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  1. Re:The Five Steps of Climate Change Denial on Congressional Testimony: A Surprising Consensus On Climate · · Score: 1

    This post would be hilarious if it wasn't nearly an exact transcript of history.

  2. Re:The Five Steps of Climate Change Denial on Congressional Testimony: A Surprising Consensus On Climate · · Score: 1

    Same reason people sinned in the middle ages. They know they can pay for indulgences.

  3. Re:We all know this on Congressional Testimony: A Surprising Consensus On Climate · · Score: 1

    My wife worked under several PI's who falsified data to receive grants. One of many reasons she got out of research and into clinical biology.

  4. Re:We all know this on Congressional Testimony: A Surprising Consensus On Climate · · Score: 1

    No, that has no bearing on truth. Just tells you they think it is worth spending money on. Or if SEC requires it to be mentioned to fulfill some other requirement. People ditto that shit all the time.

  5. Re:Lies, big lies, and statistics on Congressional Testimony: A Surprising Consensus On Climate · · Score: 1

    I remember the big consensus in the 60's and 70's that an ice age was going to hit us soon. I'm still waiting for it. Because, you know, consensus.

  6. Re:100% Consensus among scientific organizations on Congressional Testimony: A Surprising Consensus On Climate · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So you prefer an EPA that is unrestricted and does not have to prove anything. Like we have right now? Secret Science? That's sad.

  7. Re:What is the cable company? on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With Ongoing Suspected Identity Theft? · · Score: 1

    Could also be a phishing attempt? I'd be curious to see the actual messages. Do they use her name, address and other personal info or just her e-mail address? they might be hoping you try to log in and give them some info.

  8. Re:Three Gorges Dam on Global Warming Shifts the Earth's Poles · · Score: 1

    I was wondering if anyone else would bring this up. I am encouraged to see someone has.

  9. Me am not agree. on Study Claims Human Intelligence Peaked Two To Six Millennia Ago · · Score: 1

    Think him make this up.

  10. Algal blooms on Plan to Slow Global Warming By Dumping Iron Sulphate into Oceans · · Score: 1

    Wow, maybe these tests are the cause of the Algal Blooms that some countries have been experiencing? I don't think we want more and bigger algal blooms either. Action-> reaction, duh.

  11. Other breaking news... on When Continental Drift Was Considered Pseudoscience · · Score: 1

    Phlogiston was once a widely accepted theory.

  12. Re:Really? on Neal Stephenson Takes Blame For Innovation Failure · · Score: 1

    I've never read Stephenson, but from what I've heard, I'll stick with Gibson on my dystopia SF.
    I suspect Stephenson was merely using sarcasm and mockery to make a point. I doubt he actually believes he is responsible. Some people need to lighten up a bit on this one. Even I can see the humor in this.

  13. Re:The same threats from banks... in 2008. on New IMF Head Says US Must Raise Debt Limit, or Face 'Nasty Consequences' · · Score: 1

    Gee, of course they want us to borrow more. Doesn't every bank want that?

  14. Sobriety on Apple Bans DUI Checkpoint Apps · · Score: 1

    What if I just want to avoid these checkpoints when I'm sober? If avoiding checkpoints is criminal then only criminals will avoid checkpoints.

  15. Re:Of course on Fable III Dev: Used Game Sales More Costly Than Piracy · · Score: 1

    EA is already doing this. Check out Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age 2 for examples.
    Buy a used game and pay an extra 15$ for an account that lets you buy the DLC, plus the cost of the DLC.

  16. Re:solutions exist on Ask Slashdot: DOSBox, or DOS Box? · · Score: 1

    Or print out a template like I did. Once you get going looking at the template, you start to remember where the "right" keys are. It was a real bitch the first time I tried to type "load "*" , 8,1" but it became second nature after a while.

  17. Re:Appholes on Apple Sues Amazon.com Over App Store Trademark · · Score: 1

    Redundant comments? There's an app for that and an app for that too!

  18. Re:Appholes on Apple Sues Amazon.com Over App Store Trademark · · Score: 1

    Really. App is short for application. An App store sells Applications. End of discussion.
    Let's see which shoe store tries to sell another for selling "shoes" first, now.

  19. Re:Renewable = free ? My God, are you that stupid on Stanford, UCD Researchers Say 100% Renewable Energy Possible By 2050 · · Score: 1

    Add to that the fact that nothing is or ever will be 100% renewable. Everything has a cost. Entropy, anyone? Many of these costs may not be readily apparent to us now, but the only thing I'm certain of is that we will all pay it in the end.

  20. Welcome! on Sysbrain Lets Satellites Think For Themselves · · Score: 1

    I, for one, welcome our new Orbiting Overlords.

  21. Re:Oh please you old windbag on Al Franken Makes a Case For Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    Double A-A-men to that, brother!

  22. Re:Oh please you old windbag on Al Franken Makes a Case For Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    Cite YOUR sources, and your name while you're at it, Coward.

    If the only way to prevent Corporate ownership is to give the Government more power, I'll take my chances with corporations, thank you.

    The politicians are the ones spreading the FUD. That is their job, it's who they are, what they do.

  23. Re:Birthplace? Seriously? on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 1

    One of the many problems with this article and the survey is that Fox news has never reported that Obama was NOT born in the US. They just report more about the people who believe he wasn't. Other networks just pretend no one holds that belief.

    The MOST you can infer from this is that Fox news listeners have a harder time seperating opinion from news.
    If the study actually looked at this inference, I'm sure things would have evened out and we would have just found out that the majority of people believe what they want to believe.

    Move along....

  24. Re:Speaking of flame war on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 1

    Most lucid response, dude!

    I want to know who does the deciding on what the "correct" answers are?

    Does welfare help or hurt?
    Stimulus?
    Is Obama-care socialism?
    Do gun laws infringe on 2nd Ammendment rights?

    None of these are absolutely answerable, nor would yes-or-no answers tell whether one is "informed" or "uninformed".

    Way too many zombie answerers out there on both sides.

  25. Re:Sheesh on Survey Shows That Fox News Makes You Less Informed · · Score: 1

    Your statement won't really change anything. People believe what they want to believe. I want to believe that people who get their news from only one single source are all morons. You need to be rounded to even be able to guess at what is "true" these days.