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[23:00:38] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:2) 02I'm PRO LIFE - 06"Active Shooter" in Colorado Springs - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:38] <exec_> 08└─AND I WILL KILL YOU TO PROVE IT!
[23:00:45] <exec_> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02My new campsite has real nice wifi - 06Google May Test Balloon Internet Service Over the United States - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:46] <exec_> 08└─no bittorrent service, I figure that's probably for the best as I have many neighbors. Aside from that, generous bandwidth. Last night I rofflecoptered when I stumbled across "Homeless Network". I expect I can get the password if I ask the guy in the tent next to mine. Most homeless use Android phon...
[23:00:53] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Boring - 06Pirate Needs 200,000 Video Views to Avoid Being Sued - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:54] <exec_> 08└─He could have at least made the video entertaining by dressing up as Captain Jack Sparrow or similar and show him surrendering his cutlass to authorities.
[23:00:56] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Boring - 06Pirate Needs 200,000 Video Views to Avoid Being Sued - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:00:57] <exec_> 08└─Yeah, lame video. And the actors speak in some strange dialect that I coudln'te even understand.
[23:01:00] <exec_> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Copyright violation!! - 06Pirate Needs 200,000 Video Views to Avoid Being Sued - 352 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:01:02] <exec_> 08└─Warning! This video is copyrighted! by default! Even though it is on YouTube, you are making a copy in your computer's Random Access Memory (if only sequentially), and no doubt this is all part of the plan! When almost all of the imaginary property companies want to to download something from the 'n...
[23:01:05] <exec_> *** new comment: 03melikamp [1886] (Score:2) 02Re:Copyright violation!! - 06Pirate Needs 200,000 Video Views to Avoid Being Sued - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:06] <exec_> 08└─The publishers who practice censorship through copyright are as greedy as they are stupid. Well, these ones are. What do they think people will think when they see this guy "denouncing" "piracy" with a shit-eating grin? Will that convince them of, especially considering he walked out with a suspende...
[23:01:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Re:Copyright violation!! - 06Pirate Needs 200,000 Video Views to Avoid Being Sued - 613 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:11] <exec_> 08└─The War on Piracy has been a farce for years now. The intellectual property extremists lost a long time ago. I think they know it too, but am not sure-- they could be that stupid. These days, they're really only making loot runs into a burning house. For so long as there are politicians and judges w...
[23:01:14] <exec_> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score:2) 02Contiunuing The Proud Tradition - 06Pirate Needs 200,000 Video Views to Avoid Being Sued - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:01:15] <exec_> 08└─Confess your transgressions, citizen! [youtube.com]
[23:01:19] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:I suspect - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:21] <exec_> 08└─I was thinking the same thing. Engineers solve problems, both real and perceived. They act.
[23:01:23] <exec_> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score:2) 02Re:I suspect - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 871 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:24] <exec_> 08└─Very recognizable, I've talked to my brother about this a lot, because he's the same as me in this regard. We easily get annoyed at things that "don't work right" and tend to go searching for solutions to make them better. While most people just keep using for instance a tool, just because it happen...
[23:01:28] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I suspect - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:29] <exec_> 08└─Yes. Another group which is over-represented among terrorists are doctors. Do... something... anything... now... or he will die.
[23:01:32] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I suspect - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:34] <exec_> 08└─Leave it to runaway to turn this submission into a chest-beating story about he and his pappy are "do something" people and all the lamers are "watchers" and clueless idiots. Also known as liburals.
[23:01:37] <exec_> *** new comment: 03M. Baranczak [1673] (Score:2) 02Re:Perspective - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:38] <exec_> 08└─Pseudo-clever hair-splitting. A full explanation of the Monte Carlo Fallacy would include the caveat that the coin must be evenly balanced, and the tosser can't do anything to bias the result - that is, the odds must actually be 50:50 when you're starting out. The GP didn't mention this part, but it...
[23:01:41] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Dogmatism - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:43] <exec_> 08└─From the far right, everything looks like left field.
[23:01:46] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Dogmatism - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 461 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:47] <exec_> 08└─You're projecting. I didn't like the asshole who invaded Iraq. By definition, I think that sets me apart from the "far right". I never participated in the sport of "gay bashing". Hell, man, that's a rite of passage into the far right. I despise the richest sons of bitches on Wall Street, just as muc...
[23:01:50] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Dogmatism - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:51] <exec_> 08└─> I didn't like the asshole who invaded Iraq. By definition, I think that sets me apart from the "far right". So you can carve out some exceptions for yourself. > I never participated in the sport of "gay bashing". Don't lie. You've said some pretty shitty things about teh gays right here on soylent...
[23:01:55] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Dogmatism - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:56] <exec_> 08└─engineers don't take anything for granted except newton... i should know if you're looking for dogma, have a look at your nearest physics dept.
