Comment What a scumbag (Score 1) 454
The mans is a ***t, he seems to think the Iraq war went well and was a good idea, his solution to Syria killing people is to kill a shitload more people, most of whom will be innocent.
Comment Re:I never understood the principle. (Score 1) 454
Doesn't kill people, why would you say that?
White phosphorus victims looks like many dead to me, warning - very graphic.
And what about MK77 Napalm v2.0.
The American military used white phosphorus in Iraq, Fallujah. Perhaps Obama should deal with the extremes committed by his own military before killing thousands more innocent men, women and children.
And what's with using munitions that are radio-active, cue idiots claiming depleted uranium isn't dangerous.
Submission + - http://istumblrdown Shuttered by Cease and Desist Order (istumblrdown.com)
TrueSatan writes: Blogging platform Tumblr has issued a Cease and desist notice to http://istumblrdown.com/ a rather trivial and harmless site that simply offered status updates for Tumblr. The site owner claims this to be symptomatic of Tumblr's disregard for users needs quoting http://zachinglis.com/posts/why-tumblr-sucks and their fixation on banning users rather than any more positive improvements they might make to their platform. http://www.dailydot.com/news/missing-e-banned-tumblr/
Submission + - War, no thanks we're British
An anonymous reader writes: In a shock vote British MP's voted against joining a coalition in a war against Syria. Some members of the ruling Conservative party revolted against the gov't with concerns about the accuracy of the evidence and with an unwillingness to head in to a war that the British people are against.
Comment not at all anonymous (Score 1) 147
I don't see why anybody would call bit coin anonymous, miners and everybody with the main client hold the full transaction history - 100% complete history of ALL transactions if I understand correctly. So how is it in the slightest bit anonymous?
Comment Re: Good (Score 1) 333
If the car in front has a braking distance of 50 feet and the car behinds brakes are not as good with a braking distance of 100 feet then the car behind needs to be 50 feet from the car in front, autonomous or otherwise.
The Next US Moonshot Will Launch From Virginia 92
As reported by the Washington Post, a U.S. spacecraft headed for the moon (to circle it, though, not to land) is to be launched for the first time from the facility at Virginia's Wallops Island. If you'll be in the D.C. area on the night of September 6 and the weather cooperates enough for a launch, it should be worth staying up for. "The robotic mission is to collect detailed information about the moon's thin atmosphere. Sometimes thought to be nonexistent, the lunar atmosphere has been described as extremely tenuous and fragile, but present. According to the space agency, the launch will record many firsts. One will be the first launch beyond Earth orbit from the Virginia facility. It also will be the first flight for the Minotaur V rocket, NASA said. NASA said the five-stage Air Force rocket is an excess ballistic missile that was transformed into a space-launch vehicle. It will boost the space probe into position for it to reach lunar orbit."
Though the satellite is NASA's, the launch will be controlled by Orbital Sciences.
Comment Re:Sure (Score 1) 662
Too right, humans should only be given a license after having driven 100,000 miles safely without incident.
Comment Re:Premature Panic (Score 1) 662
I wonder if the autonomous cars would fall for this (or other tricks):
Comment Re:As soon as the smart car counts as the driver (Score 1) 662
I'm assuming that you've saying that driving asleep isn't possible, from personal experience, I can assure you people have driven me whilst they were asleep at the wheel, saved time too because we went straight through the red light (cabbie!).
Come to think of it, one guy was inebriated, asleep and you could say distracted, all at the same time!!! Naturally I decided to interrupt his nap because we were driving on the wrong side of the road.
Comment Ice Age Coming (Score 1) 926
Obvious conclusion, our bodies know that we've f**ked the planet, the atlantic conveyor belt is about to stop and an ice age is about to hit us any year now.
Survival of the fattest.
Comment Re:No thanks (Score 1) 151
...Lol so the PS4 launch might be like EA's sim-city launch where no-one can use their new console for a few days whilst the servers are overloaded with DRM related faff.
Comment Re:Good! (Score 5, Interesting) 508
No, they didn't 'simply followed a law' they chose to victimise somebody in a very deliberate manner, they made a legal choice and not a moral choice, they flouted the spirit of the law whilst sticking to the letter of the law.
The law books didn't tell them to victimise the guy, their boss did.
Comment Re:Would they care to revive you even if they can? (Score 1) 254
forgot this ---> /
where's edit when you need it bah.
Comment Re:Would they care to revive you even if they can? (Score 1) 254
Not if they found a million Neanderthals, all of whom would want jobs and a place to live.
I know it's not clever to accept a zero hours contract with no sick and no holiday, but calling them Neanderthals is a bit mean.
