Most of us assumed that the poll only refered to ''currently working" devices, and so didn't count broken tablets and old phones that have dead batteries etc since they don't actually receive anyhing

And I don't own a car you insensitive clod!

CO2 levels started increasing during the industrial revolution when we started burning coal for fuel instead of wood.
This was long before the UN or even the League of Nations

"CO2 is not a pollutant but a greenhouse gas."

Nut an increase in greenhouse gas is a problem
which you msy hsve noticed if you live in the west (drought)

"every time you exhale, you're polluting the air."

The amount is way less howevere.

Also cars mostly run on fossil fuel that has been in the ground for millions of years.
Humans are fueled by plants or animal protein that has recently been carbon in the atmosphere. Its not an addition to the amount of carbon that is around.

Theres a B horror movie in here somewhere.

Predator drones fly beyond the line of sight of the pilot all the time

Gosh, was 2001 that long ago? I remember it like it was only 14 years ago...

now get off my lawn!

"Since when is redbull.com a reasonable source for news?"

I think Redbull know something about sport, they have a Formula 1 team that used to be the champion
(although now they get beaten by their junior team *Toro Rosso')

I thought Obama already did.

We shouldnt be measuring levels on Mauna Kea
It might upset the natives and their gods

"Verifying phenomena like volcanism on an exoplanet is the kind of thing we would be able to do if astronomers only had larger telescopes. "

Speaking of large volcanoes, that would be a good place to put a large telescope, but I guess the people that live there don't want us looking for other volcanoes and stuff

APL

Industry attacks what? Drinking water?

Its up to the companies that market the water to filter it properly

What goes up must come down
What must rise must fall
And what goes on in your life
Is writing on the wall

If all things must fall
Why build a miracle at all?
If all things must pass
Even a miracle won't last

What goes up must come down
What must stand alone?
And what goes on in your mind
Is turning into stone

If all things must fall
Why build a miracle at all?
If all things must pass
Even a pyramid won't last

How can you be so sure?
How do you know what the end will endure?
How can you be so sure
That the wonders you've made in your life will be seen
By the millions who'll follow to visit the site of your dream?

What goes up must come down
What goes 'round must come 'round
What's been lost must be found

Parson/Woolfson

"Britain's M2 was operational for a few years before it sank in the mid-20s."

And there was the French boat Surcouf, which had a seaplane hanger and 2 8 inch guns. I think it was rammed by accident and sunk in WWII

Of course in both of those cases the seaplane was just for recon, not a strike weapon.

from TFA:
"(ACARA) plans to start marking two-to-three page written components of the test using cognitive computing from 2017."

They're using software that was written a couple of years in the future...

Anyway my nephew Eli is into that sort of thing, but I don't know if he reads /. these days
(using AI to analyze essays, not the time travel part)