Compared to the console games available on PCs at the time, it might as well have been Pong.
I played Pong on an arcade machine circa 1970, it was awesome.
Feed in past climate data and see if your climate model can predict the past or the present accurately.
This is done routinely, it's known as the model's "hindcasting skill", Michael Mann's website 'RealClimate' is a good source of general info on climate models, you should find out what they do before criticizing (lest someone accuse you of building a 'straw man argument').
It's difficult to criticise the model denier's use since they have never produced one, they just put out press releases containing nonsense such as "models can't reproduce 20th century climate", assign the opposite statement to that all American bogeyman 'Al Gore' and people like you lap it up.
Often the education ends up paying for itself in the long run. For example, the GI bill after World War II
Most economists say that government funded adult education has an ROI of between 15-20% (as seen in tax recepts), those who consider it a taxpayer cost rather than a wise investment are ironically in dire need of an education.
What would be the scientific benefit coming from discovering...[XYZ]
The scientific benefit is the discovery itself, whether it has any social/commercial benefits is a different question.
Ok, there's a lot of nonsense on here about Hypocrisy...but I suspect he didn't even realize he was infringing
You're more trusting than I am. Grandma looks after 15 cats and writes the church newsletter, this guy runs a company that tracks down people on the internet and tales them to court for infringement. I (reasonably) suspect willful commercial infringement by someone who (IMO) has a broken moral compass and a natural talent for manipulating the justice system.
BTW - It's true, "we're all hypocrites in our own way", but this arsehole's extreme sense of entitlement still gets up my nose.
And no, before someone says it, that kind of article can't look like it's just another press release with too many buzzwords.
Are you joking, 95% of mass-media articles are rehashed/reprinted press releases from their sponsors, the other 5% are editorials extolling the virtues of the companies that provided the press release, that's how the news industry have always made their money - sponsors. However that does not give anyone the legal right to republish the full article from the media outlet, doing so is a clear case of infringement, actually it's willful infringement considering what he does for a living.
The proper thing to do would be the same as what is done here on Slashdot all the time, "fair use" (currently*) allows anyone to quote a few relevant lines and supply a link to the source.
* - If Rupert had his way, supplying a link to one of his rehashed press releases would require a payment to him
Only through hard work and perseverance can one truly suffer.