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  1. Re:One huge problem still on How Close Are We To a Mars Mission? (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    What do you mean by 'visible' signs of life'? Are you even aware of which tests have been performed? Given that the planet has no molten core, no magnetic field to speak of, how do you plan on making that terraforming program sustainable?

    If you contaminate the planet with life from earth, at the very least it becomes difficult to investigate life that might have evolved independently on Mars. You are also assuming that that life is "past", where it may still be active under the surface especially where water is to be found.

    http://www.theguardian.com/sci...

  2. Re:Mars isn't going anywhere. on How Close Are We To a Mars Mission? (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 2

    Ceres is further than Mars and might be an even better target. It has the added bonus of being a smaller gravity well.

  3. Re:A bot that flagrantly violated Blizzard's TOU on Sued Freelancer Allegedly Turns Over Contractee Source Code In Settlement · · Score: 1

    Unless you are being sarcastic, you are also depriving yourself of the experiences that come with interacting with other people.

    I avoid interacting with one or two individuals and a few corporations. Not playing certain games does not diminish my experience of life (on the contrary).

    It is your choice and you may have you reasons to do so, but despite being easier in the short term, limiting your social interactions is likely to impact your personal growth.

  4. Re:A bot that flagrantly violated Blizzard's TOU on Sued Freelancer Allegedly Turns Over Contractee Source Code In Settlement · · Score: 1

    I avoid violating Blizzard's TOU by not purchasing any of their products.

  5. Re:They can save my TRS-80 tapes? on Tape Disintegration Threatens Historical Records, But Chemistry Can Help (nautil.us) · · Score: 1

    Of course I meant; it is possible.

  6. Re:They can save my TRS-80 tapes? on Tape Disintegration Threatens Historical Records, But Chemistry Can Help (nautil.us) · · Score: 1

    If you are serious, there it is possible. Would you want me to upload it, or mail you a 5 1/4" 1541 floppy ;)

  7. Re:Why are Americans so stupid? on Tape Disintegration Threatens Historical Records, But Chemistry Can Help (nautil.us) · · Score: 1

    I think they mean they know which condition it is in without further specifying the percentage of bad and good. It would be far more useful if they had provided the information about how that 60% was split up.

  8. Re:Voyager's Golden Record on Tape Disintegration Threatens Historical Records, But Chemistry Can Help (nautil.us) · · Score: 1

    That is not magnetic media. What exactly do you expect the radiation to do to the physical grooves on that gold record? Reshape them?

  9. Re:They can save my TRS-80 tapes? on Tape Disintegration Threatens Historical Records, But Chemistry Can Help (nautil.us) · · Score: 1

    I just recovered a VIC-20 tape on which I wrote a fairly decent game in BASIC. What is funny to some is fun for others.

  10. Re:Can we send "Syrian refugees" there? on Inside the Mission To Europa (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Be careful about mocking the unfortunate. You may not be so lucky yourself one day.

  11. Re:Mixed on Google Car Pulled Over For Driving Too Slow, Doesn't Get a Ticket (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can think of many times I wish others would get pulled over for tailgating.

  12. That's one way to get around Windows 10 keylogging!

    In your face Microsoft!

  13. Comment out, retype on Mimic, the Evil Script That Will Drive Programmers To Insanity (github.com) · · Score: 1

    When dealing with a problem that I cannot identify in source, I usually comment out the offending line(s) and retype them from scratch if I have to.

    No matter the subject matter, troubleshooting starts by isolating the problem.

  14. Re:Who? on Matthew Garrett Forks the Linux Kernel · · Score: 1

    It is not nearly as wasted as your mod points.

  15. Re:I wonder if... on Vostochny Launch Building Built To the Wrong Size · · Score: 1

    'Murcan' freedom is not freedom at all. Perhaps you meant to imply it, but your signature is lacking the case where corporate interests own both media and government. That would seem to be the case in 'the land of the free'.

  16. Re:Who? on Matthew Garrett Forks the Linux Kernel · · Score: 1

    Seriously AC, if you are going to ask the question...

  17. Re:I wonder if... on Vostochny Launch Building Built To the Wrong Size · · Score: 2

    I'm guessing you know this, but the the only countries that don't are the USA, Liberia, and Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.

  18. Re:Uk legionella engineer here on Legionnaires' Bacteria Reemerges In Previously Disinfected Cooling Towers · · Score: 1

    Perhaps not in the way depicted here, but yes indeed, light can be a form of pollution.
    http://darksky.org/light-pollu...

  19. Re:Oh God on Talking Science and God With the Pope's New Chief Astronomer · · Score: 1
  20. Re: "If you think you already know everything... on Talking Science and God With the Pope's New Chief Astronomer · · Score: 2

    Strawman. You can speak all you want. Don't complain when it is pointed out that you are not speaking the truth. This is what science strives for.

  21. Re:Oh God on Talking Science and God With the Pope's New Chief Astronomer · · Score: 1

    I do not have an agenda about changing your mind, but I doubt you were joking.

  22. Re:Oh God on Talking Science and God With the Pope's New Chief Astronomer · · Score: 1

    You wish.

  23. Re:Oh God on Talking Science and God With the Pope's New Chief Astronomer · · Score: 1

    What led you to presume that you were not allowed to think? Perhaps you shouldn't bother asking anything if you already have your mind made up.

  24. Re:News for history nerds... on Tank Hack Ensured Farmland Didn't Thwart the Invasion of Europe · · Score: 1

    Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it. - George Santayana ?

  25. Re:Other than the "liquid fuels" part... on Making Liquid Fuels From Sun and Air · · Score: 1
    How does cutting the trees make grass grow again?

    What kind of logic states that if money was spent, the premiss is validated?

    I really don't know because you provide no useful information, but a corrupt city council invested in golf explains this much better that you have.