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Comment Re:no hope for political solution (Score 1) 145

Here's the real problem:
Every time someone proposes a solution to climate change, people don't want it. It's not just politicians. That was the fact that started the thread, and it still stands.

Sure, if 'do something' means turning off your lights when you leave the room, people favor it. When it comes to doubling the price of gas, people don't.

Comment Re:no hope for political solution (Score 1) 145

I'm using fairly standard criteria - said criteria being based your ability to provide verifiable proof of your assertions. What did you think? That mere rhetoric would convince us?

I don't think there's anything that will convince you. If someone provided proof, you would find a way to explain it away.

Comment Re:Better yet - admit we're altering it now. (Score 1) 367

You're the guy who mischaracterized the statement "the west side highway will be underwater" to mean "the west side highway will only be underwater during tremendous storms."

If you are not a shill, then you're the kind of guy who will misunderstand anything to avoid changing his position. Because you deeply misunderstand that statement there.

Comment Re:SSL? (Score 1) 92

is the combination of sensitive application and user supplied data sent over the same stream in both directions.

I'm not seeing how that's the problem. Ultimately it's all going to go across (roughly) the same IP pathway, right?

Comment Re:SSL? (Score 2) 92

Post-POODLE, SSL has been shown fundamentally insecure.

POODLE is an implementation problem, not a fundamental cryptography problem.
Practically speaking, it doesn't make much difference. Security is no better than your implementation.

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