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> All the CO2 currently sequestered in fossil fuels used to be part of our atmosphere. That's an interesting assertion. I'm not a biologist, but I suspect quite a lot of the carbon…

> I think it's easy: jobs as scientists in the U.S. suck relative to other jobs. Hmmm... I'm making 6 figures as an engineer. I really doubt my brother the heavy equipment operator…

You might want to review the history of industrial pollution in the US - and remember that it was all the miraculous promises of science that brought us TMI, Love Canal, mercury po…

I think you need to take another look at the connection between western intellectuals and communism. They defended it and, for decades, denied the abuses and murders committed in t…

That's all true - but we frequently pretend that it isn't. How often do we read or see someone push themselves forward as the Voice of Dispassionate Truth, when the reality they ar…

Heh. Back when alternate email protocols were still common, it was my job to help support the "smtp gateway" product for a large corporation. I got to the point where I could forge…

In other words, once again we are told that men are responsible for women's problems.

Isn't that true of everything that comes from scribd?

What, again? I remember thinking of this ~35 years ago, when I was 9.

What the heck is that? Is it an old Halloween "easter egg"?

Thanks. I didn't hear about them till June; hopefully the scopes will show up soon.

I did say "emulate" not "replicate".

? The Celestron Firstscope has a tripod mount? Not as far as I know. Does it replace the altitude screw on the side? If you're referring to the Galileoscope, yeah, I know that.

"Duplicate" was a poor choice of words, I'm trying to say that the point of the scope is to give kids the same experience that Galileo had. I mean, yes, they opted for a modern ach…

That's not the point - the point of this scope is to emulate the scope Galileo had. Anyway, the problem with tiny little reflecting scopes is that you need a table to set them up o…

Errr.. the whole point of this scope is to duplicate the optics that Galileo himself had to deal with. A web cam would be sort of self-defeating. In any case, cheap cameras give ve…

Has anyone received theirs yet? I ordered two to give away as prizes for my club's big annual star party - but I'm more than a little worried they won't arrive in time.

I'm a comcast customer who uses opendns, and I could not reproduce this behavior.

I've gotten two jobs that way. My first job out of school, and 7 years later when I was laid off. Most of my jobs, however, have come through personal contacts with other engineers…

Because the amount of attention he received made people think it was a scam?

Isn't the EFF just guessing at what Apple found "objectionable"? I mean, Apple doesn't usually tell you....

Monopoly power - PayPal has no direct competition.

Indirectly, yes, I think that was a problem - by buying PayPal and closing their own payment service ("BillPoint"?) they ensured PayPal never had to worry about competition again.

If the devs aren't hitting their targets, that's a problem. If they are hitting their targets, but you think they are capable of more then make the schedule more aggressive. Howeve…

Is that such a bad thing? The larger the pay differential, the more likely the jobs will be sent overseas.