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[00:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02"exceptional circumstances and public interest"... - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:17] <exec> 08└─...spelled "exceptional circum$tance$ and public intere$t" in New Zealand?
[00:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 551 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:19] <exec> 08└─I'm not seeing the point here. Thiel is not on the payroll of the government, he is one of many who Trump does listen to for advice. You don't even have to be a U.S. Citizen to have a voice here, you only need good ideas. Mark Steyn is still just a dirty 'furriner Canadian and has the ear of pretty...
[00:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:21] <exec> 08└─Arnold Schwarzenegger would have surly run for POTUS, but the best he could do was fuck up California. It's only the office of POTUS that has to be a natural born citizen.
[00:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The silly part is... - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 644 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:23] <exec> 08└─In the globalized economy we have today, it is quite possible (perhaps even more likely!) for a natural born citizen to betray the United States, than for a naturalized citizen to do so. Money talks, and the money that could be offered by a foreign power to compromise the integrity of the US is grea...
[00:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:25] <exec> 08└─which certainly raises questions about either his sincerity or his fitness to be an advisor to the President.
[00:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Shelf price stickers? - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:36] <exec> 08└─If it's good enough for classified information, it may be good enough for DRM. Imagine physical books that erase themselves like e-books!
[00:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''reverts to its original state in five days'' - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:38] <exec> 08└─What came to my mind immediately was Circuit City's DIVX. [wikipedia.org] -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[00:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02What the...? - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 196 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:40] <exec> 08└─Is anyone else seeing a blurry green/white blob as the page-wide image on the article? It's even captioned with "Soon to be a thing of the past?" but I have no idea what that's supposed to mean...
[00:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:What the...? - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:42:42] <exec> 08└─Ugh, never mind. It's because the stupid page is trying to be clever and fade in the real images, or something, but uBlock stops it from loading its crappy javascript.
[00:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Burn bags just became... - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:44] <exec> 08└─...ecological.
[00:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Appalbarry [66] (Score:2) 02And then what? - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 243 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:42:47] <exec> 08└─Any time someone invents a product like this my first questions is: what does this stuff turn into once you've thrown it away? the dye Prussian blue, or its chemical analogues, and titanium oxide What kind of nasty does that eventually become?
[00:43:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03KilroySmith [2113] (Score:2) 02Re:Bad Architecture - 06TAILS 3.0 Will Require a 64-Bit Processor - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:43:19] <exec> 08└─So, do you have any experience at all with writing and maintaining an OS, as opposed to, say, an end-of-term project for your sophomore year? Didn't think so.
[00:43:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score:2) 02Re:It's aimed at Microsoft themselves - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 1379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:43:44] <exec> 08└─In order to somehow achieve securing continous revenue. I always comment that we've had "peak desktop" in about 2010 and ever since, things have gone downhill. This is because there's not much left to improve since Windows 7 (or Snow Leopard). Now, software doesn't degrade over time, so everyone cou...
[00:43:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:''the same level of study'' - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:43:55] <exec> 08└─..and constant consumption of Faux Noise and Breitbart is NOT "doing the work".
[00:43:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Do... - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:43:59] <exec> 08└─Nope!
[00:44:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rich [945] (Score:2) 02Burnup question - 06Navy Decommissions "The Big E" - 729 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:44:57] <exec> 08└─Question to those a bit more in the know about these Navy reactors: As I understand, they run on much higher enrichment than commercial plants, so they don't have to go for fuel changes as often. That also means the fission products are exposed to neutron flow for a longer time in comparison, which...
[00:45:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score:2) 02Re:Visual Basic - 06The Future of Microsoft's Languages: C# to be Powerful, Visual Basic Friendly - 286 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:45:10] <exec> 08└─"The type name comes after the variable name, not before" Wow. To be fair, I will presume that you know that just because you are used to something being a certain way, it doesn't necessarily make it better. Not that I care for C#, but why would you have to use to Shift key more?
[00:45:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score:2) 02Re:Visual Basic - 06The Future of Microsoft's Languages: C# to be Powerful, Visual Basic Friendly - 593 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:45:13] <exec> 08└─Basic used to be of interest because one could power up a machine and it would be available instantaniously from ROM. It used to live up to its name. Now one has to install it, load it whenever you feel the itch to program you still have to put up with the the IDE turned into big brother. No - I...
[00:46:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:I'm coming Ethyl, I'm coming! - 06Salicylic Acid, an Ingredient in Some Pain Relief Medications, May Promote Bacteria Colonization - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:46:14] <exec> 08└─> [...] alcohol fueled [...] Alcohol and aspirin interact. https://www.drugs.com [drugs.com]
[00:46:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:Card must be present for high value purchases - 06Online Card Fraud Up As Thieves Avoid In-Store Payments - 893 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:46:44] <exec> 08└─Some of the chips the banks did not select for use in credit cards are capable of enough processing to require passwords and to sign transaction records presented to them. The system they SHOULD use would have the card reader acting as a serial connection to the chip. In store purchases could be han...
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[01:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:"exceptional circumstances and public interest" - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:20] <exec> 08└─Yeah, probably the same spelling as in the USA.
[01:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 648 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:25] <exec> 08└─I think this is one of the few times where I completely agree with your post. I have no idea what makes this "story" even remotely interesting. The New Yorker article linked in TFA has some fascinating stuff on rich American preppers buying up real estate in New Zealand in case the world ends, but t...
[01:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Which Party Cars About Oaths? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:27] <exec> 08└─I don't believe oaths make a damn bit of difference to people without any morals in the first place. And I put thiel in that category. But... oaths are a super big deal to your typical republican. So the question is, did Thiel disclose this oath when he accepted an advisory position? My gut says h...
[01:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:30] <exec> 08└─"But she DIDN'T!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHHFDFHFHGHHFHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! O. M. G., RIGHT?!" If the guy can give the best advice, and Trump can take it, go for it! If he is a loser and Trump takes losers advice, impeach or vote him out. Either way, triumph or shit stain, I AM CANADIAN! :)
[01:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Tagline - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 87 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:32] <exec> 08└─Teh tagline should read: from-the-watching-two-masturbators dept. for all this matters.
[01:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What the...? - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:45] <exec> 08└─If they're trying to say regular paper is to be a thing of the past, I highly HIGHLY doubt it. How often do you write things down that you expect to be auto-erased within 5 days. (And likely illegible well before that.) This kind of paper will probably do well for post-it notebooks where you're writ...
[01:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02Cyanide - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:42:48] <exec> 08└─Prussian blue and sulfuric acid makes hydrogen cyanide. I know - extremely dilute HCN smells pleasantly of almonds. I had the idea I'd surprise my sister with some homemade perfume, so I distilled some pure. Take it from me you don't want to smell it.
[01:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Possibly Revolutionary - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 1916 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:50] <exec> 08└─This whole process would seem to be recyclable. Papers used more than 80 times could be sent to be recycled after being shredded. Most of the components and the normal paper fibers might be separable, I dunno. Which got me to thinking if it works on normal paper, why not something more durable and w...
[01:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Reminds me - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:53] <exec> 08└─Of the old thermal transfer paper used for FAXes. Leave those in the car on a hot summer day and they get erased, too.
[01:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How about a blackboard slate? - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:42:55] <exec> 08└─I can write on it with compressed minerals and wash/wipe it off and reuse it forever.
[01:43:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score:2) 02Re:Sell indicator - 06Google Sells its Satellite Imaging Division - 366 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:43:40] <exec> 08└─It is a reasonable scenario, but you are only pretending to quote some imaginary source. That does not constitute a clear indicator of any sort. I agree that it might not be a good business decision given their internal requirements for that data. Nevertheless I think that it might be good for Go...
[01:45:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:Fascinating - 06150-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Proposed - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:45:34] <exec> 08└─Or on the flip side, you have all of 30 seconds to gather information as you fly by. And of course no way to send that information back because someone forgot to put a transmitter on that tiny, tiny "probe".
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[02:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:Which Party Cars About Oaths? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:30] <exec> 08└─Trump's presidency? Try Nixon's.
[02:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03tisI [5866] (Score:2) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 195 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:31] <exec> 08└─It's a moral issue about ethics, hypocrites, lies and hypocrisy .. and people in national leadership roles. Like trump and thiel .. amongst others For those like you that lack the "Moral Compass"
[02:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:35] <exec> 08└─The most heavily populated areas of Canada are close to the United States. Some may even be downwind of U.S. cities or military bases.
[02:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 568 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:42:37] <exec> 08└─With respect: I think your idea of what 'liberals' want is a bit off. I don't give a fuck about Hilary. I am concerned that our new president is pretty sketchy and imho his administration is a clusterfuck. NSC with no military? Bitch please. In general we want the same shit as you. A good job with f...
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[02:43:26] <exec> 08└─Qubes OS otoh aims to be a virtualization platform that facilitates the running of many discrete operating systems.
[02:43:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Yes, I do. - 06TAILS 3.0 Will Require a 64-Bit Processor - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:43:33] <exec> 08└─Thanks for asking.
[02:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02So who's going to jail? - 06Disney Will Pay Out $100M Over Wage-Suppression Claims - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:23] <exec> 08└─So who's going to jail for stealing millions out of the pockets of the middle class... Oh, no one... again...
[02:44:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Lock up the parents. - 06Virus Associated with “Shaking Piglets” - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:44:46] <exec> 08└─That's what we do for shaken baby syndrome.
[02:45:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The Big E sails one last time... - 06Navy Decommissions "The Big E" - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:45:14] <exec> 08└─...to E-Bay.
[02:45:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:What we need - 06The Future of Microsoft's Languages: C# to be Powerful, Visual Basic Friendly - 213 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:45:24] <exec> 08└─I hate to defend Microsoft but you're wrong. Compiler is open source and more and more of .Net is being opened. However the ide, visual studio, already has a paid subscription that requires an internet connection.
[02:46:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Can someone smart please explain this story? - 06Salicylic Acid, an Ingredient in Some Pain Relief Medications, May Promote Bacteria Colonization - 836 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:46:47] <exec> 08└─> I don't really track usage but I think a solid guess would be 10-14 aspirin [...] For comparison, one manufacturer recommends "a maximum of 12 [325 mg] tablets per 24 hours or as directed by a doctor." http://www.shaws.com
[02:47:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Fascinating - 06Milky Way is Not Only Being Pulled—It's Also “Pushed” by a Void - 2641 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:47:35] <exec> 08└─Fritz Zwicky tries to measure the mass of the Coma cluster by using gravitational effects and comes up with a value that’s much larger than the visible matter that is there, and better measurements since his day still have a large discrepancy. Vera Rubin measures the rotation curves of galaxies an...
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[03:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 946 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:42:27] <exec> 08└─Ok, but they really don't have much choice do they? Their cities are choking in pollution so they have to try anything at this point to get some relief. One has to wonder though if the pollution to generate the electricity isn't going to just move the problem since their power plants aren't exactly...
[03:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:29] <exec> 08└─Aren't they also investing into Nuclear plants? I haven't keep up to date, but from time to time you see news like these: http://www.independent.co.uk [independent.co.uk] I would imagine that it isn't just...
[03:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2, Interesting) 02Re:Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:31] <exec> 08└─I heard that all new coal plants in china are built to allow a nuclear retrofit later.
[03:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02China is on an Epic Solar Power Binge - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:33] <exec> 08└─the problem since their power plants aren't exactly models of clean energy. blah blah totalitarian blah blah Prog blah blah
[03:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03WalksOnDirt [5854] (Score:2) 02Re:Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 160 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:42:35] <exec> 08└─China may be leading, but California is following closely. I think electric buses for short trips will sweep the country soon. Long haul buses will take longer.
[03:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Possibly Revolutionary - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:43:13] <exec> 08└─Some of it will get recycled, some of it will enter the worker monkeys' food stream.
[03:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How about a blackboard slate? - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 740 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:43:16] <exec> 08└─That requires chalk, which creates dust.[1] The new notion requires a light-producing device which, in turn, requires a power source (batteries?). Now, would you call that gizmo a "light pen"?? I'm reminded once again of the story of the zero-g pen that the USA developed. (The final line of the stor...
[03:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Re:deride this change - 06TAILS 3.0 Will Require a 64-Bit Processor - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:43:42] <exec> 08└─Maybe their chosen web-browsers are dropping 32-bit support.
[03:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02Re:Sell indicator - 06Google Sells its Satellite Imaging Division - 713 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:44:06] <exec> 08└─By itself it is not much of an indicator. However, google ssems to have the focus of a 2 year old. Meaning not much. Project after project gets killed just when it gains a bit of traction. All they have is advertising and search. *all* of their products either help that or they are shit canned. Even...
[03:44:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Jaded bastards - 06Uncloaking Tor Browser Users on Windows With DRM-Protected Files - 316 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:44:55] <exec> 08└─You should be glad for every bit of news that helps inform people of windows problems and how proprietary software can so easily be malicious. If all you've got to say is "how is this news" then you're becoming a jaded bastard who's forgotten that new humans are born all the time without magical sys...
[03:46:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:Sungun - 06150-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Proposed - 623 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:46:13] <exec> 08└─Better to adjust the orbit by close flybys of an asteroid or more. They can use the lasers for propulsion. Take the Earth to Mars, replace the Moon with Mars and if done right, the tides can counteract the cooling core, hopefully keeping the magnetic field going and volcanism happening so we have en...
[03:47:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Can someone smart please explain this story? - 06Salicylic Acid, an Ingredient in Some Pain Relief Medications, May Promote Bacteria Colonization - 539 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:47:12] <exec> 08└─Hypnosis/Hypnotherapy is effective for pain relief. I suggest you look into it. It's also really cheap. Basically you train your brain to not focus on the pain, just like your brain doesn't bother reminding you how your bellybutton skin feels unless there's something wrong with it. The brain can onl...
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[04:42:18] <exec> 08└─What a good wife you would be. / yeah I'm old // wish I had a lawn /// so I could put a grill on it
[04:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Brandy, you're a fine girl - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:42:19] <exec> 08└─https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_Glass_%28band%29 [wikipedia.org] Slightly better than a "one hit wonder" band. As far as 3-day old Brandy, I'm guessing that the French will have something to say about how it can be labeled (but I'm not going to predict what they will say).
[04:42:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Re:Brandy, you're a fine girl - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 389 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:42:21] <exec> 08└─Actually it looks like '72 was a good year for music. Looking at the top 100 songs of 1972 [wikipedia.org] I can hear 90% of those songs in my head, and actually liked 70% of them. Most times when I run across these lists I remember maybe half the songs, and like much less. Then again, I've never be...
[04:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Brandy, you're a fine girl - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:42:23] <exec> 08└─cue guitars> "Wooden chips, on the brandy, Very free, . . and easy" Adapted from Crosby, Stills & Nash (1969)
[04:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2, Disagree) 02Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:42:26] <exec> 08└─I like drinking wine on occasion, but I really don't understand why anyone would drink brandy. It's nasty, and not much better than just drinking vinegar (something else that comes from aged wine).
[04:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:42:28] <exec> 08└─It's nasty, and not much better than just drinking vinegar
[04:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:42:30] <exec> 08└─Time to try some of the good stuff. Good brandy isn't cheap...and it does not remind me of vinegar!
[04:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:42:32] <exec> 08└─I used to not like hard liquor. When I got married my boss got me a bottle of whiskey, maybe a liter. That stuff was damned tasty and went down fine. It was something like $80 for that bottle, but every couple years I spring for some fine, expensive whiskey. Downside is, compared to the beer and win...
[04:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 170 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:42:44] <exec> 08└─One has to wonder though if the pollution to generate the electricity isn't going to just move the problem since their power plants aren't exactly models of clean energy.
[04:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:43:00] <exec> 08└─I'm not seeing the point here.
