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  1. Re: Libertarian here on Are Silicon Valley Workers Abandoning Libertarianism For Socialism? (salon.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's insane that you believe the right to self defense is dystopian.

  2. Re: Already happened... on New York City Orders Mandatory Measles Vaccinations in Brooklyn (providencejournal.com) · · Score: 1

    lol @ mercola link

  3. Re: end the nonsense on New York City Orders Mandatory Measles Vaccinations in Brooklyn (providencejournal.com) · · Score: 1

    That rather underscores the point. Costa Rica was measles free for a long time until they let in a few dirty Frenchmen. Countries with good vaccination rates need to be careful who they let in if they wish to remain desease free. Only in your twisted mind does that somehow equate to racism.

  4. Re: end the nonsense on New York City Orders Mandatory Measles Vaccinations in Brooklyn (providencejournal.com) · · Score: 2

    The difference, of course, is that one can drink responsibility, and be a responsible gun owner. Whereas there is no practical way to be a responsible unvaccinated person.

    The only exception would be for you to isolate yourself completely from other human beings ... but if you do that, you won't be subject to our laws anyway. So go right ahead.

  5. Well, have a look at Venezuela. Then find me a comparable case of Nazis taking over a country.

    And no, dumb cunts like Ami banging on about Trump doesn't count, for reasons which should be obvious to anyone who isn't a retard.

  6. Does someone's gender identity or sexual preference actually affect you? The answer is: it doesn't.

    It doesn't until it does. I don't give a damn how you dress or who you sleep with. I care a lot when you start passing laws saying that I have to let you into whatever washroom you decide you want to use, or forcing me to call you something which you clearly are not. Don't be a totalitarian cunt and I'm quite happy to ignore you.

  7. You're probably the most ridiculous person on Slashdot, and we currently have far more of a problem with communism than with Nazism.

  8. Another might take those distinctions as splitting hairs

    Well, yes, the aforementioned biased dipshit certainly would. Whereas reasonable people understand that there is a massive difference. That's why within every single judicial system on the planet you will find distinctions between justified and unjustified homicide, as well as differences (ie. "degrees") between different types of homicide. Only a nitwit would see that as "splitting hairs".

  9. Do you know the difference between a soldier, an executioner, and a killer? Mostly the bias of the speaker.

    No, that's just blatant nonsense. For one thing, the vast majority of soldiers have never killed anyone, so it's absolutely idiotic to suggest that they could be considered killers, let alone executioners.

    For another thing, killing in self defense or killing in defense of others is massively different than executing a helpless person, so even for those soldiers who are in fact killers the vast majority would not qualify as executioners.

    If you pick out a teeny tiny fraction of soldiers, then yes, they could be considered both killers and executioners ... but that's got nothing to do with bias.

    On the other hand, if you're a biased dipshit determined to hate on soldiers, you will likely ignore reality and wantonly misuse words like "killer", "murderer", " war criminal", and "executioner". In that sense it's true that bias matters ... but that doesn't mean that significant differences do not exist. It just means that you're happy to ignore them.

  10. It's hilarious that you had to go back to the 1800s for your example but, with the recent ruling from the Canadian Human Rights Commissions that - for people accused of unpopular speech - truth is no defense, it seems likely that future political refugees will be crossing the border in the opposite direction.

  11. Re: questionable logic on Why Airlines Make Flights Longer On Purpose (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    I should qualify that by adding some more complexity; altitude plays a significant factor in efficiency as well. Lower air density at higher altitudes reduces drag, but it also raises the minimum airspeed required to maintain lift. So, depending on the aircraft, you may not be able to reduce speed all that much while still maintaining the optimum altitude.

    Yeah, it's complicated.

  12. Re: questionable logic on Why Airlines Make Flights Longer On Purpose (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    You are correct, it is more complicated. Turbofan engines lose a lot of efficiency at lower speeds. However nobody is talking about flying half as fast or less; if the aircraft is flying 10% slower than its typical cruise speed, it will be slightly more efficient.

  13. Bandwidth != speed

    What you're really trying to say is that they own a teeny tiny fraction of total undersea data transmission capacity.

  14. Re: In the United States it is on Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Amazon Are Quietly Buying Undersea Cables (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    That's some hilarious propaganda right there. Right-wing extremists printing our textbooks! The horror!

    Meanwhile, over in the real world, teachers are about twice as likely to be democrats as they are republicans, and over 70% describe themselves as either moderate, left, or far-left.

    http://www.edweek.org/ew/artic...

  15. A stall is evenore dangerous of you don't have altitude to play with.

  16. That section of the manual does mention reducing speed and extending flaps though. Either they weren't familar with it, or they weren't able to reduce speed for whatever reason. There still isn't enough data to draw a solid conclusion, but things are definitely looking worse for Boeing.

  17. Re: Boeing Deserves to Pay for This on Ethiopian Airlines Crew Followed Procedures Before Boeing Max Crash, Early Report Says (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks, this is the only truly insightful comment here. If aerodynamic loading really is that much of an issue for the 737 trim wheel, then that calls into question previous models of the aircraft also - not just the MAX. It may just be that Boeing has gotten lucky in the past due to runaway trim being a pretty uncommon occurrence.

  18. Boieng is hardly unique there. I've worked on fleets from two other manufacturers on which we found tools and rags in places they weren't supposed to be.

  19. That's great; you just modded up a bunch of bullshit because you thought I sounded interesting. Congrats.

  20. Re: I'm sure this will have no unintended conseque on Australia Passes Law To Punish Social Media Companies For Violent Posts (theguardian.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    There is but it doesn't matter; the act has to be a crime in both nations for it to qualify for extradition.

  21. Re: Prove that youtube videos cause violence? on Australia Passes Law To Punish Social Media Companies For Violent Posts (theguardian.com) · · Score: 0

    although it wasn't a methodologically sound study, the Stanford prison experiment suggests that people might be willing to assume that mantel of authority all by themselves and act out the evil they believe is expected of them.

    Just like the Iron Man movie proves that billionaires will put on a metal suit and fight evil.

  22. No. The combined Starship/Super Heavy combo will be, but the hooper is relatively tiny.

  23. Re: User have been the problem forever on IT and Security Professionals Think Normal People Are Just the Worst (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    That would be my point. A 33 character password that's only as strong as a 10 character random password. And that's assuming they bother with a 2,000 character dictionary.

    Your point would be that a 33 character password which is super easy to memorize is way better than a 10 character password which 90% of users will just tape to their monitor? Cool! Glad we agree.

    Since dictionaries are only practical in an offline attack, and they're presumably only needing to crack one to gain access, they don't need 2,000 words.

    .... wut?

  24. Re: Something missing in the head on Measles Cases Top Last Year's Total · · Score: 1

    Ah, suddenly "even a little" isn't enough. Funny how that works.

    You are far too disingenuous for me to take this conversation seriously any longer.

  25. Re: Something missing in the head on Measles Cases Top Last Year's Total · · Score: 1

    You never claimed much of anything; you just like making insinuations which you can then back away from by saying you never actually said it.

    I'm not sure why you seem to think that "I see no reason" is an argument for anything.