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[00:01:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03seeprime [5580] (Score:2) 02My wife saves all records - 06DVD Drive Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuit Finally Settled - 427 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[00:01:30] <exec> 08└─Fortunately, my wife if our accountant. We have records of dozens of optical drive purchases that qualify. We filed last year. I hope this class action is as smooth as the RAM overcharge one was. We had records to got us a few hundred bucks back. I remember reading at the time about overcharges for...
[00:01:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Hawkwind [3531] (Score:2) 02Re:Excess power? - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 699 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:01:51] <exec> 08└─The summary left out an important reason why this is happening. It's not to achieve some "god" standard but a mix of private and public gone awry. An example is the story's initial bit where a rather recent and high quality private power plant has been shut down due to the local electric group (Paci...
[00:02:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Awkward Asshole - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 1147 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:02:04] <exec> 08└─Neither is Mexican. People of Mexican descent who are American citizens are Americans in the same way as Americans of other origins are. Hispanics, and anyone else, of Mexican descent who are citizens of Mexico are Mexicans. Our problem is we have a non-trivial percentage of Mexico residing, almost...
[00:02:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 183 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:02:37] <exec> 08└─Emperor Trajan is erroneously credited with the construction of several walls that weren't actually built during his reign. https://en.wikipedia.org's_Wall [wikipedia.org]
[00:05:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeKO [3672] (Score:1) 02Re:And their failures? - 06Game Theory in Practice - 807 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[00:05:00] <exec> 08└─If you were to check his bio, you would know he's an actual scientist, with peer-reviewed papers, and a layman's version of them in book form. He does have the data to back up his claims. From what I've seen, most of the negative feedback to his ideas weren't that they didn't work; it was that they...
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[01:01:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02What is degraded? - 06Bees Give Up Searching for Food When Humans Degrade Their Land - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:07] <exec> 08└─The article never actually defines what a degraded environment is. The closest it comes is this statement: "The metabolic rate of bees in natural woodland was actually significantly higher than in a degraded environment"
[01:01:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score:2) 02Re:What is degraded? - 06Bees Give Up Searching for Food When Humans Degrade Their Land - 66 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:01:08] <exec> 08└─The article never actually defines what a degraded environment is.
[01:01:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:They should have boosted it higher... - 06Japanese Spacecraft's Experimental Tether Fails to Remove Space Junk - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:01:19] <exec> 08└─It would be their own junk.
[01:01:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Snotnose [1623] (Score:2) 02Over engineered - 06Japanese Spacecraft's Experimental Tether Fails to Remove Space Junk - 308 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:01:20] <exec> 08└─Stick a couple homeless dudes on the thing, they'll collect that scrap metal like nobodies business. / kitchen window overlooks the dumpsters (great view!) // 3-4 times a day (that I see) someone is dumpster diving /// I've actually sold my recyclables to guys for 1/2 price, so I don't have to deal...
[01:01:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Re:Meta: JS - 06DVD Drive Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuit Finally Settled - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:01:34] <exec> 08└─lynx seems to work.
[01:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03ese002 [5306] (Score:2) 02Solar System - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 161 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:02:01] <exec> 08└─I have my solar system, which is grandfathered into NEM 1.0 for another 19 years. Any price increases just mean that the payback from my solar system is greater!
[01:02:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Positions of Trust - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:02:32] <exec> 08└─Elected officials are NOT positions of trust, because everyone knows they cannot be trusted, and nobody does trust them.
[01:02:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:02:58] <exec> 08└─Yes. Guns.
[01:03:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Changed from polling to interrupt - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 391 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[01:03:13] <exec> 08└─My understanding of the changes is that the same info is available its just that updates are pushed to employers rather than them having to request the info again. It should help catch dodgy people who stay in the one job for many years. The most troubling part is "including ... charges that do not...
[01:08:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Good Work - 06Hack Knocks Out a Fifth of the Dark Web - 135 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:08:21] <exec> 08└─It will be such a massive chunk of data networked across so many companies in the world he will be attacked on a billion little issues.
[01:08:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Wrong conclusion. - 06Hack Knocks Out a Fifth of the Dark Web - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[01:08:40] <exec> 08└─You don't go to the police. Instead, wait until the neighbor is gone and form a crew with the local stoner boy, Vietnam vet, and loud mouthed electrician. Then dig up their yard, and possibly their basement looking for further clues.
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[02:00:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How big is it - 06Massive Undersea Landslide Discovered Near Australia, and a "Lost Continent" - 28 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[02:00:53] <exec> 08└─In comparison to Ayers Rock?
[02:00:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:How big is it - 06Massive Undersea Landslide Discovered Near Australia, and a "Lost Continent" - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:00:54] <exec> 08└─It's about 30 ARse.
[02:01:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:What is degraded? - 06Bees Give Up Searching for Food When Humans Degrade Their Land - 540 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:01:05] <exec> 08└─From the article: Landscapes that have been degraded mean a reduction in the availability of resources which affects the metabolic rate of the honey bee and puts more strain on its body's ability to function. That's not a very exact definition to my eyes, it would seem to mean something like "there...
[02:01:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Over engineered - 06Japanese Spacecraft's Experimental Tether Fails to Remove Space Junk - 470 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:01:17] <exec> 08└─So, basically, the Chinese should have sent a spacecraft. http://www.montrealgazette.com
[02:01:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Meta: JS - 06DVD Drive Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuit Finally Settled - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:01:30] <exec> 08└─I find it hard to believe that people in Illinois could have been left out of a scam.
[02:01:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:TSA: You Can Never Be Too Safe!! - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:01:54] <exec> 08└─But if it is done correctly 20% margin should be ample.At that point, or even before, you need to start worrying a lot more about infrastructure and distribution.
[02:02:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:California still owes money to Canada for power - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:02:08] <exec> 08└─Is there anyone CA doesnt owe money to?
[02:02:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Awkward Asshole - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:02:15] <exec> 08└─American is not a race!
[02:02:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So much fail - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 94 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:02:21] <exec> 08└─This is half reasonable half flamebait (and I agree with both parts). Could you split it in 2?
[02:04:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Formula - 06IMDb Shutting Down Their Message Boards - 864 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:04:12] <exec> 08└─What you are describing is true but also false. Its Schrodinger's movie! :) But seriously you are describing survivor bias. Take this list for example http://www.imdb.com [imdb.com] The top 10 of year 1987 are all good movies (though I personally can not stand dirty dancing...
[02:05:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Total game-changer - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 715 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:05:01] <exec> 08└─You do realize blocking the expression of sperm eventually causes the immune system to see all sperm as threats and causes the male to become sterile? Letting every 13 year old get the injection would be an excellent way to obliterate the population in a couple generations. Plus the blockage does no...
[02:06:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:another reason - 06USDA Removes Public Access to Animal Welfare Reports - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:06:24] <exec> 08└─How is it a cover up? They're the ones creating the reports. If you refused to give them any tax income the reports wouldn't exist in the first place. You're far more supporting animal torture though buying food from anyplace except a farmer's market.
[02:07:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Tax forms.... - 06Shopping for W2s, Tax Data on the Dark Web - 216 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[02:07:50] <exec> 08└─You can get the IRS to send you any tax form on paper for free here: https://www.irs.gov [irs.gov] May states have a similar web order form for paper tax forms and instructions.
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[03:02:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Another Jmorris Chimp out - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:02:09] <exec> 08└─> Neither is Mexican However, refering to latinos as mexicans when they are in fact americans is racist. > Mexico is asserting the right to export their surplus population to the U.S. retain them as Citizens, benefit economically from them while the U.S. pays welfare benefits to them, educates their...
[03:02:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So much fail - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:02:16] <exec> 08└─One is just the hook to sucker you into accepting the other.
[03:02:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 1308 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:02:44] <exec> 08└─I would speculate that if people recognize a police state while it is being built around them, it is already probably too late to do anything about it. I remember debating with a friend about the PATRIOT ACT back a freakin' decade and a half ago. I predicted this back then. I gave him, at the time t...
[03:02:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 187 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:02:55] <exec> 08└─"So he seems to want reports of buying up lots of ammo and other supplies." Of suspicious individuals. What is a suspicious individual? Somebody who is deemed suspicious by the community.
[03:04:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Total game-changer - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 505 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:04:57] <exec> 08└─Men are driven to have sex, not spread their seed. They will have sex just fine with infertile women, young women, and other men. This contraceptive gel takes power away from women. Holes in condoms or swiped semen are not going to work with this method. This circumvents the vast bias of the state t...
[03:05:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:F*ckers - 06Video Games Do Guilt Better Than Any Other Art - 398 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[03:05:40] <exec> 08└─No i haven't: i basically have a few games i constantly return to and don't have a lot of time (or a computer/graphics card good enough to play the 'Wow!' games), so i just stick with what i have. Got Europa Universalis on a steam or humble bundle discount. Looked interesting, but doubt my lappy wou...
[03:05:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Murdoc [2518] (Score:2) 02First time guilt struck me in-game - 06Video Games Do Guilt Better Than Any Other Art - 1864 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[03:05:41] <exec> 08└─I've played most of the violent games, from Doom, Silent Scope, GTA, Postal, etc. and never had a hint of remorse over any of the heinous actions I've done in those games. I mean, I can separate reality from fantasy pretty well, so I have no problem using the sniper rifle to pop off people's heads i...
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[04:00:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Evolution At Work? - 06Too Much Time Indoors Might Harm Children's Eyesight - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:00:50] <exec> 08└─Neat. Why bother wasting effort for distance viewing when it's too dark to see that far? Better readjust to enhance close-up vision where there's still enough light to see.
[04:00:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02And water is wet - 06Too Much Time Indoors Might Harm Children's Eyesight - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:00:52] <exec> 08└─This is not a news. It's been known for long time that prison inmates get their eyesight screwed up. By the same token, the Mongol nomads have awesome eyesight because they live out in the flat steppe with far horizon.
[04:00:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:And water is wet - 06Too Much Time Indoors Might Harm Children's Eyesight - 354 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:00:54] <exec> 08└─It's been known for a while that this is the case (I think from the study on Singaporean school children from 5(?) years ago) but now they have discovered the mechanism that causes it. One step closer to figuring out a work around. Also your prison inmate reference would appear to be a different mec...
[04:01:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03arslan [3462] (Score:2) 02Re:How big is it - 06Massive Undersea Landslide Discovered Near Australia, and a "Lost Continent" - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:01:04] <exec> 08└─Too bad there's no mod for both Informative and Funny :)
[04:01:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02Re:They should have boosted it higher... - 06Japanese Spacecraft's Experimental Tether Fails to Remove Space Junk - 55 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:01:22] <exec> 08└─Only orange clowns grab someone's junk without consent.
[04:02:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:Excess power? - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:02:06] <exec> 08└─How are they going to sell the excess power at CA prices? Probably available cheaper just about anywhere else.
[04:02:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:California still owes money to Canada for power - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 5 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:02:17] <exec> 08└─Me :(
[04:02:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheGratefulNet [659] (Score:2) 02Re:Because Right to Work laws weren't enough - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 154 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:02:41] <exec> 08└─keep the employees in fear. perpetual fear. you WILL obey us. you WILL. and you will do whatever we, your boss and master, ask^H^H^Htell you to. (dammit).
[04:03:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 91 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:03:09] <exec> 08└─Also, i should point out that the National Guard is practically a "mob of armed civilians".
[04:03:11] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 40 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:03:11] <exec> 08└─We cannot have both Freedom and Society.
[04:03:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:03:13] <exec> 08└─I think he meant system instead of society.
[04:06:34] <exec> *** new comment: 03Reziac [2489] (Score:2) 02Re:open govt? - 06USDA Removes Public Access to Animal Welfare Reports - 304 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[04:06:34] <exec> 08└─The problem is that this agency's reports publish physical addresses, which have been used by animal rights groups to attack USDA-licensed animal facilities. Should your home address be published because, say, your car required inspection? This isn't transparency; it's a policy that promotes harassm...
[04:08:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkfeline [1030] (Score:2) 02Tax filing is retarded - 06Shopping for W2s, Tax Data on the Dark Web - 480 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[04:08:09] <exec> 08└─Tax filing is retarded. What's the point of having individuals file taxes if the IRS is going to come knocking if you mess up? Obviously the IRS knows how much you are supposed to pay, so why not have them calculate it then bill you? If the IRS don't know how much you are supposed to pay, then fuck...
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[05:00:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02question - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 167 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:00:53] <exec> 08└─Was all this left behind 'just because'? or Was it left behind because they were all chased off and given no time to do the cleanup themselves? Both options are awful.
[05:00:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02wat - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 492 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[05:00:55] <exec> 08└─Each load that's dumped is inspected by the Morton County Sheriff's Department. "We are looking for, as I said, anything illegal, anything that might be used to, I guess, harm our officers during a protest," says Jay Gruebele, Morton County Sheriff's Office Captain. Authorities are also searching th...
[05:06:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:I'm confused... - 06What Happened to the Sun Over 7,000 Years Ago? - 560 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[05:06:25] <exec> 08└─>Trees don't care about the particular isotope of carbon they're using to grow new wood Actually they do, with a preference for lighter carbon isotopes. This preference is well known so I'd assume the study took it into account. Wiki has a condensed quick read on it and how the different types of ph...
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[06:00:48] <exec> 08└─They were too busy protecting their sacred land to worry about the environment.
