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[00:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:A ten year old could write better - 06Quantum Teleportation Achieved over Metropolitan Fiber Networks - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:17:56] <exec> 08└─ALL quantum physics sounds to me like it was written by a stoned ten-year-old. Ex: It's a wave if the White Rabbit stares at it, but a particle if Alice stares at it...
[00:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unfortunate naming - 06Quantum Teleportation Achieved over Metropolitan Fiber Networks - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:17:59] <exec> 08└─the naming of the quarks is strangely charming, beautiful in its own way.
[00:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:18:13] <exec> 08└─Because there's effectively a fixed amount of work that needs doing.
[00:18:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:18:15] <exec> 08└─More precisely, the amount of work suitable for the average person is shrinking as technology takes over jobs previously done by humans.
[00:18:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Is This a First? - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:18:26] <exec> 08└─This may be a first - the article submitter didn't even read their own article. Soylent really is the on the cutting-edge compared to slashdot!
[00:18:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score:2) 02Reminds me of Google's 20% personal projects - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:18:32] <exec> 08└─I know Google has moved away from this practice, but it used to be famous for letting engineers devote 20% of their time on personal semi-Google related projects.
[00:19:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03goody [2135] (Score:2) 02Re:Perhaps its time for ZIP codes to give way? - 06How ZIP Codes Nearly Masked the Lead Problem in Flint - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:19:21] <exec> 08└─The only thing they seem capable of delivering without fail is unsolicited advertising. Gee, I wonder why that might be?
[00:19:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02ZIP stands for - 06How ZIP Codes Nearly Masked the Lead Problem in Flint - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:19:30] <exec> 08└─Zone Improvement Plan 02139... it's ok to be jealous.
[00:21:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Online ads are pathetic - 06Newest kid in the Advertising Marketplace? Adblock Plus of Course - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:21:03] <exec> 08└─Yeah, your pathos just makes you overly sensitive to the opinions of anonymous strangers.
[00:21:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Capt. Obvious [6089] (Score:2) 02Re:Let's stop pretending - 06Newest kid in the Advertising Marketplace? Adblock Plus of Course - 573 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:21:09] <exec> 08└─Entertainment, yes. There used to be (in the 90's) local papers that weren't under a couple of corporate umbrellas. Most of the news is generated at the "newspaper" level. Now, Bezos owns the Washington Post, Murdoch owns the WSJ, and it goes on. Newspapers went from being profitable things (which...
[00:21:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Let's stop pretending - 06Newest kid in the Advertising Marketplace? Adblock Plus of Course - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:21:11] <exec> 08└─> There used to be (in the 90's) local papers that weren't under a couple of corporate umbrellas. I think you over-estimate. In the 80s I lived in a state with a population under a million. There were 2 papers in the big city and then a handful of other local town papers. They we are all owned by la...
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[01:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score:2) 02Too big to fail... erm... not make a good profit? - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:41] <exec> 08└─Wow, this is really scraping the bottom of a barrel here. Allowing a drug like this to go ahead purely because the company needs cash? What happened to the Oath and all that?
[01:17:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03black6host [3827] (Score:2) 02Ha! - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:43] <exec> 08└─Once again, figuring out how to get your money for nothing and your chicks for free just ain't that hard! :) (No matter which way this goes.)
[01:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02$300k sugar pill - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:17:45] <exec> 08└─1) look like you're working hard on something critical while you package sugar pills in fancy box. 2) get the right person to overrule scientists who don't believe in you 3) sell sugar pills for mind-bogglingly absurd price, per person per year - Use part of the cash to reward 2) 4) retire to your p...
[01:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02That's Big Business - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:47] <exec> 08└─That's how big buisiness is conducted these days. "Go down to D.C. and get us a victory! Oh, and take this truckload of money."
[01:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Push the decision on to the parents - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:17:49] <exec> 08└─Hey, this drug is probably worthless, but maybe it's not.... you gonna deny your kid a chance, even if it costs you $300K /yr? Thanks, FDA!
[01:18:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:A ten year old could write better - 06Quantum Teleportation Achieved over Metropolitan Fiber Networks - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:04] <exec> 08└─I have a book [amazon.com] that may be relevant to your interests.
[01:18:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unfortunate naming - 06Quantum Teleportation Achieved over Metropolitan Fiber Networks - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:08] <exec> 08└─I guess these things have their ups and downs.
[01:18:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:that's racist ;) - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:18] <exec> 08└─Don't you mean in Houston King?
[01:18:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:24] <exec> 08└─Because not everyone is a soulless automaton such as yourself. Seriously. If you cannot work out what the problem with Wage Slavery is then you are 100 years behind the times. (even Lincoln lamented this situation) When I was a kid in the 80's they showed us pictures of how robots would mean we all...
[01:18:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 292 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:26] <exec> 08└─And your assertion that there's a fixed amount of work falls flat just on a modest examination of history. We've gone from prehistoric to current era with no change in the amount of work? Really? I guess it was just as hard and labor intensive to build out a fiber optic network as it is now.
[01:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03mhajicek [51] (Score:2) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:30] <exec> 08└─The work that the average working person does is increasing in value, but fewer people are working. Workforce participation is at an all time low.
[01:18:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:BS. - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:41] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you're burned out. Time for a career change.. you might have to move somewhere so your income can accommodate your new lifestyle. But it would be well worth it if you're in a good mood instead of a crappy mood when you're working. A job that pays 6+ figures USD comes with drawbacks. That...
[01:18:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Conservatives - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:18:48] <exec> 08└─TIP: it's probably counterproductive to create laws and regulations that force businesses to hire someone (or more likely, outside consultants) who's job is to become expert on these laws and optimize staffing based on those constraints. And chances are they'll end up with a solution that's differen...
[01:19:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Hope! - 06Potential Schizophrenia 'Switch' Found - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:02] <exec> 08└─"Anonymous Coward" has been one of the most disliked posters on Slashdot and SoylentNews for many years. He's an obvious loser, so Mr. Trump has never been impressed by the posts from AC. - John Barron
[01:19:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03PartTimeZombie [4827] (Score:2) 02Re:Australia - 06Breakthrough in Salt-Tolerance in Plant Research - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:19:15] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure why you would ask me for a solution, I don't live in Australia and have no dog in that fight. If the Murray-Darling Basin Authority can't sort it out, why would you think I can?
[01:20:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Missing the point - 06Titan's Flooded Canyons - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:20:07] <exec> 08└─Hmm... The gay vegan Titan mooooooslims are gonna getcha! That should schedule a liberation any day now, right? If there were proof of gay vegan Titan moooooooslims.... Oh screw it. It's probably just populated by gayniggers.
[01:26:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The providers have a point - 06Town Loses Gigabit Connections after FCC Municipal Broadband Court Loss - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:26:27] <exec> 08└─NYC has no doubt has that exact same issue. They also have a serious aging infrastructure problem. They have a horrible problem under their streets. They basically can not work on some sort of infrastructure without screwing up some secondary service. With 150+ years of wires and pipes all intertwi...
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[02:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Subject: Energy - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 1098 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:17:56] <exec> 08└─Is this a fucking joke? An "internet of energy" will allow fridges, washers and dishwashers to help balance energy demand. Some commentators say the UK needs more gas-fired power to prevent blackouts. Ms Shaw agreed that more investment in gas-fired power was needed, but argued that between 30% and...
[02:18:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Too big to fail... erm... not make a good profi - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 740 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:18:05] <exec> 08└─If Donald Trump can really shoot someone and not lose any voters, this ever more brazen profiteering is certainly not going to get on the radar. This MD drug is just like our current Alzheimer's drugs. They don't cure Alzheimer's. They don't even slow down the progression. All they might do, for som...
[02:18:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Too big to fail... erm... not make a good profi - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 439 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:18:07] <exec> 08└─The medical industry has nothing to do with patient well-being, patient's rights, or ethics. Or even morals. I'm not surprised when "more profit" is the sole incentive in this country to do anything. That doctor got paid off, patients will suffer, the disease still rages, and profits keep funneling...
[02:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Unfortunate naming - 06Quantum Teleportation Achieved over Metropolitan Fiber Networks - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:18:30] <exec> 08└─Don't forget the ins and outs... love the ins and outs... especially when they go in and out and in and out and........ shit. Where's the kleenex....
[02:18:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unfortunate naming - 06Quantum Teleportation Achieved over Metropolitan Fiber Networks - 302 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:18:31] <exec> 08└─The Big Bang was a derisive term coined by Fred Hoyle that got picked up by the press. The God Particle was created by Leon Lederman's book publisher; he did not like the term but the publisher thought it made a wonderful book title. The press loved it too. It ain't the physicists naming these thing...
[02:18:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:18:48] <exec> 08└─Seriously. If you cannot work out what the problem with Wage Slavery is then you are 100 years behind the times. (even Lincoln lamented this situation)
[02:18:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:18:49] <exec> 08└─For example, a lot of developed world work was moved overseas without a huge permanent creation of unemployment anywhere in the world.
[02:18:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:18:56] <exec> 08└─In the developed world. It's a different situation in the rest of the world. Labor force participation would be a lot better without the various obstructions that the developed world puts in the way.
[02:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Conservatives - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:19:12] <exec> 08└─I can see how "spreading the hours around" may improve income equality
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[03:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Linux users fuck dogs!! Ruff! Ruff! - 06Building a Wireless Micromachine - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:48] <exec> 08└─Linux user's girlfriend: 🐩 Windows user's girlfriend: 💃 ReactOS user's girlfriend: 💪
[03:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Soylent readers suck - 06Building a Wireless Micromachine - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:17:50] <exec> 08└─It's all true! *masturbating furiously*
[03:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score:2) 02Foxes much? - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:17:59] <exec> 08└─Fox says hen houses need more foxes, news at 10. Seriously, people publishing this stuff as serious should be sacked. Stories concerning Vicars and knickers are of significantly more public interest.
[03:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:$300k sugar pill - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 434 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:18:11] <exec> 08└─You seem to be saying that this was a scam from its inception. If that's what you mean, what leads you to that belief? It's not obvious to me that this drug was intended or expected to be ineffective. Several other drugs based on the principle of antisense therapy are being developed: As of 2012, s...
[03:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Push the decision on to the parents - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 583 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:18:15] <exec> 08└─Harsh but true: if your kid has DMD, they don't have a chance either way. They will die of suffocation or on a hospital ventilator if they're lucky enough to get that far. The correct but unpalatable politically/socially decision is to support them while expending as little resources as possible on...
