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"Wannabe" is also a negative term that connotes one lacks the ability. It sounds pretty contemptuous! Maybe not what you meant, but that's how I interpreted it as well.

I'm usually the first to rag on those low-speed bird choppers, but his application is one where wind turbines actually make sense; A BOB, Big Old Battery, a NaS backup battery might even be appropriate.

I just can't wrap my head around how LIGO works, the gravity waves ripple spacetime, so there is no frame of reference that I can see. Seems to me that the length of the arms would only change from an outside frame of reference.

1. With meth or Cocaine you'd have a bunch of amped up religious fanatics going all berseker crazy on you.
2. With heroin or alcohol you'd have a bunch of religious fanatics with no inhibitions going crazy on you.
3. With Meth and heroin amped up religious fanatics with no inhibitions going berseker crazy on you and would be too high to realise they are suposed to fall down when you kill them.
4. it would probably be considered chemical warefare or something equally repugnant.

Well lets see if you consider people who want to seduce your daughters into sex-slavery and commit genocide on your sons as merely a problematic ideology; I supose you have a point.

BARROW, ALASKA, USA Weather report as of 12 minutes ago (22:53 UTC):
        The wind was blowing at a speed of 8.2 meters per second (18.4 miles per hour) from North/Northwest in Barrow, Alaska. The temperature was -12 degrees Celsius (10 degrees Fahrenheit).
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NOME, ALASKA, USA Weather report as of 15 minutes ago (22:53 UTC):
        The wind was blowing at a speed of 8.2 meters per second (18.4 miles per hour) from West/Southwest in Nome, Alaska. The temperature was -14 degrees Celsius (7 degrees Fahrenheit)
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, USA Weather report as of 11 minutes ago (22:58 UTC):
        The wind was blowing at a speed of 1.5 meters per second (3.5 miles per hour) from West/Northwest in Fairbanks, Alaska. The temperature was -5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit).
YELLOWKNIFE, CANADA Weather report as of 11 minutes ago (23:00 UTC):
        The wind was blowing at a speed of 3.6 meters per second (8.1 miles per hour) from North/Northwest in Yellowknife, Canada. The temperature was -13 degrees Celsius (9 degrees Fahrenheit).

They may have another season or two left.

No question that the EFF is happy overall (after all, they've been fighting for net neutrality for years). (And see my other posts on this article if you care about what else I've said.)

What I'm objecting to--or at least curious about--is why so many posts here are so rabidly partisan and specifically attacking Fox News. I must have missed the memo that Fox News was responsible for anyone and everyone who objects to the FCC's net neutrality rules. Even the EFF objects to parts of the rules and has complained about the FCC's lack of transparency. Are they too just lackeys of Fox News for uncritically objecting to the FCC's rules?

No question that the EFF likes net neutrality overall. Over the last decade I have probably flip-flopped about a dozen times on the issue. I loathe greater regulatory loads, but I also loathe many of the ISPs and their practices. Ultimately, I am not happy that the FCC can force through these rules (though I think many aspects of the rules are positive). I believe that any rules that affect such a large portion of the economy (and so many people and companies) should be passed as laws by elected officials.

The FCC's net neutrality rules cover a vast regulatory area, that's not in any question. From the link I posted, the EFF's letter stated:

I don't think that my saying the EFF has "serious issues" is hyperbolic when the EFF's wording was "deeply concerned."

That, I think (IMHO), is the EFF's mistake. They are looking at the net neutrality rules in purely utilitarian fashion. That's certainly a valid approach and effective, at least in the short term. The EFF often fights against too much law (even stating here that "[w]e strongly believe that the Commission should...engage in light-touch regulation"), while here they are asking for more law and regulatory agency. I think this is a bit myopic on their part, and I hope they do not end up fighting tougher battles against government regulation of the Internet in the future.

It's a lot easier to fight against a corporation than it is against the government (though good luck either way).

If you want nutbags, you can find them on either side. The second I see the name "Koch brothers" or "Soros" my eyes glaze over. What I fail to understand is why so many people hide behind their partisan beliefs and pretend that when they disagree with other people, the other people are automatically liars, being manipulated, morally bad, etc.

Whatever happened to just disagreeing with somebody?

If you honestly don't believe that the EFF objects to the general conduct rule, I guess we'll just have to disagree. I suspect you're being disingenuous, however.

Modern astrologers consider the Sun and the Moon to be astrological planets and the belief that planetary positions influence behavior and events is what astrology is all about.

It absolutely was an objection! I don't see how you could possibly read the EFF's letter and think anything else.

Snippets:

The EFF clearly has a problem with the general conduct rule. Leave the partisan group-mindedness behind--there are clearly some not-black and some not-white (grey, you might even say) shades here.

You're either with us or against us, right?

I'm a bit curious why the leftist talking points right now seem to solely be focusing on Fox News. Even the EFF had serious issues with the vast extent of the FCC's net neutrality rules, see, e.g.:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/dear-fcc-rethink-those-vague-general-conduct-rules

I do not know what the status is of the general conduct rules. Do you?

Disregarding your rant against Fox News, the EFF had some serious objections too:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/02/dear-fcc-rethink-those-vague-general-conduct-rules

I do not know what the status is of the general conduct rules. Do you?