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  1. Why not explain the last 120,000 years on BEST Study Finds Temperature Changes Explained by GHG Emissions and Volcanoes · · Score: 1

    Woop-de-dooo. Let them explain the last interglacial temperature max, when sea levels were 3 to 6 meters above current levels, the subsequent cooling, glaciation, and massive reductions in CO2 and CH4, then turn around from peak glaciation 22,000 years ago and the warming to the present. 250 years of warming? Try 20,000+ years of warming....

  2. Re:Externalities come home to roost on Insurance Industry Looking Hard At Climate Change · · Score: 2

    Who might have guessed that climate change is what forced humans to become human. http://phys.org/news/2012-12-fluctuating-environment-driven-human-evolution.html And there's no denying that humankind has prospered in the 20K years of (more or less) continuous warming since the last glacial maximum.

  3. Renivent the wheel on Why Fuel Efficiency Advances Haven't Translated To Better Gas Mileage · · Score: 1

    Back in the late 60's/early 70's I drove Renault 8 and 10 cars, which easily achieved 40+ MPG on the highway. That was with 1000cc and 1100cc engines, BTW. Back when you could get "gallons per dollar", not dollars per gallon.... Since then mileage has decreased due to: 1) Emission controls on the engines 2) Changes in gasoline formulation, particularly "winter blends" 3) Increased weight of vehicles due to crash safety requirements

  4. More important than MILC vs DSLR is VIEWFINDER on Ask Slashdot: Mirrorless, Interchangeable Lens Camera Advice? · · Score: 1

    More important than MILC or DLSR or XXXX is a separate viewfinder. Cameras with just an LCD/LED/OLED panel on the back really don't cut it. Especially outside during the daytime. I think a viewfinder (through lens or separate) is much more convenient.

  5. Atlantic Grey Whales Return From Extinction on Gray Whale, Southern-Hemisphere Algae Seen In N. Atlantic · · Score: 1

    Grey whales became extinct in the Atlantic sometime in the 1600's - 1700's,....... You'd think that evidence of population and range recovery would be good news to environmentalists...

  6. Real Problem - Over budget, behind schedule on Weather Satellites Lose Funding · · Score: 1

    The real issue with the NPOESS polar orbiting meteorological satellite program was that it was 6 years behind schedule and $3B over budget. That's not a success by any measure. A textbook case of a government program gone bad, with the requisite calls for more good money to be thrown into the abyss after the bad....

  7. Re:already done on Canadian Cannabis Car · · Score: 1

    That's the first think I thought...... big question is, did they *patent* it....

  8. 22 year solar cycle linked to droughts on Can Solar Storms Cause Wildfires? · · Score: 1

    NASA SP-426, "Sun, Weather, and Climate, 1978m John R. Herman and Richard A. Goldberg, republished 1985 by Dover Publications, Inc. Section 3.2 talks about correlations with the 22 year Hale Solar Cycle (the 11 year cycles have alternate polarity). Rainfall and drought are the first two mentioned..... not exactly the solar storm, but still the sun

  9. Re:No, it's the stupidest tech startup on Is the Federal Government the Most Interesting Tech Startup For 2009? · · Score: 1

    No way, no how. The Feds are more like Dilbert's "Mordac", preventers of information technology. In addition to no-bid fraud, waste, and abuse on the read-only, non-transactional "transparency" web site, add in the reaping of email addresses at whitehouse.gov (a practice carried over from the Obama campaign web sites, by the way, with no effective way to get off the list through the web site).

  10. Erlang use on FSM Virtual Radio Kernel on Erlang's Creator Speaks About Its History and Prospects · · Score: 1

    Erlang is also being used for the virtual radio kernel, which is used for software defined radios. Good article on the subject linked off the www.flex-radio.com FAQ's on PowerSDR V2.

  11. We already have one on Do We Really Need a National Climate Service? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    National Climatic Data Center, Asheville NC The only problem is that the charge $$$$ for the data that has already been collected at taxpayer expense.

  12. At least get paid well..... on Interesting Computer Science Jobs? · · Score: 1

    If you're a U.S. citizen, try try the Navy or Air Force as a commissioned officer. Lots of technical jobs, and the only coding they'll let you do is on your own time. If you're really gung-ho, add the Army and Marine Corps to your list. They're hiring.... And there is life (and work) after the service. Been there, done that....