[06:00:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:question - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:00:49] <exec> 08└─That much trashes shows they were not looking after the site. I have no use for either side in this one.
[06:00:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02diversion -- keep your eyes on the ball - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:52] <exec> 08└─If the pipeline leaks it won't be 250 truckloads of trash, it will be majorly worse. This is a diversion from the real risk. Expect more and more of these kinds of smokescreens from the Trump admin and/or fossil fuel companies. As someone else noted here the other day, why isn't this pipeline double...
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[06:00:55] <exec> 08└─Same reason we don't solve our hijacking problem by putting the door to the cockpit on the OUTSIDE of the plane.
[06:00:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Fucking dirty. . . - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 165 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:00:57] <exec> 08└─Yeah! That's it! Fucking dirty white people with their toxic pipeline, and they have to blame it on the tribe? This all seems very familiar. And not in a good way.
[06:01:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02Re:What is degraded? - 06Bees Give Up Searching for Food When Humans Degrade Their Land - 396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:01:25] <exec> 08└─"Clearing the land" is in the article as one example of "human made changes to the environment". It specifically mentioned that the research compared bee foraging in woodland to degraded land. Presumably one meaning of degraded is recently cleared of trees. Would be interesting if they could also ch...
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[06:01:36] <exec> 08└─Good Lord, Danny. Reminds me of when I had to quit a Ham Radio mail list because some old fart wouldn't shut up about Obama. Reddit is only a click away, man- Political bitching goes over well on their tech forums.
[06:02:05] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02Excess power? - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 1021 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[06:02:05] <exec> 08└─We've seen in years past how brownouts can happen during peak demand. Quite naturally, people bitch about brownouts. It's a sign of ineptitude that brownouts can happen. Here, we have an example of an industry building up infrastructure, that will insure that brownouts DON'T happen. I'm not defendin...
[06:03:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Positions of Trust - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 26 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:03:06] <exec> 08└─Wow, what a piece of shit!
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[06:03:32] <exec> 08└─LOL. That is because the idiots with the guns are (and will be) the deluded enforcement wing of Big Brother/Thinkpol. If the powers that be weren't 100% sure of that, the gun control would have started in earnest decades ago. Gun owners won't be overwhelming local police governments, National Guar...
[06:04:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03davester666 [155] (Score:2) 02Re:Doesn't affect me personally. - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:04:53] <exec> 08└─You can trick monkeys into smearing anything on their naughty bits...
[06:05:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:LOL - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 45 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[06:05:07] <exec> 08└─Yeah that insult lost its meaning in the 60s.
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[07:00:44] <exec> 08└─Trump is going to find out that cuddling up to wallstreet and giving the atf free reign will not go over will with those people that still remember the murders at waco and crazy though those people where 25 children burned to death because the fbi could not be humans but had to be what all of the LE...
[07:00:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh.... - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 803 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:45] <exec> 08└─That makes no f*cking sense whatsoever. A few ads might be trying to make sure the President sees it but good grief, this makes no sense. If it is worth that kind of coin, the sort that raises ad rates in general, buy a damned lobbyist and if you can't get to Trump himself you can almost certainly g...
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[07:00:48] <exec> 08└─people gave bbq dot com 200 million dollars, rich people are mostly deeply stupid
[07:00:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Personal ad? - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 72 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[07:00:50] <exec> 08└─Rosie O.: "Greetings Mr. President. Bleep Off, you ball of orange crud!"
[07:00:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:question - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 84 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:00] <exec> 08└─Thousands of people with no connection to the "sacred land" were also camping there.
[07:01:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02OMFG! - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 1396 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:02] <exec> 08└─The article is crap. This isn't reporting. This is stenography. The idiot showed up, wrote down what Morton County's Reactionary officials said, then published it without any actual investigation. There isn't a single word about any examples of what EXACTLY is in the trash that will magically turn "...
[07:01:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Re:question - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 68 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:05] <exec> 08└─Sound like a lot of it was camping gear they were forced to abandon.
[07:01:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:diversion -- keep your eyes on the ball - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 279 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:10] <exec> 08└─That ship sailed *LONG* ago. The two pipelines in question were opposed not because it is a bad idea. But because Buffet and Gates apparently need more money and called up the big O and he did them a solid. http://www.pipeline101.org [pipeline101.org]
[07:01:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bogsnoticus [3982] (Score:2) 02Re:What is degraded? - 06Bees Give Up Searching for Food When Humans Degrade Their Land - 236 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:01:40] <exec> 08└─How about "where humans have FUBARed the environment through excessive land clearing and deforestation due to mining, logging, settlement, or insectacide-heavy farming"? That's what I first thought of when I read "degraded environment".
[07:02:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:Excess power? - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 274 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:02:27] <exec> 08└─Not to mention the excessive fees that are charged. When I was young, banks made money by lending the depositors money out and having a bank account was free. Now the main source of income for banks, at least in Canada, are fees and every year the banks have record profits.
[07:03:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03dry [223] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 390 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:03:49] <exec> 08└─Gun owners are as likely to be supporting the police (state) as not. The government will round up the undesirables, Muslims, Blacks, Queers and other undesirables. Do you really think the average gun owner is going to protect the right of Muslims to practice their religion? If nothing else it'll be...
[07:04:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Hyperturtle [2824] 02Re:What is going on? - 06IMDb Shutting Down Their Message Boards - 943 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[07:04:22] <exec> 08└─sorry guys, i don't really read the reviews from poisoned wells unless they are phenomally bad or entertaining. Might have landeded there a few times. I mean -- I am not going to look up the reviews of star wars. I think I get the idea already. Anyway, my outlook was shaped on previous Internet Beha...
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[08:00:58] <exec> 08└─You look at it as if they see it as waste. They dont. Lets say you have 1 billion dollars. Hot damn I am rich! Woot. Now what? What do you DO with 1 billion dollars? Buy a few cars. Some nice houses. A few hookers and make sure you grab them. Stock market I guess. Bonds? Property? Or investment grou...
[08:00:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh. - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 141 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:00:59] <exec> 08└─No lets say you invest 200 million in a web site to sell bbq's ONLINE and leave it at what actually happened why no they never sold any bbq's
[08:01:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh. - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 2502 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:01:01] <exec> 08└─Again you assume they *care* about money. To them it is a tool. To them a meal at the most posh expensive 5 star restaurant in NY is equivalent to that dive place in San Diego that has amazing tacos for 2 for 5 bucks. They may even get in a jet to go get the tacos. Money is meaningless. Power and im...
[08:01:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score:2) 02Re:I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh. - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 548 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:01:04] <exec> 08└─You are just so blinded by your love of Trump that you can't accept the truth. Haven't you noticed that Trump clearly watches certain programs and he reacts to them very quickly. An advertising buy is probably very cheap to get that kind of direct engagement with the President, with no questions ask...
[08:01:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh. - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:01:06] <exec> 08└─That makes no f*cking sense whatsoever. That makes no f*cking sense whatsoever.
[08:01:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Incorrect - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[08:01:09] <exec> 08└─Demographic: from the Greek , Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “the people”)
[08:01:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:OMFG! - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:01:20] <exec> 08└─gewg your rant is showing... and no one has answered my question.
[08:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:question - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 604 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:01:23] <exec> 08└─Perhaps. But that is speculation hence my question. Another theory is they didn't pay for it so they didn't care and abandoned it. In this case their are big money interests on BOTH sides who want and do not want protesters. With that sort of money there could be shenanigans and paid protesters. How...
[08:01:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Insightful) 02Re:diversion -- keep your eyes on the ball - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:01:29] <exec> 08└─Let's see how robust this pipeline is after a few fracking-induced earthquakes.
[08:01:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:diversion -- keep your eyes on the ball - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 355 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:01:31] <exec> 08└─All pipelines have this issue. We have thousands of miles of NG, gas, and oil piplines already. They have ways of dealing with that exact thing. They may have an idea or two on how to do it. Now it is just a mater of will they do it. If you want to poke some holes in a pipe line look to Elon Musks h...
[08:01:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:And water is wet - 06Too Much Time Indoors Might Harm Children's Eyesight - 31 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:01:42] <exec> 08└─Some prisoners are children. 8)
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[08:01:43] <exec> 08└─TFA blames the color of indoor light (too much red-green), not the distance.
[08:02:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:1) 02Re:Meta: JS - 06DVD Drive Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuit Finally Settled - 107 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:02:31] <exec> 08└─Thanks, you're right. Also the article's text comes up when I view the source. Two creat ways to read Cnet!
[08:05:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score:2) 02Re:LOL - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:05:51] <exec> 08└─Yeah... umm... getting laid is the easiest thing in the world right now, so...
[08:05:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:LOL - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[08:05:52] <exec> 08└─That so? Shame. It's not something people should do lightly. Then again, I'm coming at this from a woman's perspective so *shrug* There's some truth to the old U-Haul joke.
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[09:00:46] <exec> 08└─when the show was re-envisioned in 2005
[09:01:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Advertorial meets infotainment... - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[09:01:04] <exec> 08└─...they screw, and out pops advernment.
[09:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:diversion -- keep your eyes on the ball - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:01:23] <exec> 08└─What? There's nothing about Jimmy Buffett on that page.
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[09:01:27] <exec> 08└─Catastrophic failure of a tunnel verses catastrophic failure of an unrefined fuel line. Hmm I'd say the former would be mostly civil cost, where as the latter is an environmental one. I'd take the former any day.
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[09:01:59] <exec> 08└─I thought it was letting Runaway1956, khallow, jmorris, and that Nazi guy post all over the place, until honey bees, who always recognize Royalty and Jupiter Ascending (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Ascending), all go and kill themselves over the repeated and constant irredemiable stupidity...
[09:08:40] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03richtopia [3160] 02Re:Bring on the Small Trucks - 06Tesla Semi: Elon Musk Says They Are Making Progress With New Electric Semi Truck - 206 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[09:08:40] <exec> 08└─It already existed: https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org] I seem to remember it being relatively popular, particularly with commercial operators who use the truck for local transport.
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[09:08:47] <exec> 08└─Correct. Farm truck also used for hauling products to distributors and bulk supplies back. But honestly, it could fit a lot of contractors' needs as well.
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[10:00:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 239 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:49] <exec> 08└─Only a true yahoo excuse for a human would claim that. Marissa Mayer is an unethical sorry excuse of shite, with an EQ of about -120 degrees Kelvin. She has done more to return 150 years into the past for workers rights than anything else.
[10:00:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 116 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:00:51] <exec> 08└─The fact that yahoo is still in business is a wonder. This is what grandparent implied. Oh and EQ is measured in db.
[10:00:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:2, Interesting) 02Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 230 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:00:53] <exec> 08└─This means affected IBMers who telecommute, work at a smaller district office, or otherwise work separately from their team, will now have just a few weeks to either quit their jobs, or commit to moving to another part of America.
[10:00:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 448 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:00:55] <exec> 08└─If a company is to be nimble and agile, it must look at laws as things to be gotten around, rather than things which must be obeyed. These are all sales drones. Sales people are unique in a business in that they can literally write their own check in most cases in any business they go to. "Oh I see...
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[10:01:19] <exec> 08└─There are plenty of people making fun of democrats all over the world. Let me make one thing clear about "entire rest of the world". "Entire rest of the world" is just waiting for America to shut the fuck up so "entire rest of the world" can continue doing what they were doing.
[10:01:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03aristarchus [2645] (Score:2) 02Re:Incorrect - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[10:01:20] <exec> 08└─There are plenty of people making fun of democrats all over the world.
[10:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03rob_on_earth [5485] (Score:2) 02Goes to toilet during break - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 149 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:01:24] <exec> 08└─"Company X goes bankrupt after spending 100 millions trying to advertise directly to Trump, but finds toilet breaks coincide with advert slots" natch
[10:01:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Wahpeton or Valley City - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[10:01:47] <exec> 08└─a community the size of Wahpeton or Valley City
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[10:06:09] <exec> 08└─Not the op ac btw.
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[11:00:50] <exec> 08└─Is "wonder" actually defined as something positive, or is this just a prevalent connotation? If a wonder can be negative, she probably did some things to Yahoo that many people wouldn't have thought possible before...
[11:01:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh. - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 518 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:01:15] <exec> 08└─Trump's time is extremely valuable, yet he does not use a VCR(equivalent) to strip off inane chatter? I simply cannot imagine anyone seriously watching a raw network broadcast. 90% of the ads I see anymore are for blatant ripoffs like car repair insurance, money-quick schemes, dental "insurance", f...
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[11:01:40] <exec> 08└─Because sometimes the pilots have to go to the loo. You're too scared. You should try living sometime.
[11:04:37] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Zz9zZ [1348] 02Re:Security clearances - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 806 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[11:04:37] <exec> 08└─Your solution is a bad fix for a bad problem. Something better would be Universal Basic Income paired with shorter work days so that anyone who wants to work is able. If we can stop the massive war machine we've got going then we could allocate a ton of money from military programs to fund jobs that...
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[12:01:09] <exec> 08└─If a company is to be nimble and agile, it must look at laws as things to be gotten around, rather than things which must be obeyed.
[12:01:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:1) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 114 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:01:11] <exec> 08└─>it must look at laws as things to be gotten around That's known as acting illegally. Pretty sure that's not cool.