[04:43:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Mimeograph... - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:28] <exec> 08└─Does anyone remember the smelly purple printing presses of the 1970s? This seems like it would look similar - though, if it's sensitive to UV light, exposure to direct sun might accelerate image degradation - the article seems to gloss over that point. I know, some UV sensitive processes take much m...
[04:43:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score:2) 02ISTM - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:30] <exec> 08└─Yadong Yin [...] and his colleagues at the University of California at Riverside have invented a type of paper that can be printed on using just light, erased by heating, and reused up to 80 times.
[04:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02MOG - 06Inside the Far-Out Glass Lab - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:43:42] <exec> 08└─Interested in glass -- history, technology, etc? Corning Museum of Glass (MOG) in Corning NY is highly recommended. Allow at least half a day just for a quick walk through, they have a lot of glass in there.
[04:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03frojack [1554] (Score:2) 02Re:Sell indicator - 06Google Sells its Satellite Imaging Division - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:44:22] <exec> 08└─I agree that it might not be a good business decision given their internal requirements for that data.
[04:45:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Necessary - 06Navy Decommissions "The Big E" - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:45:37] <exec> 08└─And before WWI? England was a powerful empire, and so was France, but Italy? Greece? Belgium? They don't matter. UK and France and Germany were the big powers in Europe then, just like now. It's no different in the US. California and New York and Texas are powerful, while Mississippi, Alabama, Wyomi...
[04:45:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Necessary - 06Navy Decommissions "The Big E" - 1025 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:45:41] <exec> 08└─Um, no. For building new ships, you can speculate that way all you like. But the Enterprise is over a half-century old now. It's really ready for the scrap heap. Refitting it and making it safe to keep using would easily cost more money than just building a replacement, and the replacement's going t...
[04:45:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:First nuclear ship to be scrapped, I think. - 06Navy Decommissions "The Big E" - 297 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:45:49] <exec> 08└─I knew a guy who was a nuclear shipyard worker. According to him, the E couldn't be turned into a museum at all because there was just so much radioactivity anywhere near the reactors. Plus, unlike a Nimitz which only has 2 reactors, the E has 8. Making the thing safe just wasn't at all feasible.
[04:45:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:First nuclear ship to be scrapped, I think. - 06Navy Decommissions "The Big E" - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:45:52] <exec> 08└─It's going to be a mess; there's a lot of people who wanted this ship turned into a museum because 1) it's the "Enterprise" (important ship-name in the US Navy, plus the name of a Space Shuttle, plus the whole Star Trek thing), and 2) it was the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. It's VERY hist...
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[05:42:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Time to stop groveling - 06Google Assistant Added to Open Gapps - 148 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:17] <exec> 08└─Put your minds behind open hardware; it will be junk at first, but it's the only way to escape the suffocating corporate grip on personal computing.
[05:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:42:33] <exec> 08└─the whiskey get's me shitfaced.
[05:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:42:34] <exec> 08└─Just imagine... a shitface on snotnose... or viceversa.
[05:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Whisky tastes like gym shoes - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:42:36] <exec> 08└─I've tried cheap whisky and I've tried expensive whisky. It has always tasted like the smell of old leathery gym shoes to me.
[05:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 309 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:42:38] <exec> 08└─Brandy does not taste like vinegar. Brandy is not "aged wine" per se, but is distilled wine. I don't know what kind of bottom of the shelf crap you had, but you can get a bottle of Rémy Martin for a decent price. You can also make an apple brandy infusion [growitcookitcanit.com] to improve/change t...
[05:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02bourbon modeled after brandy - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 295 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:41] <exec> 08└─14 to 25 yrs old bourbons will be a thing of the past, you think? Bourbon was models on Brandy makings, down to the same chared oak barrels. What will mean is less loss in the aging process. The "angel share" can account for about 1/3 of barrel. 1/3 less waste... PROFIT!! on the PROFIT!!! yeah!
[05:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02I might try - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 144 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:42:43] <exec> 08└─I think I'll try the method on my glass of dark Havana club with a few coffee beans to soak in (while jazz is playing at nights with 35C+ temp).
[05:43:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03jmorris [4844] 02Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 551 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:43:04] <exec> 08└─I'm not seeing the point here. Thiel is not on the payroll of the government, he is one of many who Trump does listen to for advice. You don't even have to be a U.S. Citizen to have a voice here, you only need good ideas. Mark Steyn is still just a dirty 'furriner Canadian and has the ear of pretty...
[05:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:43:10] <exec> 08└─One word: Manchurian Candidate.
[05:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:43:14] <exec> 08└─I think it has more to do with Thiel than Trump. Some users are very interested in Thiel in one way or another.
[05:43:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02advice of foreigners can't be trusted, of course - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 1208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:43:16] <exec> 08└─Just on the off-chance that there are actually requirements to be an "advisor" to the president, I did a quick Google search. I found nothing at all. As for examples of people with foreign loyalties giving "bad advice" to presidents, we need go no further that this: A 1939 letter from Albert Einstei...
[05:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Does jmorris need a safe space? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 207 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:43:19] <exec> 08└─For someone who is so quick to accuse everybody else of being wussy little snowflakes who are hypocrites when it comes to any opinion they disagree with you sure are acting like a big ol' snowflake yourself.
[05:43:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03cykros [989] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:43:24] <exec> 08└─We could tell you weren't American by the: If he is a loser and Trump takes losers (sic) advice, impeach or vote him out."
[05:43:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:43:27] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't it be great, then, if both of the parties stuck to those important issues? Instead, we have crazy activists telling us that we're all fucked up because we don't allow deviants to follow our daughters into the girl's rooms, and other equally wild shit.
[05:43:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03tftp [806] (Score:1) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:43:29] <exec> 08└─I am concerned that our new president is pretty sketchy
[05:43:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Sulla [5173] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 544 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:43:31] <exec> 08└─Glad you finally care about the president overstepping his bounds, shame the new president is a chip off the block of the old president. This is not a quip at you becaue I am unaware of your views, but I am tired of the left finally re-realizing how much power the president has after eight years of...
[05:45:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Necessary - 06Navy Decommissions "The Big E" - 818 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:45:57] <exec> 08└─Well, dipshit, this shows how ignorant you are... The Enterprise (like most Navy ships) was at one time assigned to the Atlantic fleet. As a matter of fact, it was in the Atlantic Fleet as it's last assignment. That being said (and showing your total lack of knowledge), the replacement carrier(s) wi...
[05:46:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Necessary - 06Navy Decommissions "The Big E" - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:46:06] <exec> 08└─100% Correct. The Ford carriers are an improvement over the Enterprise in every way. The Big E was an experiment (which is why only one was made). The Nimitz carriers were a HUGE improvement. They can do more and cost less to operate. Not one reason to keep CVN-65 around.
[05:46:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:whens the flash? - 06Navy Decommissions "The Big E" - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:46:18] <exec> 08└─Nothing will be found. Naval Reactors keeps a close watch on the power plants and are well aware of their conditions. There's a paper log of of every plant watch for every hour since the reactors were first brought to criticality still in existence.
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[06:42:33] <exec> 08└─That's coz you're old ;). If you were a bit younger you'd look at 1982 and say the same thing: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Some kid today would probably say the same for 2012 : https://en.wikipedia.org
[06:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Should I hang my head in shame? - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:42:44] <exec> 08└─My first post took things into a 70's music path, plus an aged brandy path. Nothing yet on the actual article. Should I feel bad? Am I a bad person? Are those 2 questions related?
[06:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Should I hang my head in shame? - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:42:46] <exec> 08└─Anyone who bothered to read the article was probably sober, and anyone who was sober probably wasn't watching the Super Bowl.
[06:43:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bogsnoticus [3982] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:43:23] <exec> 08└─Which is why Canadians serve their bacon with maple syrup. To drown out the stench of the Americans they're downwind of. /trollface
[06:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:43:26] <exec> 08└─High crimes and misdemeanors covers a lot of ground.
[06:43:27] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03moondoctor [2963] 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 568 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:43:28] <exec> 08└─With respect: I think your idea of what 'liberals' want is a bit off. I don't give a fuck about Hilary. I am concerned that our new president is pretty sketchy and imho his administration is a clusterfuck. NSC with no military? Bitch please. In general we want the same shit as you. A good job with f...
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[06:43:32] <exec> 08└─Obama the Manchurian made people buy Obamacare, no matter if they can afford it or not...
[06:43:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:43:34] <exec> 08└─Sometimes the subsidies aren't enough. Not all of your expenses are taken into account at tax time, after all.
[06:43:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Oaths of loyalty mean nothing to people like him - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:38] <exec> 08└─The only loyalty Peter Thiel has is to Peter Thiel.
[06:43:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Has anybody thought about the corollary of this? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 1241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:43:40] <exec> 08└─This 'issue' is the biggest nonissue in existence, but I think it actually brings up something extremely encouraging. At this point people, and the media, are grasping at absolutely anything that can even remotely possibly resemble dirt on Trump and anybody in any way reasonably closely associated w...
[06:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Has anybody thought about the corollary of this - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:43:42] <exec> 08└─Hey, its the "liberal" from this post. [soylentnews.org]
[06:43:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Has anybody thought about the corollary of this - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 517 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:43:45] <exec> 08└─Trump, like Obama is being confronted with the fact the writing an Executive Order does not mean the thing will happen (e.g. closing Guantanamo and blocking travelers from the 7 countries). And to be fair, Obama didn't ask for that Nobel Prize. It put him in an awkward position, too. The bombing sta...
[06:44:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bogsnoticus [3982] (Score:2) 02Fucking useless - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 422 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:44:09] <exec> 08└─Xerox have had self-cleaning paper for a while, but both that, and this version do not address the real issue. That is, as soon as it comes out of the printer, it starts to get wrinkled, folded, crumpled, dog-eared, and just generally fucked up to the point it cannot be re-fed into the printer for a...
[06:45:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS! - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 707 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:45:17] <exec> 08└─It is true. However, windows as a platform is going to be on its way out. Desktop applications are going to become very rare in the future. Except in the open source world where they will be the norm. There is little money left in the desktop work of applications. Don't think so? Go find a desktop d...
[06:45:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score:2) 02IMO - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:45:33] <exec> 08└─...this will be competing with Android, iOS, and Chromebooks. Do you see a viable niche for what Redmond is offering?
[06:45:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Jaded bastards - 06Uncloaking Tor Browser Users on Windows With DRM-Protected Files - 1187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:45:55] <exec> 08└─Linux is just as bad. http://www.securityweek.com [securityweek.com] That has been laying around since the mid 2000s. Do not mistake lack of market share with being rock solid. But in many cases it is built upon a jigsaw puzzle of libraries that have n...
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[06:47:16] <exec> 08└─Do you have any idea how fragile we are standing here? at any point, a 6-mile-wide rock can wipe us all out (or Trump had a piss fight with the North Koreans). It's imperative that humanity starts spreading outside this planet. It's a "disaster recovery plan". Every company must have one, why not th...
[06:47:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Salicylic acid? - 06Salicylic Acid, an Ingredient in Some Pain Relief Medications, May Promote Bacteria Colonization - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:47:53] <exec> 08└─acetylsalicylic acid != salicylic acid mod me informative and I will mod you redundant
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[07:46:47] <exec> 08└─No, the variable name is more important than the type.
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[07:47:11] <exec> 08└─How do you think a tiny interstellar probe will help keep us from a disaster? A Moon or Mars base, maybe, but that's not being discussed. The first thing we need is a large telescope in space, much larger than Hubble or Webb, to see where we might want to go. Only once our technology has settled dow...
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[08:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03driverless [4770] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:42:39] <exec> 08└─Just from curiosity, do you have a spirit drink that you like?
[08:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Re:Whisky tastes like gym shoes - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 1451 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:42:45] <exec> 08└─Not sure, where you put the limit between "cheap" and "expensive". I've seen (but not tried) good brands for 4000€ / 0.7l, cheaper ones for 10€ / 0.7l. And while I got some good stuff already for as little as ~20€ / 0.7 (Finlaggan, they sell re-branded surplus from other distilleries; taste va...
[08:43:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:43:03] <exec> 08└─it isn't very interesting that a totalitarian government with a ;argely State owned command economy can issue a 'green' edict and achieve results. The question is whether it is wise.
[08:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:2) 02Re:Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:43:05] <exec> 08└─it isn't very interesting that a totalitarian government with a ;argely State owned command economy can issue a 'green' edict and achieve results. The question is whether it is wise.
[08:43:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 1317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:43:35] <exec> 08└─Am I to presume that you don't want lesbians to use female toilets? I surely don't see the issue with someone who considers themselves female and are attracted to men using female toilets, even if they were born a man, as why would that be a problem? What in the case of a person, born female, identi...
[08:43:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 293 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:43:40] <exec> 08└─yes, yes, yes there are corner cases but complaining about this is like complaining about having to pay rent you can skip rent and live in the forest but you'll still have to pay for showers and a sleeping bag you can opt out of paying for obamacare, its only a couple of hundred bucks penalty
[08:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03bradley13 [3053] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:43:43] <exec> 08└─There's nothing wrong with dual citizenship - lots of people have it. This is yet more false outrage cooked up by leftist Americans who think the world outside the USA doesn't really exist.
[08:43:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 1892 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:43:45] <exec> 08└─What I see happening daily is the media, demotards and libtards are doing the equivalent of telling diners at McDonalds they got conned and ordered the wrong thing, when those diners are getting mostly what they ordered. It might not be good for them in the long run, but saying they were conned or a...
[08:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03aim [6322] (Score:1) 02Snow Crash reference - 06Navy Decommissions "The Big E" - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:46:45] <exec> 08└─So, is it going to be bought up by L. Bob Rife, to become the center of the Raft? More seriously, yes, it's going to be interesting to take those nuclear plants apart. Better anyway than just letting them rot, cf Murmansk.
[08:48:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Comparison - 06Nvidia Stops Promotional Game Resales by Tying Codes to Hardware - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:48:55] <exec> 08└─So if I want to install the free game, see how well it runs, then put the new card in to compare it against the old one, you now have to do a GPU dance switching them in and out? Yeah, no.
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[09:42:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score:2) 02Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:16] <exec> 08└─I didnt bother to RTFA because the summary shows that this is stupid. I mean, air traffic control exists.
[09:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Too late? Irrelevant? - 06Replicant 6.0 Development Updates - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:42:23] <exec> 08└─This is a 6+ year old cell phone. Hell, it doesn't even support 3G, which means its cellular access is rapidly approaching its obsolescence date. Is there any point to Replicant anymore if it barely support hardware that was obsolete years ago, and will soon be discontinued from even having service?...
[09:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Too late? Irrelevant? - 06Replicant 6.0 Development Updates - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:42:25] <exec> 08└─What phones aren't proprietary? This is why I don't even own a cellphone.
[09:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 437 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:42:52] <exec> 08└─What does "shitfaced" mean? (Sorry, my urban English is apparently not that good.) Terribly drunk or terribly hung over? Terribly drunk is easy to solve: Drink less :-) (I don't drink whisky from a beer glass. Usually, the amount of Whisky is less then 1/8th of the amount of beer I would drink, ther...
[09:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:42:55] <exec> 08└─It's the opposite for me: vodka wine whiskey brandy = rum (with rum & brandy being my favorites). Then again, I like tonic water as much as I like cola...
[09:43:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:3, Touché) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:43:44] <exec> 08└─because we don't allow deviants to follow our daughters into the girl's rooms
[09:43:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Has anybody thought about the corollary of this - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 1472 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:43:57] <exec> 08└─I completely agree about needing to see the consequences. It would be more accurate to say that I think he's doing things that are at least ostensibly directed towards improving America. All presidents in recent decades have reached a point in their term where they begin openly engaging in actions t...
