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  1. Re:Federal Overstepping Again... on "McKinley" Since 1917, Alaska's Highest Peak Is Redesignated "Denali" · · Score: 1

    Not sure why someone thinks your post is insightful... that mountain is in a state but is _Federal_ property in the middle of a _Federal_ National Park.

  2. Re:3mm is the key on NASA Scientists Paint Stark Picture of Accelerating Sea Level Rise · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.skepticalscience.co...

    Scroll down to figure 3... "Global mean sea level from 1870 to 2006 with one standard deviation error"

    What is the first thing that you notice about the character of this plot? Is is linear? Does your statement make sense from what you know of trends and basic algerbra?

  3. Re:Notepad++ on In Praise of the Solo Programmer · · Score: 1

    Notepad++ is based on Scintilla. The point as made above by other posters it is easier today to write major public visible applications using libraries and other code source. Not to take away from the significance of the accomplishment of the author of Notepad++.

  4. Re:Saudi Arabia on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 2

    And we shall be more compassionate towards jerk bigots until there is a cure for their sickness.

  5. Re:Am I missing something? on Judge Orders State Dept, FBI To Expand Clinton Email Server Probe · · Score: 1

    The emails in question were believed to not contain classified info, so they would have been sent on the official unclassified server anyway.

    Not sure where you are getting this. I see several sources confirming that her email did in fact contain classified information. They certainly contained sensitive FOUO content. We are talking the head of the State Department here. Her server was more than likely already compromised by several foreign intelligence organizations. Can you imagine their glee when they reported to their superiors that they have access to all the emails sent by Secretary of State of the US of A?

  6. Re:Justifiable under ISLAM on Fourth Bangladeshi Blogger Murdered · · Score: 1

    Since when is killing young boys not murder? How about killing females based solely upon if they have had sex yet not murder?

  7. Re:Confusion on Fourth Bangladeshi Blogger Murdered · · Score: 1

    You can consult the etymology of Atheism in any good English dictionary. The fact that you think it violates "language, history, or critical thought" really reflects poorly upon yourself... but you knew that which is why you post as coward.

  8. Re:Justifiable under ISLAM on Fourth Bangladeshi Blogger Murdered · · Score: 1

    And the in books were the original - Thou shalt not murder - appears is followed with all sort of killing and allegedly god ordered murder (ie Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man). It takes a massive ability to compartmentalize to accept these works as divinely inspired.

  9. Re:Tactical Nuke Time on Fourth Bangladeshi Blogger Murdered · · Score: 1

    Of course this cowardly idiot calls for mass indiscriminate murder but lacks balls and has to do so anonymously. What's the difference between ISIS and those who have no apparent viable soul and would willing drop weapons of mass destruction on innocent men, women and children.

  10. Re:It was just a violent time on The Bog Bodies of Europe · · Score: 2

    We can look at archaeological artifacts (ie Otzi, Kenniwick Man,Cave 7 in Utah, Herxheim village, etc) and also we can look at early contact histories. For example read Samuel Hearne's diary and prepared to be horrified at the violent nature of just post-prehistoric human cultures.

  11. Re:Hanged in 8,000 B.C. on The Bog Bodies of Europe · · Score: 1

    Tollund Man who was hanged is only about 2000 years old.

  12. Re:It is what it is on Twilight of the Bomb · · Score: 1

    The end does not justify the means.

    In war it does... You would have prefered a much higher body? more suffering? more destruction? If you were in a troop transport on the way to execute Operation Olympic you might have thought otherwise. If you were in the way of Japanese conquest where over 100000 noncombatants were killed per month (reference Gideon Rose) you might have thought otherwise. If you were a Japanese peace advocate who was under the constant threat of assassination you would have thought otherwise. The Japanese peace advocates even cheered the bomb because they knew it was what was necessary to take the power out of the hands of evil militarist who were prepared to sacrifice every Japanese man, woman and child.

  13. Re:It is what it is on Twilight of the Bomb · · Score: 1

    The 80K number would be dwarfed by the civilian deaths as the result of a full scale invasion of Japan.

  14. Re:The Future on USC Vs. UC San Diego In Fight Over Alzheimer's Research · · Score: 1

    Giving both institutions every tool they need (ie the data) the work will progress better than giving just one institution protected access to the data. Compete for solutions and share the data.

  15. Re:Fight over... on USC Vs. UC San Diego In Fight Over Alzheimer's Research · · Score: 1

    The data is probably already anonymized.

  16. A Lot at Stake on USC Vs. UC San Diego In Fight Over Alzheimer's Research · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why this data isn't just shared publicly to anyone who cares to inspect it. What's gained by hiding it?

    Alzheimer's costs the US economy over $100B/yr, and that amount is likely to soar as the population ages. If a university finds a cure, or even a prevention, they stand to reap billions in patent license fees. The stakes here are very high.

    If the disputing parties or a family member develops dementia (high probability) and if the disease could have been mitigated or cured by the sharing of data the stakes are a LOT higher than a dollars. What good is Billion dollars if you can't recognize a family member or even remember your own name. Stupid people.

  17. Re:Don't believe the hype on Epson Is Trying To Kill the Printer Ink Cartridge · · Score: 1

    So you are saying these little pentalope shaped tips/holes are patented?

  18. Re:Obligatory on Lennart Poettering Announces the First Systemd Conference · · Score: 2

    Is this a clip from the last systemd conference?

  19. Re: Or let us keep our hard-earned money on Clinton Promises 500 Million New Solar Panels · · Score: 1

    Oh that is twisted... these people are dangerously ignorant.

  20. Re:2 time the gravity thought on NASA Spies Earth-Sized Exoplanet Orbiting Sun-Like Star · · Score: 1

    .... Should be a great place for heavy metal poisoning. Or toxic wastelands. Something like that....

    Great so EPA restrictions should be minimal then... let's go

  21. Re:Too Far Away on NASA Spies Earth-Sized Exoplanet Orbiting Sun-Like Star · · Score: 1

    That is long ping return...

    >64 bytes from planet-blue (120.1.1.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=100000000000000000000000 time=1400 years

  22. Far too limited range.

    Now a fly over with a helicopter (especially a fire fighting class helo) with the subsequent downwash would certainly clear the air quickly.

  23. BD-5 on Famed Aircraft Designer James Bede Dies · · Score: 4, Interesting

    When I was a kid I dreamed of building and owning a BD-5... Now that I read that of the first 10 BD-5's built 5 resulted in fatal crashes (50% is pretty steep ratio). Sometimes you have to thank God for unfulfilled dreams.

  24. Re:Lazy writing alert! on 2014 Was Earth's Warmest Year On Record · · Score: 1

    Yeah but if he/she didn't use abbreviations to shorten his post you would have probably responded with tl;dr :)

  25. Re:The Gods on 2014 Was Earth's Warmest Year On Record · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have actually heard this notion on Christian radio a decade ago... that is, God will always correct imbalances magically (as per God's promise to Noah) while He achieves His purpose on earth so there is no need to worry as we told to dominate all of the earth.

    Even more recently Rep John Shimkus (you guess the party affiliation) also echoed this very same sentiment and claimed that government shouldn't attempt to control green house gases because

    "I do believe in the Bible as the final word of God and I do believe that God said the Earth would not be destroyed by a flood"

    The earth will end only when God declares its time to be over. Man will not destroy this earth. This earth will not be destroyed by a flood.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

    Of course this just demonstrates POE's law once again.