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[00:37:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03K_benzoate [5036] (Score:2) 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:37:30] <exec> 08└─Are you sure you are? Christina H. Sommers (a panelist at SPJ Airplay) considers herself a feminist but the sort of people who pull fire alarms and make bomb threats would vehemently disagree. So who's to say? I can't adjudicate this.
[00:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:37:31] <exec> 08└─So who's to say? I can't adjudicate this.
[00:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tangaroa [682] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 637 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:37:32] <exec> 08└─It looks like /baphomet/ and friends did it to false-flag anti-gg, so call it pro-lulz. A Spanish speaker cracked an abandoned twitter account, made one #StopGamerGate tweet, followed raidtalk.io people who follow /baphomet/ people, and started dropping dox on participants. [archive.is] /baphomet/...
[00:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tangaroa [682] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Melodrama - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:37:35] <exec> 08└─The attendees, from Forbes [forbes.com] Here’s the afternoon panel, which featured Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos, AEI’s Christina Hoff Sommers, and Reason’s Cathy Young on the #GamerGate side, and journalism ethics expert Lynn Walsh, journalism trainer Ren LaForme, and game developer Derek...
[00:37:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:More to the point... - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:37:38] <exec> 08└─They left, they held the remainder of the event outside.
[00:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Obsessed much? - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:37:40] <exec> 08└─@buzzard, nobody cares about #GamerGate anymore. That happened long ago in Internet time.
[00:37:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why news? - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 457 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:37:52] <exec> 08└─Yes, I've known of this for many years, too. About 7 years ago, I had yet another little old lady come in to the shop telling me she'd been giving a laptop and didn't know how to use it. Plug in the mouse, show her how to use it, click, drag. Open solitaire, let her play a few games, and tell her th...
[00:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Heard this story before - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:37:58] <exec> 08└─Not any more. People know how to use a mouse well before they encounter solitaire these days.
[00:38:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03jdavidb [5690] (Score:2) 02Losing worker hours - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:38:08] <exec> 08└─These simple Windows games have probably caused more lost worker hours than anything short of a worldwide coffee shortage.
[00:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There was a day when using NoScript was possibl - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:38:23] <exec> 08└─My solution on my Chromebook is to have my user account set to turn off javascript by default. Whenever I need to use a site that requires it, I just drop into the Guest account. The guest account has no password and is wiped after each session so I don't have to worry about cruft getting left behin...
[00:39:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:06] <exec> 08└─The reason government backing matters is that government has the option, with a fiat currency, of enforcing that currency's value with the legal use of force.
[00:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03SubiculumHammer [5191] (Score:2) 02Re:Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:39:14] <exec> 08└─Typing on phone sucks.
[00:40:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Results? - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:40:06] <exec> 08└─Only male babies. Because, you know, females are only good for bearing children and cooking food. Males are needed to carry on the family name and ensure they can support their elderly parents as only males are breadwinners. It's an old mindset that has yet to go away.
[00:40:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Absolutely.Geek [5328] (Score:1) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:40:42] <exec> 08└─Ethanol-fueled is the self identified "angry guy on the internet" of Soylent. Do not be surprised if he yells at you. Sometimes his trolling is semi-insightful.
[00:42:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03hemocyanin [186] 02Re:The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 827 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:09] <exec> 08└─That's a pretty small minded comment. What would you do if dumped in the middle of a country where you did not speak the language? You would gesture and make noises to try to get your point across, which will work for extremely simple things like asking for food or water or an object or something li...
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[01:37:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:37:19] <exec> 08└─I wonder when it reverses and people start to head north (and into Canada), just to avoid the encroachment of nasty critters that southern US is becoming infested with as the tropical zone extends northward. I think there are health advantages to living in a four season locale.
[01:37:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03gnuman [5013] (Score:2) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 556 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:20] <exec> 08└─It's too late. I live in cold part of Canada - Winnipeg area. It used to drop to below -40 in winter on occasion, but not anymore. Ticks spreading Lyme Disease were unknown in the area because of these cold spells, but now they are starting to become endemic. They are moving north at about 40km/year...
[01:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:35] <exec> 08└─> Maybe you should ease back on the sweeping statements given your inability to adjudicate this? Gamergater hypocrisy? I'm shocked!
[01:37:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Melodrama - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:39] <exec> 08└─> That seems serious enough. Far from "whiny people". I can't tell if you are joking or not. The national chapter of the AJP wanted nothing to do with the event, telling the local chapter to remove the logo of the national chapter. [buzzfeed.com]
[01:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:More to the point... - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:44] <exec> 08└─While you may choose to live in fear, I think taking into account probability is a much more rational way to live. Even if there was no bomb threat, there is still a chance that there could be a bomb. There have been tons of instances of fake bomb threats, so the mere fact that a threat was issued d...
[01:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:Obsessed much? - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:46] <exec> 08└─See, that's why it was a really stupid idea to pick gamers to go to war with. We're by definition perfectly content to put insane amounts of time into thankless tasks just for the sake of winning. One year in and still going strong.
[01:37:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Obsessed much? - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 278 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:48] <exec> 08└─It's like you have achieved a level of self-delusion where you think mocking your own self-delusion makes you reasonable but its actually just compounding the delusion. I've never witnessed meta self-delusion before now. It is fascinating in a horrible, sanitarium-as-a-zoo way.
[01:37:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Obsessed much? - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:37:50] <exec> 08└─I'd call that "statement of fact". For me, the bizarre meta self-delusion aspect to this story is all the coordinated effort put by gaming journalists in pointless narratives like "gaming is dead".
