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Comment Dear Slashdot, (Score 1) 121

I've always enjoyed the bracketed indication of target domain behind links in discussion, I think it would be nice to implement this also for the main page. In some cases, wording indicates some inconspicous page and people tend to click links that actually lead to the pages like Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which no self-respecting nerd should read (hint: If you can't include actual levels or link to the data you're not an Atomic Scientist but Alarmed Shill).

Comment Re:how much?! More or less than average human? (Score 1) 121

The question is, how much? What are the numbers?

Well, the question "how much" led to my skimming of both articles (I've clicked the link to The Bullshit already, so what), but strangely enough, neither "scientists" nor "investigative reporters" could be bothered with such trifles. In absence of evidence, let's feel free to call it morons' nonsense until someone is able to produce actual data.

Comment Procrastination (Score 1) 628

Instead of wasting time slaughtering dolphins, Japanese should stop slacking and get to the real work - slaughtering the Sea Shepherd members and funders. Any Dutchmen here? You can do your part and write to your MP and PM to voice your disagreement with your country's sheltering of Paul Watson.

Comment Square feet? (Score 1) 336

I'm not sure I'm gonna count a Unit Imperialist as a fellow geek, even NASA got finally rid of those fossils few years ago, get with the program, man!

Comment Re:Wow (Score 1) 702

Grew up in a country which had 'Socialist' as a part of an official name and still live with all* of it's numerous socialist residues and I can guarantee you, that you won't find "cronyism" in Socialism, simply because it's such a normal way of how things are, that your eyes adjust after a short time.

Well, maybe not all. I escaped some of them by being forced into grey economy by laws made ostensibly to protect me.

Comment Re:Symbolic and symbolic only (Score 1) 181

Two thousand wind turbines ... now you're talking.

That's when the real trouble begin. Most of the ./ users seem to be from anglophone countries and hold some amusing views about the state of "Energiewende", but I can assure you, as someone living next to Germany, you wish to remain at just two. It's not German problem only, it's a problem for Poland and Czechia as well - we have to install unbelievably expensive phase shifters just to protect our grid from German "exports" (yes, those shiny figures of German electricity exports usually contain so called "physical exports", better sounding name for overflow). That's not Fox News propaganda, that's decision of Czech and Polish governments, made to simply maintain basic level of stability in our transmission systems.
Germany's planning Brobdingnagian build-up of new lines, but, if you believe they'll make those 3600 necessary kilometers until 2020, when they managed only about hundred since 2007 or 08, I got a bridge to sell ya.
One last tidbit cause I got a stage to build in a few hours and should catch some sleep - those new power lines (and new dams and pumped-storage plants) are already vehemently protested by the same green groups that push for massive windmill/PV build-up. Talk about inconsistency.

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