[03:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02wreckreation - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:17] <exec> 08└─Kratom to be banned in 9 days or so
[03:18:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score:2) 02Shakespeare needs an update! - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:19] <exec> 08└─I guess we should start with the lobbyists, then move on to the lawyers. /on a happy note, I've got a fan! That's the equivalent to getting a new phone book! I'm somebody now! ;-)
[03:18:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02natural microbes - 06Microbes Help Plants Survive in Severe Drought - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:18:27] <exec> 08└─Marijuana growers are way ahead on this, http://oaksterdamuniversity.com [oaksterdamuniversity.com] http://bigbudsmag.com [bigbudsmag.com]
[03:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 1027 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:18:59] <exec> 08└─Why would anybody starve? We just cut everybody's hours and give them a raise in pay to ensure they've got the money necessary to pay for things like food and board. It's not rocket science and we've got more than enough money and production capacity to make it happen. As it stands more than half of...
[03:19:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:19:01] <exec> 08└─Not even remotely close to true. Moving developed-world work overseas caused massive unemployment in the entire region now known as the "Rust Belt". Which got its name because the once-mighty industrial areas now lie in ruins, exposed to the elements, and quite literally rusting apart. Some parts of...
[03:19:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:19:04] <exec> 08└─A region isn't a worker. Workers readily moved out of those regions and found work elsewhere.
[03:19:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 927 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:19:07] <exec> 08└─If by modest examination, you mean no thought of any sort, then maybe. Humans don't really do any more work now than in the past, we just get a lot more done with the time. Back in the prehistoric era, you'd expect to spend nearly all day every day looking for food and the necessities of life. If yo...
[03:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03julian [6003] (Score:2) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 1283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:19:13] <exec> 08└─And the prime counting function never underestimates the number of primes below a given number...until you get to somewhere around 1.39×10^19 and it doesn't. The Internet didn't exist for billions of years...until it did. Something being true in the past is no guarantee it will always be true, that...
[03:19:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03srobert [4803] (Score:2) 02Let's Cut the Researchers' Pay and Hours - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:33] <exec> 08└─Let's cut the researchers' pay, hours, and benefits and have them re-run the study and see if they come to the same results faster.
[03:19:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02My Mother's Schizophrenia - 06Potential Schizophrenia 'Switch' Found - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:19:47] <exec> 08└─If I could have switched off my mother's schizophrenia back in 1965, my childhood would have been easier. And I might not have been so screwed up as an adult.
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[04:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score:2) 02Might help with the California cows. - 06New Approach to Dynamically Tune how a Catalyst Operates - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:12] <exec> 08└─Since Governor Moonbat has decreed that cows are the methane enemy in California, perhaps this can be used to make a cattlelytic converter for their farts. It would only be fitting for the people of California to insist that the Governor and all who voted for this stupidity be the ones to install th...
[04:18:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Might help with the California cows. - 06New Approach to Dynamically Tune how a Catalyst Operates - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:18:13] <exec> 08└─The hipster cows have already migrated to seattle.
[04:18:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Confusing? - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:31] <exec> 08└─I have money and want to stay cold or I try to be apart of something for all. So which mural are we trying to paint?
[04:18:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score:2) 02Re:Too big to fail... erm... not make a good profi - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 303 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:18:41] <exec> 08└─If Donald Trump can really shoot someone and not lose any voters Oh for crying out loud. Hillary could slaughter a school bus full of children on the horns of the Wall Street bull, in broad daylight, and the media would spin it as a right wing anti-abortion protest. Answering absurdity with absurdi...
[04:18:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Can there be science without climate change? - 06Microbes Help Plants Survive in Severe Drought - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:18:59] <exec> 08└─Good lord. Is it possible to do ANY science without at least name dropping AGW theory in passing? I'm waiting for the pure tech articles, new CPU or something, to start doing it too. Oh wait, most of the push is now for lowering power consumption (mostly for economic reasons) and they DO often make...
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[04:19:34] <exec> 08└─We just cut everybody's hours and give them a raise in pay to ensure they've got the money necessary to pay for things like food and board.
[04:19:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:19:41] <exec> 08└─Humans don't really do any more work now than in the past, we just get a lot more done with the time.
[04:20:45] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03SunTzuWarmaster [3971] 02Re:Why are they so bad? - 06How ZIP Codes Nearly Masked the Lead Problem in Flint - 658 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:20:45] <exec> 08└─The US ZIP code system functions extremely well for its intend purpose: delivering mail to recipients. They are issued, reissued, and changed each year in order to streamline mail delivery. The problem comes when you use the Mail Delivery Code for segregating people into water zones, or "affluent ne...
[04:21:00] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] 02Re:Perhaps its time for ZIP codes to give way? - 06How ZIP Codes Nearly Masked the Lead Problem in Flint - 137 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:21:00] <exec> 08└─Why not switch to a better geocoding system? The ZIP code was designed nearly half a century ago, surely we have something better by now.
[04:21:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:There is no Fix - 06Hackers Hijack Tesla Model S from Afar, While the Cars are Moving - 590 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:21:45] <exec> 08└─You are insufficiently informed. This has already been solved for years. For example, the module that applies the updates could be separate from the stuff that downloads it. And the module can check the submitted updates (digital signatures) and refuse to do the entire update transaction if any subm...
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[05:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03tcj_phx [6273] (Score:1) 02something new every year - 06To Catch A Mosquito - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:17:56] <exec> 08└─How are we supposed to keep track of which virus is going to kill us all this time around?
[05:18:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02chemical precursor and fuel - 06New Approach to Dynamically Tune how a Catalyst Operates - 310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:18:06] <exec> 08└─We can swap those around: The very unnatural "natural gas" (methane?) can be a chemical precursor. The carbon monoxide can be a fuel. It's been done, and even piped into houses. A mix of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, produced by running steam over coal, was called "town gas" or "water gas" or "synth...
[05:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02disappointed... - 06Building a Wireless Micromachine - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:18:15] <exec> 08└─Imagine my disappointment. I was hopping for remote controlled these https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[05:18:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score:2) 02Braces? - 06Building a Wireless Micromachine - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:18:17] <exec> 08└─Who needs braces when I already hear more than I would prefer [hearinglosshelp.com]?
[05:18:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Foxes much? - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 1499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:18:27] <exec> 08└─Not really. The power grid requires base power production that is more or less always on and available on a moments notice to supply the basic power. And then the ability to add capacity as needed in cases where demand increases. If you can't do that, then you wind up with brown outs. Those commonly...
[05:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Foxes much? - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:18:29] <exec> 08└─Brownouts in the United Kingdom, in this day and age?? Hey! The, war, is, over! And what are you doing with that useless ocean out there that's too damn cold to swim in, and with all that wind? Who's selling you your power, Enron?
[05:18:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How? - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:18:33] <exec> 08└─So if I need to wash some dishes or clothing the machine won't let me? Will it not turn on or will it stop in the middle of a cycle if demand suddenly grows? Don't most people wash clothing and dishes during non-peak hours? Can I sue the power company if my food spoils? How about we enforce stand-by...
[05:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Can there be science without climate change? - 06Microbes Help Plants Survive in Severe Drought - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:18:59] <exec> 08└─One need look no farther than the next and previous stories ("Quantum Teleportation Achieved over Metropolitan Fiber Networks" and "Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug").
[05:19:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:BS. - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 1627 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:19:56] <exec> 08└─Sounds like you're burned out Absolutely I am burned out. Thing is nothing really interests me. I took 5 months off between jobs. As in I did not even LOOK for another job. Started looking again a couple of weeks ago. Getting told 'no' is pretty depressing too. All that interests me is sitting on as...
[05:20:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:My Mother's Schizophrenia - 06Potential Schizophrenia 'Switch' Found - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:20:22] <exec> 08└─Well, if you could switch off the schizo you blame on your mother, we would all be better off.
[05:20:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02SoylentNews lives or dies on comments - 06Potential Schizophrenia 'Switch' Found - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:20:24] <exec> 08└─So far, there is not a single comment that addresses the science or the application of the science. I expect more of my fellow Soylentils, and since this is not one of my many areas of expertise, I call upon anyone who has such to chip in. No, jmorris, not you! Yes, Francis, we know you do not know...
[05:22:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Marand [1081] (Score:2) 02Re:Not So Terrible - 06Newest kid in the Advertising Marketplace? Adblock Plus of Course - 1010 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:22:30] <exec> 08└─Well, yeah. I use a pretty strict NoScript setup (blacklist everything by default, only explicitly whitelist when I want/need to) and managed to go years without using an ad blocker because NoScript already got everything that bothered me. I did eventually start using one (uBlock Origin), but not t...
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[05:22:33] <exec> 08└─Conspicuously absent: User-tracking adsUser-spying ads (e.g. querying the browser history)
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[06:18:17] <exec> 08└─Get your head out of the sand. If your washing machine and dish washer run when the grid has excess power, there's less need for storage. That idea certainly makes sense, and IoT / smart grid can make it happen. As an incentive, the customer can pay lower rates at off peak times.
[06:18:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How? - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:18:24] <exec> 08└─You will be incentivized by paying lower electric rates at certain times. Your appliance will have an extra "eco-run" button that waits until it is a good time to wash.
[06:19:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Underemployment - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:19:58] <exec> 08└─You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. [investopedia.com]
[06:20:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03eof [5559] (Score:2) 02Re:Why are they so bad? - 06How ZIP Codes Nearly Masked the Lead Problem in Flint - 265 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:20:47] <exec> 08└─I don't know what you mean by zip+4 "was never widely adopted" since it is in use now. Certainly businesses use it when writing, whether or not you provide them with the information. There is a lot of variation with individuals using it, but I've always known mine.
[06:22:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:AdBlock = inferior + 'souled-out' vs. hosts - 06Newest kid in the Advertising Marketplace? Adblock Plus of Course - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:22:51] <exec> 08└─But does it protect against spam on soylent news? (i.e. you)
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[07:17:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Why do anything? - 06Diamond Proves Useful Material for Growing Graphene - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:47] <exec> 08└─Just say you have an idea defect-free graphene will be useful someday for something. Instant trillions in funding!
[07:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02CARBON CAN GROW CARBON - 06Diamond Proves Useful Material for Growing Graphene - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:17:48] <exec> 08└─BUT CAN WE USE CARBON TO KILL TERRISTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[07:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Be Very Afraid - 06To Catch A Mosquito - 524 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:17:58] <exec> 08└─Forget about viruses, it's terrists you should worry about. Fifteen years of fear are not enough. Continue being afraid. You might have seen yesterday's episode of Mr Robot. An FBI agent said they passed the Patriot Act and you don't have rights anymore. That's funny because an FBI agent told me tha...