[12:01:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:01:13] <exec> 08└─I think you're choosing between moving or getting fired with cause. It's not unreasonable for an employer to ask you to actually work on the premises so good luck with that wrongful dismissal law suit.
[12:01:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03aliks [357] (Score:2, Insightful) 02Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging work - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:01:15] <exec> 08└─I have worked lengthy telecommute projects where the team can almost never meet in one place, and it was blindingly obvious that a good proportion (I'd say 25%) of team members were only working halftime - 3 or 4 hours a day. They can usually get away it if they deliver to the allocated deadlines, r...
[12:01:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging w - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 257 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:01:17] <exec> 08└─... and you think those people will behave differently in an office? I work at home about half the time and it's by far my most productive time. Even though I wear noise cancelling headphone at the office, the interruptions drop my productivity drastically.
[12:01:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03shanen [6084] (Score:4, Interesting) 02Transitions, transitions - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 1946 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:01:19] <exec> 08└─Just another part of the HR transition. IBM used to be a career-oriented company, but they are transitioning to an extremely different business model under Rometty. Biggest hint was how they hired 70,000 new employees in one year WITHOUT growing. Compared to the equilibrium state with long careers,...
[12:01:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Musical chairs - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 157 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:01:21] <exec> 08└─So there aren't enough cubicles for everyone, and anyone not sitting down at a cubicle by next month is fired. We've brought gamification to losing your job.
[12:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:1) 02Aha! - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:01:24] <exec> 08└─>Marissa Mayer has worked wonders at Yahoo I was really confused by this, then I remembered: Alternative Facts are now acceptable in public.
[12:01:43] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Whoever [4524] 02Re:I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh. - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 548 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:01:43] <exec> 08└─You are just so blinded by your love of Trump that you can't accept the truth. Haven't you noticed that Trump clearly watches certain programs and he reacts to them very quickly. An advertising buy is probably very cheap to get that kind of direct engagement with the President, with no questions ask...
[12:01:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03mojo chan [266] (Score:2) 02Re:I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh. - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:01:45] <exec> 08└─The alt-right can take some comfort in the knowledge that it is probably funnelling a lot of advertising dollars to Brietbart. Based on Trump's tweets we know that he quotes or links to their articles more than any others.
[12:02:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:And water is wet - 06Too Much Time Indoors Might Harm Children's Eyesight - 78 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:02:30] <exec> 08└─Wouldn't that imply that dwellers of rain forests would tend to be myopic too?
[12:02:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03KritonK [465] (Score:2) 02African swallows - 06Massive Undersea Landslide Discovered Near Australia, and a "Lost Continent" - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[12:02:40] <exec> 08└─Did anyone notice what looks like a Monty Python reference in the "lost continent" article? Perhaps a primordial crystal from Africa lodged in a bird’s feathers and serendipitously fell to the ground, for example.
[12:02:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score:2) 02Re:What is degraded? - 06Bees Give Up Searching for Food When Humans Degrade Their Land - 1663 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:02:51] <exec> 08└─as the others, the definition of cleared land was not, um, clear... for example, our 10 acres are so overgrown with trees (which i am in the middle of a drastic thinning out project), that it is NOT hospitable to wildlife... deep, dark, dense forests are not good habitat for most wildlife, only a fe...
[12:03:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Alphatool [1145] (Score:2) 02Re:TSA: You Can Never Be Too Safe!! - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 174 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:03:47] <exec> 08└─It's also worth mentioning the ongoing [wattclarity.com.au]lack of peak supply [wattclarity.com.au] that has arisen in Australia, even with the energy revolution you mention.
[12:07:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03compro01 [2515] (Score:2) 02Re:Total game-changer - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 35 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[12:07:03] <exec> 08└─Condoms are a very cheap substitute
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[13:00:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 026% slimmer, same great service - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:00:47] <exec> 08└─Automation everywhere!
[13:01:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kilo110 [2853] (Score:2) 02Sarcasm? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:04] <exec> 08└─I'm not sure. But maybe it was a poor attempt at sarcasm?
[13:01:07] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Lester [6231] 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 132 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:07] <exec> 08└─If a company is to be nimble and agile, it must look at laws as things to be gotten around, rather than things which must be obeyed.
[13:01:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score:3, Funny) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:10] <exec> 08└─stay precious, pollyanna...
[13:01:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:1) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 19 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:12] <exec> 08└─Stay criminal, son.
[13:01:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score:2) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:15] <exec> 08└─Unless when you interviewed/accepted the job they said "working from home is fine".
[13:01:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 83 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:18] <exec> 08└─Unless when you interviewed/accepted the job they said "working from home is fine".
[13:01:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03scruffybeard [533] (Score:2) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 317 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:20] <exec> 08└─Except that the needs of the business can change. It is not unreasonable for an employer to revisit telecommuting agreements, just as they would make a decision about keeping an office in a particular city. That said, the scale of this seems like a knee-jerk reaction to what is probably an isolated/...
[13:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03art guerrilla [3082] (Score:2) 02Re:Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging w - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 1310 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:24] <exec> 08└─thank you, i KNOW my productivity is higher at home for a number of verifiable and practical reasons... my job itself is ideal for telecommuting, AND there are several who do... but my boss is both stupid and an asshole (NOTE: MOST of my experience with bosses in my career is the stupid ones knew en...
[13:01:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03BenJeremy [6392] (Score:2) 02Re:Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging w - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:26] <exec> 08└─Yup. Working from home means I'm basically on call, and I tend to work more hours. Some of us actually hop on after dinner and do something because we just thought of it. Let's not forget the lower cost of work-from-home workers in terms of less infrastructure.
[13:01:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03BenJeremy [6392] (Score:2) 02Hewlett-Packard did this under Whitman - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 1854 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:01:31] <exec> 08└─HP's so-called leader Meg Whitman adores Meyer and tried to do the same thing... most managers were smart enough to avoid actually forcing the issue until they could no longer do it. One story is that Whitman went around to people's cubes putting up post-it notes on people's monitors when they weren...
[13:01:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:YUUUGGGGEEEE - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:47] <exec> 08└─standing with them is likely to get him overthrown, which is probably the very best outcome the world can hope for.
[13:01:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Duh! - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 208 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:01:56] <exec> 08└─The press was totally working for hillary (we all saw how they never reported on her email scandal). So the obvious response is to make the chief of the alt-press the alt-president. All hail President Bannon!
[13:01:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh. - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:02:00] <exec> 08└─Trump's time is extremely valuable, yet he does not use a VCR(equivalent) to strip off inane chatter?
[13:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Motivated Skepticism - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:02:02] <exec> 08└─So I'm rejecting this as bullcrap. If ad rates are really up there is a different explanation, one that at least almost makes sense..
[13:02:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Unrealistic Amount of Shit - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 143 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:02:10] <exec> 08└─"Company X goes bankrupt after spending 100 millions trying to advertise directly to Trump, but finds toilet breaks coincide with advert slots"
[13:02:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Fertilizing the Swamp - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 889 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[13:02:12] <exec> 08└─This is just the tip of the iceberg. Trump's approach to personal involvement in "deals" encourages this sort of behavior. Setting himself up as the go-to guy to make things happen means people will go to him in any and every way. Ad buys on shows he watches are probably the most innocuous. Another...
[13:02:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Gweg is part of the problem - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 442 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:02:25] <exec> 08└─You are absolutely right. gweg disgraced himself by trying to make a critique of the html of the website into a critique of the accuracy of the reporting. fuck you gweg, you are part of the problem. Here is some relevant criticism of the reporting. [thedailyhaze.com] They claim the county is just mo...
[13:04:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02Re:TSA: You Can Never Be Too Safe!! - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[13:04:09] <exec> 08└─It's also worth mentioning the ongoing lack of peak supply that has arisen in Australia, even with the energy revolution you mention.
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[14:01:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Dunbal [3515] (Score:2) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 146 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:01:38] <exec> 08└─Not only that - the employer is changing the conditions of employment. They can do that so long as they're not asking you to do something illegal.
[14:01:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:01:40] <exec> 08└─And of course there are the states in which you can get fired without cause. We're number 1!
[14:01:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03BenJeremy [6392] (Score:2) 02Re:Musical chairs - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 779 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:01:48] <exec> 08└─At HPE, a VP seriously told his people that if there were no cubes to sit at, they could sit in the cafeteria and use WiFi to connect their laptops and work all day there, writing software for 8 hours on 15in screens. The hobo cubes weren't much better than a bench and cafeteria table... I saw keybo...
[14:01:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03turgid [4318] (Score:2) 02Re:Aha! - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:01:51] <exec> 08└─Irony, Baldrick? :-)
[14:01:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:1) 02Re:Aha! - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:01:53] <exec> 08└─Ahhh... that was the whooshing sound I didn't hear... It all makes sense now.
[14:02:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:1) 02Re:YUUUGGGGEEEE - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:02:11] <exec> 08└─I'm on your side, but damn dude. Ease up on the hyperbole. You sound like a Trumpian.
[14:02:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:1) 02Re:Duh! - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:02:21] <exec> 08└─Your political acumen is staggering.
[14:02:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03jmorris [4844] (Score:2) 02Re:Motivated Skepticism - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 937 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:02:27] <exec> 08└─No, this is how one should evaluate an unsourced, undocumented claim in a #FakeNews product like Politico or the Atlantic. If it sounds like bullcrap it is almost certainly bullcrap. If it doesn't sound like bullcrap look for a primary source to confirm it before deciding it isn't bullcrap. Media ac...
[14:03:02] <exec> *** new comment: 03FakeBeldin [3360] (Score:2) 02About 350 persons - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 414 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:03:02] <exec> 08└─Count me impressed: Wahpeton has about 350 inhabitants [wikipedia.org]. (yes I'm aware they probably mean "the other one" which clocks in at about 7800 folks.) How about: "Roughly the number of athletes that joined the Olympics in Seoul in 1988"? It still doesn't convey the number of folks there to...
[14:03:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03c0lo [156] (Score:2) 02In other news - 06Bees Give Up Searching for Food When Humans Degrade Their Land - 234 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[14:03:40] <exec> 08└─.. humans dropped in the middle of dessert give up pretty soon the struggle of living after spending most of their energy in search for water and food We know it because we measured their metabolism. (why would bees be any different?)
[14:07:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Total game-changer - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 262 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:07:55] <exec> 08└─I didn't specify, but I meant the business definition of substitute: Different goods that, at least partly, satisfy the same needs of the consumers and, therefore, can be used to replace one another. Price of such goods shows positive cross-elasticity of demand
[14:08:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Total game-changer - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 150 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:08:03] <exec> 08└─You do realize blocking the expression of sperm eventually causes the immune system to see all sperm as threats and causes the male to become sterile?
[14:08:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:And their failures? - 06Game Theory in Practice - 112 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[14:08:17] <exec> 08└─His models work when people are acting in their own best interests. How did he do with Brexit, or Trump/Clinton?
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[15:01:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score:2) 02Pronunciation - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 528 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:00] <exec> 08└─> So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? My history teacher always pronounced Louis as Lewis (as in Lewis XIV of france). I thought it was funny, but then I guess no one talks about Paris as in Paree in English. The point is, its okay to anglicise words. That's why I always buy a medium co...
[15:01:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pronunciation - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 362 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:01:01] <exec> 08└─So how would he pronounce quinoa? Would it sound like "queen Noah" or maybe "Quin Noah"? I know it's supposed to be like "keen wah" although I don't understand why. I found playing anagram games for a while really shows you how crazy spelling is. Never noticed a bitter taste. Used to boil it and t...
[15:01:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 76 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:04] <exec> 08└─Señor, I help you. Say it with me. Pen. Day. Ho. There. Now you are expert.
[15:01:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa" - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:01:06] <exec> 08└─I highly recommend his legal services! He even graduated from Costco!
[15:01:07] <exec> 08*** new score 5 comment: 03Immerman [3985] 02Don't remove the saponin! It's a bonus feature! - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 876 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:08] <exec> 08└─I've always heard it pronounced keen-wah. I hate to hear them talking about breeding out the saponins - have they learned nothing from history? There's a reason for it - a university group already engaged in some directed breeding decades ago - dramatically improved the yield and reduced the saponin...
[15:01:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anne Nonymous [712] (Score:2) 02Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:17] <exec> 08└─6% is hardly the difference between a C-cup and a B-cup.
[15:01:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02A 'minor' fire - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:01:25] <exec> 08└─According to this [theguardian.com], it was only a 'minor' fire. ('minor' occurs twice) It was so 'minor' that it required only 110 firefighters and 19 trucks. Just a trifle, really. Nothing to worry about. Move along.
[15:01:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:01:43] <exec> 08└─We've got another broken one, I see.
[15:01:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Immerman [3985] (Score:2) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 760 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:01:44] <exec> 08└─Illegal is such an ugly word. And implies a false image of the law is a line in the sand that must not be crossed. Ask a lawyer though, and they'll tell you the law is more like a loose rope staked to the ground at a few points, with lots of play in between. There's a limit to how far you can stretc...
[15:01:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03driven [6295] (Score:2) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:01:50] <exec> 08└─I'm not a lawyer, but I think that if hundreds of people are working from home then it's reasonable to show that it had been accepted practice. I also don't see how they can make you "quit" your job. They should get laid off and get proper severance. I see one of the offices is in San Francisco. Hav...
