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  1. Re:Or maybe... on Strong Climate Change Opinions Are Self-Reinforcing · · Score: 1

    *shrug* Let the world BURN! I could give two shits. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to perform do-nuts with my car just to piss people like you off.

    Be careful of who you tread on!!! Be very very careful!

  2. Re:I'm ready... on Ticking Arctic Carbon Bomb May Be Bigger Than Expected · · Score: 1

    They've already crossed our southern boarders. If us natives can handle it, so can you. You might even enjoy mating with the "rats" and having a family too.

    Fucking deal!

  3. Re:If Nasa is about Science, lose the men altogeth on Apollo Veteran: Skip Asteroid, Go To the Moon · · Score: 1

    ...it would basically be an amazing reality show, with real, proper heroes on a desolate and hostile planet, millions of miles from home.

    And if you're hurting for funding, just vote someone out the airlock. You sir are a genius!

  4. Re:It's not going to happen on Apollo Veteran: Skip Asteroid, Go To the Moon · · Score: 1

    With what money??! The money that went toward Social Security has long been spent and replaced with IOUs in the form of Treasury bonds. This nation is fucked!

  5. Re:Sight video one step closer to reality on Belgian Researchers Build LCD Contact Lenses · · Score: 2

    10 years ago, I would have though this technical was badass! Now, I just find it disturbing in a societal way. I don't know. Maybe I find our elective reliance on technology to be intrusive to what it means to be "human". Cell phones, social media, personal vision stuff like this, it all feels so...so detached from reality.

    Yes. I'm starting to question my geekness. I'm not sure I like where the future is headed.

  6. Re:Just because on If Tech Is So Important, Why Are IT Wages Flat? · · Score: 1

    Who's kidding who here? If you are resourceful enough to get the certs, chances are you're also resourceful at getting brain dumps (cheat sheets) online. Any respectable company with competent IT dept is going to drill you on scenarios and other Q/As along with a list of references that they will call. The certs only serve to backup what you are already supposed to know via real world experience.

  7. Re:This is a slice of a bigger phenomenon... on If Tech Is So Important, Why Are IT Wages Flat? · · Score: 1

    BTW, sorry for the grammar, I forgot about how shitty iOS text auto complete is. Grrrr!

  8. Re:This is a slice of a bigger phenomenon... on If Tech Is So Important, Why Are IT Wages Flat? · · Score: 1

    Well, yes! Anytime a nation faces inflation, the cab between the rich and poor grows farther apart with the middle class split down the side. Unless you're upper-middle class, you wealth will shrink as you have no assets and investments that will grow with said inflation.

    Obama wants to inflate our nation out of debt and change the base worth of wealth to help the poor. In fact long term, he's doing the exact 100% opposite whether he realizes it or not. Because again, the wealthy can weather inflation where as the poor and middle class can't. The whole process ends up being one giant death spiral for the nation and global economy at large.

  9. Remember the Gold Rush lesson on Race To Mine Bitcoins Drives Enthusiasts Into the Chip Making Business · · Score: 4, Insightful

    During the Gold Rush, it was the tool and equipment suppliers that made out filthy rich, not the miners (except for a lucky few).

  10. Economies of scale on NASA: New Mars Rover By 2020 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Wouldn't it be more cost effective if they launched multiple vehicles at at time instead of just one? Perhaps NASA could work with other nations by building more rovers and letting them launch their own. If it's going to be in the name of science, why not?

  11. Re:nothing wrong with suicide on Brain Disease Found In NFL Players · · Score: 1

    Three types of people commit suicide. The confused, the desperate, and the cowardly. None of the situations that lead to suicide were healthy to begin with.

  12. Re:Still on Fiber Optic Spanner (Wrench) Developed · · Score: 1

    With regards to rusty bolts. Use Liquid Wrench. It's messy (especially if you're crawling under a car to work), but that stuff works miracles. The last thing you want to do is break off the stud with the bolt still attached. That will ruin your day!

  13. Re:Congress Sucks on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Supply and demand. Piss off the doctors and medical industry, and either the docs will retire early, change career path, while disincentivizing the young from entering the field.

    If you want to address the "why" of health care being so expensive and limited, maybe you should first understand the "how" of *regulation and it's effects along with the lack of proper industry standards. A lot of our healthcare issues boils down to the entitlement mentality and shoving the burden of support on others without just compensation.

