Comment: The explanation: (Score 1) 148
somebody at NASA had a fatty burger for lunch
Comment: Re:" I say Freedom " (Score 1) 330
The same rule that applies to all things that bring joy and happiness to your life also applies to the internet:
If something sounds too good to be true it usually is.
So say bye-bye freedom now.
Comment: Re:Free advertising for the Pirate party. (Score 1) 330
Apparently, some people in the German government haven't realized yet that the Pirate party has made it on the ballots in some places, and that the next election is less than two months away.
Good that the pirate party has already a member in the parliament.. sure he'll have plenty of TV time to comment on this in the next days.
Comment: Re:Start a petition to make linking legal again (Score 1) 1870
"There are two ways of submitting a petition:
* by post
* via the online form
Your petition may include attachments, including copies of any supporting documents you may have.
The petition should be sent to:
European Parliament,
The President of the European Parliament,
Rue Wiertz,
B-1047 BRUSSELS"
Maybe I could just link to those documents?
Comment: So they found a complicated model (Score 1) 415
.. that might explain a fact that has been too obvious for so long: humans do not act rationally, but are driven by other factors, such as greed, feeling of superiority, fairness, or whatever.
Comment: Re:Security and Radioactivity (Score 1) 432
AFAIK that's the only one on Earth where they actually let you see the reactor and the 70's style control room. It's kind of fun to see Soviet technology still working as intended.
In fact, you can book guided tours to the Chernobyl plant. I haven't been there myself but supposedly they show you the reactor.. or what is left of it and not covered by concrete.
German court: voting machines not constitutional
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raffnix writes "Voting booths in Germany can no longer be equipped with electronic "vote computers", the Constitutional German Court ruled Tuesday. At this year's general election due in September, voters can expect to use pen and paper, after the Karlsruhe-based court ruled that the machines contradict the public nature of elections. The terminals, which electronically register a voter's choice, have been used in German elections for 10 years, including the 2005 general election when 2 million people voted by button. Voters should not need to be computer literate to register their choice, the judges ruled. They also criticized the fact that the machines didn't let voters check what choice they had made. For this reason it was difficult to detect programming errors or deliberate manipulation of the machines."
Comment: Re:Obligatory (Score 1) 267
Strange.. I thought I posted the quote first but now it appears to be a few minutes late and earned me a "0, redundant".
Well, I guess there are just too many trekkies on ./
Nuclear subs 'collide in ocean'->
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Jantastic writes "BBC reports: A Royal Navy nuclear submarine was involved in a collision with a French nuclear sub in the middle of the Atlantic. It is understood HMS Vanguard and Le Triomphant were badly damaged in the crash earlier this month. Despite being equipped with sonar, it seems neither vessel spotted the other, the BBC's Caroline Wyatt said."
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Comment: Re:You know... (Score 0, Redundant) 267
On behalf of all trekkies from Boomer to Gen X, it's about damn time.
"It's life, Jim, but not as we know it."