Comment Re:And it's already closed (Score 1) 81
That's... wow. To have the money to throw away on a partially-completed factory like that.
Comment Re:Good... (Score 4, Funny) 181
Leia is a Disney princess now.
Comment Re:so, I'm in the more than 8 yrs ago camp (Score 1) 391
Tech Report generally has good recommendations: http://techreport.com/review/2...
Comment My last complete build was April 2011 (Score 1) 391
I don't build computers at work - we buy preassembled Dells or Apples - and my last de-novo build at home was in April 2011 not long after Sandy Bridge was released. My i5-2500K chip is fast enough (OC'd to 4.3 GHz on air) that I don't think I'll want an upgrade for a long while yet, and the only minor upgrade that system's received is a newer video card. At some point, budget permitting, I'll switch in an SSD for the boot volume.
Which Is Better, Adblock Or Adblock Plus? 436
An anonymous reader writes: Wladimir Palant is the creator of the Adblock Plus browser extension, but he often gets asked how it compares to a similar extension for Chrome called Adblock. In the past, he's told people the two extensions achieve largely the same end, but in slightly different ways. However, recent changes to the Adblock project have him worried. "AdBlock covertly moved from an open development model towards hiding changes from its users. Users were neither informed about that decision nor the reasons behind it." He goes through the changelog and highlights some updates that call into question the integrity of Adblock. For example, from an update on June 6th: "Calling home functionality has been extended. It now sends user's locale in addition to the unique user ID, AdBlock version, operating system and whether Google Search ads are being allowed. Also, AdBlock will tell getadblock.com (or any other website if asked nicely) whether AdBlock has just been installed or has been used for a while — again, in addition to the unique user ID." Of course, Palant has skin in this game, and Adblock Plus has dealt with fallout from their "acceptable ads policy," but at least it's still developed in the open.
Comment Re:Alright! Go Senate bill (Score 1) 176
I'm fairly sure we have secret laws to do with National Security; those are a post-WTC innovation, so it's entirely possible that there is in fact a law requiring same that Obama can't do much about.
Mind you, I don't think he cares much about civil liberties either.
Comment The Republicans will never let it pass (Score 1) 176
I can hear old Turtle-face McConnell now saying this is an election-year stunt by the Democrats to get votes. It's the same excuse he's used for filibustering other worthwhile Senate bills; never mind that it's a good idea and would be good for the country, it would make the Democrats look good and that'd cost Republicans elections, so they'll stop it from even coming to a vote.
Comment Re:Ideology coincides with progress for humanity (Score 1) 132
The private contractor has a track record of delivering far more bang for the buck than the government agency. Yes, I do have an ideology -- because I have observed time and time again that private enterprises operate far more efficiently than the government -- but it is a true ideology with a foundation of factual, objective observations
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. That's adorable, yet so lacking in self-awareness.
Comment Re:Kill SLS (Score 1) 132
I suspect grandparent has ideological reasons for wanting to give money to a private contractor rather than a government agency. 80% of NASA's yearly budget will barely slow the deficit's rise, and it's a suspiciously
Comment Re:Go Greenlight (Score 1) 200
The Whigs and Federalists disappeared because their parties collapsed. It's going to take some doing to get one of the big two to collapse these days.
Comment Re:I'm confused (Score 1) 200
"States Rights" is almost always shorthand for "the state should be free to oppress you, but the feds had better not try to oppress you or put a stop to the state oppressing you". There's a reason why the Southern racists kept talking about states rights.
Comment Re:Go Greenlight (Score 2) 200
You'll have to change the system before third parties become viable in this country. First Past the Post has to go, as does letting politicians draw their own goddamn district boundaries.
Comment Re:Discrimination against atheists (Score 2) 200
Atheists are distrusted as much as Muslims are among the general population: http://www.pewforum.org/2014/0...
Outside of local races in certain areas, I wouldn't expect an open atheist to be elected right now in the USA.
Comment Re:recoiling in disgust is not the same as apathy (Score 2) 200
More like I haven't got time due to having an actual job, and I don't want my personal life becoming public fodder for an attack machine.
Comment Re:Vote (Score 1) 200
How do you propose to do that? The districts are gerrymandered to hell and back to favor one party or another and most people don't vote in primaries, so the primary becomes both a UGG ME MORE EXTREME THAN OTHER GUYS contest and the de-facto general election.
The way the country is at this moment you're apt to wind up with a state house full of teabaggers, and while that will at least be different it would be overall worse.
