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byRazalhague
4, 2014 @03:14AM
(#46321533)
Attached to: Confirmed: Earth's Oldest Rock In Australia
Whenever you see a science headline that says something retarded, you should assume bad science journalism, rather than bad science.
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byRazalhague
18, 2014 @05:27AM
(#46274323)
Attached to: Why Improbable Things Really Aren't
Law of truly large numbers is the applicable law here, but the mistake is understandable.
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byRazalhague
0, 2014 @04:38PM
(#46212879)
Attached to: NASA Now Accepting Applications From Companies That Want To Mine the Moon
Maybe you're thinking of the Outer Space Treaty? Wikipedia says it forbids any government from claiming a celestial resource such as the Moon or a planet, but doesn't say much about private entities AFAIK.
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byRazalhague
2014 @12:21PM
(#45940885)
Attached to: How Weather Influences Global Warming Opinions
And no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge.
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byRazalhague
2014 @11:43AM
(#45940491)
Attached to: Building a Better Bike Helmet Out of Paper
Looking at the videos, I don't see why they don't airbag the whole head.
Because certain death from suffocation is worse than potential death from head trauma.
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byRazalhague
6, 2013 @04:51AM
(#45701963)
Attached to: Photos Stream Back From China's Lunar Lander
Frankly, the ability to withdraw from the treaty is irrelevant. The stern words and looks would just come when they withdrew from the treaty, instead of when they claimed their bit of the moon (actually, they'd probably receive some of the words and looks then, too).
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byRazalhague
6, 2013 @04:40AM
(#45701941)
Attached to: Photos Stream Back From China's Lunar Lander
The treaty doesn't say anything about them not being able to mine the shit out of the moon.
Never said it did.
It just says they can't claim territory or place nukes in space (which you can be damned sure we've already breached) It also says the parties retain rights over whatever the launch into space, so should they start building mining platforms and shipping stuff back, we couldn't touch the equipment without breaching the treaty.
We wouldn't need to touch the equipment, just implement trade sanctions on whatever they mined out (or the resulting products made from them).
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byRazalhague
5, 2013 @07:37PM
(#45699617)
Attached to: Photos Stream Back From China's Lunar Lander
I said mild.
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byRazalhague
5, 2013 @06:51PM
(#45699223)
Attached to: Photos Stream Back From China's Lunar Lander
Considering that China has signed and ratified the Outer Space Treaty (which explicitly forbids any government from claiming a celestial resource such as the Moon or a planet), they'd probably get a few stern words and looks. On the other hand, if they actually manage to mine and transport something back, then there might be some mild repercussions.
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byRazalhague
3, 2013 @10:08AM
(#45680131)
Attached to: Google Cuts Android Privacy Feature, Says Release Was Unintentional
I guess the news is that Google released similar functionality as a built-in, then removed it. Sounds nasty.
They didn't release it, per se. The code was there, but it was only accessible with third party tools. Not saying disabling access to it was the right choice, but it isn't as nasty as it sounds.
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byRazalhague
12, 2013 @06:40PM
(#45675805)
Attached to: Indian Government Lifts Nokia's Asset Freeze, Factory Can Transfer To Microsoft
No notification in that case either.
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byRazalhague
12, 2013 @04:35PM
(#45674701)
Attached to: Indian Government Lifts Nokia's Asset Freeze, Factory Can Transfer To Microsoft
Made you look!
No you didn't, because when someone posts anonymously, they don't get notifications about replies, so they will most likely never know that you replied. Remember, only reply to ACs if you think it will help some other reader. Replying to them in the hopes that they will read your reply is delusional.
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byRazalhague
12, 2013 @02:51PM
(#45673681)
Attached to: Munich Open Source Switch 'Completed Successfully'
There's a good reason why Microsoft is the standard for business computing and that's because their products are almost always better than open source.
No, it's because Microsoft is better at running legacy software (or at least that's how businesses see it). And business computing is all about legacy software.
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byRazalhague
6, 2013 @07:56AM
(#45617681)
Attached to: Moore's Law Blowout Sale Is Ending, Says Broadcom CTO
No, you don't grasp that, I DO NOT UPGRADE, THEY DO.
and you carry the cost, whether it be in the form of actual money, or increased amount and obnoxity of ads.
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byRazalhague
r 04, 2013 @10:01AM
(#45594967)
Attached to: The Challenge of Cross-Language Interoperability
Because some syntaxes are better at expressing some concepts while others are better at expressing other concepts.
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