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Comment Re:Border Collie / Black Lab Mix (Score 1) 330

In general I agree that dogs must be kept in their place and be submissive to their owners.
I also have bitten pets before. A pet cat bit me once and I bit it back, the cat's facial expression was like "OMG WTF!"
But the particular dog I mentioned was an exception. He was special, and deserving of some privileges usually reserved for humans. He was more than a pet, he was a friend.

Comment It's from the Cylons (Score 1) 240

"There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans, that they may have been the architects of the Great Pyramids, or the lost civilizations of Lemuria or Atlantis.
Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive - somewhere beyond the heavens!"

Comment Re:Border Collie / Black Lab Mix (Score 1) 330

I had a border collie/black labrador mix. This was the smartest non-human animal I have ever known. He was also manipulative and sometimes an asshole.
For example, he would go to the door and signal when he needed to go outside to pee (no one taught him this). One day he wanted to lay on the couch but there was no room for him, so he went to the door and signaled. Someone got up from the couch and opened the door for him. He quickly ran and sat on the vacant spot on the couch. He then made a facial expression that seemed to communicate "ha ha dumbass I got your spot." We let him stay there.
He also understood the english language, not just command words but naturally spoken phrases. No one taught him that. He was a doggie Einstein.

Submission + - H1-B Administrators Challenging an Unusually Large Number of Applications

decaffeinated writes: Bloomberg reports that starting this summer, employers began noticing that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services was challenging an unusually large number of H-1B applications. Cases that would have sailed through the approval process in earlier years ground to a halt under requests for new paperwork.

“We’re entering a new era,” said Emily Neumann, an immigration lawyer in Houston who has been practicing for 12 years. “There’s a lot more questioning, it’s very burdensome.” She said in past years she's counted on 90 percent of her petitions being approved by Oct. 1 in years past. This year, only 20 percent of the applications have been processed. Neumann predicts she’ll still have many unresolved cases by the time next year’s lottery happens in April 2018.

Submission + - "Quark Fusion" Produces Eight Times More Energy Than Nuclear Fusion (futurism.com)

walterbyrd writes: This new source of energy, according to researchers Marek Karliner and Jonathan Rosner, comes from the fusion of subatomic particles known as quarks. These particles are usually produced as a result of colliding atoms that move at high speeds within the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), where these component parts split from their parent atoms. It doesn’t stop there, however, as these disassociated quarks also tend to collide with one another and fuse into particles called baryon

Submission + - The First Climate Model Turns 50, And Predicted Global Warming Almost Perfectly (forbes.com) 2

Layzej writes: Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel looks at a climate model (MW67) published in 1967 and finds "50 years after their groundbreaking 1967 paper, the science can be robustly evaluated, and they got almost everything exactly right."

An analysis on the "Climate Graphs" blog shows exactly how close the prediction has proven to be: "The slope of the CO2-vs-temperature regression line in the 50 years of actual observations is 2.57, only slightly higher than MW67’s prediction of 2.36" They also note that "This is even more impressive when one considers that at the time MW67 was published, there had been no detectable warming in over two decades. Their predicted warming appeared to mark a radical change with the recent past:"

Submission + - Is Physical Law an Alien Intelligence? (nautil.us) 1

wjcofkc writes: Caleb Scharf, astronomer and the director of the multidisciplinary Columbia Astrobiology Center at Columbia University presents an intriguing thought experiment.

"Perhaps Arthur C. Clarke was being uncharacteristically unambitious. He once pointed out that any sufficiently advanced technology is going to be indistinguishable from magic. If you dropped in on a bunch of Paleolithic farmers with your iPhone and a pair of sneakers, you’d undoubtedly seem pretty magical. But the contrast is only middling: The farmers would still recognize you as basically like them, and before long they’d be taking selfies. But what if life has moved so far on that it doesn’t just appear magical, but appears like physics?"

