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  1. Re:"Sex crimes" on Interpol Issues Wanted Notice For Julian Assange · · Score: 1

    Dude..... he allegedly BROKE a condom midsex? Do the women realize that you could easily put a bowling ball or three in a condom without breaking it?

  2. Re:These works were written between 40 - 60 years on Greg Bear, Others Cry Foul on Project Gutenberg Copyright Call · · Score: 1

    I believe he was expanding on the term 'dark fibre' which refers to fibre optic cabling that exists but is not in use.

  3. Re:That long ago? on Greg Bear, Others Cry Foul on Project Gutenberg Copyright Call · · Score: 5, Insightful

    1) The works aren't exactly making a ton of money or circulation.

    2) They got paid when they sold the books for quite some time, why not give that money to their kids?

    3) How many jobs keep paying you money after you've died? Why do authors deserve this special privilege?

  4. Re:It's an API! on Windows 7 Phone Gets Jailbreak Tool · · Score: 1

    I think Apple does it because they are malicious and evil. MS is doing it because they are stupid and copying.

    I'm not sure which is worse.

  5. Re:Penny mining on AT&T Goes After Copper Wire Thieves · · Score: 1

    Pennies are 2.5% copper in the US (Since 1982). I don't think it is very profitable anymore. They haven't been pure copper since 1857, and they have been brass more recently until 1982.

  6. Funny and Sad on US Army Unveils 'Revolutionary' $35,000 Rifle · · Score: 0, Troll

    What percentage of US casualties are friendly fire incidents?

    How much higher will that figure go when these are deployed everywhere?

    Eventually the US will get so good at war they'll be the only ones getting kills! Unfortunately the death toll will be in the millions but that's besides the point. U S A U S A U S A!!!!!!!!! Greatest country in the world!!!!

  7. Re:*sigh* on US Army Unveils 'Revolutionary' $35,000 Rifle · · Score: 1

    Sometimes I think that the US is midway through an attempt to shoot the moon in the category of international hatred.

  8. Re:just found a way to balance the US budget on US Army Unveils 'Revolutionary' $35,000 Rifle · · Score: 1

    Since when do you need to cut the budget in half to accomplish anything?

  9. Re:Hope It Helps End the Fighting on US Army Unveils 'Revolutionary' $35,000 Rifle · · Score: 1

    You'd rather spend more money on weapons of death than cause more deaths....................... I see.

  10. Re:RT on WikiLeaks Under Denial of Service Attack · · Score: 1

    I imagine that was meant to be ironic.

  11. Re:Publicity stunt? on WikiLeaks Under Denial of Service Attack · · Score: 1

    I don't think that anyone questions that is option number 1. A DDoS is an annoyance, not a halt. No rational person would believe that the government is behind it which ruins the goal of your second option.

  12. Re:Worried? on First Electric Cars Have Power Industry Worried · · Score: 1

    NUCLEAR. Seriously it is the only real fucking solution for this. Solar and wind are stupid wastes of money (solar may become worth it soon). And coal is horrible for the environment.

  13. Re:One of Our Cancers on DHS Seizes 75+ Domain Names · · Score: 1

    And the constitution was written by people who thought that they were right. But if it hadn't been amended many times it would be a piece of shit. The constitution has to change with the times.

    As we improve and learn more, expand as a society it should be reflected in our rules and regulations. I'm not picking on any particular law. I'm simply saying that the constitution is not infallible and it should not be treated as such.

  14. Re:One of Our Cancers on DHS Seizes 75+ Domain Names · · Score: 0, Troll

    Fuck off with the constitution. Can't something be right or wrong based on its own merits. You'd think you were talking about the bible half the time.

    tl;dr: Constitutionalists are as crazy as the religious.

  15. Re:Suddenly govt cares about privacy? Ha ha! on UK Asks News Outlets Not To Publish WikiLeaks Bombshell, US Prepares For Fallout · · Score: 1

    Eric Schmidt told the public not to publicly post information about their criminal actions online because police could find it. It was NOT a mark zuckerberg style 'i hate privacy' statement. More along the lines of 'don't be stupid'.

