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  1. is not given, it's taken. You can nearly always count on getting responsibility without authority. Also, many of the comments here have applicability to large corporations. personally, I prefer small companies, WAY, WAY, better. Usually there's far fewer a55h0l3s, there's more freedom, and less political gamesmanship.

  2. Re:chumps taken for a ride on Thanks To the Montreal Protocol, We Avoided Severe Ozone Depletion · · Score: 1
    Sheeple, schmeeple

    DuPont made a pile off the new alternatives.

    Irrelevant. Kinda implies that an alternative energy economy would be really fruitful and prosperous.

    The "recovery" started happening even before change of CFCs implemented,

    Citation? Hrumpf. The data I 've reviewed had much larger error bars early on, that got smaller, and the recovery was signficantly above the noise.

    clearly the size of the "hole" just solar cycle driven..

    Uh, no. The solar cycle doesn't line up. Another non-scientist with wacky jargon infused quackery.

  3. What's on YOUR keychain... on Ask Slashdot: What's On Your Keychain? · · Score: 1

    beer opener, as few keys a possible, E-cig, magnetics strip that gets me onto the hyperloop for free

  4. Let's see, stranger things have happened on Bernie Sanders, Presidential Candidate and H-1B Skeptic · · Score: 1

    Hilary would be the first woman POTUS, and Bill would be the first First Man. She's a credible candidate, if she draws sufficient primary wins 'because she's a woman, and it's time', well, so be it. You just can't help wondering if Bernie really could be an agent of change, if enough money is drawn to his campaign to thwart the 'let's elect a female' and support the 'we already did the Clinton thing' messages. Mr. Sanders has been on the front lines against the 'machine' and there's a chance some Tea Party voters could even rise to rebel against the same ol' same ol' Republican they'll put up. '

  5. Re:Hell, No one else, so, yeah, Hillary on Hillary Clinton Declares 2016 Democratic Presidential Bid · · Score: 2

    I'm somewhat skeptical of the whole corrupt system, all the way through, but all the muck brought up on Clintonia is NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING compared to the death, destruction, global disruption actions of the war criminals Dubyah and Dick

  6. Re:What is possible vs. what is useful on Smartphone-Enabled Replicators Are 3-5 Years Away, Caltech Professor Says · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Perhaps it only peripherally relates, but... I'm interested in the team that recycles all these damn plastic wrappers, bags, bottles and endless polymer stuff into usable 3D printer raw material. Now let's se THAT breakthrough!

  7. Re:Most of Japan is very beautiful... on Japan To Build 250-Mile-Long, Four Storey-High Wall To Stop Tsunamis · · Score: 1

    Imagine the potential for artists' mural space, and what if they found a way to use "sea plastic" to fill the concrete? More beautiful?

  8. Re:What's with the inclusion of "climate change"? on The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Introduces the Doomsday Dashboard · · Score: 2

    And if the country you live in happens to be one of the 31 most threatened by sea level rise?

  9. Re:Because capitalism, idiots. on The Peculiar Economics of Developing New Antibiotics · · Score: 2

    So how much of that $billion goes for hot babes working as "drug reps' and free lunches, boondoggles, fake Expert Speaker colloquia, with the gourmet luncheons and FDA payoff cash?

  10. Re:Politics? on Argonne National Laboratory Shuts Down Online Ask a Scientist Program · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the recent Congress shift to the wrong (since they're a federally funded organization) has been dabbling in the "We don't want this kind of scientific stuff going on on in OUR country, Kids will start believing that all oil all the time isn't sustainable oh my! And that Jesus riding a dinosaur isn't the way our " made it in a week universe" works.

  11. Re:Why don't they know? on Novel Fluorinated Compounds Discovered In Firefighters' Blood · · Score: 0

    What y'all are missing is the suppliers know exactly what the fluorocarbons are when formulating, what the unkown is, that is exhautive to test for, is that in a fire, all sorts of other compounds may be present, and ...they're on fire! Hence, lots of transformation may take place that are redonculously difficult to predict. Get over it. Most of the compounds get flushed out if the firefighters drink enough beer.

  12. Re:Why won't some American $Baire buy it? on RadioShack Near Deal To Sell Half of Its Stores, Close the Rest · · Score: 1

    Then they should pay the tax on it, it was the economic environment here that allowed it to grow. Maybe they should be deported and they can live with their money.

  13. Why won't some American $Baire buy it? on RadioShack Near Deal To Sell Half of Its Stores, Close the Rest · · Score: 1

    C'mon you clowns with the offshore cash, bring it home, SAVE THE SHACK, dammit!

  14. Re:Or provide wide-area wireless/cell coverage on NASA Pondering $1.5 Million Stratospheric Airship Competition · · Score: 1

    Line of sight - check; Above most clouds for isolation: energy source; Cash flow to sustain upkeep and program expansion; Robot piloted? Deployable anywhere; How can I invest?