[07:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:disappointed... - 06Building a Wireless Micromachine - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:18:16] <exec> 08└─Imagine my disappointment. Now proven: Soylent is Slashdot for Geezers.
[07:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Subject: Energy - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:18:27] <exec> 08└─And the IoT can also spy on you, introduce all sorts of security flaws, and introduce non-free proprietary software in places where it previously did not exist. No thanks. I'll be skipping out on the IoT until the software industry can learn to respect the freedoms of users and not be actively malic...
[07:18:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re: Tesla Power wall. - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:18:35] <exec> 08└─I think local battery storage can help with load shedding during peak times. Tesla Powerwall | Fully Charged [youtube.com]
[07:18:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re: Tesla Power wall. - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:18:37] <exec> 08└─But it adds about 10 c / kWh to your energy cost. The pack costs about $500 / kWh and can be cycled 5000 times. Smart grid ought to be an order of magnitude cheaper.
[07:18:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Push the decision on to the parents - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:18:54] <exec> 08└─Best answer, don't approve it, but don't forbid it either. Simply rate it's safety (or lack thereof) for human use with no endorsement for effectiveness and let doctors and their patients decide case by case.
[07:18:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score:2) 02That's a good case defense for snake oil and drugs - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:18:58] <exec> 08└─Does it help medicinally? No. But I'm giving hope to thousands of patients and their families and encouraging research efforts and funding by demonstrating the market's demand for the real researches. If they take that doctor's license, I'm sure Tobacco, Big Oil or Firearms will snatch that guy firs...
[07:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Help me out here - who does what? - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:19:00] <exec> 08└─The "Center for Drug Evaluation and Research", I presume has the remit of Researching, and Evaluating, Drugs. The "FDA", apparently Administers approvals of Drugs. But the FDA had a "review team" who were performing an "analysis" - that's researching and evaluating, isn't it? That's CDER's job, acco...
[07:19:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03TrumpetPower! [590] 02Unfortunate naming - 06Quantum Teleportation Achieved over Metropolitan Fiber Networks - 835 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:19:20] <exec> 08└─Physicists seem to have a real hit-or-miss record when it comes to naming the stuff they discover. "Relativity" is the perfect term for that theory, and the naming of the quarks is strangely charming, beautiful in its own way. But the Big Bang was neither Big nor Bangy; the God Particle is anything...
[07:19:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 134 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:19:44] <exec> 08└─For example, a lot of developed world work was moved overseas without a huge permanent creation of unemployment anywhere in the world.
[07:19:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:19:50] <exec> 08└─Basically if the work doesn't provide for the needs people have, it's busy work and we shouldn't be encouraging it as a profession. Once you've got food, shelter and medical care provided for, everything else is about enjoying life more. [...] workers should be spending less time working and more of...
[07:22:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Why? - 06Hackers Hijack Tesla Model S from Afar, While the Cars are Moving - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:22:05] <exec> 08└─Unless the car comes with a built in 3D-printer allowing you to download fresh brake pads, you'll have to get it serviced just like the Chevy. With a correctly airgapped system, you wouldn't need to download security updates every week.
[07:23:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Capt. Obvious [6089] (Score:2) 02Re:Let's stop pretending - 06Newest kid in the Advertising Marketplace? Adblock Plus of Course - 406 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:23:06] <exec> 08└─I mean, if you look at really rich groups of 30 (say, teams of sports organizers) where a lot of the wealth is illiquid, you'll see they have a far different profile than groups of 6 with more liquid wealth. See how the football group that Trump was part of, compared to the smaller group of 6 that s...
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[08:18:18] <exec> 08└─Get the fuck off my grass!
[08:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Subject: Energy - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:18:29] <exec> 08└─Storage. If you want to level out grid demand we are going to have to get serious about storage, and probably storage close to the point of consumption. But all that money for new gas plants into some form of storage, ANY form of storage. Storage is ready right away. Gas plants are 30 minutes to get...
[08:18:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:$300k sugar pill - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:18:52] <exec> 08└─You forgot... 5) Profit!
[08:19:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Help me out here - who does what? - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:19:01] <exec> 08└─All of CDER is FDA, but not all of FDA is CDER. Hope that helps.
[08:19:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Unfortunate naming - 06Quantum Teleportation Achieved over Metropolitan Fiber Networks - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:19:26] <exec> 08└─That eja- ...escalated quickly.
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[09:17:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02It's accurate if you don't need accuray - 06Digital Photography: The Future of Small-Scale Manufacturing? - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:41] <exec> 08└─From TFA: Photogrammetry has proven to be an accurate approach for applications where tight tolerances are not necessary.
[09:17:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Manufacturing for Art Majors - 06Digital Photography: The Future of Small-Scale Manufacturing? - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:43] <exec> 08└─This is what happens when a generation comes of age in a social media economy with no manufacturing sector whatsoever. They think they can bullshit and handwave their way through everything.
[09:17:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Sure … - 06Digital Photography: The Future of Small-Scale Manufacturing? - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:45] <exec> 08└─Please show me how this copes with structures hidden from plain view, for example something with this cross section (with a solid rectangle on the top and bottom): ######## ######## ## ## ## ## ## #### ## #### ## ######## ########
[09:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Well … - 06Diamond Proves Useful Material for Growing Graphene - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:17:54] <exec> 08└─Metal-induced rapid transformation of diamond into single and multilayer graphene on wafer scale.
[09:18:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Subject: Energy - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:18:32] <exec> 08└─As an incentive, the customer can pay lower rates at off peak times.
[09:18:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] (Score:2) 02Re:Foxes much? - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 1217 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:18:38] <exec> 08└─Those commonly occur in the summer in areas where a lot of people have AC running that places stress on the system. This is the UK. People do not have air conditioning on any significant scale. My point was that the person saying we need more large scale gas generation was the large scale gas genera...
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[09:18:45] <exec> 08└─So if I need to wash some dishes or clothing the machine won't let me?
[09:18:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snospar [5366] (Score:1) 02Christmas Day - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:18:47] <exec> 08└─What's going to happen on Christmas Day in her IoT dystopia? Is the "smart" cooker not going to turn on because of the unusual peak demand? Will the fridge freezer and television (and PC's, laptops and games consoles) all automatically turn off so we can enjoy the traditional Christmas dinner? So...
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[10:17:48] <exec> 08└─The scientists also inserted the gene into human cells and found that Dsup-treated cells suffered less damage from X-ray exposure.
[10:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sure … - 06Digital Photography: The Future of Small-Scale Manufacturing? - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:17:58] <exec> 08└─Perception is reality. Things don't have internal structure. Real life is a movie and things are props.
[10:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Behind The Times - 06Digital Photography: The Future of Small-Scale Manufacturing? - 728 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:18:00] <exec> 08└─This is already being done. In the DIY world its used for cloning things like game pieces, small statues, heads, penises, no-contact body casts, etc... This is the whole point of all the armature 3D scanning projects. From the article: “The ideal application of photogrammetry in the industry sett...
[10:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score:2) 02Demand - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 2970 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:19:00] <exec> 08└─You cannot "balance demand". Demand is a figure of how much people are asking for AT THAT MOMENT. You can try to reduce demand. That requires those people's co-operation. You can try to balance the network to meet demand. That's your problem. But you cannot balance demand. What you're saying is "Whe...
[10:19:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Magic Oddball [3847] (Score:2) 02Re:Too big to fail... erm... not make a good profi - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:19:11] <exec> 08└─Drugs for high blood pressure and high cholesterol actually work in controlling the condition, but, they share the highly profitable property of not actually curing anything. They'd have you believe you have to take the medication for the rest of your life. Doctors might make some noises about chang...
[10:23:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03geb [529] (Score:2) 02Re:A step closer to the correct system - 06Newest kid in the Advertising Marketplace? Adblock Plus of Course - 349 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:23:18] <exec> 08└─Well yeah, if I were able to write the standards, all ads would consist of no more than 50 kilobytes of jpg or png, with not even free text allowed. Adblock aren't willing to be that strict, and advertisers wouldn't be willing to give up their javascript, so I don't accept their standards as good en...
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[11:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03inertnet [4071] (Score:2) 02Good for astronauts? - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:17:46] <exec> 08└─Who could benefit from this besides astronauts?
[11:17:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Behind The Times - 06Digital Photography: The Future of Small-Scale Manufacturing? - 329 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:17:59] <exec> 08└─Car restoration folks have been doing this since forever, using historical pictures to aid in the restoration. You don't need exact dimensions as much as relative relationships of proportions. Hell, a while back there was an article of being able to recreate a key from little more than a photo. Most...
[11:19:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Too big to fail... erm... not make a good profi - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:19:11] <exec> 08└─Just waiting for civil war to start so we can kill all the Pharma execs with guillotines.
[11:19:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:$300k sugar pill - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:19:17] <exec> 08└─I'm pretty sure the "profit" part should go before the "retire" part.
[11:19:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shakespeare needs an update! - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:19:25] <exec> 08└─on a happy note, I've got a fan!
[11:20:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Webweasel [567] (Score:2) 02You do have depression - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 284 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:20:36] <exec> 08└─You do have depression and its time to get some help. Having been through it myself, I have a lot of sympathy, but therapy does work, it really does. If you can get some, I really recommend it. I avoided it for years myself "I can get through this" but it REALLY helps. Please try it.
[11:22:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:In Retrospect - 06Titan's Flooded Canyons - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:22:15] <exec> 08└─Oh really? Let's see. wget " rel="url2html-10727">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg gimp NASA-Apollo8-Dec24-Earthrise.jpg Colors > Levels... > Adjust Color Levels Oh look: someone pasted in a picture of the "Earth".
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[12:17:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02ulterior motivation - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:45] <exec> 08└─OK, which Microsoft executive has cancer?
[12:17:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimshatt [978] (Score:2) 02Re:ulterior motivation - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 190 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:17:47] <exec> 08└─I'd be fine with that, as long as the findings are published and not locked down behinds layers of patents and copyrights etc. But that's wishful thinking (I'm almost cured of that, though).
[12:17:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Forced updates - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:49] <exec> 08└─This one is easy. They'll just force the cancer to install windows 10 which will kill it.
[12:17:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03DBCubix [553] (Score:1) 02I will take this bet - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 59 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:51] <exec> 08└─What do I win on Sept 22, 2026 when cancer is still around?
[12:17:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Total bullshit - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 1700 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:54] <exec> 08└─Cancer is not one disease. It's cells which have broken through many different checks and balances in the process of DNA replication and apoptosis/immune destruction of things that go out of control. These checks and balances are pretty good, which is why the trillions of cells that make up you are...
[12:17:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03sendafiolorkar [6300] (Score:1) 02the real cancer - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:17:56] <exec> 08└─When will they solve that software cancer called Windows?
