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Comment Re:Sliding scale of hope vs realism (Score 1) 511

It isn't entirely unreasonably to posit that many of the Chinese, Indians and Africans were wiped out during the third world war (nuclear) and eugenics wars. On the other hand, it could have more to do with the series being filmed in a place where acquiring so many Asian actors wasn't practical.

Comment Re:Star Trek would win (Score 1) 511

From what I understand of the fighters in Star Wars they make little sense in there own setting. It is claimed that they are solar powered but solar power provides such little energy that it is useless as a main source of power. If it were their primary source of power they would be competing with destroyers that have such a high energy output they rival a small star. The power such a fighter could muster would be a pico-fraction at best. A Dyson Sphere can barely compete with an imperial Star Destroyer so how can a TIE fighter be a threat to anything if it uses solar power? There are very few science fiction series where vessel capabilities are at all consistent or balanced to be honest. Star Trek wins outright irrespective of technology because its superbeings are far more powerful. In Star Wars the force is about as good as it gets. I am quite sure that the Q crap all over that.

Comment Re:don't let your stuff be used for criminal stuff (Score 1) 252

The point of them being corporations is arbitrary. It's because of legal framework. The police have to send court orders to an ISP to request evidence in the event of criminal use. It should be possible for a TOR exit node to register as a relay so that the police can look it up in a database and send a court order when evidence is needed. The problem with this is that everyone then decides to register as a relay.

Comment Re:but... (Score 1) 286

The problem is that nerds are often described as having weak social ability. I question this. Is it really weak or circumstantially disadvantageous? Can a jock so easily succeed socially in and amongst the greater nerd population?

I put forward that nerds merely have an alternative social protocols to the majority of their peers resulting in an incompatibility that puts them in a difficult position. These protocols can fall anywhere on the spectrum from mode of communication to types of interests.

When a system exists that causes these minorities to gravitate towards one another, such as an academic establishment, the social barrier is removed when they are amongst a greater number of peers with compatible social traits. They are then more able to find a mate with fewer of the traditional constraints.

Comment Re:PowerShell Integration? (Score 1) 184

I greatly respect what cygwin is and does but ultimately it's unpleasantly bloated when you only need a handful of ported programs. After using the putty terminal editor I can't touch cygwins. When using cygwin I set up the sshd service so that I can use putty for it on localhost instead.

Comment Re:Alternate Headline: North Korea is in the UN (Score 1) 182

I would let them have the chair. It keeps them involved and gives them some responsibility. I would argue that unless anyone is willing to start a war that will likely see millions killed, there is no way the committee can achieve anything to improve the situation unless the country has full inclusion.

I have absolutely not objection to which country has the chair until they do something inappropriate with it. It seems to me as though Canada is simply using North Korea's bad name to its own ends. I can tell you one thing. Canada's actions wont do a thing to improve the situation. It is only making relations worse than they need to be and reinforces North Korea's isolation.

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