[23:01:59] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:Critical Thinking and Suicide Bombing - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:01] <exec_> 08└─, in the world of Software Engineering
[23:02:04] <exec_> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:Critical Thinking and Suicide Bombing - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:05] <exec_> 08└─Software engineering is not engineering. It's what computer programmers call themselves when they are ashamed of what they do and want to make their jobs sound better.
[23:02:08] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Critical Thinking and Suicide Bombing - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:09] <exec_> 08└─engineering is when if you fuck up your company gets sued or those responsible go to prison ever seen a building with a EULA with a disclaimer on it?
[23:02:13] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Critical Thinking and Suicide Bombing - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:14] <exec_> 08└─Agreed. Engineer isn't the only word to be cheapened in recent decades. Today, almost everyone is a "technician". In our plant, we have "molding techs" and "maintenance techs" and "mold techs" (not to be confused with the previously mentioned molding techs). I fully expect to meet a deck tech one da...
[23:02:17] <exec_> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:Critical Thinking and Suicide Bombing - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 324 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:18] <exec_> 08└─IANASE (I am not a software engineer) but I believe they exist. I would consider a software engineer to be one who plans out large software projects and orchestrates their creation. Much like designing a simple mechanical device doesn't make you a mechanical engineer, writing some code doesn't make...
[23:02:22] <exec_> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:New tagline for SN - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:23] <exec_> 08└─You failed your will save.
[23:02:26] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Gravis [4596] (Score:2) 02it was inevitable - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:02:27] <exec_> 08└─most are software engineers who declare their holy prophet made Emacs [wikimedia.org] and therefore Vi infidels must die. after all, VI VI VI is the sign of the devil, no? ;P
[23:02:31] <exec_> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:it was inevitable - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:32] <exec_> 08└─There we have it folks: concrete proof that God is a tyrant and wants us to suffer. I'm with Satan on this one. By the way, have you got the new Slayer record? It rules!
[23:02:35] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02as an engineer... - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 401 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:02:36] <exec_> 08└─...this article is 100% correct... mwahahaha!!!! on a more serious note, why would a profession that is founded on logic and reality be mixed in with religious dogma? maybe the article is confusing engineers with scientists, cos scientists deal more with theory and unproven bullshit engineers come a...
[23:02:40] <exec_> *** new comment: 03pe1rxq [844] (Score:2) 02Re:as an engineer... - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:41] <exec_> 08└─I have seen other engineers trying to defend the craziest things as 'logic'. The terrorists might take it to extremes, but is it really that different from things you see in a large company? It is not uncommon to think badly about those calling the shots. Be they managers, dictators or foreign gover...
[23:02:44] <exec_> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score:2) 02No. Oh wow, no. - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 821 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:02:45] <exec_> 08└─This is so full of extravagant, invalid assumptions and overgeneralization that I really don't know where to begin effectively. But just for example, engineering faculty are an unusual subset of engineers - and any examination of them is a non-random, non-representative sample. Extrapolation from th...
[23:02:49] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anne Nonymous [712] (Score:2) 02What do you mean "become"? - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:02:50] <exec_> 08└─Based on some of the product designs I've encountered lately, plenty qualify as active terrorists.
[23:02:53] <exec_> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder - 06Why Are Engineers More Likely to Become Terrorists? - 1751 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:02:54] <exec_> 08└─I was diagnosed with it in 1994. It was first denoted as Obsessive-Compulsive Style by Robert Shapiro, who discussed it and other personality styles in his 1965 text "Neurotic Styles". He identified each style by giving the Rorschach Inkblot Test to thousands of volunteers. It came to be called a Di...
[23:02:58] <exec_> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:Without reading TFA - 06Fish Show Signs of Sentience in "Emotional Fever" Test - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:00] <exec_> 08└─"And some single celled creatures have rather sophisticated responses too" You're not talking about Ethanol Fueled are you? Actually I can't even prove to myself that I'm truely conscious. I could be a static record of sequential brain states which includes the state of believing itself to be consci...
[23:03:02] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Where vacuum tubes have improved - 06The Quest for the Ultimate Vacuum Tube - 513 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:04] <exec_> 08└─SciMag has decent content but their page construction needs work. They could start with the Skip to main content link--which is completely broken. . Their page doesn't mention the Nuvistor. [wikipedia.org] That considerably shrank the size of tubes. [g3ynh.info] I remember encountering those in the...
[23:03:07] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Waves are Amazi - 06The Quest for the Ultimate Vacuum Tube - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:08] <exec_> 08└─The sound coming of a tube amplifier is sooo good... and it looks cool especially without cover in the dark.
[23:03:11] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''class A amplifier from tubes for ham radio'' - 06The Quest for the Ultimate Vacuum Tube - 1720 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:13] <exec_> 08└─Class A - The device is conducting all the time, deviating from its Q point, up and down its load line. This is the least efficient amplifier configuration. Class B - The device is conducting 50 percent of the time. The active devices are typically used in pairs (push-pull), with each half handling...
