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  1. Re: Meh on Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach New Monthly Record · · Score: 1

    If you can turn the earth into a snowball in a single year, then yes I would think we'd suffer a massive loss in population. But if you want to have a logical discussion, you need to ditch the hyperbole. There's no way our planet is going snowball lightning fast without some sort of catastrophic asteroid or volcanism event. As for which is more survivable, cold versus hot, all evidence points to life flourishing with warmer worldwide temperatures. What we don't know is the optimal temperature, after which increasing heat will begin to hamper life instead. But whatever, you're entitled to your opinion, and I thank you for sharing and defending your wrong opinion.

  2. Re: Meh on Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach New Monthly Record · · Score: 1

    Maybe you want to spend a few months up in Iqaluit before you start spouting off about how all those examples are temperate. And FYI, even during the ice ages, there was plenty of tropical land not buried in snow. I think you'd be surprised at just how adaptable the human race is to new climates. The carboniferous would be no problem for us to adapt to. Big insects? Big deal. We've survived bears, wolves, tigers, lions, alligators, and more.

  3. Re:Meh on Global Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach New Monthly Record · · Score: 1

    we have no guarantee we can survive in any climate other than the one we evolved in
    Seriously? We have cultures living above the arctic circle, in the dense jungles of the rain forests, in the Sahara desert, at extreme altitudes in the Himalayas. In fact, we've demonstrated pretty well that we can survive in every climate that exists.

  4. Re:Simple Demand. on Recent Paper Shows Fracking Chemicals In Drinking Water, Industry Attacks It · · Score: 1

    That would be far too logical of a solution...government regulations don't work like that.

  5. Re:Seems he has more of a clue on Pope Attacked By Climate Change Skeptics · · Score: 1

    Except that he is a creationist. He is claiming God created and guides evolution. Why would you say that he's not a creationist? He clearly states that our origins and evolution itself REQUIRE a divine creator. Is it because he isn't insisting on the world being 6000 years old? Was that the only flaw in the creationist theory? The original poster I replied to tried to compare skeptic beliefs to religious beliefs, but the guy he's supporting clearly isn't all that strong of a "grounded in science" facts guy, is he?

  6. Re:Seems he has more of a clue on Pope Attacked By Climate Change Skeptics · · Score: 0

    Okay, I get itthe pope is right, because he's pitching in his support for climate changedespite the fact that he's a creationist, so anyone defending him gets modded up, and anyone pointing out that he's more about belief than he is about science gets modded downso let's throw you SJW's a curve ball then. The pope is against gay marriage: http://www.breitbart.com/natio... So is he right or wrong on this one?

  7. Re:Seems he has more of a clue on Pope Attacked By Climate Change Skeptics · · Score: 1

    And in the end, the "solution" to climate change will be.taxes. And CO2 will continue to rise, and the planet will continue to not die. And the foolish citizens will continue to pay more and more for less and less, while Republicans and Democrats fundraise, live lavishly on taxpayer funded expense accounts, take bribes from lobbyists and foreign interests, hire friends and family, steer government contracts to organizations that will continue to line the politicians' pockets.

  8. Re:Seems he has more of a clue on Pope Attacked By Climate Change Skeptics · · Score: 1, Troll

    I know the Catholic Church's stance on evolution and creation. Francis himself has said "evolution presupposes the creation of beings that evolve". So yeah, evolution exists, but we were all created before we evolved.

  9. Re:Seems he has more of a clue on Pope Attacked By Climate Change Skeptics · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you think there's any difference between the Republicans and Democrats and the amount of disinformation they spew, then you're clearly brainwashed by one of them...

  10. Re:Seems he has more of a clue on Pope Attacked By Climate Change Skeptics · · Score: -1

    Wait...the pope is a creationist...

  11. Re:Cost Millions? on The Great Canadian Copyright Giveaway: Copyright Extension For Sound Recordings · · Score: 1

    Lol, while that may be true, I would just like to know how an extension of a copyright would end up costing Canadians millions. Logically, it doesn't make any sense.

