A philosophy doesn't remain true either, just because it's old.

Well, if the source code is not available, it doesn't pay to learn COBOL.

How would you resume an open TCP connection after restarting the network driver ?

And when it's all done, it will be more complex than Linux.

Referring to old security tapes as "movies" is even more unlikely. Unless, possibly, if they were taken with a hidden camera in the girl's shower area.

If my house were to burn down, the loss of a drawer full of crummy old VHS tapes would be on the bottom of the list of things to worry about. Since the original poster was talking about movies, a simple solution is to go to pirate bay, and download them, probably in better quality than the precious originals.

The concept of "master archive" of old VHS tapes has a certain funny ring to it.

Obviously, scientists compare the end of one winter with the end of another winter.

The physical foundation is the same of course, but the circumstances are totally different. Hence the effect that Arctic sea ice is shrinking, while Antarctic sea ice is growing.

I mean that Al Gore said "may", but the GP pretended that he said "will". That's a big difference. Also, Al Gore is not a scientist, and he was not expressing scientific consensus at the time.

You should have read the article before rushing to hit the Submit button. It's about Antarctic ice.

This data doesn't contradict global warming. It's a local effect, and it's been known for years.

There's a difference between 'may' and 'will'. At the same time that Al Gore made this statement, most scientists were more comfortable with an estimate of 2030.

CO2 in the atmosphere is "well-mixed".

The earth's surface area is pretty large, but from any given point on the earth, you can only see a small bit. And it's probably cheaper to aim a detector at the moon than it is to put one in orbit and look at the earth.