[09:45:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheLink [332] (Score:2) 02Re:It's aimed at Microsoft themselves - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:45:27] <exec> 08└─This is because there's not much left to improve since Windows 7
[09:46:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Necessary - 06Navy Decommissions "The Big E" - 365 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:46:30] <exec> 08└─As for your "it's not like you defended all those "shitty little European countries" out of the goodness of your heart or anything" comment, as a matter of fact I DID. I joined the Navy and served (aboard a carrier) in the Atlantic Fleet for two enlistments. I certainly didn't join for the money bec...
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[10:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:42:29] <exec> 08└─I don't think radios are required if you are flying with Visual Flight Rules.
[10:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Yeah right - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 105 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:31] <exec> 08└─Have things improved that much since 9/11 or can you still sneak through by turning off your transponder?
[10:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Article visibility - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:42:33] <exec> 08└─I can see the article fine, too. I suspect the reason is that I block JavaScript, and thus any script they might run to detect adblockers.
[10:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''their chosen devices'' - 06Replicant 6.0 Development Updates - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:42:43] <exec> 08└─FTFS: two community members, Grim Kriegor and dllud, sent me a device [...] Porting Replicant 6.0 to more devices is a priority Have something you want supported by Free Software? Give the guys doing the coding a sample of the hardware. . Old joke Every day, a guy prays, "Dear God, let me win the lo...
[10:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score:1) 02Re:Too late? Irrelevant? - 06Replicant 6.0 Development Updates - 916 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:42:45] <exec> 08└─The main problem of open source OSs is hardware and drivers. In the PC world there are standards to certain extent, you can get drivers for any hardware, unfortunately many times you can only get buggy drivers and/or not optimized drivers that can't use the full power of the hardware, but at least y...
[10:43:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 1104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:43:33] <exec> 08└─Maybe China Wakey-wakey? "Peak Coal" in China - well, China accounts for about 50% of all coal usage in the WORLD. At current rate of extraction, they will run out of coal by about middle 2030s. So.... either China runs out of coal, or moves away from it. But even if China does move away from coal i...
[10:43:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03UncleSlacky [2859] (Score:1) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:43:52] <exec> 08└─That's two words...
[10:43:53] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03tisI [5866] 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 195 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:43:53] <exec> 08└─It's a moral issue about ethics, hypocrites, lies and hypocrisy .. and people in national leadership roles. Like trump and thiel .. amongst others For those like you that lack the "Moral Compass"
[10:44:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Tillerson is the worst kind of climate denier - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:44:22] <exec> 08└─> acknowledges climate change, Do not be fooled. Its nothing more than strategic acknowledgement intended to forestall any action on climate change. It is a lot easier to dismiss the raving idiots like khallow who deny it exists at all. Tillerson is a "lukewarmer" [cato.org] which is a group of deni...
[10:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score:2) 02Most founding fathers took pledges to the crown... - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 194 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:44:23] <exec> 08└─Lawyers... judges... public officials of any kind really. Any founding father that served in the King's army or held a position in colonial government took similar oaths of loyalty to the crown.
[10:49:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Can someone smart please explain this story? - 06Salicylic Acid, an Ingredient in Some Pain Relief Medications, May Promote Bacteria Colonization - 622 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:49:03] <exec> 08└─I used opposite approach: attention depletion. It is based on my conjecture that the pain is a push-back signal from your nervous system to your consciousness that says "you are trying to ignore this, and you shouldn't". When in pain, concentrate on pain, put all your attention into it and try to in...
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[11:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02good - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 379 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:42:21] <exec> 08└─the "mastered at the exchange" or german pressed dance EPs in the late nineties were already good enough IMO but I only speak about the result, not the manufacturing. One-off vinyl mastering is another thing that I would like to see thriving. DJ without vinyl looks boring and IS boring unless you dr...
[11:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:1) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:42:30] <exec> 08└─I'm sure a flight plan is...
[11:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02Re:Too late? Irrelevant? - 06Replicant 6.0 Development Updates - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:42:43] <exec> 08└─This. Project ara was possibly disinfo or/and a way to get patents so nobody else can cheaply go that route.
[11:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Too late? Irrelevant? - 06Replicant 6.0 Development Updates - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:42:45] <exec> 08└─Too proprietary? That's why they're doing Replicant in the first place, to make it completely non-proprietary!
[11:44:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02higher loyalty required - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[11:44:22] <exec> 08└─LOL, then what about religious beliefs? And I speak as a believer.
[11:44:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:And then what? - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 446 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:44:41] <exec> 08└─Prussian blue is included in the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. It's used as an antidote to thallium or radiocaesium. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] Titanium dioxide is used in toothpaste, paint, and sunscreen. Nanoparticles of...
[11:44:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02Re:DUUUUUUUUDE - 06Inside the Far-Out Glass Lab - 97 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:44:59] <exec> 08└─I'm unfamiliar with the iBong product but I'm told it doesn't work unless you hold it just right.
[11:45:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score:1) 02Free market? - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:45:58] <exec> 08└─Free market is good for comsumers. Monopoly is good for producers. So, when you are a monopoly (and Windows is monopoly in desktop market and office software), you don't give a x for what consumers want, your priorities are how to make your monopoly endure for ever. and how to get more money from co...
[11:47:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Visual Basic - 06The Future of Microsoft's Languages: C# to be Powerful, Visual Basic Friendly - 272 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:47:42] <exec> 08└─I use this: https://msdn.microsoft.com [microsoft.com] Works in C# too but it's interesting that this stuff is in the VB area and not something like Microsoft.System.Logging. Don't C# programmers ever need to log stuff?
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[12:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03morpheus [1989] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:42:36] <exec> 08└─No, it is not. Even if you are flying in controlled airspace (which is almost everywhere above 1200 feet). Most of the time you do not need to talk to ATC, either. Saying this as a flight instructor.
[12:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03morpheus [1989] (Score:2) 02Re:Yeah right - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:42:39] <exec> 08└─A transponder is not required over most of the US but the radar will see you anyway, will be even able to calculate your altitude quite well.
[12:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Lester [6231] (Score:1) 02Re:Too late? Irrelevant? - 06Replicant 6.0 Development Updates - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:42:52] <exec> 08└─We can't have completely non-proprietary software as long as we don't have completely non-proprietary hardware. And that's unlikely to happen with modern hardware. But if you can live with old hardware (in this case, not even 3G), go ahead
[12:46:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:''the same level of study'' - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 491 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:46:17] <exec> 08└─Curious, so I did a search for "dark enlightenment". I found several links that are "interesting". Haven't found anything really worthy of serious attention. The worst of what I found justifies the American left's contempt for the "alt-right". The best of what I found seems to be so much mumbo-jumbo...
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[13:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:24] <exec> 08└─My experience is that so-called HD video is often uglier than the old, "low-resolution" NTSC standard: During fast moving, or complex scenes (falling graffiti, rain droplets on water, a flock of flying birds, etc.), you get nothing but a blocky, blotchy mess of blurry colors. Blech!
[13:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 904 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:25] <exec> 08└─That's either a lack of skill from those doing the compression or they are just being cheap, and for not a particularly large saving given current bandwidth costs, which is kind of worrying because there's an even worse problem that I noticed almost immediately when I started using 4K footage; you n...
[13:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03citizenr [2737] (Score:2) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:27] <exec> 08└─thats because US being the early sucke^^adopter went with MPEG 2 (~DVD), while rest of civilized world adopted MPEG 4 (~bluray/YouTube). There about is >2x difference between the two.
[13:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03RamiK [1813] (Score:2) 02Pearls before swine. - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:41] <exec> 08└─Might as well use CNC machining to produce sledgehammers while you're at it.
[13:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 1533 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:42:43] <exec> 08└─The mass-producers of music *sold* their presses. Wholesale. Some brave indies bought up those presses, sometimes in situ, and are now happily churning out small and medium runs. They can keep up because they bought the capacity of the big guys in the 70s. Seems like the big guys are now regretting...
[13:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:42:45] <exec> 08└─Yep. Mastering was the problem, not CDs. For electric guitar though, valves are better, because the *do* add colour. Emulations are getting quite good too though.
[13:43:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Whisky tastes like gym shoes - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:43:39] <exec> 08└─If you like Islay whiskies, then take a gamble on /Connamara/ from Ireland some time, you might be pleasantly surprised. Of course, the Japanese master distillers learnt their craft in Scotland, and are producing stuff which, at a blind tasting, which is all that matters, is as good as the real thin...
[13:43:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 1770 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:43:44] <exec> 08└─Verging on the "agree" camp, but I've learnt that there do exist a few good brandies out there (by which I mean "I can drink them without wincing", YMMV). My first positive brandy experience was a decade or so ago - we were just about to head off on a road trip with a work-mate, just as the company...
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[13:45:40] <exec> 08└─All the complaining about Vista was due to Microsofts's retarded services that ground your disk 24/7 and robbed CPU/memory. Useless indexing services, super fetch, and a few others I forget were all culprits. Once you disabled them, your system improved greatly. Though, It was still an absolute memo...
[13:46:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Mencius Modlbug? - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 306 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:46:39] <exec> 08└─https://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2008/04/open-letter-to-open-minded-progressives.html [blogspot.com] That guy? I'm kinda working my way through his stuff. He does have a seductive style of writing, but I'm watching for the racism. Some of the crap I saw on other sites almost resembles n...
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[14:42:30] <exec> 08└─Cable or OTA? My experience with cable was that most of the alleged "1080p HD" channels looked like blocky over-compressed crap, but over-the-air broadcast 1080i looks pretty good.
[14:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 392 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:31] <exec> 08└─OTA. I've read that part of the problem is that a local station might re-encode a video poorly. I've also read that many decoders are cheap. I guess the process is so complex now that it's not really possible to identify exactly what's wrong; all I know is that, to me, the image often looks like ab...
[14:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:34] <exec> 08└─Guess that experience isn't from blu-rays or Over The Air (OTA) broadcasts. If it's from cable then that's understandable. They compress the crap out of stations to free up bandwidth. The 4K broadcast standard uses h.265 so it should be capable of getting a good picture while still getting a decent...
[14:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No, it is OTA. - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:36] <exec> 08└─See here [soylentnews.org].
[14:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Possible way to save bandwidth - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 702 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:38] <exec> 08└─I have no idea whether they do this, but a possible way to save bandwidth would be to use the fact that the eye's colour resolution is worse than its intensity resolution (well, actually the difference is in some processing steps later in the visual system, but in this context that difference doesn'...
[14:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03jcross [4009] (Score:2) 02Re:Possible way to save bandwidth - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 799 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:40] <exec> 08└─That's called chroma subsampling, and it's already being done. I think to get additional savings while moving up to 4K, we're going to need to come up with novel compression strategies, like converting frame bitmaps into vector graphics with procedural textures or something, so that it turns back in...
[14:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 024x the res, but 4x the compression - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 764 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:42] <exec> 08└─Most USA 'Over the Air' broadcasters dedicate about half of their 20mbps bandwidth to the primary HD subchannel, encoded in MPEG2. The remainder is used for highly compressed subchannels and what not. Given that 4K is ~4x the pixels of 1080, and a modern video codec like H.265 offers ~4x the compres...
[14:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:4x the res, but 4x the compression - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 661 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:44] <exec> 08└─Or wait for an even more advanced video codec (VP10+ [soylentnews.org], H.266, NETVC, or Perseus [soylentnews.org]) to try to fit the 4K into even less than 10 Mbps, leaving room for the 1080p MPEG-2 subchannel, 4K, and some extras. The articles for Perseus claim you can deliver 4K with 4-8 Mbps, le...
[14:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:4x the res, but 4x the compression - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 1313 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:42:47] <exec> 08└─My guess would be a regulatory hack where the "main channel" becomes a highly compressed 480i to encourage people to upgrade and the "real 4K channel" gets hacked in by abuse of the regulations, its legally a non-video data carrier even though in practice people watch the superbowl on it. The most l...
[14:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02H.265 to the rescue - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 276 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:49] <exec> 08└─But all three articles raise questions that aren't answered, primarily, what about bandwidth? It seems to me that without extremely tight lossy compression, it would take four times the bandwidth of 1080p. Will quality be much better than 1080p after they compress the signal?
[14:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02more links - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 593 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:57] <exec> 08└─Dumping other links for this: http://spacenews.com [spacenews.com] http://www.popularmechanics.com [popularmechanics.com] Not related to the defects: http://www.csmo...
[14:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:42:59] <exec> 08└─(just a preliminary release for now)
[14:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 954 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:10] <exec> 08└─Yeah. Personally, I love that fuzzy ringing /Orange/ sound for guitar, but you can't beat the super-tight /Hartke/ sound for bass - though not necessarily in the same band! I specifically included the term "reproduction", as I don't consider the (valve) amp to be part of reproduction, that's part of...
[14:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No DRM? - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 127 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:11] <exec> 08└─Certainly this will cost the RIAA billions and collapse global trade or something... Won't someone think about the artists? ;-)
[14:43:22] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03morpheus [1989] 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 199 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:22] <exec> 08└─No, it is not. Even if you are flying in controlled airspace (which is almost everywhere above 1200 feet). Most of the time you do not need to talk to ATC, either. Saying this as a flight instructor.
[14:43:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Article visibility - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:26] <exec> 08└─How is this offtopic if it directly replies to a sentence in the summary?
[14:43:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:3, Informative) 02NOTAMs - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:29] <exec> 08└─(even if you didn't bother to check the FAA website for no-fly zones in your area)
[14:43:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Funny) 02not a no-fly zone - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:43:31] <exec> 08└─They had hundreds of drones in the air during halftime! That's not a no-fly zone!
[14:43:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02Re:Too late? Irrelevant? - 06Replicant 6.0 Development Updates - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:43:45] <exec> 08└─its cellular access is rapidly approaching its obsolescence date.
[14:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Brandy, you're a fine girl - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 75 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:04] <exec> 08└─Only the 72 chart has Roundabout by Yes, so it's the only one that matters.
[14:44:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 88 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:17] <exec> 08└─Shitfaced usually happens right after your memory for the night hangs up on the logfile.
[14:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:I might try - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 651 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:23] <exec> 08└─To speed things up, get an O2 cylinder, and bubble that through the liquid. Much of ageing is merely oxidisation. An Italian brewery tried that trick a decade back, they wanted an aged barley wine feel without having to wait for it. As a huge fan of slowly-aged barley wines (yes, I have half of a cr...
[14:44:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The silly part is... - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:44:54] <exec> 08└─Which is why Hellary didn't get elected?
[14:45:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 109 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:45:05] <exec> 08└─which certainly raises questions about either his sincerity or his fitness to be an advisor to the President.
[14:45:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:45:12] <exec> 08└─You only have to go back a little more than 10 years to see how thinly it has to be applied to cover that ground.
[14:45:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Tillerson is the worst kind of climate denier - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 2300 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:45:31] <exec> 08└─You can't expect people to all act like you'd like and believe as you'd like. You need to take the pros and cons and measure them not only objectively but also relative to other possibilities. Imagine the person you'd expect for Trump to appoint as secretary of state, further imagine that this perso...
[14:45:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Shelf price stickers? - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:45:45] <exec> 08└─Modern scanner based photocopiers are physically cool but I remember optical photocopiers got physically warm, hot almost when scanning, so if this product existed in 1980 then trying to photocopy a classified document would erase it...
[14:47:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:''the same level of study'' - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 1191 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:47:25] <exec> 08└─"We are the Dark Enlightenment." aka: you're a nigger and whine like a nigger. You think your pointless rambling will change peoples minds? alt-left / alt-right - same bunch of niggers whining about fake oppression. So tired of you worthless fucks. It's why I have to deal with a phony orange money i...
[14:47:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sad OS - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 1464 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:47:28] <exec> 08└─It's called free market capitalism, stupid. You sound like a socialist commie. The idea is to make money. People freely walking about your "disconnected" platform are not under your control. Don't like it? Don't buy it. Why do you think the PC is increasingly becoming more and more a game console? S...
