There's so much light pollution in populated areas that you can hardly see anything unless you drive into the middle of the desert. It bothers me when I look up and can barely make out Orion to think that in some places you can see the Milky Way with the naked eye. Letting less light escape upward and outward where it's unneeded would have positive environmental effects (some animals are led astray by the light), and would conserve energy, but my reasons for wanting darker cities (or rather, darker city skies) are purely selfish.
You forgot: "Science is bad because scientists are subject to capitalism and a tiny minority of scientists use dubious tactics to gain funding for their projects." Also, what about your gut instincts contradicts the idea that pumping millions of tons of gases into the atmosphere has zero affect on climate? I'd rather trust science to investigate how significant this effect is, rather than trust my gut and immediately stop driving my car.
No, see, it's like a computer and a user and antivirus software. The user expects the antivirus software to either protect him from getting a virus to begin with, or to remove it swiftly if it fails. Unfortunately, the antivirus software isn't very good in the latter situation, and because the user is an idiot, no antivirus software can help him in the first situation.
This is Slashdot, not Yahoo Answers. I doubt anyone who frequents this site would read that and think "Oh my! I'll get to downloading AV2009 right away!" (and single posts don't come up on Google queries unless they're oddly specific.)
Speak for yourself. I mounted a pad of engineering paper to my dash for just such an occasion. Just this afternoon I was drifting to the left due to rain slick roads, and once I had done the necessary calculations, I realized I ought to depress the throttle 16 mm and turn the steering wheel 68.5 degrees in the +x direction in order to regain control.
Are you suggesting that in the cold regions of Eastern Europe, rather than the critical temperature of superconductors surpassing room temperature as new materials and configurations are studied, room temperature is already below the critical temperature of superconductors, and could therefore make these superconductors viable in some parts of the world without the need for costly cooling systems? To rephrase; In Soviet Russia, room temperature surpasses the critical temperature! Intriguing...
Not that these are any better, but the Mighty Mouse sucked. So many years being mocked for having one button, and then, spitefully, they eschew that one in favor of some wonky touch pad setup. Did it ever occur to these people that it's nice to have tactile response? Call me old fashioned, but when I click, I want to hear and feel a click, and when I press a key, I want it to move downward and make a little clack. Now get off my lawn!
Obviously, our AC friend here is actually a paid advertiser working for microsoft. Microsoft knows that if they troll Slashdot enough with reverse-astroturfers, they will induce other posters to reply in defense of the corporation and thus boost sales.
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There's so much light pollution in populated areas that you can hardly see anything unless you drive into the middle of the desert. It bothers me when I look up and can barely make out Orion to think that in some places you can see the Milky Way with the naked eye. Letting less light escape upward and outward where it's unneeded would have positive environmental effects (some animals are led astray by the light), and would conserve energy, but my reasons for wanting darker cities (or rather, darker city skies) are purely selfish.
Really? I always called it "Capitalism in action."
No one said anything about RTFR; you're getting off-topic.
Let's not forget about watts per library of congress.
You forgot: "Science is bad because scientists are subject to capitalism and a tiny minority of scientists use dubious tactics to gain funding for their projects." Also, what about your gut instincts contradicts the idea that pumping millions of tons of gases into the atmosphere has zero affect on climate? I'd rather trust science to investigate how significant this effect is, rather than trust my gut and immediately stop driving my car.
No, see, it's like a computer and a user and antivirus software. The user expects the antivirus software to either protect him from getting a virus to begin with, or to remove it swiftly if it fails. Unfortunately, the antivirus software isn't very good in the latter situation, and because the user is an idiot, no antivirus software can help him in the first situation.
This is Slashdot, not Yahoo Answers. I doubt anyone who frequents this site would read that and think "Oh my! I'll get to downloading AV2009 right away!" (and single posts don't come up on Google queries unless they're oddly specific.)
Slashdot apparently isn't too thrilled with existentialist literature references.
That'll never work on machines. Not unless we build them with genitals.
Windows 7 recognizes how bad iTunes is? Even XP can't do that! I'm switching right now... Where'd I put my MSDNAA login?
This is clearly a troll.
*METAWHOOSH*
Galactic Cosmic Rays? That's a stupid way to say "Sunlight."
Much later, scientists discovered that the flies were detecting the odor of burning brain tissue, and not the odor they intended to implant as memory.
40 million is pretty cheap considering the US government doled out 600 billion in bailouts not long ago. Billion is the new million.
Speak for yourself. I mounted a pad of engineering paper to my dash for just such an occasion. Just this afternoon I was drifting to the left due to rain slick roads, and once I had done the necessary calculations, I realized I ought to depress the throttle 16 mm and turn the steering wheel 68.5 degrees in the +x direction in order to regain control.
I always thought it was 10% luck, 20% skill, 50% concentrated power of will, 5% pleasure, 50% pain, 100% reason to remember the name.
Are you suggesting that in the cold regions of Eastern Europe, rather than the critical temperature of superconductors surpassing room temperature as new materials and configurations are studied, room temperature is already below the critical temperature of superconductors, and could therefore make these superconductors viable in some parts of the world without the need for costly cooling systems? To rephrase; In Soviet Russia, room temperature surpasses the critical temperature! Intriguing...
I've been taught to find this offensive, treasonous, and politically incorrect.
No, you'll have to move to Arizona. Sorry.
If you're talking about the "average individual", I think you'd better consider interpretation C:
(C) NASA? Shit, this isn't the funnies page.
Not that these are any better, but the Mighty Mouse sucked. So many years being mocked for having one button, and then, spitefully, they eschew that one in favor of some wonky touch pad setup. Did it ever occur to these people that it's nice to have tactile response? Call me old fashioned, but when I click, I want to hear and feel a click, and when I press a key, I want it to move downward and make a little clack. Now get off my lawn!
Obviously, our AC friend here is actually a paid advertiser working for microsoft. Microsoft knows that if they troll Slashdot enough with reverse-astroturfers, they will induce other posters to reply in defense of the corporation and thus boost sales.
It's ice to see another impending pun thread on Slashdot.
That's a new record for a Microsoft product. Lesser of two evils? Okay, occasionally. But a lesser of three!? There's hope for them yet!
Not mine! My camcorder is encased in a Faraday cage to match my tin foil hat!