I couldn't care less whether you're insulted or not. I've read so much BS on this and other issues related to Putin I'm sick of it. The only reason the West gives him the time of day is because they fear an even bigger loon taking charge there. And whilst you complain that it's disrespectful to the relatives of those who died, Putins thugs rummage through the wreckage, dump the bodies on a train, run off with the black boxes and get rid of any incriminating evidence. If it wasn't them I expect they'd be scrupulous in preserving the crash scene.

Don't tell me you're being "Mr Reasonable" here. You're just another one of Putin's useful idiots.

No it isn't. It's completely fucking obvious who shot the plane down.

You're also full of shit boorack. Sitting in Moscow being paid 5p per comment? What a sad life you lead.

You're full of shit erik.

No it's not testable. I don't know where you get the idea that it is.

No, it's a computer model. A compute model is often (in engineering for example) a conceptual representation of real entities. However in many cases the model is more a conceptual representation of the biases and assumptions of the people who made it, being unreal in that sense. It isn't science and math isn't science either.
The idea that ultimately there's nothing here indicates (though you might not know it) the presence of what Cairns-Smith called "the bomb in the basement of modern physics" and the difference between the thing in itself and the thing as it appears. Physics is good for the latter but has nothing to say about the former.

Yes, that's because we've sent all of our "polluting" (note: carbon dioxide isn't pollution) industries to China, along with a lot of jobs and wealth.

What "polluter's subsidies" are you talking about precisely? Also are you serious? A subsidy is money taken from tax payers and handed out to business or individuals. Are you suggesting that taking that money and giving it to renewables, i.e. simply exchanging one set of greedy bastards with another, is going to make even the tinniest difference to average Joe's bills? Are you suggest shifting the burden from average Joe's energy bill to his tax bill?

Sometimes Guardian readers are too thick to debate with.

Haha, the stupidity. What happens in practice? Off-shoring and job losses. Same thing in Europe.

I would have included Herb Sutter. But maybe that's just my C++ bias.

Not lied so much as made use of computer models that bear no relation whatsoever to reality. There's a lot of it about in environmental "science".

Indeed. Or perhaps the stuff wasn't there in the first place.

A software project that actually ends? What kind of crazy company do you work for?

I think I would give up my 20 days to get paid twice as much. At least for a few years, or until I'd paid off my mortgage.

You don't need a union to GTFO of your job and go work somewhere else where the pay and conditions are more suited to the kind of lifestyle you want.