[14:47:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02It's not for you. - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 541 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:47:34] <exec> 08└─This is aimed at Educational Administrators. They will basically be able to configure a device with enough lock out rules and pre loaded software to rival Chromebooks. Not that there will be much to lock away, but this should go well with plans to downsize on premise IT too. Expect this edition to p...
[14:48:52] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Dead! - 06The Future of Microsoft's Languages: C# to be Powerful, Visual Basic Friendly - 331 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:48:52] <exec> 08└─Microsoft, delenda est! Mollusca a mortuis. Si Microsoft non moriuntur, non male olet. Microsoft pro omnibus mortuus est usus. Si quis in C## codicibus Furiae descendet super capita eorum et fimum conbures longa evellere, nervo frustra diis inferis reddere non Beckinsale Kate et cruciabuntur in sae...
[14:49:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sungun - 06150-Year Journey to Alpha Centauri Proposed - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:49:29] <exec> 08└─If Jupiter is blocking the view of Saturn, why nuke it when you just need to use an Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator?
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[15:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Risible - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 823 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:26] <exec> 08└─What else did you expect? You expect people to sell just hardware? HA! Can't make enough money that way. Remember, it's not just about making money. It's about making a shit load of money, perpetually! A welfare like system funded by a tax of micro transactions, advertising revenue, and selling your...
[15:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Awesome - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:42:28] <exec> 08└─That'll be so handy ... until they take it away of course.
[15:42:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02H.265 is a mistake. Should be AOMedia Video 1 - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:49] <exec> 08└─It's yet another proprietary, patent-encumbered technology; surely, for the sake of the entire computing world, it would be far superior to coalesce around an unencumbered technology such as Google's AOMedia Video 1 [wikipedia.org]
[15:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Feature, not a bug - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:42:50] <exec> 08└─H.265 is encumbered by patents owned by the companies that make TVs and broadcast equipment. Standardizing on the expensive patent-heavy codec instead of the libre one puts more money in their pockets.
[15:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 268 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:01] <exec> 08└─The falcon platform already has issues with tank within a tank design such that [1] they lost one vehicle when a strut snapped and [2] another when they played games with the exact order and temperature of launch pad testing of tank filling and emptying (picky picky).
[15:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score:2) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 131 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:03] <exec> 08└─> you can not just patch failure modes until you feel lucky I thought that was how NASA did it in the 50s/60s? Another era maybe...
[15:43:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02CDs are dead - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 289 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:15] <exec> 08└─Went to the local Barnes & Noble book store and they didn't have a CD section anymore. It was replaced with vinyl records. They also had several different record players for sale. The lady working the counter said they are selling better than CDs were. Thought that was pretty interesting!
[15:43:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02not a revolutionary update - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:43:17] <exec> 08└─So it's a traditional vinyl manufacturing machine, just a bit improved. I am looking forward to announcement of a consumer 3D printer that can produce a vinyl record. Not because I have any interest in owning music in the form of crappy, bulky, fragile lumps pf plastic, but because it will be nostal...
[15:43:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:1) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:28] <exec> 08└─Thanks! Out of curiosity, when is a flight plan required? I've gone up with my grandad a couple times in a light plane, really enjoyed it, and I fly slope soaring model gliders to get my flying fix.
[15:43:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score:2) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:43:30] <exec> 08└─I have some friends who fly paragliders near (nb military) airfields. They have to be pretty careful I think.
[15:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Re:Whisky tastes like gym shoes - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 637 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:44:21] <exec> 08└─Says it is a single malt on the Kilbeggan website [kilbeggandistillingcompany.com]. I'll give it a shot. Many Irish whiskies disappointed me in the past (Most contained wheat. It took me quite some time to figure out that this is apparently what ruined it for me. After I started checking for pure ma...
[15:45:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:45:07] <exec> 08└─According to the great orange leader's expert on the cyberz, it is technically one word. 10 DIM A$(1) 20 A$( 0 ) = "Manchurian" 30 A$( 1 ) = "Candidate" 40 FORMAT C:\ 50 END
[15:45:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 493 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:45:11] <exec> 08└─> a plot to turn the United States back over to the British Empire I hope not, because we certainly don't want you back. Maybe like some drug-addled rock-star who's spent too long drunk on power, justifying everything with nothing more than "because we can", but who has now fallen from grace and bec...
[15:45:25] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 77 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:45:25] <exec> 08└─because we don't allow deviants to follow our daughters into the girl's rooms
[15:45:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 429 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:45:30] <exec> 08└─Get it right - Obama made people buy Romneycare, which he arrogantly repurposed in order to make it look like the Dems were keeping their promises, even though it's only indirectly to do with health care, being more to do with ensuring big insurance keeps getting its premiums rolling in. Nobody in E...
[15:45:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Oaths of loyalty mean nothing to people like hi - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:45:37] <exec> 08└─The only loyalty Peter Thiel has is to Peter Thiel.
[15:46:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02But I want to use it on C64 - 06TAILS 3.0 Will Require a 64-Bit Processor - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:46:53] <exec> 08└─....without a disk drive!!!!1111 YOU MONSTERS!
[15:47:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:''the same level of study'' - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 2845 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:47:37] <exec> 08└─Yup, you can't explore the Dark Enlightenment without encountering Moldbug. I'd suggest starting at Nick Land's The Dark Enlightenment [thedarkenlightenment.com] even though that blog is basically dead now. Look at the three tabs at the top, they are a very good intro to the ideas. Poke around the D...
[15:49:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score:2) 02Re:What we need - 06The Future of Microsoft's Languages: C# to be Powerful, Visual Basic Friendly - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:49:10] <exec> 08└─However the ide, visual studio, already has a paid subscription that requires an internet connection.
[15:49:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score:2) 02Re:Visual Basic - 06The Future of Microsoft's Languages: C# to be Powerful, Visual Basic Friendly - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:49:15] <exec> 08└─Importance is not relevant in laying out the enumeration order. The program is more important than the variable declarations, yet one declares the variable first so we can read the program with some established knowledge. In the same way, one establishes the type of the variables to be enumerate...
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[16:42:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03FatPhil [863] (Score:2) 02I'm immune! I only have a black-and-white printer - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:23] <exec> 08└─... so no rouge jobs are possible! (I'll sic myself onto fixing it...)
[16:42:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:25] <exec> 08└─I mean, obviously compared to anything I, personally, have ever done, it's extraordinary, but botnets routinely number in the tens of millions, a couple hundred thousand devices is just another drop in the spambot/DDOS bucket. The real news is that anyone is using the word "pwned" in 2017.
[16:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Which successful libre console? - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 1057 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:35] <exec> 08└─If a game console's firmware is Libre, other economic considerations of the interactive entertainment market will probably cause it to fail. We've seen this before with the Atari 2600 and OUYA consoles. Atari 2600 Video Computer SystemThe 2600 had no lockout, and once third parties figured out how t...
[16:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Aiming the WRONG way - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 844 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:37] <exec> 08└─The goal of something like OUYA cannot be to provide a platform for the existing paradigm; the goal must be only to find a sustainable existence in the niche market of tinkerers, so that it can exist long enough to evolve a robust ecosystem of its own, one which can exist under the selective pressur...
[16:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02switch - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:42:40] <exec> 08└─Nintendo Switch won't support external hard drives at launch. https://www.vg247.com [vg247.com] It also doesn't support USB 3.0 at launch, that will be added with an update.
[16:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03damnbunni [704] (Score:2) 02Re:switch - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:42] <exec> 08└─The Nintendo Switch will probably never support external hard drives. It would make using it out of the docking station a right royal pain in the ass.
[16:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 282 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:53] <exec> 08└─Garbage in, garbage out. My TV is 4K but I've seen no 4K content. But at 1080p there's a noticible difference between cameras watching football games. Fox's cameras suck, I think they used 720i cameras for the super bowl. The other three networks have good pictures, Fox's is lousy.
[16:42:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:42:56] <exec> 08└─http://1337x.to/search/2160p/1/ [1337x.to] No piracy? Then you get this: http://1337x.to [1337x.to]
[16:43:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 1842 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:01] <exec> 08└─Yea, quality varies a lot. But when done right, HD can compress pretty good so there is certainly room for 4K if using a newer codec like h264 or h265 is involved. But that isn't what will happen. For example, on my cable system it is amazing to compare the local ABC feed to the local FOX. Both look...
[16:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:03] <exec> 08└─I get between 12 and 18 channels depending on the weather. Why would I possibly need cable? That's more channels than cable had when it came out in the '70s. Cable is a complete waste of money unless you live where radio waves have a hard time reaching.
[16:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03WillR [2012] (Score:2) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:05] <exec> 08└─The cable line is just for broadband now as far as I'm concerned. Youtube + Netflix + OTA > cable TV Judging by the amount of paper TWC wastes junk-mailing me about how amazingly great their $150/month TV service is, that seems to really upset them.
[16:43:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 511 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:09] <exec> 08└─Most people don't understand that the Cable/Satellite providers "compress" the HDTV signals. If your TV has a coax input, get an antenna and watch OverTheAir (OTA) and you will see the difference. Don't want to watch commercials, get a MythTV or other PVR box and record OTA and skip the commercials...
[16:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:4x the res, but 4x the compression - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:16] <exec> 08└─Here in Springfield, they have the main channel in HD and the other two or three channels play shows from the last century.
[16:43:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Meh. - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:43:22] <exec> 08└─I'd rather have Net Neutrality, thank you.
[16:43:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 428 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:32] <exec> 08└─"The problem I see with man rating as it stands is in aerospace you tend to need to build that in from the start" Cheap access to space means the vehicle just has to work. Reusable means it has to work over and over. (Yet to be seen.) That may be a higher bar than 'man rating'. Just because X is nim...
[16:43:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 520 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:34] <exec> 08└─NASA was nimble, and pretty damned lucky. The issue that caused the deaths of the astronauts on the launchpad for Apollo 1 (pressurizing the capsule with pure oxygen on the launchpad) was standard operating procedure for the Mercury and Gemini missions. They were just damn lucky they didn't have a f...
[16:43:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Pearls before swine. - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 402 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:44] <exec> 08└─As long as they're recording digitally, you're right. Digital has better dynamics (that are seldom if ever used) and no noise, but it's also hindered by rounding errors, as everything digital does. Any signal that goes through an A-D converter will have the disadvantages of both and the advantages o...
[16:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:49] <exec> 08└─Indeed. A lot of guitarists set a small tube (valve for the Brits) amp, and use a mic to pick up the distorted sound and then amplify it with solid state amps. The reason tubes at clipping levels sound so much better is that transistors cut off abruptly, giving it a true square wave, while a tube at...
[16:43:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 1283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:43:51] <exec> 08└─Mastering was only part of CD's problem. CDs are way too low a resolution for high fidelity. I've heard vinyl that sounded exactly like the musician was in the room, but have never heard a CD that could fool me into thinking it was live. Sampling rates should be tripled at the very least. Back in th...
[16:44:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:44:07] <exec> 08└─Yes sir, but doesn't VFR rules also still require one to obtain and obey current NOTAMs? And continue to monitor local Unicom and/or 121.5?
[16:44:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03KilroySmith [2113] (Score:2) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 574 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:44:09] <exec> 08└─Yes, you're required to obey current NOTAMs. No, you're not required to monitor the radio - specifically, aircraft not originally equipped with an electrical system are exempt from any radio requirements. This may sound like pre-WWII aircraft to you, but it also include sailplanes, ultralights, and...
[16:44:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Yeah right - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:44:13] <exec> 08└─will be even able to calculate your altitude quite well.
[16:45:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:Whisky tastes like gym shoes - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:45:03] <exec> 08└─I do not care much for the age, as long as it is at least ten years. I tried some 16 year old, but don't feel the higher price is fully justified by the difference in taste.
[16:45:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:45:24] <exec> 08└─I would imagine that it isn't just shifting pollution...
[16:45:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:China is on an Epic Solar Power Binge - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 118 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:45:28] <exec> 08└─China now has 43.2 gigawatts of solar capacity, compared with 38.4 gigawatts in Germany and 27.8 in the United States.
[16:45:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:45:31] <exec> 08└─So California will get one electric bus per square mile?
[16:45:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:45:56] <exec> 08└─Yes, and Rahm Emanuel previously worked for the Israeli military before becoming Chief of Staff in the Obama Whitehouse. If it's OK for him, why not for Peter Thiel?
[16:46:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 299 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:46:00] <exec> 08└─Also, it's still better to be a citizen than a subject. If anything, it's England's pernicious legacy that poisons America today. All those in Wall Street and Washington are striving to set themselves up a House of Lords, and have largely done it. We shall see if history repeats itself in response.
[16:46:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Does jmorris need a safe space? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:46:06] <exec> 08└─Yes the term, "snowflake," is a double-edged sword the way "fake news" has been, as damaging to the ones who coined it as it is to its intended targets.
[16:46:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:46:15] <exec> 08└─What! Are you suggestifying that games with cigars and blue dress stains don't qualify as the highest possible crimes that a POTUS can commit?
[16:46:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:46:25] <exec> 08└─you can opt out of paying for obamacare, its only a couple of hundred bucks penalty
[16:46:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 381 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:46:28] <exec> 08└─Bush II was an idiot No he isn't. He was simply not a patriot. Didn't anyone notice that gasoline leaped from $1.05 a gallon to $4.55 when oil man Bush and oil man Cheney were in power? Do people really think that the Iraq war was over "bad intelligence" rather than to get at Saddam for trying to ki...
[16:46:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 584 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:46:31] <exec> 08└─I agree. The doublethink and tribalism is tedious. It's OK when our guy does it, but when the other guy does it, it's a national emergency? If it's sketchy, illegal, and/or unethical, we should go after all of them with equal fervor. If we as citizens sent that consistent message and hanged everyone...
[16:46:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 238 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:46:33] <exec> 08└─Indeed. I ask, what if the President himself (or his secretary od state) had sworn an oath to a foreign power, say, Russia? Anyone who hasn't realized by now that Trump's even a bigger liar than my ex-wife is a fool who is easily deluded.
[16:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Has anybody thought about the corollary of this - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 109 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:46:45] <exec> 08└─What I mean by that statement is that so far Trump has generally been doing some great things for America....
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[17:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 142 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:31] <exec> 08└─A few hundred thousand of these. A couple hundred thousand of those. Pretty soon you're talking about a botnet to be taken quite seriousfully.
[17:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03ledow [5567] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 970 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:32] <exec> 08└─It's an indication of something far more nefarious. Hundreds of thousands of people have installed a printer which has ports open to the Internet - through conscious port-forwarding or complete lack of firewall. What else are they exposing, and if these are people who are forwarding, why was this al...
[17:42:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 71 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:35] <exec> 08└─why are they sold in insecure default configurations that allowed this?
[17:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 260 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:38] <exec> 08└─Yeah, I guess, but can we also report on the serious cringe flaw of a person using the word "pwned"? It's indicative of something far more nefarious: an entire generation not realizing that their slang is completely out of date and kinda uncomfortable to read.
[17:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:40] <exec> 08└─Yeah, but security is so darned *inconvenient*, you know? Having to type in passwords, firewall configurations, how the heck do you expect a beleagured office assistant to pull it off? We want something they can just plug in and turn on, dammit!
[17:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 503 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:43] <exec> 08└─the real news is that there are people putting their printers on the internet. The idea never occured to me. WHy would I do this? Then it dawned on me that the cloud, and the lack of end user control, is probably to blame. It is hard to allow for one to print to ones printer on the network using con...
[17:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 468 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:45] <exec> 08└─The reason my printer is on the internet is obvious to me: It's on my wifi subnet so I don't have to hook it up to any given computer I want to print from. Because that subnet is also on the internet, so is the printer. I could go through the obnoxious process of creating a outbound DMZ with the abi...
