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  1. Re:Allow Me To Translate That! on Mercedes Pooh-Poohs Tesla, Says It Has "Limited Potential" · · Score: 1

    You always know who someone's competitors are by whom they attack and the measure of how threatened they feel by how aggressive and unscrupulous they do so.

  2. Re:Switching from Mercedes to Tesla after $12K bil on Mercedes Pooh-Poohs Tesla, Says It Has "Limited Potential" · · Score: 1

    So let me get this straight. Mercedes expects their cars to crap out nearly the moment they drive off the lot and they will happily sell you a subsidy to cover their cost on a warranting the vehicle you purchased? Holy sh*t that's quite a business model, sign me up!.

  3. Dead-end Market? on How Apple's CarPlay Could Shore Up the Car Stereo Industry · · Score: 2

    I'm confused. Wasn't the last car capable of a having an after-market head unit installed manufactured a solid 10 years ago? I fail to see the point. The number of such cars is on a rapid decline. For collectors if you're going to buy an ancient car, then wouldn't you be buying it for nostalgia's sake and want the old crappy radio that came with it?

  4. Numbers don't fit on 52 Million Photos In FBI's Face Recognition Database By Next Year · · Score: 2

    I'm not quite certain how from a population of 316M people you can obtain 52M photos when the point of collection are federal background checks. With roughly 200M persons of working age, that would mean that within the next two years roughly 1 out of 4 people will be facing a work related federal security clearance check or having criminal charges filed against them. I'm not buying it. Either the 52M is bogus or they're collecting photos by other less savory mean.

  5. Re:The Perfect Phone Feature For Safety on The Case For a Safer Smartphone · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure they'd really need to bother with this for the anal probes to be justified in their mind.

  6. Re:Scary, but to some degree it could be done. on The Case For a Safer Smartphone · · Score: 1

    Now get off my lawn!

  7. Re:Differentiate on The Case For a Safer Smartphone · · Score: 1

    The studies involving "hands-free" are flawed in as much as they do not factor out the influence of the conversation itself. Last I checked, no one was advocating for a "conversation" ban, just the mobile facilitating a subset of conversations.

  8. Re:social problems on The Case For a Safer Smartphone · · Score: 1

    More accurately, if this was an advertised feature of the phone, it would not be purchased.

  9. Re:Did the accident rate increase? on More Than 1 In 4 Car Crashes Involve Cellphone Use · · Score: 1
    • 1 in 4 use a cell phone
    • 1 in 4 are talking to a passenger
    • 1 in 4 are eating/drinking
    • 3 in 4 would be eliminated if a modest amount of competency processing rapidly evolving environments while simultaneously operating a vehicle were required to obtain/maintain a license.
  10. Re:only 5.5%!?! on Klingon Beer · · Score: 2

    It seems reasonable to infer from the intoxicating effects of Bloodwine which is guzzled not sipped from dainty thimbles, that Warnog should be far from lacking in potency and certainly well in excess of 10%. It also dispels your assertion of Klingons being lightweights. I'd argue the flavor choice probably doesn't make much sense either, but I really don't have any canonical references to support that one way or the other.

  11. Re:Lets wait and see on Facebook Buying Oculus VR For $2 Billion · · Score: 1

    Zuckerberg must have just got done reading Snow Crash and got delusions of grandeur.

  12. Re:Question! on Facebook Buying Oculus VR For $2 Billion · · Score: 5, Insightful

    No. This is worse, way worse. While Microsoft has difficulty in executing things, they still maintain a basic respect for their customers. Facebook on the other hand has demonstrated time and again their absolute lack of scruples and moral integrity when it comes to monetizing their users.

    This saddens and depresses me. I had such optimistic hope for Oculus.

  13. Re:I call BS. on Titanium-Headed Golf Clubs Create Brush Fire Hazard In California · · Score: 1

    They're talking about "bad" golfers that miss the well manicured/watered parts and land their balls in the rough "wild" areas outside. The parts with rocks, tall dry grass (remember California/drought), etc.. I think you're also imagining a flint fire steel. This isn't a shower of sparks, but it evidently may well be enough to ignite fires anyway.

  14. Make em share on Wireless Carriers In Huge Washington Lobby Fight Over Spectrum Auction · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Force them to come up with protocols that enable sharing of spectrum and be done with the BS turf wars.

  15. Re:Typical government stupidity on Mars Rover Opportunity Faces New Threat: Budget Ax · · Score: 1

    You're looking at this upside down. Congress is interested in pulling funds for that very reason. These rovers already exist, are comparatively cheap to operate, and have very long lives. Existing rovers aren't bringing home the bacon. They're just funding few "mother's basement" geeks.

  16. Re:Why does it need money? on Mars Rover Opportunity Faces New Threat: Budget Ax · · Score: 1

    The DSN doesn't appear to be that terribly over-booked.

    BTW: we're talking about Opportunity not Curiosity. Either way, I'm sure university students would love a chance at that thing and wouldn't charge a penny. There's still plenty to be learned from Opportunity, and last I knew it hadn't even reached it's last science destination.

  17. Re:does it all the time? on Mars Rover Opportunity Faces New Threat: Budget Ax · · Score: 2

    We're gearing up for the cold war with China.

  18. Re:So what? on New Jersey Auto Dealers Don't Want to Face Tesla · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Since when does the quality of customer service become the purview of law? There are no dishonest dealings going on. Customers enter into these purchases fully aware of the requirements of ownership. No one expects Walmart to provide a service center for the electronics they sell, nor a seamstress for their clothing.

    This is protectionism and corrupt politics as can only be done at the local level pure and simple.

  19. Re:bridge on New Jersey Auto Dealers Don't Want to Face Tesla · · Score: 1

    He is. That's why things are flowing only in one direction while being all backed up going the other way.

  20. Re:Victim blaming on Author Says It's Time To Stop Glorifying Hackers · · Score: 1

    I'm going to dress myself in lots of raw, bloody meat then go scuba diving as is my right. While I'm doing this I fully expect the coast guard to patrol the waters for sharks and intercept any that come near me.

  21. Re:House and States defunded transit on Is Traffic Congestion Growing Three Times As Fast As Economy? · · Score: 1

    A problem that is further compounded by an economic environment where people are compromising a short commute in order to obtain employment.

  22. Re:When cars were less sophisticated... on One In Ten Americans Thinks HTML Is a Type of Sexually Transmitted Infection · · Score: 1

    I could think of a few reasons...

  23. Re:Could it be on One In Ten Americans Thinks HTML Is a Type of Sexually Transmitted Infection · · Score: 1

    The survey was taken by a "coupons" web site. In other words, a self-selected group of gullible morons that click on those "you're our millionth visitor," "is your phone slow" banner adds. Further, in looking at the results some of the highlights found the LA Time article are well within the range of "noise" answers.

  24. Re:surprised!!!! on Bitcoin Exchange Flexcoin Wiped Out By Theft · · Score: 1

    Build two buildings with a certain concrete, one a billion dollar mega project, the other a five million retail space. The moment the building collapse of the five million dollar project is suggested to be caused by the deficiencies of the concrete the billion dollar mega project gets branded a death trap.

  25. Re:Stop putting their name on everything on RadioShack To Close 1,100 Stores · · Score: 2

    So do you take a razor to the LG and Sony labels too on your other electronic devices as well?