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  1. Re:Aren't we already? on Scientists Study Permian Mass Extinction Event As Lesson For 21st Century · · Score: 1

    Anthropocene isn't a formal epoch.
    So you might want to wait until that happens for calling everyone ignorant and talking like it's an accepted epoch.
    There have been less then 1000 extinctions in the last 100 years. Of course some people will go on about undocumented extinctions being 100,000 per year. Naturally they show no statistical proof of there claim.

  2. Re:3 Most destructive events in a planet's history on Scientists Study Permian Mass Extinction Event As Lesson For 21st Century · · Score: 1

    Ar star will not go supernova. it will expand to be bigger then are orbit...and then contract. Intersting fact, the earth will still continue to orbit around the sun, it will just be a dead lifeless rock.

  3. Re:Good news, needs more science on Egg-free Flu Vaccines Provide Faster Pandemic Response · · Score: 1

    Remember everything articles get wrong on subjects you do know about? yeah, that's for everything they write about.

  4. Re:whatever on Egg-free Flu Vaccines Provide Faster Pandemic Response · · Score: 1

    either you are a liar, had the virus before getting the shot, or what you had was some form of stomach distress and not influenza. Many think are 'flu like' but aren't influenza.

  5. Re:Great news. on Egg-free Flu Vaccines Provide Faster Pandemic Response · · Score: 1

    haha, probably coincidental from the flu shot, or psychosomatic.

    That's not how the flu vaccine works, they are weakened cold adapted viruses.

  6. Re:No NYC on Google Fiber Pondering 9 New Metro Areas · · Score: 1

    Using low hanging fruit to let consumers and citizen know there are actual alternatives is being good.

  7. Re:Good on Google Fiber Pondering 9 New Metro Areas · · Score: 2

    over 51% is owned by board members. SO..good luck.

    Of course, once you intentions are knows, stock will drop like hell. Now, you are thinkg you will then buy it up, right? wrong. The board will then sue you for violation of share holder right
    But lets say most board member also sell their shares and you now own 51%

    That does not mean you get to do what ever you want to do. The other 40% also have rights, so when you action continue to cause the stock price to drop, they will sue you, take away your board control and a 3rd party board will be put ij place by the courts.

    Carl Icahn did it becasue he improved the stock price.

    I think your understanding of how this works comes from too many movies.

  8. Re: Good luck with all the coming ads on Google Fiber Pondering 9 New Metro Areas · · Score: 1

    No.
    Do you always here socialized and then compare it to WCS?

    Idiot.
    Not that I am surprised. You sig shows very clearly that you can't actually read. Or are so god damn stupid you can't actual understand facts.

  9. Re:Only for terrorism! on Government Sent 2,000+ National Security Letters To AT&T In 2013 · · Score: 1

    Or, alternatively, you could actual read up on some facts and then create an informed opinion.
    I know, leaving your echo chamber is scary, and stupid people fear what they don't understand.

  10. Re:Either we live in East Germany or ... on Government Sent 2,000+ National Security Letters To AT&T In 2013 · · Score: 1

    Our computer are domiciles now?

    Fuck you is all I have to say to people who think this is ANYTHING like East Germany. Bunch of ignorant, spoiled, entitled shits.

  11. Re:Its a shame there is a need for such transparen on Government Sent 2,000+ National Security Letters To AT&T In 2013 · · Score: 1

    False. Congress gave them permission, hence not illegal.
    Also, congress can take away any amendment, legally.

    You might ant to read the constitution.

  12. Is that a lot? on Government Sent 2,000+ National Security Letters To AT&T In 2013 · · Score: 1

    Te have millions of customers, so it seems like a tiny percentage. If you take into account degrees of separation, many of them were probably for related cases.

  13. Re:Ther eis no market failre in thw water sector on California Fights Drought With Data and Psychology, Yielding 5% Usage Reduction · · Score: 1

    Nope, at cost +- 1%

  14. The desalination system, would need to be rebuilt. Their current state isn't very good.

    "Also a large amount of groundwater is available"
    sadly, much of it's isn't practically available.

  15. I know. It's used, the its' unusable, then it's processed and then it's used again.

    Hence, used. i.e. not potable.

  16. Re:Reduce usage - pay more on California Fights Drought With Data and Psychology, Yielding 5% Usage Reduction · · Score: 2

    That's a classic conundrum in the industry.

    Are you sure yo aren't in a drought? A drought simple means you have less water then demand.
    More accurately, current demand will lower you water storage below a certain point. So if your population grows, you could get to a point where demand outstrips even a wet year.

    Also, the may be using the money to fund work, like underground tanks.
    I will assume you sewage is part of your water bill. They may have a large project that needs funding and your 'water bill' goes up.
    You should shoot a professional email to the person in charge of water. If that doesn't get result, contact the appropriate elected official.

    You should also ask what percentage loss they experience from leaks and main breaks. less then 20% is considered good. less then 10% is excellent.

  17. Re:compare water usage with "average"? on California Fights Drought With Data and Psychology, Yielding 5% Usage Reduction · · Score: 2, Informative

    The industry takes the very seriously. You can bet people will point it out very quickly. I spent 8 years working with engineers and experts in that field. Like most trades, they like accuracy and professionalism with the engineers.

  18. Re:Privacy, Cost on California Fights Drought With Data and Psychology, Yielding 5% Usage Reduction · · Score: 1

    Market drive water fails. I mean, it makes money, but you end up with more squallier.

    Which is fine if you plan is to drive the country into 3rd world status.

    It's not like you can have competing markets with a water system.

  19. Re:There is no drought in California. on California Fights Drought With Data and Psychology, Yielding 5% Usage Reduction · · Score: 1

    "There is merely a shortage of raw materials (H2O) for big agriculture."
    that's the definition of drought. Not enough water for your needs.

  20. Re:Privacy, Cost on California Fights Drought With Data and Psychology, Yielding 5% Usage Reduction · · Score: 1

    Another step towards third water nation status. Just make it too expensive and let people live in squalar.

  21. Re:flow = pressure/resistance on California Fights Drought With Data and Psychology, Yielding 5% Usage Reduction · · Score: 1

    Stop taking baths. Shower.

  22. Re:Manufactured Crisis on California Fights Drought With Data and Psychology, Yielding 5% Usage Reduction · · Score: 1

    There aren't a lot of farms in Los Angels, and not all of Ca was desert.
    How is producing almost all the tomotoes used 'pretending' to be farmland?

  23. No, it's used. In that it's not longer usable. i.e. not potable.
    By you definition, nothing is ever used.

  24. Re:Sexism in eSports is real! on E-Sports Gender Gap: 90+% Male · · Score: 1

    She was born as a male, but feels as a female."

    70's pop psychology bullshit.

    She can dress how she wants. make herself up to look female, I don't care. But that person doesn't know what it's like to 'feel female' anymore then I know what it feels to be anther man. It's stupid. No one know what it feels like to be someone else much less a different gender.
    It's insulting to women, and it dismisses what could be actual mental issues.

  25. because on E-Sports Gender Gap: 90+% Male · · Score: 1

    women are smarter then that?