Comment Red shift (Score 1) 273
So what causes the red shift in distant objects?
Comment Re: They pretty clearly weren't ready for the inv (Score 1) 66
NATO should have stuck to agreements not to expand East after reuniting Germany and Russia shouldn't have done an invasion right now.
But if China were trying to put troops and missiles in Mexico, I'd expect the US to roll tanks down to Mexico City to make it stop if we had to just as if Mexico tried to take back Texas and the Southwest I'd be dumping 62gr 5.56x45 into invaders.
Ultimately, I'm not willing to pay $4/gal for gas because of shit going down in a country I have no ties to after politicians I didn't vote for wanted to fuck with a country I dont particularly care for but which has long since ceased to be an actual threat.
Comment Re: They pretty clearly weren't ready for the inva (Score 1) 66
You know, it's possible for both sides of an argument to be wrong. Doubly so in a war.
Comment Re:Fascism for the children (Score 1) 34
Mussolini, originator of fascism, started out as a Marxist. His father was a well known Communist. Fascism and Socialism/Communism are collectivist ideologies that put the race/class/state/party ahead of the individual. All their crimes are similar because at their heart while the rhetoric may sound different the actions are always pretty much the same.
Comment Marvin (Score 1) 31
Are they personality prototypes too?
Comment Re:KiwiBot? (Score 1) 74
Maybe. Robots like this tend to get tested in New Zealand first, before being deployed in the US. Sort of a scale model test.
Comment Re:yeah this won't last long (Score 1) 74
Pretty easy for them to re-use a remote controlled car. They probably just didn't think of it.
Comment Re:Why seize the computer equipment? (Score 2) 68
A classic one with sensors is to detect no signal at all and mark the sensor as non-functional. I wonder if the miners in this case found a way to simulate normal demand?
Comment Re:Power Intensive Cannibas Farm (Score 1) 68
The stolen energy is a small part of the overall consumption for an area. Probably losses due to poor insulation are greater than losses from theft. The heat emitted by growers and crypto miners can be detected by helicopter mounted infrared cameras and often leads the police to the offender.
Now, how to hide waste heat...
Comment Re:"thousands of pounds of electricity" (Score 4, Funny) 68
Almost a tonne.
Whats that in electron-volts?
Comment Re:Why seize the computer equipment? (Score 5, Informative) 68
They were stealing electricity, probably by bypassing the power meter, though the next step is probably to root the power company billing system.
Comment Re:Quarantine Hotels (Score 1) 120
You mean, and working in quarantine? They all get tested before they start work so I don't see how they could be carriers.
Comment Quarantine Hotels (Score 1) 120
Australia and New Zealand are pretty good models for this because our infection rates are very slow. A lot of quarantine workers have been infected by standing in the corridor outside a room occupied by an infected person. When a door is opened, air from the room enters the corridor and the worker is infected. Hotels like this are getting their air conditioning systems balanced so that air does not leave the room like this.
Comment Require a person in the drivers seat (Score 1) 340
My car knows if I am in that seat without my seatbelt on. So the sensors are surely there.