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  1. Re:what about a curve? on No One Knows How Long the US Coastline Is (discovermagazine.com) · · Score: 0

    They aren't really fractals. You could measure a coastline at any given moment down to the atomic level. It's not infinite.

  2. It's actually a stupendously large number... on No One Knows How Long the US Coastline Is (discovermagazine.com) · · Score: 0

    ...and if you take the time to measure, the length of the coastline increases almost infinitely as you increase the resolution of the measurement system. What is the perimeter of a fractal?

  3. ..awakening. They just aren't that useful anymore.

  4. I wish we could just say she was a good pilot who stayed calm and made the right decisions that saved the airplane and a bunch of lives. I don't really see what being a woman has to do with it. Yet you read every news article on this event, and without exception, the fact that she's a woman seems to be the most remarkable thing. As if she saved the airplane in spite of that fact. As if being a woman is a liability. So really, the vagina thing is a bit of social commentary and criticism.

  5. She's brave because she overcame the disability of having a vagina. Obviously.

  6. The fundamental problem is that they had to unnecessarily carry an airplane into space, where it did absolutely nothing.

  7. Re: The world is not a static system on One-Degree Rise In Temperature Causes Ripple Effect In World's Largest High Arctic Lake (folio.ca) · · Score: 0

    At those concentrations in the body? I wouldn't say perfectly safe, an astute observer might notice very mild syptoms of cyanide poisoning if they were looking for it, but not a serious cause for concern.

  8. Re:The world is not a static system on One-Degree Rise In Temperature Causes Ripple Effect In World's Largest High Arctic Lake (folio.ca) · · Score: 0

    Sure. I have a model. My model, based on real world observations shows that changes of slightly more than one ten thousandths of one percent are statistical noise that affect nothing in any meaningful way.

  9. I'm pretty sure we're going to find out that Facebook has been helping a lot more Democrats that just Obama and Hillary.

  10. Re:The world is not a static system on One-Degree Rise In Temperature Causes Ripple Effect In World's Largest High Arctic Lake (folio.ca) · · Score: -1

    The sun creates matter? Do we need to talk about the First Law as well?

  11. Re:The world is not a static system on One-Degree Rise In Temperature Causes Ripple Effect In World's Largest High Arctic Lake (folio.ca) · · Score: 0

    PPM is an acronym for parts per million. Lets talk percentages so people can see the miniscule amount we are talking about. It is entirely conceivable that a change from .000280% to .000400% will have no effect.

  12. ...had to exploit the system that Facebook created to get data. Ok. When are people going to get pissed that Facebook has willingly been sharing much more extensive data with Democrats for years? These crocodile tears are getting really old.

  13. Re:Gallant works on smart roads.... on California Bullet Train Costs Soar To $77.3 Billion, Will Take 5 Years Longer To Complete · · Score: 1

    I don't know about you, but I usually release the parking brake before I drove. I believe the term you are looking for is rolling resistance.

  14. Re:The only way to stop a man without a gun.... on Trump's Meeting With The Video Game Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 0

    If that's the fix, how do you prevent the civil war?

  15. Re:Depends on if anyone is allowed to bring facts on Trump's Meeting With The Video Game Industry To Talk Gun Violence Could Get Ugly (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: -1

    Your stupid smarmy post is lacking in effort. Be specific about what you think the solution is, then you will realize why the onion is wrong.

  16. Re:it accuses Nunes of having never read the FISA on House Democrats' Counter-Memo Released, Alleging Major Factual Inaccuracies (vox.com) · · Score: 0

    Please. Stop lying.

  17. Re: How is this news for nerds? on House Democrats' Counter-Memo Released, Alleging Major Factual Inaccuracies (vox.com) · · Score: 0

    Why won't this lie die?

  18. Well, to be accurate, on Amateur Astronomer Spots Supernova Right As It Begins (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    he spotted the supernova 67 million years after it began.

  19. If the FCC can impose.... on 23 Attorneys General Refile Challenge To FCC Net Neutrality Repeal (engadget.com) · · Score: 0, Insightful

    ....net neutrality by decree, it can repeal net neutrality by decree.

  20. They did before they turned off the water.

  21. Re:Russian "trolls" didn't cause Hillary! to lose on NBC Publishes 200,000 Tweets Tied To Russian Trolls · · Score: 1

    Yes. We do. She still lost to him.

  22. Re:How does a long term member unsubscribe? on NBC Publishes 200,000 Tweets Tied To Russian Trolls · · Score: -1, Troll

    Because losing hurts so much. If we can blame it on Boogeyman Vladimir, it makes it so much easier to get up in the morning to go to my gender equality group.

  23. Re:How does a long term member unsubscribe? on NBC Publishes 200,000 Tweets Tied To Russian Trolls · · Score: 1

    No. It's been 18 months of Russia, Russia, Russia. They have to eat it. They put it on the plate, they cannot leave the table until it's gone.

  24. ...the NORKS did it.

  25. ...pays money to "buy back" stolen hacking tools. The cover story is obviously a lie.