[01:38:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Yup. A freemium with Lose10 - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:38:08] <exec> 08└─$1.49/month to get rid of the ads [google.com] ...and it's $15 for M$'s stripped-down proprietary DVD player, which has been removed from the Windoze install. People who have gotten off the M$ treadmill look even more wise to me with each passing day. -- gewg_
[01:38:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What's in a word. - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:38:12] <exec> 08└─Makes sense. While Windows is updating this patience skill really comes in handy.
[01:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Minority? Are you sure? - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:38:16] <exec> 08└─> My comment wasn't intended, surprisingly, to be scientifically accurate. You criticize someone for a colloquialism that is not meant to be taken literally by offering up an argument that is not meant to be taken literally. Is your dick raw yet? Because your inane public masturbation is fucking tir...
[01:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 280 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:39:16] <exec> 08└─Couple points.... 1) Anything made on a 3D printer can be replicated any number of times. Because nobody bothered to make another doesn't make it valuable. Because its easy to do should any one want to do so. Remember I said difficulty of creating/obtaining something (scarcity)
[01:40:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03gnuman [5013] (Score:2) 02Re:Remember, this is China - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:40:03] <exec> 08└─In China, generally speaking, everybody is violating some laws and regulations all the time. That is OK. It only becomes a problem when either something bad happens, or when you piss off someone important.
[01:40:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 461 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:40:07] <exec> 08└─What about the fire fighters? Early indications are that their use of water on a material that combusts more vigorously in water. Should they have known better? This same thing happened in West City, Texas when fire fighters turned their hoses on a small fire and caused a huge explosion. Because of...
[01:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:40:59] <exec> 08└─Yes, I can see how that xkcd bothers you somehow. I find it great and to the point :-)
[01:41:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:two ways you could interpret this news - 06Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region - 403 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:17] <exec> 08└─(3) Profit taking has cut aircraft maintenence too deep. People in the know often hold UK and Euro airlines to a high standard, then Air France land in Damascus because diverting to Cyprus would have cost more. BA engineers forget to close the bonnet - overworked? - and then flew with a burning engi...
[01:41:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:AirAsia - 06Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:23] <exec> 08└─This wasn't airasia, it was Trigana Air Service on a ropey ATR, and is on the EU blacklist.
[01:41:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Manuals are full of Lies - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:41:33] <exec> 08└─Not every manual is your modern, brain dead, fold out, quick start that tells you where to plug the power cable into. Many manuals, even some newer ones have full schematics, code documentation and other meaty bits that are plenty valuable.
[01:41:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Boat anchor archives - 06Monday (2015-08-17) in Baltimore Area: Help Save 25,000 Dead-Tree Electronics Manuals - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:41:49] <exec> 08└─I hope this guy knows of the BAMA archives. They have thousands of manuals already online of lots of different electronic gear. http://bama.edebris.com [edebris.com]
[01:42:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Jellyfish - 06Deep-Sea Critter Has Pasta-Like Appendages - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:01] <exec> 08└─From TFA, Related to jellyfish and corals
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[02:37:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Mistake In The Summary - 06England to Test Charge-as-you-drive 'Electric Motorways' - 166 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:37:17] <exec> 08└─This is England, home of the "you name it, we'll tax it" philosophy of public use. The title should be "England to Test Charge-you-as-you-drive 'Electric Motorways'".
[02:37:26] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03gnuman [5013] 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 556 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:37:26] <exec> 08└─It's too late. I live in cold part of Canada - Winnipeg area. It used to drop to below -40 in winter on occasion, but not anymore. Ticks spreading Lyme Disease were unknown in the area because of these cold spells, but now they are starting to become endemic. They are moving north at about 40km/year...
[02:37:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 504 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:37:27] <exec> 08└─The thing is, there's no reason that the US need get infested with disease. It has a very capable public health system. For example, Malaria used to be a problem all the way to Washington, DC. If these diseases are making inroads now, it's not going to be because of climate change, but rather due to...
[02:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:37:29] <exec> 08└─politicians have better things to squander public funds on than public health.
[02:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:37:46] <exec> 08└─Well, let's see. Which side brought us the policy ...
[02:38:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheB [1538] (Score:2) 02Re:Yup. A freemium with Lose10 - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:38:18] <exec> 08└─Is there a good version of solitaire and minesweeper on Linux? I haven't found one better than the xp or win7 versions.
[02:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:Heard this story before - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:38:21] <exec> 08└─My father played AOE II almost every day for about a decade.
[02:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03BK [4868] (Score:2) 02Re:Heard this story before - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:38:22] <exec> 08└─Back in the Windows 3.0 days this story might have been believable. Not any more. People know how to use a mouse well before they encounter solitaire these days.
[02:38:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Minority? Are you sure? - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:38:30] <exec> 08└─You don't have to ask everyone.
[02:38:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:Losing worker hours - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 666 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:38:34] <exec> 08└─These simple Windows games have probably caused more lost worker hours than anything short of a worldwide coffee shortage. No, not since I discovered internet news and discussion sites for nerds. If this was a weekday, I'd ask "Hands up - who's posting from work?" These sort of things are only cons...
[02:38:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03nyder [4525] (Score:2) 02Was using the mouse before windows - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:38:36] <exec> 08└─Ya, well, thanks to my Amiga I was already familiar with how to use a mouse.
[02:39:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 895 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:36] <exec> 08└─I think the entire reason this whole thing is happening is because when the developers of bitcoin developed it they didn't think it would blow up in their face. But it did. It grew much larger much faster than they expected and so now much more effort is needed to ensure it is secure and capable of...