[23:03:16] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Digitial vs. analog - 06The Quest for the Ultimate Vacuum Tube - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:17] <exec_> 08└─"digital" singles [...] analog single I'll take 5 of each please. s/single/signal -- gewg_
[23:03:21] <exec_> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Awesome - 06Raspberry Pi's Latest Computer Costs Just $5 - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:23] <exec_> 08└─For all practical purposes yes, you do need an IP address. Sure, an engineer can set up a sneakernet, or he can connect a USB-Ethernet adapter. Most of my MCU designs have no Ethernet, or even an OS. But this is not something that you would expect from beginners. A teacher or a lab tech can set up...
[23:03:25] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Poorly designed for current market - 06Raspberry Pi's Latest Computer Costs Just $5 - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:27] <exec_> 08└─Is the 4gb flash faster than a microSD?
[23:03:30] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Poorly designed for current market - 06Raspberry Pi's Latest Computer Costs Just $5 - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:31] <exec_> 08└─I tend to agree, its like they were going to make it an embedded device, but didnt fully understand what that means and blew it.
[23:03:34] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Finger slip or Freudian slip? - 06Raspberry Pi's Latest Computer Costs Just $5 - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:36] <exec_> 08└─their yuge marketing muscle OMG, he's been completely Trumped! -- gewg_
[23:03:39] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 025$ Entry Fee - 06Raspberry Pi's Latest Computer Costs Just $5 - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:03:40] <exec_> 08└─it may be 5 dollars, but its worthless without several extras to make it usable ( that both raise the cost and increase its footprint ). It would have been trivial for them to add current standard connectors and network connectivity for just a couple of bucks more. Just because its 'the smallest and...
[23:03:43] <exec_> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:I write software I need - 06Researchers Study Motivations of Open-source Programmers - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:45] <exec_> 08└─Cammotics is 3 axis only, and is a verifier without CAM. Linuxcnc is a machine controller, not a CAM software. Opencascade is not a CAM software but a set of tools which could be used to help build CADCAM software.
[23:03:48] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score:2) 02Re:I write software I need - 06Researchers Study Motivations of Open-source Programmers - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:49] <exec_> 08└─Care to provide a pointer to your software please?
[23:03:52] <exec_> *** new comment: 03N3Roaster [3860] (Score:2) 02Re:I write software I need - 06Researchers Study Motivations of Open-source Programmers - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:54] <exec_> 08└─GitHub repo: https://github.com [github.com] There's a link at the top of that for Mac/Windows builds and incomplete documentation that at least covers the most important points. Linux users still need to figure out how to compile it themselves. The project site will be moving to it...
[23:04:37] <exec_> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Daiv [3940] 02No televisions in prison - 06Man Released From Prison After 44 Years Reacts to Today's Technology - 231 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:04:37] <exec_> 08└─I thought televisions were still allowed in prison. And visitors. And a constant churn of new inmates and guards. Was he in solitary for 44 years? No, I'm not watching the video. This stuff could, however, be placed in the summary.
[23:04:38] <exec_> *** new comment: 03umafuckitt [20] (Score:2) 02Re:No televisions in prison - 06Man Released From Prison After 44 Years Reacts to Today's Technology - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:04:39] <exec_> 08└─He spends most of his time talking about stuff other than technology. The summary is maybe a little skewed.
[23:04:42] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Age is a factor too - 06Man Released From Prison After 44 Years Reacts to Today's Technology - 185 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:04:44] <exec_> 08└─Even if he didn't miss out on the last 40 years, his age alone would cause some confusion with 'modern tech'. Most of the "older generation" has issues with it, and they lived thru it..
[23:04:46] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02Re:Age is a factor too - 06Man Released From Prison After 44 Years Reacts to Today's Technology - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:04:48] <exec_> 08└─The "issues" I have are that a lot of "modern tech" sucks and does obvious damage. The "issues" are not that I don't understand it.
[23:05:02] <exec_> *** new comment: 03NotSanguine [285] (Score:2) 02Re:Bad Governments rule the world - 06Tech Industry Coalition Defies Calls for Weakened Encryption - 267 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:05:03] <exec_> 08└─Now, we could fight 'em with conventional weapons. That could take years and cost millions of lives. Oh no. No, in this case, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.
[23:05:10] <exec_> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02My father WROTE the manuals on the rockets - 06Tech Industry Coalition Defies Calls for Weakened Encryption - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:05:11] <exec_> 08└─A little bird lit on my windowsill as I was having my morning coffee, to let me know that my father once had a bit to much Scotch in that little bird's direct presence. I'd give you more details but the Navy would exhume my father's battleship grey steel casket then inter it for all eternity at Leav...
[23:05:28] <exec_> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Its getting serious - 06PPPL Physicists Use Computers to Uncover Mechanism That Stabilizes Plasma Within Tokamaks - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:05:29] <exec_> 08└─Here's an idea: you buy me the solar panels. That'd be extremely cost effective for me.
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