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  1. Not quite. RD-180 is more or less current, just a different version of what will be used in future Russian rockets. Soyuz engines, on the other hand, are much, much older.

  2. Re:They'll never be persuaded by facts. on Climate Change Contrarians Lose Big Betting Against Global Warming (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Scientists don't understand economics because economics is not a science. At all.

    Pray tell me, where are your free market fairies who magically invent a cure for cancer?

    Besides, you don't even understand, what "peak oil" actually means.

  3. Re: Free movement of labor and capital on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I speak three languages fluently and understand reasonably well another two. These who move freely are either multilingual or move to countries with the same or very similar language.

  4. Re: I'm still LOLing... on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Which was absolutely valid. In relative numbers - GDP to purchasing power - Wales is indeed on the level of Romania and Bulgaria. In absolute numbers it is comparable to Greece and Slovenia - both countries are very poor. No matter how you take it, it is unworthy of "the 6th largest economy in the world" and only shows that a large part of that economy is the city of London casino.

  5. Re: I'm still LOLing... on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Why? GDP per capita of Wales in 2014 was about 17k GBP (source: Wikipedia). That is comparable to Greece or Slovenia in absolute numbers. Should be embarrassing for a rich and prosperous country. Even the GDP per capita of North Rhine - Westphalia, currently the economically weakest German federal state, is almost twice as high.

  6. Re: Free movement of labor and capital on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The same cultural and linguistic barriers can happen inside a single country as well. Take me for example - I am a German, but I can't understand Bavarians at all. They speak an unintelligible dialect and their habits are strange. I feel better connected in, say, the Czech republic than in Bavaria.

  7. Re:They'll never be persuaded by facts. on Climate Change Contrarians Lose Big Betting Against Global Warming (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting
  8. Re: I'm still LOLing... on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1
  9. Re: I'm still LOLing... on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    If the UK is so prosperous, why it is a home of some of the poorest and least developed areas in the EU - worse than Romania or Bulgaria?

  10. Re: Free movement of labor and capital on Britain's Scientists Are 'Freaking Out' Over Brexit (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Free movement of labour and capital are the foundation of the EU.

  11. Re:What's the big problem? on The Chip Card Transition In the US Has Been a Disaster (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Except that better card readers use ethernet.

  12. Re:Don't believe it on Babylon 5 Actor Jerry Doyle Dies (dailymail.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Actually they did. If you binge B5, you'll see it. Small CGIs like a guy in a space suit or some repair bot, you see these basically every other episode. Nothing major, though.

  13. Re:I dobut it was NSA on Russian Government Gets 'Hacked Back', Attacks Possibly Launched By The NSA (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Americans being the bully on this planet is completely unrelated to Russia's behavour, but if you put it that way, then what Russia does is small potatoes in comparison, barely a blip on the radar. Even the UK has invaded more countries in the past 20 years and is responsible for more people killed.

  14. Re:Perspectives sure have changed, haven't they? on America Uses Stealthy Submarines To Hack Other Countries' Systems (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, by that logic the WTC attack was natural and obvious. After all, USA had repeatedly bombed the middle east, killing civilians, and fair's fair.
    Surprisingly Americans reacted in a very different way.

  15. Re:That's 129.2F if you're interested. on 54C Recorded In Kuwait Likely Hottest On Record In Asia (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, since a "metric" pint is usually defined as 500ml, and a "metric" pound is usually defined as 500g, it actually works - for water, that is.

  16. Re: That's 129.2F if you're interested. on 54C Recorded In Kuwait Likely Hottest On Record In Asia (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    So basically your only reason to write here was misplaced nationalism and being too stupid to cope with Celsius. Are you drunk again?

  17. Re:That's 129.2F if you're interested. on 54C Recorded In Kuwait Likely Hottest On Record In Asia (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    If you don't care much about the rest of the world, why the fuck are you reading news about temperature in Kuwait in first place?

  18. Re: ABM systems equal escalation? on China Releases Test Footage of Ballistic Missile Defense System (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Russia is the successor state when it comes to treaties, so they still are in force.

  19. Re: unpasteurised milk is way better on Scientists Find Chemical-Free Way To Extend Milk's Shelf Life For Up To 3 Weeks (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    Better how? I've tried, it was meh. I am generally not a fan of fresh milk, preferring sour milk products instead, but raw milk was even worse than normal pasteurised milk.

  20. Re:Elon Musk is still missing the point on Tesla's Autopilot Mode Reportedly Saves Pedestrian's Life (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Besides, isn't Tesla Autopilot only supposed to be enabled on highways? In that case, where did the pedestrian came from?

  21. Re: So they are just letting the fakes win? on Amazon Loses Huge Footwear Company Because Of Fake Products, a Problem It Denies Is Happening (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Except Birkenstock manufactures all of their shoes in Germany and sources the raw materials from the EU. Hence the price premium.

  22. Re:We are shameful on Feds Seize KickassTorrents Domains and Arrest Owner In Poland (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    What part of "Even though they are, for some reason, a member of the EU" is so difficult to understand?

    Poland is already a NATO member, they should have stayed out of the EU. They don't belong in the EU. They have voted for an anti-EU government for several times.

  23. Re:We are shameful on Feds Seize KickassTorrents Domains and Arrest Owner In Poland (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    This is not what I have questioned. My question was, WTF does Poland do in the EU in first place?

  24. Re:We are shameful on Feds Seize KickassTorrents Domains and Arrest Owner In Poland (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    If you think that Poland bowed down before USA in this case, you are mistaken. They happily assisted. Poland has been sucking American dick for decades. Even though they are, for some reason, a member of the EU, they are far more closely allied to the US.

  25. Re:So what happens if... on WikiLeaks Releases 300K Turkey Government Emails In Response To Erdogan's Post-Coup Purges (rt.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    He is just bombing them.
    Erdogan is far worse than Putin. At least Russians are still allowed to leave Russia and Putin made it perfectly clear that death penalty is unconstitutional due to the right to life.