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Comment Re:Statistics work both ways.... (Score 0, Flamebait) 230

Isn't it obvious?

OP is a Republican and Feinstein is a Democrat. A California Democrat as well. And a woman.

I expect he wants bipartisan cooperation too, but he's disappointed that the Dems are cooperating about as much as the Repubs did during the Bush years.

Boo hoo.

Go ahead, mod me a troll. See if I care.

Comment Re:Aren't we over Facebook yet? (Score 1) 357

The best it can do...

Or has ceased being interesting so now they're resorting to pulling ever greater stunts to try to lure people back in.

I look forward to some day in the future when my great grand children ask me where I was when man first landed on the moon and when Fonzie jumped the shark. And I'll say, "I was glued to the TV screen." And then they'll ask me what a TV screen is.

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Global Warming's Silver Lining For the Arctic Rim 582

Pickens writes "According to Laurence C. Smith, an Arctic scientist who has consistently sounded alarms about the approach of global warming, within 40 years the Arctic rim may be transformed by climate change into a new economic powerhouse. As the Arctic ice recedes, ecosystems extend, and minerals and fossil fuels are discovered and exploited, the Arctic will become a place of 'great human activity, strategic value and economic importance.' Sparsely populated areas like Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and the northern United States — the northern rim countries, or NORCs — will become formidable economic powers and migration magnets. Predictions in Smith's new book The Earth in 2050 include the following: New shipping lanes will open during the summer in the Arctic, allowing Europe to realize its 500-year-old dream of direct trade between the Atlantic and the Far East, and resulting in new economic development in the north; NORCs will be among the few place on Earth where crop production will likely increase due to climate change; and NORCs will become the envy of the world for their reserves of fresh water, which may be sold and transported to other regions."

Comment Re:Bees have a guide (Score 5, Informative) 394

What amazes me though is how they look at another bee and visualize it traveling to a set patch of flowers, by looking at its dance.

Are we discussing bumble bees or honey bees? The summary says bumble bees.

http://www.earthlife.net/insects/socbees.html states that bumble bees "...have not evolved any means of communicating information reguarding utilisable resources."

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