[12:18:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03KritonK [465] (Score:2) 02Re:Super villainy - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:05] <exec> 08└─Oddly enough, my first thought after reading this was about creating super heroes, not villains.
[12:18:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:Super villainy - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:07] <exec> 08└─goody 👠👠
[12:18:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Good for astronauts? - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:11] <exec> 08└─Well, Musky, obviously. But he's so damn awesome, Musky already has the damage suppressing gene naturally.
[12:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Good for astronauts? - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:13] <exec> 08└─Mick Jagger can survive total dehydration.
[12:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Good for astronauts? - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:15] <exec> 08└─He is already proving it.
[12:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Good for astronauts? - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:17] <exec> 08└─Well, Bruce Banner for one.
[12:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Behind The Times - 06Digital Photography: The Future of Small-Scale Manufacturing? - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:30] <exec> 08└─There's an old adage: measure twice and cut once. Adages are for old people! Today's young trendy makers measure never and just fucking 3D print shit!
[12:18:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:chemical precursor and fuel - 06New Approach to Dynamically Tune how a Catalyst Operates - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:18:56] <exec> 08└─Natural gas an methane are generally interchangeable. And it is pretty natural in occurrence.
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[13:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:ulterior motivation - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:17:56] <exec> 08└─Their findings will be available via leaked "telemetry data". They just can't help themselves.
[13:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03opinionated_science [4031] (Score:2) 02Re:Total bullshit - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 638 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:18:01] <exec> 08└─I agree. Not anon. Just wrote up a summary of 25 genetic diseases for $PROJ, and every single one is f*ing horrible. When the machine breaks, all you can hope is that you don't feel the pain. Probably the more relevant question for "cancer", is the role of the various actors - DNA, repair mechanisms...
[13:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:the real cancer - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:18:04] <exec> 08└─Which? castigates Microsoft http://www.bbc.co.uk [bbc.co.uk]
[13:18:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:the real cancer - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:18:06] <exec> 08└─> When will they solve that software cancer called Windows? IIRC, a former Microsoft CEO said that Linux was a cancer. And Jim Allchin, at the time #4 guy at Microsoft, and then later headed up that wonderful project known as Vista, said: Open Source is un-American, and legislators need to be educat...
[13:18:07] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Nerdfest [80] 02Linux - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 104 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:18:08] <exec> 08└─Didn't Microsoft once refer to Linux as a cancer? I'll assume that's what they're actually referring to.
[13:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:Linux - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 305 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:18:10] <exec> 08└─Yes, I'll repeat what I posted above. A former Microsoft CEO (Steve Ballmer) said that Linux was a cancer. And Jim Allchin, at the time #4 guy at Microsoft, and then later headed up that wonderful project known as Vista, said: Open Source is un-American, and legislators need to be educated to the da...
[13:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02oh i know what they are going to do. - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:18:12] <exec> 08└─They are going reverse engineer actual cancer and integrate it into Azure and Office 365 to be competitive with Oracle's cloud offerings?
[13:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The Message Was Received - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:18:15] <exec> 08└─Help me, Satya Nadella. You're my only hope. [youtube.com]
[13:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The Message Was Received - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:18:17] <exec> 08└─Trump would never let Obi-Juan into the country.
[13:18:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Knowing Microsoft... - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:18:19] <exec> 08└─They will attempt to cure cancer and will instead create a more aggressive form. Then they will release a genetic update to cure the aggressive cancer, and it will become airborne and communicable instead. The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck, is the day they start making vacuum clean...
[13:18:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Extinguish? - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:18:21] <exec> 08└─This would be the one Microsoft "Extinguish" I'd support, but I'm really worried about the horrible possibilities of their "Embrace" and "Extend" precursors.
[13:18:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02Re:Super villainy - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:18:32] <exec> 08└─Just the opposite I think - by constantly repairing damaged DNA you make it all but impossible for the X-factor mutations to occur in the first place. All we're likely to get is is super-normals. But hey, at least they should be extra resistant to cancer.
[13:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Good for astronauts? - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:18:39] <exec> 08└─73 years in and counting ... by now we can safely assume to have reached the 5 sigmas threshold on that experiment.
[13:18:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03t-3 [4907] (Score:2) 02Re:Good for astronauts? - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:18:42] <exec> 08└─Everyone most likely. Light skinned peoples can have a surgery/treatment of some kinds and greatly reduce sun damage/skin cancer risks, maybe cancers in general can be prevented with this? Perhaps we can tinker with other genetics of these tardigrades and use them to seed mars and start producing an...
[13:18:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03tonyPick [1237] (Score:2) 02Re:It's accurate if you don't need accuray - 06Digital Photography: The Future of Small-Scale Manufacturing? - 1240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:18:51] <exec> 08└─Yeah - for anything fine detail then the kind of resolution you can get with Photogrammetry is pretty rough. I did play around with some open source Photogrammetry libraries (OpenMVG) from standard images and blogged about it a bit here: http://hackingonspace.blogspot.co.uk [...
[13:19:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:chemical precursor and fuel - 06New Approach to Dynamically Tune how a Catalyst Operates - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:19:24] <exec> 08└─Carbon monoxide on tap, how delightfully Victorian!
[13:19:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Foxes much? - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:19:51] <exec> 08└─France, via the HVDC_Cross-Channel.
[13:20:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03skater [4342] (Score:2) 02Re:Too big to fail... erm... not make a good profi - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:20:13] <exec> 08└─Err...you know he actually said that, right?
[13:20:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Push the decision on to the parents - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:20:27] <exec> 08└─I assume you meant to type "genetic modification" not "generic modification." As I understand it, this drug is complementary to messenger RNA (mRNA) that codes for an undesirable protein. The intention was that the drug would combine with the mRNA, inactivating the mRNA before it could reach ribosom...
[13:21:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:21:22] <exec> 08└─Then how come unemployment in Detroit climbed from a modest 7% in 2001 to a whopping 28% in 2009, and now is still at 10%, over 5% higher than the nation at large?
[13:21:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:21:33] <exec> 08└─Show it's happening first. Don't just write endless bullshit. I can point to continued increases in global income and employment through the present. Thankfully I also think human ingenuity will save us, but only if we can divorce puritan ethics from economic thinking. A tall order.
[13:21:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 455 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:21:34] <exec> 08└─Perhaps instead of concentrating that wealth in the investors, we could keep more like 1/2 of the workers earning the same wages for fewer hours. That way we could maintain a wider income distribution while improving overall quality of life. But there is a fundamental problem that may be intractable...
[13:21:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:BS. - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:21:48] <exec> 08└─All that interests me is sitting on ass and playing solitaire. Cant even motivate myself to play a real game.
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[14:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:1) 02Solution to "transmit only" - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:57] <exec> 08└─So this could be a solution for people who are "transmit only" ?
[14:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Echo Cancellation - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:17:59] <exec> 08└─So why is this not just a reinvention of echo cancellation which is a common communication engineering technology. Used in long distance circuits, conference phones, modems from the 80's, and more recently coherent optical circuits. He claims that it works when tx is 100Billion time louder than rx....
[14:18:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02At what power levels? - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 1480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:01] <exec> 08└─The real problems are twofold: at what significant power level will the transmit power will end up desensing the receiver. It doesn't matter that one hits a magic formula, the question is still a basic one of how much power can be shoved out before the densense will occur. (And, improperly done, can...
[14:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Re:ulterior motivation - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 887 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:12] <exec> 08└─I however have a case of the opposite problem, cynicism. "we have tremendous expertise in computer science" *cough* LOL. Definitely not in executive decisions. That's why Microsoft tried DRM, trying to sell the public on the idea that DRM is security, got in bed with the RIAA, founded the BSA, and l...
[14:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:ulterior motivation - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:14] <exec> 08└─I'm wondering if any of the "Cancer Moonshot" RFPs have been released, or are being released soon.
[14:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Forced updates - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:17] <exec> 08└─Your body has been infected with Bodysnatcher.pua every 5 minutes another cell will be turned cancerous. Please submit 200 bitcoin to this address...
[14:18:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:I will take this bet - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 685 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:20] <exec> 08└─Microsoft could not even eradicate Open Source. Or Linux -- which their former CEO called a cancer. And not for lack of trying. In fact, despite Microsoft's best efforts, Open Source, and Linux have spread everywhere. There are more processors on planet earth running Linux than Windows. Almost any h...
[14:18:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Total bullshit - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 1569 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:24] <exec> 08└─The same results can only be arrived by others a very low percentage of the time (~10%) when it comes to cancer research, and it is to the point where peopole are actively resisting attempts by others to replicate their experiments. Further, people trying to do these replications are quitting in dis...
[14:18:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Total bullshit - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 635 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:26] <exec> 08└─This cancer is many diseases thing is a cop out meant to make you excuse the total lack of progress that has been made on the topic. Cancer is one disease, if you could detect and selectively remove aneuploid cells from tissues where they do not belong, you could cure 90-99% of cancers. Anyway, this...
[14:18:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Dateline: Washington, DC - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:36] <exec> 08└─You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villany. We must be cautious. You don't need to see his identification. This isn't the Juan you're looking for. [youtube.com]
[14:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The Message Was Received - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:39] <exec> 08└─Trump would never let Obi-Juan into the country.
[14:18:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03goodie [1877] (Score:2) 02Re:Knowing Microsoft... - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:18:42] <exec> 08└─The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck, is the day they start making vacuum cleaners
[14:18:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02The lines in bold have it right - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 459 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:45] <exec> 08└─Dr. Lowe, from In the Pipeline, get it totally right: . . . giving people the impression that you've already simulated everything important and you're busy "debugging" it is not only arrogant, it's close to irresponsible. . . . . . . You want to cure cancer? Go do it; don't sit around giving intervi...
[14:18:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:3, Funny) 02WCPGW? - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 1134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:47] <exec> 08└─> n a computer made from DNA which could live inside cells and look for faults in bodily networks It looks like your spleen is metastasizing. Think "OK" to begin spleen recovery Spleen recovery commencing... ...checking organs... ...deleting spleen... ...uploading biotelemetry to Microsoft... ...sea...
[14:18:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The will likely use viruses to combat cancer - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:18:49] <exec> 08└─Microsoft is particularly expert at building environments to nurture the growth of viruses. ( Sorry, I just couldn't resist ;)
[14:19:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Good for astronauts? - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:19:07] <exec> 08└─Everyone suffers DNA damage, even if they don't go to space, take an air flight, or hang around at Chernobyl/Fukushima.
