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  1. Re:Oh, the ole "Poison the Well" gag! on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 1

    Additionally, the same principles that works well at heating up parts of the ionosphere will not work at lower altitudes.

    Not only that, if you could heat up the jet stream from the ground think how much you'd heat up the air below a thousand metres in the process. Quick, someone investigate whether there's any suspicious shipments of air conditioners and tropical uniforms to Alaskan research bases.

  2. Re:Oh, the ole "Poison the Well" gag! on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 1

    you'd see how little respect they have for you morons who actually believe their crap.

    Whereas those of us in the reality based community have nothing but respect and admiration for the Tinfoil Lancers, crusaders for Truth.

  3. Re:Oh, the ole "Poison the Well" gag! on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 1

    Welcome to the Conspiracy! Have you received your membership pack yet?

  4. Re:Oh, the ole "Poison the Well" gag! on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 1

    I can sympathise with them. Unfortunately it's very difficult to make a dent in this level of cognitive dissonance.

  5. Re:Oh, the ole "Poison the Well" gag! on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 1

    Reading comprehension isn't really your strong suit, is it. You keep saying I think things that I haven't even mentioned. Projection, perhaps?

  6. Re:Oh, the ole "Poison the Well" gag! on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 0

    Seek help.

  7. Re:what about regular contrails on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 1
  8. Re:No subject on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 1

    OK, here's a number. HAARP has slightly more than half the transmitted RF power of an AEGIS cruiser.

  9. Re:Oh, the ole "Poison the Well" gag! on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 1

    Is English your second language?

    No, but it might be yours.

    You mean the mentions of the two items in the subject of the article and the article itself? Wholly Shit!

    I have to agree with you there.

  10. Re:Oh, the ole "Poison the Well" gag! on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 1

    OK, I'll bite. This is the frothiest bit: "The fact that the plans for chemtrails and weather modification are not given does not make science study disappear. We know things are happening and we can measure them. Aluminum and Barium in the atmosphere has been shown to be true by numerous scientific studies."

    Shock horror, there's some elements in the atmosphere. Obviously they must have come there from chemical additives to jet exhaust for the purpose of weather modification! It's a ludicrous leap of logic and makes me ashamed to be in the same society as you.

    As for the rest of it, cloud seeding has a well known and reproducible mechanism for inducing rain fall (hint: it's not chemical, it's physical). HAARP is a radio transmitter for studying ionospheric communications. If you can't see the difference then you really are beyond hope.

    The kind of swivel eyed inferences you're making are a clear marker of the conspiracy nut. I'm not sure what particular mental illness causes you to believe in this nonsense, but I strongly suggest psychiatric evaluation.

  11. Re:Better explanations please on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 1

    The conspiracy theorists won't listen to science anyway, so why not just ridicule them. They're going to need to get used to it if they insist on holding such stupid beliefs.

  12. Re:Cool Story Steve! on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 1

    Are you trying to be clever or do you not know it's actually Jeff Bezos? "There are literally dozens of patents about weather modification" - there's patents for perpetual motion machines too, and yet I still have to pay the power bill. It's all a conspiracy by Big Utility.

  13. Re:Oh, the ole "Poison the Well" gag! on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 2

    I thought you didn't reply to ACs?

  14. Re:Oh, the ole "Poison the Well" gag! on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 1

    Your whole post, basically. If you can't see why it's laughable then you're beyond help. I'll give you a clue though - what's the total amount of thermal energy in the atmosphere compared to the amount that HAARP can put out?

  15. Re:Oh, the ole "Poison the Well" gag! on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 2

    Well points for not posting anonymous, but do you realise that your post is a frothing mix of wide-eyed lunacy?

  16. Re: Stupid article on Why Weather Control Conspiracy Theories Are Scientifically Ludicrous · · Score: 5, Funny

    So the conspiracy is even more stupid than the straw man version? That's quite an accomplishment.

  17. Re:Ordering on MS Researchers Develop Acoustic Data Transfer System For Phones · · Score: 1

    Because that over-complicates it. What if you're in a mobile internet deadspot, or don't have a data plan, etc etc. The idea was to keep it as simple as possible.

  18. Re:the drive-through speaker systems need to be be on MS Researchers Develop Acoustic Data Transfer System For Phones · · Score: 1

    You're not transmitting a huge amount of data. 75 baud would be plenty.

  19. Ordering on MS Researchers Develop Acoustic Data Transfer System For Phones · · Score: 1

    I had this idea a while ago as a way to order from a drive-through window. Create your order on the McApp, hold the phone up to the drive-through speaker box and it squawks the order through in a second. Pops up on the operator's screen, they read out the price and you go through without having to yell "I said NO ONIONS" over and over again. When I researched it, turned out there was an Apple patent covering exactly that use case so I gave up on it. I wonder if the MS researchers will run into issues with that bit of IP.

  20. Re:Not a new concept on Book Review: The Healthy Programmer · · Score: 1

    You didn't read the link, did you. The Hacker's Diet addresses those issues.

  21. Re:News: Tool creates possibilities, good and bad. on Bradley Manning and the 'Hacker Madness' Scare Tactic · · Score: 1

    How dare you let your fascist "facts" get in the way of a good conspiracy theory!

  22. Re:Parkour on RHex Robot Shows Off Parkour Moves · · Score: 1

    Best way to get from A to B is in a tank, imho.

  23. Parkour on RHex Robot Shows Off Parkour Moves · · Score: 1

    I thought parkour was about showing off? Did they make a robot with an ego to stroke?

  24. Re: Misleading summary on Signs Point To XKCD's Time Ending · · Score: 2

    The point you're missing is that the post isn't talking about XKCD itself, it's talking about one particular comic that's being regularly updated.

  25. Re:Sigh on Ask Slashdot: Setting Up Non-Obnoxious Outdoor Lighting? · · Score: 1

    It's only pollution if it's going up. (oversimplification alert!) You don't need to put people in the dark to get the night sky back, just put proper reflectors and shades on things.