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  1. Re:"fracking" by element-o.p. · · Score: 1 · on Arkansas Earthquakes Could Be Man-Made

    I am fortunate enough to live in an area where there is more than enough pristine drinking water nearby, and perhaps you are too. However, in many parts of the country, well water is the only source of water there is. If that well water is contaminated by oil development nearby, from where do you propose the residents get their drinking water? It doesn't just magically appear at the tap, you know...

    No one has a right to a particular life style. If these businesses really are messing up ground water (rather than merely being blamed for such) the people harmed by the action can sue for recourse. If that isn't the case, then the residents can always move or treat their water.

    "No business has the right to a particular income stream. If the business really isn't messing up the ground water (rather than merely claiming such), then they can sue for recourse. If that isn't the case, then the business can always move." Do you still feel the same way about the issue now, or are you just a hypocrite? Furthermore: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are...endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness..." If your business operation is poisoning my well water and thereby depriving me of my "unalienable Rights" then I daresay you are quite mistaken.

    at others wonder if they are in the pockets of the businesses they are supposed to be watching

    They have to be lenient to businesses else we would have a lot less businesses and a lot more unemployment. The regulations are garbage and unenforceable. Until that fundamental problem gets fixed, I'm not inclined to damage the US further.

    Which is why I explicitly stated that sometimes the EPA seems to be way too extreme on one side, but at other times, way too extreme the other. I'm not a radical greenie who wants every square inch of the U.S. turned into a wildlife sanctuary. I happen to rather like driving my truck, riding my motorcycle and working with computers, all of which are products of mining and all of which depend (to varying extents) upon the petrochemical industry. However, I also think that businesses have to recognize that they don't exist in a vacuum. Their operations have an impact upon the surrounding communities, and if they want to continue to operate in those communities, they MUST exercise responsible development. You would think that common sense would dictate that 1) if you want to have consumers to buy your product, you'd better make sure you aren't killing them off while you produce the product in the first place, and 2) if you want to enjoy the wealth that your business has created, you'd better make sure you aren't killing yourself, either. Unfortunately, people often tend to be greedy and short-sighted, and as a result, there is a need for the EPA. Yes, many of the regs may be "garbage" and "unenforceable", but I'd rather have an imperfect EPA than unfettered oil barons trashing the planet one neighborhood at a time. And while I often disagree with many of the environmental groups -- they tend to be just as one-sided and biased as the corporations they target, IMHO -- I think they fill a necessary role, too. If all you ever hear is one side of the argument, how do you find the balanced, middle ground?

  2. Re:no surprise by Kitkoan · · Score: 1 · on Canadian Government Muzzling Scientists

    The U.S. did not lose the Vietnam War. We signed the Paris Peace Accords, withdrew, and then South Vietnam lost to North Vietnam.

    If only there were a term for withdrawing from an armed conflict without having met your objectives...

    "We are not retreating - we are advancing in another Direction." Douglas MacArthur

  3. Re:They'd also be the only store in town... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Apple Removes Wi-Fi Finders From App Store

    Not the GP AC. GP AC must be Woody Allen, posting as an AC.

  4. Re:Just what every American high-school student ne by BPPG · · Score: 3, Informative · on America's Army As a High School Education Platform?

    If parent is marked flamebait, then I guess Albert Einstein is my favourite troll ever.

  5. Malice vs Incompetence by FurtiveGlancer · · Score: 2, Informative · on Microsoft Acknowledges NBC's Wish is Its Command

    Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. Apologies to Nick Diamos. So the proposed FCC rule was not enacted. At least M$ was leaning forward on something.

  6. Re:I wouldn't say they're "wasted" by Orange+Crush · · Score: 1 · on Red Hat to Coax Code Contributions From Companies

    Is that you, Charles Duell?

  7. Re:I love this guy. by krgallagher · · Score: 1 · on Jack Thompson Includes Gay Porn With Court Filing
    "How will you top this, Mr. Thompson? Are you gonna shoot the Pope?"

    Let's see, according to the article, he included "several graphic images of oral and genital sex between adult males." Maybe he should include several graphic images of oral and genital sex between adult females. I am sure he would get far fewer objections.

    BTW:The definition of obscenity is "whatever gives a judge an erection."

  8. Re:A legitimate reason for patenting the obvious by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Amazon Scores Another Patent
    Obviously you have never been to court to try to prove prior art. It can be VERY difficult, because it's not the date of their patent you haqve to proceed. It's the first date that they can show their art existing. And that can get very nebulous. Can someone create fake content that looks old? Would someone really be such a jerk that they would do that for money?

    Maybe

  9. Re:Troll? by vallee · · Score: 1 · on Latest Columbia News

    Or, as Voltaire put it so nicely --- "Better is the enemy of good."

  10. Re:It never changes by Oculus+Habent · · Score: 2 · on How Would You Improve Today's Debugging Tools?
    I don't know how beneficial writing your own assembler or DBMS is. If your plan on becoming a programmer with a foot in DBMS, this might be a good thing, as it teaches you the underlying functions and limitations.

    To me, and I quite probably am very alone on this, it would be better to conceive of a DBMS (forgive the gravitation toward this one example) - to chart the program flow at a general level. Not:
    When an "Insert" is called, run the Entry function, which handles insertion, integrity, keys, indexes, etc...
    But instead of spending the time sitting down and creating a whole DBMS, why not understand how to do so. It is part of the writing process to understand the function of your application (hopefully), but what we need more than rote programming is imaginative conceptualizing.

    And, if you choose, you can take your concept, and follow the iterations down and break modules into components, components into functions, functions into code.

    Of course, none of this has much to do with debugging.

    And poor spelling doesn't mean poor organization skills. Poor mental organizers tend to have sequencing problems more than specific spelling problems, and crap classes like Study Skills in high school teach all the wrong ways to remember things (you "web" a database, not a textbook. Textbooks are almost always sequential, not relational).

    Some people were never properly taught to spell, and some people don't type well. This does not make them poor organizers.

    "There is no worse lie than a truth misunderstood by those who hear it." - William James