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  1. This +1....the late Bill Hicks had a great routine on this for illegals, make it against the law to pay them any less than an american worker, removes 99% of the incentive to hire illegals, the only thing left is work ethic, which most of us have in spades.

  2. Did he just take a page from Bill Hicks? on Congress Will Consider Proposal To Raise H-1B Minimum Wage To $100,000 (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I remember his famous routine where he wanted to make a law to make it illegal to pay illegal aliens less than what an American earns for the same job...

  3. Re:Never Buy ASUS Laptops on Unannounced ASUS C302CA-DHM4 Chromebook Hits Newegg, and It Looks Great (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    agreed, the Acer Chromebook 14 , while only having a celeron , seems a better deal, better looking too, why would i pay an extra 200 for an i3M ?

  4. It was only a matter of time on All Cyanogen Services Are Shutting Down (cyngn.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Once MS got involved, it was going to be game over, man.
    I'm hoping Sailfish continues to evolve....

  5. Re: dangerous past 40 meters? on Stanford Built a Humanoid Submarine Robot To Explore a 17th-Century Shipwreck (ieee.org) · · Score: 2

    Screw underwater salvage, this looks like a pretty good satellite repair bot, replace thrusters with gas jets, and operate from the ISS or xb37 with dedicated link.

  6. anyone know.. on Iceland Seeking 'Supercritical Steam' For Power Source (bbc.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    what kind of pipe they use for this kinda thing, im thinking some kind of ceramic metal hybrid?? Temps and sulfer corrosion must be a major PITA to deal with.

  7. Re:Collector, or simple de-orbit tool? on Japan Sends Its New Space Junk-Fighting Technology To The ISS (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    It melted the cable as there were impurities in its structure, this was also a test to see how much power was generated, which was quite a bit, it was to be used as a test bed for alternative power supply, but the variances in magnetic field made it rather unpredictable as to a stable-ish supply.

  8. Re:Here's an alternative solution on Japan Sends Its New Space Junk-Fighting Technology To The ISS (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    OMG, thank you for prompting my brain, i was just thinking about this show the other day, but couldnt remember the name. After reading the IMDB, i was chagrined to learn Tim Thomerson from Transers fame played Gene/Jean the he/she character!

  9. Re:No Symbian, please on Nokia Dials Back Time To Sell Mobile Phones Again (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    first thing i thought also, Sailfish on a new Nokia might be worth looking at!

  10. Re: So don't use apps on Android Malware Used To Hack and Steal Tesla Car (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    It will be behind the glove box, they always are to tap Into car data

  11. Been to a few schools.. on How Linux Saved A School's Failing Windows Laptop Program (opensource.com) · · Score: 2

    Using MEPIS, they were able to hold onto older hardware that was still serviceable, just needed a lightweight OS to keep things ticking along. They were happy with the results, and the kids got Linux exposure from an early age.

  12. Oops,suspected cases, first confirmed in 59...
    https://www.newscientist.com/a...

  13. Cant find the article right now, but it was reported a few years ago they had AIDS samples from the 1930's, so this had been brewing for quite awhile....

  14. Why? Predicting the winter weather in Britain is pretty simple

    Uhhmm, wrong, predicting British weather is a PITA,( some might say a ROYAL PITA), the meandering jet stream and retrograde systems that come off the continent are a bitch to figure, Its not at all like the USA where you can watch storms march across 3000 miles and rightly predict rain on Tuesday.

  15. Now that he's been identified on American 'Vigilante Hacker' Defaces Russian Ministry's Website (ksat.com) · · Score: 1

    I hope he is taking appropriate precautions, Putin has proven he's not to be trifled with, I would be worried about a Polonium Chipotle burrito in your future.......

  16. Re:I don't agree that these are "conservative" vie on Facebook Employees Tried To Remove Trump Posts As Hate Speech (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    We are not at war with Muslims,but RADICAL Muslims ARE at war with us....think about that before you start letting just anyone into the US....

  17. Re:I don't agree that these are "conservative" vie on Facebook Employees Tried To Remove Trump Posts As Hate Speech (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    +1 to this, the left will paint this as "racist", but as a nation we have instituted selective border control before, what the sense of having a border if it isnt controlled??
      If a particular nation or religious sect has a proven track record of violence towards western countries, they do NOT have a right to enter the country, same goes for ILLEGAL migrants,notice I said ILLEGAL, which also gets lumped in by leftists to be racist. I am an immigrant, it cost me thousands of dollars that I had to scrimp and save for, to go through the process of living in the country i now reside in, I respect its laws and I speak the language, I expect no special treatment and would fully expect to be deported if I committed a felony. I am not a burden to its welfare system, and hopefully never will be, I HAD to PROVE I had a job lined up before entering.
    So yes, I get royally pissed off when i hear of people jumping the border for free, going onto welfare right away, or espousing views hurtful to the nation kind enough to let me in.

  18. thats a pretty binary answer on Stephen Hawking: AI Will Be Either the Best or the Worst Thing To Humanity (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    like most new tech it will be ...Mehh...its okaaayy.. but...
    my take, it will be a smartass who knows everything, and lets you know it does, kinda rubs in your face dickhead asshole-ish in its smartness, until we are forced to unplug just because its an asshole

  19. thinking a pre-Mars shot fuel maker for the red planet, plenty of C02, just need an alcohol based rocket for return lift....

  20. +1 mod for this...globalism is the downfall of western middle class....

  21. Too bad there isn't a
    - I'm going to kick you in the face. Yes /no
    I'm going to bite you as soon as you turn around yes /no. Button

  22. been running it for weeks on Linux Mint 18 KDE Now Available (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    fast, stable, no gremlins so far... using xfce on an old L500 Tosh Satellite, my usual compliments to the mint team,great work again!!

  23. Re:Proof of China's Superiority... on China Starts Developing Hybrid Hypersonic Spaceplane (popsci.com) · · Score: -1

    China's space program would still be years behind if Clinton hadn't given the guidance technology back in the early 90's.

  24. if by "plant" on North Korea Hopes To Plant Flag On The Moon Within 10 Years (ap.org) · · Score: 1, Funny

    they mean crashing a probe with a flag on it into the moon, well then ,yes, it may be possible!
    I look forward to the flyby photos of the site later :)

  25. Nuke it from orbit, its the only way to be sure....