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  1. Re:Natual cycles on The Arctic Sets Yet Another Record Low Maximum Extent (nsidc.org) · · Score: 1

    Check the IPCC report. Most of the CLAs do not have degrees in Climatology, either. If that's your bar - then you need to discount most of the IPCC reports as well.

  2. Re:Ice Melt Drives Ocean Currents on The Arctic Sets Yet Another Record Low Maximum Extent (nsidc.org) · · Score: 1

    Each year arctic ice the size of a country melts in a cycle that refreezes in the winter.

    Would that country be Monaco, or Russia? Lichtenstein or Canada? Vatican City or the United States of America? Has a bit of impact on what you're trying to convey...

  3. Re:No amount of evidence is enough on The Arctic Sets Yet Another Record Low Maximum Extent (nsidc.org) · · Score: 2

    We know that buying gas-guzzling SUV is bad for the environment. Before you start blaming the government for imposing legislations, please consider that the problem has been known for a while, but people feel that a status symbol is more important that the sustainability of our planet. We only have ourselves to blame.

    No, we don't know that. In some uses it may be bad for the environment; when it's used to haul food, deliver medicine, or provide goods and services to many people that cuts down their net effect on the environment, it's a good thing. Blanket statements are why there is a debate in the first place.

  4. Re:No amount of evidence is enough on The Arctic Sets Yet Another Record Low Maximum Extent (nsidc.org) · · Score: 1

    Yep, half the people simply deny the science of breeder reactors. If we could get them on board, the rest of the discussions would be irrelevant.

  5. Re:Cool story. One question... on 'My Heroic and Lazy Stand Against IFTTT' (pinboard.in) · · Score: 1

    That sir, would be AMAZING! But what would you call it? I mean, somehow it joins, connects, even links two things together! Truly momentous! And it does it really fast, incredibly fast, faster than a person could type in the secondary thing. A speed that could be compared to hyper speed...

    I have it, let's call it IncrediJoin!

    Oh, and you should patent it, too...

  6. Re:TFS could be a little less obscure on 'My Heroic and Lazy Stand Against IFTTT' (pinboard.in) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Actually, real men use paper and pencil.

    You mean tentative men. Men who might change their mind. Men who aren't confident, who aren't real.

    REAL men, confident men, use paper and ink!

  7. Re:With a name like Chamath Palihapitiya on One of Silicon Valley's Most Esteemed VCs Says Startups Are 'Mostly Crap' (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 2

    No, not racist. It is probably a microaggression however...

  8. Re:Too many nebuloud "social" companies. on One of Silicon Valley's Most Esteemed VCs Says Startups Are 'Mostly Crap' (vanityfair.com) · · Score: 1

    Not always. I know more than a few companies that "got big" in terms of the number of consumers using the product because the company gave the product away. Buying consumers is no way to build a viable consumer base.

  9. It's backwards on Slashdot Asks: Do You Support Nuclear Energy? (gallup.com) · · Score: 1

    Nuclear energy is supposed to support me and everyone else who uses it...

  10. Re:Replacing legacy mainframe systems on Is Old Tech Putting Banks Under Threat Of Extinction? (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    No, I think the reason these projects almost always fail the bank is the architects of such systems don't understand basic grammar, like the use of paragraphs.

  11. Re:The tech is not the biggest problem on Is Old Tech Putting Banks Under Threat Of Extinction? (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Why borrow from depositors at interest rates that are higher than the central banks will loan? If I have to pay Joe Average 3% on his money that I'm using (and I can't use all of it, anyway), but only 0.25% on money I can get from the central bank (and can use all of it), why pay Joe? In fact, I'll pay him a pittance just to keep him around (it's better than nothing, right?) because maybe I can sell him a credit card account or mortgage and make some more money off of him - after all, I'm awash in the nearly-free money I got from the central bank!

  12. Re: bollocks on Is Old Tech Putting Banks Under Threat Of Extinction? (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Oh, Mozilla? That changes EVERYTHING! After all, a language designed to create a browser engine must be 100% ideal for heavy, back-end servers in the financial markets. It changes EVERYTHING!

  13. Re: cash dispensing is not the business of banks on Is Old Tech Putting Banks Under Threat Of Extinction? (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    It happened in Greece as well - that's the EU. Limiting daily withdrawals to a pittance.

  14. Re:The BBC Tech folks are clueless on Is Old Tech Putting Banks Under Threat Of Extinction? (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Why do you even need a mainframe? Just put it on the cloud.

    Signed,

    Web 2.0 Dev

  15. Re:Standards of Learning? on Pebble Lays Off 25% of Its Staff, Smartwatch Bubble Set To Burst? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Microaggression! Microaggression! You're attacking their identification of math!

  16. Re:The fact that nobody else followed Apple... on Pebble Lays Off 25% of Its Staff, Smartwatch Bubble Set To Burst? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Hmmm... Most were already IN the market prior to Apple. Motorola, Samsung, Pebble, Sony, LG, Microsoft... Apple was kind of the last one to the market.

