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  1. Re:Adblock on AdNauseam Browser Extension Quietly Clicks On Blocked Ads · · Score: 1

    It would be the same thing only if the postal service derived its revenue from junk mail.

    They don't, so it's not the same thing at all.

    Ha ha. Joke's on you. The USPS makes its living delivering junk mail.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/business/seeking-revenue-postal-service-plans-to-deliver-more-junk-mail.html

  2. Re:Ha on New Effort To Grant Legal Rights To Chimpanzees Fails · · Score: 1
  3. Re:good on New Effort To Grant Legal Rights To Chimpanzees Fails · · Score: 2

    For one thing, Chimps can't offer any definition of "person" at all, let alone explain why they would be included in it.

    I wouldn't be so sure about that:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washoe_(chimpanzee)

    However you might not be able to understand what the chimpanzee was trying to say to you. That could be an inadequacy on your part.

  4. Re:Driving at 85 instead of 70 "would save an hour on Montana Lawmakers Propose 85 Mph Speed Limit On Interstates · · Score: 1

    Oops. That should be 397 miles, I originally calculated going from 75 to 85, not from 70 to 85. Maybe he means he'd save one hour on the round trip time, 1/2 hour each way.

  5. Driving at 85 instead of 70 "would save an hour"? on Montana Lawmakers Propose 85 Mph Speed Limit On Interstates · · Score: 1

    Does Scott Sales provide the route he took between the "Brakken oil patch" and Bozeman? Because Billings, MT to Bozeman, MT is only 142 miles apart according to Google Maps, which lists the travel time as 2 hr 11 min.

    He'd have to drive 637 miles before he'd "save an hour" going 85 instead of 70.

  6. Re:This was no AP. on LAX To London Flight Delayed Over "Al-Quida" Wi-Fi Name · · Score: 1

    "I have a gum."

  7. Re:Really? on Tech Firm Fined For Paying Imported Workers $1.21 Per Hour · · Score: 1

    All the time you eat. That's a no good. We got to get-a money.
    Right now, I'd do anything for money. I'd kill somebody for money.
    I'd kill you for money.

    Red looks slightly worried.

    Ha ha ha! Ah, no, you're my friend - I kill you for nothing.

    Red smiles.

  8. Re: Non-story? on AT&T Locks Apple SIM Cards On New iPads · · Score: 1

    And now I read just a little further down and learned from BronsCon that Verizon offers a SIM-based LTE network.

  9. Re: Non-story? on AT&T Locks Apple SIM Cards On New iPads · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that Verizon doesn't operate a GSM network so saying that they won't support the unlocked SIM seems like a red herring. Verizon is, so far as I know, CDMA all the way.

  10. Re:Honestly. on Ex-CBS Reporter Claims Government Agency Bugged Her Computer · · Score: 1

    I'm telling you Commander, that if we make it look like some pre-teen script kiddie, nobody will believe that it was NSA that erased her story.

    Now she'll have to type it in all over again.

    Next time let's encrypt the file and demand that she ransom it with her credit card, OK?

  11. Re:Missing conversion in the summary on Soda Pop Damages Your Cells' Telomeres · · Score: 1

    (of course that should have read "8.34lb/gal" for the units to work out correctly)

  12. Re:Missing conversion in the summary on Soda Pop Damages Your Cells' Telomeres · · Score: 1

    Not quite. You're converting "ounces" as a measure of weight. The "20 ounces" referring to soda is a measure of liquid volume.

    Roughly, 1 gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds. There are 64 fluid ounces in 1 gallon and 454 g in 1 lb.

    (8.34 lb * 454 g/lb) * (20 oz / 64 oz/gal) = 1174 g.

  13. If Six Was Nine on First Demonstration of Artificial Intelligence On a Quantum Computer · · Score: 1

    Clearly this demonstration was designed by someone who was searching for the deeper meaning of the work of Jimi Hendrix:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyGWbpNzH2o

  14. Re:Spying? on Eric Schmidt: Anxiety Over US Spying Will "Break the Internet" · · Score: 1

    Stop making sense!

