Insightful

    POTUS hits NK with sanctions because, well, cause Merika that's why.

    There fixed that for you.

  19. Re:"Computer" failure? on Computer Error Grounds Flights In the UK · · Score: 2

    Or could just be a software issue. "Computer Failure" is quite vague.

  20. What happens when ... on Pacific Northwest Lab's Sensor-Packed Fish Gauges Hydropower Facilities · · Score: 1

    A fish comes along and mistakes it for food? Looks a hell of a lot like the swim baits we use to catch fish down here in the south west, except A LOT more $$$.

  21. Re:She's.. on Ex-CBS Reporter Claims Government Agency Bugged Her Computer · · Score: 1

    .... selling a book! Also, I am not sure why she feels the need to say she had a phone next to her and that gave her a tilted look into data she was seeing deleted. I just saved a bunch of money by switching to Geico.

  22. Re:I personally love ElasticSearch on Book Review: Scaling Apache Solr · · Score: 2

    And REST (ES) vs query string (Solr) is nice too!

  23. Re:I call BS on this one.... on Obama Administration Argues For Backdoors In Personal Electronics · · Score: 1

    Different flavors / colors of koolaid? I heard they are brewing something and naming it Tea. And yet, another flavor of koolaid.

  24. Re:Having read the papers... on Ozone Layer Recovering But Remains Threatened · · Score: 0

    /me places tinfoil hat on head
    the chemtrails must be working

  25. Runtime vs Runtime on Does Learning To Code Outweigh a Degree In Computer Science? · · Score: 1

    With someone that just codes, runtime equals XXX ms, with a comp. scientist, runtime equals big O notation for time and space.