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  1. Re:first thanks! on Google Releases Geothermal Potential Map of the US · · Score: 1

    So are trying to say we should nuke China and India?

  2. Re:How's about this... on HPV Vaccine Recommended For Boys · · Score: 1

    The curious thing about Abrahamic religions is that most of what is believed isn't in the Tanakh, Bible or Qur'an.

  3. Re:How's about this... on HPV Vaccine Recommended For Boys · · Score: 1

    They only say that vaccinations against STDs will decrease abstinence, what they really think is that STD's are Punishment from God for promiscuous fornication and a vaccine would therefore be interference with The Wrath of God. That's why they had apoplexy when Pastor Rob Bell said there is no Hell, no burning lake of sulfur and brimstone for unrepentant sinners; and therefore no wrathfulness to God today.

  4. Re:Vigilances on Anonymous Hackers Take Down Child Porn Websites · · Score: 1

    What Anonymous did here is something I heartily condone of, but it still doesn't make me like them, they've simply pulled way too many stupid things over the years.

    I don't, it would have been much more effective to have turned what they had over to the FBI. The FBI would have put people in prison, Anonymous just tipped off the purps that their cover wasn't deep enough. Anonymous is good at making a lot of noise but all the "bad guys" have to do is wait until their ritalin soaked ADHD brains gets bored and they move on to something else.

  5. Re:Did it "confirm" it was caused by man? on Global Warming 'Confirmed' By Independent Study · · Score: 1

    On the other side, climate change deniers have a strong financial incentive for it not to be taking place, as they are all funded by companies that would be "hurt" if we started trying to do anything about global climate change. That's a pretty strong indicator that their arguments being financially motivated (i.e. not related to the truth).

    When you actually deep-dig the financial, "Big-Oil" and "Dirty-Coal" et. al. fund an embarrassing number of Climatologists, so money is thrown around quite liberally on both sides of the issue, just like they make campaign contributions to both side of the isle.

  6. Re:Did it "confirm" it was caused by man? on Global Warming 'Confirmed' By Independent Study · · Score: 1

    Religion is claiming something is so in spite of zero factual evidence in support of it. Climate science is WELL-SUPPORTED by the facts, WELL-ACCPETED by all credibile practitioners of the science, and OVERWHELMINGLY backed up by the evidence.

    Practitioners of Homeopathy would say the same thing of their "science", but I wouldn't consider their version of facts and evidence as strong as mine. After reading the climategate emails, I'm not sure how strong the Climatologists version of facts and evidence is, at least the ones that think they are rock-stars.

  7. Re:Federal Law State Law on Legal Tender? Maybe Not, Says Louisiana Law · · Score: 1

    Coins are not legal tender

  8. Re:Federal Law State Law on Legal Tender? Maybe Not, Says Louisiana Law · · Score: 1

    Louisiana is probably evolved from Napoleonic law since Louisiana was purchased from France.

  9. Re:Federal Law State Law on Legal Tender? Maybe Not, Says Louisiana Law · · Score: 1

    Or a check made out to cash.

  10. Re:I'm a fake and proud of it on Google+ To End Real Names Policy · · Score: 1

    I just went and clicked the You+ and the signup screen already had my real name, so most likely they have your real name whether you signup or not, they have mine and I have no reason to believe I'm special or anything.

  11. Re:Yay! It's getting nice and warm! on Northeast Passage Becomes Viable Trade Route · · Score: 1

    Dude even SS is talking about millimeters per year. Considering the current weather in and near the arctic circle, your idea of spring weather is pretty different from mine.

    October 18, 2011 weather report for LONGYEARBYEN, SVALBARD
    Weather report as of 55 minutes ago (21:50 UTC):
    The wind was blowing at a speed of 4.6 meters per second (10.4 miles per hour) from Southeast in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. The temperature was -9 degrees Celsius (16 degrees Fahrenheit). Air pressure was 1,008 hPa (29.77 inHg). Relative humidity was 66.9%. There were a few clouds at a height of 610 meters (2000 feet). The visibility was >11.3 kilometers (>7 miles).

    October 18, 2011 weather report for ALERT, NUNAVUT, CANADA
    Weather report as of 47 minutes ago (22:00 UTC):
    The wind was blowing at a speed of 5.7 meters per second (12.7 miles per hour) from North/Northwest in Alert, Canada. The temperature was -20 degrees Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit). Air pressure was 1,025 hPa (30.26 inHg). Relative humidity was 91.7%. There were overcast at a height of 183 meters (600 feet). The visibility was 3.2 kilometers (2.0 miles). Current weather is Light Snow .

