No need to turn this into a Vim vs Emacs debate.

I must be imagining the copy of Team Fortress 2 that came in my copy of The Orange Box for the PS3. And yes, I know that the PS3 version is hatless, but it's got the same gameplay.

I have a question for the readers with professional qualifications (ie - PhD's):

Is Bill Nye qualified?

His Wikipedia article lists him as a scientist. He has no advanced degree, only a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell. He has a couple of patents, including one for ballet pointe shoes, and served as "honorary professor" for five years.

Every time the "can amateurs do real science" question comes up, the response is always a resounding NO! from the professional readers of this site. You can't do real science without an advanced degree, institutional funding, and collaboration.

In particular, he doesn't have a degree in evolutionary biology. He's an entertainer.

Does he qualify as "gentleman scientist"?

Is he the right person as spokesman for science in this debate?

(I applaud Bill Nye's contributions to science and education, and think he's eminently qualified. I just wanted to hear what the professionals think of his status as a scientist.)

People are frightened by what they can't control, can't predict, and don't understand. That's why people invented gods to help explain unpredictable weather and other disasters. It works that way with people too. People want other people to be predictable, controllable, and understandable.

You know what is one of the traits I like least in a person? When they assume that it's everyone else who is ignorant, rather than check their facts.

Yes, one meaning of converse - apparently the only one you know - is to take part in a conversation. However, there is another meaning which has a similar meaning to inverse and obverse.

So basically, your post is laden with iron.

• Very irony in fact

. Such disdain. Wow.

Amazon is a USA company. Why try to defend them by repeating the lie that they aren't?

Replace "Microsoft" with the name of any company that suddenly got religion and is now working so hard to protect our privacy. How long did it take Google to finally get around using https and secure logins? A long fucking time, but we can't say anything about Google - because they do nifty shit like flying WiFi balloons in Africa. Meanwhile, Bill Gates is on the ground giving billions to eradicate disease -- something that actually improves peoples' lives in a meaningful way. But we still have to slam Microsoft, because Billy boy and his minions are so evil.

None of the major IT companies gave a rats ass about user privacy until Snowden leaked his information. FFS -- enough with the slamming Microsoft shit already, the 90's have been over for a long time now. Go back to trolling on The Verge or Apple Insider.

This is the type of life they want for all of us.

Drug dealers uses cell phones to communicate. Following your flawless logic we should incarcerate every executives of Sprint, AT&T, MetroPCS and all...

I am still trying to figure out was the *disadvantage* is (in terms of climate and environment) to less pollution.

I know some fat blowhard will make less money, but excuse me if that doesn't concern me much.

It's funny. I know very well that nubs work really bad as analog sticks, but when I saw that controller, my first thought was, "Why the hell do gamepads still need a Select and Start button?"

Is there a summary of the summary available?

Sounds like someone's been compromised by the reverse vampires.