"Mean" is the same as "average" . People who think otherwise have learned just enough math to be dangerous but not enough to do anything useful.

Possibly you wish to invoke the "median."

I don't suppose they'd like to include the CONUS websites which espouse Christian Fundie values as well?

Hey, a well-seasoned grilled rat can be quite tasty (you insensitive clod).

That's my first reaction: it's one thing to set up a virtual environment and pen-test it; rather another to test systems which are currently making sure nuclear plants are running properly and fully failsafed.
Maybe I'm just paranoid 'cause I'm reading "Wolves eat Dogs," but I sure hope they don't test on an operational plant.

In order:
1) How? Not possible without fixing public transit.
2) Dead wrong. Historically, every single advance in lighting (cheaper better etc) has led to more lights being on longer.
3) Recycle is the lamest of the 3Rs: "re-use, repurpose, recycle". Try at least to start at the top?
4) Or, eat more Long Pig :-)
5) Maybe, or just stop building noninsulated houses and living in extreme weather locations.

Wait: you talking about archaeologists or slashdot members here?

Well, if it really were "Ten!" stations that'd be 3 628 800 stations, which oughtta be about one for every household.

I'm hoping for a full-on Orphan Black setup.

More likely IMHO is that some sort of implantable slow-release reservoir system will be developed. Now you're down to surgery maybe once a year if all goes well.

Clearly you've just proved "spontaneous generation" exists. :-).

I would recommend that you reword your statement to "...were never intentionally stocked..." . It's quite possible that some species (or their larvae) hitchhiked on boats (as shellfish have been demonstrated to do).

SmB6 - is that really Samba v.6? :-)

(Hey, someone was going to post this.)

"Past performance is no guarantee of future returns."

Learn as many languages as you can/want and try to find employers who recognize that adaptibility is much more valuable than existing capability with a specific tool.

Now where are all those $250k jobs requiring R ? :-)

So what you're saying is we now have the Tragedy of the [Creative] Commons ?

Thanks for the correction. I agree that the term "IR" is used for rather a wide range of wavelengths.

I don't mind when people state clearly that they don't really understand the absorption & radiation equations, but it does kinda piss me off when these same people pontificate as though they did.

Here's how this new microlayer thing works:

First, it's highly reflective in the visible. That keeps a lot of energy from every entering (and being absorbed in) the building.
Second, it's highly absorptive in the IR. Due to the reciprocity laws, this means it's also highly emissive in the IR (and btw it's also NOT emissive in the visible since it's reflective there), but that doesn't matter. Why? Because the Black Body radiation laws show that the radiative emissions for objects in the 250 K to 350 K range, which pretty much covers buildings, people, etc., are very high in the IR and almost nonexistent in the visible range.

What this means is that most solar input energy is reflected away and simultaneously lots of local thermal energy is emitted away. win-win (at least if you like it cool).