[15:01:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03microtodd [1866] (Score:2) 02Re:Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging w - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 152 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:01:59] <exec> 08└─Hang on a second..... if they deliver to the allocated deadlines, respond to urgent management requests, or are supposedly working on multiple projects
[15:02:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03microtodd [1866] (Score:2) 02Re:Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging w - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 231 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:02:01] <exec> 08└─I just realized the answer to my own post.......billable hours. Which is why I hate T&M contracts and prefer FFP.....I can work REALLY HARD for a short while and get it done, so basically I make money by outworking the competition.
[15:02:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:YUUUGGGGEEEE - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:02:26] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mvf0gzomhZw [youtube.com]
[15:02:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh. - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 198 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:02:37] <exec> 08└─Your projection is showing. Do you buy a new car just because an ad appeared on TV? Do you switch car insurance often too? How does "watch TV ad" lead to "OMG THEIR MIND CONTROLLING OUR PRESIDENT!"?
[15:02:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh. - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:02:39] <exec> 08└─https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX9yA2lImxA [youtube.com]
[15:02:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh. - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:02:41] <exec> 08└─-1 retarded troll
[15:02:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03jcross [4009] (Score:2) 02Re:Motivated Skepticism - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 2968 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:02:47] <exec> 08└─I agree that the purpose of the ad buys (if the story checks out) is likely not to influence Trump's decisions, which as you say would be better done by arranging an in-person meeting or hiring lobbyists or whatever. But there is another possible reason, which is that the buyers are attempting to be...
[15:04:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:They should have boosted it higher... - 06Japanese Spacecraft's Experimental Tether Fails to Remove Space Junk - 1123 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:04:12] <exec> 08└─It's not bitching. It's short and concise. It doesn't expressly name anyone as the butt of the joke, that is only inferred by the reader due to pattern recognition occurring in the reader's own mind. People laugh because they make the inference. If you look at my posting history, you see that I seem...
[15:04:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02How much interest should I charge? - 06DVD Drive Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuit Finally Settled - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[15:04:35] <exec> 08└─Not only do I want my money back, where do I send the bill for interest accrued?
[15:06:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:06:07] <exec> 08└─Compared to the US Army, the National Guard are a mob of armed civilians :P oooh, burn After the Army, i did the National Guard thing for a few years and even deployed with them : )
[15:06:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 214 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:06:17] <exec> 08└─Watch and see how that plays out if/when actual freedom fighters/leftists (instead of the typical alt-right, fascist, religious fundamentalists) start stockpiling weapons and ammo and engaging in militant rhetoric.
[15:06:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03Kromagv0 [1825] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:06:19] <exec> 08└─Do you really think the average gun owner is going to protect the right of Muslims to practice their religion?
[15:09:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:F*ckers - 06Video Games Do Guilt Better Than Any Other Art - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[15:09:12] <exec> 08└─TA is still a great game : ) My friends play multiplayer once every week or two. If private messaging was a thing i'd send you the discord link. They mostly play older or less demanding games. Dom4, EU4, TA, Stellaris, AI War
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[16:01:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pronunciation - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:01:14] <exec> 08└─Not to sound like a snob (I drink both black, without any of that other fu-fu stuff added) but technically americano and drip coffee are two different drinks (watered down espresso vs plain ol' slow drip brew) and have different flavors.
[16:01:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pronunciation - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 139 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:01:15] <exec> 08└─But yeah, otherwise I'll all with you on the reverse-snobbery. Forget that "grande" crap. I'll have a large, please. I hate buzzwords, too.
[16:01:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Red Eye - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 115 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:01:17] <exec> 08└─Ordering an Americano is just Doing It Wrong(tm) anyway. Dilute that espresso shot with drip coffee, not hot water!
[16:01:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02When will they rediscover amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 393 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:01:22] <exec> 08└─http://www.purewow.com/food/what-is-amaranth [purewow.com] Probably just like quinoa - right after someone figures out how to genetically engineer it, so they can sell the seed to people who have been growing all along. It doesn't even need any engineering to grow in the US or Europe - https://www.g...
[16:01:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:When will they rediscover amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 813 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:01:25] <exec> 08└─Am I the only one who's getting tired of reading that foods which aren't wheat are gluten-free? For today's menu, gluten-free oatmeal for breakfast with gluten-free strawberries and gluten-free milk. Dinner will see a gluten-free salad with gluten-free lettuces, gluten-free spinach, gluten-free carr...
[16:01:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:When will they rediscover amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 102 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:01:27] <exec> 08└─> Am I the only one who's getting tired of reading that foods which aren't wheat are gluten-free? Yes.
[16:01:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02"Underutilised crops" - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 742 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:01:29] <exec> 08└─No. Quinoa is not "underutilized." It's a generally healthy whole grain, with a scant couple vitamins that you won't find in whole wheat. And it's served fucking everywhere in the first world. And that's in spite of it being a relatively vulnerable crop that requires very specific climatic condition...
[16:01:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:01:39] <exec> 08└─Smaller rack?? Do not want!
[16:01:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Funny) 02Re:Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:01:41] <exec> 08└─Delicious flat chest is superior.
[16:01:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:A 'minor' fire - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 47 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:01:50] <exec> 08└─Any lithium fire is neither minor nor ordinary.
[16:01:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:A 'minor' fire - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 395 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:01:52] <exec> 08└─Just stop it. There is no cover up or conspiracy. It's most likely firefighting protocol for that type of factory fire with hazardous/extremely flammable materials. Doesn't matter if the fire is a full blown lithium fire or someone left their sandwich in the toaster too long. They aren't concerned a...
[16:01:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03zocalo [302] (Score:2) 02Re:A 'minor' fire - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 655 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:01:54] <exec> 08└─I can get why Samsung SDI might want to downplay this as a "minor incident", but this is also a missed opportunity to send a different and more helpful message to those who are still clinging on to their Note 7's - especially if the cells in question managed to ignite in the absence of any electical...
[16:02:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Sarcasm? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:02:09] <exec> 08└─It wasn't a poor attempt at sarcasm. Maybe not the most brilliant sarcasm ever, but it was plainly obvious that it was sarcasm, especially with the question mark at the end. Plus anyone with a modicum of knowledge about Mayer's term at Yahoo (namely her axing remote workers) and about Yahoo's financ...
[16:02:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Let's compare Mayer's 'wonders' to Ballmer - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 3346 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:02:11] <exec> 08└─Mayer's accomplishments at Yahoo are no less of a wonder than Ballmer's achievements at Microsoft. For instance. Ballmer: Linux is a cancer. And just to show it is not Ballmer alone: Jim Allchin who was #4 guy at MS at the time: Open Source is un-American and legislators need to be educated to the d...
[16:02:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02Re:Let's compare Mayer's 'wonders' to Ballmer - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 394 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:02:13] <exec> 08└─Wait, wait. Yahoo is an average corporation, while Microsoft is the incarnation of Evil. Ballmer had to do evil thing by contract. I agree the evil should have been directed outwards and not inwards, but the Devil* is known to eat his own sons periodically, because victory and relative stability is...
[16:02:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02off topic? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 418 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:02:15] <exec> 08└─We were talking about Yahoo and Mayer, not about Microsoft and Ballmer. You've devoted the comment to a list of Microsoft's failures during the Ballmer's reign, but you haven't say a single word about what were the failures of Yahoo while Mayer was there. The only references to Mayer or Yahoo are: T...
[16:02:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 534 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:02:31] <exec> 08└─here we go with the socialist who thinks that the state is going to help the common man. i doubt the companies decision is necessary/smart but it's their right to make the mistake. it's a private company. the government (gang of thieves) has no right to dictate what a job's requirements are. If you...
[16:02:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03sgleysti [56] (Score:2) 02Re:Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging w - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 220 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:02:36] <exec> 08└─I think it's a matter of trust. Perhaps your manager doesn't trust that you're doing work unless he sees you sitting at your desk. Related: If a train station is the place where a train stops, then what is a workstation?
[16:02:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging w - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 215 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:02:38] <exec> 08└─Same here, especially since the boss fell in with the open workspace fad. Unfortunately, he's big into buzz-word Agile, so he wants butts in seats and checkboxes in Rally, and damn the actual output or productivity.
[16:02:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03iamjacksusername [1479] (Score:2) 02Re:Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging w - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 751 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:02:43] <exec> 08└─If somebody is getting their job done, the number of fixed hours worked should not matter. When I was salary, I was expected to work extra hours as-needed and uncompensated. Because of that, I took the point of view that, if my work was done for the day then so was my day. My jobs are always output...
[16:02:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging w - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:02:45] <exec> 08└─Inciteful: if you don't trust your employees who telecommute, then you probably shouldn't have even hired them.
[16:02:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:Transitions, transitions - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 868 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:02:48] <exec> 08└─It is instructive to read a book called: Big Blue: IBMs use and abuse of power. This starts out before IBM in its present form. Goes back to about 1900 with maybe one toe in the 1890's. Monopolists who are raking in buckets of ill gotten monopoly money are always employee oriented. Perks and benefit...
[16:02:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:Musical chairs - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 95 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:02:52] <exec> 08└─Call me cynical. I suspect upper manglers are laughing themselves silly watching this play out.
[16:02:58] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Not new: Oracle did this when they bought Sun - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 593 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:02:59] <exec> 08└─Sun Microsystems had a large remote work program, with many people working from home very far away from any Sun office. My brother-in-law worked at home in Oregon, while the rest of his group was in the SF Bay Area. Sun did a lot of things like this. When Oracle bought them, the remote programs were...
[16:03:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03donkeyhotay [2540] (Score:2) 02Lessons from Losers - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 721 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:03:01] <exec> 08└─It's a common trend among organizations. I work in a pretty large company. A few years ago, a major corporation in the area went bankrupt, and had to lay off hundreds of workers. Now obviously, they didn't lay off their best workers. Nevertheless, my company started snatching them up, particularly t...
[16:03:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Sad - 06Richard Hatch, Captain Apollo of 'Galactica' Fame, Dies at 71 - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:03:10] <exec> 08└─I got to shake his hand and got his autograph on a Colonial Warrior photograph about 15ish years ago at Comic Con. (I think that was pre-Zarek.) He was really cool.
[16:03:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Apparently not the same Richard Hatch from Survivr - 06Richard Hatch, Captain Apollo of 'Galactica' Fame, Dies at 71 - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:03:12] <exec> 08└─today I learned
[16:03:47] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03rob_on_earth [5485] 02Goes to toilet during break - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 149 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:03:47] <exec> 08└─"Company X goes bankrupt after spending 100 millions trying to advertise directly to Trump, but finds toilet breaks coincide with advert slots" natch
[16:03:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Captain Obvious Not Surprised - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:03:51] <exec> 08└─We have a reality TV show now for a presidency. Any coverage of him is therefore show-within-a-show and thus entitled to double ad revenues, especially when the first show (Trump) cannot collect ad revenues for being the President in any meaningful way. Yet. We're still waiting for the Executive Ord...
[16:04:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Evolution At Work? - 06Too Much Time Indoors Might Harm Children's Eyesight - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:04:27] <exec> 08└─Evolution At Work?
[16:04:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Harming children's eyesight - 06Too Much Time Indoors Might Harm Children's Eyesight - 271 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[16:04:34] <exec> 08└─Won't it also hurt eyesight to force children to squint at their mobile devices and be constantly shielding the screen from the bright sunlight? Screens are brighter now than ever. But they need to get brighter still if we expect children to be able to use them outdoors.
[16:04:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:African swallows - 06Massive Undersea Landslide Discovered Near Australia, and a "Lost Continent" - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:04:45] <exec> 08└─Was it African or European?
[16:09:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score:2) 02Re:LOL - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 500 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:09:05] <exec> 08└─Woman's perspective, what's that like? There is no biological difference between man and women and all the difference is because of patriarchy and it HATES women and it doesn't involve government funding, judiciary, media, academia, healthcare services etc. Those are just compensating for the patria...
[16:09:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score:2) 02Re:LOL - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[16:09:07] <exec> 08└─hehe. Now you know that when people use motherfucker and sisterfucker they are not misogynist, right?
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[17:01:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02TWEEET MEEE! - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 38 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:00] <exec> 08└─Is 3-D TV dead, or will it rise again?
[17:01:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 39 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:01] <exec> 08└─4K, curved, HDR, and 8K, in that order.
[17:01:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03SomeGuy [5632] (Score:2) 02Not enough porn! - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:03] <exec> 08└─The reason for all failed products: Not enough porn!
[17:01:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:3, Insightful) 02What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 1496 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:06] <exec> 08└─The same thing went wrong that was wrong with 3D at movie theaters. It's a gimmick. Often to raise the ticket price. While there might be some brilliant rare film makers who are exceptions, the 3D films do not really use 3D to tell the story. The 3D does not contribute to the story telling nor the p...
[17:01:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Justin Case [4239] (Score:2) 02Surprise - 06New Species Discovered in Antarctica - 55 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:14] <exec> 08└─I was expecting it to be the IceWeasel [wikipedia.org].
[17:01:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02journal link - 06New Species Discovered in Antarctica - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:16] <exec> 08└─http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4221.4.4 [biotaxa.org]
[17:01:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03PiMuNu [3823] (Score:2) 02Re:Red Eye - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 314 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:01:29] <exec> 08└─I tried to find a decent blind taste test but all I could see was lots of marketing (i.e. annoying overenthusiastic actors with unconvincing arguments and dodgy fake tan). So I will just make an unsupported claim that you have been ripped by the advertising industry and are some sort of zombie slave...