  16. Re:What's the incentive? on Google's New Meta-Tags For News Story Authors · · Score: 1

    Google could lower ranks of pages that do not conform to their standards. And they could penalize people that get the citations wrong.

  17. Re:Worked great for Alta Vista on Google's New Meta-Tags For News Story Authors · · Score: 1

    The original source will get more hits, the syndicates less.

    It will totally fail.

  18. Re:Shouldn't they be happy? on RIAA Now Blames Journalists For Its Piracy Trouble · · Score: 1

    Of course they shall be sold off... like office furniture and company vehicles. What makes you think otherwise?

  19. Re:First "Book" and now "Face"? on Facebook To Own the Word "Face" · · Score: 2, Funny

    I heard Zuckerfuck before.

  20. Re:Yeah, right. on Pirate Party's North American Debut · · Score: 1

    Canada isn't decided really. If anything even our conservative gov isn't anti-piracy. The libs would probably put something more concrete in place that was pro-piracy even.

  21. Re:I'm confused on Utah vs. NASA On Heavy-Lift Rocket Design · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that! Yeah, I'm Canadian so I guess I got the terms confused, speak with regards to an American motion.

  22. Re:Like riding a firecracker on Utah vs. NASA On Heavy-Lift Rocket Design · · Score: 1

    Too many plastic water bottles?

  23. Re:Read this as.... on Utah vs. NASA On Heavy-Lift Rocket Design · · Score: 1

    No legislation passed gave ATK this. The 4 in the summary are pretending it exists. It seems to have worked on you; since you bought it.

    It won't matter though, they could likely convince the republicans to go along with their imaginative interpretation. But a few tea party people somewhat annoyed at pork spending won't go along with it and dems won't. So it probably won't go anywhere. Even if something gets pushed through house this isn't a bribe worthy enough national issue to get through senate.

    If they got Gary Herbert on board (the governor) then they could make a lot of state level trouble for NASA. But I think they are at more risk than they realize. NASA would just need to issue a statement saying that "in order to be more flexible and competitive in this increasingly privatized market we are looking to spread our organization more nationally". Utah will shit its pants and back down.

  24. Re:I'm confused on Utah vs. NASA On Heavy-Lift Rocket Design · · Score: 2, Informative

    It is being enforced or pushed by the names above in a way not likely originally intended. The four above are definitely the ones to have the idea to try and misinterpret the law in a way to fuck over NASA to bring their district more money. (Three Republicans and a Democrat). But they didn't table the bill.

    The actual bill (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010) however can be found here:
    http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:s.03729:

    Sponsored by Jay Rockefeller (D)
    Unanimous pass in the senate
    74% of dems and 69% of republicans.
    A rather bi-partisan effort given the political climate shortly before midterms. Which I think highlights that dems and republicans can actually work together to get things done. Not probably the most popular sentiment but I find it comforting that things are as divided as the media would have us believe.

  25. Re:Like riding a firecracker on Utah vs. NASA On Heavy-Lift Rocket Design · · Score: 1

    Loss of astronauts is a very low cost. As it is there are many trained astronauts ready to go who have never been in space. Depending on the craft and mission and stage, many of the parts could have been disposable anyways so little loss there as well.

    The main costs from death come in the form of bad PR. And since NASA is funded based purely on whether or not it makes good PR for the government... The costs can be very high.

    That said, there may be a way to spin the deaths for something supporting solidarity. Rather than having the press push a story of regret and we'll do it better in the future. Simply honour the men that died and thank them for their patriotism. America is a lot more comfortable with death if it is done for a noble cause. But MUCH more important than noble, it should be badass and manly. Going for really ballsy missions, like ones to mars could be best. If people think holy shit that is manly then any loss of life with a good spin by the press would be a boon to NASA's budget.