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  1. Re:Cd, Hg, Pb on Pristine Lakes Are Filled With Toxins (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    There's only a certain amount of the bad metals in plastic in fresh waters. Some of the plastic has yet to degrade; as it does more will be released into the water. Meanwhile, metals already in the water will either be ingested, precipitate out, or be carried to the oceans. Bio-accumulation refers only to the ingested portion, which will over time reach a peak and then decline. The idea that it is exponential long-term is just silly.

  2. Re:Cd, Hg, Pb on Pristine Lakes Are Filled With Toxins (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The use of cadmium in pigments has been banned by several countries for a few years. Concentrations in fresh water should decrease over time.

  3. Re:It's the cost of doing business on Pristine Lakes Are Filled With Toxins (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Why is everybody blaming businesses? It isn't businesses that fill beaches and roadsides with water bottles and beer cans.

  4. Economics on Will the T-Mobile, Sprint Merger Be Bad For Consumers? (vice.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    If your phone bill isn't paying part of 30,000 salaries, that would be a considerable consumer advantage.

  5. Common white LEDs are actually blue LEDs coated with a yellowish phosphor. There are only 2 peaks, a somewhat narrow blue peak from the LED and a rather wide yellow peak from the phosphor. A google images search will produce many examples of this, and produce a better understanding than quibbling over words.

  6. Re:Cancer or not - justgetflux.com on Blue Light Like That From Smartphones Linked To Some Cancers, Study Finds (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Daylight is commonly estimated to have a color temperature of 5500 to 6500 Kelvin. Monitor manufacturers usually optimize their product for that range, particularly if their displays are intended for use in the production of color media (magazines, TV, movies, etc.) The choice is neither unwise nor malicious. Likewise, for home users, the option to software enable lower color temperatures at will is a good thing.

  7. Re:Cancer or not - justgetflux.com on Blue Light Like That From Smartphones Linked To Some Cancers, Study Finds (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    It's done by controlling the LCDs, not by controlling the LEDs.

  8. Re:Cancer or not - justgetflux.com on Blue Light Like That From Smartphones Linked To Some Cancers, Study Finds (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Buy a sheet of grey tinted plastic.

  9. "1.5 fold" means "changed by a factor of 1.5". Next up for you: English lessons.

  10. That just makes the causation indirect, it does not remove the causation.

  11. Hint: blood circulates and carries chemicals to many organs.

  12. Re:NN would go in the amended franchise agreement on 100 US Mayors Sign Pledge To Defend Net Neutrality Against Crooked ISPs (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    And here's the critical point. You assert that Net Neutrality is the opposite of abusive routing, when in fact Net Neutrality is an attempt to prevent cost recovery of abusive bandwidth hogging.

    The effect of Net Neutrality is to discourage ISPs from expanding and improving their networks.

  13. Re:what if the feds make a law on 100 US Mayors Sign Pledge To Defend Net Neutrality Against Crooked ISPs (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    If nobody obeys some particular law, then the people in power can selectively persecute those they don't like.

  14. If the goal is to impoverish the general public, socialism and communism work just fine.

  15. It is not uncommon for a Senator or Representative to give a speech in an almost empty house. Complaints are routinely ignored.

  16. Re:And probably not a single one... on 100 US Mayors Sign Pledge To Defend Net Neutrality Against Crooked ISPs (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    The last mile is NOT a natural monopoly. Think cell phone technology.

  17. Re:And probably not a single one... on 100 US Mayors Sign Pledge To Defend Net Neutrality Against Crooked ISPs (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Just how does a farmer or the owner of a general store need high speed internet?

    Alternately, if you accept the fantasy that high speed internet is a necessity, there's HughesNet. It's available anywhere there is sky.

  18. Re:Since were on anecdotal evidence trumping all.. on 100 US Mayors Sign Pledge To Defend Net Neutrality Against Crooked ISPs (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    If you aren't restricted by government zoning regulations or property owners association rules, you can put up a solar array or a windmill. Or a diesel generator.

  19. Re:We need global dark fiber. on 100 US Mayors Sign Pledge To Defend Net Neutrality Against Crooked ISPs (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    It's amazing, the excuses people can find for slavery.

  20. The 1908 Model T was powered by a 2.9-liter four-cylinder engine that developed 20 hp. It weighed about 1200 lb, and could probably hit 45 mph with a good following wind. Even if it did get 25 mpg, next to anything Ford sells today it was also crudely made, terrifyingly unsafe, and a gross polluter. (Motor Trend)

    Incidentally, the 25 mpg refers to a Sierra Club lie, the Model T was actually capable of 21 to 23 mpg.

  21. Re: Electric cars are still toys on Ford To Stop Selling Every Car In North America But the Mustang, Focus Active (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    The 10.44 second Tesla was gutted; you can't do that with the car as it comes from the factory. Chevy is claiming 10.6 seconds for the upcoming 2019 Corvette ZR1.

  22. Re:Brave take on 8K TVs Are Coming, But Don't Buy the Hype (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    It's easier to see higher resolution on static images. Computer generated edges - text and cartoon images - can be made arbitrarily sharp because there is no lens capturing the image. Lenses have their own limitations.

    Producing 8k quality video requires more care in production than is common; vibration that's no problem at coarser resolutions can wipe out the advantage of higher resolution. Focus becomes more critical, so that depth-of-field problems are more obvious.

  23. Re:Brave take on 8K TVs Are Coming, But Don't Buy the Hype (engadget.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    From your wikipedia citation:
    the human eye should have a resolving power of 20 arcsecs in theory, though normally only 60 arcsecs.
    Stated better, the human eye is diffraction limited at 20 arc seconds, but other factors limit the typical resolving power of thew human eye to 1 arc minute.

    Some people have exceptionally good vision and can do better than 1 arc minute. The GP claim of 31.5 arc seconds is silly in its exaggerated precision.

  24. Re:Race ia not even a scientific word! on 'Sea Nomads' Are First Known Humans Genetically Adapted To Diving (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    So you claim there's no benefit to finding the underlying causes of Tay-Sachs disease or sickle cell disease.

  25. Re:Are we sure it’s genetic on 'Sea Nomads' Are First Known Humans Genetically Adapted To Diving (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    Why do you lie? Intelligence testing originated in France.