[17:01:30] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Red Eye - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:01:30] <exec> 08└─We're all zombie slaves to the great advertising-industrial complex. I'm just more highly caffeinated than most of them.
[17:01:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:When will they rediscover amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:01:38] <exec> 08└─Amaranth is one of the better tasting grains, but its small size is sometimes a drawback. Kumut has a nice bite to it and is also tasty.
[17:01:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03TheLink [332] (Score:2) 02What's so great about amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 1759 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:01:41] <exec> 08└─Uh what's so great about amaranth, quinoa and the other so called "superfoods"? Compare 100g of each cooked stuff: Amaranth: https://nutritiondata.self.com [self.com] Quinoa: http://nutritiondata.self.com [self.com] Potato:...
[17:01:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03Oakenshield [4900] (Score:1) 02Re:"Underutilised crops" - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:01:44] <exec> 08└─It's only "underutilized" in that the gluten-free obsessed idiots can't imagine eating rice and beans instead.
[17:01:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03termigator [4271] (Score:2) 02Re:"Underutilised crops" - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 356 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:01:46] <exec> 08└─For those of us real food sensitivities and allergies, we are quite aware of quinoa. What folks may not realize is it is actually the seed portion of the plant we eat, where seeds of various plants can trigger reactions in some people (e.g. sunflower, sesame, etc). Unfortunately for me, I cannot eat...
[17:01:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03nitehawk214 [1304] (Score:1) 02How do I pronounce Quinoa? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 14 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:01:48] <exec> 08└─Easy, I don't.
[17:02:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:A 'minor' fire - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 834 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:08] <exec> 08└─Any lithium battery fire is simultaneously: 1. A fire, which is bad enough 2. A chemical fire 3. An electrical fire So it is definitely not ordinary. But it was 'minor' enough (in quotes) to require 'only' 110 firefighters and 19 trucks. How do you put out such a fire? Not with water! The fire is so...
[17:02:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:A 'minor' fire - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 29 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:09] <exec> 08└─Oh, and . . . 4. A metal fire
[17:02:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Re:A 'minor' fire - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:11] <exec> 08└─According to Tesla, Water *is* what you use for putting out battery fire. It removes heat, which prevents the fire from spreading. Fire-fighters have the ability to use a lot more water than other people normally would.
[17:02:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:A 'minor' fire - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 307 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:15] <exec> 08└─If it were a sandwich in a toaster fire, it would have been considered under control after the first two trucks arrived. I'm not calling it a conspiracy or cover up. But it is a recognizable PR attempt to downplay the seriousness of it. Corporate / political speak that humans instantly recognize as...
[17:02:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Maybe they should hook up the factory... - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 17 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:02:18] <exec> 08└─...to grid power.
[17:02:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:off topic? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 1137 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:35] <exec> 08└─Microsoft / Ballmer is probably my own obsessions. Y! had problems before Mayer. I could start with their stock message boards. How nice it was the Y! would let one create unlimited numbers of accounts. When Y! was recently hacked and accounts stolen, that might lead some people (*cough*) to wonder...
[17:02:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 40 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:37] <exec> 08└─with an EQ of about -120 degrees Kelvin.
[17:02:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 1012 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:39] <exec> 08└─Before the 13th CGPM in 1967–1968, the unit kelvin was called a "degree", the same as with the other temperature scales at the time. It was distinguished from the other scales with either the adjective suffix "Kelvin" ("degree Kelvin") or with "absolute" ("degree absolute") and its symbol was °K....
[17:02:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:41] <exec> 08└─Another thing you apparently don't know is that negative temperature actually exists. [wikipedia.org]
[17:02:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:46] <exec> 08└─I'm not normally a grammar nazi - but your "lead" instead of "led" suggests a solution to me. A lead filled pipe upside some corporate leader's heads would fix a lot of problems. So much for first class citizens, right?
[17:02:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:1) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 1404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:53] <exec> 08└─Thanks, that's a nice, well thought out and coherent response. Good point well made. I'll try a rebuttal... >Illegal is such an ugly word. That's the point. >And implies a false image of the law is a line in the sand that must not be crossed. That is how law must work, otherwise it's not law. But, I...
[17:02:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 671 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:02:55] <exec> 08└─Add into the mix, many laws require that "criminal intent" must be proven. That's good, in a way. Sometimes, some dumbass (me, you, anyone who isn't a lawyer) manages to break a law without intending to break any laws. We get caught, we have a clean record, we convince the judge we were just dumbass...
[17:03:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 887 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:03:05] <exec> 08└─Yeah, who needs intrusions like saying workers should actually get whole days off sometimes. Or that as a society we don't want 'average' people working over so many hours in a week without adequate additional compensation to make up for all the people who think working only X hours a week should be...
[17:03:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Whoever [4524] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 203 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:03:08] <exec> 08└─Do you have no employment laws whatsoever in the US? Over here something like that would not be choosing between quitting or moving, but between been being let go or moving, with everything that entails.
[17:03:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03termigator [4271] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging w - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 816 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:03:18] <exec> 08└─> that a good proportion (I'd say 25%) of team members were only working halftime - 3 or 4 hours a day. Wow, that is actually higher than the typical office worker. Folks in the office are just as good, and if not more clever, on appearing busy and avoiding work. The bit in the movie Office Space wh...
[17:03:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Submission Fail - 06Richard Hatch, Captain Apollo of 'Galactica' Fame, Dies at 71 - 241 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[17:03:37] <exec> 08└─Muffit 2, the robot Daggit, belonged to Boxey, Apollo's son, played by Noah Hathaway. It was given to Boxey by Doctor Wilker, though Apollo did arrange for that. He steps back, he shoots, he scores! 3-0, Colonial Union! Full Pyramid, Pay Up!
[17:03:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Phoenix666 [552] (Score:2) 02Re:Submission Fail - 06Richard Hatch, Captain Apollo of 'Galactica' Fame, Dies at 71 - 192 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:03:38] <exec> 08└─So...it's not accurate to say that the family dog is not "his" dog? When your son's dog craps on your neighbor's lawn, does the neighbor chastise your son for "his" dog, or you for "your" dog?
[17:04:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Duh! - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 36 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:04:00] <exec> 08└─Your political acumen is staggering.
[17:04:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:question - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 471 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:04:35] <exec> 08└─Yeah, it looked mostly like camping gear. Tents, sleeping bags, chairs, and so on. I doubt it was easy to move large quantities of material in and out of that place. Normally hikers/campers are very trash conscious. Pack out what you pack in. The protesters might have come from cities or other envir...
[17:07:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Thexalon [636] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 202 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[17:07:41] <exec> 08└─Point being, if I had to bet between a Guard unit that's served a combat tour in Iraq and a group of disorganized civilians approximately the same size as the Guard unit with guns, I'd bet on the Guard.
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[18:01:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:TWEEET MEEE! - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:14] <exec> 08└─We'll bring back 3DTV, it'll be great. And we'll make **AA pay for it. #therealdonaldtrump
[18:01:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:16] <exec> 08└─You didn't mention spherical (360-degree) video. Does that mean you think it has staying power, or that it's not worth mentioning?
[18:01:18] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:3, Interesting) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 811 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:19] <exec> 08└─I thought about it but didn't list it because 360-degree/VR doesn't have much to do with "television screens", unless they try to sell a $100,000 TV dome/igloo I guess. The FOV of a TV or computer monitor depends on your sitting distance but will be quite low. VR headsets may be a better buy than bi...
[18:01:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 452 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:21] <exec> 08└─TVs also don't require you to wear bulky things on your head or in your ears, which can get uncomfortable. It's just like stereo speakers vs. headphones: with headphones, you don't have to worry about reflections from the walls and things in the room making the listening experience imperfect. But it...
[18:01:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:23] <exec> 08└─We need more K's! 88KKK
[18:01:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 133 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:25] <exec> 08└─"curved" I could swear we already had that one, but decided we like flat more... (Yes, I'm still talking about screens, not breasts.)
[18:01:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Nerdfest [80] (Score:2) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:27] <exec> 08└─What's the plus with a curved display? If you're not extremely close to it, I would think it would be more a a downside, especially as you sit to the side to any degree.
[18:01:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:29] <exec> 08└─Don't ask me. They are still trying to push them: https://news.samsung.com [samsung.com]
[18:01:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03AndyTheAbsurd [3958] (Score:2) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 676 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:32] <exec> 08└─They were trying to push 3D TVs for a long time, for the same reason: They expect people to want to upgrade because an upgrade is available. But the fact of the matter is that if you're feeding an HD panel with an HD signal (likely over HDMI, but you can do it over component cables as well), curved...
[18:01:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03sjames [2882] (Score:2) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 113 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:34] <exec> 08└─The plus is they can trick a few people into running out and buying one because the sales slick says it's better.
[18:01:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:3, Informative) 02Re:Not enough porn! - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:37] <exec> 08└─Careful there. The pr0n producers know something. Something that news casters and politicians know. And corporate spokes droids. If you get TOO up close, and have too much detail, you now can see all of the natural imperfections. It might distract you from the fantasy. And like pr0n, all spokes droi...
[18:01:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not enough porn! - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 67 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:39] <exec> 08└─Well, I suppose there could be high quality 3-D and low quality 3-D
[18:01:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not enough porn! - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:41] <exec> 08└─Yep, some things are just better enjoyed through a soft lens.
[18:01:43] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Not enough porn! - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:43] <exec> 08└─Just airbrush that shit. It works for magazines.
[18:01:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Gaaark [41] (Score:2) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 145 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:47] <exec> 08└─Dog!!, every time i hear a song that is disco-ish, i have to stop listening. They bring that back and you know the music industry is REALLY lost.
[18:01:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 374 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:49] <exec> 08└─VR (which is inherently 3D) could benefit from massive visual improvements, although better AI maybe some neural immersion could be even more important. I agree that 3D can be a detraction from the movie theater experience, but it's far from dead. https://en.wikipedia.org [wiki...
[18:01:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 386 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:51] <exec> 08└─s/book/movie/g s/movie/3D/g Of course it's a gimmick. It's a new technology. Give it a few more decades for the shiny to wear off. With that said, I prefer books. I'll watch a movie every now and then, but only to relax with some pretty pictures. Yes, I liked most of those shallow superhero movies.....
[18:01:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 250 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:53] <exec> 08└─All the stuff about story and characters could equally be applied to the introduction of colour, couldn't it? Did they use colour to raise ticket prices? The only difference is you, the viewer, didn't need additional equipment to watch a colour film.
[18:01:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Low Resolution - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 577 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:01:55] <exec> 08└─The passive 3D TVs used half the lines for one eye, and half the lines for the other eye; the resolution is so low, that it negates the value of a 3D scene. Ironically, the advent of 4K 3D TVs made for a resolution that would probably be high enough, but by the time such TVs were available, it was c...
[18:01:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Low Resolution - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 874 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:01:57] <exec> 08└─It was the crap glasses you had to keep buying batteries for. Then the flicker shutter made the movie dim and for some people gave them a headache. Then to add to that they sold it as a premium product. For my tv each pair of glasses was 150 bucks. You prob want 4 of them so 600 on top of the alread...
[18:01:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03darkpixel [4281] (Score:1) 023-D Failed - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 96 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:02:00] <exec> 08└─Time to spin up the marketing machine to sell the brand new technology we are calling 'Tri-D'...
[18:02:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03cubancigar11 [330] (Score:2) 02Did nobody get a headache? - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 399 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:02:02] <exec> 08└─3D is very difficult medium to be comfortable around. Almost everyone I know has a favorite 3D theater where they don't get a headache. Now take that problem and add maintenance of a 3D goggle that can get smudgy and permanently be a blot on the illusion. People go to 3D for relaxing. Good TV just g...
[18:02:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Did nobody get a headache? - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:02:04] <exec> 08└─I saw Doctor Strange in 3D. It looked pretty cool sometimes but it was often a blurry and choppy mess. Was the framerate of the movie still 24 Hz/FPS despite the use of 3D? Compared to 60-120 for VR?
[18:02:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02I like some movies in 3D - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 404 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:02:06] <exec> 08└─There are some movies that I do like in 3D. It depends on the movie, and how 3D is used. I generally don't like when objects are coming out of the screen, but there are some exceptions I like if done in a subtle way. What I do really like is when there is a lot of depth to the image. It also helps i...
[18:02:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03richtopia [3160] (Score:2) 02Re:What's so great about amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:02:37] <exec> 08└─Superfood: Food which has not been factory farmed to death so the plant contains zero nutrients. Don't worry, we are working on demoting quinoa from superfood to factory food.
[18:02:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:2) 02Re:What's so great about amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 798 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:02:39] <exec> 08└─Part of my interest in "alternative" foods and crops, is related to all the many monocultures we have today. You mention potatoes. In the early 1900's, we had hundreds of varieties of potatoes in America - and I'm sure that Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America probably had other varieties that we...
[18:02:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 3 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:02:45] <exec> 08└─No.
[18:02:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:02:55] <exec> 08└─6% is hardly the difference between a C-cup and a B-cup.
[18:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 347 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:03:45] <exec> 08└─Incidentally, I've heard that many philosophers of the time strongly objected to the idea of having written laws, on the grounds that as soon as you give them a concrete definition, criminals will immediately begin finding ways to skirt the intent of the law while staying within the letter of it. An...