[14:19:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:It's accurate if you don't need accuray - 06Digital Photography: The Future of Small-Scale Manufacturing? - 583 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:19:16] <exec> 08└─I've only expirimented a little with 3d scanning or Photogrammetry, but here are two packages that are very approachable if anyone wants to take a closer look (closed source unfortunately): For Photogrammetry: Autodesk 123D Catch. With the phone app it will guide you through the process, although a...
[14:22:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:Hope! - 06Potential Schizophrenia 'Switch' Found - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:22:39] <exec> 08└─Fix him in office? What, you mean President for Life? Democracy is like a bus?
[14:22:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02weed connection - 06Potential Schizophrenia 'Switch' Found - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:22:45] <exec> 08└─i find it kind of interesting that the stuff related to dopamine production signaling are also receptors for cbd and thc. maybe the theory of a marijuana connection has basis in fact after all.
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[15:17:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The largest in history! - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:55] <exec> 08└─Never before seen in at least the last ten thousand years of human recorded records.
[15:17:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The largest in history! - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:17:56] <exec> 08└─The previous one was much larger but it deleted all the records.
[15:17:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Did SN run a story on Krebs - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:17:58] <exec> 08└─On Tuesday? Maybe there was a sudden surge of reader interest.
[15:18:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03VanderDecken [5216] (Score:2) 02Military - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:09] <exec> 08└─TBH, I can't see this as being all that interesting for mainstream military purposes. The big wins there are frequency hopping, burst tx, and crypto. As someone else said, it sounds like more of a solution looking for a problem, unless there's a second order benefit in SIGINT or some such.
[15:18:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Military - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:18:11] <exec> 08└─My bet is military has been using it for years, in CW radars.
[15:18:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:ulterior motivation - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:18:23] <exec> 08└─I don't remember taking "Executive Decisions" in any of my comp sci classes, so are you just conceding they have expertise in CS?
[15:18:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Forced updates - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:18:28] <exec> 08└─That's silly - of course Windows 10 doesn't kill everything it touches. However, it will collect detailed information about everything you do, and use it to broadcast well-targeted ads into your dreams! Buy Lightspeed Briefs!
[15:18:31] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Total bullshit - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 1700 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:32] <exec> 08└─Cancer is not one disease. It's cells which have broken through many different checks and balances in the process of DNA replication and apoptosis/immune destruction of things that go out of control. These checks and balances are pretty good, which is why the trillions of cells that make up you are...
[15:18:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:the real cancer - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:18:40] <exec> 08└─They solved that years ago. They put everyone in cubicles.
[15:18:51] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] 02WCPGW? - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 1134 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:18:51] <exec> 08└─> n a computer made from DNA which could live inside cells and look for faults in bodily networks It looks like your spleen is metastasizing. Think "OK" to begin spleen recovery Spleen recovery commencing... ...checking organs... ...deleting spleen... ...uploading biotelemetry to Microsoft... ...sea...
[15:19:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Manufacturing for Art Majors - 06Digital Photography: The Future of Small-Scale Manufacturing? - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:19:23] <exec> 08└─It's not that their trying to be disingenuous, it is just that they assume that if they developed a clever way of doing it, it must be novel and never thought of before.
[15:20:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Dr Spin [5239] 02Foxes much? - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 199 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:20:22] <exec> 08└─Fox says hen houses need more foxes, news at 10. Seriously, people publishing this stuff as serious should be sacked. Stories concerning Vicars and knickers are of significantly more public interest.
[15:21:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Microbes are part of the system... - 06Microbes Help Plants Survive in Severe Drought - 555 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:21:15] <exec> 08└─Surprise: microbes are part of the system, they significantly affect the macro-organisms. You don't just "grow a plant" - you grow a plant in an ecosystem. Without nitrogen fixing bacteria on the roots, not much nitrogen is getting to the macro-plant. There are at least dozens of separate species th...
[15:21:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03BananaPhone [2488] (Score:2) 02I just teleported my thoughts to SoylentNews.org! - 06Quantum Teleportation Achieved over Metropolitan Fiber Networks - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:21:33] <exec> 08└─All I needed was to press buttons on this thingy and you can now read what I was thinking about. /S IOW: Quantum Entanglement Teleportation
[15:21:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 1619 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:21:59] <exec> 08└─I worked for a kleptocrat for a couple of years, he was manic-depressive... "missed seeing his son's first steps" because he was doing interviews with CNBC in New York, but still had time to play Paul Newman and personally drive most of a professional auto racing season. We don't know what he did i...
[15:23:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:Boaty McTitanface - 06Titan's Flooded Canyons - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:23:56] <exec> 08└─So somewhere between https://what-if.xkcd.com [xkcd.com] and https://what-if.xkcd.com [xkcd.com] then.
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[16:18:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Of Course! - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:18] <exec> 08└─Of course, Brian Krebs' website...and not hundreds of others that would have been much more obvious targets.
[16:18:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No Feather - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:19] <exec> 08└─> Quite the feather in the cap of Akamai to be able to mitigate this level of attack. I can get to the front page of his blog, but when I click on the link for the full blog entry on this topic it fails to load. Just hangs. So Akamai is kapakahi. [urbandictionary.com]
[16:18:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Let's See - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:18:22] <exec> 08└─Oh, let's go to the blog and see what it's about! No, wait ..
[16:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score:2) 02Re:Solution to "transmit only" - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:18:31] <exec> 08└─No, for them you need a mute button [dailymail.co.uk]/
[16:19:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Non Sequor [1005] (Score:2) 02Re:Super villainy - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:19:27] <exec> 08└─I'm sure that lady who injected herself with a telomerase promoting virus will go for this. She seems like a super villain candidate.
[16:20:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Might help with the California cows. - 06New Approach to Dynamically Tune how a Catalyst Operates - 168 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:20:19] <exec> 08└─No, this is about catalytic converters. Cowtalytic converters have yet to experience a breakthrough. And let me tell you, these cats aren't too keen on being converted!
[16:20:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:Subject: Energy - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 479 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:20:48] <exec> 08└─I think I can say the same to you. The article is trying to sell people on the IoT with a tone that is mildly threatening, "get smart devices or get charged higher rates.". They talk about communities balancing out load demands with solar but immediately say we also need more gas burning stations. T...
[16:21:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Demand - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 1269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:21:03] <exec> 08└─I think you are being a bit too literal and missing the forest for the trees. The concept of balancing demand is smoothing the demand curve to make it more uniform. Let me give an example which may make it more clear. I need gas/petrol for my car. I need to fill my tank about once a week or I'll run...
[16:22:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 969 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:22:26] <exec> 08└─You sir, are a dumbass. With the productivity gains of the last century in particular, there's no need to have everybody working 40 hour work weeks with no sick leave or vacation time. The work that you're advocating for is mostly busy work. At some point, productivity will reach a point where the o...
[16:22:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 1881 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:22:28] <exec> 08└─I really think a profound change in work culture is in our near future. We're still on the Protestant Work Ethic. It is strange how our technological advances were fondly imagined as eventually making our children's lives easier, but it never seems to work out that way. In the 18th century people wo...
[16:22:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 1722 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:22:38] <exec> 08└─That's a load of bullshit right there. I'm not surprised, mediocre minds will resort to word games because they're not able to form a cogent argument. Whether you want to use the term work or effort, the answer is the same. Humans get more done now than they did back then, hence why we can afford to...
[16:22:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Francis [5544] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 871 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:22:41] <exec> 08└─It does, however, there is a limit to that. People aren't going to buy more and more leisure goods just because they're no longer filling time at work. At some point you have enough of those things that you haven't got the time to use what you have. It happens more quickly than you might think. I've...
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[16:22:47] <exec> 08└─And you think that the people who are in the developing world are going to be in the developing world forever? Here's a hint from somebody that's been to the developing world. They're developing. There's a tremendous amount of waste and corruption right now that's holding things back, but as they ge...
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[17:18:08] <exec> 08└─I knew nothing, heard nothing... Chris Christie
[17:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03fubari [4551] (Score:1) 02Krebs wrote up some detail - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:18:12] <exec> 08└─Krebs wrote up some detail, an interesting read (when it works :-) was fine 2 min ago, now... not so much). http://krebsonsecurity.com [krebsonsecurity.com] Anyway, I ound that link in TFA, should (imo) be the fine article.
[17:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fnord666 [652] (Score:2) 02Re:Krebs wrote up some detail - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:15] <exec> 08└─I was going to use that link but I was afraid it might be down.
[17:18:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Echo Cancellation - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:26] <exec> 08└─You're missing a marketing arm to tell the world of your success in using known principles and applying it to Internet/Cloud/Mobile Phones. This guy has such a department, and may reap the rewards of it.
[17:18:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spook brat [775] (Score:2) 02Re:Military - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 632 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:31] <exec> 08└─I disagree; much of military radio protocol is based on the limitation of talk-or-listen-but-never-both that, until now, was considered inherent to radio operation. I'd be interested to see how that culture shifts after adoption of this new technique. Of course, it's likely that protocol would remai...
[17:18:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score:2) 02Re:Military - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:33] <exec> 08└─If this technology pans out, the military will certainly embrace it...ten years after it's commonplace everywhere else. The speed of military acquisition is mind-numbingly slow...
[17:18:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Re:ulterior motivation - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 1928 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:47] <exec> 08└─Not at all. I'm saying their CS expertise was applied far too narrowly. If they're so expert at CS, they should have realized that Digital Rights Management is nonsense on a technical level at the very least. There is no copy protection or DRM scheme that can stop others from reimplementing and recr...
[17:18:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Total bullshit - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 885 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:18:58] <exec> 08└─I am the GP. Not only is cancer many diseases, but - with the most select of exceptions - cancer is unique in every individual with the disease. Despite this, we've actually made significant progress in treating many cancers. However, therapy != cure and as I articulated above, thanks to rolling the...
[17:18:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Total bullshit - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:19:00] <exec> 08└─No, it really is one disease defined by the presence of aneuploidy. There have been tens of thousands of papers published on this, it has even trickled down to wikipedia: Aneuploidy is consistently observed in virtually all cancers.[10] Somatic mosaicism occurs in virtually all cancer cells, includi...
[17:19:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe [2583] (Score:2) 02Re:Total bullshit - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:19:02] <exec> 08└─This cancer is many diseases thing is a cop out meant to make you excuse the total lack of progress
[17:19:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Non Sequor [1005] (Score:2) 02Re:Total bullshit - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 669 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:19:04] <exec> 08└─From a physics perspective, you can treat the problem of identifying cancerous cells as reversing an increase in entropy due to mixing bad cells with good ones. If there are easy to exploit chemical (differential in response to a toxin) or mechanical (confined to a discrete mass of tissue) distincti...
