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Comment Re:Where are these photos? (Score 2, Insightful) 336

What a bunch of nonsense. How do they "really really really" push iPhoto on Macs? It's there and it launches if you don't have photo imports associated with another app instead. I guess you would prefer that Macs come unable to handle photos out of the box?

When a person hates Macs, they can't stand the color of the power cord.

Comment Re:Where are these photos? (Score 1) 336

You don't need to take photos using an iDevice to have them end up in iCloud. All you need to do is use a Mac.

What? The cloud can never fail! It is perfectly secure, and any problem is our fault.

Except of course, in almost every instance. If it is in the cloud, it is looked at and readily available. Mac or Android, or ubuntu one, or, or, or

Comment Re:If yellow stone blows (Score 1) 121

How many miles away you are and how much ash you get will be the least of your concerns.

Once the ash cloud encompasses the globe, we all freeze/starve to death within 10 years anyway. Unless someone comes up with a way to clean the air out before its too late, then how far away you are will matter..

Won't affect me. I don't believe in global cooling either.

Comment Re:Since nuclear is "too cheap to meter"... (Score 1) 258

No, it is still the lowest forms of argumentation, not because of the factuality of the ties of a speaker with the technology or industry they are defending, but because they attack the speaker instead of the arguments they present

But the son was not presenting an argument. He was putting words in his dead father's mouth.

In any case, whatever he meant, it was a rhetoric statement, torn completely out of context and expressing a personal sentiment, not the official stance of the atomic energy program.

At least you're tacitly admitting that saving consumers money was never part of the nuclear fission story.

Comment Re:Competition is good. (Score 1) 211

It's easy to tell the difference between a ballistic missile and a orbital trajectory after a short period of time. Ballistic missiles achieve a far lower speed then something going into full orbit.

Yes, there are things that can seem obvious.

Now.

But back in the day, they were just sorting things out. Late 50's? Ask anyone about the difference between ballistic and orbital trajectory. Hell they were just finding out you have to restrain the rocket a few seconds to allow it to build up thrust. Perfectly good rockets rose a foot or so and fell back to earth. Went all kablooey, to use the technical term.

The moon almost accidentally triggered WW3 once.

As did a sounding missile launched in Norway. More germane to my point.

Citations, you ask? Here ya go: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/m...

When a mistake means we turn most of the world into radioactive charcoal, The libertarian rant of "I can't do rocket research in my garage, kinda pales.

People who hate government and blame it for every ill can some times become indistinguishable from anarchists.

Comment Re:Since nuclear is "too cheap to meter"... (Score 1) 258

Accusations of shilling are among the lowest form of argumentation.

Unless you happen to be identifying an actual shill.

The person who is attributed with explaining away his father's quote is not some pseudonymous person on the internet. He actually happens to be an nuclear industry shill. Calling him such is not a "form of argumentation". It is simply informative.

Now calling you a shill would be a low form of argumentation. I would never do that without evidence. So keep going. Before you're done, who knows?

Comment Re:Competition is good. (Score 1) 211

Look, if it upsets you that much, post your address and I'll be glad to mail you a hankie. A nice pink one to go with your politics.

Upsets me? No. I liken you litmus testers as material for public ridicule. I'd be lost without idiots like you to make fun of.

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