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  1. Re: Established science CANNOT BE QUESTIONED! on Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics' · · Score: 1

    Well when far more have died from coal pollution than radiation, I don't really care about AGW, give me nukes. Of course politics and financial issue interfere.

  2. Re:Skeptics and Deniers on Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And (according to the article) it is better to assume such questioners are deniers rather than skeptics.

  3. Re:News at 11.. on Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics' · · Score: 1

    Code ninjas is more appropriate.

  4. Like watching a train wreck on Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics' · · Score: 1

    Or is it more like playing with matches around gasoline? I'm going to go make the popcorn and sit back and watch now. Anyone want to join me?

  5. Re:Established science CANNOT BE QUESTIONED! on Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics' · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yes constant questioning is at the heart of scientific inquiry however deliberate obfuscation of established science for political and economic objectives is not scepticism but subterfuge.

    I'm not sure which side you are arguing for.

  6. Re:Sounds Nicer on Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics' · · Score: 1

    Very convincing argument.

  7. Sure on Skeptics Would Like Media To Stop Calling Science Deniers 'Skeptics' · · Score: 2, Insightful

    And then we can call AGW proponents the Church of Global Warming. I'm sure people agree far more when name calling is involved.

  8. Re:Land of the free on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Land of the free on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 1

    You mean the illegal corner store? What do you want to do, make that store more illegal?

  10. Re:Land of the free on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 2

    I know of a couple relatives that faced intruders (not sure if they were armed). The cocking of a shotgun resulted in the intruder rapidly vacating the area.

  11. Re:Land of the free on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 1

    You must be a man. I am a man and my gun is more to protect my wife than myself, though I've read about people being killed in my area during home invasions (with the owner not having a gun) and we are in a fairly quiet area.

  12. Re:Land of the free on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 2

    The problem is that taking away guns results in more guns taken away from responsible people than lunatics (no numbers to back this up). The problem is making guns illegal doesn't stop illegal procurement of guns. That being said I'm not against improving background checks as long as it is not invasive.

  13. Re:yea but on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 1

    Add some legalese to the tickets at those theaters: "I, the undersigned, swear I, and anyone associated with me, will not hold the theater liable for North Korean terrorist attacks."

  14. Re:Land of the free on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 2

    How the hell does Muti-terabytes of data leave your network, without even a HINT of it. I'm sure that whatever cost savings they were going for when IT budgets came out was well worth it. I hope Sony gets it pants sued off (see first paragraph) by the likes of all the actors, crews and other employees.

    What a cluster fuck.

    I don't know their system and I'm only an amateur at network programming but if they do a lot of data transfers what makes you think they will notice terabytes of data copied when they are probably usually seeing petabytes moving around? The whole point of networks is easy transfer of data, effective security makes it harder for legitimate users to use the network and results in a lot of complaints to IT. I work with a government contractor and I'm pretty sure I could bypass most of their security with a virus on a thumb drive, if I wanted to.

    Otherwise, well said.

  15. Re:Land of the free on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 1

    We had a lunatic stalker (certified) that came to my house because she thought I was some imaginary person. When she was banging on my door I called the cops even though I have a gun. Now if she had broken into the house instead of just banging on it this might have been a different story (this woman made death threats against my wife but I don't think they were serious) but I wont open the door to shoot someone, they have to actually break in first.

  16. Re:Land of the free on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, I'm a wussie for not wanting to face an armed intruder bare handed.

  17. Re:Hmmmmm. Interesting decision history... on Ask Slashdot: How Should a Liberal Arts Major Get Into STEM? · · Score: 1

    The main thing is finding someone willing to stick with something difficult and not bail on it. Four years with something (the same job, or a degree) is a good indicator. In some ways the degree is better as it shows the person is willing to stick with something that is not always what they want to do.

  18. Re:Papers please, comrade ... on Federal Court Nixes Weeks of Warrantless Video Surveillance · · Score: 1

    The primary purpose of the law is to ensure that everyone is guilty of something.

    The primary purpose of the law was at one time to ensure those not in power have to do what they are told. Fortunately things are at least a little better than that.

  19. Re:Papers please, comrade ... on Federal Court Nixes Weeks of Warrantless Video Surveillance · · Score: 1

    You make it sound like something new. How much of warrantless wiretapping and surveillance are recent and how much are things the government has been doing for as long as it existed and are just being brought to light by new technologies?

  20. The disturbed sand? on Peru Indignant After Greenpeace Damages Ancient Nazca Site · · Score: -1

    Ok so I still think this was very stupid but the complaint is they disturbed sand? How indignant is Peru when a wind storm comes through?

  21. Re:Actually... on Rosetta Results: Comets "Did Not Bring Water To Earth" · · Score: 1

    True, when I say cosmology I'm probably thinking more the loud individuals you hear every time a new observation comes out.

  22. Re:Technology leadership stifled by regulation on Report: Big Issues Remain Before Drones Can Safely Access National Airspace · · Score: 1

    Yet Russia didn't make it as far into space as the US.

  23. Re:For safe integration with existing air traffic on Report: Big Issues Remain Before Drones Can Safely Access National Airspace · · Score: 1

    Haven't seen a crop duster in over a decade and I live around farmland, also haven't seen military aircraft operating low outside of normal touch and go flights near the airport. Also the typical drone being flown weights half that of a seagull and there are a lot of those birds around here.

  24. Re:2% is nothing on NASA Gets 2% Boost To Science Budget · · Score: 1

    Don't look a gift horse in the mouth, even if it is a tad (lot) under weight.

  25. Re:2% is nothing on NASA Gets 2% Boost To Science Budget · · Score: 1

    Cut two F-35s and keep all the remaining A-10s flying. Cut a squadron of F-35s and we can build a few new Orion spaceships. Cut all of the F-35s and we could colonize Mars (not sure how much I'm exaggerating...)