[17:19:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03ticho [89] (Score:2) 02Re:Knowing Microsoft... - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:19:18] <exec> 08└─I read this joke about ten years ago, so it's not new. But it's still just as funny and just as fitting as it was back then. :-)
[17:19:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Yeah, sure. - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:24] <exec> 08└─Microsoft not only falls for the old "if all you have is a hammer, all problems look like nails" fallacy, they also have in the past demonstrated that they are not even very good in hammering nails.
[17:19:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02"Solve the problem" - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:26] <exec> 08└─by giving everyone the blue screen of death. Problem solved. OR... is it that Microsoft is starting to lose, maybe, and is looking to gather patents like crazy and maybe move into a different field of 'expertise'.
[17:19:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03marknmel [1243] (Score:1) 02Amusing - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:19:28] <exec> 08└─If it spotted cancerous chances it would reboot the system and clear out the diseased cells. Might be true, as Microsoft certainly has domain knowledge of rebooting systems....
[17:20:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sure … - 06Digital Photography: The Future of Small-Scale Manufacturing? - 542 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:20:02] <exec> 08└─If the top can't be removed, how would you even go about milling that structure out even if you /could/ map its internals? Even a 3D printer would probably leave support lattice on the inside that would have to be cleaned out somehow. I'm not sure point cloud scanning was ever meant be used with thi...
[17:20:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03fubari [4551] (Score:1) 02Ultra Nano? - 06Diamond Proves Useful Material for Growing Graphene - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:20:15] <exec> 08└─"Ultra Nano" crystalline diamond? Now they're just making shit up. Oh... maybe not: Ultrananocrystalline Diamond - Synthesis, Properties, and Applications [knovel.com] Description A practical reference handbook that brings together the basic science of nanoscale carbon structures, particularly its...
[17:21:13] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ledow [5567] 02Demand - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 2970 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:21:14] <exec> 08└─You cannot "balance demand". Demand is a figure of how much people are asking for AT THAT MOMENT. You can try to reduce demand. That requires those people's co-operation. You can try to balance the network to meet demand. That's your problem. But you cannot balance demand. What you're saying is "Whe...
[17:21:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:$300k sugar pill - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:21:34] <exec> 08└─Not saying that this one started as a scam, just pointing out how easy it would be for a scam to work. You only need enough cash and scientific-looking people to look legit, and the right profit-seeking persons to force it through... Not quite unlike Theranos, I guess.
[17:22:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I just teleported my thoughts to SoylentNews.or - 06Quantum Teleportation Achieved over Metropolitan Fiber Networks - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:18] <exec> 08└─You discovered a new sub-atomic particle: the Trollon
[17:22:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 499 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:42] <exec> 08└─With the productivity gains of the last century in particular, there's no need to have everybody working 40 hour work weeks with no sick leave or vacation time. The work that you're advocating for is mostly busy work. At some point, productivity will reach a point where the only way to have full emp...
[17:22:46] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Thexalon [636] 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 93 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:46] <exec> 08└─A region isn't a worker. Workers readily moved out of those regions and found work elsewhere.
[17:22:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:22:54] <exec> 08└─Whether you want to use the term work or effort, the answer is the same.
[17:23:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:03] <exec> 08└─Here's a hint from somebody that's been to the developing world. They're developing. There's a tremendous amount of waste and corruption right now that's holding things back, but as they get things squared away, they're progressing to where we are now. We have more than enough resources for them to...
[17:23:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Is This a First? - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:23:22] <exec> 08└─He's working smart.
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[18:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02But how to pay - 06Researchers Testing Cars and Roads that Talk to Each Other - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:17] <exec> 08└─for something like this, when authoritarian governments can barely maintain the basic asphalt roads?
[18:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:The largest in history! - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:18:27] <exec> 08└─Lisa: I think a hurricane is coming! Homer: Oh Lisa! There's no record of a hurricane ever hitting Springfield. Lisa: Yes, but the records only go back to 1978 when the Hall of Records was mysteriously blown away.
[18:18:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Sorry - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:18:32] <exec> 08└─You're supposed to hold the giant ACME packet magnet the other way...
[18:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Techwolf [87] (Score:1, Redundant) 02WHO? - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:18:39] <exec> 08└─Who is Brian Krebs and what did he do to piss off the gov?
[18:19:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:ulterior motivation - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:19:11] <exec> 08└─Yeah! Stupid Microsoft, you'll cure cancer with computers! How well is the SN Folding @ Home team doing these days?
[18:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:ulterior motivation - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:19:13] <exec> 08└─hah, damn, you'll never cure cancer with computers! I ruined everything!
[18:19:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe [2583] (Score:2) 02Re:Total bullshit - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:19:26] <exec> 08└─That is where the funding should be going
[18:19:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:WCPGW? - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:19:46] <exec> 08└─stick one finger in your bellybutton, one in your ear and one up your arsehole.
[18:20:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Super villainy - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:20:05] <exec> 08└─> That's how you get super villains. Oh, that sounds too dangerous... I thought you only needed to register with the SEC.
[18:20:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score:2) 02How to be a trillionaire - 06Diamond Proves Useful Material for Growing Graphene - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:20:41] <exec> 08└─The first one to perfect defect-free graphene will be a trillionaire.
[18:20:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] (Score:2) 02Re:something new every year - 06To Catch A Mosquito - 211 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:20:52] <exec> 08└─I don't know. But when the aliens come, I hope I am not reduced to a gelatonous mass for their safety, only to have it decided that there was nothing wrong with me and that I didn't need to pulped to begin with.
[18:20:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:something new every year - 06To Catch A Mosquito - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:20:53] <exec> 08└─> only to have it decided that there was nothing wrong with me Homo Sapiens Sapiens interneticus ... sorry, but you're already positive.
[18:21:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:chemical precursor and fuel - 06New Approach to Dynamically Tune how a Catalyst Operates - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:21:07] <exec> 08└─Makes you wonder how some people still manage to botch executions all these years later...
[18:21:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Subject: Energy - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 618 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:21:32] <exec> 08└─Once upon a time, we had electro-mechanical appliances with big ugly switches and knobs. They could easily be connected to a timer to start at a given time. It's cheaper to have a fancy digital controller, which also allows you to have 25 different wash cycles you'll never ever ever figure out the p...
[18:22:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:Too big to fail... erm... not make a good profi - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:22:06] <exec> 08└─"I Promise To Do Anything and Everything To Make A Buck For Myself" - oath of a CEO. The "For Myself" part is normally not spoken aloud, just understood by everyone involved.
[18:22:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Shakespeare needs an update! - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:22:21] <exec> 08└─> That's the equivalent to getting a new phone book! An annoying useless waste that you wish you could stop? Be nicer to your fan, or you won't get a second one.
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[19:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score:2) 02Replying on my so-called PC - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:09] <exec> 08└─a so-called "tumblehome" hull
[19:18:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Replying on my so-called PC - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:18:10] <exec> 08└─The Zumwalt tumbled home has a nice ring to it (unless you're on the crew).
[19:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Shocking - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 294 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:12] <exec> 08└─New advanced design has a bug. The future will tell us whether the Zumwalt class was a good or terrible idea, but I'm not sure how "trials lead to minor service-affecting problem being discovered" is actually news. Some peon at the contractor will get yelled at, and the thing will get fixed...
[19:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score:2) 02Behemoth ?? - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:15] <exec> 08└─An absolute behemoth of a ship, the 16,000 ton Zumwalt
[19:18:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nuke [3162] (Score:2) 02Re:Behemoth ?? - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:18:17] <exec> 08└─Evidently the submitter does not know much about ships
[19:18:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Military Industrial Complex - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 151 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:19] <exec> 08└─Instead, the entire program, supposedly for 36 vessels, was [canceled] after the third ship was laid down, thanks to some seriously eye-watering costs.
[19:18:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anne Nonymous [712] (Score:2) 02Backup Plans - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:18:21] <exec> 08└─Well, if it doesn't work out as an instrument of war, they can always turn it into a floating modern art museum.
[19:18:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03fubari [4551] (Score:1) 02Re:Krebs wrote up some detail - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:18:48] <exec> 08└─fair point, it has been hit or miss
[19:19:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Military - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:19:06] <exec> 08└─The transmitting part can cleanly remove his own signal and read the other one, but a third party would have to do a lot more work to deduce both the signals. I don't know enough about radio to comment on how much work really, but it seems like it would impede casual eavesdropping while probably not...
[19:19:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:ulterior motivation - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:19:19] <exec> 08└─Microsoft Cured For Sure (TM)
[19:19:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Jeremiah Cornelius [2785] (Score:2) 02OMEGA MAN - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:19:20] <exec> 08└─I Am Legend
[19:19:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score:2) 02re Business Model - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:19:25] <exec> 08└─Well, it has been Gates' model ever since 1976 [wikimedia.org] or even prior to that... Why change a "winning" strategy?
[19:19:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score:1) 02re Meds - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 49 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:19:29] <exec> 08└─Did you forget to take your medication again? ;-)
[19:19:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:I will take this bet - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:19:37] <exec> 08└─Sure, there are more instances of Linux running, but which OS is "providing more value" (i.e. getting paid more) for being there? Microsoft is a for-profit corporation, they can't compete with free, they can just hope to hang on to some income streams, which they are doing.
[19:19:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Total bullshit - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 896 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:19:47] <exec> 08└─I had an earlier response that didn't show up. In short: 1) You are attacking a strawman, I never said it would work for sure. I said funding should be focused on that, which is no fallacy. It is totally rational to focus your efforts on targeting one universal aspect of cancer that has been consist...
[19:19:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Dateline: Washington, DC - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:19:59] <exec> 08└─You will never find a more wretched hive of fucked aspect ratios.
[19:22:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Christmas Day - 06Smart Energy Revolution 'Could Help to Avoid UK Blackouts' - 206 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:22:03] <exec> 08└─What's going to happen on Christmas Day in her IoT dystopia? They'll fire up the gas plants just like they do now. Except, over the course of the year, they will have used those plants quite a bit less.
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[20:18:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Touché) 02If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:06] <exec> 08└─around law enforcement, don't be surprised to get your butt slammed to the ground. I think most people learn that by the time they're 10 years old (from conversation, not first-hand experience).
[20:18:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:18:07] <exec> 08└─Try actually reading the article. According to the lawsuit, trooper John Barone walked up to Picard and said "someone called in" a complaint about a man "waving a gun and pointing it at people." It's a claim the lawsuit alleges is fabricated. The lawsuit also states that Barone "swatted" the digita...
