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  1. Re:Why is it broken out of the box? on PlayStation 4 Released · · Score: 1

    Cell phone? Satellite? Both of those work.

    If I had to work on a farm, I'd drop the $20-$40k and run fiber to my house, but that's me.

  2. Re:Magic rock. on TSA Screening Barely Working Better Than Chance · · Score: 1

    They revised the inscription on the Statue of Liberty last year:
    Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to touch little girls.

  3. Re:Fuck the TSA on TSA Screening Barely Working Better Than Chance · · Score: 1

    I heard they originally trained computerized robots to try and detect threats to the United States. After 10 years, and millions of man hours using the latest AI techniques that made IBM's watson look like a pocket calculator they had to scrap it because it kept alerting to TSA agents.

  4. Re:Fuck the TSA on TSA Screening Barely Working Better Than Chance · · Score: 1

    Citizen, it appears that you haven't been subverted enough. Please report to your local TSA agency for a random colonoscopy that you can review on the big monitors throughout the airport.

  5. Re:I doubt it on Court: Homeland Security Must Disclose 'Internet Kill Switch' · · Score: 1

    That's no moon!

  6. Re: Wonder about the mileage on First Arab Supercar Costs $3.4 Million, Has Diamond-Encrusted Headlights · · Score: 1

    That is nice, but that doesn't change what I said. It fills in some of the how we got here, but it still stands that they can't currently do over 200 with today's tech on any course today.

    The fastest any F1 car hit during a race last year was 186.

  7. Re:Wonder about the mileage on First Arab Supercar Costs $3.4 Million, Has Diamond-Encrusted Headlights · · Score: 1

    The reason modern F1 cars actually top out at around 200 MPH is because anything above that is basically useless on a F1 course. There is no where and at no time can you exceed that. Shedding something that is basically useless to get you something non-useless is why it is done, and has nothing to do with anything outside of F1 racing. 750 HP is way more than you need to go 248 MPH. My 460 HP car can go 212 MPH, and I'm planning on upgrading it to 700HP this spring.

  8. Re:Which company bought this 'new' rule? on EPA Makes Most Wood Stoves Illegal · · Score: 1

    I can honestly say i breath more fine particulate matter on my commute to and from work.

    Is that from all your neighbors also using poor wood burning furnaces?

  9. Re:Which company bought this 'new' rule? on EPA Makes Most Wood Stoves Illegal · · Score: 1, Insightful

    That's fine. At least you aren't taking 10 years off your neighbor's life as well.

  10. Re:Which company bought this 'new' rule? on EPA Makes Most Wood Stoves Illegal · · Score: 1

    Well except for when they can't afford it, and declare bankruptcy. Then who pays for it?

  11. Re:Good on EPA Makes Most Wood Stoves Illegal · · Score: 1

    $4k is more than I pay for my entire electric bill for 4 years, and my AC is 12 seer.

  12. Re: Good on EPA Makes Most Wood Stoves Illegal · · Score: 4, Funny

    Did you know that in some areas, wood even grows on trees, so its free.

    Did you know that in some areas, oil just gushes up from the ground, so it's free.
    (well you have to refine it...)

  13. Re: Flagrant Flatulism Posing as Reporting on Most Drivers Would Hand Keys Over To Computer If It Meant Lower Insurance Rates · · Score: 1

    I think that article says what I did. The autonomous cars can't even beat a half decent race car driver. Which is a far cry from the AC post which stated they could drive faster than even the best race car drivers in the world.

  14. Re: Flagrant Flatulism Posing as Reporting on Most Drivers Would Hand Keys Over To Computer If It Meant Lower Insurance Rates · · Score: 1

    Yes, are you?

    From your link: Update Apr 1, 10:05 a.m.: As you probably guessedâ"no, Google Racing isnâ(TM)t real.

  15. Re: Flagrant Flatulism Posing as Reporting on Most Drivers Would Hand Keys Over To Computer If It Meant Lower Insurance Rates · · Score: 2

    Well, while I might agree with your general sentiment, your examples are poor. No autonomous car has even come close to driving around in a race track as fast as a half decent race car driver, so your example is completely false.

  16. Re:Already there on Microsoft Warns of Zero-Day Attacks · · Score: 1

    Anti-virus is mostly just for fixing "stupid".

    People demand that they have full control of their machines, Microsoft be damned.
    The same people click "OK" no matter what pops up, even if it says "Clicking OK will destroy your computer".
    Hence, anti-virus has become the politically correct way of saying anti-stupid program.

  17. Re:Already there on Microsoft Warns of Zero-Day Attacks · · Score: 1

    Lots of applications require to run as administrator? Really? Name "lots", please.

  18. Re:How about Yahoo "bots", Bing "bots" ? on Google Bots Doing SQL Injection Attacks · · Score: 1

    No, a DoS is a Denial Of Service. DDoS is a Distributed Denial of Service.

  19. Re:Speed is good, but what about range? on Tesla Model S Can Hit (At Least) 132 MPH On the Autobahn · · Score: 1

    About 504 miles in my 2014 stingray (18.4 gallons @28mpg).

  20. Re:Allow me to be the first to say ... on After Successful Launch, India's Mars Orbiter Is On Its Way · · Score: 2

    And I would like to know why the US does anything it does when I have a road not a mile from my house that has a pot hole in it. OMG, we should stop funding everything until that is fixed!

  21. Re:0.37% of India's total budget on After Successful Launch, India's Mars Orbiter Is On Its Way · · Score: 1

    Is it an apple?

  22. Re:Mod racist parent down on After Successful Launch, India's Mars Orbiter Is On Its Way · · Score: 0

    First of all fianna, Indian isn't a race, so it isn't a racist comment by definition.

    Secondly, it isn't racist when you turn a true unbiased fact (a larger than natural distribution of convenient stores are owned/run by those of Indian ancestry).

    Now go away.

  23. Re:0.37% of India's total budget on After Successful Launch, India's Mars Orbiter Is On Its Way · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you need to actually look before opening your mouth. Just a thought.

  24. Re:0.37% of India's total budget on After Successful Launch, India's Mars Orbiter Is On Its Way · · Score: 1

    Yes because no one but a very select few are affected by communications costs like the telephone, tv, and internet. I don't have the numbers, but I'm pretty sure that you are right that it only "benefits the tiny amount of people".

  25. Re: ..and mouse scroll. on Microsoft Admits Windows 8.1 Update May Bork Your Mouse, Promises a Fix · · Score: 2

    You provided citations that don't prove what you said you retard. Go google the citations yourself. I got better thing to do.