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Comment Re:We are so screwed (Score 1) 198

Remember - the Federation reserved the Death Penalty for making AI Androids.

Noonian Soong had to exile himself to a remote planet outside Federation control to work on Data and Lore (and his sexbot...).

They needed people to be able to have jobs *that* badly.

Which ... stop sending redshirts outside the ship with magnetic boots in a radiation storm, OK? They could have at least had some astromech droids. Sheesh!

Comment Better Targets (Score 1) 24

I recently got a "plastic" target that changes color and the holes mostly self-heal if you don't use a hollow-point.

Good for plinking but they do wear out eventually.

I didn't even know this material existed before a buddy told me they were on Amazon. Amazing times, for sure.

Heck, I picked up some 100-lb test fishing line the other day that is some sort of braided heavy-chain polyethylene that is 11 times stronger than steel wire at the same size. The company made mechanical spinnerets to mimic spiders' to get it to work.

Again, I had no idea until a buddy told me it was $20 on Amazon.

Wild.

Comment Re:And (Score 0) 112

Back in the day we'd install wild boards that would upgrade the Mac CPU's by a generation or two, add FPU's, etc.

All of this depended on the systems being too expensive to replace or buy new except once in a blue moon.

At $600 which is probably $200 in 1986 money, it's a bit harder to be mad.

Those systems were probably $10K in 2025 dollars. Heck, a few were $10K in 1986 dollars.

Comment Re:What's the difference between tablet and phone? (Score 1) 112

How about the hardware does not support it? To use a Thunderbolt connection, the motherboard must have a Thunderbolt controller chip. I do not know of any phone that has one currently. Due to cost and space limitations, phone manufacturers do not include them. Laptops and desktops can have them.

Comment Re:CHENGDU, China (Score 1, Flamebait) 198

"hole that lack of knowledge leaves filled up with prejudice and dumb, unwarranted national pride"
America and its people have many shortcomings but given China's history throughout most of the 20th century, Americans have nothing to learn about "dumb, unwarranted national pride" from the PRC

Comment Re:Land use (Re:Wouldn't it be funny) (Score -1) 45

Your Nazi pals are collapsing on all fronts, and yes that's a copy and paste as your McCarthyite cocksucking trash was destroyed the first time. NATO admits Russia produces arms in three months what takes all of NATO a year to produce. Suck on that sucker. of. Satan's. cock.

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