[02:39:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03linuxrocks123 [2557] (Score:2) 02Re:Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 1213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:39:48] <exec> 08└─That has almost nothing whatsoever to do with why dollars are accepted. Dollars are accepted because they are difficult to counterfeit and are useful for obtaining goods and services from businesses and individuals in the United States. People with no or little income who live in the United States d...
[02:40:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:40:25] <exec> 08└─Early indications are that their use of water on a material that combusts more vigorously in water. Should they have known better?
[02:40:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:40:26] <exec> 08└─There is no indication that the material was not supposed to be there. Where did you read that?, Or did you just make it up?
[02:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:Results? - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:40:41] <exec> 08└─I still avoid any pet food, or people food for that matter, that is made in China.
[02:40:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Results? - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:40:44] <exec> 08└─Glad to hear it, i have been sick of iphones for years now.
[02:40:57] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zocalo [302] 02Increasingly stupid thing to do in the first place - 06Supreme Court may Force Department of Homeland Security to Divulge Secret Plan to Cut Cell Service - 667 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:40:57] <exec> 08└─Beware the unforseen consequences. One small problem with this idea is that an increasingly large number of telemetry type data devices are using the mobile phone networks to transfer their data, and are quite often doing to with SIMs that are no different than those found in consumer devices instea...
[02:41:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:the power was abused - 06Supreme Court may Force Department of Homeland Security to Divulge Secret Plan to Cut Cell Service - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:41:01] <exec> 08└─the lesson here is that if you abuse your power, you will lose your power.
[02:41:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Round the Bend - Nevil Shute - 06Indonesian Plane Carrying 54 People Missing in Papua Region - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:41:45] <exec> 08└─Maybe aircraft in Indonesia are still maintained as described in this 1951 book?       https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] A perceptive friend recommended I read this book when I mentioned that I was working through a minor depression. Worked like a charm! Sin...
[02:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Genetical Engineering - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:43:05] <exec> 08└─The last common ancestor of Homo Sapiens Sapiens with Gorilla Gorilla is about 10 million years...
[02:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Geotti [1146] (Score:2) 02Re:Genetical Engineering - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:43:06] <exec> 08└─But it might be unnecessary to go all the way back. We could have just gotten a nudge on the last evolutionary step.
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[03:37:20] <exec> 08└─If you don't like paying taxes, move to the United Arab Emirates. But remember, alcohol and fornication are illegal in the UAE, so your hedonistic Western lifestyle will not be tolerated. Asshole.
[03:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02won't someone think of the pedestrians - 06England to Test Charge-as-you-drive 'Electric Motorways' - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:37:21] <exec> 08└─If you're offering free electricity, can I fill a backpack with batteries, walk around on the sidewalk for my daily exercise, and never pay an electric bill again?
[03:37:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:37:35] <exec> 08└─Yeap, let the public health in the hand of corporations, what can go wrong?
[03:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 1102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:37:36] <exec> 08└─The "open borders" zealots and traitors in Washington are actively encouraging people from Latin America to come here - and those poor people referenced in TFS are carrying those diseases. Once upon a time, the US was almost an island of health, working to eradicate disease in the rest of the world....
[03:38:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Obsessed much? - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 450 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:38:05] <exec> 08└─> is all the coordinated effort put by gaming journalists in pointless narratives like "gaming is dead". Literalism fails you. It isn't "gaming is dead" narratives it is "gaming is dead, long live gaming" narratives where they were talking about how the previous narrowly defined conception of gaming...
[03:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Heard this story before - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 359 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:38:30] <exec> 08└─It took me 5 years to get my father to correctly use the mouse. It was more a matter of motivation. He wanted to use ebay. I would not do it for him. My mother took longer. She could crack out 80WPM on the keyboard. But could not use the mouse. It took her a few months to get the nack of it. Now the...
[03:38:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score:1) 02Windows 10 training tool - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:38:45] <exec> 08└─In Windows 10 they are a training tool to teach users how to use the Microsoft Store and mindlessly empty their wallets.
[03:39:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:There was a day when using NoScript was possibl - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:39:02] <exec> 08└─That, or inxi -xxxw In fact, I've seen a couple conky scripts which call the same inxi script. Yes, it works!
[03:39:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Nollij [4559] 02BitCoin - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 172 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:26] <exec> 08└─This is one of the reasons why most people will never, ever consider using BitCoin. And they are right not to - this is an absolutely absurd way for currency to be handled.
[03:39:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:39:32] <exec> 08└─Do you rent or own? If you rent the deflation can be fine. If you buy *anything* on credit you do not want deflation. When I say anything I mean anything. Such as a budget deficit or a home loan. Do you buy or sell? If you buy things it can be a bit tough because today you buy something but if you w...
[03:40:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Welcome to Gamergate - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:40:09] <exec> 08└─now it's just a Streisand effect about censorship and about how few influential people are trying to prevent the voting from happening.
[03:40:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:40:40] <exec> 08└─There is no indication that the material was not supposed to be there. Where did you read that?, Or did you just make it up?
[03:40:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:40:42] <exec> 08└─Well, either you use the firefighting materials that are sanctioned for whatever they had officially stored, or...what? If their records are lies how are you supposed to know what they have on the premises? If they supposedly had 1x of the stuff e.g. in a single building out of 8 and they really had...
[03:40:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:40:54] <exec> 08└─It all depends whether the "fuck up and we'll execute you" causes the people in question to A) be law-abiding to avoid getting executed or B) be more careful while continuing to do the illegal thing. Suppose if they can nail you with some random offence and execute you no matter what A) is basically...
[03:41:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''only males are breadwinners'' - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:00] <exec> 08└─You [pinimg.com] might [chinadigitaltimes.net] want [fortune.com] to [fucough.com] rethink [wordpress.com] that [news.com.au] one. [amazingdata.com] -- gewg_
[03:41:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:40] <exec> 08└─Sometimes his trolling is semi-insightful.
