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Comment Re:Fairly clear (Score 4, Insightful) 144

by buybuydandavis on Thursday June 25, 2015 @07:34PM (#49990987) Attached to: Editor of 'Reason' Discusses Federal Subpoena To Unmask Commenters

Reason has no responsibility to police its comments, so the govt leaning on them won't push them to do so. It could send a chilling effect among internet commenters, but only if people knew about it, so what was the gag for?

The point is to abuse Reason with legal process so that they shut down their comments sections, eliminating a forum for people who generally disapprove of government power. Also, naturally, to terrorize commenters and make them all think twice about communicating this disapproval in public.

Comment Re:Say Good By to the Rainforests .... (Score 1) 851

by buybuydandavis on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @10:26PM (#49926435) Attached to: FDA Bans Trans Fat

Apixieism has no tradition, stories of faith, or organizational structure (things a religion usually requires), but it is an expression of pure faith. Apixieism might even be considered the ultimate faith: it is defined by a negative, which means it can never be proven true. Never being proven true means it must always be taken on faith. There are no witnesses to apixieism . No prophets or mystics with direct experience of the lack of the divine.

Comment Re:They just want people that can BS through the d (Score 1) 306

by buybuydandavis on Monday June 15, 2015 @10:26PM (#49918661) Attached to: The Danger of Picking a Major Based On Where the Jobs Are

I love working with incompetent people. They make me look good.

Yeah, but you make them look bad, so they're looking for ways to give you the shiv.

Comment what took you so long? (Score 3, Funny) 409

by buybuydandavis on Monday June 15, 2015 @10:03PM (#49918523) Attached to: CDC: Americans Getting Heavier, Average Woman Weighs As Much As 1960s Man

"U.S. men have been getting bigger too, gaining nearly 30 pounds from the 1960s to 2010"

Pfftph! I've gained 30 pounds in the last 2 years.

Comment Re:Technically, they are correct. (Score 1) 165

by buybuydandavis on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @09:00PM (#49880275) Attached to: White House Asks FISA Court To Ignore 2nd Circuit's Decision On Bulk Surveillance

Genuinely curious here, what place do secret courts operated by secret police and underground judges have in a free, democratic society?

Democracy theater. "Oh yeah, it's all above board, see, we've got a Judge signing off on it."

Comment Re:Technically, they are correct. (Score 1) 165

by buybuydandavis on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @08:58PM (#49880271) Attached to: White House Asks FISA Court To Ignore 2nd Circuit's Decision On Bulk Surveillance

"Respect for, and adherence to the rule of law is the premise upon which the United States was founded, and it has been a cornerstone of my Presidency."

- Barack H Obama, President of the USA, 2015-04-30

The Dear Leader is a great comedian too! All Hail The One!

Comment Re:Technically, they are correct. (Score 1) 165

by buybuydandavis on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @08:57PM (#49880263) Attached to: White House Asks FISA Court To Ignore 2nd Circuit's Decision On Bulk Surveillance

Dude, it's six months. By the time the Supremes get around to hearing it there won't be a case anymore because the program will have ended.

Democracy theater. All the hardware and software spying on us is going *nowhere*.

Comment Re:To all you Obama supporters (Score 1) 165

by buybuydandavis on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @08:53PM (#49880255) Attached to: White House Asks FISA Court To Ignore 2nd Circuit's Decision On Bulk Surveillance

Naive?

Plenty of people want a King, particularly if he promises to stick it to their enemies.

Comment Re:To all you Obama supporters (Score 1) 165

by buybuydandavis on Tuesday June 09, 2015 @08:51PM (#49880243) Attached to: White House Asks FISA Court To Ignore 2nd Circuit's Decision On Bulk Surveillance

I thought they had trademarked BFYTW.

Comment Re:Go Hawks (Score 1) 38

by buybuydandavis on Monday June 08, 2015 @10:01PM (#49872577) Attached to: The Dallas Cowboys Will Train Their Quarterbacks With Virtual Reality Headsets

You have fun with the High Tech VR stuff, and hope to the gods you do not play the Seahawks this year.

Go Hawks!

Cowboys beat the Seahawks in Seattle last year. They play them in Dallas on Nov. 1st this year.

Go Cowboys!

http://scores.espn.go.com/nfl/...

Comment Re:Oh man (Score 1) 140

by buybuydandavis on Thursday May 28, 2015 @03:52AM (#49788925) Attached to: Scientists Reverse Aging In Human Cell Lines

Moonraker?

Comment Magnets (Score 1) 130

by buybuydandavis on Monday December 15, 2014 @04:31AM (#48599041) Attached to: No More Foamy Beer, Thanks To Magnets

We knew they were cool, but we didn't know how cool!

Comment Re:Can you say... (Score 1) 266

by buybuydandavis on Monday December 15, 2014 @04:29AM (#48599031) Attached to: Judge Rules Drug Maker Cannot Halt Sales of Alzheimer's Medicine

...overturned on Appeal?

I'm sorry, that's just an insane ruling. REQUIRING a company to manufacture a specific product???

Oh no, that's not crazy. The crazy thing that will never be allowed is for people to be free to purchase the drug from any producer in the world that wants to provide it. Freedom is just crazy talk.

Controlling companies benefitting from a legally protected market is entirely predictable.

Comment Lies! (Score 0) 187

by buybuydandavis on Monday December 15, 2014 @04:14AM (#48598985) Attached to: Last Three Years the Quietest For Tornadoes Ever

Everything is getting worse! Climate Catastrophe Denialists!

You should burn for this! BURN!

Comment Re:Nope... Nailed It (Score 1) 186

by buybuydandavis on Saturday November 22, 2014 @06:53AM (#48439495) Attached to: It's Not Developers Slowing Things Down, It's the Process

Vague specs are bad. But.. there is little I hate more than when they go the other route and try to fill in all the techical details. I've received a lot of specs that already included things like database schema complete with really bad table implementations and duplicated data all over the place.

The worst is no specs but a halfway implementation that self contradictory. "Here, implement this." There's no way to fill in the blanks and make it work, but if you change anything, it's "But I gave you the implementation!".

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