[20:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02punish those that break the law - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 1223 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:18:09] <exec> 08└─(bootlicker-like typing detected) in a modern free country that respects citizens' rights, no one should fear a police encounter if they are not doing anything wrong. this guy did NOTHING WRONG and yet the thugs with guns conspired (not allegedly, but FACTUALLY, recorded on god damned video!) to bre...
[20:18:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:18:12] <exec> 08└─Straw man. How was he being a dick? Whatever you think it might be, that doesn't justify police fabricating charges.
[20:18:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shocking - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:18:24] <exec> 08└─This. "New car has oil leak during first drive, has to go back to factory for a quick fix" is the car equivalent.
[20:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03janrinok [52] (Score:2) 02Re:Behemoth ?? - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:18:27] <exec> 08└─If the text is in blockquotes, it is taken from the story, not written by the submitter. I agree, ElReg know very little about naval ships, but that doesn't come as a surprise to me. Although they are good at getting stories published promptly, their writing style means that the content often leaves...
[20:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03rts008 [3001] (Score:2) 02Re:Military Industrial Complex - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:18:30] <exec> 08└─We've always been at war with Eurasia, or was it Eastasia?
[20:18:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03snufu [5855] (Score:2) 02Pork aside, - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:33] <exec> 08└─What does a modern battleship do that can't be done better by a submarine or aircraft carrier?
[20:18:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02about time! - 06Researchers Testing Cars and Roads that Talk to Each Other - 926 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:18:42] <exec> 08└─Traffic lights are such low hanging fruit that have received bad or no attention. This craze to monetize them with red light cameras and call it a safety measure was such an anti-social, counterproductive, cynical approach to improvement. About once every 10 to 20 miles of driving on streets, I have...
[20:19:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:WHO? - 06Brian Krebs' Blog Hit by 665 Gbps DDoS Attack - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:19:04] <exec> 08└─And which governments...
[20:19:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Spook brat [775] (Score:2) 02Re:Military - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:19:22] <exec> 08└─it seems like it would impede casual eavesdropping while probably not seriously impeding a real adversary.
[20:19:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Name's the Same - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:19:23] <exec> 08└─And, does a person's name ever influence their career? "Bharadia" sounds awfully close to "bi-radio"...
[20:20:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03fliptop [1666] (Score:2) 02Re:WCPGW? - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:20:22] <exec> 08└─this is the part where you ask your SO for a hand?
[20:21:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:Sure … - 06Digital Photography: The Future of Small-Scale Manufacturing? - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:21:01] <exec> 08└─Even a 3D printer would probably leave support lattice on the inside that would have to be cleaned out somehow.
[20:23:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:23:48] <exec> 08└─So we should starve a few billion people
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[21:17:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Engage the Recycler! - 06Star Trek Fan Films May Not be Dead After All - 357 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:17:59] <exec> 08└─You know your creative scene is circling the drain when professional work must be based upon existing franchises to succeed and amateurs must follow suit because that's how to get a foot in the door of the professional scene. It's just like ... oh dear, my comment will be ignored unless I can find a...
[21:18:09] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03tangomargarine [667] 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 502 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:09] <exec> 08└─Try actually reading the article. According to the lawsuit, trooper John Barone walked up to Picard and said "someone called in" a complaint about a man "waving a gun and pointing it at people." It's a claim the lawsuit alleges is fabricated. The lawsuit also states that Barone "swatted" the digita...
[21:18:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:11] <exec> 08└─And it's ironic, that the very device they were trying to keep him from recording them (doing nothing wrong at all) with will be used as evidence against them.* If they had just left the guy alone, there wouldn't have been a problem for anyone. *assuming they don't manage to "accidentally lose it" a...
[21:18:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03SrLnclt [1473] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:13] <exec> 08└─During the interrogation after his arrest, Picard repeatedly told the cops "There are four lights."
[21:18:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 212 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:15] <exec> 08└─That's cool bro do you have like a list of tired old shit that gets modded funny because you should totally make a list and post it on your blog and I wanna subscribe to your blog with the list of funny shit bro.
[21:18:16] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] 02punish those that break the law - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 1223 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:17] <exec> 08└─(bootlicker-like typing detected) in a modern free country that respects citizens' rights, no one should fear a police encounter if they are not doing anything wrong. this guy did NOTHING WRONG and yet the thugs with guns conspired (not allegedly, but FACTUALLY, recorded on god damned video!) to bre...
[21:18:18] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 116 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:19] <exec> 08└─Straw man. How was he being a dick? Whatever you think it might be, that doesn't justify police fabricating charges.
[21:18:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:21] <exec> 08└─Home of the brave?
[21:18:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:23] <exec> 08└─Can we get a -1 Factually Wrong mod
[21:18:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:26] <exec> 08└─We actually discussed that a while back and decided it would get massively overused and used in place of a comment correcting the record, which is always better than a mod.
[21:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03SunTzuWarmaster [3971] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:28] <exec> 08└─I for one, would not like a "factually wrong" mod for similar reasons. I was wrong over on /. yesterday (https://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=9684251&cid=52934013). I said that "we" spend 3.4T on healthcare. The other posters corrected me that "we" should include more than the US. I wasn't negative-...
[21:18:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:4, Insightful) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:30] <exec> 08└─Did you read? This guy was peaceful. Law enforcement acted like d***s. And then fabricated charges. And if not caught would have been happy to commit perjury in court. Who exactly are the bad guys here? The cops.
[21:18:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 978 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:32] <exec> 08└─there's even a known term for when cops lie in court: testi-lying. sad. so sad. are we a banana republic? seems we are jealous of other shithole countries where this is assumed to be SOP. there was a recent news article about a judge ruling it was OK for black folks to run from cops, especially if t...
[21:18:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:34] <exec> 08└─> this is not the country I was raised in Yes it is. But your eyes are a bit more open. There's a very long list of facts to corroborate that these things didn't start yesterday. > I don't recognize my home anymore Understandable, since the crude spotlight makes things look very different from the p...
[21:18:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 44 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:36] <exec> 08└─You're mostly right but it is getting worse.
[21:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:39] <exec> 08└─So you're saying they're just like the wise guys now?
[21:18:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 1204 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:41] <exec> 08└─In the "land of the free" you think you shouldn't be a dick around police? It's good advice. But in my country, the police know that unless you're causing a real nuisance or committing an offence, you're not worth their time and wasting time on you is precisely why people complain about police not d...
[21:18:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:43] <exec> 08└─In some countries telling people about a sobriety checkpoint would be akin to obstructing the course of justice, no different to the way you can't alert other drivers to a radar speed check up ahead.
[21:18:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03http [1920] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:45] <exec> 08└─Sobriety checkpoints are 100% unconstitutional in the US, and pretty much unsupportable in any country with Brtitish Common Law as a starting point. Driving down a particular road does not constitue probable cause. Erratic driving does. Nowhere on your license does it say "you have to stop for polic...
[21:18:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03JNCF [4317] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:18:47] <exec> 08└─[If you act like a d***] around law enforcement, don't be surprised to get your butt slammed to the ground.
[21:18:56] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Nuke [3162] 02Replying on my so-called PC - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 29 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:18:57] <exec> 08└─a so-called "tumblehome" hull
[21:19:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Mike [823] (Score:1) 02Re:Shocking - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:19:02] <exec> 08└─Let me adjust that for you, "The first production model car has oil leak during first drive, has to go back to factory for a quick fix" is the car equivalent.
[21:19:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Shocking - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 263 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:19:04] <exec> 08└─Exactly. This is WHY you have sea trials. Also, "absolute behemoth of a ship, 16,000 ton "? Really That's what constitutes a behemoth these days? The only thing that makes this seem big is that for some reason the US Navy doesn't like the term "cruiser" any more.
[21:19:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Behemoth ?? - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:19:10] <exec> 08└─The US navy seems to have a penchant for putting ships into classes by the size of the crew and the role that they fulfill, with total disregard for size.
[21:19:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02Military Industrial Complex - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 151 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:19:12] <exec> 08└─Instead, the entire program, supposedly for 36 vessels, was [canceled] after the third ship was laid down, thanks to some seriously eye-watering costs.
[21:19:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:Military Industrial Complex - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 232 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:19:15] <exec> 08└─Is it cheaper to bomb them both? Or build a wall around them both and make them pay for it? (and them bomb them both?) When the only tool you have is to build a wall, all problems begin to look like sources of payment for that wall.
[21:19:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Military Industrial Complex - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:19:17] <exec> 08└─(They'll just love you to death for that!)
[21:19:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pork aside, - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:19:21] <exec> 08└─Strike land targets (that have AA).
[21:19:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Pork aside, - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:19:23] <exec> 08└─Fire a large inventory of long range missiles at an amazing rate of fire with an crew size less than any current destroyer and even smaller than most current frigates.
[21:19:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:Pork aside, - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:19:25] <exec> 08└─Divert vast amounts of money into the pockets of well-connnected industrialists and arms sellers?
[21:20:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02You can buy it now. - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:20:14] <exec> 08└─Comtech has been doing this with sat modems. It's a pay-extra feature.
[21:20:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:I will take this bet - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 594 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:20:44] <exec> 08└─Getting Paid More and Providing More Value are two different things. In fact the opposite. Value Provided is to the end user. Getting Paid is to the vendor of the software. An even better metric is value provided per dollar paid. Open Source comes out way ahead. I never would have minded if Microsof...
[21:23:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Former SRPT shareholder - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:23:46] <exec> 08└─A friend told me about SRPT a while ago and I put some money into it over the years. While I'm glad the stock price has popped to a multiple of what I paid, my non-expert self does wonder whether the drug is actually efficacious.
[21:23:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Former SRPT shareholder - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:23:47] <exec> 08└─Their trials do not show convincing evidence of efficacy and their surrogate endpoint is shit. You can find a link to the FDA review summary from the second link.
[21:25:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03quintessence [6227] 02Re:Definitions - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 979 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:25:07] <exec> 08└─One of the aspects of underemployment is it allows your workers to train, get more education, etc. to better fulfill specific roles within the organization (anyone caught waiting for a specialized skill set to show up knows how difficult this can be). Not to mention having an ebb and flow of work ca...
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[22:18:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Engage the Recycler! - 06Star Trek Fan Films May Not be Dead After All - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:06] <exec> 08└─Beam me up, son of Scotty!
[22:18:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DECbot [832] (Score:2) 02Re:Engage the Recycler! - 06Star Trek Fan Films May Not be Dead After All - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:08] <exec> 08└─[M]y comment will be ignored unless I can find a well-known Trek quote to paste here. Whatever will I do.
[22:18:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Is "Star Trek" a trademark? - 06Star Trek Fan Films May Not be Dead After All - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:18:10] <exec> 08└─If you don't defend your trademark, you lose it. That would imply they have to crack down on all the films.
