Presumably, because you agreed to it in the contract between you and the ISP. You know, the clause that says that they're free to alter the terms of service you're required to obey, at any time -- it's in the contract you didn't read, because nobody ever does.

For someone who was tricked into exposing herself when she was 12??!?!

What a sad, sad person you are.

I wish I could mod you up.

No, he's trying to tell you that cyclotrons and nuclear reactors are completely different things. What you said was inaccurate.

How in the world does that make any kind of logical sense?

What he posted was a series of links to NY Times articles. Would your knowledge of his employer have changed your interpretation of those New York Times articles, which he didn't author? If the stories he linked to are accurate, would your knowledge of his employer have changed the conclusions you would draw from them?

I might have some sympathy for this argument if he'd posted an extended opinion piece; but he didn't.

The truth is this: his point-of-view is an unpopular one one here, and so people (for example, you) are going to seize on anything they can to smear him, even if irrelevant. It's one step up from "Swift Boat Veterans for Truth."

Don't forget the black helicopters that have been hovering near your house since you posted!

I'd go for the tinfoil if I were you, man.

How have GRACE GPS radio occultation results compared with TEC data from other observations at the same time and along nearby paths (from GPS ground sites, from other radio occultation observations from e.g. C/NOFS or COSMIC, etc.)? Is the GRACE GPS R/O data publicly available? If so, with how much delay? Thanks.

You were mostly correct; but Horace Silver definitely did.

Why would you say that only 8 chords are possible in a key? All chords can be played in any key you choose; they're just in different positions in the mode (whichever mode that might be). For instance, if you really want, a C#m7 can appear in your tune no matter what key you're playing.

It's not the fifth largest telescope in the United States. It's the fifth largest optical telescope in the continental United States. There are several larger optical telescopes on Mauna Kea, in Hawaii.

I'm still with Speakeasy, as I have been since 2001. I didn't experience any setbacks in customer service when they were bought by Best Buy; and since they were bought by (and effectively assimilated into) Megapath, I haven't had issues requiring customer service so I don't know whether there's been any impact. But I'm a bit frustrated paying $80/month for a speed that was quite good in 2001 but ain't so hot today. The problem is that I want an ISP that will leave me alone -- that is, will not throttle my bandwidth, will not block ports or decide for me what services I am/am not allowed to run on my machine, etc. I haven't found one in DC (not the suburbs, but the District itself) that meets those criteria other than Speakeasy.

Which large chunks am I talking about? The ones that live in the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, etc. The ones that live on my block. The ones that live down the street from you.

/. is not a tech or science site. It covers news for nerds. Often tech/science stuff falls into that category; but so do other things too. In particular, nerds tend to be interested in what's happening to famous (among nerds) nerds.

Large chunks of the Muslim world *has* followed suit. Unfortunately, other chunks of the Muslim world haven't.

. . .a short commute. I have a short commute. I live in the city, and it takes me 15 minutes to get to work. I can't imagine right now how much more money someone would have to offer me if the job involved a 30 or 45 or 60 minute commute out to the suburbs.