[17:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 415 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:47] <exec> 08└─Why the ever-loving-fuck is your entire network exposed to inbound internet traffic without a firewall between it and the internet? That's what the article here is talking about, devices that are externally accessible because some schmoe wants to print while away from home/office and can't be bother...
[17:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Aiming the WRONG way - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 571 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:58] <exec> 08└─Actually I don't like games being locked with DRM crap. It might get more of a pass on consoles since it is a single hardware ecosystem. DRM causes probl ms, and even on consoles I dislike having to connect to the net so I can download more bullshit DRM just to play a game I bought. What if my inter...
[17:42:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02But, I AM an arrogant tool; I'm also right. - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 11 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:42:59] <exec> 08└─Get it yet?
[17:43:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score:2) 02Cache on internal NAND - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:43:05] <exec> 08└─Wii OS 4.0 solved this by copying the WiiWare or VC game currently being played from the SD card to a cache area on the internal NAND flash before running it. If Nintendo were to apply this same principle to Nintendo Switch, a purchased game stored on an external hard drive plugged into a Switch Doc...
[17:43:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I'd rather have a Free Market - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 117 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:43:36] <exec> 08└─You only want governments to impose Net Neutrality in order solve problems created by governments in the first place.
[17:43:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 3731 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:43:47] <exec> 08└─Both situations fail the intrinsic safety goals you'd like to have in a man rated vehicle and would be really difficult to patch around, need to do that at design time. Intrinsically safe means you eliminate entire categories of failure mode by implementing a safer design. Lets say people keep dying...
[17:43:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 575 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:43:49] <exec> 08└─I see your point about problem 2. I also see your point about problem 1 as a design issue. My point about problem 1 was that no matter what design you use, if someone makes inferior parts that don't meet specs, this is not a design problem. You could try to address poor quality manufacturing (or sab...
[17:43:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:43:52] <exec> 08└─So NASA is where Microsoft learned it from?
[17:43:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03mrchew1982 [3565] (Score:2) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 778 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:43:54] <exec> 08└─Yup. Boeing and Lockheed et. al. Would like you to believe that their designs have always been safe and never had any failures when the truth actually is that the failures were so long ago (or on differently named launcher) that no one remembers. If you look back at their history (and all of the his...
[17:43:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:43:58] <exec> 08└─Shortcuts should not be taken. Corners should not be cut. Low cost can still be a goal. Reusability can still be a goal. That said, it is still a dangerous business. No matter what you do, there will be an LOC accident sooner or later. Strive for a high level of safety. But don't cripple the program...
[17:44:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:Pearls before swine. - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:44:10] <exec> 08└─Might as well use CNC machining to produce sledgehammers while you're at it.
[17:44:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:44:17] <exec> 08└─No worries then. Just grab some FLACs that are meant for DJs at 24 bit / 196 khz.
[17:44:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:44:19] <exec> 08└─Every blind test I've ever seen done disagrees with your assertions. In some, people were also fooled into thinking CD was vinyl by the addition of distortion in some of them.
[17:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:No DRM? - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 620 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:44:22] <exec> 08└─The problem is not with lack of DRM in vinyl records. It's control of the production process. As long as RIAA has a monopoly on the production, they can screw at both ends. Screw artists. Screw fans. What would be the end of the world is if everyone could "print" their own vinyl records. (gasp!) Tha...
[17:44:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Uncle_Al [1108] (Score:2) 02Big slabs of polyvinyl - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:44:26] <exec> 08└─Where are the green SJWs when we need them?
[17:44:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Big slabs of polyvinyl - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 103 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:44:28] <exec> 08└─We're busy sharpening our pitchforks and looking for a carbon-neutral alternative fuel for our torches.
[17:45:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02No thanks. - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:45:49] <exec> 08└─The only drink I want ultrasound in is my beer. [thrillist.com]
[17:46:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:46:08] <exec> 08└─They're just having their Dark Enlightenment, duhrrrr
[17:46:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:46:37] <exec> 08└─Is that a gay reference...? Because it sounds like a gay reference.
[17:46:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:Does jmorris need a safe space? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:46:42] <exec> 08└─You know why? It's because both terms are hypocritical projection. The original users of both in this context are accusing their opponents of what they themselves are guilty of.
[17:46:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 1130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:46:55] <exec> 08└─I don't know all the details of this situation, but it's far from as obvious as you +5: Touche ranking implies. There is the concept of reasonable expectation of privacy. As the most obvious example, can an employer put surveillance cameras in the restrooms or employee changing areas of a restaurant...
[17:46:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03GreatAuntAnesthesia [3275] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:46:57] <exec> 08└─I think your sarcasm detector needs recalibration. To make my position perfectly clear to anybody else who has misunderstood: As the most obvious example, can an employer put surveillance cameras in the restrooms or employee changing areas of a restaurant?
[17:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Shelf price stickers? - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:47:23] <exec> 08└─Actually, running this paper through a laser printer would erase it, since laser printers and copiers work with heat. The laser puts an electrostatic "image" on the paper, which attracts the doner particles, then the paper is heated to a high enough temperature to melt the plastic toner particles on...
[17:47:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Mimeograph... - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:47:37] <exec> 08└─1970s? How about '50s and '60s? I graduated high school in 1970. And yes, they stank.
[17:47:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Mimeograph... - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:47:39] <exec> 08└─It might look similar to a blueprint, since it has the same pigment (Prussian blue).
[17:48:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:But I want to use it on C64 - 06TAILS 3.0 Will Require a 64-Bit Processor - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:48:22] <exec> 08└─you can, with sd2iec and/or easyflash! well maybe you can't. but you could store a small linux ISO on them.
[17:48:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Do No Evil - 06Google Sells its Satellite Imaging Division - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:48:38] <exec> 08└─Now a non-google company can sell this imagery to governments, friend and foe alike, let's privatize the NRO... Let's make sure no-one can stick any evilness to the company with the name everyone recognizes...
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[18:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The REAL problem - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 519 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:28] <exec> 08└─This only matters, because paper-pushing, power-grabbing government bureaucrats are playing with other people's money and lives through policy based on these "reports"; there are 2 sides to this debate: One side, where people risk their entire careers and personal socio-economic standing just for s...
[18:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The REAL problem - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:29] <exec> 08└─No, the REAL problem is that this is a made up issue and that idiots like you buy into it because it fits some "big evil government" meme you bend everything you see around.
[18:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Evil or not, Governments ARE using it to grow more - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 245 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:31] <exec> 08└─But it IS a Big Government issues; governments are funneling money, and imposing regulations that greatly disrupt people's lives, despite the fact that there is a significant disagreement. It is what it is! Yet more violently imposed imposition.
[18:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score:2) 02Re:The REAL problem - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 605 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:34] <exec> 08└─It's pretty easy to see this differently if you change "arguing to receive" to "arguing to maintain". The fossil fuel industry already has a "violently imposed" stranglehold on society's resources. I'll agree with you that centralized control of our resources is bad. However the end result of green...
[18:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:The REAL problem - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:36] <exec> 08└─There are 2 sides to this debate: One side, where scientists do science. Collect data. Analyze it. Draw some conclusions. Publish results.Another side, that realizes the conclusions will affect their profits and therefore must silence the truth. Other examples: Leaded gasoline. Or redefining "clean"...
[18:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Jonathan Pie's recent videos seems relevant - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:38] <exec> 08└─About another subject (violent protests). Just substitute Trump references for Climate change deniers: Protest Pie. [youtube.com]
[18:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Touché) 02The Daily Mail? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:40] <exec> 08└─What kind of whistleblower decides to break their big story to a tabloid like the daily mail? Was the Enquirer too busy?
[18:42:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Because it's TABOO for "real" news to cover him - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 193 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:42] <exec> 08└─You go where people will listen, even if they just want to make money off you. Hell, at the "real" gatekeepers of news, maybe there is even a policy from on high to quash dissent on this topic.
[18:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03BsAtHome [889] (Score:2) 02Re:The Daily Mail? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 708 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:45] <exec> 08└─The daily mail had received a good deal on Chinese whistles just before the management changed on the other side of the big pond. They are also quite desperate to distribute all those cheap whistles to all who have some air left without necessarily blowing. The enquirer has been in a high-pressure z...
[18:42:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 497 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:47] <exec> 08└─I'm searching around a bit to see if I can understand what this story is really about, but all my search links that come up with when googling "NOAA John Bates" are a bunch of web sites that all seem to have at least one of these words in their name: conservative, liberty, christian, etc. Has any re...
[18:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Informative) 02Re:Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 485 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:49] <exec> 08└─Ah, here's one [arstechnica.com], at least. Pretty much what I thought. Bates has no first-hand knowledge of anything and is disgruntled. Plus, the Daily Mail author is completely full of shit and just makes shit up. But you fuckheads (I was going to say "you know who you are", but sadly you don't k...
[18:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Umm.... That's just more He-Said—She-Said - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 106 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:51] <exec> 08└─That isn't much of a rebuttal other than "Nuh Uh!" from a person who would need to be covering his arse...
[18:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 456 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:53] <exec> 08└─Best quote from that article (after completely disassembling and refuting everything about it): The article on the Daily Mail website is headlined “Exposed: How world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data," but the list of those “duped” seems to be lim...
[18:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 1804 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:42:56] <exec> 08└─Well, The Daily Mail article includes a wonderful lie. Bates is not a NOAA scientist, he's the president of the American Geophyical Union, which is widely considered a fairly scientific propaganda instrument for Exxon Mobile. Which is to say, their official positions tend to be close to scientifical...
[18:42:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02haha, it's all fake - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:42:58] <exec> 08└─Fake news to the right. Fake news to the left. It's all fake. Ready to collapse. Not long now.
[18:42:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:3, Informative) 02Daily Mail is sensationalist tabloid trash - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 781 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:00] <exec> 08└─The Mail reports that a report that the "pause" in Global Warming is false, is itself false. Well, the Daily Mail lies. So that's not (not (not (not Global Warming))) = Global Warming is true. Also got to love the use of one hoked up, wrong counterexample as "proof" that the thousands of studies, re...
[18:43:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02It's the Daily Fail - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:43:02] <exec> 08└─So now I doubt the existence of the UN and the world.
[18:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03shipofgold [4696] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:43:16] <exec> 08└─OK, I'll bite...what's a better word? For me, 'pwned' gave the right connotation of the incident.
[18:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:43:18] <exec> 08└─About half the tweets from the TFA featured print-outs in a fast-food restaurant environment. At minimum wage, I am not sure you will care that the printer you are not allowed to mess with is pwned. I personally would probably report it to management.
[18:43:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:43:23] <exec> 08└─It's not by default, but routers are imperfect creatures, and you shouldn't trust that they work as they say on the tin. I do because I'm lazy.
[18:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 696 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:43:26] <exec> 08└─Oh oh, I know why! Pick me, pick me! That's because the printer asks for an SSID and optionally a password, after which it open whatever ports its designers thought would be cool for all kinds of "cloud" features hardly any end-user will use, plus any ports required to phone home usage patterns and...
[18:43:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score:2) 02Re:switch - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:43:43] <exec> 08└─Switch won't require games to be installed from its cartridges like PS4 and XB1 do for games that come on disc. Digital games will of course need to be installed but the Switch supports micro-SDXC up to 2TB (then those actually exist, of course).
[18:44:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02OTA can be over-compressed too - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:44:03] <exec> 08└─Guess that experience isn't from blu-rays or Over The Air (OTA) broadcasts. If it's from cable then that's understandable. They compress the crap out of stations to free up bandwidth.
[18:44:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Wootery [2341] (Score:2) 02Re:Possible way to save bandwidth - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 247 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:44:07] <exec> 08└─Compression experts are no doubt aware of this. A similar trick is to exploit the fact that our visual systems suck when it comes to shades of blue [nfggames.com], so that channel can be compressed more aggressively than red or, especially, green.
[18:44:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I'd rather have a Free Market - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:44:18] <exec> 08└─No, ISP monopolies are the natural result of a very high cost of entry - the cable plant is expensive.
[18:45:20] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03VLM [445] 02NOTAMs - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 82 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:45:20] <exec> 08└─(even if you didn't bother to check the FAA website for no-fly zones in your area)
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[19:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Evil or not, Governments ARE using it to grow m - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 337 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:42:30] <exec> 08└─> imposing regulations that greatly disrupt people's lives Like "stop fucking up the place where I'd like my grandchildren to live without Hazmat suits"? You don't need your mess to qualify as a Superfund site, in order for the rest of us to think maybe some of your profits should be dedicated to ke...
[19:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Won't someone THINK OF THE CHILDREN???!!!!11111 - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:42:31] <exec> 08└─That must be the most overused basis for tyranny. I swear. When people have children, they lose their minds; they turn into rabid, illogical resource-grabbers who think everyone else is obligated to care for their progeny no matter what the cost might be.
[19:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Won't someone THINK OF THE CHILDREN???!!!!11111 - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 612 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:42:33] <exec> 08└─No, you're obligated to care for the crap you pump into my air and into my water that crosses my property lines. I can't even have kids. Take responsibility. You can't hide from externalities forever. Think of what would happen in an Ancap paradise. These fracking operations and coal power plants wo...
[19:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Sounds fine. That's a different argument. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:42:35] <exec> 08└─Unfortunately for you, Big Government doesn't care about your Ancap ideas.
[19:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Sounds fine. That's a different argument. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 536 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:42:38] <exec> 08└─And unfortunately for you irony is cometely lost. They were talking g about the fictional ancap reality where a system of contracts holds everyone responsible. The companies polluting everything would ideally be held responsible through lawsuits. It was a trick, turning the libertarian ideals on too...
[19:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The REAL problem - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:42:40] <exec> 08└─"Go! Team khallow! Go" >attack was ineffective "Go, Team frojack! Go!" >attack was ineffective "Go, jmorris! Just go?" >attack was super ineffective "Go, Team Bates! Go Exxon! Go, Sec of State!" >attack will be effective, or else.
[19:42:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:The REAL problem - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 1274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:42:43] <exec> 08└─China experimented with decentralized steel production in one of their idiotic plans or another. From memory it ended up not being terribly productive and definitely not green. Just a warning the decentralized isn't the answer for all industries. If we decentralize enough we better get rid of the gr...
[19:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:42:46] <exec> 08└─The guy trying to call attention to lead gas was derided by the powers that be; he was treated as a lunatic. The clean environment movement began among "private" citizens looking to care for their surroundings—government had a long history of subsidizing environment-destroying endeavors. Governmen...
[19:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:The Daily Mail? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:42:52] <exec> 08└─I was going to say "impeccable reputation" and "The Daily Mail" go together like oil and water. "The Daily Mail" is, IMHO, a wonderful source of "Alternative Facts."
[19:42:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:42:58] <exec> 08└─And here's an independent study confirming the NOAA findings. UC Berkeley Researcher Debunks Claims Of Global Warming Pause [cbslocal.com] Even if he doesn't like the original methodology it doesn't actually mean they are wrong.
[19:43:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:01] <exec> 08└─Guy with an agenda trumpets agenda to receptive new administration which will repeat without bothering to check. Should be appointed to nice cushy job he's unqualified for any minute.
[19:43:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:04] <exec> 08└─Considering the hints that the current administration wants to "clean house" on people who've worked on climate change, you might legit be right. Considering the reputation the president has for mindlessly following whatever he watches on right-wing cable news each night, Bates may actually be direc...
[19:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03jelizondo [653] (Score:2) 02re Wrong - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:06] <exec> 08└─Bates' only association with NOAA is that he wanted them to use his own methodology in interpreting the ocean termperature data, and they declined citing it as unreliable.
[19:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:It's the Daily Fail - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:11] <exec> 08└─So now I doubt the existence of the UN and the world.