[18:03:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03SecurityGuy [1453] (Score:2) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 666 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:03:53] <exec> 08└─Right, in which case the prior poster's claim of being "fired with cause" is false. It's a layoff. People aren't being fired because they've done anything wrong. IBM previously had a need for people doing $SERVICE and were willing to left them work at home. Now they want people in the office. Doesn'...
[18:04:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Grishnakh [2831] (Score:2) 02Re:Transitions, transitions - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:04:11] <exec> 08└─but now Rometty is doing some serious Republican brown-nosing. Apparently as a reward for her be-quiet warning letter right after the election, she is now sitting on one of #PresidentTweety's councils of "top" CEOs. Maybe she just read the tea leaves and decided that you can't ignore the Donald. If...
[18:04:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:Re-envisioned? - 06Richard Hatch, Captain Apollo of 'Galactica' Fame, Dies at 71 - 27 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:04:23] <exec> 08└─Yes, I'm getting anal here.
[18:04:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:1) 02Re:Duh! - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:04:50] <exec> 08└─Oooohhh... Sick burn!! You're killing it, Don't stop! Please give us some more revolutionary insight into the human condition.
[18:05:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Gweg is part of the problem - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 33 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:05:22] <exec> 08└─gweg insults gweg. Anticlimactic.
[18:06:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03bzipitidoo [4388] (Score:2) 02compensation for DVD region encoding? - 06DVD Drive Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuit Finally Settled - 650 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[18:06:55] <exec> 08└─This is great and all, but will anyone go after the copyright cartel for region encoding? Region encoding always struck me as blatantly anti-competitive and incredibly stupid because it is so easily circumvented. I am amazed they're still getting away with it. It is ridiculous that DVD drives are ha...
[18:07:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Excess power? - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 58 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[18:07:24] <exec> 08└─Infrastructure. You really can't overbuild infrastructure.
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[19:01:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Now that is fan dedication! - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:01:06] <exec> 08└─Those ancient people really loved their fiction; I doubt that thousands of years from now, people will be unearthing 12 man-caves filled with the tomes of A Song of Ice and Fire (that's "Game of Thrones", for you know-nothing, pop-culture plebs).
[19:01:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Now that is fan dedication! - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 169 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:08] <exec> 08└─You doubt, but that's what they'll be teaching in Sunday school. Or whatever day. And every cruelty imaginable will justified by some excerpt from a paragraph somewhere.
[19:01:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Now that is fan dedication! - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 205 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:10] <exec> 08└─I can think of a few modern books for which reading a paragraph is excessively cruel indeed. Gladly, cost-optimized paper will not last 2000 years, sparing the atrocities for our post-collapse descendants.
[19:01:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Vellum - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 345 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:12] <exec> 08└─That's why I had my Sci-Fi short-story space-romance ebook recorded in fine print on a quality piece of authentic 15th-century vellum; the hardest part was scraping off the original text, which was some Latin translation of a page similar to this [wikimedia.org]. So, in the future, it will be a spir...
[19:01:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:Now that is fan dedication! - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 20 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:14] <exec> 08└─I'd r8 that -530/10.
[19:01:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02"no scroll was found" - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:01:16] <exec> 08└─le disappoint 😖
[19:01:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:TWEEET MEEE! - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 111 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:27] <exec> 08└─I want the technology to download my brain into 140 UTF-1024 characters and tweet it to everyone's televisions.
[19:01:32] <exec> *** new comment: 03fritsd [4586] (Score:2) 02Spherical staying power - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 130 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:32] <exec> 08└─You didn't mention spherical (360-degree) video. Does that mean you think it has staying power, or that it's not worth mentioning?
[19:01:39] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:40] <exec> 08└─You can add a new buzzword on your sales prospect.
[19:01:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:42] <exec> 08└─Smellovision
[19:01:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Passive vs Active = Cheap/low-res vs Expensive/dim - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 237 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:55] <exec> 08└─Indeed. All of the problems would have basically been solved by 4K TVs with "passive" (half-half) 3D; however, by that time, the once-rising feature had become just a passing fad. 3D will find its niche in personal head-mounted displays.
[19:01:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Low Resolution - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 61 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:01:57] <exec> 08└─It was the crap glasses you had to keep buying batteries for.
[19:02:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Tara Li [6248] (Score:1) 02Eh on HDR - what about wide gamut? - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 1227 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:02:04] <exec> 08└─3D is going to have to wait until the cinematographers have some time to grok it more fully. The technology improving some, as well, will be needful - I saw 3D IMAX at NASA KSC once, and it worked really well, but it used the two synchronized projectors with polarization to accomplish the trick. How...
[19:02:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Eh on HDR - what about wide gamut? - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 159 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:02:06] <exec> 08└─Thinking about it, why not alternate the polarization on each pixel triplet on a LCD/OLED screen, and use regular polarization glasses for the 3D effect on TV?
[19:02:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03KilroySmith [2113] (Score:2) 02Individual viewing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 583 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:02:08] <exec> 08└─Curved would make sense for individual viewing. Imagine replacing your computer monitor with a 90 degree curved monitor, about 2M wide, with your head about 1 m away. You could move your head/eyes rapidly from side to side without having to refocus, as all points on the screen will be more-or-less e...
[19:02:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02San Jose - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:02:25] <exec> 08└─"Quin Noah", as derived from "quick" and "boa" That was easy. Now give me a hand: "San Jose" is something like "San Joe's", but does it rhyme with "hose" or "dose"?
[19:02:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Don't remove the saponin! It's a bonus feature! - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 372 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:02:35] <exec> 08└─Seriously - it's a "grain" that comes with an extremely effective built-in pest repellent that's easily removed with a quick washing after it's been dried. Why would you mess with that? Monsanto and Co. spend millions grafting much less effective and impossible to remove pest repellents into the gen...
[19:02:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:"Underutilised crops" - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 987 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:02:46] <exec> 08└─You're quite right in questioning the yield of quinoa. However, we need more than just energy for nourishment. Unlike wheat or maize, quinoa is considered a complete protein: it contains all the amino acids that humans need, in roughly the proportions in which we need them. https://en.wikipedia.org
[19:02:50] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02I have a real-life comedy bit on this - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 419 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:02:50] <exec> 08└─A friend and I were in a grocery store and the conversation went like this: "Hey, here's some quinoa! This stuff is supposed to be good for you!" "It's pronounced keen-wah." "Have you tried quinoa? What's it like?" "It's pronounced keen-wah." "What do you know about quinoa?" "I know it's pronounced...
[19:03:01] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:03:01] <exec> 08└─If you're a paedophile
[19:03:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Informative) 02Re:Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 52 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:03:03] <exec> 08└─Nah, brah. Big hips and butt and flat chest = HNNNNG
[19:03:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 119 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:03:05] <exec> 08└─Not a brah, brah. Proud of my big bra, brah. Seems like a lot of men can't handle a woman who looks like a woman, brah.
[19:03:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 172 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:03:07] <exec> 08└─Wide hips and big butt are what a real woman have, moron. Only in the States, the land of lardasses home of heart disease, would that description match a prepubescent girl.
[19:03:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 74 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:03:10] <exec> 08└─There's also a huge difference in my pants when I see a D cup vs an A cup.
[19:03:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:1, Touché) 02Re:Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:03:12] <exec> 08└─Think volume you nerd.
[19:03:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:A 'minor' fire - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 18 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:03:25] <exec> 08└─2. A chemical fire
[19:03:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03AnonymousCowardNoMore [5416] (Score:2) 02Re:Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 50 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:03:51] <exec> 08└─False. Negative kelvin [wikipedia.org] is a thing.
[19:03:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:03:53] <exec> 08└─" She has done more to return 150 years into the past for workers rights than anything else." Stop with the hyperbole. Walmart and McDs wipe their psychotically anti-worker arses with her. If you think not telecommuting is the worst sin against workers in 150 years you are a fucking moron. Stop with...
[19:03:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 201 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:03:55] <exec> 08└─Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? She managed to sell YAHOO, of all things, to Verizon for 4.8 BILLION dollars! I know she's hated around these parts but you have to admit that's an accomplishment.
[19:04:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 128 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:04:01] <exec> 08└─You mean corps are first class citizens, women and their children are second class, and males are just dogshit since 1870 or so.
[19:04:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03moondoctor [2963] (Score:1) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 269 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:04:10] <exec> 08└─Very true. There's a reason we (society) have been debating this for thousands of years. Pretty amazing the the ancient Greeks had such a well formed understanding of these issues. It's incredible to me that people ignore (or deride) lessons we've known *for millennia*
[19:04:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 77 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:04:12] <exec> 08└─There is no we here, stupid fucking pro feminist cuck. You don't make the law
[19:04:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03mechanicjay [7] (Score:1) 02Re:Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging w - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 65 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:04:36] <exec> 08└─Whatever, I've worked with people in an office who don't do jack.
[19:05:13] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Duh! - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 126 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:05:13] <exec> 08└─Oooohhh... Sick burn!! You're killing it, Don't stop! Please give us some more revolutionary insight into the human condition.
[19:05:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I think we have hit max retard, then I refresh. - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 54 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:05:21] <exec> 08└─Wait till you tell him about his Twitter impersonator.
[19:06:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score:2) 02After awhile maybe possibly - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:05] <exec> 08└─In a month, all this trash could become toxic.
[19:06:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02"has high red/green contrast" means what? - 06Too Much Time Indoors Might Harm Children's Eyesight - 776 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[19:06:21] <exec> 08└─The problem is excessive "red/green contrast" indoors. Is that contrast between red and green, or is it contrast in one/both of those colors? Could we make software to remove this contrast from computer displays, and just how awful would it look? Do we blur the red channel and the green channel, or...
[19:08:10] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Consolation Prize for Having to Live As You - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 179 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:08:10] <exec> 08└─Now California has 25 million Americans and 14 million Mexicans in it. This sounds like a political statement but its what a google search resolving to a Pew research site claims.
[19:10:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:LOL - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 826 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:10:53] <exec> 08└─What the fuck does that even mean? That was incoherent, aggrieved whining. I've never been one of those morons who thinks biology has no bearing on behavior. That's somewhere between naive and willfully stupid. IIRC statistics show straight and gay women have about the same number of partners; its t...
[19:11:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Azuma Hazuki [5086] (Score:2) 02Re:Total game-changer - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 410 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[19:11:20] <exec> 08└─LOL. This lesbian feminist is all for it. It sounds odd, but I want to see this idiot war between the sexes end already. Ironically, not having to play the hetero mating game lets me get some outside, cooler-headed perspective, and ends with more sympathy for Y-chromosome-bearers than you might expe...
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[20:01:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:Vellum - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 233 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:03] <exec> 08└─All my teenage-Cthulhu vampire witch romance fanfics are backed up on granite tablets in 5 languages. The one about choosing which dragon to love during the Great Zombie vs Machines uprising just shipped out, in a couple 18-wheelers.
[20:01:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Weasley [6421] (Score:1) 02Re:"no scroll was found" - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 100 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:07] <exec> 08└─They were probably destroyed because they're the ones implicating Xenu in the colonization of Earth.
[20:01:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:"no scroll was found" - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 179 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:09] <exec> 08└─The DC-8's first flight was in 1958. If the Xenu Elder Scrolls were looted earlier in the 1950s, someone might have found independent evidence confirming the truth of Scientology!
[20:01:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] (Score:3, Insightful) 02With Evidence of Looting - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 181 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:01:11] <exec> 08└─But, of course, these people going into the cave today don't intent to loot anything. Whatever they find, they're going to replace exactly as they found it, and let time reclaim it.
[20:01:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03jimtheowl [5929] (Score:3, Touché) 02Re:With Evidence of Looting - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 222 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:13] <exec> 08└─Are you suggesting that that is what they should do, or are you just in a cynical mood? It seems a little broad to imply that archeology as a whole is looting. I would expect that what they find is going to be studied.
[20:01:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02Re:With Evidence of Looting - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 57 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:15] <exec> 08└─Documented "looting" is better than undocumented looting.
[20:01:17] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:With Evidence of Looting - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 254 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:18] <exec> 08└─Unquestionably. Though there are cases where the looting happens later, and all the studies and material do end up lost. I'm also wondering how some of those people would react if their colleagues dug out great-great-grandma to study her eating habits...
[20:01:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02"(dating from 530 BC to 70 CE)" - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:01:20] <exec> 08└─I know people argue about BC/AD vs BCE/CE but this is just getting ridiculous ;)
[20:01:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Now that is fan dedication! - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 246 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:01:22] <exec> 08└─Those ancient people really loved their fiction. I doubt that thousands of years from now, people will be unearthing 12 man-caves filled with the tomes of A Song of Ice and Fire (that's "Game of Thrones", for you know-nothing, pop-culture plebs).
[20:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02HOT OFF THE PRESSES - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 180 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:01:24] <exec> 08└─Do not lie with a man as a woman. Do not wear clothing made of two different.... *** Do not eat shri...*** Sorry it appears to be completely uncoverable. Other than the first line.
[20:01:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:HOT OFF THE PRESSES - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 23 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:26] <exec> 08└─Live and let leviticus.
[20:01:56] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Not enough porn! - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:56] <exec> 08└─If you get TOO up close, and have too much detail, you now can see all of the natural imperfections. It might distract you from the fantasy.
