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  1. Re:What that really means? on 1981 Paper's Predictions for Global Temperatures Spot-On · · Score: 2

    typepad.com or nasa.gov. Pick the one you think is most trustworthy on science issues.

    (http://climate.nasa.gov/)

  2. Re:monkeys throwing darts... on 1981 Paper's Predictions for Global Temperatures Spot-On · · Score: 1

    Well, you can take for instance the side of the 1300 scientists that made the report that's cited here: http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/. Or the 3146 surveyed here: http://articles.cnn.com/2009-01-19/world/eco.globalwarmingsurvey_1_global-warming-climate-science-human-activity.

    But these guys are all funded by some organization that wants people to recycle, right?

  3. Re:A Pointless Anecdote on 1981 Paper's Predictions for Global Temperatures Spot-On · · Score: 1

    FFS: http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

    Or don't you trust these guys either?

  4. Re:monkeys throwing darts... on 1981 Paper's Predictions for Global Temperatures Spot-On · · Score: 3, Informative

    Honestly, I think you should have kept that to yourself, because on second thought it doesn't make much sense. Nostradamus' "predictions" are incredibly ambiguous, which is why they can be made fit observations after the fact. Quantities such as degrees Celcius/Fahrenheit are not; the observations either fit within the specified level of precision or not.

  5. Re:monkeys throwing darts... on 1981 Paper's Predictions for Global Temperatures Spot-On · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yep. On both sides. This is why both sides have zero credibility with the other. Both sides call the others lying bastards, and for a vocal minority on both sides, they are right.

    I'm curious. Who do you think is funding the side that's supported by 90% of climate scientists worldwide?

  6. Re:I was surprised for a minute on Historic Heat In North America Turns Winter To Summer · · Score: 1

    ...denying ideas widely held by entire scientific and academic communities...

    Please elaborate. I'm very interested to hear what the scientific and academic community has to say about climate change.

  7. Re:There's Your Problem Right There on Tennessee Passes Bill That Allows "Teaching the Controversy" of Evolution · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nope

    On a side note: *uuutiiiniii*

  8. If by best, you mean adequate, the answer would be nobody. But I guess AT&T would be least worst (at least when I was last there).

  9. Re:only hope? not really. on Push Email Suspended On iPhones In Germany · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. I'm sure Apple had a bucket load of old Motorola pagers in the room when they were designed the push software for the iPhone.

  10. Thank you on ACTA's EU Future In Doubt As Poland Suspends Ratification · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thank you (again) Poland.

  11. Re:Due to subtle variations in the Earth's orbit . on Carbon Emissions 'Will Defer Ice Age' · · Score: 1

    The reverse argument is equally ridiculous:

    Nothing we do can combined cause global scale changes on the planet, which is nice, because then I can keep doing whatever I want.

    The worst part is that very little is required to make very large impacts on carbon emissions. If everyone in the US bought a car that had half the horsepower that the car they currently own has, they could make a huge impact on their emissions.

  12. Let's not do anything on Carbon Emissions 'Will Defer Ice Age' · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Let's roll the dice so we don't have to be inconvenienced by sorting our garbage and driving cars with smaller engines.

  13. Re:Not giving up, just concentrating on DoJ for no on AT&T Stops T-Mobile Merger Bid With the FCC · · Score: 1

    Nananananananana, Bribeman!

  14. The free market will fix it! on The 147 Corporations Controlling Most of the Global Economy · · Score: 1

    Aaaaaany minute now.

  15. Re:Prospering After Its Founder on IBM Unseats Microsoft As Second Most Valued Tech Company · · Score: 1

    So you're saying Windows ME and Vista was on purpose?

  16. Re:I'm Waiting on Firefox 8.0 Beta Available · · Score: 1

    I'm waiting for Firefox 23, so it will be the same version as emacs. I'm guessing it will be released around Christmas.

    So long dumbass Firefox developers, I'm switching to Chrome.

    Which does not display it's version number so prominently, but otherwise uses the same development schedule and version numbering.

  17. Re:Clusters on the cheap on Ask Slashdot: Clusters On the Cheap? · · Score: 1

    Know what I mean, know what I mean?

  18. Re:Some speculations on Appropriations Bill Threatens Future Space Science Missions · · Score: 1

    Or the 54% I'm spending at the gun shop.

  19. Re:Long awaited? on JavaScript Toolkit V1.1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    I like the idea, and I'd like to contribute. Here's a plus function:

    plus: { value: function(y) {
        return this + 2;
    }}

    You can test it with
    function Plus(result) {
        result((2).plus(2), 4, '2+2 is 4');
    }

  20. Re:I see what you did there on Mozilla's Nightingale: Why Firefox Still Matters · · Score: 1

    Of course it is.

    http://emacs-w3m.namazu.org/

    Take that vi :P

  21. But more importantly on Measuring Openness In Open Source Projects · · Score: 1

    what unit is it measured in?

    I propose the Stallman, with 10 Stallman being as open as can be, and 0 Stallman being NSA-like transparency.

  22. Caution on Followup: Anti-Global Warming Story Itself Flawed · · Score: 2

    Let's conveniently ignore the following:

    The evidence for rapid climate change is compelling (http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/)
    Most climate scientists agree the main cause of the current global warming trend is human expansion of the "greenhouse effect" (http://climate.nasa.gov/causes/)

    Until it says "most scientists agree that we needn't worry about AGW" I'll keep worrying about AGW.

  23. Re:Falsifiability on China's Coal Power Plants Mask Climate Change · · Score: 1, Informative

    The answers to all you questions are here:

    http://climate.nasa.gov

    But I guess they're socialist conspirators at the same time as being American heros, right?

  24. Re:Complex Model on China's Coal Power Plants Mask Climate Change · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's because the scientists are done arguing. And it doesn't help when people keep repeating points that have been rejected (or as close as science will ever get to rejecting something):

    * It's happening.
    * We're at fault.

    (Most climate scientists agree that) it's not part of a natural cycle. That's as close to resolved as it's going to be.

  25. Re:Math on Why There's No Nobel Prize In Computing · · Score: 1

    And the Abel Prize which is pretty much equivalent to a Nobel Prize in all but name.