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Comment: Re:Only idiot Terrorists get caught (Score 1) 122

He gets through the TSA screening with his own license and the fake ticket, then gets onboard with the real ticket in your name.

Don't the airline check that you've got a real boarding pass and matching ID at the gate? They do round here. (Yes, it doesn't stop anyone who can fake an ID.)

Comment: Re:No people = no cellphones (Score 1) 171

by dkf (#39002457) Attached to: FCC Maps the 3G Wasteland Of the Western US

While it's common to denigrate them as just another ungulate, Moose are smarter than the average American voter, smell better than the average American voter and certainly are better behaved.

The average tree stump can outwit a moose. While I remain cynical about my fellow men, I really think that moose are still more stupid than that.

What's more, moose don't pay taxes or vote and they taste delicious.

Comment: Re:RIAA? (Score 1) 253

by dkf (#38995935) Attached to: Sale Or License? Sister Sledge Sues Over ITunes

That's the whole point of the RIAA. Their only contributing members are the big labels. They can file lawsuits on behalf of those companies, but artists can only file against the companies directly. So the RIAA itself is pretty much untouchable.

Actually, you'll find that the RIAA itself doesn't file suit against anyone; their members do (and the cases mention specific music labels). The Association as a whole doesn't have the right sort of skin the game to file suit against anyone for file sharing (except if you were pirating their website or something equally pointless) though they might provide assistance to the plaintiffs who are their members.

Comment: Re:masked based on book? (Score 1) 280

by dkf (#38995787) Attached to: Alan Moore on <em>V For Vendetta</em> and the Rise of Anonymous

people who say the mask is based on that book or V for V movie are funny, the mask is this guy (pun intended):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_fawkes

Yes, but the masks used by protestors are very much based on the version drawn by Alan Moore (and which the movie intentionally used, being a cinematic version of Moore's work). Had they been directly drawn from the original source, they would have looked more different.

Comment: Re:Weneed an effective rocket fuel (Score 2) 183

by dkf (#38993809) Attached to: NASA Wants Green Rocket Fuel

Antimatter

It gives the best power to weight of any fuel

Antimatter is the most fantastically expensive rocket fuel ever conceived of short of pure leprechaun farts. It takes a stupid amount of energy to make even a few atoms of the stuff. The mind boggles at the amount of power (and hence cost) involved in making kilograms of it (let alone tonnes). It would also be desperately dangerous to handle.

Comment: Re:No More Nuclear Waste Siting Problem? (Score 1) 590

by dkf (#38988495) Attached to: US Approves Two New Nuclear Reactors

No, they can't meant all demand, but energy should be about finding the best resources for your region rather than a universal solution.

This. You don't need the same solution everywhere, and guess what, the conditions aren't the same everywhere too. Seattle's energy situation is different to Albuquerque's, and both are quite different to that of Philly, so would you expect the same thing to be best in each?

Comment: Re:UK doesn't seem nuclear-phobic to me (Score 1) 590

by dkf (#38988361) Attached to: US Approves Two New Nuclear Reactors

I just judge it based on my experiences (In London, mostly)

Would you base your experiences of the US on just New York City? The New Yorkers would argue that that's a good idea, but it's still clearly ridiculous. Well, London's like that with respect to the UK, except Londoners are even more insular.

Now my EMOTIONAL RESOURCES are heavily committed to 23% of the SMELTING and REFINING industry of the state of NEVADA!!

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