[20:01:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03JoeMerchant [3937] (Score:2) 02Re:Not enough porn! - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 46 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:01:58] <exec> 08└─See, and I was going to say "smellovision"....
[20:01:59] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03DannyB [5839] 02What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 1496 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:02:00] <exec> 08└─The same thing went wrong that was wrong with 3D at movie theaters. It's a gimmick. Often to raise the ticket price. While there might be some brilliant rare film makers who are exceptions, the 3D films do not really use 3D to tell the story. The 3D does not contribute to the story telling nor the p...
[20:02:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 69 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:02:06] <exec> 08└─No, not the only difference. You forgot the eyestrain and discomfort.
[20:02:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03Pino P [4721] (Score:2) 02Re:Somebody should explain marketing... - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 62 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:02:17] <exec> 08└─That'd have to wait for TiVo's "time warp" patents to run out.
[20:02:20] <exec> *** new comment: 03Scruffy Beard 2 [6030] (Score:1) 02Re:Oh My! - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 240 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:02:21] <exec> 08└─Did not realize that they still used an RGB back-light for the Quattron TV. While looking for datasheets for some RGB LEDs I have, I did come across RGBA (Red green Blue Amber) ones. I wonder if they were invented after the TV was invented.
[20:02:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03krishnoid [1156] (Score:2) 02I recall 3D was a good thing to have in a TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 249 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:02:24] <exec> 08└─Even if you didn't use the feature, I remember reading that a 3D TV was a good idea because it guaranteed a 120Hz frame rate, meaning that the display was generally responsive (?). Is this true, and/or is that refresh rate a current standard anyway?
[20:02:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:I recall 3D was a good thing to have in a TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 538 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:02:26] <exec> 08└─That is why we bought a 3D TV -- our Samsung claims 240 Hz refresh (which I guess means 120 in 3D mode). Motion on the screen (sports) gives very few or no motion blur artifacts. We're happy with it. Bought the special 3D glasses a couple of years after the TV when they were discounted and have used...
[20:02:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Le shrink... - 06New Species Discovered in Antarctica - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[20:02:36] <exec> 08└─Next time you complain that the AC vent or window is making your desk uncomfortable, have a thought for those brave people who scuba off the coast of Antarctica for science...
[20:02:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Red Eye - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:02:52] <exec> 08└─"There is a popular, but unconfirmed, belief that the name has its origins in World War II when American G.I.s in Italy would dilute espresso with hot water to approximate the coffee to which they were accustomed." https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[20:02:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Pronunciation - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 85 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:02:54] <exec> 08└─It doesn't matter how you pronounce it as long as you are wearing a wide-brimmed hat.
[20:02:57] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa" - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 225 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:02:58] <exec> 08└─OK, I always say it "kin wah" or possibly "kin waa" with the a sound not drawn out. OTOH, that's my wife's influence, as until she came along I never pronounced it...but if I had it would have been something like "Quin Oh-a".
[20:03:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:When will they rediscover amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 15 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:03:05] <exec> 08└─XKCD [xkcd.com]
[20:03:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What's so great about amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 138 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:03:11] <exec> 08└─Every grocery store near me carries at least four different varieties, and the health food store has more. A better example is the banana.
[20:03:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:What's so great about amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 136 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:03:13] <exec> 08└─Today, there really aren't very many choices in potatoes. Go into your local grocery, and you'll probably find two choices, maybe three.
[20:03:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03AthanasiusKircher [5291] (Score:2) 02Re:What's so great about amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 273 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:03:15] <exec> 08└─Summary: if you're going for a nutritious diet with carbs you might as well eat sardines, green vegetables (for fibre), potato or other cheap carb staple that suits you (rice, pasta). There's no significant benefit from quinoa and amaranth (they tend to be more expensive).
[20:03:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03captain normal [2205] (Score:2) 02Re:"Underutilised crops" - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 1438 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:03:22] <exec> 08└─"And that's in spite of it being a relatively vulnerable crop that requires very specific climatic conditions to grow.." Be interested in where you found that information. Everything I've read on Quinoa and Amaranth indicates otherwise. Amaranth grows all over the Americas and does quite well in poo...
[20:03:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03ikanreed [3164] (Score:2) 02Re:"Underutilised crops" - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 950 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:03:24] <exec> 08└─article including the following expert analysis [washingtonpost.com] "I wouldn't even go so far as to say that's a non-staple that went big-time," Bellemare says. For that reason, quinoa prices are likely to remain volatile for a long while yet. Brigham Young's Rick Jellen says the lack of research...
[20:03:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:How do I pronounce Quinoa? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 164 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:03:27] <exec> 08└─Submitter here -- I think I learned something today, articles about food promote positive, cooperative discussion! I'm going to look for more on this general topic.
[20:03:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03fishybell [3156] (Score:2) 02Re:6% slimmer, same great service - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:03:37] <exec> 08└─Considering their entire business is built around automation, I'm amazed they're not constantly shedding workforce as a percentage of their total cloud size (ie. it should take the same or only a slightly higher number of people to handle a service 10x as large due to automation).
[20:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03GungnirSniper [1671] (Score:2) 02Re:Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 98 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:03:45] <exec> 08└─Pics or it didn't happen. The data center ops folks I deal with are so bad I hope for outsourcing.
[20:04:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:04:29] <exec> 08└─A substance with a negative temperature is not colder than absolute zero, but rather it is hotter than infinite temperature.
[20:04:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03tangomargarine [667] (Score:2) 02Re:Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 93 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:04:31] <exec> 08└─" She has done more to return 150 years into the past for workers rights than anything else."
[20:04:33] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score:2) 02Re:Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 182 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:04:34] <exec> 08└─Not really. Yahoo would probably have sold for more money if she had sold it earlier in her tenure. And it's not sold yet. More bad news could come out and depress the price further.
[20:05:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Like it or not some telecommuters are dodging w - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:05:07] <exec> 08└─People goof around in the office too. A lot of people just talk to each other all day.
[20:05:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Submission Fail - 06Richard Hatch, Captain Apollo of 'Galactica' Fame, Dies at 71 - 433 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:05:27] <exec> 08└─Boxey was always getting into adventures and semi-trouble based on what Muffit did. Nobody ever blamed Apollo for that - it was always on Boxey. It was clear that Boxey was the one who saw to Muffit's well being. On top of which, it was never explained that the robot doggie ever actually shat anythi...
[20:06:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02A lack of competent personnel - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 175 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:06:25] <exec> 08└─The page, in both content and construction, demonstrates that KFYR has no clue what it looks like when a person does his/her job correctly. -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
[20:07:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03HiThere [866] (Score:2) 02Re:What is degraded? - 06Bees Give Up Searching for Food When Humans Degrade Their Land - 927 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:07:24] <exec> 08└─Yes, that's a quite plausible meaning, but even that needs to be made more explicit if you want the study to have any meaning. But this was a report in a "popular science" article on the web, it wasn't the actual report. So you're probably right about what they meant, it's just that it's quite plaus...
[20:09:41] <exec> *** new comment: 03tibman [134] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:09:41] <exec> 08└─Me too : )
[20:09:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 2369 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[20:09:47] <exec> 08└─"This sounds an awful lot like "This oppression won't be targeting me and mine, so that makes it OK."" I am talking about pragmatic reality, and you continue to compare my evidence-supported basis of the world not ever being a perfect place to your idealized vision of society. "It is not the only so...
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[21:00:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03takyon [881] (Score:2) 02very much illegal! - 06Five Arrests in 'Fully Loaded' Kodi Streaming Box Raids - 388 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:00:53] <exec> 08└─Kieron Sharp, director general of Fact, said the arrests "should send out a clear warning to anyone involved in the sale and distribution of illegal set-top boxes". "Set-top boxes loaded with apps and add-ons allowing access to copyright infringing material are very much illegal and anyone involved...
[21:00:54] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:very much illegal! - 06Five Arrests in 'Fully Loaded' Kodi Streaming Box Raids - 199 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:00:54] <exec> 08└─I use it to play back my ripped DVD/blurays/flac. Still have the discs and a decent selection of on demand movies. Got rid of netflix not because I don't watch movies. But because I was not using it.
[21:01:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:With Evidence of Looting - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 562 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:01:16] <exec> 08└─Maybe it depends on your definition of looting. I think of looting as taking something that is an ancient treasure and keeping for your own personal amusement. Or private sale. When scholars take these treasures, study them, measure and photograph them, and make this information available to all, I...
[21:01:19] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:"(dating from 530 BC to 70 CE)" - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 80 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:01:19] <exec> 08└─I noticed the BC combined with CE as well, but wasn't going to say anything. :-)
[21:01:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Keel Lorentz - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 86 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:01:24] <exec> 08└─So, who's looking for a company named Gehirn that's recently changed the name to Nerv?
[21:01:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Deeo Kain [5848] (Score:1) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 12 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:01:50] <exec> 08└─Punchovision
[21:02:04] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 897 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:04] <exec> 08└─I believe that color actually does enhance the experience. Do you agree / disagree? It would seem that most people agree. As evidence I would point out how most films went to color and color didn't die out as a gimmick. I would offer as evidence how color tv didn't die out as a gimmick. In fact, col...
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[21:02:05] <exec> 08└─Agreed. The Wizard of Oz must have been mind-blowing, with their Technicolor [wikipedia.org]. In fact it's still mind-blowing 78 years later :-)
[21:02:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:08] <exec> 08└─I mentioned above about some hypothetical brilliant film maker using 3D somehow creatively. That is what The Wizard of Oz did with color. I don't think it was the only one, Pleasantville springs to mind, but it is rare.
[21:02:09] <exec> *** new comment: 03requerdanos [5997] (Score:2) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 261 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:10] <exec> 08└─While there might be some brilliant rare film makers who are exceptions, the 3D films do not really use 3D to tell the story. The 3D does not contribute to the story telling nor the plot in any significant way. It may actually detract from the movie experience.
[21:02:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score:2) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 173 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:12] <exec> 08└─"Now imagine a really good, glasses free, 3D" By the by, have you gotten your hands on a "New Nintendo 3DS"? The 3D effect and eye-tracking compensation is truly phenomenal.
[21:02:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 101 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:14] <exec> 08└─I'm thinking more along the lines of watching a 60 inch screen in my living room without glasses. :-)
[21:02:25] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:Somebody should explain marketing... - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 1005 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:25] <exec> 08└─The amusing thing is that with internet streaming, I got rid of cable and my TiVo service. The TiVo Premier XL 1 TB box (series 4) has a new home in the attic wrapped in plastic. I don't miss cable and good riddance. I'll pay for good channels on a Roku box. No commercials. The convenience of a TiVo...
[21:02:37] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bogsnoticus [3982] (Score:2) 02Re:Surprise - 06New Species Discovered in Antarctica - 97 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:02:37] <exec> 08└─Actually, I'm more surprised there's no notes on how it tasted. You know, for scientific reasons.
[21:03:24] <exec> *** new comment: 03snufu [5855] (Score:2) 02Jeen-wah - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:03:24] <exec> 08└─See: jiff.
[21:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 591 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:03:45] <exec> 08└─Our new ownership structure. Three months ago, we went private under the ownership of a group led by Apollo Global Management, a leading private equity investor. Apollo is giving us the flexibility to structure our business for long-term growth, in ways that would be difficult under the 90-day shot...
[21:03:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Thanks Obama! - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 82 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[21:03:46] <exec> 08└─We all know this is Obama's fault. So why isn't the lying press reporting it? Sad!
[21:04:00] <exec> *** new comment: 03DannyB [5839] (Score:2) 02Re:A 'minor' fire - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:04:00] <exec> 08└─Technically yes. But there are important distinctions. Some 'chemical' fires give off fumes far more toxic than, say, candle smoke.
[21:04:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Bot [3902] (Score:2) 02Re:A 'minor' fire - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 378 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:04:03] <exec> 08└─I am usually anti-anti conspiracists, but you have a point. - Fire reported, chief. - Prepare a truck. Entity? - The fuck I know sir, we Chinese can't be trusted, but from the reports it should be minor. Here is the addy. - Let me look up... it's the factory that makes the batteries for the note 7!...
[21:04:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03hendrikboom [1125] (Score:2) 02Re:Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 445 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:04:30] <exec> 08└─There is a quantum-mechanical phenomenon called a spin gas where the individual particles have a maximum possible energy. This means that, once the gas starts to approach the maximum energy, the number of possible states of the gas decreases with added energy. This means that adding energy decreases...
[21:04:35] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Marissa worked wonders for Yahoo? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 162 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:04:35] <exec> 08└─You racist! Marissa is an empowered fymynyst who is destroying the patriarchy by taking down the misogynistic tech industry! This wymyns revenge for Donglegate!!!
[21:04:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:2) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 218 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:04:41] <exec> 08└─On this... I agree completely. A lead pipe right up the majority of every MBA's fucking head. Let's add to that though, and if they don't clean up their act, a wooden stick right up their asses. Vlad the Impaler style.
[21:06:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Ho-Hum, Just Another Jay-mo Chimp-Out - 06President Trump Becoming a One Man Demographic for Cable News Advertising - 189 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:06:04] <exec> 08└─> Media accounts count as primary sources at Wikipedia, which is why they are useless btw; lolwut? Because something meets wikipedia's requirements that automatically invalidates it. Logic!
