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Comment Re:But it is horribly wrong anyway. (Score 1) 458

No, its not. We have a reasonably good idea of the about of "visible" matter in the Galaxy because it is visible. Stars shine, and we can detect them right down to the hydrogen burning limit. Dust and gas clouds radiate at various wavelengths, and we can measure that too. We have a reasonably good idea of the amount of baryonic matter in the Galaxy. Even with generous uncertainties there is not enough to account for the Galactic rotation curve.

Comment Re:Planned intimidation tactic (Score 1) 1034

This is selective self-reporting. People only post when they have had a problem. People do not usually announce to the world that they had no problems with the police today. Still, Web sites like this do serve an important purpose. The right to record what happens in public places has to extend to everyone at all times, or to no-one every. Anything else invites abuse.

Comment Re:Planned intimidation tactic (Score 1) 1034

> Law enforcement and Government in general doesn't like when random citizens record things.
> It makes it harder to railroad people in courts afterwards if there is actual footage of an incident.

Rubbish. Western governments generally do not care if people record things. If they did they would have banned the use of camcorders in public placed decades ago when it would have been easy to do so. In fact, most jurisdictions in Canada and the US (not sure about Europe) have laws explicitly protecting a person's right to record what they see when they are in a public place. As for law enforcement, they only care if you catch them doing something illegal.

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