[19:43:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Interesting) 02A rebuttal, as it were... - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:13] <exec> 08└─More Fake News in the Mail on Sunday [lse.ac.uk] An attack by the ‘The Mail on Sunday’ on the accuracy and integrity of a recent paper on global warming is based on inaccurate and misleading claims, including a fake graph. The article by David Rose appears in the 5 February issue of the newspa...
[19:43:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Shoot the messanger - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:43:15] <exec> 08└─It seems a lot of people are happily attacking the messanger here. The central claim seems to be that the K15 data was manipulated, then the computer was crashed in a manner that precluded recovering information of methodology, which precludes any reproducibility. Can anyone refute the claim? Or, ar...
[19:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:I'm immune! I only have a black-and-white print - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:25] <exec> 08└─... so no rouge jobs are possible! Are you talking about using using a red-tinted cosmetic [wikipedia.org] on your printer, or causing it to corrode in a way normally associated with stainless steel [wikipedia.org]?
[19:43:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score:2) 02Switch is the Xboy - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 158 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:43:56] <exec> 08└─One of the requirements for the SDXC logo is to use Microsoft's patented exFAT file system. This is how Microsoft is making money from the competing consoles.
[19:44:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 42 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:44:15] <exec> 08└─Cable is a complete waste of money. FTFY.
[19:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Possible way to save bandwidth - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:44:23] <exec> 08└─There's no blue channel, as broadcast video is stored as YUV - a full resolution Y channel for "brightness" and two lower resolution channels which are sort of offsets from the brightness to the right colour. I'm not sure, but there might well be an intrinsic bias against such deep blues in that sch...
[19:44:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:44:46] <exec> 08└─But I take your point about trying to design so that the strut isn't even an issue.
[19:45:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 155 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:45:12] <exec> 08└─Do you even nyquist [wikipedia.org]? TL;DR: If your clock source is good enough, you can get perfect reproduction (assuming an infinite number of samples).
[19:45:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Did not pre-view hard enough - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:45:13] <exec> 08└─Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem [wikipedia.org] Actual article I was trying to link to.
[19:45:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re:No DRM? - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 242 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:45:17] <exec> 08└─I fantasize that the Vinyl resurgence is due to the Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal [wikipedia.org]. Apparently network world dis 5 and 10 year [networkworld.com] follow-up stories. The 10 year story does not appear to mention vinyl.
[19:45:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03morpheus [1989] (Score:2) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:45:37] <exec> 08└─Of course you meant you flew at (or below) 17999 feet to avoid class A airspace and used oxygen (is there a place to attach an oxygen bottle on a hanglider? who knew) :)
[19:46:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:China is on an Epic Solar Power Binge - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:46:57] <exec> 08└─True, but also keep in mind that energy needs of the average Chinese are a lot lower than their Western counterparts (half of a German, and a quarter of an American, but rising fast). The accelerated trend for nuclear, wind and solar deployment in China (as well as dense public transport) should lea...
[19:47:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 51 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:47:00] <exec> 08└─Long haul buses will take longer. They always have.
[19:47:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:47:57] <exec> 08└─Sorry, Phoenix, under the ACA, if one is that poor, medical care is free. As well it should be.
[19:50:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:''people hated them so much'' - 06Windows 10 Cloud Disappoints (First Look) - 89 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:50:06] <exec> 08└─Notice how almost every non-windows platform that wasn't insanely expensive got traction.
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[20:42:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02their gov enables it - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:28] <exec> 08└─Because they have no real standards of labor or environment. They are also willing to sell bellow market values to put other companies out of business. https://www.youtube.com [youtube.com]
[20:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Insightful) 02Re:their gov enables it - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 1649 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:42:30] <exec> 08└─There's that, but there's also the dogged unwillingness, yes, unwillingness by the USA to be a leader in this field. I always wondered why these "make america great again" and other "back in my day" types seem to be wanting to go back to the good ol' day, when the US was leader in everything, but do...
[20:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:their gov enables it - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:42:32] <exec> 08└─Question: do you think the US should deregulate corporations so they can compete with China on even footing?
[20:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:3, Insightful) 02It is called "planning" - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 1009 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:42:34] <exec> 08└─Sure there were market forces that lined up to make their dominance easier, but if the US wasn't filled with corrupt greedy bastards we would have had a stronger solar industry that China couldn't so easily disrupt. As it stands, they could see the trend rising for renewable and more environmentally...
[20:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02But... Voluntary Agreement ≠ Violent Imposition - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 353 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:42:51] <exec> 08└─You are comparing apples with oranges. Law formed through voluntary association within a market is very different from the [fake] so-called "law" formulated by the violently imposed dictates of this one particular organization that calls itself "government". How can you possibly compare the two? How...
[20:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:But... Voluntary Agreement ≠ Violent Imposition - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:42:52] <exec> 08└─Pollution crossing my property lines is violence. Please see my contract enforcer.
[20:42:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''China [...] decentralized steel production'' - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:42:57] <exec> 08└─China experimented with decentralized steel production You failed to mention that participation in "The Great Leap Forward" was *mandated* by Mao. Hardly "decentralized" in that regard. The Workers would rather have been producing FOOD instead of doing something that produced starvation and low-grad...
[20:42:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03canopic jug [3949] (Score:2) 02Re:The REAL problem - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:42:59] <exec> 08└─China experimented with decentralized steel production in one of their idiotic plans or another. From memory it ended up not being terribly productive and definitely not green. Just a warning the decentralized isn't the answer for all industries.
[20:43:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 1316 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:04] <exec> 08└─With respect to lead in the environment, I find it suspicious that its always harmless when there is no alternative technology and then when one comes along all of a sudden, why who ever wouldda guessed its bad for you and lets use a new replacement. This happened with lead pipes, no problemo until...
[20:43:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:06] <exec> 08└─Damn if I didn't think of another example seconds after posting, lead in ammo especially waterfowl shotgun pellets for centuries, then bismuth is cheap enough to use it instead, suddenly, ohshit.jpg hey guize I just noticed lead is bad for you and we got the banhammer out...
[20:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:08] <exec> 08└─You find it suspicious that people wait until it's actually possible to replace something before advocating it's replacement?
[20:43:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Society innovates, but government takes credit. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:10] <exec> 08└─Unsurprisingly, you've missed the point: It is the innovation of a free society at large that pushes society in a better direction; then the government swoops in and pretends to be the savior that led society along the path it was already traveling. That's why nobody can ever argue that government i...
[20:43:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:12] <exec> 08└─Ah. Runaway confessed that he is a victim of child abuse. I think we have a confession here that VLM is a victim of lead poisoning. At least the child abuse victim occasionally makes sense.
[20:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''Government is Fake Leadership'' - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 1003 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:14] <exec> 08└─When the economy tanked in 1929 (due to a lack of regulation/oversight of investment banking), USA was stuck with Republican Herbert Hoover until the presidential election of 1932. Hoover was dumped by the electorate at the first opportunity. Because the Capitalists weren't hiring and unemployment h...
[20:43:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Stupid Conspiracy Fantasist - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:20] <exec> 08└─Yes, there is a conspiracy among all the news media, the same media that is so hyper competitive that they are always in a rush to publish any big scoop, regardless of how well researched. All those companies are in collusion to squash the trooth about climate alarmism! Come on.
[20:43:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02"Quash". The word is "quash". - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:22] <exec> 08└─I specifically used that word, and then you ignored it. The word is "quash"; it is not "squash".
[20:43:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03migz [1807] (Score:2) 02Re:The Daily Mail? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 332 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:26] <exec> 08└─Given the self-outing that the WSJ, Der Spiegel, The Economist, and dozens of other previously-reputable news outlets, who would you suggest they go to, who would have the integrity to print it? And play the argument, the man is above reproach, even if the paper it's written in is not. I doubt the d...
[20:43:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:33] <exec> 08└─Like in maths: it's easy to get the correct result once you know what the final number should be.
[20:43:34] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03ikanreed [3164] 02Re:Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 1804 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:35] <exec> 08└─Well, The Daily Mail article includes a wonderful lie. Bates is not a NOAA scientist, he's the president of the American Geophyical Union, which is widely considered a fairly scientific propaganda instrument for Exxon Mobile. Which is to say, their official positions tend to be close to scientifical...
[20:43:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:40] <exec> 08└─Bates is not a NOAA scientist
[20:43:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 1149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:42] <exec> 08└─I have been in and out of membership with the AGU since 1990, and I can say your Exxon-influence and sympathetic stance description is entirely and completely off the mark. It is a full-on legitimate scientific society that has been around well before there was an Exxon and it runs a number of very...
[20:43:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:44] <exec> 08└─Forgot to also add, Bates was never a president of the AGU [wikipedia.org]. I am quite sure he was a member, given that it would have been the scientific society someone with his background would belong.
[20:43:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Fool me thousands of times, shame on me. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 530 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:43:53] <exec> 08└─> It seems a lot of people are happily attacking the messanger here. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me thousands of times, shame on me. Few, if any, of us here are knowledgeable enough to evaluate the claims. So we have to rely on the experts - which the daily heil actively tries to be the opposit...
[20:44:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 466 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:44:16] <exec> 08└─Printers cannot "open ports" on a NAT router all by themselves. They can make outbound connections, through which the system on the other end could then communicate back, but we're not talking about HP, Brother, Canon, etc. having "pwned" servers here, we're talking about someone connecting directly...
[20:44:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 375 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:44:17] <exec> 08└─I had a Samsung color laser that gladly opened ports using UPnP. Being at University at the time, my neighbors quickly (less than an hour of plugging it in) printed a page to let me know I was an idiot for leaving it exposed and then used the remote interface to turn it off. Suffice to say, one of t...
[20:44:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 177 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:44:19] <exec> 08└─You haven't heard of UPnP in $current_year? Yup, we hide everything behind NAT because we know it is all a roach motel, then we invented UPnP to expose it automagically. Genius!
[20:44:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 967 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:44:21] <exec> 08└─You don't need to "learn how to do it correctly". That simply should not be necessary. With any off-the-shelf router, you should be able to plug your printer into it (or set up the WiFi on the printer to connect to it), and you should be able to print to it, while outsiders on the internet should no...
[20:45:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03tnt118 [3925] (Score:2) 02IP-based - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:45:16] <exec> 08└─Skimmed the comments and didn't see this. ATSC 3.0 is IP-based, so a lot of the assumptions people making about bandwidth and compression aren't really accurate (or just not as significant a factor as people think it would be). The biggest problem we face right now is that testing is near impossible...
[20:45:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03choose another one [515] (Score:2) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 2154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:45:31] <exec> 08└─> Sure the tank only self destructs 1 in 50 flights and that maybe makes economic sense when launching unmanned GPS satellites, but it doesn't make sense for a manned launcher. What number makes sense for a manned launcher? 1 in 65 fatality rate perhaps? 1.5% of flights? Would a 1 in 50 flight fail...
[20:45:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:45:54] <exec> 08└─That isn't true. It has to do with the harmonics. IIRC, transistors driven to clipping have odd-order harmonics, and tubes have even-order harmonics, plus the transformers used in tube amps have a lot to do with the harmonic distortion.
[20:46:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:CDs are dead - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:46:04] <exec> 08└─That can be blamed on hipsters.
[20:46:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:CDs are dead - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:46:05] <exec> 08└─Not interesting. Hipster drek.
[20:46:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03pkrasimirov [3358] (Score:2) 02Their latest machine - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:46:10] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUrAApnSAZw [youtube.com] Uploaded 6 days ago.
[20:46:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03morpheus [1989] (Score:2) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 647 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:46:23] <exec> 08└─Basically, there are only two cases: when flying IFR (the weather is crap, for example, or you are flying to Florida:)---their airspace is so screwed up, it is better to be watched), and, when flying VFR (Visual Flight Rules) in US ADIZ. There is one around Washington DC and there is a fifteen mile...
[20:46:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 413 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:46:29] <exec> 08└─Sounds to me like the regulations are in dire need of updating. Just because some century-old aircraft didn't come with radios doesn't mean we need to keep coddling people who want to fly these antiques. Either upgrade or stop flying. There's no excuse for not buying and using a radio in today's cro...
[20:46:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:46:31] <exec> 08└─Even if all aircraft are required to carry radios, fall-backs are needed in case of failure.
[20:46:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03morpheus [1989] (Score:2) 02Re:Yeah right - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 441 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:46:36] <exec> 08└─Fair enough. Here in the Southeast, primary radars are everywhere so they pretty much know how high you are. TFRs are usually near a busy airspace (unless it is a fire TFR) so they will nail you whether you have a transponder on or not. It is always safer to get flight following or better yet, file...
[20:46:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03morpheus [1989] (Score:2) 02Re:NOTAMs - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:46:41] <exec> 08└─Hey, man, I feel for you but please, do not let it stop you. Meigs Field was a f-up, to be sure but there are plenty of nice airports out there, with the new ADS-B transponders the traffic is a bit easier for both you and the 'big boys' and their 'fishfinders' to handle. And, with the new medical ru...
[20:47:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03q.kontinuum [532] (Score:2) 02Re:Whisky tastes like gym shoes - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:47:30] <exec> 08└─If you're into real peaty Scotch, Laphroaig 10-year is quite the monster, but have it in a somewhat older version, and it mellows out a bit.
[20:48:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Ok - 06China on Track to 100% Electric Bus Fleet in 5-10 Years - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:48:01] <exec> 08└─World coal usage is 2x what it was in 1990. And record was just 1 or 2 years ago with newer data not yet available. So.... coal, it's not going away despite of "green" propaganda (propaganda - old fashioned "alt facts").
[20:48:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03maxwell demon [1608] (Score:2) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:48:26] <exec> 08└─Syntax error in line 40. Maybe you meant: 40 SYSTEM "FORMAT C:" Note that there's no backslash after the C: either, as you format the drive, not its root directory.
[20:48:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 30 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:48:28] <exec> 08└─Not if you say it really fast.
[20:49:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Fucking useless - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 301 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:49:37] <exec> 08└─In a laser printer, the paper has to be in intimate contact with a photosensitive drum. In an ink jet printer, the printing head is very close to the paper. This process uses light to form the image; the light source could be some distance from the paper, so irregularities might be less of a problem...
[20:50:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02This is the last straw. - 06TAILS 3.0 Will Require a 64-Bit Processor - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:50:20] <exec> 08└─I'm switching to Windows 95.
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[21:42:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Problem - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:20] <exec> 08└─Whether or not it is a problem is completely independent from whether or not it is within the scope of what the government can regulate. In this case it IS a problem. But, it IS NOT something the government can regulate.
[21:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Problem - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 686 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:42:21] <exec> 08└─We're getting awfully click-baity around here. With these kind of stories (this, and the NOAA "coverup") the site really should start serving up ads to make their revenue. What we have here is the Techdirt ramblings based upon the opinions of an MSNBC news editor. In the article itself there are quo...
[21:42:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Problem - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 171 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:42:23] <exec> 08└─I'm only interested in mortgage tips that either involve an old, weird trick or else were innovated by a stay-at-home mom with whom investment bankers are extremely cross.
[21:42:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0, Troll) 02The problem is Violent Imposition - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 731 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:25] <exec> 08└─The only reason that "Fake News" is any sort of problem, is that it has the capacity to move large numbers of people push the buttons and pull the levers of a giant machine called "government", whose purpose is to impose (violently) some dictate on the whole of society. Fake News is a symptom of peo...
[21:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03n1 [993] (Score:2) 02In the news today - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 463 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:28] <exec> 08└─Donald Trump has hit out at recent polls suggesting he has one of the worst early approval ratings in US history, saying that "any negative polls are fake news". A CNN/ORC International poll released on Friday found Mr Trump had the lowest approval rating of any new President, at 44 per cent. Mr Tru...
[21:42:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:In the news today - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:42:30] <exec> 08└─Any negative polls are fake news, just like the CNN, ABC, NBC polls in the election.