  15. Don't jack my rates, please on Here Comes the Panopticon: Insurance Companies · · Score: 1

    How about raising home insurance rates if you publicly declare that you are a climate change denier, those of who do get it shouldn't have to pony up as much as those who ' don't believe the risk is real'.

  16. Re:Not hacking this term is thrown so loosely on Kids With Operators Manual Alert Bank Officials: "We Hacked Your ATM" · · Score: 1

    So we need a new term that refers to the, non-malicious sensible demonstration of system vulnerabilities. Hacking is a violent term and dredges up connotations of evil, or at least intense coughing. How about 'Slacking' - 'Door Pointing' - or 'Hewlett-Turoning' (give the kids some fame!)

  17. Kiselyov this on Russian State TV Anchor: Russia Could Turn US To "Radioactive Ash" · · Score: 1

    Dmitry Kiselyov can kiselyov my A$$

  18. Don't accept bogus data, the temperature is rising on Why Earth Hour Is a Waste of Time and Energy · · Score: 1

    Take your politically colored blinders off, Rose produced nothing but propaganda for the anti-science movement. His "official" graph is a fabrication, (see http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/climate_today.html and http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs_v3/ and Rose cites no authorities. Referring back to the main thread - the hour of 'lights out' would be much better spent if everyone sought out ways and actually acted on them consistently to reduce their energy demand. Like cleaning out and turning off that 2nd refrigerator - turning the heat down, unplugging your device charges when you aren't using them, just use less energy, or we're all screwed. Especially future generations.

  19. We live in a radioactively contaminated world on Nuclear Arms Cuts, Supported By 56% of Americans, Would Make the World Safer · · Score: 1

    The United States conducted around 1,054 nuclear tests The Soviet Union conducted 715 nuclear tests The United Kingdom has conducted 45 tests France conducted 210 nuclear tests The People's Republic of China conducted 45 tests The official number of Indian nuclear tests is 6 Pakistan conducted 6 official tests, and around 24 nuclear cold tests There may have been several other alleged tests. The increase in background radiation due to these tests peaked in 1963 at about 0.15 mSv per year worldwide, or about 7% of average background dose from all sources.

  20. You sillies, why get a smart phone? on US Wants Apple, Google, and Microsoft To Get a Grip On Mobile Privacy · · Score: 1

    I didn't. a) I don't think it's worth it. b) I have enough computers. c) Someone always has one nearly everywhere I am. d) Their position can be tracked. e) Everything belongs to the hive-mind anyway. f) I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.

  21. High Speed Rail! on Airlines Face Acute Pilot Shortage · · Score: 1

    Let's invest in a US transportation infrastructure that * Uses less fuel ( air travel has become more efficient - but so could rail if we made lighter trains * Get's you closer to your destination with less traffic - train stations are usually downtown - airports aren't * No 'pilot problem' * No air traffic controller mayhem * Lots more room to move around on board * Makes lots of JOBS!

  22. Re:Yeah, right. on EFF And Others Push For Open Wifi APs Everywhere · · Score: 2

    I see that the fear reflex is a barrier - but think it through! Ease of access puts fewer roadblocks in terms of nodal connections and the potential exists to even eventually apply a truly different concept to what we understand to be the 'structure' of the Internet. The carriers were given huge regulatory breaks in 1996 to implement high bandwidth but found they could make more money with a choke hold on throughput. The 1996 Act was supposed to foster competition, but instead mergers occurred. the largest four Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers owned less than half of all the lines in the country while five years later the largest four local telephone companies own about 85% of all the lines in the country. In addition instead of market driven entrepreneurship, the effect on the market seen was a reduction in the number of major media companies from around 50 in 1983 to 10 in 1996] and 6 in 2005. The essence of that law's goal is possible with Open WiFi. It may require an redress of the 1996 Act. People like the /. community need to become involved with education of the public on this issue.

  23. Anything by R. Buckminster Fuller on Ask Slashdot: What Books Have Had a Significant Impact On Your Life? · · Score: 1

    G.R.U.N.C.H. of Giants, Critical Path and Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth are my faves

  24. Re:Models are always right! on World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Fear the data, denier: * every year since 1992 has been warmer than 1992; * the ten hottest years on record occurred in the last 15; * every year since 1976 has been warmer than 1976; * the 20 hottest years on record occurred in the last 25; * every year since 1956 has been warmer than 1956; and * every year since 1917 has been warmer than 1917. The two most reputable globally and seasonally averaged temperature trend analyses are the NASA GISS direct surface temperature analysis and the CRU direct surface temperature analysis. Both trends are definitely and significantly up.

  25. Space Elevator? Railgun? on Russian Supply Vehicle To ISS Burns · · Score: 1

    So NASA should get that Space Elevator gig going, right? Although geostationary orbits are WayTF (26.200 mi.) out there, huh? Or maybe launch supplies with the old 'Railgun' - perhaps a good project to build along the Equator in Africa - and build up some of those economies.