No, the reality is the details of the actual technical article referred to all nuclear submarines. There was only a brief mention of the Virginia class as a (what I guess we would both agree) somewhat stupid example.

Effective range of a Trident II nuclear missile: 6000+ miles.

Nuclear subs are not stealthy to get close their target. Nuclear subs are stealthy to be by FAR the most difficult nuclear platform to hit in a first strike, while still being able to hit targets VERY FAR AWAY.

Could be. But then again, if you are starting a question to an automated information service with "Do you think...", you deserve whatever you get :)

[I have to say my favorite horribly bad Siri response so far is to "Siri, where is the closest bagel shop?"]

Johann Schmidt, I presume.

....and there in lies the problem.

Why is there an article on /. about diets? I mean, really? Mountain Dew, Cheetos, pizza, nachos, doughnuts, and coffee; everything else is just moot for this crowd.

I would suggest that, once again, things mentioned as "government fraud" are actually that great free market taking advantage of a situation. The "government" doesn't market products as gluten-free, low-fat, or reduced fat, nor do they go around throwing extra water and various thickeners into foods.... private companies do. So while the government puts forth guidelines to help people based on the CURRENT best nutritional science, it's PRIVATE COMPANIES who do everything you're blaming the government for.

Tell you what though, that big nasty corrupt government also has guidelines for the limits of pesticides, arsenic, and all sorts of toxic substances found in your drinking water too. If you want to really impress on me how much you think our government is always wrong, please be my guest to start drinking water with massive amounts of those things in it, and get back to us in a month of two.

I can't tell if you're trying to be funny, or if you are actually as stupendously ignorant about science as you're post portrays you to be.... it's very hard to tell in writing. I generally try to give people the benefit of doubt, but i get the vibe you're not trying to be funny.

Science is based on observation and experimentation. What that means is, the more exacting observations we make, and the more fine tuned our experimentation, the more precise our knowledge becomes... that's pretty basic, 4th-6th grade level science. If you want something that once said never, ever changes, regardless of new information, then stick to religion.

Me: Do you think the freshman Congressman from California's Twelfth deserved to sit on HUAC, and how did that impact his future relationship with J. Edgar?

Siri: I think, therefore I am. But let's not put Descartes before the horse.

I have a hard time believing that Siri knows about this Slashdot post yet (it will...) but that answer is still highly (uncannily?!) appropriate to the original article...

Seriously.... for the level of paranoid delusional bullshit you've posted in this thread, you need to be sedated, medicated, and locked in a padded room in a straightjacket. What the fuck is wrong with you?

On the topic of not commenting on rumors, this one was even more fun:

Wow, 5 sentences of non comments. I'm thinking IBM PR doesn't understand what "no comment" really means.

At the point people start using fallacies like you have, and simply showing their true colors as someone who hates being told what to do by anyone (similar to a petulant two year old), i can safely say my statement was wrong:

Clearly that should have read: Sadly, they've sorely underestimated the INCREDIBLE level of stupidity, INTENTIONAL OBSTINANCE, AN SHEER HEAD-UP-ASSERY involved.

If you don't understand why there's a program to compensate people who have negative reactions to vaccines, you shouldn't talk about it.... it makes you look stupid. Go use that brain you (might) have, and learn. Just to be clear though... if a child needs to go to a doctor, and the parent doesn't take them... yes, the child should be removed from the parent; not because i think government needs more power, but because the parent is intentionally failing to do THE BIGGEST FUCKING JOB of being a parent.... keeping their child safe and well. Those parents should also be arrested for child abuse.

Then again, Perry said he was wrong to mandate it, and passed a bill through legislation to let parents opt out.... pandering to conservatives and evangelicals (which is actually the point, stupid fucking politicians pandering to even stupider voters).

Unfortunately if the kids get sick, the parents aren't the ones to die in agony (although i can see if that were the case, childhood vaccination rates would be almost 100%).

I have an idea.... lets hire a bunch of doctors to use science to figure all that out. We can name them something like The Center for Disease Control.

Unless you are a doctor, or epidemiologist, what you're really saying is you want to argue that your uneducated opinion is as valid as centuries of medical knowledge. They have thought about the ramifications.. decades ago (and still do today). They've thought about what vaccines... decade ago (and still do today). The CDC isn't a drug company.. they don't make money by pushing drugs onto people; there job is to keep people alive, to prevent massive outbreaks, and to try to protect people from their own stupidity.

Sadly, they've sorely underestimated the level of stupidity involved.