[22:18:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:punish those that break the law - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:25] <exec> 08└─> (not allegedly, but FACTUALLY, recorded on god damned video!) Please humor my inner autistic: it wasn't video, the camera was pointed at the sky, but it did record their conspiring on audio.
[22:18:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:punish those that break the law - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 25 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:26] <exec> 08└─My humor is not amused :P
[22:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:punish those that break the law - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:28] <exec> 08└─Can't mod you up any higher, so you get my moral support!
[22:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 226 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:39] <exec> 08└─> You're mostly right but it is getting worse. No. Its getting better. In large part due to the spotlight. You only think its getting worse because it used to always be in the shadows and no one took the accusations seriously.
[22:18:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Too many laws - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:41] <exec> 08└─The cops are doing exactly what they're supposed to -- the fault lies with the legislators who pass such a ludicrous assortment of catch-all "crimes" so that anyone can be charged with *something*. There isn't anything *wrong* in what Picard was doing, but there were things that were unlawful. You p...
[22:18:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03lcklspckl [830] (Score:1) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 156 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:49] <exec> 08└─None of the cops seem to do a double take during any of this, contrary to what the "few bad apples" crowd should expect. This is everyday business for cops.
[22:18:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:51] <exec> 08└─In another report about this, "punch a number on this guy" has been interpreted as meaning "find a statute he violated." http://www.liveleak.com [liveleak.com]
[22:18:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 387 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:53] <exec> 08└─"I think most people learn that by the time they're 10 years old" Well then aren't you just the clever little authoritarian follower then? Clever little boy learning to bow down before his betters. Isn't he so CUTE there on his knees with his butt cheeks spread. Such an obedient, clever little boy....
[22:18:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:55] <exec> 08└─Thank you little troll for kickstarting the discussion. I often wonder how many times people are stirring the pot, and how many times they are actually serious.
[22:18:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Out of Service - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 506 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:18:58] <exec> 08└─On the racial perspective of "out of service," the paradox of modern american policing is that non-white communities are simultaneously over-policed for minor things like jaywalking, public intoxication, etc and under-policed for serious crimes like assault, robbery and murder. That encourages viole...
[22:19:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shocking - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:19:13] <exec> 08└─There are only two kinds of ships.....submarines and targets.
[22:19:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Informative) 02Normal stuff for sea trials - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 559 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:19:27] <exec> 08└─This is typical during sea trials. That's the point, its the first true test of the build once mostly complete. I used to work in the Naval ship industry. Sea trials are less about the Navy taking the ship for a spin and more about the engineers and techies from the contractor who built the ship, id...
[22:20:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02Re:Echo Cancellation - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 1279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:20:10] <exec> 08└─Just *how* good the engineering is. The problem with echo cancellation is that it's not perfect. But that's okay, because the echo is generally smaller, or at least not much larger, than the original signal. So if you can eliminate the echo with even 90% accuracy, you're left with random noise that'...
[22:20:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02Re:Echo Cancellation - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 385 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:20:11] <exec> 08└─I realize a bunch of 9s doesn't necessarily mean much to a lot of people, so let me give a more concrete example: The moon is 238,900 miles away. Being able to eliminate that much noise is akin to being able to map, from here, the height of the moons surface with 1/8" accuracy Or alternately, to be...
[22:20:44] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Forced updates - 06Microsoft to "Solve the Problem of Cancer" Within Ten Years - Scientists are Skeptical - 89 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:20:45] <exec> 08└─This one is easy. They'll just force the cancer to install windows 10 which will kill it.
[22:21:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02Re:Super villainy - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:21:32] <exec> 08└─Injected with a damage suppressor gene, he became ... water man bear pig!
[22:22:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02Re:something new every year - 06To Catch A Mosquito - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:22:25] <exec> 08└─But when the aliens come, I hope I am not reduced to a gelatonous mass for their safety,
[22:23:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02poorly informed speculation on why it doesn't work - 06Lobbying Results in FDA Approval for Controversial Drug - 857 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:23:58] <exec> 08└─My understanding of this is scanty, but I see a possible way that it could be ineffective. As I understand, the drug is an RNA molecule that's been modified so it won't be metabolised. It binds to messenger RNA that codes for an unwanted protein. So when a cell makes that messenger RNA, the drug bin...
[22:24:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03khallow [3766] (Score:1) 02Re:Unemployment Solution - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 626 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:24:54] <exec> 08└─If all the poor had more money, whether they got it from working, or had it given to them, that money wouldn't help them out of poverty, it would just increase the price of the things they need. Making the resources they need available to them will help them out of poverty. Reasonably clean water, f...
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[23:17:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02f society - 06Dutch Brothers in Court for Bitcoin Mining With Stolen Power - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:49] <exec> 08└─I hope they were stealing internet access with unactivated burner SIM cards.
[23:17:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03slinches [5049] (Score:2) 02Dutch Bros.? - 06Dutch Brothers in Court for Bitcoin Mining With Stolen Power - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:50] <exec> 08└─Maybe it's just late in the day, but my first thought was "Why would coffee shops be mining bitcoins?"
[23:17:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03MostCynical [2589] (Score:2) 02Seriously? - 06Dutch Brothers in Court for Bitcoin Mining With Stolen Power - 545 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:17:52] <exec> 08└─Clever enough to build mining-level computer, configure and successfully mine bitcoins. Not clever enough to realise most cannabis hydroponic growers have been caught owning to excess electricity consumption. Add mining power consumption to the growing. Stealing the power is the bit that makes the l...
[23:18:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Get A Life! - 06Star Trek Fan Films May Not be Dead After All - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:03] <exec> 08└─"I studied your victory at Axanar when I was a cadet." Shatner spoke a throw-away line 47 years ago. The line originated in a story which suggested it would be medically ethical to cure mental illness by administering a drug that causes total amnesia. Axanar Productions and CBS have turned one line...
[23:18:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03darnkitten [1912] (Score:2) 02Yeah, not so sure about that - 06Star Trek Fan Films May Not be Dead After All - 614 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:05] <exec> 08└─Well, according to one of the artists involved [talltaleradio.com], the Gristle Gallery in NY is doing a Trek tribute show [gristleartgallery.com] (NSFW warning! One painting contains artistic nudity! Gosh!) --a 50+ artists for 50+ years thing of the sort being done around the country, and Star Trek...
[23:18:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yeah, not so sure about that - 06Star Trek Fan Films May Not be Dead After All - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:18:07] <exec> 08└─(Space Trip)
[23:18:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02"huge money making productions"? - 06Star Trek Fan Films May Not be Dead After All - 597 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:18:09] <exec> 08└─These guys? Who scrounge funds from indiegogo and kickstarter? Who cut corners and recruit friends/colleagues to act for sake of nostalgia? Heck, if there was money in it, why don't CBS just license startrek(tm)-brand to productions like this for a lion-share of profits? Let's face it, conglomerate-...
[23:18:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:punish those that break the law - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:18:27] <exec> 08└─> I'd go farther: make them register like sex offenders and go door to door in their neighborhoods to explain why they were let go from the force. This, so much this. There is way more harm caused to society by thuggish cops - in tens to even hundreds of thousands of them - than by people who send p...
[23:18:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 407 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:18:38] <exec> 08└─Interesting but wrong. Shining a light on corruption used to make the rats scurry for cover. Now we have the most corrupt politician to ever run for president on the ballot, taking out witnesses against her wholesale and people are still going to vote for her even though they know this. They don't e...
[23:18:42] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Taibhsear [1464] 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 199 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:18:42] <exec> 08└─In some countries telling people about a sobriety checkpoint would be akin to obstructing the course of justice, no different to the way you can't alert other drivers to a radar speed check up ahead.
[23:18:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:18:44] <exec> 08└─So obstructing the police checkpoint is OK then? What if a drunk driver saw the "Cops ahead" sign and turned around and hit a school bus full of children resulting in mass deaths?
[23:18:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 1577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:18:48] <exec> 08└─Whilst you have the right to disagree with the SCOTUS, they still technically have a little bit more authority than you on such matters. From wikipedia's "Random checkpoint" page: """ The Michigan Supreme Court found sobriety roadblocks to be a violation of the Fourth Amendment. However, by a 6-3 de...
[23:18:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:If you act like a d*** - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:18:55] <exec> 08└─I think most people learn that by the time they're 10 years old (from conversation, not first-hand experience).
[23:18:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Mildly relevant - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:18:59] <exec> 08└─There seems to have been a racial aspect to these check-points, as they were implemented in California: For years, activists and some city officials have charged that police are increasingly punishing illegal immigrants who cannot get driver's licenses by towing and sometimes impounding their cars...
[23:19:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03mendax [2840] (Score:2) 02Bad cop! No donuts for you! - 06Cops Ahead: Keep Calm and Remain Silent - 554 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:01] <exec> 08└─Okay okay. Getting serious now. What these cops did is frightening. After reading this article, is there any wonder why any person in the US should EVER trust the police? I don't, and I void them as often as I can. My hope for the outcome of this case is as follows: -- The cops in question here wil...
[23:19:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Replying on my so-called PC - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:19:12] <exec> 08└─The odd shape is said to have been chosen to lessen the ship's so-called "radar signature." Another so-called "stealth" measure is sheets of water pouring down the sides of the ship, intended to lessen infrared emissions. That would be more difficult to do, in my estimation, with a conventional hull...
[23:19:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:Behemoth ?? - 06USS Zumwalt Breaks Down During Sea Trials - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:19:22] <exec> 08└─Lets get you a "pedantic" badge!
[23:19:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Cars and roads talk? - 06Researchers Testing Cars and Roads that Talk to Each Other - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:19:41] <exec> 08└─Wasn't that a Disney movie? [hdwallpapersfreedownload.com]
[23:20:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Name's the Same - 06Simultaneous Radio Xmit/Receive, on the SAME Frequency - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:20:26] <exec> 08└─Lance Romance and Judy Swallows take the cake / bukkake.
[23:21:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03SubiculumHammer [5191] (Score:2) 02Re:Good for astronauts? - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:21:49] <exec> 08└─The Japanese
[23:21:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bogsnoticus [3982] (Score:2) 02Re:Good for astronauts? - 06"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:21:51] <exec> 08└─All the ladies who fall victim to teenage pervs who buy the xray specs off the back of comics?
[23:25:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Basic Income from a Millionaire's Perspective? - 06Underemployment Can Lead to Creativity and Organizational Commitment, According to Study - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:25:02] <exec> 08└─"This goal makes no sense, and doesn't even make the super-rich happy." See: http://www.livableincome.org [livableincome.org]
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