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  1. Re:Of course. on TSA Defends Pat Down of 4-Year-Old Girl · · Score: 0

    You don't know what short term memory is, do you?

  2. Re:Mad cows come from California on Mad Cow Disease Confirmed In California · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Your beer is shit (Milwaukee's Best tastes like Mike Rowe's piss), the Packers suck, and you wouldn't know gouda cheese if a Frenchmen slapped you with a roll of brie.

  3. Re:Cods Whallap! on Mad Cow Disease Confirmed In California · · Score: 1

    With a name like yours you'd think you would have figured out such an obvious answer. The CDCs number was one in ten billion per consumption of contaminated meat. Of course, the number is still horseshit, but your analysis is obviously wrong Mr. Obvious.

  4. Re:minivan on Asteroid the 'Size of a Minivan' Exploded Over California · · Score: 2

    Extreme HotPocket PizzaHut Lard Thins

    I just threw up in my mouth a little.

  5. Re:Had to read the article... on US Charges English Twins Over $1.2m 'Stock Robot' Fraud · · Score: 2

    I think his "Nope" was in answer to the question of them being charged with fraud (as they should be) which will never happen, not the question of whether or not they'd committed said fraud.

  6. Re:Vegan mums today. on Eating Meat Helped Early Humans Reproduce · · Score: 1

    And before someone suggests that the American Dietetic Association is not qualified to make that determination.
    The association has 72,000 members and ~72% are registered dietitians and ~50% of those hold advanced degrees.

    Was that supposed to be sarcasm? Or did you really think that second sentence supported your point?

  7. Re:Gasoline-like energy density on IBM Creates 'Breathing' High-Density Lithium-Air Battery · · Score: 1

    Fuck you. No, really, I mean it, go fuck yourself. You have no idea at all to what extent my lifestyle is sustainable or not, what effects positive or negative it has on the environment.

    I'm sure the Bourbons had a similar attitude right before they got hauled out to the guillotine.

  8. Re:Gasoline-like energy density on IBM Creates 'Breathing' High-Density Lithium-Air Battery · · Score: 2

    I see a lot of EV proponents discounting the drawbacks, and arguing every which way that EVs with just a little bit of improvement will be good enough for nearly everybody. Let's face it, hipsters congregate in dense urban areas where any car is a luxury, and many just can't imagine that some of us actually live a long way away from anything ;-)

    Except that statistically that argument is true. MOST people in the US don't drive that much further than 40 miles per day. Some people do live a long way from everything (I used to drive 100+ miles per day, every day, for five years). Most do not. Most people's daily commutes would be served by EVs. The TCO issues and the long tail use cases are the issue, not the daily use scenario.

  9. Re:They'll take a copy on Europe Agrees To Send Airline Passenger Data To US · · Score: 1

    Treaties are not laws, there is no penalty to them for copying that data and putting it into the big database they've built.

    In the US Treaties ARE Laws. Of course, this treaty has no penalty mentioned for miscompliance, but IF it did that penalty would have the force of law in the US (for as little as that's worth).

  10. Re:As a European, I for one welcome.. on Europe Agrees To Send Airline Passenger Data To US · · Score: 2

    Except their memory is that of a kidnap victim with Stockholm's Syndrome--they pine for tyranny.

  11. Re:Fairly stupid response on Was Earth a Migratory Planet? · · Score: 1

    Even your argument that "everything is a poison in large quantities" is stupid, because it's not the CO2 harming you if you go in the garage and turn on the car - it's the fact you are not getting oxygen. The CO2 itself did not hurt you.

    So cyanide is not a poison?

  12. Re:Waste of money on Engineered Stem Cells Seek Out and Kill HIV In Mice · · Score: -1, Troll

    Even money GP is a gaybashing homophobe and supporter of Rick Santorum.

  13. Re:50% of people... on The Digital Differences In Americans · · Score: 2

    The distribution of IQ is defined (in modern tests anyway) as a normal distribution--the median is 100 w/ a sd of 15, and the median is equal to the mean. It is not even slightly possible to have over 50% on either side of the mean.