  17. Re:Hmm, and I thought that they were above average on Pebble Lays Off 25% of Its Staff, Smartwatch Bubble Set To Burst? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    My Pebble Round takes about 15 minutes to get a day's worth of charge. And it runs for a couple of days on a charge. I plug it in every other night, along with the nightly process of charging the cell phone. Simple, easy, done. And I have notifications right on my wrist at all times - which I like.

  18. Re:Submitter can't math on Pebble Lays Off 25% of Its Staff, Smartwatch Bubble Set To Burst? (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Uh, no! This is Web 2.0 maths! So a reduction from 120 to 80 is only a 25% cut, and we increased profitability by moving our earnings per share from -$1.35 to -$1.50! Don't worry, housing prices are declining as well since that Bay area house that last year cost $1.2 million is down to $1.45 million this year. See? Maths is easy when it's Web 2.0 maths!

  19. Re:Water is WET! on Rockefeller Fund Dumping Fossil Fuels, Hits Exxon On Climate Issues (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    According to the people who sell ads at gas pumps, it's closer to 5-7 minutes. And they are probably inflating it as longer time there allows them to sell ads for higher prices. And here they talk about 20 to 40 minutes for charging. So it's about a 4:1 to 6:1 ratio of time. Meaning you can have 1/4 the number of gas stations relative to Tesla charging stations - and still satisfy needs.

  20. Re:Water is WET! on Rockefeller Fund Dumping Fossil Fuels, Hits Exxon On Climate Issues (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    How much time does a typical Tesla spend at its charging station? Is it less than 5 minutes, the average time needed to fill a tank of gas? It's not the absolute number of slots needed, it's the ability to support a large number of customers. Twenty charging stations, ten gas stations - you can fill a LOT more gas-powered cars than Teslas even with half the number of stations.

  21. Re:Keep saying there's no Islamic terrorist proble on Terrorist Attack In Brussels Airport and Metro Station: At Least 34 Dead (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    True Christians know that Jesus freed them from the Old Testament rules, and that the Old Testament is simply the backdrop to be used to further understand the New Testament. Further, where in the Old Testament does it command Jews to kill, rape, and like to further their religion? Yes, those things happened but were contrary to the law, and were almost always followed by a hard downfall... It's one thing to do, it's another to be commanded to do it.

  22. Re:take effective action instead of security theat on Terrorist Attack In Brussels Airport and Metro Station: At Least 34 Dead (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Please refer to the Koran, Sura 5:20-21. When you find a Muslim who would agree that the land of Palestine belongs to Israel, we can talk about who should have what, historically. Israelis didn't kick out Muslims or Christians (in fact, they're welcomed and are part of the Parliament); it did, however, decide to NOT let back in all of those who left voluntarily when the UN (remember them?) created the entire modern nation of Israel.

  23. Re: It is not a justification for more surveillan on Terrorist Attack In Brussels Airport and Metro Station: At Least 34 Dead (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Allah's Koran was revealed to Mohammed, not Jesus. I think that sets the ranking for prophets as Mohammed at the top. And I would be curious which Christian sect actually denies the trinity.

    And Christianity has its roots in Judaism, but because the message is that Jesus came to fulfill the Jewish prophecies and free people from the constraints of Jewish faith (Jesus was a Jew after all). Supercede, so to speak. It has the roots - but it's not the same all as Christianity supercedes and renders irrelevant Jewish faith. The Old Testament is used more for simple wisdom and background through which to better understand the New Testament.

    Christians are not bound by the Old Testament, but by the New Testament; remember, when asked by the Pharisee which was the greatest commandment (an obvious trap for Jesus to choose one of the original 10), he answered "to love the Lord with all your heart, soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself" - a command that doesn't exist in the Old Testament at all.

  24. Re: It is not a justification for more surveillan on Terrorist Attack In Brussels Airport and Metro Station: At Least 34 Dead (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    No, not the same God. For the God of Christianity IS Jesus. They are one and the same. Part of the trinity. Islam denies there is a trinity. Thus the two Gods - Jehovah and Allah - cannot be the same. In fact, in Islam proclaiming the trinity is considered heresy since it is in direct contradiction of the Koran, and thus you can be executed for stating there is a trinity.

    Allah commands his followers to kill unbelievers if they do not convert, and to rape, pillage, plunder and lie to unbelievers. Pretty different than the message of Jehovah handed down by Jesus, isn't it?

  25. Re:take effective action instead of security theat on Terrorist Attack In Brussels Airport and Metro Station: At Least 34 Dead (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Hate crimes of Israel? What are those? Care to list some? According to pretty much of the rest of the Middle East, Israel shouldn't even exist. Never mind that Allah gave Israel to the Jews. I guess if Israel trying to exist is a hate crime, then the terrorism from Islam and ISIS in general is way beyond hate crimes.