  14. Re:Insane on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 1

    That's the rule, not the exception. If you're not banking millions after getting into politics, you're doing something wrong. But then again, most of my fellow American's are too fucking stupid and ignorant to know the difference anyways. So it's a moot point now isn't it?!

    Move along, nothing to see here.

  15. Re:Congress Sucks on Congressional Committee Casts a Harsh Eye On Vaccination Science · · Score: 4, Informative
  16. Re:Migratory patterns on The Science of Roadkill · · Score: 1

    When you said "Global Warming", I had to go full retard to speak your language. But yes, you're right. Full retard is bad.

  17. Re:Natural selection? on The Science of Roadkill · · Score: 1

    I remember back in the mid 80s (north of Houston) in a subdivision we would constantly see squirrel roadkill. It was not uncommon to see one of them critters zigzag back and forth indecisively of which side of the road to stay on. Their indecisiveness is what causes them to get run over. Mid 90s on later, I rarely see any roadkill at all. Either the city has been doing a much better job at cleaning them up, or natural selection has been at work. Meanwhile, the local squirrel population is as strong as it ever was.

    Ya, that's all we need. More intelligent squirrels... Ahhh nature.

  18. Re:Migratory patterns on The Science of Roadkill · · Score: 1

    LOL! No, the dillos have been on the move as more roads are being built. This forces them to stay on one side of the road (due to traffic) for longer than expected. Eventually, they settle in that patch of land and have babies. rinse lather repeat

    It's the roads man! The roads causing migration.

  19. Re:but why... on The Science of Roadkill · · Score: 2

    You can't make this stuff up. Yes, people can be really fucking stupid!

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/19/donna-radio-caller-deer-crossing-sign-complaint_n_1987405.html

  20. Re:I am having a vision of the future... on Researchers Create New Cheap, Shatterproof, Plastic Light Bulbs · · Score: 1

    It's political not because it saves energy and is good for the environment all around, but because those fuckers on the hill are making sweeping legislation without caring for the poor that can't afford the bulbs. Mass production and R&D funding is providing improvements along with dropping the price, but essentially it was a giant corporate tax to bootstrap their industry. There was absolutely no reason for this transition shock. There was better ways of handling this, but the millionaire politicians didn't care as they could afford said bulbs.

  21. Re:May I be the first to say on North Korea Claims Archaeologists Have Found 'Unicorn Lair' In Pyongyang · · Score: 1

    I wish we could airdrop hundreds of thousand iPads (pre-programmed with video, music, photos, and history) all across the countryside. It just might spark a civil war in N. Korea. The people over there are clueless. Someone needs to shake them from this bad dream with the *truth*! Though in reality I'm sure the Dear Leader would light up Seoul like a bonfire. But you get the general idea.

  22. Re:Not just the overall rate... on US Birthrate Plummets To Record Low · · Score: 1

    Dumb people have a brood of children. Smart people have little to no children. By having more time to themselves, they can focus on their career and further development. This however is not sustainable for the future of a nation. America needs stupid people to survive. Oh, but one catch. We don't offer much to the world that can be done by a stupid workforce.

    Ok, so it's not a black and white issue. But there is a sliding scale. Because raising children is a JOB in of itself! You only have so much time in the day to prioritize what's important to both you and your children.

  23. Re:You're making a bad mistake.... on US Birthrate Plummets To Record Low · · Score: 1

    Housing, food and health care are consumables. %someone% has to be involved in its creation. The economic incentive *must* be there for these industries to be sustainable. So when you speak of entitlements, that's code language for government distortion of supply and demand. And at the end of the day, that will be paid for on the backs of the tax payer. If you're ok with that, fine. But please keep in mind that entitlements are not "free"!

  24. Re:OK, so... on US Birthrate Plummets To Record Low · · Score: 1

    Sure, but a wheelbarrow of cash is also worth less than the effort it took to supply food and water. Either way, you're back to a barter system.

  25. Re:...And when you deciding which cloud to use? on Windows Blue: Microsoft's Plan To Release a New Version of Windows Every Year · · Score: 1

    Momentum. Microsoft still has it and thus the corporate world falls in line to sling Word and Excel files back and forth. The hosted Exchange portion is a dream too. I've got my e-mail, contacts, and calendar all synced up between my iPhone, Office 2011, and Office 2007 (for my Windows VM). The web client portion works pretty well with the popular browsers too.

    I never say never of course. Open sourced software could one day all be wipe out the major software companies. But that will take many generations if at all. But for now, pricing is a secondary consideration to functionality.