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  1. Re:Good on Map of Publicly-Funded Creationism Teaching · · Score: 1

    But, the New Testament doesn't really go into the creation of species, so Christians default to the Old Testament.

  2. Re:Good on Map of Publicly-Funded Creationism Teaching · · Score: 1

    I hope you are right. Even the teacher who teaches creationism as truth and questions specific elements of evolution at least teaches children to not believe everything you are told, and some of those kids are going to start asking questions about creationism.

    The worst is if the teacher doesn't question evolution at all, but just dismisses it or ignores it. "It's just a theory." And doesn't even bother to try to tear it down.

  3. Re:Tin foil hat time on Bitcoin Exchange CEO Charlie Shrem Arrested On Money Laundering Charge · · Score: 1

    The fractional reserve system is unstable, in the physics sense of deviations from equilibrium growing over time rather than decaying. With a reserve ratio of 10%, there could be ten times as much M1 money as M0 money. It also means that internal usury within the system is compounded ten times. People at the bottom owe more M1 money than there exist in M0 money, which means that there isn't enough real money to pay off all the lenders, if the lenders all decide to withdraw. Something funny is going on, and lenders create money in the system by continually creating new debts that cannot physically be repaid.

    It's possible that this will sustain itself through a steady process of small bankruptcies which will match the rate at which new debts are created. But I think that we are more likely to see some kind of more abrupt economic collapse.

  4. vote for Snowden on Ask Slashdot: What Does Edward Snowden Deserve? · · Score: 1

    If we elect him President, he can pardon himself, right?

  5. Re:Full pardon, and here is why. on Ask Slashdot: What Does Edward Snowden Deserve? · · Score: 1

    If there are more crimes to expose, why would pardoning Snowden prevent the release of future damaging documents? Snowden would never be able to set foot in US again, but he's already shown himself willing to make that sacrifice.

  6. Re:Tin foil hat time on Bitcoin Exchange CEO Charlie Shrem Arrested On Money Laundering Charge · · Score: 1

    The main advantage of using a different currency is to get away from fractional reserve banking, which is unsustainable.

  7. I'm sure losing 5 weeks of income would sting less than 20 years in prison, losing your job, house, relationships, and probably losing income for the rest of your life.

  8. Re:Pollution from China on Up To a Quarter of California Smog Comes From China · · Score: 1

    Zero emissions is impossible though, unless you plan to stop breathing. Every human activity pollutes. Some pollute much more than others.

  9. Re:One and the same on Why Whistleblowers Can't Get a Fair Trial · · Score: 1

    I suggest moving to Uruguay.

  10. Re:One and the same on Why Whistleblowers Can't Get a Fair Trial · · Score: 1

    They both threaten a corrupt government, but spies work for another corrupt government.

  11. Re:Energy density. on Will Electric Cars and Solar Power Make Gasoline and Utilities Obsolete? · · Score: 1

    Capacitors have good charge speed but poor energy density compared to batteries.

  12. Re:It's not about which technology on Ask Slashdot: It's 2014 -- Which New Technologies Should I Learn? · · Score: 1

    It seems a lot of people are passionate about money. Does the world really need more of them?

  13. Re:It's inexpensive, yet it uses Silver on MIT Develops Inexpensive Transparent Display Using Nanoparticles · · Score: 3, Informative

    Standard mirrors probably use much more silver than this.

  14. goofy controller on How Can Nintendo Recover? · · Score: 1

    I'd say the failure of the Wii U isn't so much about the games, but the goofy controller. I applaud Nintendo for their creativity, but not everything is going to work (virtual boy, power glove, robot).

  15. keyword women on Sites Blocked By Smartfilter, Censored in Saudi Arabia · · Score: 1

    National Organization for Women and Filipino American Women's Network probably got blocked for having the word Women. Because we all know there are no women in Saudi Arabia (outside the house).

  16. arm the dolphins on 200 Dolphins Await Slaughter In Japan's Taiji Cove · · Score: 1

    As a human, it would be murder for me to kill the whalers. But, if I were to give weapons to the dolphins and if they could figure out how to use them... Well, you can't really fault me for what happens, can you?* And of course, the dolphins can't be blamed for acting in self defense.

    *I know that would never stand up in court. Law is more about majority opinion than logic.

  17. Re:I don't get it. on 200 Dolphins Await Slaughter In Japan's Taiji Cove · · Score: 1

    People have short attention spans, so you want to produce the story when it's most graphic.

  18. Re:Might be tasty!!! on 200 Dolphins Await Slaughter In Japan's Taiji Cove · · Score: 1

    They taste like human. Pretty good--you should try it.

  19. Re:That doesn't seem right. on 200 Dolphins Await Slaughter In Japan's Taiji Cove · · Score: 1

    I have not heard this. What kind of intelligence skills do chimps possess? (I don't doubt that some exist, but I'm curious.)

  20. Re:Biology workbook on Creationism In Texas Public Schools · · Score: 1

    Wow.
    Shitty neighborhoods have shitty schools because school funding comes from local property taxes. Not because of a culture of not caring.
    (I realize the causes are not mutually exclusive, but your statement is so odious that you better have data to back it up.)

  21. Re:Is education really the problem in Russia? on Russia Backs Sending Top Students Abroad With a Catch · · Score: 1

    Where would you prefer to have been educated (assuming you would prefer education at all)? American universities are rather well regarded and university education is one of USAs major exports.

  22. Re:I'll be in trouble on Man Jailed For Refusing To Reveal USB Password · · Score: 1

    Apparently you haven't heard of AND 0 encryption. It's provably secure.

  23. Re:I am a White Male who attended the MIT CS progr on Programmer Privilege · · Score: 1

    He's being modest. Sure, looking the part will get you pretty far, but I don't think you will get to the assistant professor level at Rochester without some above average skills.

  24. Re:Freakin' Riders. on Incandescent Bulbs Get a Reprieve · · Score: 1

    The filament does indeed get hot. But the design of the filament is with lifetime in mind, and not in a good way. I don't know this for certain, but there seem to be some thin parts to the filament near the ends which are designed to burn out more quickly than the rest of it, and within a well-controlled time frame. You look at a burned out bulb, and it's always that the filament sort of disconnects at one end, where the connection is exceedingly thin.

  25. Re:Tax, not ban on Incandescent Bulbs Get a Reprieve · · Score: 1

    It seems much more logical to simply tax energy usage.