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Comment: Re:Pollution not a valid argument for the left (Score 1) 524

by MacDork (#40190811) Attached to: Scientific Literacy vs. Concern Over Climate Change

Plants need CO2 to live. CO2 + H2O + Sunlight == glucose. Your CO2 is waste to you. It's mana from heaven for plants. Global warmers are some of the most scientifically and agriculturally illiterate people I've ever encountered

Plants also love shit. And yet somehow this fertilizing mana from heaven is considered pollution. PARADOX. We even have laws preventing people from dumping raw sewage into public waterway for some sort of environmental reason.

And again, evidence the article is correct... You don't know shit. Shit isn't the problem. The pathogens in the shit are the problem. Shit doesn't give you cholorea, the pathogens do.

Comment: Re:UN takeover must be stopped? (Score 1) 437

by GreatBunzinni (#40178809) Attached to: UN Takeover of Internet Must Be Stopped, US Warns

The UN can't agree on mass murdering dictatorships, Why would they all of a sudden be on the same page wrt the internet?

Oddly enough, this is an argument in favour of UN control. Contrary to what some business interests claim, the internet works perfecly fine and doesn't need any intervention by any state to improve the way it works.

So, if the control over the internet is transfered to the UN, and if the UN essentially stalemates any proposed change to the internet, then we are all in a much better position than we are right now, because it protects the internet at a communication medium which actually works and actually benefits the people, instead of a hand full of corporations.

Comment: Re:Artificial sensors? (Score 1) 77

by dargaud (#40164183) Attached to: Ore-Sniffing Dogs Rediscovered By Mining Industry

Can someone explain to me the challenges and state of the art in creating artificial sensors capable of replicating, e.g., dog's amazing sniffing abilities, even if only for specific compounds (I imagine replicating the amazing generality of canine sniffers is for now "very sci-fi").

Here: How electronic smell detection works

Comment: Re:Elsewhere (Score 3, Insightful) 453

by Fallingcow (#40157307) Attached to: Windows 8: More EULA, Fewer Rights.

Consumer protection in general is far, far better in Europe than the US.

As with many other areas, we've decided not to support restrictions on people who are trying to fuck us because, damn it, one day we might get to be the ones doing the fucking.

Or, if you prefer, in the US maintaining the purity of abstract ideology wins over demonstrable real-world benefits just about 100% of the time.

See also: health care, mandatory vacation, sick days, and maternity leave, labeling laws, etc., etc.

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Cost of Pre-Screening all youTube content: US$37 Billion->

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Fluffeh writes "The folks that push "Anti-Piracy" and "Copying is Stealing" seem to often request that Google pre-screens content going up on YouTube and of course expect Google to cover the costs. No-one ever really asks the question how much it would cost, but some nicely laid out math by a curious mind points to a pretty hefty figure indeed. Starting with who to employ, their salary expectations and how many people it would take to cover the 72 hours of content uploaded every minute, the numbers start to get pretty large, pretty quickly. US$37 billion a year. Now compare that to Google's revenue for last year."
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Your Rights Online

Julian Assange loses extradition appeal at Supreme Court-> 1

Submitted by sirlark
sirlark writes "Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has lost his Supreme Court fight against extradition to Sweden to face accusations of sex offences. The judgement was reached by a majority of five to two, the court's president, Lord Phillips, told the hearing. Mr Assange's legal team was given 14 days to consider the ruling before a final decision is made, leaving the possibility the case could be reheard."
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SPAM: Commercial Driver's Sleep & their CDL'S Suspended

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An anonymous reader writes "The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association (FMCSA) is planning to implement requirements that will require commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders with a body mass index of at least 35 to be tested for sleep apnea. This number is based on a recent recommendation from the Medical Review Board. Drivers with a BMI of 35 or greater will be required to undergo an initial sleep apnea screening."
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Comment: Re:Pollution not a valid argument for the left (Score 1) 524

by MacDork (#40151337) Attached to: Scientific Literacy vs. Concern Over Climate Change

The reason being, CO2 is NOT POLLUTION.

Our metabolism produces CO2 as a waste product which we expel from our bodies. Same thing with urine. And while you can drink a little bit of urine and be fine (just look at Bear Grylls), and you can breath a little CO2 and be fine, it's clearly crazy to say that emitting CO2 into the atmosphere is not pollution. What if I peed in a drinking water cistern that feeds your neighborhood? It's only a little, it won't hurt you, therefore it's not pollution. According to you.

Plants need CO2 to live. CO2 + H2O + Sunlight == glucose. Your CO2 is waste to you. It's mana from heaven for plants. Global warmers are some of the most scientifically and agriculturally illiterate people I've ever encountered... as TFA states. Thank you AC (and mods stupid enough to mod this up) for proving the point of the article.

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