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Comment Re:Video (Score 1) 1671

The Geneva conventions do not 'specifically exclude' protections from anyone AFAIK. Furthermore, any signatory to the Geneva Conventions is, in fact, bound by it in the event of international conflict regardless of whether or not the other party is a signatory. That's why the US honored their commitment, for the most part, in the Pacific war with Japan even though Japan was not a signatory. Too bad the same moral high ground cannot be claimed by us these days, though, huh?

Comment Re:OS == Browser (Score 1) 1089

Yes but existing computers already offer this functionality. A browser-OS would offer less functionality than a current OS. And let's be honest, it isn't that hard to start up Windows/MacOS/Linux and open a browser, so the usability issue is mostly a non-starter.

So getting back to the main point: why would anyone want a computer that offers distinctly less functionality than their existing one?

Comment Re:They just aren't ready. (Score 1) 921

"Everything you've done, alone, is gone. It might well have never happened. So what is the point?"

Actually I think most atheists and agnostics *have* thought that through. So much so that their brains have become tired of thinking about it, and they don't really care anymore that they won't exist someday and that all will be for naught.

Like any fear, if you expose yourself to it enough, eventually it loses it's power over you.

Comment I think you have it backwards (Score 1) 599

Actually... I think Celsius seems rather arbitrary. It isn't terribly relevant to me in everyday life to use a temperature scale where 0 is where water freezes and 100 is where water boils. Except maybe to know that when it's 33 degrees out that we're one third of the way to the boiling point of water. The Fahrenheit scale, on the other hand, represents real-world highs and lows one is likely to experience on Earth, with anything below 0 or above 100 being approximately equally unlikely to occur under most circumstances and most climates.

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