[03:41:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:obligatory - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 853 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:41] <exec> 08└─So - - - - lemme get this straight. The oddball has published THOUSANDS of those silly strips. His strips don't always agree with each other - they are each individual observations of a phenomena, an attitude, an interaction, a moment in time. You liked his odd humor and insight, until he published...
[03:41:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Not common, but basic - 06XKCD Author's New Unpublished Book Becomes Scientific Best-Seller - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:41:48] <exec> 08└─Maybe he is using the 1000 for Basic English https://en.wiktionary.org [wiktionary.org] just like in https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com] and https://xkcd.com [xkcd.com] If you want more background https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] a...
[03:43:17] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03hemocyanin [186] 02Re:The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 1365 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:43:17] <exec> 08└─What I find flippant is the notion that humans have the right to inflict massive suffering on other species because we are superior to them based on the fact that we are smarter than most. Yet we can't fly. We are slow. No built in cutting tools ... and so on. Yes we can apply technology to achieve...
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[04:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Wealth - 06Stomach is the Way to a Woman's Heart, Too - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:30] <exec> 08└─In the US, being well fed doesn't exactly mean wealth, thanks to a number of things, including welfare. But, historically, only a wealthy person could afford to be fat. What woman, throughout all of history, has NOT been attracted to wealth? Ka-ching! Rich men have always had women throwing themselv...
[04:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wealth - 06Stomach is the Way to a Woman's Heart, Too - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:37:31] <exec> 08└─It's new ancient knowledge. We have to test what works and what doesn't in 2015.
[04:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Just do away with the batteries. - 06England to Test Charge-as-you-drive 'Electric Motorways' - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:43] <exec> 08└─If you can get enough power by induction to charge the batteries, what do you need the batteries for? Hell just build mag-lev roads and do away with all the crap that comes from tyres, brakes and wheels.
[04:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Just do away with the batteries. - 06England to Test Charge-as-you-drive 'Electric Motorways' - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:37:44] <exec> 08└─> If you can get enough power by induction to charge the batteries, what do you need the batteries for? Cracks in the pavement.
[04:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Who Needs Wireless? - 06England to Test Charge-as-you-drive 'Electric Motorways' - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:37:47] <exec> 08└─We've already got the wired infrastructure to do it today [thebolditalic.com] for at least one day a year.
[04:37:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 336 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:37:57] <exec> 08└─What a nice little package for conservative extremists. It isn't global warming that is making the US more hospitable to tropical diseases, it is the dirty brown man bringing it in and infecting our clean white women. > Once upon a time, the US was almost an island of health, You mean back when immi...
[04:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:37:58] <exec> 08└─"Yes, our health care system is hamstrug, repeatedly." Therein the patient Must minister to himself. (W. Shakesphere) Or... Oh my God! We're all gonna die!
[04:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Ethanol-fueled [2792] (Score:1) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:38:00] <exec> 08└─"...just to avoid the encroachment of nasty critters that southern US is becoming infested with..."
[04:38:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:38:16] <exec> 08└─It's about ethics in adjudication!
[04:38:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02Re:Melodrama - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 1373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:38:22] <exec> 08└─And more importantly unlike the anti-crowd that tries to silence and DOXX all those that dissent they invited prominent anti-GGers to the panel and of course none of them would show up. I would argue the reason why is obvious, the facts are simply not on their side. The GameJournPro emails have been...
[04:38:28] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] 02Re:Obsessed much? - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 232 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:38:29] <exec> 08└─See, that's why it was a really stupid idea to pick gamers to go to war with. We're by definition perfectly content to put insane amounts of time into thankless tasks just for the sake of winning. One year in and still going strong.
[04:39:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zafiro17 [234] 02Re:The Average Person - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 999 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:39:21] <exec> 08└─I think the average person is intimately aware that there are threats "out there" but has no idea what they are, how serious they are, or how to defend themselves. Given so much hyperbole and conflicting information, they take the low-energy strategy, which is simply to put their faith/trust in the...
[04:39:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02And the advertisers complain... - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:39:39] <exec> 08└─This surely must forever disarm the complaints of the advertisers who complain that users run ad-blockers.
[04:41:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the power was abused - 06Supreme Court may Force Department of Homeland Security to Divulge Secret Plan to Cut Cell Service - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:41:49] <exec> 08└─In case you haven't noticed the DHS is becoming the Communist/SJW enforcement arm... that arm should be cut off at the neck.
[04:43:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03bugamn [1017] (Score:2) 02Re:Colonial Animal? - 06Deep-Sea Critter Has Pasta-Like Appendages - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:43:15] <exec> 08└─If I remember well, those kinds of animals can reconstitute from a fraction of a colony, while a man can't. But I think that isn't all. Maybe the way those cells develop?
[04:44:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03bugamn [1017] (Score:2) 02Re:Holy crap - 06The Hidden Art of Star Wars - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:44:45] <exec> 08└─That's actually where I found this article. I thought it better to reference the article directly, so people could draw their own conclusions instead of being influenced by his opinion.
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[05:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Shut Up Fattie - 06Stomach is the Way to a Woman's Heart, Too - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:37:24] <exec> 08└─You sound fat.
[05:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shut Up Fattie - 06Stomach is the Way to a Woman's Heart, Too - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:37:26] <exec> 08└─And you sound stupid.
[05:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:37:51] <exec> 08└─Yep, less government will mean the remaining people will be more focused on your pet issue.... LOL
[05:37:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:37:54] <exec> 08└─Oh, how clever - you can find racism where none exists. Isn't political correctness wonderful? You can twist a person's words to mean any damned thing you want them to mean!
