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  1. Liquid nitrogen treatment on NFL Asks Columbia University For Help With Deflate-Gate · · Score: 1

    Dipping in liquid nitrogen before the conversion would have to be a better dirty trick that the spitball in baseball if you could get away with it.

  2. Re:Where is the Poll? on Most Americans Support Government Action On Climate Change · · Score: 2
  3. Re:Where is the Poll? on Most Americans Support Government Action On Climate Change · · Score: 1
  4. It is unlikely a brief review could really check for additional fraud beyond what was already discovered. http://articles.orlandosentine... The existence of systematic fraud in the project indicates that no confidence could ever be placed in it.

  5. Re:arXiv:1409.2506 on Gamma-ray Bursts May Explain Fermi's Paradox · · Score: 1
  6. Protecting the one planet we've got on SOTU: Community Colleges, Employers To Train Workers For High-Paying Coding Jobs · · Score: 1

    It is interesting that "pushing out into the Solar System not just to visit, but to stay" is part of a speech that emphasizes keeping Earth habitable. This is opposite to the SF "Run Away! Run Away!" meme. Given how long space colonization will take, this is actually the reality. Earth must be preserved to have the time and investment available for an ambitious effort.

  7. Perpetual security state on Paris Terror Spurs Plan For Military Zones Around Nuclear Plants · · Score: -1, Troll

    Nuclear power requires dense security, probably so much that it endangers the fundamentals of liberty.

  8. Re:This looks good on Why We Have To Kiss Off Big Carbon Now · · Score: 1

    You are very rude.

  9. Re:This looks good on Why We Have To Kiss Off Big Carbon Now · · Score: 1

    You are arguing against research conducted by a national laboratory. It is unlikely that a mere statement of your personal prejudice has any persuasive weight at all.

  10. Re:This looks good on Why We Have To Kiss Off Big Carbon Now · · Score: 1

    RTFA It says exactly the opposite.

  11. Re:Title correct.Fossil fuels must stay in the gro on Why We Have To Kiss Off Big Carbon Now · · Score: 1

    RTFA

  12. Re:Stone Age ended, not for lack of stones on Why We Have To Kiss Off Big Carbon Now · · Score: 1

    The math seems to back this up. http://www.nature.com/nature/j...

  13. This looks good on Why We Have To Kiss Off Big Carbon Now · · Score: 1
  14. Re:Title correct.Fossil fuels must stay in the gro on Why We Have To Kiss Off Big Carbon Now · · Score: 1

    The article is about divestment. It points out that the reasons for divestment are multiplying.

  15. Mistaken View on Why We Have To Kiss Off Big Carbon Now · · Score: 1

    A high price would allow using the resource more slowly, but it does not support keeping it in the ground, in fact, just the opposite. It is clear that the only oil we can still burn is oil that cost very little to produce, so a cap on the price of oil is what is really what would work to keep from burning too much. http://www.nature.com/nature/j...

  16. I'm Sorry Dave on An Open Letter To Everyone Tricked Into Fearing AI · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't do that.

  17. Was on Radio Shack Reported To Be Ready for Bankruptcy Filing · · Score: 1

    Since they failed to honor one of their extended warranties, they have been anathema for me.

  18. Re:Turning the other cheek on Pope Francis: There Are Limits To Freedom of Expression · · Score: 1

    "But I tell you not to resist an evildoer. On the contrary, whoever slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well." Matt. 5:39. I think you are correct, the Pope has made a mistake about what is expected of him. But, I think he has made a second mistake equating a verbal attack on a religion with a personal insult too. The personal insult is an opportunity to love your enemy and imitate Christ. The insult of a religion is much more a matter for leaving vengeance to God. In the case of the personal insult, throwing a punch is a failure to keep your temper and failing to be strong in serving God through love. It is a temporary lapse. The second case involves an extra step of appointing oneself God's instrument of vengeance. This is a prideful and much more intentional move. Pride is a much more damaging thing to succumb to compared to temper. Ultimately, this has little to do with freedom of expression and much to do with very different dangers to the soul of the person reacting to the expression. Freedom of expression has little to do with either example since it is governments which guarantee that. And, a charge of assault for the punch and murder and conspiracy for the vengeance turn out to be the practical responses of government, pretty much regardless of the occasion of the crimes.

  19. Fukushima cost more on Nuclear Waste Accident Costs Los Alamos Contractor $57 Million · · Score: 3, Informative
  20. Hand saw on Ask Slashdot: Sounds We Don't Hear Any More? · · Score: 1

    Power tools are replacing hand tools pretty completely.

  21. Fossil free jet fuel on Aircraft Responsible For 2.5% of Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions · · Score: 1

    Already there are military applications for fossil free jet fuel, and as the technology scales, this will likely make greater contributions to civilian applications. http://www.usatoday.com/story/...

  22. More doctors on In Breakthrough, US and Cuba To Resume Diplomatic Relations · · Score: 1

    The flood of retirement age MDs may bring house calls back.

  23. Re: Strategic resource on Romanian Officials Say Russia Finances European Fracking Protests · · Score: 1

    What about "so we can benefit from our own low gas prices" don't you understand?

  24. Re: Strategic resource on Romanian Officials Say Russia Finances European Fracking Protests · · Score: 1

    I said keep our natural gas. You said keep our natural gas. WTF?

  25. Re:2014, the manned mission to Mars on NASA's Orion Capsule Reaches Orbit · · Score: 1

    I think this had more to do with Bush over promising. He had that problem pretty often.