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  1. Re:2017 on Harrison Ford To Return In Blade Runner Sequel · · Score: 1

    Robocop was worse.

    Manchurian Candidate was worse.

    Total Recall was hideously worse.

    Everyone hated the Star Wars prequels, but as these things go (and as beloved as Star Wars was), they really weren't THAT bad.

    Not holding out much hope for this.

  2. Re:Oh God No... on Harrison Ford To Return In Blade Runner Sequel · · Score: 1

    Ha ha that's hilarious. Like somebody in Hollywood could use a command-line interface... Good one!

  3. Re:Oh God No... on Harrison Ford To Return In Blade Runner Sequel · · Score: 1

    This is actually the most successful formula for a sequel. Exactly the same, but slightly different.

  4. Re:About time... on Invented-Here Syndrome · · Score: 1

    JavaScript is definitely the worst. AngularJS usually takes more lines of code to integrate than if you had just written it yourself in JQuery. And it doesn't scale worth a crap where the JQuery scales great.

  5. Re:Flat Look may be ugly, but it is useful on Users Decry New Icon Look In Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    Exactly. And when it comes to battery life, running the GPU for no reason matters.

  6. Re:Let it try at 80s/90s games on Artificial Intelligence Bests Humans At Classic Arcade Games · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I've solved the first 3 of those. Have at it AI!

  7. Re:Breaking news! on Artificial Intelligence Bests Humans At Classic Arcade Games · · Score: 1

    Pfft. It didn't take me 600 games of Breakout to learn to put the ball above the bricks...

  8. Re:Breaking news! on Artificial Intelligence Bests Humans At Classic Arcade Games · · Score: 1

    It cheated. It was fed text instead of having to take the time (like the people did) to determine the meaning from the audible clue given.

  9. Re:It's all about short term, narrow minded thinki on It's Official: NSA Spying Is Hurting the US Tech Economy · · Score: 2

    Anyone that WOULD stand up to this must have a strong core belief system that won't be swayed by earthly gains (a fundamentalist Christian, for example, or a strong environmentalist/humanitarian). But such a person would never be voted for by the public, because their strong beilefs would instantly disqualify them to voters of the other party. People with strong convictions will absolutely lose a presidential election.

  10. Re:Companies ask for it on Jury Tells Apple To Pay $532.9 Million In Patent Suit · · Score: 1

    I don't know a single developer personally who is in favor of software patents. Copyright, yes, but patents, no. In fact, at a previous company the lawyers came to us and offered us $2500 bonuses for any software we submitted which ended up with a patent. Not a single developer submitted one, because they go against our core beliefs so strongly.

  11. Re:The day the internet died on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    I think the FCCs line here is: "All packets are equal" == Net Neutrality

  12. Re:How can you be in favor of the unknown? on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    Wrong. There is an 8-page document. The other 292 pages are responses to public comments.

  13. Re:Take your losses on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    The 4 million American notes most likely went into the FCC spam folder and had no impact on how they are handling this particular issue.

    Nope. They are going into the other 292 pages of the regulations (only 8 pages are new regulations, 292 pages respond to the 4 million comments).

  14. Re:Unintended consequences on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    There are only 8 pages of regulations.

  15. Re:Sounds good on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    I grew up as a Republican, but lately I just can't get behind any of their positions (besides the moral ones).

    Yes, society would be way better with universal healthcare (and as a Christian, I really don't see how any Christian could see it otherwise...do you WANT people to suffer and die because they can't afford otherwise?).

    And of course the internet should just be a dumb pipe. How anyone could think they want otherwise is just brainwashing by the horrible greedy people that own the large telecoms.

  16. Re:Sounds good on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    "Really? Can you give actual examples of how "players cheat" in the absence of government regulation?"

    Hey Netflix... It would be a shame if something happened to that nice shiny pipe that your using... No, we don't want your FREE CDN to improve service to our customers but it's too bad that pipe is getting so clogged... No we won't allow you to pay $10,000 for a router to fix the problem permanently. Oh look, the pipe is getting really clogged now... Yeah, we can get a plumber, but it's gonna cost you...

  17. Re:Sounds good on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    Do you know anyone personally who LOST insurance? I know many people who gained through Covered California, but I don't know anyone who lost. I paid more for less the first renewal after it passed, but this year I am paying WAY less for way more.

    Who is this person that thinks they have insurance but don't? Do you know anyone like that personally? Do you have a link?

    Who is seeing their rate explode? Mine went up about 25% the first year after it passed, but now my rate is lower than before it passed and I have better coverage.

    I was skeptical at first, but after the first 12 months I am seeing a vast improvement over what we had.

  18. Re:Sounds good on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    In his defense, I think Huckabee's show is probably the least "Fox News-y" of all the Fox News shows.

  19. Re:Sounds good on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    Actually, on that list I really like Rick Perry and Mike Huckabee (who has the best bipartisan get-things-done record of anyone). But yeah, I would never vote for the rest.

  20. Re:Bring on the lausuits on Republicans Back Down, FCC To Enforce Net Neutrality Rules · · Score: 1

    While I agree with you in general principles about human nature, in this case, we have:

    1. Those trying to make the internet a better place by giving everyone the equivalent of the American Dream on the internet (everyone competes fairly)
    2. Those trying to make the internet a worse place for everyone but themselves for their own greedy benefit.

    It's not really hard to see who is good (others-centered) and who is evil (self-centered).

  21. Re:The allergy may not be to the peanuts themselve on Study: Peanut Consumption In Infancy Helps Prevent Peanut Allergy · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I really wonder about the GMO issues that may be causing a lot of these allergies and are being covered up in the name of money. Monsanto already did it with NutraSweet, what's to stop them anywhere else?

  22. Re:PlumpyNut on Study: Peanut Consumption In Infancy Helps Prevent Peanut Allergy · · Score: 2

    And the breastfeeding hypothesis, since they are (and always have been) nearly 100% and we have recently rebounded from 30% to 77%.

  23. Re:I refute on Study: Peanut Consumption In Infancy Helps Prevent Peanut Allergy · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Let me explain how your uncontrolled science is flawed:

    One that is exposed to peanuts as infants and where the breastfeeding percentage is nearly 100% (I assume you are talking about Africa or somewhere here)

    One that is not and where the breastfeeding percentage is only 77% (the USA for example)

  24. Re:Dumb question on Study: Peanut Consumption In Infancy Helps Prevent Peanut Allergy · · Score: 2

    In my research, allergies are compounded by the trend in the late 70s and 80s to prefer formula to breast milk. All allergy studies need to take this into account, since it has been shown that breast milk (especially colostrum) is instrumental in fighting allergies. Why do so many people have allergies today compared to 20-30 years ago?

    1. They weren't breast fed.

    2. We now have GMO products that may not be the same as non-GMO but since there is no labeling, it's difficult to study this.

  25. Re:yes. on Study: Peanut Consumption In Infancy Helps Prevent Peanut Allergy · · Score: 1

    Food allergies are completely different to animal bite allergies. There is virtually no comparison.