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Comment Re:quelle surprise (Score 1) 725

by tomhath (#47395993) Attached to: When Beliefs and Facts Collide
Actually the NYT opinion piece (not a news article) points out that the majority of Republicans are open to the idea of global warming:

For instance, 46 percent of Republicans said there is not solid evidence of global warming

I doubt that 54% of Republicans support the Democrats' knee jerk response to change the situation though. There's far more to cutting our dependence on fossil fuel than subsidizing impractical alternatives.

Submission + - Free Wi-Fi Supplier, Gowex, Files For Bankruptcy

Submitted by PuceBaboon
PuceBaboon writes: The BBC is reporting that a Spanish firm, Gowex, which provides free Wi-Fi services in major cities world-wide, has filed for bankruptcy, following revelations that financial accounts filed over the past four years were "false". The company supplies services in London, Shanghai, New York and Buenos Aires, as well as Madrid. Other sources report that up to 90% of the company's reported revenue came from "undisclosed related parties" (in other words, from Gowex itself) and that the value of the company's share price was now effectively zero.

Submission + - What came first, black holes or galaxies?

Submitted by StartsWithABang
StartsWithABang writes: It was one of the most hotly contested questions for decades: we first expected and then found supermassive black holes at the centers of practically all large galaxies. But how did they get there? In particular, you could imagine it happening either way: either there was this top-down scenario, where large-scale structures formed first and fragmented into galaxies, forming black holes at their centers afterwards, or a bottom-up scenario, where small-scale structures dominate at the beginning, and larger ones only form later from the merger of these earlier, little ones. As it turns out, both of these play a role in our Universe, but as far as the question of what came first, black holes or galaxies, only one answer is right.

Comment Re:Why do we permit "property tax" at all? (Score 1) 76

If you're going to own real property, there's a general consensus that you should put it to productive use, or forfeit.

There is no such general consensus; in fact that's a foolish utopian statement. Real property is a place to invest money. Taxes lower the return on that investment - but if you are not putting it to productive use there is no reason to continue that investment so it would be sold anyway. Market forces rule.

Submission + - 150 Mummies of Ancient Unknown Civilisation Discovered in Atacama Desert, Peru (ibtimes.co.uk)

Submitted by concertina226
concertina226 writes: A team of archaeologists from universities in Poland, Peru and Colombia have discovered 150 mummies in the Atacama Desert belonging to an unknown culture that predate the Tiwanaku and Inca civilization by almost 500 years.

The bodies were mummified naturally by being buried directly in the sand with no stone structures, wrapped in cotton veils, reed mats or fishing nets, and radiocarbon dating shows that the oldest mummies came from 4th century AD, while the youngest mummies came from 7th century AD.

Under Project Tambo, the team have been excavating in the Tambo River delta in the northern region of the Atacama Desert since 2008 and the first mummies were found in 2012, but it took until March 2014 for the team to make major discoveries.

Comment Re:Property Tax? (Score 2) 76

Our society was built upon the understanding that those who benefit the most from something should pay the most.

There's no way to determine who benefits the most. Our tax structure (not our society) is built on pretending to tax those who can pay more at a higher rate, but nobody believes it actually does that.

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