Fresh water from ice and salt water in the oceans have different densities. The volume of salt water displaced by 1000 kg of frozen fresh water will be less than the volume that those same 1000 kg of ice occupy when melted, since the salt water is denser.

I really liked the movie. However, I was kind of let down after the intro. The rest of it, while good, simply couldn't match up to those four minutes of pure fun.

Is it a nuclear sub? Because (based on a linear extrapolation from Ivy Mike; sorry, not a Nuclear Engineer) a hogshead of plutonium would generate around 40 gigatons of explosive force if detonated.

Perhaps your sub works by moving the Earth around it?

Publishing companies need to make enormous amounts of money so they can do important things like:

• Paying researchers top dollar for important publications
• Offering large emoluments for Reviewers
• Hiring top-notch editors to perform quality typesetting
• Host powerful commercial publishing access sites, as universities, libraries, and professional organizations are simply unwilling to pitch in.

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Also, I find no small humor in the fact that my original post is now modded troll, and yours saying it's well-spoken is moderated insightful.

But things like junk mail aren't a consequence of knowing a global language, they're a consequence of participating in a modern commercial society. How much junk mail would you get if you didn't get a frequent shopper card? How much spam if you don't have a personal computer?

So, you're saying it's better to have people cut off from the world because they are unable to communicate rather than giving the opportunity and letting them choose? (If I'm wrong, please tell me; sometimes it's hard to properly negate a sarcastic response)

Or do you think that choosing to pick up a foreign language for one of these isolated Kenyans is as easy as going to the local Adult Education Center?

...that we all speak different languages. These people are welcome to try and make a profit off these inefficiencies. But the fact that this market exists (or, perhaps, the fact that these txteagle people might be able to convince some VCs it does) says to me that we should be trying to teach these people a more global language, so they can participate on equal footing rather than being marginalized.

Stupidity doesn't always need protection to thrive. As I said before, plenty of insects have out-survived smarter species.

Ray, When are you going to get an Amazon wishlist and cash in on all this slashlove you're getting?