So, the main use of carbon tet was manufacturing the CFC's. this is replacing a chlorine with a fluorine. Done in a manufacturing facility. So, if this is due to it still being used for that purpose, you'd be able to look at the presence of the products. If plants have leaky manufacturing processes, you should see the carbon tet as well as the CFC's.

If I were to guess, it's degassing from old landfills.

Chemically it's not going to happen. Carbon tet is fluorinated to make the CFC's. The CFC's, in use are largely unreactive. We need to recharge due to leaks, not due to decompostion. In the atmosphere, the CFC's aren't going to have a ready source for the chlorine to somehow react back to carbon tet.

You miss the point; they care. They care to mess with you.

The point here is that the concept of a worm-hole has been theoretical and the domain of Sci-Fi. It is a huge event if we are able to verify. My guess is that the verification will have ramifications in the theoretical physics, simply because so much has been strictly theory.

Is there anything to say there can't be alien dicks?

Fluke is a manufacturer of higher quality testing equipment, and has put in a lot of effort on brand recognition. It is not by accident that these units match. Now it may be that Sparkfun simply purchased a bunch of cheap Chinese units who had copied the trademarked systems, but it's not Fluke who is at fault here nor should be villanized.

As an employer of "STEM" individuals, I would disagree on the surplus. Now, the area is fairly specialized as an environmental testing lab, and I wonder if that is part of the issue. For our entry level positions, I expect to need to do considerable training, but if I need an individual with prior experience, it is highly rare for me to receive resumes from more than 1 - 2 individuals that actually have the experience necessary. As a $4M company with a staff of about 15 chemists (as in small to very small business) we are often looking nationally to fill experienced positions. If I had need for a larger labor pool as most of the discussion is really about, does that drive the need for a international labor pool?

So, the question that strikes me, is it that the field has so many very narrow specialties, that the university fundamentally cannot put together the program? Does a company want to drive labor costs down? I do not believe that question needs to be answered. But my perspective, the larger impact is not having qualified staff than the salary.

Finally, and I suspect I am the minority here (at /.) when STEM is discussed, it needs to be remembered that it extends well beyond the computer, and programming disciplines.

"An entire state of uneducated idiots is going to be detrimental outside that State's boundaries."

It is very rare for me to admit this, but you've run rings around me logically.