[21:06:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Keep Digging Gweg - 06Sanitation Crews Remove Frozen Garbage From DAPL Protest Camp Before Spring Thaw - 134 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:06:29] <exec> 08└─In response to being criticized you double on what you what you were criticized for. Have you been taking classes at trump university?
[21:06:55] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Evolution At Work? - 06Too Much Time Indoors Might Harm Children's Eyesight - 322 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:06:55] <exec> 08└─Yes it does. The ability for the eyes to grow adjusted to their surroundings improves the chances for that being to survive in its environment, so those creatures have a higher chance of passing on their genes for adaptable eyes than the creatures who couldn't see what they were doing. That's exactl...
[21:08:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03dw861 [1561] (Score:1) 02Re:California still owes money to Canada for power - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 490 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:08:46] <exec> 08└─This story is fascinating. At present British Columbia is barging ahead, despite great controversy, with building the "Site C" Dam on the Peace River. The dam is being built, even though its power will be excess to the needs of British Columbians, because BC Hydro plans on exporting power and sellin...
[21:09:48] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 1219 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:09:48] <exec> 08└─"False dichotomy. You seem to have created an alternative definition" You are 0%-F-on-your-English-midterm incorrect, and that is as meaningfully as I can put it. freedom [free-duh m] noun 2. exemption from external control, interference, regulation, etc. society [suh-sahy-i-tee] noun, plural societ...
[21:09:54] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Anonymous Coward 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 966 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:09:54] <exec> 08└─Speaking as a veteran who fought in Iraq, and whos primary job was finding and removing roadside bombs made by people living 50 years in the past, I am seriously surprised at how many people underestimate an insurgency. I am also seriously surprised at the number of people who think the government c...
[21:09:59] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 41 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:10:00] <exec> 08└─You are an upstanding citizen. Thank you.
[21:12:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Total game-changer - 06Male Contraceptive Gel Passes Monkey Test - 335 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[21:12:06] <exec> 08└─By expression I was referring to ejaculation, sorry if I wasn't clear on that. Sperm always getting reabsorbed eventually turns the immune system against them. That's why vasectomies aren't always reversible. Though to be fair I don't know how long it takes nor with what percentage of people it occu...
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[22:01:10] <exec> *** new comment: 03edIII [791] (Score:3, Insightful) 02Re:very much illegal! - 06Five Arrests in 'Fully Loaded' Kodi Streaming Box Raids - 1124 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:10] <exec> 08└─Let's be real clear here though. What these people are being arrested for is essentially cooking some people dinner. They bought the ingredients, used knowledge, and presented a cooked dinner that is highly popular. The fact remains, the Kodi boxes are perfectly legal. Torrents are perfectly legal....
[22:01:11] <exec> *** new comment: 03damnbunni [704] (Score:2) 02Re:very much illegal! - 06Five Arrests in 'Fully Loaded' Kodi Streaming Box Raids - 737 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:11] <exec> 08└─These people are TELLING their customers the product is legal, though. My aunt fell for this. She bought a Kodi box (at a ridiculous markup) and was told 'the movies are included in the price'. She refuses to believe the whole thing is shady as fuck because 'well if it was illegal, they wouldn't be...
[22:01:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03NewNic [6420] (Score:2) 02Re:very much illegal! - 06Five Arrests in 'Fully Loaded' Kodi Streaming Box Raids - 140 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:13] <exec> 08└─Different countries, different laws. Don't think that just because one of these "boxes" is legal in one country that it is legal in another.
[22:01:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:"no scroll was found" - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 21 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:30] <exec> 08└─This isn't off topic.
[22:01:36] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:With Evidence of Looting - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 70 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:36] <exec> 08└─like zionists from israel are doing in palestine? now that is looting!
[22:01:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:HOT OFF THE PRESSES - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:43] <exec> 08└─Do not wear clothing made of polyester. Do not wear plaid polyester leisure suits with/without whites shoes.
[22:01:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Keel Lorentz - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 108 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:01:46] <exec> 08└─Yeah and with the melting on the poles is time to train those fucking and crybabies teens to pilot that Evas
[22:02:03] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:2) 02Re:Spherical staying power - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 259 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:02:03] <exec> 08└─I suppose the fact it's lasted makes up for the 2.3*10-10 fps frame rate. At the 1900 Paris Exposition there was a cinematic version; it was only shown for three days before the police shut it down. https://en.wikipedia.org [wikipedia.org]
[22:02:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 477 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:02:06] <exec> 08└─Yes, it exists, it's just that it doesn't make any sense in TV size. I think there are manufacturers making them, but unless you're talking about projector screen sized screens, the slight difference in focus is not noticeable. Sort of like how 4K and up really only make sense when dealing with prod...
[22:02:15] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 110 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:02:15] <exec> 08└─You forgot penis-vision. The TV that automatically scales genitalia so that porn videos aren't so threatening.
[22:02:27] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 818 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:02:27] <exec> 08└─You're an idiot if you think that movies aren't better at telling certain kinds of stories than books. Movies are primarily visual and auditory in nature and are limited in that respect. You can't tell what people are thinking other than showing them doing things. But, you get a ton of options in te...
[22:02:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Somebody should explain marketing... - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 283 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:02:48] <exec> 08└─What cable exec ever thought it was a good idea to have characters walk out onto the content right after a long batch of commercials? Those characters walk around obscuring the bottom 1/3 of the screen, sometimes obscuring elements important to the plot of the program being watched.
[22:03:26] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:When will they rediscover amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 22 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:03:26] <exec> 08└─And another [xkcd.com]
[22:04:07] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Thanks Obama! - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 79 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:04:07] <exec> 08└─Because their too busy defending Nordstroms who is oppressing Trump's daughter.
[22:04:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03fido_dogstoyevsky [131] (Score:2) 02Re:Let's compare Mayer's 'wonders' to Ballmer - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 99 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:04:45] <exec> 08└─[quoting some peanut] Open Source is un-American and legislators need to be educated to the danger.
[22:05:47] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Apparently not the same Richard Hatch from Surv - 06Richard Hatch, Captain Apollo of 'Galactica' Fame, Dies at 71 - 129 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:05:47] <exec> 08└─In my memory, I always thought it was Randolph Mantooth that played Apollo. Of course, I haven't seen that series since it aired.
[22:07:22] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Re:And water is wet - 06Too Much Time Indoors Might Harm Children's Eyesight - 121 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:07:22] <exec> 08└─I'll volunteer my children for the "Caribbean" part of a comprehensive long-term "Tropical vs Polar circle" myopia study.
[22:07:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03linkdude64 [5482] (Score:2) 02Re:In other news - 06Bees Give Up Searching for Food When Humans Degrade Their Land - 104 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:07:52] <exec> 08└─I dunno about you, but if I were dropped into a massive dessert my metabolism would kick into overdrive.
[22:08:23] <exec> *** new comment: 03butthurt [6141] (Score:1) 02Re:Meta: JS - 06DVD Drive Price Fixing Class Action Lawsuit Finally Settled - 6 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[22:08:23] <exec> 08└─*great
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[23:00:49] <exec> *** new comment: 03Fluffeh [954] (Score:2) 02Editor's Notes on the Link - 06Electronics Robust Enough for Venus - 373 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:49] <exec> 08└─Editor’s Note, 9 February: The article was changed to reflect that the instruments of the Soviet Venera 13 lander were protected by lithium nitrate trihydrate, not dry ice. Editor’s Note, 8 February: The stated number of spacecraft sent to Venus was changed to 26 to account for the fact that som...
[23:00:51] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02China - 06Electronics Robust Enough for Venus - 132 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:51] <exec> 08└─Don't talk to me about Venus. CO2 does not even exist. Have YOU seen it with your own eyes??? It's a hoax by China, didn't cha know?
[23:00:52] <exec> *** new comment: 03bob_super [1357] (Score:2) 02Men... - 06Electronics Robust Enough for Venus - 90 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:00:53] <exec> 08└─Would men make that much effort to get there if it had been more appropriately named Hell?
[23:01:03] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03damnbunni [704] 02Re:very much illegal! - 06Five Arrests in 'Fully Loaded' Kodi Streaming Box Raids - 737 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:04] <exec> 08└─These people are TELLING their customers the product is legal, though. My aunt fell for this. She bought a Kodi box (at a ridiculous markup) and was told 'the movies are included in the price'. She refuses to believe the whole thing is shady as fuck because 'well if it was illegal, they wouldn't be...
[23:01:06] <exec> *** new comment: 03DeathMonkey [1380] (Score:2) 02Re:very much illegal! - 06Five Arrests in 'Fully Loaded' Kodi Streaming Box Raids - 318 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:07] <exec> 08└─Let's be real clear here though. What these people are being arrested for is essentially cooking some people dinner. They bought the ingredients, used knowledge, and presented a cooked dinner that is highly popular. The same could be said for selling meth. Not that I'm on the copyright cartels s...
[23:01:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:With Evidence of Looting - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 248 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:29] <exec> 08└─There are quite a few places in the world that would argue otherwise when it comes to the British Museum. They looted thousands of artifacts, but treated them well and studied them, but they essentially took and kept them simply because they could.
[23:01:38] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:HOT OFF THE PRESSES - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 363 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:38] <exec> 08└─Do not wear clothing made of polyester. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think polyester was allowed in those days; it was cotton-polyester blends that were, in those days, forbidden by God. Do not wear plaid polyester leisure suits with/without whites shoes. This part isn't explicitly mentioned in th...
[23:01:42] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02REdiscovered, then - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 81 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:01:43] <exec> 08└─12th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting [from the 1950s]
[23:01:44] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:REdiscovered, then - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 60 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:45] <exec> 08└─the one that says the events depicted are entirely fictional
[23:01:46] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:REdiscovered, then - 0612th "Dead Sea Scroll Cave" Discovered, With Evidence of Looting - 73 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:01:47] <exec> 08└─wonkey discovers self-pedantry, a whole new genre and source of pedantrix
[23:02:08] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 56 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:08] <exec> 08└─Your mind's still on the Rackspace story, you dirty dog.
[23:02:16] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:the next thing - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:16] <exec> 08└─You need Relax-O-Vision.
[23:02:31] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 176 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:31] <exec> 08└─As Eddie Izzard said: you get a lot of car chases in films, but not a lot of car chases in books. You can't tell what people are thinking other than showing them doing things.
[23:02:40] <exec> *** new comment: 03wonkey_monkey [279] (Score:2) 02Re:What went wrong with 3D TV - 063-D Television is Dead... So What Next? - 48 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:02:40] <exec> 08└─What games take advantage of eye tracking? Many?
[23:03:21] <exec> 08*** score 5 comment: 03Runaway1956 [2926] 02When will they rediscover amaranth? - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 393 chars - 04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:03:21] <exec> 08└─http://www.purewow.com/food/what-is-amaranth [purewow.com] Probably just like quinoa - right after someone figures out how to genetically engineer it, so they can sell the seed to people who have been growing all along. It doesn't even need any engineering to grow in the US or Europe - https://www.g...
[23:03:45] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Jeen-wah - 06So Tell Me Again, How Do You Pronounce "Quinoa"? - 24 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:03:45] <exec> 08└─quoosy mums quoose queef
[23:04:05] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Rackspace - 06Rackspace to Cut US Workforce by 6% - 43 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:04:05] <exec> 08└─The volume of my semen painting your colon?
[23:04:28] <exec> *** new comment: 03Rosco P. Coltrane [4757] (Score:2) 02Poetic - 06Fire at Samsung SDI China Plant Caused by Faulty Batteries - 10 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:04:28] <exec> 08└─justice...
[23:05:12] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Employment laws? - 06IBM's Marissa Mayer Moment: Staff Ordered to Work in One of 6 Main Offices – Or Face the Axe - 251 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:05:12] <exec> 08└─Knowledge is easily lost or forgotten, and it takes serious effort to get every new citizen up to speed. In the US we simply don't value such things, just puritan style hard work and strict morality. Thinking is for communists, obedience is patriotic.
[23:05:53] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Re:Submission Fail - 06Richard Hatch, Captain Apollo of 'Galactica' Fame, Dies at 71 - 188 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:05:54] <exec> 08└─By the way, I return all my cubits won to you along with some Tylium, for having submitted the story. Even if I must be nitpick supreme, I liked that Daggit too, no matter whose he was! :)
[23:07:29] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anonymous Coward (Score:0) 02Control - 06Too Much Time Indoors Might Harm Children's Eyesight - 281 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org
[23:07:29] <exec> 08└─Did they control for masturbation? Because that is what my Bible study group, ahh my own research indicates is the real cause. I hope we can all agree this requires an Executive Ban and an Act of Congress to forbid their filthy habits, ahh I mean for the good health of the nation.
[23:09:21] <exec> *** new comment: 03LoRdTAW [3755] (Score:2) 02Re:Awkward Asshole - 06Californians Are Paying Billions for Power They Don't Need - 120 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:09:21] <exec> 08└─expects them to remit a large percentage of their earnings from the U.S. back to Mexico (lest Mexico's economy collapse)
[23:10:14] <exec> *** new comment: 03Anal Pumpernickel [776] (Score:2) 02Re:Any skeptics left? - 06FBI is Building a National Watchlist That Gives Companies Real Time Updates on Employees - 92 chars -04 http://soylentnews.org (parent: http://soylentnews.org)
[23:10:14] <exec> 08└─You are 0%-F-on-your-English-midterm incorrect, and that is as meaningfully as I can put it.
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