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  1. Re:Not surprising... on Airbus A380, Once the Future of Aviation, May Cease Production (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    A single domestic American traveler's journey may be a token ring topology, but hub-and-spoke is not.

  2. Re:Next up - Falcon Heavy!! on SpaceX Completes First Launch of 2018: Secretive 'Zuma' Spacecraft (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    How is it I see 4 fucked up curly quote posts per day, but you somehow printed a spurious accented e??

  3. Re:Bastardizing terminology on The FCC Is Preparing To Weaken the Definition of Broadband (dslreports.com) · · Score: 1

    That was the definition in the Microsoft MCSE prep books, but I never found the definition used much anywhere else. I also learned a lot of defunct stuff in those books - so I always kind of wondered if I was crazy with my "broadband" definition. And, not knowing anything about how ADSL works under the covers, it may as well be broadband. So might 3G for all I know!

  4. Re: Best Sell Now While You Still Can on Bitcoin Starts a New Year by Tumbling, First Time Since 2015 (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    There is no US presidential election in 2018.

  5. Well, there is altitude and there is height - they are different concepts and occasionally confused by qualified pilots as well. He MIGHT not be a complete idiot.

    The collision happened at 300 AMSL in any case. Following the altitude rule would not have helped him.

  6. Good. on How A Civilian Drone Crashed Into the US Army's Helicopter (arstechnica.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    This was always a huge problem waiting to happen. The barrier to entry for idiot UAV operators is WAY too small.

    In my opinion they should all have pilots' licenses to fly beyond 50 feet from the operator.

  7. Re:I work for Sinclair. on FCC Hits Sinclair With $13 Million Fine Over Ads (axios.com) · · Score: 1

    What is "Sinclair"?

  8. Well, it was done with Rey's sword which was unattended. I think attribution is tricky even though the film did suggest he was the one who did it.

  9. Re:It takes only 5 minutes to load a dishwasher on Google's Eric Schmidt Says People Want Dish-Washing Robots To Clean Up the Kitchen More Than Any Other Kind (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Recipe is pinned to my refrigerator now.

  10. Slimline is 45cm and regoolar is 60cm. Where did you got o school?

  11. I think I would draw the line somewhere around robotic glory hole..

  12. You are a fucking genius...!!

  13. Re:Wrong language on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Wrong language on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    There appear to be 160K arabic speakers in the UK. That is only 5% and there are certainly fewer in Northern Ireland and Scotland!

  15. Re:The English to watch on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    Most international and european businesses I have visited, they will default to English if there is a non native speaker present in the room; otherwise, the local language. In large enough (or German) companies, this becomes official company policy, along with official rules on greeting peers.

  16. Re:It's getting harder... on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    The GP says that "throttle" is American. (and his SID is two digits shorter). Now, which is it?

  17. Re:It's getting harder... on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    I'm an American transplant in England and your comment hits home. Thank you for teaching me "Queen cake"! I have been making cupcakes and fairy cakes for my daughter and now I have a new reference.
    I am very sorry but one word I am sure to teach to my British daughter is that "zee" terminates the alphabet and thereby makes the alphabet song rhyme in the end.
    Can you share with us, what was Hallowe'en or all hallows' eve like, before the American influence? Nobody has been able to explain it to me. I visited Ireland in 1980 during Halloween and found things quite halloweeny there - although focussing more on bonfires than costumes.

  18. Re:Perhaps more importantly on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    Congratulations, that's usually a sign of low intelligence!

  19. Diary = calendar on Huddle's 'Highly Secure' Work Tool Exposed KPMG And BBC Files (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    In British business English, a "diary" is a calendar. Just in case you were wondering why businesspeople were writing their diaries on workplace cloud services.

  20. Oh, I guess that's the problem with adblockers... I have to guess which videos have ads.

    Wait a minute, I've had shitty videos up there for like ten years. Is there an ad before this video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  21. Just in case you are serious... I actually prefer to see the videos uploaded by people who are not trying to make a profit. They generally don't make an irritating intro sequence to announce their stupid video. Let's see an example:

    I just searched for barbecue, we know there are barbecue aficionados out there.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    What is the difference between these two videos? Well, one of them is insulting, irritating and I wouldn't mind if the entire production crew lost their jobs and turned to petty crime to get by. The other: interesting to see how people do their barbecues!

  22. Were you trying to unionize? That was the claim made the other day.

  23. This sounds wrong on Arkansas Will Pay Up To $1,000 Cash To Kids Who Pass AP Computer Science A Exam · · Score: 1

    It sounds to me like kids who were already interested in computing are going to pocket the cash, but additional kids who would have been on the fence are unlikely to just show up and pass the exam. Instead, I think research has shown you have to incentivise the work. Like pay kids to turn in their programming homework. Then you will find them all passing the exams with ease.

    The plan as stated in TFS would only work on students who knew exactly how to plan for their education and work appropriately toward a goal. They are not ready for that level of management. Most people never are.

  24. Re:Said it before and I'll say it again on Arkansas Will Pay Up To $1,000 Cash To Kids Who Pass AP Computer Science A Exam · · Score: 1

    I cannot understand anything you wrote. You are from Alabama? You take your children to the doctor? You don't like people from India?