[05:37:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:37:56] <exec> 08└─Yeah, you managed to deal with all those in worse economic times, now you changed the tune. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed, to me...” ... just.. keep the kissing bu...
[05:37:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:4, Funny) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:37:58] <exec> 08└─The silly poem you cite is engraved on a statue created by Frenchmen. It isn't part of the US Constitution, or even US law. The French attempted to put a curse on us with that statue.
[05:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 423 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:37:59] <exec> 08└─The "silly poem" is written by an American poet [wikipedia.org] (a "pussy" with more cojones than the current braves?) and you stuck it to the statue yourself; don't blame the French for doing it to yourself with your own hand Now, be a good boy, go back in on the couch in front of the TV (does it p...
[05:38:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03gnuman [5013] (Score:2) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:38:01] <exec> 08└─At present, India seems to be producing an abundance of incompetent doctors who help those super bugs along.
[05:38:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 2307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:38:03] <exec> 08└─No, you stop right there. In fact, India is producing as many, or more, superbugs as anyone in the world. And, those superbugs have indeed been traced to a combination of factors that depends on incompetent, careless doctors who never should have been certified. http://blogs.wsj.com
[05:41:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:41:10] <exec> 08└─Maybe try reading TFS, if not TFA: Two Chinese news outlets, including the state-run The Paper, reported that the warehouse was storing 700 tons of sodium cyanide--70 times more than it should have been holding at one time
[05:41:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:41:12] <exec> 08└─How would I know, its in CHINA for gotsake! In this country, storage of dangerous materials has to be placarded, and fire departments have to be notified. http://environmentalchemistry.com [environmentalchemistry.com]
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[06:37:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:4, Insightful) 02More than 13 years - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:21] <exec> 08└─It has taken us more than 13 years to arrive at the point that government has to justify their stupid no-fly lists. Note that the regulations are not yet overturned, we are only at the point where hearings are being conducted. THIS is why we must jealously guard our freedoms. It takes only a couple...
[06:37:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Troll) 02Re:More than 13 years - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:37:22] <exec> 08└─Tell us more about how you voted for Bush and Obama.
[06:37:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:More than 13 years - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:37:24] <exec> 08└─You tell us more about who YOU voted for. First, though, are you a US citizen? Do you vote? Or, are you one of the mouthy millions who have never voted, never served, never done anything for the nation aside from paying taxes under duress? I doubt very much that you even know who I voted for. It wou...
[06:37:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:4, Insightful) 02Re:More than 13 years - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:37:26] <exec> 08└─Further this situation cries out for a major change in how we handle legal cases, where people couldn't even challenge the no fly list in court, because all those judges who put their hand on a bible and swore to uphold the Constitution just knuckled under. The Treason of the Judiciary is probably t...
[06:37:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:More than 13 years - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:37:27] <exec> 08└─THIS is why we must jealously guard our freedoms.
[06:37:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Boycott air travel Now - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 377 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:29] <exec> 08└─There's a simple solution to this problem. Everyone boycott air travel until the Patriot Act is repealed and the Department Of Homeland Security is abolished. Everyone. You won't do it, will you? And you know why you won't do it? Because the no-fly list is not the problem, is it? You are the problem...
[06:37:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Boycott air travel Now - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:37:31] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_Intermodal_Prevention_and_Response_team [wikipedia.org]
[06:37:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Boycott air travel Now - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 200 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:37:32] <exec> 08└─Yes, let us do nothing at all, because doing stuff is just so inconvenient. Protests never work, not because protesting is ineffective, but because stupid scum like you will not ever do anything ever.
[06:37:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Boycott air travel Now - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:37:34] <exec> 08└─Commonly abbreviated as "VIPER". vi·per ˈvīpər/ noun noun: viper; plural noun: vipers         a venomous snake with large hinged fangs, typically having a broad head and stout body, with dark patterns on a lighter background.                 a spiteful or treacherous person.
[06:37:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Minority Report was totally awesome - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:37:36] <exec> 08└─Go, Tom Cruise! U Rock! Hey did you guys see the pilot episode of the Minority Report series? Star is a black lady, finally a real minority in Minority Report, guys! Isn't that totally awesome! Yeah! USA #1 producing the best TV shows ever. WOoooooo!
[06:37:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Minority Report was totally awesome - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:37:37] <exec> 08└─Wasn't this supposed to be about cows mooing or something?
[06:37:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Wealth - 06Stomach is the Way to a Woman's Heart, Too - 522 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:37:43] <exec> 08└─Do you know what's amusing about that? Women aren't likely to appreciate a clinical analysis of their motivations and responses. There will be someone along soon, bemoaning the fact that this ancient knowledge might enable some men to exploit women. Maybe someone else will complain that women are be...
[06:37:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Just do away with the batteries. - 06England to Test Charge-as-you-drive 'Electric Motorways' - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:37:56] <exec> 08└─A reach too far. You aren't going to be able to afford a mag lev everywhere. But you already have the roads. If you can add induction cheaply (which I doubt) then you could get by with a much smaller battery in the electric car. Just enough to get from the powered road to your parking space at your...
[06:38:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:38:15] <exec> 08└─The shoe fits. It isn't like any racist has ever in the history of racism said they were a racist. It is always some rationalization. How about, you be the first to actually own their racism?
[06:38:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:38:20] <exec> 08└─Emma Lazarus only shows that the Portuguese were in cahoots with the French. That "Coalition of the Willing" thing? Yeah, "Willing to make an excuse to get at Iraq's oil fields." No, I don't watch Faux Noise. Got any more moronic accusations you'd like to imply? Better yet - would you care to addres...
