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More on Global Dimming
dtolman writes "According to the New York Times (registration required) if the world seemed brighter to our grandparents 50 years ago, they were right. While the sun's output hasn't dropped, the amount of sunshine reaching the Earth's surface has dropped an average of 10% since the 1950's. In Hong Kong, the sunlight reaching the surface has decreased even more - 37%! Scientists are theorizing that this is mainly due to air pollution - so this trend might reverse if air pollution clears up." We had a another story on global dimming last year.
So does this mean that if we cleaned up the air, we would get more sunlight and more skin cancer because we've already done damage to the ozone?
The sum of the intelligence of the human race is a constant. The population is growing.
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"Nope. IGN publishes almost entirely original content. They don't require me to register to view that content. "
Dig a little deeper, you'll find where they want you to register. In some cases, they want you to pay, too.
" Some of us take our privacy more seriously."
It's being taken to a ridiculous extreme, keep reading.
"And keep in mind... While the NYT (or any reasonably-legit site) may not currently spam or sell your info, it takes only one hacker, or one policy change, to turn their registration DB into a spam mailing list."
I already said this before, NYT doesn't validate your email address. You can put anything you want there and you'll be registerred. Therefore, you can register without personal information, be safe from a 'hacker', and get news without being one of those bitchy moany types.
Bitching about NYT is a complete and total waste of time. This is not the topic to be all righteous about.
"Derp de derp."