  12. Re:They should be doing the opposite on The Great Canadian Copyright Giveaway: Copyright Extension For Sound Recordings · · Score: 1

    Very little is created in a vacuum, but so much could be created using synthesized vacuum! Vacuum Music

  13. How? Although I think it's a stupid move, how would this cost Canadians millions? Are there recordings that we urgently need to make use of some time in the next few years that we'll suddenly have to buy? Please explain....

  14. Re:We can learn from this on Copyright For Sale: What the Sony Docs Say About MPAA Buying Political Influence · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Good luck fixing it...all those that are in the game, don't want the game to change, and will do everything they can to prevent someone who wants to change it from getting in. Read this to see how far they'll go: District Attorney, Judge, and Police force persecuting political foes. Fascism is alive and well.

  15. Re:You no longer own a car on Automakers To Gearheads: Stop Repairing Cars · · Score: 1

    Um.That's how it used to be and nobody ever complained about it being too difficult. You spoiled kids with your easy expansion slots

  16. Re:Keeping spoilers close to the chest??? on Nearly Half of Game of Thrones Season 5 Leaks Online · · Score: 0

    Well we'll see if Jon Snow dies on the show like he does in the book. Or Stannis for that matter...

  17. Re:What's so special in walls built in garage? on Radar That Sees Through Walls Built In Garage · · Score: 1

    I need some clarification here, and haven't been able to find any references in TFA...do the walls built in the garage, or kitchen for that matter, need to remain in the garage or kitchen? ie are they walls that are installed there, they just need to be made there, but can then be removed and installed elsewhere?

  18. Re:Interesting double edge sword there. on German Vice Chancellor: the US Threatened Us Over Snowden · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why do you assume it was the US intelligence agencies that made the decision to make this threat?

  19. Well just maybe on UN Backs Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They should mandate that all UN organizations stop all live meetings and switch to video conferencing only. The amount of jet fuel currently burned from these meetings and conferences would be immense. If not, then they're a bunch of hypocritical SOBs.

  20. Wow, that's.... on Steam On Linux Now Has Over a Thousand Games Available · · Score: 5, Funny

    ....almost a game per user!!!

  21. Re:file transfer on Ask Slashdot: Old PC File Transfer Problem · · Score: 1

    Dell Latitude docking stations have serial and parallel ports.

  22. Re:About half are below average.... on Ask Slashdot: What Portion of Developers Are Bad At What They Do? · · Score: 1

    Well asshat, first you need to eliminate the outliers from your dataset. Top and bottom 10% get thrown out, leaving you with 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7. Your average is 5.66. So yes, about half are below and half are above. Thanks for playing, now run along troll.

  23. How can I mod the OP as Troll on Ask Slashdot: What Portion of Developers Are Bad At What They Do? · · Score: 1

    This whole post is a troll. WTF is he expecting from his potential candidates? I'm a sharepoint developer, but I have no idea how I would answer his question. It's stupid. Put a fucking folder on your company file share (or a library on your Sharepoint site), where only you and I have permissions, so I can upload and you can access. Who encrypts files to send internally? If I were applying for a job and I got asked this question, I'd ask who the head moron was that decided internal communications needed to be encrypted as opposed to password protected.

  24. Margin of Error on Quantum Equation Suggests Universe Had No Beginning · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, the margin of error on their new model is True or False.

  25. I've been a Firefox fan for years on Firefox Succeeded In Its Goal -- But What's Next? · · Score: 1

    But I have to say, the last year of Firefox has SUCKED!!! It crashesit's slow...it chews up huge amount of resourcesit just SUCKS. And I know I'm going to get flamed with a bunch of "it's not Firefox, it's Flash/Java/other plugin", but that doesn't change the fact that Internet Explorer is handling the same plugins and isn't crashing/slow/eating memory. I'm at the point where I only have 5 websites which I'll use firefox for because I know it can handle them okay. The rest of my surfing has gone back to IE. I'm praying that the next version improves on this, but I'm losing faith...