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Mars Volcanoes May Still Erupt
Q3vi1 writes "Space. com reports, Images from a European space probe reveal recent glacial deposits and lava flows on Mars that suggest the red planet is more active than many scientists had thought."
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Duke's brother, the Mars scientist Gerhard Nukem, has mysteriosly disappeared.
Was he kidnapped?
Is there a relation to the strange activities on Mars?
And why is every information about the volcanic activities strictly confidential? Who's behind the organization ESA?
To find out, Duke must go to Mars...
Coming next, uhm, summer: DN:Forever.
I don't need a signature.
I think now is an excellent time for me to state what I feel are some fundamental problems here, along with a few simple solutions. After all, it is better to solve problems than to simply whine about them.
The parent post is but one of many posts here that is modded down, and will go unnoticed. Does this truly benefit anyone? No, not really. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that the majority of the readers here are mature enough to handle any and all posts, regardless of their eventual moderations. Yes, even the -1 Troll posts, goatse ASCII and all, are appropriate reading material. We're not mental children. We can, and should, be expected to withstand the blather of every member here who actually bothers to post.
Furthermore, I would like to state that there is too much pressure being placed upon the moderators to "protect" the average reader here from "bad" posts. The moderators aren't perfect, but honestly, are they being paid to provide the service of moderation to Slashdot? I believe not. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the last time I checked, their work was done pro bono. I'm sure some of the moderators enjoy their perceived power. Sadly, mod points are more of a burden than anything else, and they can even push moderators away from discussions(the mods would rather moderate than reply, etc).
To make matters worse, the work of moderators is constantly trivialized by editors who can arbitrarily moderate posts to -1. Why have moderators if you're unwilling to invest any trust in them at all?
A few solutions:
1). Readers should elect to browse at -1. Really. Of what are you afraid?
2). Save a moderator some trouble by either refusing to metamoderate, or metamoderate every moderation as unfair/unfunny. Moderators will be better off either without our interference, or without their mod points.
3). Eventually, the editors should force all ACs and registered non-subscribers to browse at -1 at all times, without any ability to adjust thresholds. The moderation system should, effectively, only be relevant to subscribers. I'm sure the editors would appreciate the resulting increase in revenues.