Mod the parent up!

E-voting is susceptible to fraud on a grand scale.

"Correct, the 2nd amendment is for self defense, not for influencing public policy (i.e. terrorism)."

Whoa! You mean the framers of the constitution were against using guns to influence public policy!?!? ... like the "taxation without representation" policy?

"For centuries, if not millenia, people have fought and died to pull humanity out from the depth of barbarism and into the light of civilization."

Sounds like the opening line in a bad DC hero movie!

It's from the book "2001, A Space Odyssey". I don't think it was expressed in the movie, so the target audience for the joke is literate old people.

Thank you! I was sure I had read this at some time and I just couldn't remember the title.

As I remember, the point was that people had become so stupid that fake engine noise and wind coming from the dashboard was all that was necessary to give the morons the sensation of speed and power. I guess we're just a fake breeze away from being those morons.

Written by Cyril M. Kornbluth, originally published in Galaxy in April 1951.

You laugh, but that excess heat was the basis for the EZ-Bake oven from my childhood. Those ovens actually baked things. Think of the children! How are tomorrows children going to learn how to bake?

If he's smart (and I think he is) there is a cache of documents somewhere that the NSA never wants exposed. The NSA knows he has them. That's Snowden's insurance policy. They will only come out if Snowden is killed or captured.

I made a mistake and read the referenced article. When will I learn...

I think what it says is that the computer models don't show significant change when the solar radiation input is modified. I don't think I'm splitting hairs here. They aren't saying that the climate is not affected by changes in solar radiation.

The computer models are just approximations for the climate. They have been proven to be bad at predicting the future (like the current 10 year lull in warming). Wake me up when the computer models account for the ice ages.

Why is this rated funny instead of insightful? Moving more energy in less time is going to generate heat, lots of heat.

Also, instead of flawed batteries that seriously overheat we could have flawed batteries that explode.

If you follow the links in the article you will see that they all run Linux, or a Linux variant.

Jesus was brown.

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.” - A. Einstein.

No, no, it's the loser who gets the interview!

I use a soldering iron to hot cut ripstop nylon to make kites. I think I get two nerd points for that!

Where are the mod points when I need them ...