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Comment Ammonia (Score 1) 167

Nice. New bacteria. I don't have time to go look it up, but somebody else might... I'm under the impression that the whole process of breaking down hydrocarbons eventually leads to a drastic increase in ammonia and related compounds, and severe oxygen depletion. Even (especially?) biological processes. Somebody once posted a nice short progression of the basic chemistry involved in a similar topic here on /. not too long ago.

Ain't nothin' free. Break it down? It has to break down into something...

Comment Daylight Savings Time (Score 1) 356

Did anyone else RTFA and notice that the original author concedes that 'The extra hour of light from daylight savings time won't burn the crops, but this might.' ??

WTF? So - people freaked out over this new doom also accept that daylight savings time creates an extra hour of daylight. But that's ok - that won't burn the crops. 24 hours of daylight might.

*sigh*.

I think I'm going to become a Nigerian Prince in need of your assistance...

Comment Re:Not what they wanted to hear (Score 1) 147

The digital letdown was when many of the top ideas generated by the process were to legalize marijuana, solve tax issues and to reinvestigate Obama's birth origins.

So, in other words, they didn't get the answers they wanted to hear. What a "letdown."

Fast forward to February 6 and the same process has been repeated with individual federal agencies as the subject. This time the idea generation has been much more productive, with ideas such as ...

And "productive" means now they are.

Perhaps it means the "birther" issue early on was conclusively and logically resolved beyond the doubt of all but the most ardent, hardened, rabid, nut-job conspiracy theorists. And that the marijuana issue is already a well known issue, and is incrementally making good progress towards legalization at the moment. Both issues old stuff, with only a tiny fraction of the most tenatious loud mouths beating the drum about them.

There is always the internet phenom of the crazies shouting the loudest and longest. Just because somebody shouts louder and longer than anyone else doesn't make the ideas they shout any better. Neither does using all caps, bold face font, exclamation points, etc. etc. In fact the fringe usually just cause other people to go somewhere else with their ideas, thus doing a good job of regulating themselves by alienation.

Original article and related web sites being a case in point.

This doesn't mean people don't have a right to think and say what they want. It does mean that 'let down' results tend to get ignored, while more 'productive ideas' get attention.

Moon

Submission + - Colonize the moon, live in a hole (cnn.com)

hpycmprok writes: "Building a home near a moon crater or a lunar sea may sound nice, but moon colonists might have a much better chance of survival if they just lived in a hole. That's the message sent by an international team of scientists who say they've discovered a protected lunar "lava tube" — a deep, giant hole — that might be well suited for a moon colony or a lunar base."

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