[06:38:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:38:22] <exec> 08└─> Better yet - would you care to address the point of my original post? Oh - can't do that. It might require a little thought on your part. Unlike inveighing against the statue of liberty. Deep thoughts by ranaway!
[06:38:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:38:23] <exec> 08└─Emma Lazarus only shows that the Portuguese were in cahoots with the French.
[06:38:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:38:25] <exec> 08└─Emma Lazarus only shows that the Portuguese were in cahoots with the French.
[06:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Re:More to the point... - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 886 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:38:54] <exec> 08└─Living in fear or not wasn't the point, which is why I mentioned the fire alarm scenario and the liability insurance. It was more about the fact that they had apparently held the conference in a facility where they were actually *given* the choice in the first place by the owners/operators of the fa...
[06:39:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Appropriate response - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 364 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:39:00] <exec> 08└─"Finishing the event in the parking lot then throwing a party just has more style." Government's response to terroristic threats is entirely inappropriate. (Let's bomb the fuck out of them, to ensure that they can't even make a bomb!" Although it would be stupid to just ignore a terroristic threat,...
[06:39:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:2) 02Re:There was a day when using NoScript was possibl - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 915 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:39:59] <exec> 08└─Granted, I haven't ever run no-script. But I have a combination of Ghostery, AdBlock and a bunch of entries in my hosts file. That serves to eliminate essentially all crap, and sites still work. The worst I ever get is an empty advertisement (e.g., the pre-load page on Forbes that shows for a few se...
[06:40:30] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Justin Case [4239] 02Re:Not so sure... - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 96 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:30] <exec> 08└─> the [Bitcoin] lack of [government] ability to set monetary policy That's a feature, not a bug.
[06:40:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:2) 02Re:Fiat money - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:40:59] <exec> 08└─I think you misunderstand. If the US government were to use screwdrivers as currency, it would do three things (oversimplified, but you'll get the idea): - Control screwdriver production: it would be illegal for anyone else to make them. - Pay people in screwdrivers: tax refunds, social security, go...
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[07:37:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02More than 13 years - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 685 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:37:43] <exec> 08└─It has taken us more than 13 years to arrive at the point that government has to justify their stupid no-fly lists. Note that the regulations are not yet overturned, we are only at the point where hearings are being conducted. THIS is why we must jealously guard our freedoms. It takes only a couple...
[07:37:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:-1, Flamebait) 02Re:More than 13 years - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:37:46] <exec> 08└─How nice that you think that you are so very important that anyone would waste their time looking for your voting record, you egotistical bastard.
[07:37:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Bastard? - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 370 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:37:47] <exec> 08└─The Marines wouldn't accept me, because I was able to put both of my parent's names on the application for enlistment. Stop projecting, alright? (On most forums, this post would lead to some good natured inter-service banter, but here, I suppose I'll be modded troll for calling Marines bastards. htt...
[07:37:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:More than 13 years - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:37:49] <exec> 08└─I vote for good third party candidates or no one at all. I'm not going to vote for the corrupt scumbags the two parties put forth.
[07:37:50] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03frojack [1554] 02Re:More than 13 years - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 339 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:37:50] <exec> 08└─Further this situation cries out for a major change in how we handle legal cases, where people couldn't even challenge the no fly list in court, because all those judges who put their hand on a bible and swore to uphold the Constitution just knuckled under. The Treason of the Judiciary is probably t...
[07:37:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:More than 13 years - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:37:53] <exec> 08└─Start with an easy law to repeal...the Patriot Act. Once that's out of the way, go for the impossible...go for repealing the copyright act back to 28 + 28.
[07:37:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Boycott air travel Now - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:37:57] <exec> 08└─Because the no-fly list is not the problem
[07:37:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Boycott air travel Now - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:37:58] <exec> 08└─Like the late Senator Ted Kennedy?
[07:37:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Boycott air travel Now - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:38:00] <exec> 08└─There's a simple solution to this problem. Everyone boycott air travel until the Patriot Act is repealed and the Department Of Homeland Security is abolished.
[07:38:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Wealth - 06Stomach is the Way to a Woman's Heart, Too - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:38:11] <exec> 08└─this ancient knowledge might enable some men to exploit women.
[07:38:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Wealth - 06Stomach is the Way to a Woman's Heart, Too - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:38:12] <exec> 08└─Meanwhile, there are millions of women (AND MEN) who want nothing other than to BE EXPLOITED! https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[07:38:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Mistake In The Summary - 06England to Test Charge-as-you-drive 'Electric Motorways' - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:38:25] <exec> 08└─And if you don't like UAE, you could maybe try Somalia. Another well known libertarian utopia...
[07:38:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Just do away with the batteries. - 06England to Test Charge-as-you-drive 'Electric Motorways' - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:38:30] <exec> 08└─< If you can get enough power by induction to charge the batteries, what do you need the batteries for? Cracks in the pavement.
[07:38:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Just do away with the batteries. - 06England to Test Charge-as-you-drive 'Electric Motorways' - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:38:31] <exec> 08└─I'm always astounded when people read one little experimental plan on the web, and want to magically rebuild all of civilization.
[07:38:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The mass migration to the sun belt in the US - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:39:00] <exec> 08└─Now it says "No Vacancies".
[07:39:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03zafiro17 [234] (Score:3, Interesting) 02This is biology/ecology - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 1115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:39:04] <exec> 08└─Sorry to see that the comments so far have gone straight to the no-man's troll-land of racism, borders/immigration policy, and the like. This isn't a political issue, it's an ecological issue. Climate change is making the northern world more temperate and the southern USA more tropical, so tropical...
