Wasn't there a Republican Presidential hopeful in the Florida governor's mansion at the time? Is this what we can expect if he gets elected to the White House? None of us will be allowed to say 'climate change'.

Paul-

I appreciate your interest in saving humanity, and your interest in promoting your web site, and your interest in promoting your ideas. In general, I appreciate your promotional zeal.

But you will die, as I will, as we all will. We will be forgotten. Despite your promotional zeal, you will be forgotten. If 100,000 people accept your ideas it won't make any difference. I understand there is an ego issue for you and similar crackpots, but the bottom line is that you won't make much difference.

So consider relaxing a bit. Smoke a joint, have a beer, find a girlfriend. Now, doesn't that make it all better?

"The guardian team has spoken before, they raise all of their publications to the Department of Defense and NSA for comment before releasing to the public. This is why some of the information coming from the Guardian is still redacted. They're trying to make sure they're not putting anyone's lives at risk in the process of disclosure."

Thanks. The Guardian and other publishers are still slowly releasing documents after careful scrutiny. Partly, as you say, to avoid putting lives at risk. I had not been aware of them actually inviting the enemy to scrutinize their findings. It's worrisome.

The press is pretty much our only check on government and at least since the Vietnam war the mainstream press has been a tool of government and others with power. Hearst and Murdoch are obvious examples of press manipulation. Novels & movies offer more. Even the old rock song "Dirty Laundry" reminds us how we are distracted by trivia from what's relevant in current events.

My local daily paper is just a mouthpiece for a powerful developer who has a right wing agenda of corporate welfare. OTOH we have a left wing radio station that's all about environment, women's rights, workers rights, immigration issues... Slashdot has its own perspective on news. One treads lightly through modern media trying to sort the wheat from the chaff. One hopes the Guardian/Schneier is not overly influenced by their new advisers. Thanks again for your informative comment.

This summary ends in a conclusion which seems appropriate for slashdot. But it grew from a questionable source.

We are expected to believe that Mr. Schneier at the Guardian, one of the anointed who had access to Snowden documents ... the NSA contacted him with concerns about exposing QUANTUM? Was this done by telephone, via intermediaries or a personal visit? How did the NSA know the Guardian/Schneier knew about QUANTUM? The logistics, the timeline, the specifics of this meeting have escaped me in this short summary and in TFA. Schneier has a good reputation at slashdot but that doesn't excuse him from documenting his public statements. I think the facts of his NSA communication are important if this allegation has substance. This is not Fox news and readers expect more than accusations and opinions.

"Bear in mind that the functional generating equipment has a design lifespan of around 30 years therefore in the lagoon's predicted lifespan this kit would need to be changed out in it's entirety multiple times, accruing further major operating costs."

Without a dramatic improvement in materials science maintenance will be a huge cost. Ship propellers suffer from the hostile chemical environment of the sea--do planners think that these turbines will be made of some magical material that can do better?

It might also be wise to scrutinize the close cooperation of industry and government officials in cases like this. Bribes? Invest in a trustworthy independent study, perhaps from a different country, before proceeding.

"clearly you have never been in one"

Actually I was one of the first from the US in Vietnam. Not an enthusiast tho. Military enthusiasts seem oddly lacking in humor, particularly struggling with irony and sarcasm. Yes, that includes the uniformed groundpounders and the suits who think up 'weather' satellites. That lack of humor, which includes most military, government, religious and dictator types, is one of the great tragedies of civilization.

Sorry, didn't read TFA or TFS. I got stuck at the beginning where it said "U.S. military weather satellite", and all I could think of was 'what the heck is military weather?'. I got more confused over time wondering if the purpose was to observe military weather or to create it. Then I noted that the ominous Global Warming must have begun at the same time (20 years ago) the satellite was launched. Eyow! How many military weather satellites are up there? Does China, Russia, N. Korea have them too? Could we defend ourselves by sending up cool Loving Rainbow Daffodil satellites?

"I just click and type, no need to spend a millisecond deciding which box I should click into. "

Assuming you are going to type something in that box, see if you can find the TAB key. The exercise of moving your hand from the keyboard to mouse to keyboard may be healthy, but if you are worried about milliseconds, just use keyboard commands. You can pretty much browse the world without ever touching your mouse.

People take this so seriously. Yes, families and friends may be saddened by a suicide. If the deceased is a celebrity, there will be headlines. But really let's look at the big picture.

What is it- 7 billion people we have now? Maybe 1 billion who are starving, diseased, who have no hope for a full life? Even in the 'First World' there are thousands of homeless parents and children. We are killing hundreds, perhaps thousands each day with war, violence and mayhem. We are killing more with ordinary traffic and other accidents.

But some poor soul in the First World, who had opportunities, family and friends decides to off him/herself and it's a tragedy? It's only because we see ourselves in that person, and we don't see ourselves in the billion who are starving.

Lighten up, people. Just because we have money and computers and a decent car to drive to the club, doesn't mean that our lives are worth more than that billion. If you really want to shed a tear ...

As long as Fecebook blocks my access to their content, I doubt they really want to let more of the world on the internet. They want more in their proprietary corner of the internet. Others (non info-sharing, non-members ...) are not welcome.