its a very funny analogy, homeopathy is completely appropriate for the gullible and placebo effect

they are also called pharmacists in the uk, chemist is a very old general term for the shop a pharmacist works in (and its easier to pronounce :o) ) .

the only thing wrong with over-the-counter painkillers is when they say they target a specific area - they can't do that, its just a marketing ploy.

Considering Greg is responsible for the Linux kernel stable releases. He is also the maintainer of a variety of different kernel subsystems (USB, char/misc, staging, etc.) and has written books about kernel development, why isn't he qualified?

why is it difficult to move water around when its easy to move oil around? The Keystone pipeline is an example. Move water from places of excess to places that need it.

we are getting a lot more things grown all year round in these latitudes because of the huge greenhouses and poly-tunnels being deployed.

Some of the people are to blame as well, obviously not all. Think of those that water their gardens etc to keep a nice green carpet to impress the neighbors.

There is also the design of water systems in the house that do not recycle water in order to be used twice i.e. shower/bath water to use used to flush toilets, put through washing machines/dishwashers or water gardens. Its a huge infrastructure project but its a big industry waiting out there to be born of digging a hole in the yard, inserting a tank to collect the grey water and filter it back into the house for non-drinking purposes. Some self builders are doing this already. Perhaps it needs to be made a requirement for all new builds in places of water shortages.

"My problem comes into play when it affects me on the east coast" - thats very charitable, watching and gloating while other people struggle. The world would be a better place if we all pulled together to help people with issues.

you could remove all the fossil fuel subsidies and give a small part of it to the solar sector to vcover those subsidies and bank the rest

You must have a real dilemma when you fill up your vehicle with gas...

When you start paying us back for the taxes spent subsidising your fossil fuel usage.

well... lets check the maths. He said he was paying $3000 per year before installing, so in 22 years it would start paying for itself if the unit price he was paying remained the same as in 2003 but as we know that unit price would have gone up in 12 years so it would probably be less than 22 years. But as he got subsidies of over $30000, he's probably already getting a return after 10 years. The panels appear to have a estimated 25 year life time.

"Oil industry gets bigger subsidies than any "green" industry." - its a valid comment because if they didn't receive so much subsidy then you'd be paying a lot more your for fossil fuel power generation, you also have to work out just how many decades fossil fuel has been subsidised compared to the one decade solar has been subsidised.

Hopefully the data produced will be more visible way rather than hidden in some protected local authority database. If there was a "potholes.google.com", everyone would then have the data to beat up the local officials as you'd be able to see everything in your town/city. That would make the officials focus on the problem.

oh dear, another example of delusional comprehension, you should try reading the bible and comprehend it all (don't cherry pick the few good bits).

"I work with RedHat, Centos, and Fedora systems every day, and the fact is Red Hat has selected a core piece of software that is neither reliable or safe. It works well enough in most cases, but for any serious tweaking of the system (as most serious shops find themselves needing to do), systemd starts displaying some very nasty behaviours." - I never believe these types of statements/anecdotes.

"Many system engineers, Dev Op guys, and admins have seen this, which is why in the server world there is so much push back against the systemd coolaid." - there isn't that many that push back, just a very vocal few and plenty of thick trolls