This map begs to differ, even at only 10 percent efficiency.

Because that's not much of a challenge either?

> The 15-30 largest container ships in the world (depending on who's estimates you're using) produce more pollution than all the cars combined. ...and one volcano puts out more CO2 than all of the world's industry combined...and turning on a fluorescent light burns more electricity than it does leaving it on for four hours.... Why do people keep falling for this? Do they have no concept of the numbers involved, or does people's brains just break down when faced with differences of more than two orders of magnitude?

Fire up your VM and let them connect to it. Get the IP address of their internet connection. Inform the appropriate authorities Watch their internet connection go "away".

Not that I'm disagreeing with your statements re "skeptics" and "propoganda"

Problem is, when I look at your signature, I see one comma too many.

No, collaqialsmisms. Do you failed reading or somesuch?

Or even one of these. Or maybe two, even.

So does this mean that as well as the bacteria that we have living in a symbiotic relationship with us, there's viruses in our internal ecosystems that we need to keep us alive as well now?

Well, that depends on whether the person running his dossier through said system wants him to end up on it or not, just like anybody else. It all depends.

Well, speaking of caffeine, there was a story on the news last Friday about caffeine powder making its way into the market and onto the radar by way of some overdoses. The powder comes out in a packet which advises the recommended dose: 1/16th of a teaspoon, which makes it very easy to overdose on, especially if measured out with common household implements.

Nu-uh! I drink only pure, unadulterated planetary nebula whizz, and I love it!

I hope you made a torrent and posted it to one of your regularly scheduled archival websites for those who would follow in your footsteps...

Milking cows. Try leaving it till after the sun is up and your cows will not be timid in expressing their dismay. Or quiet Opening the shop before the morning rush. What, you think pastries hot from the oven for breakfast is a modern invention? Any number of religious orders have been following the canonical hours for well over a thousand years. Who do you think was getting the animals to the temple in time for the morning slaughter? And who was making their roasted walnuts, or whatever they used before coffee was invented?

Is it just me or or is anyone else noticing a lot of flamebait and troll mods being applied to any comment reminding people of Microsoft's standard operational practice when faced with a potential new market?

Embrace, Extend and Extinguish was a real thing, and this sort of behaviour might make people suspect that the lepoard has not changed his shorts.