  14. Re:Obligatory... on Japanese Researchers Create A Crab-Based Computer · · Score: 1

    No, but Farcry might be in the cards.

  15. Re:What a surprise! on The Digital Differences In Americans · · Score: 1

    After heat, internet is #1 need in the modern age

    No one within a thousand miles of me needs a heater.

  16. Re:Where? on The Ugly Underbelly of Coder Culture · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you're kinda weak in the brains department. I don't look at race, gender, accents, height, or makeup (other than tattoos and men wearing makeup) when making a hiring decision. I really think you need some help.

    Let's see: You start off as an arrogant ass, and then sexist comment #1

    some/most women find more suitable careers than coding

    implying that coding is not suitable for women, and sexist comment #2

    ...all seem more appealing to my better half (accountant) than bug-fixes ("That just sounds...gross!")

    implying that your girlfriend/wife/whatever is too stupid to understand the idea that the word 'bug' here doesn't refer to a literal bug...

    Get your head out of your ass.

    Yeah, there's no bias in you at all.

  17. Re:insert picture of exasperated 50's guy on The Ugly Underbelly of Coder Culture · · Score: 1

    That wasn't a plane going over your head.

  18. Re:Good luck with that fair trial thing on Zimmerman Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder · · Score: 4, Informative

    And this is relevant how? Zimmerman was on the phone with 911 well BEFORE the confrontation. He was told to stop stalking Martin. He continued to do so anyway.

  19. Re:Good luck with that fair trial thing on Zimmerman Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" sort of thinking?

  20. Re:Seattle as well. on Maryland Bans Employers From Asking For Facebook Passwords · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They can't look through your mail or search your photos in your house as part of a background check--so why should they be able to do the exact same thing online?

  21. Re:Gotta love this gem from the law as written on Maryland Bans Employers From Asking For Facebook Passwords · · Score: 1

    Keyword was NONPERSONAL ACCOUNTS. So not unless your facebook account is a work account owned by the company (e.x. if you have the account which controls the company's facebook page). Your personal account is safe.

  22. Re:Do employers really ask for your fb password? on Maryland Bans Employers From Asking For Facebook Passwords · · Score: 5, Informative

    Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department requires it for one that I know of personally.

  23. Re:Few to admit it, but a lot of parents teach thi on Internet Responds To Racist Article, Gets Author Fired · · Score: 4, Insightful

    how many here think that the average white person, just minding their own business, would walk through say Harlem or Watts or any other major big city all black neighborhood unscathed?

    When I worked for political campaigns in LA I did this all the time. I was never harassed (except by the occassional guard dog behind a fence). There were a few skeevy looking guys that made me nervous (net tattoos and obvious drugs/money exchange), but they never actually bothered or threatened me.

    In Beverly Hills on the other hand? I had people track my plates and leave harrassing messages on my home phone number (a number they could only have gotten by looking up the car's registration). I was chased down the street by one crazy asshole with a broom. I had things thrown at me. Lost track of the number of times I talked to the cops.

    I'll let you figure out where I felt more safe. (Just to clarify, I'm as white as the driven snow). Maybe you just face up to the fact that you're a raving racist if you really think a white person can't walk safely through the neighborhoods south of the 10.

  24. Re:Good Timing! on MIT Institute's Gloomy Prediction: 'Global Economic Collapse' By 2030 · · Score: 1

    The bible clearly shows that the christian god is an evil god if you bother to read the whole bible without the prejudice that god is good

    Is more or less the central concept of Gnosticism (in reality the interplay between the various gnostic religions and christianity is more complex than this, but that's the basic gist--YAHWEH is an evil SOB, so fuck him).

  25. Re:Explained in Article! on Colony Collapse Disorder Linked To Pesticide, High-Fructose Corn Syrup · · Score: 1

    Awfully spry for someone who died in 1958.