  15. Postdoc "Holding Pattern" - 1971 publication on Glut of Postdoc Researchers Stirs Quiet Crisis In Science · · Score: 1

    This isn't exactly a new idea.

    From the journal of the American Physical Society, April 1971, The Manpower Crisis in Physics :

    http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED059660.pdf

  16. Re:This sounds like something from The Onion on Intel Drops Gamasutra Sponsorship Over Controversial Editorials · · Score: 1

    I suspect that Intel was not "listening to gamers' complaints" but rather listening to some of the big game manufacturers' complaints, e.g., maybe this ticked off somebody at Ubisoft:

    http://www.vg247.com/2014/06/11/ubisoft-attempts-to-explain-why-assassins-creed-unitys-co-op-has-no-playable-women/

    There were several blog articles on this "incident" at Gamasutra.

  17. Re:Compound Found In Beer Impairs Brain Function on Study: Compound Found In Beer Boosts Brain Function · · Score: 1

    Yes, but it's much more difficult to cut down on than alcohol.

    Keep breathing and carry on.

  18. Re:Compound Found In Beer Impairs Brain Function on Study: Compound Found In Beer Boosts Brain Function · · Score: 3, Funny

    Shall I pour you another, my good friend?

  19. Re:Compound Found In Beer Impairs Brain Function on Study: Compound Found In Beer Boosts Brain Function · · Score: 1, Informative

    You might find this article which claims otherwise, interesting:

    "No Amount of Alcohol Is Safe"
    http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/824237

  20. Re:Advanced? Requires a Jailbreak & manual ins on iOS Trojan Targets Hong Kong Protestors · · Score: 1

    http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/06/surprise-ios-7-1-jailbreak-for-most-iphones-and-ipads-uses-year-old-flaw/?comments=1

    jdale Ars Scholae Palatinae

    Quote:
    FTR: if pangu team releases a public jailbreak with vulnerabilities disclosed to them during my training I consider this in no way okay.

    ...

    So finally after 1.75 years of being known to me, having tought it to 50-70 students a "friend" takes the bug and sells a jb based on it.

    I'm not even an iOS user, but in my opinion if he discovered an exploit and has sat on it for 1.75 years, I consider that in no way okay. The fact that he also shared it with other people makes it worse, even if it was only a small and supposedly trustworthy group. You cannot control a secret you've shared with 50 people, that's absurd. And any exploit you find is likely to be independently discovered as well, especially more than a year later.

    countcracula Ars Scholae Palatinae

    I am not involved in the scene at all but have watched from the sidelines while all of the petty arguments are tossed around and drama is happening. Stefan Esser has been a part of pretty much all of it. So I share this sentiment. You can share a secret with three people when two are dead.

  21. Re:that was fast on Apple Fixes Shellshock In OS X · · Score: 1

    Papa's gonna buy me a diamond ring?

  22. Re:I have an idea on Apple Fixes Shellshock In OS X · · Score: 1

    Hey, the last update is 4 days ago. What have you guys done for me recently?

  23. Re: Forest Circus. on Forest Service Wants To Require Permits For Photography · · Score: 1

    For some people it can be rather hard to pay for the training and permits to be able to get a CCW permit.

    Gee, if they didn't get their firearms training in the military and they have no family or friends to teach them and they can't afford to pay for training, I'm not sure I want them to be carrying.

  24. Re:Jokes aside on Friendly Reminder: Do Not Place Your iPhone In a Microwave · · Score: 1

    Kyocera Hydro perhaps?

    http://www.kyoceramobile.com/hydro/

  25. Re:5 Ridiculous Myths You Probably Believe on Schizophrenia Is Not a Single Disease · · Score: 1

    Yes, a pet peeve of mine.

    With all the hype and hoopla insurance companies have been ladeling out about "wellness" and "preventive care", the fairly well established correlation between poor dental status (decay, gum disease) and heart disease goes unmentioned lest their hypocrisy be uncovered. and their profits diminished.