Comment Re: Bloomberg.com? Seriously? (Score 1) 682
My apologies for the formatting. Itâ(TM)s horrible and Iâ(TM)d fix it if possible.
Comment Re: Bloomberg.com? Seriously? (Score 1) 682
Are you willfully ignorant and disingenuous or is it just an accident?
18 U.S. Code 243. Exclusion of jurors on account of race or color
https://www.law.cornell.edu/us...
18 U.S. Code 245. Federally protected activities.
(b)(2) any person because of his race, color, religion or national origin...
(b)(4)(A) participating, without discrimination on account of race, color, religion or national origin, in any of the benefits or activities described in subparagraphs...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/us...
18 U.S. Code 246. Deprivation of relief benefits
Whoever directly or indirectly deprives, attempts to deprive, or threatens to deprive any person of any employment, position, work, compensation, or other benefit provided for or made possible in whole or in part by any Act of Congress appropriating funds for work relief or relief purposes, on account of political affiliation, race, color, sex, religion, or national origin, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/us...
18 U.S. Code 249. Hate crime acts
(a)(1) Offenses involving actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin...
(a)(2) Offenses involving actual or perceived religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability...
https://www.law.cornell.edu/us...
Comment Re:What standing do they have? (Score 1) 249
Amendment 5
No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.
Comment Re: 20 billion, billion megaton TNT (Score 0) 75
That density would also help explain the attraction he exerts on the world and why he has so many followers.
Comment Re:"useful for short-range low-power radar" (Score 1) 37
How might one defend that speeding ticket in court...
Me: Your Honor, my speed at the time existed as a superposition of all speeds and therefore reasonable doubt exists.
Judge: The court hereby finds you guilty and not guilty. Fine is reduced by half. Pay at the court clerk window. Next!
(I'm sure this could use some improvement)
Me: Your Honor, my speed at the time existed as a superposition of all speeds and therefore reasonable doubt exists.
Judge: The court hereby finds you guilty and not guilty. Fine is reduced by half. Pay at the court clerk window. Next!
(I'm sure this could use some improvement)
Tech To Blame For Ever-Growing Car Repair Costs, AAA Says (cnet.com) 294
A new study from AAA highlights the high repair costs associated with cars that have advanced safety technology. "[S]eemingly small damages to a vehicle's front end can incur costs nearing $3,000," CNET reports. From the report: The study looked at three solid sellers in multiple vehicle segments, including a small SUV, a midsize sedan and a pickup truck. It looked at repair costs using original equipment list prices and an established average for technician labor rates.
Let's use AAA's examples for some relatable horror stories. Mess up your rear bumper? Well, if you have ultrasonic parking sensors or radar back there, it could cost anywhere from $500 to $2,000 to fix. Knock off a side mirror equipped with a camera as part of a surround-view system? $500 to $1,100. Windshields are especially tricky. People who own cars with windshields that have embedded heating elements already have to pony up hundreds of dollars to replace what you might think is just a piece of glass. Factor complex camera systems (like autobrake) into the mix, and not only do folks get hit with the windshield replacement, they possibly have to find a trained professional to recalibrate all that tech behind it.
Let's use AAA's examples for some relatable horror stories. Mess up your rear bumper? Well, if you have ultrasonic parking sensors or radar back there, it could cost anywhere from $500 to $2,000 to fix. Knock off a side mirror equipped with a camera as part of a surround-view system? $500 to $1,100. Windshields are especially tricky. People who own cars with windshields that have embedded heating elements already have to pony up hundreds of dollars to replace what you might think is just a piece of glass. Factor complex camera systems (like autobrake) into the mix, and not only do folks get hit with the windshield replacement, they possibly have to find a trained professional to recalibrate all that tech behind it.
Submission + - Xbox Fitness users will soon lose access to workout videos they bought (arstechnica.com)
insitus writes: Xbox users who purchased training videos through the Xbox Fitness app probably thought they were buying a workout program they'd be able to use regularly for the life of the Xbox One, at the very least. Instead, those videos will soon be completely unavailable to those who paid for them up front, according to a "sunset" plan announced by Microsoft yesterday evening.
Submission + - Bill Introduced to Require ID When Purchasing "Burner Phones" (house.gov)
insitus writes: Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo), introduced the Closing the Pre-Paid Mobile Device Security Gap Act of 2016, which would require people to present identification when purchasing “burner phones” and other pre-paid mobile devices, as well as requiring merchants to keep records of those purchases. “Burner phones” are pre-paid phones that terrorists, human traffickers, and narcotics dealers often use to avoid scrutiny by law enforcement because they can be purchased without identification and record-keeping requirements. This bill would close that legal gap.
Submission + - FCC Set to Approve Charter, Time Warner Cable Merger (dslreports.com)
insitus writes: The FCC is getting close to approving Charter's $79 billion acquisition of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. According to a (paywalled) report in the Wall Street Journal, FCC boss Tom Wheeler is expected to circulate an order among fellow commissioners as early as this week that would approve the deal with some conditions. Those conditions would include provisions requiring Charter deliver low-income broadband to select communities.
Submission + - Germany fires up bizarre new fusion reactor (sciencemag.org)
insitus writes: On 10 December, Germany’s new Wendelstein 7-X stellarator was fired up for the first time, rounding off a construction effort that took nearly 2 decades and cost €1 billion. Initially and for the first couple of months, the reactor will be filled with helium—an unreactive gas—so that operators can make sure that they can control and heat the gas effectively. At the end of January, experiments will begin with hydrogen in an effort to show that fusing hydrogen isotopes can be a viable source of clean and virtually limitless energy.
Comment Honorary mention: phage therapy (Score 1) 345
Despite the lack of press, an incompatible medical system, and dismissal by the pharmaceutical industry, phage therapy has been demonstrated as effective against MRSA.
http://www.prevention.com/health/health-concerns/cure-antibiotic-resistance
Download.com Now Wraps Downloads In Bloatware 397
MrSeb writes "At Download.com, page designs have been repeatedly tweaked over the years to push its updater software (now called TechTracker), TrialPay offers, and the site's mailing list. Bothersome, perhaps, but certainly not inexcusable. They've got to make money off the site somehow, after all, and banner ads don't always do the job. Now, things have taken a turn for the worse: Cnet has begun wrapping downloads in its own proprietary installer. Not only will this cause the reputation of free, legitimate software to be tarred by Cnet's bloatware toolbars, homepage changes, and new default search engines — but Cnet is even claiming that their installer wrapping is 'for the users.'"
Comment Reminds me of Quikwriting (Score 1) 214
This seems very similar to a decade old input method called Quikwriting.
Comment What about a natural bacterial predator? (Score 4, Interesting) 404
Anyone remember Phage Therapy?
Comment Re:Heard this before - OWS (Score 1) 438
I can't remember what the full name was, but it's initials were OWS.