[21:42:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02Pravda - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:32] <exec> 08└─Didn't our (newly minted) best friends in Russia once have a state-run newspaper called Pravda, Russian for "truth"? Perhaps we can learn something from their wise example.
[21:42:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03MichaelDavidCrawford [2339] (Score:2) 02They'll move to another country - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 350 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:34] <exec> 08└─some fake news is just clickbait. I expect the FTC would clamp down on that, for bad or for good. But if one is publishing fake news with the aim of changing the outcome of an election, it would be easy enough to publish it from another country. Just get a .ru domain name then give your publication...
[21:42:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Stages of grief - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 1932 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:36] <exec> 08└─The establishment lefties are going thru the usual psychological stages of grief about their obsolete belief system getting rejected by a majority of the population. Stages of grief don't necessarily result in the most rational outbursts. So it would be pretty dumb for the losers to propose policy f...
[21:42:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Good grief, the stupid burns! - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 766 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:38] <exec> 08└─No. Just no. Read the article, you can see the subtext almost plainer than the actual words. It is a scream at their Prog allies, "You IDIOTS! Trump is the President, do you want to hand him this weapon?" It should never exist, for anyone, anywhere, at any time or place. Just NO! Does anyone think...
[21:42:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Censorship - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:42:41] <exec> 08└─Under no circumstances should a government in a self proclaimed free country regulate news.
[21:42:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:their gov enables it - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:42:52] <exec> 08└─"Selling at below market values" and "subsidizing an industry with national value to help foster its development" can mean exactly the same thing. It's hard for me to look at this and not see an up-and-coming nation trying to leapfrog the current superpower on something that will have to be done soo...
[21:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re:their gov enables it - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:42:54] <exec> 08└─The oil industry has similar ponds up in Alberta, Canada. Over time, the sediments are supposed to settle out of the effluent.
[21:43:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Contract Enforcement is agreed, AND decentralized - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 255 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:17] <exec> 08└─There is a big difference between contract enforcement being a service provided in the market (like any other service), and contract enforcement being the arbitrary and capricious actions of a violently imposed self-declared monopoly (i.e., "government").
[21:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Re:Contract Enforcement is agreed, AND decentraliz - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 338 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:18] <exec> 08└─Oh Really? To establish a contract both parties need to exchange consideration. There is no contract in place if pollution crosses my property line. In the absence of government (and the rule of law), I can not sue. The Defendant would have no reason to enter arbitration with me. They would either i...
[21:43:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Evil or not, Governments ARE using it to grow more - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 235 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:21] <exec> 08└─But it IS a Big Government issues; governments are funneling money, and imposing regulations that greatly disrupt people's lives, despite the fact that there is a significant disagreement. It is what it is! Yet more violent imposition.
[21:43:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:''China [...] decentralized steel production'' - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:27] <exec> 08└─Red China was/is NOT "Communist"; it was/is Totalitarian.
[21:43:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kromagv0 [1825] (Score:2) 02Re:Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 397 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:34] <exec> 08└─Personally for waterfowl I just use steel shot and go up 1-2 shot sizes over the recommended lead size. Same applies to upland bird hunting and I figure it is only a matter of time before it gets officially banned there so why not get out ahead of it. Steel shot is cheaper than bismuth or tungsten s...
[21:43:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:38] <exec> 08└─Well, don't they almost always do the opposite? You don't hear much about stuff its possible to replace because people tend to replace them... because its possible.
[21:43:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03https [5248] (Score:2) 02Re:Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 692 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:41] <exec> 08└─You are so full of shit your eyes are turning brown. Your opening assertion, that things are never declared unsafe until a replacement is at hand, is so wrong - full of logical fail and not supported by history - I had to place doubt upon everything that followed. But your final lie-toid was the fin...
[21:43:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Nope. Government prolonged and worsened Depression - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 774 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:44] <exec> 08└─You are spouting off the government's propagandist party line taught to gullible school children in the... wait for it... government-dominated schooling system. The Government (including the Federal Reserve) caused the Great Depression; the Federal Reserve admits this openly these days—don't forge...
[21:43:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The REAL problem - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:46] <exec> 08└─And on January 20 the two were switched about.
[21:43:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:Because it's TABOO for "real" news to cover him - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:54] <exec> 08└─His point was, if it's printed in the Daily Mail, it's probably bullshit.
[21:43:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The Daily Mail? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 37 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:43:59] <exec> 08└─Really missing the News of the World!
[21:44:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] (Score:2) 02Re:Anybody have any real links yet? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 1037 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:44:10] <exec> 08└─Meh The article is riddled with "quoted phrases" and emotional language more fitting to rehtoric. It lacks detail, has no sources, and even the conclusions they draw themselves are nowhere near the emotional reaction they are trying to get: For the period 2000 to 2014, the paper increased the rate...
[21:44:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 209 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:44:35] <exec> 08└─I don't trust them, that's why I run open firmware and run external port scans against it every once in a while. I certainly wouldn't run without one though. Even imperfect security is better than no security.
[21:44:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 688 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:44:40] <exec> 08└─Sure enough, you're right [wikipedia.org]. Holy crap, what moron thought this would be a good idea?? The other stuff in uPnP makes some sense when confined to an internal network, because DHCP and all makes it a bit of a pain to configure your devices to see each other. But there's absolutely no rea...
[21:44:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:44:43] <exec> 08└─UPnP is part of a DRM stack called DLNA [dlna.org]. No user is going to configure their router to let the manufacturer pwn their machine.
[21:44:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03nobu_the_bard [6373] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 720 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:44:45] <exec> 08└─One of my former clients, they were only clients for VoIP phone service. They owned several entire C-class network subnets on the public internet (at the time, anyway)... they put entire internal networks to be routable on the public internet and relied on each device's own firewall to protect it fr...
[21:44:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:44:47] <exec> 08└─Why would they be "former clients"? If your job is to fix things when they get hacked, this sounds like an ideal customer: one too stupid to fix the root problem and willing to hire you over and over to fix the damage. It's like a car driver who... sorry, I tried really hard to come up with a good c...
[21:44:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 275 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:44:49] <exec> 08└─My printer's setup, a Canon imageCLASS, only had you press the button on the router, which shuts off the firewall for thirty seconds. I've forgotten what it said if there's no button, bought it last fall. But yes, it's only on when I'm printing. No sense wasting electricity.
[21:44:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 1097 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:44:51] <exec> 08└─Do printers normally just open ports up? How does this work with NAT? Are people configuring their printers with admin rights to their firewall/router devices? I am not really sure how this is working, unless they run the install CD and just let the wizard do everything. I had to type in my...
[21:44:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 290 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:44:53] <exec> 08└─I've never run into a printer that does this, especially business targeted ones. It wouldn't surprise me if some consumer model tried uPnP but a mopier and business class laser printers like some of the ones in the article certainly won't. Those are users going out of their way to be dumb.
[21:44:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:44:57] <exec> 08└─With any off-the-shelf router, you should be able to plug your printer into it (or set up the WiFi on the printer to connect to it), and you should be able to print to it, while outsiders on the internet should not.
[21:44:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 757 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:44:59] <exec> 08└─Why would someone intentionally port-forward to a printer, or put it in the DMZ? This isn't something an idiot, non-techie user would do; a typical consumer has absolutely no idea what DMZ is (outside of the reference to Korea), or what "port forwarding" is, or even what a "port" in TCP/UDP is. This...
[21:45:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 443 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:45:01] <exec> 08└─So they can print away from home/office of course! They google "How can I print when away from home" and find some dumb ass sharing his dumb ass ideas. They found laser printers and mopiers when they were doing their scans. Those certainly do not use uPnP. Hell I used to do the same kind of port sc...
[21:45:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03fliptop [1666] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:45:03] <exec> 08└─Why would someone intentionally port-forward to a printer, or put it in the DMZ
[21:45:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:But, I AM an arrogant tool; I'm also right. - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:45:17] <exec> 08└─You're not right. DRM and proprietary software are abominations to be boycotted. That means making sacrifices.
[21:45:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score:2) 02Re:Switch is the Xboy - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:45:25] <exec> 08└─PS4 and XB1 don't use SD cards. PS3 ditched them not long after it was released. PSP used memory sticks. As far as I know of Nintendo is the only one who uses them.
[21:45:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 53 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:45:44] <exec> 08└─Same here, I haven't had cable since TV went digital.
[21:45:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03tnt118 [3925] (Score:2) 02Re:What about the quality of the ENCODING - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:45:50] <exec> 08└─Assuming you are talking about OTA, that's almost assuredly the way the local affiliate has their encoding. OTA can (and should) be damn near pristine, but I know two of the three local affiliates here do a really bad job in setting their encoders up.
[21:46:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:46:21] <exec> 08└─The shuttle had multiple intrinsic safety failures _despite_ having baked in man-rating from the start
[21:46:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:46:45] <exec> 08└─Have a look at the waveforms on an oscilloscope.
[21:46:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:46:49] <exec> 08└─The blind test I'd like to see is generate a pure 17kHz sine wave and a 17kHz sawtooth wave and see if teenagers can tell the difference.
[21:46:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03mcgrew [701] (Score:2) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 371 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:46:53] <exec> 08└─The key there is "infinite number of samples." forty four samples per second is most certainly not infinite, or its Nyquist limit of 22kHz, the reason all harmonics above 20kHz are taken out. Above the Nyquist limit you get horrible, audible, loud noise. I posit that harmonics above a person's heari...
[21:46:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:2) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 467 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:46:55] <exec> 08└─Harmonics above the nyquist frequency do affect the signal (causing aliasing). That is why you filter them out. With a higher sample rate, I will concede that you can move the audio filtering into the digital domain: allowing almost an almost ideal pass-band. And yes, 44,000 samples per second can b...
[21:47:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03KilroySmith [2113] (Score:2) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 351 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:47:23] <exec> 08└─I was only using two significant figures on the flight altitude. Let's interpret that as meaning "below 18000 feet". And, yes, portable oxygen bottles are used, generally placed in/on the harness. An hours worth is generally good enough for a 6 to 8 hour flight, as most of the flight ends up being b...
[21:47:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:47:26] <exec> 08└─Sure, but that's not what's happening. Currently, radios are not required in all aircraft. That seems akin to not requiring brake lights on all cars. It's ridiculous, and there's no excuse.
[21:47:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bogsnoticus [3982] (Score:2) 02Re:Article visibility - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 153 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:47:34] <exec> 08└─Because it's decrying the privacy invasion of adblocking and scripts, instead of decrying private enterprise's use of the military to uphold their whims.
[21:49:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:49:22] <exec> 08└─Thanks for pointing that out. I used BASIC in the 1970's (TRS-80). By the 1980's it was Pascal. Then Pascal on Apple Lisa and Mac. I never touched a system with a "drive C" until 1993. At that point I was using Common Lisp. So I never used a BASIC that ran on a system that had a "drive C" or a forma...
[21:50:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02From the paperless office dept. - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:50:34] <exec> 08└─Now 40 years coming soon...
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[22:42:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Problem - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 625 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:26] <exec> 08└─I was going to make a smart comment about the "submit story" link being broken, but this is a really crap time of year and even the AAAS is just shitposting clickbait so there just isn't that much news. I mean, seriously, the AAAS website this afternoon is entirely thinly disguised prog politic BS,...
[22:42:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03wisnoskij [5149] (Score:2) 02Re:Problem - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:27] <exec> 08└─Which does not not mean that this is not a serious concern. FB has already stated that it will be solving "Fake News", and Google could be next. When 5 people own the world government censorship is piddling and ineffective. The government could not really block off access to information if it tried,...
[22:42:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:The problem is Violent Imposition - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 677 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:31] <exec> 08└─The "problem" with debunking libertarian idealism like this is that it's never really been tried on a large scale. One cannot say it doesn't work because it's never been tried in practice and failed in practice. Small islands or "crashed" war-torn governments are probably the closest that's been tri...
[22:42:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0, Troll) 02Re:The problem is Violent Imposition - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 839 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:33] <exec> 08└─I'm afraid you've missed it. Fake news, formerly called propaganda, is the very thing that motivates all of the people throwing their weight behind the warlord and making up his armies when he marches on your contract enforcer. It doesn't matter that your interpretation of the contract is correct. U...
[22:42:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:In the news today - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:37] <exec> 08└─No, only the SJW'ers and the wetbacks oppose border security.
[22:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02Re:Pravda - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:40] <exec> 08└─Didn't our (newly minted) best friends in Russia once have a state-run newspaper called Pravda, Russian for "truth"?
[22:42:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Stages of grief - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:44] <exec> 08└─So it would be pretty dumb for the losers to propose policy for at least a year or two until their emotions settle and some rational thought can appear.
[22:42:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Stages of grief - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 339 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:46] <exec> 08└─The right always complains about the alleged "mass left bias" of college professors, Hollywood, and "main stream media". BOTH sides complain about similar things with regard to "news", just from different sources. It doesn't hurt to float suggestions. Due to various purges there seems to be no adult...
[22:42:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03isostatic [365] (Score:2) 02Re:Stages of grief - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:48] <exec> 08└─rejected by a majority of the population. I wasn't aware 45.9% constituted a majority.
[22:42:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:Stages of grief - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 163 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:51] <exec> 08└─Oh burn in Hell you stupid bastard. "Your side" is not ON "your side." They care for no one but themselves. You'll envy the dead if "your side" ever get their way.
[22:42:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Stages of grief - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 1056 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:53] <exec> 08└─Thats what I mean about the whole Kübler-Ross model thingy https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] We sat thru the endless violent demonstrations of "He's not my president" and "The Russians hacked the election" and "It was all due to Fake News" and now we're going thru...
[22:42:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Stages of grief - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:55] <exec> 08└─rejected by a majority of the population
[22:42:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02Re:Good grief, the stupid burns! - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:42:58] <exec> 08└─What part of "Congress shall make no law..." do people have trouble reading?
[22:42:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Good grief, the stupid burns! - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:43:00] <exec> 08└─> Does anyone think -any- government 'fake news' Czar is ever going to punish the NYT or CNN? If this misguided and probably unlawful idea were implemented during Mr. Trump's tenure, the New York Times would be a plausible target for enforcement: The failing @nytimes has been wrong about me from th...
[22:43:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Prescription Drug Marketing - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:03] <exec> 08└─If the marketing of prescription drugs to non-medical professionals is acceptable, then I don't see how fraudulent/exaggerated/biased reporting could be unacceptable. The prescribing of drugs requires advanced training to understand if they are appropriate for use, but people can be urged to "ask th...
[22:43:05] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] 02No! No no no no no. And no. - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 272 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:05] <exec> 08└─Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
[22:43:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02I'm pretty adamantly opposed to bullshit - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 550 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:08] <exec> 08└─The way unabashedly untrue things have a way of proliferating through our culture, especially recently, especially on the right(yes "both" sides are bad, conservatives continue to be far, far worse) is probably a top-ten issue for what's going to cause the most harm over the next century. But fuck a...
[22:43:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Dereg & 3rd-World Conditions [Re:their gov enab - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:43:19] <exec> 08└─Corporate leaders CLAIM we can have deregulation without pollution, injuries, and sweatshop-like conditions. The "problem" is that if they are wrong, THEY don't take the blunt force of their mistake, WE do. It's easy to bet with somebody else's ass.
[22:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Clean energy not the future in the US - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 509 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:43:25] <exec> 08└─The last time the US was truly great? Late 90's, when the biggest question was whether the Dem president should bang the ugly intern, while leading the longest expansion of the economy and wages... And even then, a lot of it was based on fluff [sorry]. Since I'm responding here, someone does need to...