    October 18, 2011 weather report for TUKTOYAKTUK, NWT, CANADA
    Weather report as of 50 minutes ago (22:00 UTC):
    The wind was blowing at a speed of 8.2 meters per second (18.4 miles per hour) from East in Tuktoyaktuk, Canada. The temperature was -1 degrees Celsius (30 degrees Fahrenheit). Air pressure was 1,011 hPa (29.86 inHg). Relative humidity was 86.2%. There were a few clouds at a height of 244 meters (800 feet) and broken clouds at a height of 914 meters (3000 feet). The visibility was 16.1 kilometers (10.0 miles). Current weather is Light Snow Moderate Low Drifting Snow .

    October 18, 2011 weather report for CAPE LISBURNE, ALASKA, USA
    Weather report as of 57 minutes ago (21:55 UTC):
    The wind was calm in Cape Lisburne, Alaska. The temperature was 1 degrees Celsius (34 degrees Fahrenheit). Air pressure was 1,008 hPa (29.77 inHg). Relative humidity was 74.6%. There were broken clouds at a height of 1524 meters (5000 feet). The visibility was 16.1 kilometers (10.0 miles).

    October 18, 2011 weather report for BARROW, ALASKA, USA
    Weather report as of 56 minutes ago (21:53 UTC):
    The wind was blowing at a speed of 7.2 meters per second (16.1 miles per hour) from East in Barrow, Alaska. The temperature was -1 degrees Celsius (30 degrees Fahrenheit). Air pressure was 1,009 hPa (29.81 inHg). Relative humidity was 100.0%. There were scattered clouds at a height of 152 meters (500 feet) and overcast at a height of 457 meters (1500 feet). The visibility was 3.2 kilometers (2.0 miles). The visibility for runway 07 varies between 1,372 meters (4,500 feet) and >1,829 meters (>6,000 feet). Current weather is Light Snow Moderate Mist .

    October 18, 2011 weather report for PEVEK, RUSSIA
    Weather report as of 54 minutes ago (22:00 UTC):
    The wind was blowing at a speed of 3 meters per second (6.7 miles per hour) from East in Pevek, Russia. The temperature was -15 degrees Celsius (5 degrees Fahrenheit). Air pressure was 1,004 hPa (29.65 inHg). Relative humidity was 77.7%. The sky was clear. The visibility was >11.3 kilometers (>7 miles).

    October 18, 2011 weather report for TISKI, RUSSIA

    Weather report as of 25 minutes ago (22:30 UTC):
    The wind was blowing at a speed of 6 meters per second (13.4 miles per hour), with gusts to 9 meters per second (20.1 miles per hour), from Southwest in Tiski, Russia. The temperature was -11 degrees Celsius (12 degrees Fahrenheit). Air pressure was 994 hPa (29.35 inHg). Relative humidity was 72.2%. There were scattered clouds at a height of 3962 meters (13000 feet). The visibility was >11.3 kilometers (>7 miles). Current weather is Moderate Low Drifting Snow .

    October 18, 2011 weather report for KHATANGA, RUSSIA
    Weather report

  12. Re:OH, Goodie! on Northeast Passage Becomes Viable Trade Route · · Score: 0

    How about when there is some global warming, Temperatures have been flat for 15 years; and with another La Niña winter coming even the Met isn't predicting another "Bar-B-Que winter". Maybe if the Hockey team spent less time dodging FOI requests, and more time being open and transparent it would help too.

  13. Re:Assange condemns greed? on Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global · · Score: 1

    Second, socialism (= worker ownership of capital) has been tested, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondrag%C3%B3n_Cooperative_Corporation, and it seems to lead to more productivity than the actual capitalism.

    Well fly Maggie's drawers from a flag pole, I'm surrounded by socialist right here in the heart of agricultural conservatism in the good ol' US of A! I looked it up and Wikipedia backs up your definition of Socialism. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a dittohead, but I have listened to the Limbaugh show more than once, yet I do my banking with a socialist Credit Union and a fair number of my neighbors work for and farm for the Michigan Sugar Company Co-op; Go figure.

