Comment Re:"Poster child of privacy invasion" hyperbole (Score 1) 223
Google is very upfront about what is collected and what they do with it
Except when that collection and disclosure is requested via a national security letter.
Comment Re:Math impairment (Score 0) 187
Out of curiosity, what do you use for C/C++ unit testing?
Comment Re:I know nothing (Score 3, Funny) 86
They may also have received the email, but now can't find it.
Comment Re:IANAL: DMCA and Trademark Infringement (Score 1) 232
So GoPro are dicks, and the hosting company are idiots because they can't tell the difference between copyright and trademark.
The hosting company needs to be outed. They clearly aren't very good.
Comment Re:Non-local government is a bad idea (Score 1) 817
Abbott got caught trying to purge minority voters from the voter rolls. He's probably got a few more tricks up his sleeve that he doesn't want people to find out about:
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/texas/dead-voter-list-agreement-reached
Comment Re:Some things I know - or have come to understand (Score 5, Informative) 757
Yet not a one climate model (to my knowledge) takes into account the biggest heat source and the biggest driver of that heat source.
https://www.google.com/search?q=climate+change+sun+spots
First hit is:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=sun-spots-and-climate-change
most up-to-date climate models—including those used by the United Nations’ prestigious Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—incorporate the effects of the sun’s variable degree of brightness in their overall calculations.
This wasn't difficult. Are you being willfully ignorant?
Comment Re:And that's why he's wrong (Score 1) 1226
Funny you should say that: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18159752
Submission + - Congress' Gulf oil spill response given a 'D' by commissioners (nature.com) 1
ananyo writes: Many of the problems that led to the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill have not been addressed, say the members of a commission set up by US President Barack Obama to study the disaster. The group releases a report today on progress towards its 2011 recommendations for preventing future disasters and improving spill response.
The US Congress fares worst in the new report, earning a 'D' rating for its failure to enact any meaningful legislation in response to the disaster. The Restore Act would allocate 80% of any fines that BP pays for the spill under the Clean Water Act to restoring the environment and economies of the states in the Gulf of Mexico, but the act has stalled in the House of Representatives. The Obama administration did better, with a B, thanks in part to new drilling regulations, while the oil industry's efforts to improve safety saw it awarded a C+.
The US Congress fares worst in the new report, earning a 'D' rating for its failure to enact any meaningful legislation in response to the disaster. The Restore Act would allocate 80% of any fines that BP pays for the spill under the Clean Water Act to restoring the environment and economies of the states in the Gulf of Mexico, but the act has stalled in the House of Representatives. The Obama administration did better, with a B, thanks in part to new drilling regulations, while the oil industry's efforts to improve safety saw it awarded a C+.
Submission + - NOAA Releases New Views of Earth's Ocean Floor (scienceworldreport.com)
fishmike writes: "NOAA has made sea floor maps and other data on the world's coasts, continental shelves and deep ocean available for easy viewing online. Anyone with Internet access can now explore undersea features and obtain detailed depictions of the sea floor and coasts, including deep canyons, ripples, landslides and likely fish habitat.
The new online data viewer compiles sea floor data from the near shore to the deep blue, including the latest high-resolution bathymetric (sea bottom) data collected by NOAA's Office of Coast Survey primarily to support nautical charting."
The new online data viewer compiles sea floor data from the near shore to the deep blue, including the latest high-resolution bathymetric (sea bottom) data collected by NOAA's Office of Coast Survey primarily to support nautical charting."
Comment Re:This is one area we've regressed. (Score 1) 252
Army Intelligence personnel were photographed engaging in the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib along with the grunts that were convicted. Those officers have never been identified or charged. Probably because they were also following orders, but had the good sense to get those orders in writing.
Here's your citation. Can you name the personnel in the photograph?
http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/iraq/sg060504a.htm
Here's your citation. Can you name the personnel in the photograph?
http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/iraq/sg060504a.htm
Comment Re:Accent fail (Score 4, Funny) 516
I think that's because an Irish accent is the only one that Colin Farrell can do. So they had all the other actors match him so that he didn't seem out of place.
Comment Re:Assholes on every flight (Score 4, Informative) 527
In the event of an emergency your bag would be an obstacle to other passengers exiting the plane. There are reasons that such rules are in place.
Comment Re:Nope.avi (Score 1) 441
I just took a look at the video of the beating and see multiple hits to his torso and possibly his head. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGKRSQCvBfM
Given the pictures of him after the beating I think it's obvious his head was struck several times. Unless he fell down the stairs at the police station, of course.
Comment Re:So, the teacher wants to hide the report card? (Score 4, Insightful) 557
Can you point us to your publicly-accessible evaluations?
Comment If the tables were turned (Score 0) 117
"Oracle stole the intellectual property from these groups"