[22:43:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:Clean energy not the future in the US - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:43:27] <exec> 08└─Speaking of highly automated. New factories like Elon's battery and solar factories. How automated are those? How many jobs do they actually create? If America wants to dominate the solar panel industry then we shouldn't be focusing on "clean" coal and fossil fuels. Those are needed for now. But the...
[22:43:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03donkeyhotay [2540] (Score:2) 02The reason is simple - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 525 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:43:29] <exec> 08└─They dominate for the same reason that they dominate so many other markets: the Chinese government doesn't give a shit about their people, or anyone else for that matter. Pollution is rampant in China and they have plenty of slave labor, or near-slave labor, to exploit. Far too many people think sla...
[22:43:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score:2) 02Re:But... Voluntary Agreement ≠ Violent Imposition - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 323 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:43:48] <exec> 08└─Law formed through voluntary association within a crime syndicate is very different from the [fake] so-called "law" formulated by the violently imposed dictates of this one particular organization that calls itself "government". How can you possibly compare the two? How can you possibly feel that yo...
[22:43:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Won't someone THINK OF THE CHILDREN???!!!!11111 - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:43:52] <exec> 08└─How's the view out of your spaceship window? I'm surprised your reply could make it in so fast, when you've missed the point by that much...
[22:43:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score:2) 02Re:Evil or not, Governments ARE using it to grow m - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 229 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:43:56] <exec> 08└─But it IS a Big Business issue; businesses are funneling money, and buying regulations that greatly disrupt people's lives, despite the fact that there is a significant disagreement. It is what it is! Yet more violent imposition.
[22:44:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''one and fucking same'' - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 1122 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:02] <exec> 08└─Now tell us how USA's gov't is "a Democracy" (AKA "the majority rules") when supermajorities want single-payer healthcare and can't get that. Repeat for less military spending; an end to The War on Drugs; a move back to non-regressive taxation; ending corporate welfare and bailouts of failed Capital...
[22:44:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The REAL problem - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:05] <exec> 08└─. Weapon technology was a lot more primitive and larger numbers armed with
[22:44:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score:2) 02Re:The REAL problem - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 197 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:07] <exec> 08└─If we decentralize enough we better get rid of the grid because its going to blow if we don't get rid of it. Or we'll need some kind of miracle AI to run the grid under those generating conditions.
[22:44:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:The REAL problem - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 210 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:09] <exec> 08└─That's good, that's at least a partial fix. But proven not to make the grid more unstable when its unstable doesn't fix the inherent instability to begin with. It'll be interesting to see how this all pans out.
[22:44:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:20] <exec> 08└─but not commercialized until about 1915
[22:44:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score:2) 02Re:Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:22] <exec> 08└─With respect to lead in the environment, I find it suspicious that its always harmless when there is no alternative technology and then when one comes along all of a sudden, why who ever wouldda guessed its bad for you and lets use a new replacement.
[22:44:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03VLM [445] (Score:2) 02Re:Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:24] <exec> 08└─I think you and possibly others are confusing me with the original AC claiming The guy trying to call attention to lead gas was derided by the powers that be; he was treated as a lunatic.
[22:44:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score:2) 02Re:Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 228 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:26] <exec> 08└─This happened with leaded gasoline, can't make exhaust valves last 5K miles due to shit metallurgy and no need to invest in shit metallurgy because we got leaded gas until suddenly get metallurgy good enough to use unleaded gas,
[22:44:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''the Federal Reserve'' - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 1125 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:30] <exec> 08└─The Federal Reserve is "Federal" only in its name. It is a cartel of PRIVATE bankers. If you want to take the topic from there ("Fascism"), that might be worthwhile. You could go into how a previous Populist president[1] destroyed The Bank of the United States. [1] Andrew Jackson is routinely found...
[22:44:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Stupid Conspiracy Fantasist - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 325 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:38] <exec> 08└─They sure did a great job of suppressing Hillary's health problems before she collapsed on 9/11 (see example here [youtube.com]). They also managed to avoid reporting on Wikileaks revealing that Donna Brazile gave Hillary debate questions in advance for a few weeks (I guess they couldn't hide it any...
[22:44:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The Daily Mail? - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 64 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:44:45] <exec> 08└─He's above reproach why? Because he says what you want to think?
[22:45:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 7 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:45:01] <exec> 08└─p0wned.
[22:45:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 63 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:45:16] <exec> 08└─...we hide everything behind NAT... With IPv6 we don't need to!
[22:45:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03EvilSS [1456] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:45:27] <exec> 08└─If you look at the end of the article the also, hilariously, found what looks like a bunch of receipt printers. Which should make people wonder what other POS equipment is hooked up
[22:45:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02The scary news for me... - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[22:45:29] <exec> 08└─...is that printers now come with Xeon processors.
[22:46:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03tnt118 [3925] (Score:2) 02Re:4x the res, but 4x the compression - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 813 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:46:22] <exec> 08└─There's a problem. Unlike the transition from analog to digital, stations are not getting a second (temporary) channel to run both simultaneously. And we're not even sure if it will be possible -- let alone practical -- to run both ATSC 1.0 and 3.0 at the same time. I'd wager that may never happen....
[22:46:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Re:IP-based - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:46:31] <exec> 08└─Why would they need a bidirectional signal? Or does IP stand for something other than Internet Protocol?
[22:46:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03tnt118 [3925] (Score:2) 02Re:IP-based - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 769 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:46:33] <exec> 08└─Internally we'd likely use some two-way functionality, but the broadcast itself would essentially be one-way. I probably don't have the expertise or vocabulary to get this exactly right, but essentially we'll be moving from a video stream (that does nothing else other than carry some ancillary data)...
[22:46:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 333 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:46:54] <exec> 08└─What a twisted answer. Nimble doesn't lead to unsafe. Nimble should lead to being able to look at the data, think, and quickly adjust to something better. NASA today is about following rules even if they lead to something worse. This is the definition of safe for a bureaucrat. That is, what ever mos...
[22:47:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03morpheus [1989] (Score:2) 02Re:Clearly nonsense - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 178 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:47:52] <exec> 08└─There's no excuse for not buying and using a radio in today's crowded skies. If you can afford a private plane and flying lessons and a license, you can certainly afford a radio.
[22:48:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Osamabobama [5842] (Score:2) 02Re:not a no-fly zone - 06How Military Pilots Keep Rogue Planes Out of No-Fly Zones Like the Super Bowl - 253 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:48:03] <exec> 08└─Were there any eyewitnesses? That is, anyone who saw the event without benefit of network television cameras? By most accounts, the drones were recorded a week in advance to avoid the no-fly zone (and reduce risk in case of bad weather during the game).
[22:48:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Not sure how this is useful - 06Ultrasound Waves Turn Wine into Brandy - 252 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:48:57] <exec> 08└─Yeah, though I do understand a good port, and some of the tawnies have that oakishness to them - I usually prefer rubies. And, how can the researchers be "totally surprised?" What were they expecting when they performed the experiment, something awful?
[22:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:50:15] <exec> 08└─I think your sarcasm detector needs recalibration.
[22:50:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Mimeograph... - 06Scientists Have Invented Paper That You Can Print With Light, Erase With Heat, and Reuse 80 Times - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:50:56] <exec> 08└─So, I graduated Middle School in 1980, and they were just starting to move away from those things then. Not surprising they were in use in the 50s - the odor reminds me of dry cleaning...
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[23:42:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Celestial [4891] (Score:2) 02Bwahahahaha - 06Denuvo Forgets to Secure Server, Leaks Years of Messages From Game Makers - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:42:21] <exec> 08└─As someone who has been a fan of the Tomb Raider franchise for years but had to deal with the Denuvo-encumbered "Rise of the Tomb Raider" video game on the PC last year, I find this hilarious.
[23:42:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Libertarianism is already all around us - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 435 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:42:37] <exec> 08└─There is no "nation" to build; there are no arbitrary "national" borders to a free market. The ideas of libertarian pervade society—even the most totalitarian ones; the ideas of libertarianism are what make any society robust, actually productive, and eventually prosperous, and this kind of societ...
[23:42:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Yes. What makes a government is violent imposition - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 703 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:42:39] <exec> 08└─Whether it's a warlord or a representative democracy, it is the violent imposition that makes an organization a government. That is why it is so important to have checks and balances, and there is no greater form of check-and-balance than competition within a market—Uncle Sam, for example, has em...
[23:42:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Zeroheadge == Zero insight - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 380 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:42:45] <exec> 08└─For some reason, CNN/ORC simply can't seem to conduct a poll where the distribution of respondents mirrors the actual distribution of registered voters in the U.S. As you can see below, in the latest "oversample" farce, CNN decided that filling it's poll with Democrats was becoming way too obvious a...
[23:42:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03slinches [5049] (Score:2) 02Re:Stages of grief - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:42:54] <exec> 08└─I think he was referencing the >50% that didn't vote for the establishment democrat candidate.
[23:42:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Stages of grief - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 474 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:42:58] <exec> 08└─I will grant that you said "establishment lefties" therefore targeting the Democratic party, and sure they need their asses handed to them almost as much as the Republicans. But now you're branching out to all "progressives" so you're really just a partisan hack. Its funny how you got the whole "maj...
[23:42:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03The Mighty Buzzard [18] (Score:2) 02Re:Stages of grief - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:43:00] <exec> 08└─I knew you wouldn't be able to help yourself. Kudos on another well thought-out, intellectually stimulating response. Now, cap it off by telling me how evil I am and that I'm going to hell too. Pretty please?
[23:43:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:1) 02Re:Stages of grief - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 9 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:43:02] <exec> 08└─Fish on!!
[23:43:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:No! No no no no no. And no. - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 698 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:43:11] <exec> 08└─As you say, there have always been lies. (Now we lie about the lies and call them "alternate facts") The government shouldn't regulate the news. I would think the answer should be education. But so many people like the right wing guy who spontaneously yelled at you seem to cherish ignorance as some...
[23:43:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Joe Desertrat [2454] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:No! No no no no no. And no. - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:43:14] <exec> 08└─the only people I hear raging about "fake news" are conservatives
[23:43:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No! No no no no no. And no. - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:43:16] <exec> 08└─unless I have a really unusual mix of friends and family
[23:43:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:No! No no no no no. And no. - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 691 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:43:18] <exec> 08└─So your sample of 1 is the whole of the rest of the united states? As a 'conservative' this is a pants down stupid idea. It would quickly turn into a political football to be used to bully the other party when they are in charge. The democrats used the IRS to do it a few years ago. Why would they no...
[23:43:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Fake News is just a symptom. - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 744 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:21] <exec> 08└─The only reason that "Fake News" is any sort of problem, is that it has the capacity to move large numbers of people to push the buttons and pull the levers of a giant machine called "government", whose purpose is to impose (violently) some dictate on the whole of society. Fake News is a symptom of...
[23:43:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Fake News is just a symptom. - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:43:23] <exec> 08└─Oh ya cuz anarchy is so very civilized and entirely lacks coercion ...
[23:43:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03meustrus [4961] (Score:2) 02Be Smarter - 06Bad Idea or the Worst Idea? Having the FTC Regulate "Fake News" - 949 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:43:25] <exec> 08└─I'm going to take the "fake news" name literally for a moment. When it first showed up in the news, the problem seemed to be obviously fake sources trying to cash in on advertising revenue by fabricating especially clickbaity controversies. Obviously the "problem" definition has changed somewhat, bu...
[23:43:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:their gov enables it - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 416 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:43:35] <exec> 08└─Yet it is the 'liberals'/progressives who throw out 'lets tax it out of existence'. Which creates a market distortion that LETS other countries do exactly what you say. They somehow think if we just tax it new ideas will magically happen. Instead it creates large bureaucracies and barriers to entry...
[23:43:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:It is called "planning" - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 3800 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:43:43] <exec> 08└─Not just "5 year plan" planning either -- this guy is looking ahead to 2050 and beyond. I read to the bottom of the Scientific American article which includes this section: Could China create a global grid? Moreover, China’s plan for the global growth of the solar market is still a work in progre...
[23:43:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Clean energy not the future in the US - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 2070 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:43:48] <exec> 08└─Yes, it must be done. And must be done somewhere. But those jobs are no longer the economic engines of growth like they were in the 1950's Sure by '3rd world' right? Let them have the crap jobs. No one *really* wants them. They *love* being on government aid. Am I right? /s Today the economic engin...
[23:43:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:The reason is simple - 06Why China is Dominating the Solar Industry - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:43:51] <exec> 08└─You've got your labels all mixed up which just shows your biased thinking. Sure some liberals have an "ignorance is bliss" kind of attitude, decrying slave labor then standing in line for hours for the newest iClone. However, neo-liberals are like neo-conservatives. They are no longer liberal or pro...
[23:44:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02''then the government swoops in'' - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 512 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:44:32] <exec> 08└─One wonders if there were physicists, chemists, materials engineers, mining engineers, process engineers, etc. who were educated at public universities involved in those innovations. One also wonders if there was a program at those public (or private) universities that was the result a grant from US...
[23:44:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Lead-gas was government; clean env was private. - 06NOAA Whistleblower: Climate Data Was Manipulated, the Computers Used "Suffered a Complete Failure" - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:44:38] <exec> 08└─I bet an artist could buy a tube of Titanium dioxide paint in 1915 but it probably cost as much as solid gold would have cost.
[23:45:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score:2) 02Re:That is not a big hack - 06A Hacker Just Pwned Over 150,000 Printers Left Exposed Online - 32 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:45:16] <exec> 08└─after pwned would come pawned...
[23:45:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Go ahead and boycott them; you won't get anywhere. - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:45:57] <exec> 08└─Do you get it yet?
[23:46:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Switch is the Xboy - 06PS4 Will Soon Support External USB Hard Drives - 1000 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:46:07] <exec> 08└─That's one of the pluses of the Nintendo Switch. Oddly enough it has a slot for proprietary cartridge NAND *AND* a slot for standard microSD cards, which will reach 2 TB in a couple of years. That's one thing that bugged me about the last revision (February 2016) of the SDXC spec. It continues to de...
[23:46:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I'd rather have a Free Market - 06FCC Working on 4K TV Broadcasting Over the Air - 1266 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:46:47] <exec> 08└─If "problems created by government" means physically accessing all residences in a country with a wire is hard, then I guess government created the physics of the 3-D universe in which we all live. If you think a no government free-for-all of multiple wires from multiple sources going to multiple ho...
[23:47:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03gman003 [4155] (Score:2) 02Re:sorta fake ish news - 06Problems With SpaceX Falcon 9 Design Could Delay Manned Missions - 1331 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:47:09] <exec> 08└─There was a point, in the early days of Atlas, where Convair (later sold to McDonnell Douglas, then to Lockheed Martin, then spun off into ULA) was promising the government it could bring reliability up to 60%. While extra precautions were taken with the manned versions, no ground-up redesigns were...
[23:47:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:I know why they can't keep up - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 344 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:47:36] <exec> 08└─True enough. I think they probably could. My hearing has degraded a bit but I can still hear the difference between MP3 an FLAC ... I'd assume they could as well, they just don't care as the music and mastering renders it less important. I might be wrong of course. I'm kind of a believer in "good en...
[23:47:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Some call me Tim [5819] (Score:2) 02I like records. - 06Vinyl Record Production Gets a Much-Needed Tech Upgrade - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:47:51] <exec> 08└─They're really groovy!
[23:50:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03J053 [3532] (Score:2) 02Re:Is this the daily Hate Trump thread? - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:50:15] <exec> 08└─Since 1983, very few people are British Subjects - almost everyone born/naturalized in the UK is a British Citizen these days (the rules are complicated).
[23:50:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03J053 [3532] (Score:2) 02Re:Here we go again - 06What If an Advisor to the President Had Sworn an Oath of Loyalty to a Foreign Power? - 147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:50:31] <exec> 08└─High crimes and misdemeanors are whatever the House of Representatives (for impeachment) and the Senate (for conviction of same) say that they are.
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