  14. Re:Assange condemns greed? on Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global · · Score: 0

    It seemed to me that the press really put Bachman, Palin and DeMint at the head of the Tea Party table, and that is because the Tea Party is a non-organiation like Anonymous and it's really hard to interview a herd of cats. The Republican party has to be very leery of the Tea Party because they don't fit the existing power structures and their loyalty is more toward a cause than a party. Of course the Democrats are leery because they got mauled in the congressional mid-term elections.

  15. Re:Assange condemns greed? on Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global · · Score: 1

    The real problem is Marx designed a system because of the evils of what he thought was capitalism, but was in reality a corporate feudalism; much like what I see today.

  16. Re:Stand up a bit on Ask Slashdot: Ergonomic Office Environment? · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Is that how that works? on US Bishop Charged For Not Reporting Priest's Child Porn To Police · · Score: 1

    Does possession of child porn constitute "reasonable cause to suspect"?

    yes

  18. Re:Nice.... on Scientists Recover Black Death RNA From Exhumed Victims · · Score: 1

    I hope you don't think that I was suggesting that someone should release plague in East Africa on purpose but i was pointing out how potentially devastating a natural out-break would likely be.

  19. Re:Nice.... on Scientists Recover Black Death RNA From Exhumed Victims · · Score: 1

    At the time of the Black Death there was widespread famine. It is certainly plausible that Y. pestis is much more pathologic in a weak, starving host living in awful non hygienic circumstances. This is a testable hypothesis but hopefully no one is ever going to do that experiment.

    Pretty much sounds like East Africa today.

  20. Re:Bla Bla Bla on Columbus Blamed For Mini Ice Age · · Score: 1

    South America Actually, specifically the Amazon basin.

  21. Re:Bla Bla Bla on Columbus Blamed For Mini Ice Age · · Score: 1

    What they are hypothesizing is that the Indians (American like Icamiabas, Aztec and Inca not Hindistani) had a large society and population in precolumbian times, that engaged in extensive slash and burn and slash and char agriculture and very fertile soils now called tera preta. This style of agriculture released considerable CO2, and cleared large stretches of forest. When Conquistadors like de Orellana explored the area, disease then wiped out 85% of the indian population, caused the society to collapse and the jungle reclaimed the abandoned farm land which cause a world-wide drop in CO2 levels due to rapid new growth trees and triggered the little ice age.

  22. Re:Credit where credit is due on VeriSign Withdraws Domain-Suspension Proposal · · Score: 1

    They didn't have a change of heart, just publicly admitted procedure.

  23. Re:The mules are always the ones who pay on Shady Reshipping Centers Exposed · · Score: 1

    Almost, the National Guard isn't cover while not on Federal duty, and the Navy is included only by DOD directive, not force of law like the Army and Air Force. Posse Comitatus only applies to the US and it's territories, but doesn't apply to federal property, so don't think your getting out of any speeding tickets written by an Army MP either.

  24. Re:What excuses do they use? on Shady Reshipping Centers Exposed · · Score: 1

    If a legitimate business is recruiting re-shippers to work out of their homes, you can be pretty sure that they are going to require sufficient documentation to do a background check and probably make up get bonded as well; otherwise the prosecutor isn't likely to be amused by your attempt at plausible deniability.

  25. Re:fake it on NATO Exercise Banned From Jamming GPS · · Score: 1

    The IEEE L band (20-cm radar long-band) is a portion of the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum ranging roughly from 1 to 2 GHz.[1][2] It is used by some communications satellites, and for some terrestrial Eureka 147 digital audio broadcasting (DAB). The amateur radio service also has an allocation between 1240 and 1300 MHz (23-centimeter band). The L band refers to the frequency range of 950 MHz to 1450 MHz. Satellite modems and television receivers work in this range, and the signal is translated to and from the band the satellite uses by either dedicated upconverters/downconverters or a solid-state Low-noise block converter and Block upconverter. IEEE L band ...
    Telecommunications use
    GSM mobile phones operate at 800–900 and 1800–1900 MHz. Iridium Satellite LLC phones use frequencies between 1616 and 1626.5 MHz[3] to communicate with the satellites. Inmarsat terminals use frequencies between 1525 and 1646.5 MHz to communicate with the satellites. Telecommunications use

    Aw gee, multiple jammers hetreodyning with each other, add in some sideband splatter, a bad solder joint or standing-waves in a cable and all of the effects are entirely possible, especially considering that a consumer-grade equipment isn't made to milspec ECM tolerances. Life can be tough when your equipment uses bandwidth at or near Military frequencies.