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Comment Re:i'th Post (Score 1) 366

It's politics who's trying to use science (or far more frequently trying to deny science), not the other way around.

Here's science : our climate is changing and that change is mainly (and probably exclusively) the result of human activities. What politicians or anyone with a political agenda do with that scientific knowledge has nothing to do with science.

Don't think so small. Many folks have agendas. Schools, politicians, scientists, news shows, etc. And said folks will collaborate to ensure continuation of their agenda. Here's a clue......watch where the money flows. (this qualifies for whatever side of the fence you are on).

See how you even try to lead the reader to give credibility to your view? First you say for fact that your statement is science, but give no source. You then lead the reader to your hypothesis that it's all humans that are the exclusive cause for the climate to change. This is subjective science. And that's the problem and gives the ability on both sides to massage the data to suit their needs.

Frankly when it comes to such divisive topics, I always think that the truth is more in the middle of the data floating around.

Comment Re:About time. (Score 1) 309

Where'd you get that idea? Most power is used in the middle of the day, when it's hot and everyone turns on their A/C. Solar produces the most power right in the middle of the day, when the sun is shining brightest. Solar is perfect for supplying peak loads in places where people use A/C.

1. Hydro
2. Nuclear
3. Geothermal.
1 and 3 are location limted.

2 is location limited too: you can't put nuclear close to a fault line, in a place where there's tornadoes or hurricanes, and you generally need to put it next to a river for cooling though you can also use giant cooling towers. And of course, you can't put it anywhere near a metro area.

A. You forgot about solar being affected by the highest total of those green house gasses (H2O).
B. Nuclear plants are designed to handle a F5 tornado

Comment Re:Bull pucky (Score 1) 200

The wealthy pay more then their fair share. As does the middle class. Your mortgage interest that you write off on your taxes is considered a tax break. That interest money is gone out of your pocket one way or another. Either to the Govt (fed, state, local) or to an item that is then calculated as a tax break (charity, mortgage, business expense, etc).

This may be more of an over simplification of the process, but it is what it is. The reality is people are the problem. Stop complaining and trying to fight issues you can't change and don't affect you. Put your head down and go to work. And keep working. And keep working. Start at the bottom and make yourself better. Start a business, take a risk for once in your life. For as many wealthy folks that exist, many of them have gone bankrupt one or multiple times. Would you be willing to put that kind of risk in and still go to work? Or quit, start complaining, and looking for hand outs from someone else who worked and sacrificed for their gains?

Comment Re:Ya...Right (Score 1) 285

Agreed. That is where the test has to be equal on all parts. Increase water, and some plants will die and others will thrive. Increase nitrogen and some plants will die and some will thrive. So by increasing CO2 in a feild of certain plants can determine if CO2 increases planet wide that the effect will be predictable? I think not. The key is how the tests were constructed and conducted. I think there needs to be a clearer test for this hypothesis.

Comment Re:We can be certain of one thing (Score 3, Insightful) 152

If you build your employer a piece of software that ends up making hundreds of millions of dollars wouldn't you feel entitled to some of that wealth?

No. You utilized their assets to build said software, charged them money, and agreed to it. Deal with it. Just because you lacked the vision to see that software making piles of cash, don't blame others because they have bigger vision then you do.

Comment Re:Confusing position (Score 1) 514

Reverse discrimination.

Sorry, but discrimination is discrimination. There is no direction. It either takes place or it doesn't. Using the term reverse gives advantage and power to one group over another.

So would you argue that affirmative action and hiring/acceptance quotas are discrimination since they put a higher value on some races than they do others?

At some point they become discrimination and defeatist in nature to everyone involved with society. But I am also a realist, and understand that at one point there was a need to have these practices in place in the U.S. And I think that they will still exist in some form or another, but not enforced. There are many industries in the US who's work force is not diversified at all or are becoming of one particular background.

  What is a proper percentage of bodies of a particular ethnic background/gender/sexual preference/religious preference is a company to have? Is it guided by local community, state community, country population, or world population?

Frankly, I could care less. This is still the U.S. and if you can't work for someone, go start your own business and fight for your business. Life is not fair. The sooner you accept that and move on, the happier you will be.

Comment So? (Score 1) 342

Doesn't that mean we are winning the race for species domination just as every other species on Earth attempts and has attempted to do until resources cause the decline?

The reality is Earth's clock is ticking. All resources need to be exhausted to find a way off of this rock or sustain life in the harsher confines of deep space. Otherwise, what are we really doing with our advantage over all the other species past and present? You want a long term goal for humanity? There it is. Survival of the species beyond the scope of the planet for wence it came.

Comment Re:I don't know how they pay (Score 1) 509

but being a plumber or AC repair can't be shipped overseas.

No, those jobs will not be shipped overseas, they will disappear. Look at the modular advancement of products. I do see a future where an HVAC system will be plug and play with parts sold at your local home depot. As for plumbing, why not use a "Lego" brand plumbing where "pipe A" connects to "pipe B" and snaps into place.

People can and will be replaced as technology advances. The goal is cheap and disposable with minimal impact on quality. Manufacturing jobs are dead and a thing of the past. We all have to get over that. The jobs will either be in services or distribution itself.

Comment Re:Power? We dont need no stink'n power! (Score 2) 468

So what happens when the first plane has a power blip, or an engine failure? How can you land with no view?

Airline pilots have what is known as an Instrument Flight Rating for a reason. They don't depend on looking out the window to fly.

Well, this is just a quicker way to increase passenger space by letting the pilots fly your plane from the comfort of their ipad at home.

Comment Re:it depends on what "skilled worker" means. (Score 1) 401

"The only reason to outsource is because of the massive shortage of tech workers." I call bullshit grande. I'm living through an outsource right now and it's ALL ABOUT COST. The existing help desk, first level support, and second level support were shown the door and replaced with 50% off bargain employees from Elbonia and elsewhere. Competence had zero to do with it. Uptime of our apps has tanked, ticket queues are ballooning, the new support folks can't find their ass with both hands and a map... but they sure are cheaper.

But wasn't ITIL the magic bullet to solve the inexperience issue that is always heard around help desk/tier support locations?

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