Comment Mosquitos are nearly useless (Score 5, Interesting) 240

Mosquitoes do not make up a substantial part of any creatures diet. Even bats do not depend on mosquitoes. Bats eat beetles, wasps, and moths. Mosquitoes make up less than 1 percent of their total diet.
Studies of areas where mosquitoes have been eliminated show no major ecological disruption. They are seasonal anyway. Mosquitoes (at least the ones that harm us) are a blight on the world and should be eliminated.

Comment Victimless Crime (Score 0) 187

I have visited asian massage places before and gotten full-on sex. I have also had sex with a dancer at a strip club in the "champagne room" (Chris Rock is wrong). The women seem to be acting on their own accord. Why is this illegal?
If you are unable to legally sell something (that is legal to posses), do you own it?
If you can not sell your body (or access to it) then you do not own it. You are owned by the government.
Forced prostitution certainly should be remain a crime. But willing prostitution and it's promotion is a victimless crime.
The proposed law does nothing to stop forced prostitution, instead it's going after bystanders (Backpage, etc) so the government can pretend they're doing something. Dont go after the prostitutes or the customers or the bystanders. Go after organized crime that is forcing people in prostitution.

Comment Photographer Here (Score 1) 408

First, anyone who thinks any cell phone is better than a DSLR has no clue how to use a DSLR, or has never used a DSLR for serious photography. Maybe their style of photography does not require a DSLRs capabilities, but the photos will still always be better with a DSLR. It's the physics of sensor size and optics.
As to Apple vs Android, I've used both and Apple cameras suck a bag of dicks. I find that Samsung phone photos clean up and augment nicely while Apple photos are just a mess if pushed even slightly.

Submission + - Popular Chrome Extension Sold to New Dev Who Immediately Turns It Into Adware (bleepingcomputer.com)

An anonymous reader writes: A company is going around buying abandoned Chrome extensions from their original developers and converting these add-ons into adware. The latest case is the Particle for YouTube Chrome extension, a simple tool that allows users to change the UI and behavior of some of YouTube's standard features.

Because Google was planning major changes to YouTube's UI, the extension's original author decided to retire it and create a new one. This is when the a mysterious company approached the original author and offered to buy the extension from him for a price of his choosing. The original dev says he gave them a high price, but the company agreed to pay right away, but only after the dev signed an non-disclosure agreement preventing him from talking about the company or the transaction.

Soon after the sale, the company issued an update that included code for injecting rogue ads on websites such as Google, Yahoo, Bing, Amazon, eBay, and Booking.com. Users also found other Chrome extensions that were also bought by the same company and had also been turned into adware, such as "Typewriter Sounds" and "Twitch Mini Player." According to some other Chrome extension devs, there are many companies willing to pay large sums of money for taking over legitimate Chrome extensions.

Comment Go To A Store! (Score 1) 237

Back in the day we could walk into a building, called a "store", find what we wanted and buy it. We didnt have to wait for delivery or pay extra for faster delivery. You had your product immediately.
Now people sit in a chair at home and spend hours searching websites looking for products. Once they find what they want they spend money they dont have (credit) and wait days or weeks for it to (hopefully) arrive. Or they pay extra to have it delivered quicker (hopefully).
Meanwhile, there is a WalMart within walking distance. I can go there and get my product NOW, probably for less because I'm not paying extra shipping. And if WalMart dosnt have it, I have a device called a "phone" I can use to contact other stores and ask them if they sell my product.
Kids these days think it's a convenience to wait for a delivery. You know what's convenient? Going to a store and getting what you want NOW.
And get off my lawn!

Comment Re:One occupant restroom (Score 2) 587

As someone who has cleaned public restrooms I can assure you that the mens room is cleaner than the womens room. Females are just nasty.
Sure, men leave pee drops on the floor or seat, but pee is usually sterile. Women leave all manner of fluids, solids, and gooey substances everywhere. And some women do miss the toilet. I presume that's caused by them hovering above the seat because they know how disgusting it is.

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