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Comment Re:Just run your own (Score 3, Interesting) 147

So any DNS you use could do this.
So isn't it logical to use one that is being run by a massive competent company that is already making huge profits and has the whole world watching them vs some small org that is just trying to make ends meet that no one is paying attention to.
Frankly if I was the CIA I would be intercepting traffic to the small oddball servers more than Google.

Comment Re:I'm skeptical of the 5% claim (Score 1) 117

The ideal would be for it to be smooth until the natural transition point then have vortex generators.
If you look at a lot of aircraft the will have flush rivets over the front part of the fuselage and regular over the back for that reason. Some will have vortex generators on the wings as well also for that same effect.

Comment Re:plastic is for junk (Score 1) 266

Could be that they like to do projects at home and want to haul lots of wood or plants from Lowes.
Maybe they are into buying old furniture and refinishing them.
My wife wants a perfect 1971 F100 pickup because her father that passed away when she was 10 owned one. He was a lineman for the power company.
You can never tell but as a whole pickups are really useful vehicles and not all the uses involve messing up the paint.

Comment Re:Will price point even matter? (Score 1) 163

"Is this somehow worse than hurting actual rhinos? Is there some reason to class humans as a super species that have a greater right to exist than any others other than anthropomorphic arrogance?"
Yes because it is our species. Really any member of a species that does not put the survival of the other members of it's species over a different species is flawed from a biological viewpoint. A prey animal will not allow a starving predator to take another member of the herd just so predator can survive. A rhino will not worry about killing a human if it can to protect the herd. It will also not worry about trampling and or eating the crops of a starving farmer. It is you that is trying to make humans into some kind of super species.
That is the purely biological reasons you are wrong and why this is a bad idea.

The ethical reason is that someone could be given that medication not of their free will. You can not target it at only the guilty with 100% accuracy.
But then I do not believe in the death penalty for murder much less for buying a pill.

Comment Re:Whats wrong with US society (Score 3, Interesting) 609

It is legal to own a howitzer or a bazooka in the US. The rockets and shells I believe are regulated.
You can also own a fighter plane and or a bomber.
You can own a tank in the UK as well.
If you ever go to an airshow odds are you will see people flying fighters and bombers that they own.
It sounds really dumb but frankly I just do not see people using any of these to commit crimes.

Comment Re:London's fantastic... (Score 1) 410

Sounds fair to me.
I live and work in South Florida. I have a 30 minute commute which is not bad but yes it is by car.
The pluses are we have sunshine, beaches, a low cost of living, and lost of places to eat, and some theater.
I do work for a tech company but not a lot of new ones are moving in down here. I don't know why since this is the birthplace of the PC. I work with a lot of ex IBM and Motorola people.
Yes you have to drive but with gas at .68 euros a liter here it is not too bad.
I do admit you comments about zones leaves me blank but oh well.

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