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  1. Re:how can something more in debt than anything ev on Obama Proposes 2 Years of Free Community College · · Score: 1

    Because it was our education that was used to build up America. We need to bring that back. And that means not just an investment into Academia, but also into blue collar training.

  2. Re:Weren't community colleges free, 30 years ago? on Obama Proposes 2 Years of Free Community College · · Score: 1

    Only in California. And their problem is that they allowed a lot of illegals in who paid no taxes and just sent the money back home. IOW, CA outsourced even the jobs that could not be outsourced.

  3. Good idea, BUT, this needs changes on Obama Proposes 2 Years of Free Community College · · Score: 1

    Instead of just academia, how about training for for welding, construction, etc. It is long past time to bring back manufacturing of all type.

  4. Do you have a degree from a public school? on Obama Proposes 2 Years of Free Community College · · Score: 4, Insightful

    In fact, do you have a degree from ANY university in America? If so, then you were on the public dole. It is simply a matter of how much support you had. I 'put myself' through school back in 79-83. Of course, rent, tuition, fees, etc were well within the minimum wage amount. And after the first year of living in Colorado, I was given in-state tuition where 95% of the costs was paid by the state. IOW, that I 'put myself' through school was still subsidized.

    So, get over yourself.

  5. Re: Back to the 60s on SpaceX One Step Closer To Launching Astronaut · · Score: 1

    And we are back doing it again. So far, F9 is the safest rocket ever flown.

  6. Re: Imagine going back in time 15 years and warnin on SpaceX One Step Closer To Launching Astronaut · · Score: 1

    Really? In what way?

  7. Snowden likely deserves some blame on Gunmen Kill 12, Wound 7 At French Magazine HQ · · Score: 0

    The 2 brothers were KNOWN to western intel. They had been being tracked earlier and disappeared off the grid, once snowden told HOW America spied on AQ, other nations, etc.
    Basically, Snowden, along with those that have helped him, deserve some credit for helping AQ to avoid detection.

  8. Who is the rest of the world that is going to the moon? As it is, America will be on the moon by 2022 if the GOP will quit trying to destroy spacex and bigelow aerospace.

  9. 18 billion would be fine if.... on Space Policy Guru John Logsdon Has Good News and Bad News On NASA Funding · · Score: 1

    The house gop would quit trying to keep NASA as a jobs program. We need to kill SLS and use private launchers who can do the job for a fraction.

  10. Re: The sea isn't very stable. on In Daring Plan, Tomorrow SpaceX To Land a Rocket On Floating Platform · · Score: 1

    I suspect that long term, they will move abandoned oil rigs into positions for landing.

  11. Do you even bother reading the reports? The entire WEST is less than China, and that was in 2012.
    America: 5.10 billion tonnes:
    Europe 27: 4.01 billion tonnes:
    Japan: 1.26 billion tonnes:
    Canada: .53
    Australia: .36 billion tonnes
    And that adds up to 11,26 billion tonnes

    What is China in 2012? 9.86 billion tonnes.
    Note that the above was 2012. Each year since then, China has increased, while the west, except Japan and Germany, have decreased. China exceeded the west in 2013, and will do more so in 2014.

    And much better measure then per capita is emissions per GDP.

  12. Whoosh
    I wish that we had a sarcasm tag.

  13. LOL.
    America is less than 14%. China passed America clear back in 2006. Right now, China, with bad calculations, emits ~1/3 of the world's total emissions.
    With America being less than 14%, Europe at 13%, Japan at 3%, along with Canada, Australia and South Korea emit less than 31%.

  14. Re: Re usability on In Daring Plan, Tomorrow SpaceX To Land a Rocket On Floating Platform · · Score: 1

    Rated for 40 full ignitions. As such, they expect at least 10 safely. Also, remember, they have many sensors AND can deal with engine out.

  15. not quite accurate on In Daring Plan, Tomorrow SpaceX To Land a Rocket On Floating Platform · · Score: 1

    Skylon will have similar numbers to F9. In fact, possibly better. But as you point the heavy r&d costs will end up like Concorde. By the time that skylon flies, not only will f9 and FH be flying with all development costs paid for, but very likely, MCT will be flying and close to paying off its costs. And the MCT should make FH look positively expensive.

  16. Re: ...and... on Ancient Planes and Other Claims Spark Controversy at Indian Science Congress · · Score: 1

    First off, you obviously do not know what east Pakistan was, so I am guessing that you are a fellow american. Google for it Then google for 'Nixon threatens India with nukes over east Pakistan'. Would he have gone to war? Very doubtful. But he let ghandi know that he had parked multiple nukes offshore. Was it a direct threat? Well considering that we had just used 2 of them roughly 25 years earlier...

  17. yeah, still easy to do.

  18. Actually, Paki nukes came only after Indian nukes. But, I agree that without them, India would be in trouble from both China and possibly, Pakistan.

    However, what started India down the path of building a nuke was NOT China or Pakistan. It was Nixon, who threatened India with nukes if they do not stop interfering with East Pakistan. He flat out told them that we have a nuke on the enterprize right off their shore and would use it unless they stopped. That man was such an ass.

  19. along with the new prime minister.

  20. Yes, the Indians have it wrong. We all know that earth is only 6000 years old, and that ginish was simply one of the dinosaurs that man used to play with in the garden of eden.

  21. Look at how liberals hate nukes without a thought of how to deal with all of the waste.
    Likewise, they back the science on AGW (good), but then come up with solutions in which they tell the world's largest polluter to go ahead and double in size, while telling the ENTIRE WEST, which emits less than China does, to cut their emissions.

    And none of that speaks about how anti-science the GOP has become.

  22. LOL on Ancient Planes and Other Claims Spark Controversy at Indian Science Congress · · Score: 1, Informative

    There are plenty of you right wing idiots here joining right up with the left wing idiots.
    No wonder America is in such horrible shape.

  23. wrong title on Writer: How My Mom Got Hacked · · Score: 1

    This was not about how she got cracked. It was about their response to the criminals

  24. For example, it is trivial to fix nearly all smart phones and tablets. Upgrades are hard but googlebis working on that.

  25. Re:A wish from an American on The 5 Cases That Could Pit the Supreme Court Against the NSA · · Score: 1

    Wrong Kevin, The NSA has no ability to walk into your home and arrest you. They do not have the authority to simply turn over data to the FBI, and have you arrested.
    What they CAN do, is pass CURRENT information up the ladder. That is it. They have no other real capabilities.