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  1. Global Warming "Research" on The Billionaires Privatizing American Science · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    There, I said it. Lets all now have a rational, civilized discussion.

  2. Re:Probably bad reporting and hyped abstract on Forests Around Chernobyl Aren't Decaying Properly · · Score: 1

    Please explain more about this Lysenko fellow. Was he some kind of amazing Russian scientist or something?

  3. Re:Probably bad reporting and hyped abstract on Forests Around Chernobyl Aren't Decaying Properly · · Score: 0

    And, as we all know, tree rings are a great substitute for actual data, and trees can be made into hockey sticks.

  4. Re:Solution... on Forests Around Chernobyl Aren't Decaying Properly · · Score: 1

    Your comment was possibly interesting and insightful. I lost interest after 'booby prizes', however, and then trundled off to youporn. Sorry.

  5. Re:Not the first time on Scottish Independence Campaign Battles Over BBC Weather Forecast · · Score: 1

    As you can tell from my sig, I'm a flat-earther. What is this magical spherical world you speak of?

  6. Re:Firrrst post the noo on Scottish Independence Campaign Battles Over BBC Weather Forecast · · Score: 1

    Two words: Bond. James Bond.

  7. What, Behind The Rabbit? on Scottish Independence Campaign Battles Over BBC Weather Forecast · · Score: 1

    Manky scots git!

  8. Re:Pathetic Example on VC Likens Google Bus Backlash To Nazi Rampage · · Score: 1

    Did they also have extra apostrophe's?

    I can see how that could drive a megalomaniac mad enough to invade Europe.

    Yeah, "socialism" was part of the name, but Mr Silly Stache's goal was all-or-nothing. "He" lost, but Germany won.

    Germany is now an economic superpower (albeit helped along by the US).

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053084/

  9. Re:Pathetic on VC Likens Google Bus Backlash To Nazi Rampage · · Score: 1

    The occupy people had to go somewhere.

  10. Re:What happens in the future on VC Likens Google Bus Backlash To Nazi Rampage · · Score: 1

    When you train and educate for current technology and current needs of business, they will be unqualified when things change.

    This can be true if your expectations of people is that they only know what they've been trained to know. I have a somewhat higher evaluation of individuals, perhaps this insight is something we do not share.

  11. Re:There is an old anecdote on New Russian Fighter Not Up To Western Standards · · Score: 1

    You are forgetting the ace-up-the-sleeve that the US has. Alien technology.

  12. Re:So a good match... on New Russian Fighter Not Up To Western Standards · · Score: 1

    "Rules of Engagement" would seem to be a relevant term. "He punched me in the face and went down that alley!" Instruction: Do not follow. Yes, maneuverability was a Thud weakness.

  13. Re:So a good match... on New Russian Fighter Not Up To Western Standards · · Score: 1

    The Soviets gave inferior stuff to their intentionally-failed drone states. In a 5-to-1 fight, the US and allies would have won easily, but it would have been a war whose outcome nobody would want due to likely escalation and UN shoe-banging. Soviet clients wanted cool-looking, impressive stuff. Just enough to scare their own population. Russian technology is not something to be dismissed, however. Remember the T-34 and current rockets?

  14. Big Bang Theory on Why We Think There's a Multiverse, Not Just Our Universe · · Score: -1, Troll

    First there was nothing. Then it exploded.

  15. Re:I love scientists. on NASA Scientists Jubilant After Successful Helicopter Crash · · Score: 1

    Read chapter two of 'To Engineer is Human'.

    His previous book is 'To Forgive Design'.

    Wonderful progression of titles by Petroski and excellent books.

    Paul

  16. Re:Sea Level Map on City-Sized Ice Shelf Breaks Free Of Antarctica · · Score: 1
  17. Want Fries With That? on WY Teen Cut From Science Fair For Entering Too Many · · Score: 1

    "He is one of only 15 high school students in the world to successfully achieve fusion."

    Really? Wow.

    I predict many job offers for this individual.

  18. Remotely-Controlled Underware on Avatars Help Schizophrenics Gain Control of Voices In Their Heads · · Score: 1

    Does this mean I shouldn't invest in sock puppets?

  19. Re:Tanks work the same way on A Computer-based Smart Rifle With Incredible Accuracy, Now On Sale · · Score: 1

    That's a bit more sophisticated than the old co-ax machinegun to test for range and accuracy.

  20. Re: Why not? This proves Warmists are wrong. on CO2 Levels Reach 400ppm at Mauna Loa For First Time On Record · · Score: 1

    It fits into the new religion. Same old story.

  21. Re:Stop breathing on CO2 Levels Reach 400ppm at Mauna Loa For First Time On Record · · Score: 1

    Sorry if I have to talk to you like you're babies...
    The "science" is obvious and settled to you, so you want to treat anyone that has doubts as babies. Golf clap for you, drooling-dog. Have you met Kenji?

  22. Engineering? on Ask Slashdot: What's Your Company's Marketing-to-Engineering Ratio? · · Score: 1

    "Real" engineering or software? For some, there's no difference.

  23. Man in the chair on Stephen Hawking Warns Against Confining Ourselves To Earth · · Score: 0

    I don't care to hear from a chair-bound, brilliant scientist telling me what to do. Chances are, his views of "what is right for the planet" are just as kooky as any other environmentalist.

  24. Re:Simple physics and the law of diminishing retur on Bosch Finds Solar Business Unprofitable, Exits · · Score: 1

    Somehow I don't think the concentration of CO2 in air makes this very efficient...

  25. Re:Simple physics and the law of diminishing retur on Bosch Finds Solar Business Unprofitable, Exits · · Score: 1

    we'll either need to figure out how to create gas from atmospheric CO2
    Huh?