[07:39:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Tangaroa [682] 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 637 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:39:22] <exec> 08└─It looks like /baphomet/ and friends did it to false-flag anti-gg, so call it pro-lulz. A Spanish speaker cracked an abandoned twitter account, made one #StopGamerGate tweet, followed raidtalk.io people who follow /baphomet/ people, and started dropping dox on participants. [archive.is] /baphomet/...
[07:39:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Since day 1 - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 400 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:39:52] <exec> 08└─I guess it worked. I didn't have a mouse for years. It seemed something of a waste, really. I finally purchased a computer at an estate sale, which included a mouse, and some software for which a mouse actually made some sense. Learning to use the mouse wasn't difficult - but when I installed Window...
[07:40:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Minority? Are you sure? - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:40:15] <exec> 08└─Now that I've got a killfile mechanism that works without logging in, you are #2 on the list - right after MDC.
[07:40:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03ThePhilips [5677] (Score:1) 02Another fairy tale? - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 706 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:40:23] <exec> 08└─The story IMO is largely a fairy tale, since Solitaire had also fully supported keyboard. One could play the game without the mouse. Few computers back then were even shipped with the mice. (Mice craze IIRC hasn't started till Win95 came out.) But yes, the computer games in general served the purpo...
[07:41:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Medium of exchange vs. store of value - 06Bitcoin Argument Escalates to Fork, Election - 285 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:41:46] <exec> 08└─The deflationary model creates an incentive to pull out bictoins from circulation, unless they can be invested more efficiently than their existing growth rate. That seems to be a good thing, since it would result in mostly profitable transactions, and discourage inefficient spending.
[07:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Re:news from the future - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:42:27] <exec> 08└─Exactly. 700 tonnes or10 tonnes, it shouldn't have made any difference - the initial firefighters on the scene should not have been using water on the fire (if that is indeed what trigged the explosion). If so, there's more culpability here than just Rui Hai's executives; either someone failed to in...
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[08:37:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jiro [3176] (Score:2) 02Re:Boycott air travel Now - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 411 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:37:44] <exec> 08└─Boycotting doesn't work when there's government involvement. If you boycott a business for purely private reasons, a competing business might decide to do what you want (to compete) or the original business might decide to do what you want (to gain more customers). The government isn't going to allo...
[08:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03szopin [5710] (Score:1) 02Re:More to the point... - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 405 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:39:17] <exec> 08└─They had the building swept the night before, locked with guards through the night and then swept again before letting anyone in (with guards throughout the day), for the people that organized this there was no credible threat. They were expecting trolls and prepared for them. Do they evacuate any p...
[08:40:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hairyfeet [75] (Score:2) 02The Win 10 article is off the front page.. - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 885 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:40:07] <exec> 08└─So I thought it would be best to leave this here, another tool to kill Windows 10 spying [softpedia.com], I don't have time ATM (getting ready to move) so if somebody wants to try this and then run a traffic analysis and see if it kills Win 10 spying like Raid kills bugs? I'm sure many here would li...
[08:44:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03TGV [2838] (Score:2) 02Re:The Ape Who Went to College - 06Apes May Be Closer to Speaking Than Many Scientists Think - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:44:53] <exec> 08└─Learn to read before you start using $10 words.
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[09:37:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03K_benzoate [5036] (Score:2) 02Water discipline - 06California To Require Mandatory Water Efficient Shower Heads - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:37:49] <exec> 08└─We'll all be wearing Stillsuits here in California before long. Until then I've been taking Navy showers for the last few years. ~60 seconds to rinse off, water gets turned off. Then I soap up and scrub down. Then ~120 seconds to rinse. All with cold water because it's usually hot as hell, or I need...
[09:37:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Have Baths Instead - 06California To Require Mandatory Water Efficient Shower Heads - 493 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:37:50] <exec> 08└─While I usually take quite a while in the shower, most of the time the water is not running. It's only on in the beginning to make me wet, and in the end to get the soap from the body. In between I'm only making the soap wet a few times. If you let the water run the whole time I'm in the shower, I'm...
[09:37:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Have Baths Instead - 06California To Require Mandatory Water Efficient Shower Heads - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:37:52] <exec> 08└─What they had not allowed for was that people showered far more often than they used to bath - up to 4 showers a day instead of one bath a week.
[09:38:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Valkor [4253] (Score:1) 02Re:Boycott air travel Now - 06US Admits No-Fly List is Implementation of Pre-Crime - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:38:17] <exec> 08└─I've never flown on a commercial airline, sooooo, fuck off?
[09:38:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The quickest way - 06Stomach is the Way to a Woman's Heart, Too - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:38:35] <exec> 08└─Quickest way to the heart is through the stomach. Quickest to the stomach is through the cunt. Works for me.
[09:39:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03zafiro17 [234] 02This is biology/ecology - 06Tropical Diseases Make a Comeback in US - 1115 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:39:25] <exec> 08└─Sorry to see that the comments so far have gone straight to the no-man's troll-land of racism, borders/immigration policy, and the like. This isn't a political issue, it's an ecological issue. Climate change is making the northern world more temperate and the southern USA more tropical, so tropical...
[09:40:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yup. A freemium with Lose10 - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 495 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:40:27] <exec> 08└─For mine sweeper, go for Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection. http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk [greenend.org.uk] That version of mine sweeper guarantees that the game can be solved without guessing. There's nothing more annoying that playing a large game, clearing three qua...
[09:40:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Heard this story before - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:40:33] <exec> 08└─Not any more. People know how to use a mouse well before they encounter solitaire these days. Yet the games persists.
