many people seem to be looking for evidence of sexism. this is the foss world, yes? we can look for the evidence in the source code and documentation. a quick grep through the docs folder for me turned up a few uses of exclusive "he" (though far outnumbered by inclusive "he/she" or "he or she") and no uses of exclusive "she," typically referring to the user. of course, you'll have to filter out legitimate uses of exclusive "he" and "she," such as when referring to an actual person (typically a developer), but everyone here should be able to see how latent the issue is (or not) themselves.

foss software is not so much a hobby nowadays, so i don't think getting paid really isn't a primary differentiating factor. recent research indicates that significant contributions are being made to linux by hired hands (http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2009/08/linux-foundation-updates-study-linux-development-statistics-who-wri), over 70% of the kernel, for instance.

does anyone know the correlation of results of research done on mice to results later found in humans? i've heard it's very low and certainly many drugs that were tested on mice and deemed safe were taken off the market due to dangers in humans.

yes and yes. and then she slapped me.

yes, yes, we westerners always know what's best for others. our grasp of the complex issues of a billion-plus person country are perfectly reflected by cartoonish summaries spawning countless cartoonish comments.

BAD GOVERNMENT! No Tibet for you!

INTERNET could FREE PEOPLE OF CHINA, because the truth will set you freeeeeeee!!!!

CHINESE likey censorship, if car come too

now that i think about it, it's perfect. this government vs the people narrative is just like star wars! now if only the bad guys would dress up in white plastic suits so the rest of the world could tell who they are, we could send in chewie. i hope the real emperor's head isn't as pale as it was in the movie...the camera beaming images back to a free west might crack a lens.

that's not true. tommy chong is in prison. what is torture if not taking weed away from him?

already did. google rodney king.

la is definitely special in a lot of ways, but one thing it actually has in common with many cities is much of its public transportation radiates outward from downtown. i picked a place to live near downtown, right on the gold line and commute to northridge (~25 miles) on trains and buses most days. in addition to saving money straight up ($4.50/day driving vs $3 on train/bus), employers often offer ride share incentives. the cost to me of my monthly pass is $12.

the main problem in la is there are no outer rings as ctmzeus pointed out (though pasadena city hall to glendale city hall is closer to 20 minutes than 30 all day, so i'm not sure where the 3hr trek comes from). as the subject says, everyone's situation is different. however, even in sprawling, exurby sourthern ca, public-transit-commute-friendly situations can be created.

perhaps i'm wrong about how all this works, even after rtfa, but hasn't the paper industry been efficient in an energy sense for some time? assuming that it's okay to reward industries for efficiency (which is arguable, but it's what the bill does), shouldn't paper be rewarded for having been efficient all along?

fwiw, a similar situation is happening right now in l.a. with water (albeit with penalties instead of rewards). people are being penalized during drought conditions for not reducing their water usage. those who have been conserving all along have a hard time reducing and get penalized.

now if you could just improve my understanding of physics enough to comprehend the link you sent, i'll be all set.

with gm and other players from the auto industry working with the electricity industry (as discussed on slashdot at http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/22/1827224), i would say the line of reasoning is quite on-topic. if our solar energy production capacity and ability to store that energy advance sufficiently, we'll be charging cars overnight rather than pumping gas.