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Comment: Re:Technocrats (Score 1) 326

by Gravitron 5000 (#40042619) Attached to: Geeks In the Public Forum?

Will that ever work? Doubtful. Is it becoming more likely in the US? Hell no. But it is more complicated than "I want politicians who think like me," and it's disingenuous to paint this that way. We would be much better off if we didn't have the witch hunts, security theater, censorship, racism, and all other unfortunate little problems caused by people thinking with their crotch and not their head.

It's not that I want politicians to think like me. I just want them to think.

Comment: Re:You're wrong about solar. (Score 1) 744

I think that would be a workable solution, especially if you put solar panels on everyone's food so they could use a portion of it when it is generated, generate hydrogen for heating, then put the excess on the grid for storage by a smallish (50MW or so) local combined cycle facility.

Isn't that just a tad extreme. We're just trying to enjoy a meal here.

Comment: Re:hope it was worth the megan's law list (Score 1) 434

by Gravitron 5000 (#39733207) Attached to: Man Protests TSA With Nudity

All he's succeeded in doing is humiliating himself ...

1) Is it more humiliating standing there naked, or having some stranger grope you while you are on display in public?

2) Humiliation is inherently personal. You have no idea whether or not he was humiliated, and it says something about your own nudity issues that you would find his nudity humiliating to him.

Comment: Re:Looking expensive (Score 1) 274

by Gravitron 5000 (#39570443) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Is a Home Drone Feasible?

Small off-the-shelf quadropters depend on electric motors to control the speed of the rotors, so it's not trivial to drive the rotors directly off an infernal combustion engine.

I've heard that they are a hell of a lot of trouble to get working, but they operate like a demon once you've got them tuned. As they say, the devil is in the details.

Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered a capital crime. For a first offense, that is.

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