[09:40:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score:2) 02Re:Heard this story before - 06The True Purpose of Microsoft Solitaire, Minesweeper, and FreeCell - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:40:35] <exec> 08└─Back in the Windows 3.0 days this story might have been believable. No. It would have been common knowledge. This was widely publicised when Windows 1.0 came out. This is not news, it is a proclamation of how ill-informed some "reporters" are.
[09:41:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There was a day when using NoScript was possibl - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 575 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:41:11] <exec> 08└─> Arguably they did...fleeing to wunderground.com,which was subsequently swallowed up by those same jackasses and converted into the same bloated pile of shit. They didn't buy wunderground for the users, they bought it for the massive network of personal weather stations. I was a wunderground user f...
[09:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondrake [2658] (Score:2) 02Re:Remember, this is China - 06Tianjin Explosions Update: Over 100 Dead; Company Abused the Law - 300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:42:51] <exec> 08└─>Couldn't that be said about most places on earth? Yes. But my personal experience suggest that it is simply worse in China. Have never visited the VS though, so perhaps its the same there. Also, I have been put in a position in China that no matter how I resolved the situation, I would break a law.
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[10:38:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02100K not even break even - 06Dallas Buyers Club Case Dealt Blow by Australian Court - 204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:38:53] <exec> 08└─They won't even get 1/3 of their outlay back. Copyright violators have to pay $20 to $30 for a crappy film which is punishment itself. Good result! Maybe next time they will use a VPN. Like everyone else.
[10:38:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:100K not even break even - 06Dallas Buyers Club Case Dealt Blow by Australian Court - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:38:54] <exec> 08└─Do you have any idea how slow a VPN can be when everyone is using it? You might as well walk to the theater to see the movie.
[10:38:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02download upload what is difference?! - 06Dallas Buyers Club Case Dealt Blow by Australian Court - 34 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:38:56] <exec> 08└─customers who illegally downloaded
[10:38:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:download upload what is difference?! - 06Dallas Buyers Club Case Dealt Blow by Australian Court - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:38:57] <exec> 08└─the film was shared online using BitTorrent
[10:39:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Have Baths Instead - 06California To Require Mandatory Water Efficient Shower Heads - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:39:15] <exec> 08└─My step father made me loudly count to 60. End of shower. Wash, soap, shampoo, condition, rinse, by the count of 60. Call it 90 seconds of shower at most. Eventually I stopped washing my hair. After a while I made do with rinse quick soap rinse end. That or be belted.
[10:39:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Governmental micromanagement? Counterproductive? - 06California To Require Mandatory Water Efficient Shower Heads - 382 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:16] <exec> 08└─I wonder to what extent these measures are counterproductive. The classic are the water-efficient toilets that have to be flushed 2-3 times. People unhappy with a dribble of water will solve the problem [allianceforwaterefficiency.org] (even easier: on many, you can just remove or drill out the flow...
[10:39:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Governmental micromanagement? Counterproductive - 06California To Require Mandatory Water Efficient Shower Heads - 311 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:39:17] <exec> 08└─Yes because it makes more of the sheeple think that they are the ones really to be blamed (instead of agricultural policies) and so fewer inconvenient questions are asked. How much more water would you really save? Now compare that with how much water agriculture and industries in California are usi...
[10:39:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Governmental micromanagement? Counterproductive - 06California To Require Mandatory Water Efficient Shower Heads - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:39:19] <exec> 08└─Yeah and in the UK a lot of underground reservoirs have been sold off by the water companies and a lot of the Victorian plumbing has huge leaks that they never bother to fix. Yet the government freely admit that their whole strategy for dealing with so-called droughts is purely restrictions on domes...
[10:39:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Governmental micromanagement? Counterproductive - 06California To Require Mandatory Water Efficient Shower Heads - 718 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:39:20] <exec> 08└─> Is it really useful for the government to micromanage things like this? Specifying minimum performance standards is not micromanagement. The market is free to take any path it wants as long as it meets or exceeds the standard. Your example of ineffective toilets is actually informative - the first...
[10:39:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03fliptop [1666] (Score:2) 02Episode #126 - 06California To Require Mandatory Water Efficient Shower Heads - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:22] <exec> 08└─Obligatory. [siyumhaseinfeld.com]
[10:39:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02In completely unrelated news - 06California To Require Mandatory Water Efficient Shower Heads - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:39:24] <exec> 08└─... CA has posted a cattlecall for its new showerhead enforcement agency. This brave policing force will ensure that all shower heads meet the standards defined by law. Cat burglers and peeping toms are said to be given preference.
[10:41:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:41:17] <exec> 08└─Well, it was a misunderstanding: Someone said to him: "You should make sex bomb threats to the event" and he misunderstood "sex" as "six".
[10:41:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:whodunnit - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:41:24] <exec> 08└─> Feminists do this all the time I consider myself a feminist and I never do this. Stop generalizing.
[10:41:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Obsessed much? - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:41:42] <exec> 08└─It isn't "gaming is dead" narratives it is "gaming is dead, long live gaming" narratives where they were talking about how the previous narrowly defined conception of gaming has been overtaken by a much broader definition.
[10:41:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:Obsessed much? - 06Society of Professional Journalists AirPlay Event Subject to Multiple Bomb Threats - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:41:43] <exec> 08└─Even Forbes was probably only there because they saw the word "AirPlay". They're been a pretty severe Apple Fanboy site for the last few years.
[10:42:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The Average Person - 06New Rash of Malvertising Attacks Threatens Millions of Web Surfers - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:42:48] <exec> 08└─and there's no quick fix.
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