Only bad, evil deer hide from the hunters. The ones that aren't doing anything wrong have nothing to worry about!

Wow...I guess it's up to the citizens of Monticello to poke the telco in the eye again, and boycott their service for being dweebs.

I don't know...how old the earth is, or how that question relates to my statement. Sounds like bait.

/me bites

I don't appreciate someone telling me it's a fact that the earth is 7 thousand years old, or 7 billion years old, as if it's a fact when no one can prove beyond doubt either way. There are theories of evolution, of creation. Once you write one way or the other as fact, you are telling others how to think, and they tend to cease thinking for themselves. It's a kind of lie, to tell someone that *this* is how something *is*, when it isn't demonstrable fact.

I'll add that personally, I choose to believe in the theory of Creation, the Bible, the Flood, and that the earth is approximately 7-10 thousand years old. But I don't _know_ that, and can't prove it. After extensive reading of both sides of the arguments, it is simply the theory I choose to believe. I like the USA because here I am free to believe that if I want to. I hope this country maintains it's religious freedoms. But if I'm writing a professional publication, I ought to be careful to express it as a theory, as I certainly can't prove it.

So, I'm not complaining that they believe the theory of mass-extinction via asteroid - that's their prerogative. I'm complaining that they are pushing their theory as fact, when it isn't fact, but is still theory.

I find it interesting that this article is written as if the theory of an asteroid strike causing a mass extinction had been proven as a fact. Theory != fact! C'mon people.

These requirements are absolutely insane! I saw them and immediately reversed my decision to apply to party. Effectively they will own you and your family. There is nothing to stop them from using your personal information to get credit in your name. Interestingly, you are also granting them, their associates, and anyone they want to transfer the right to, irrevocable permission to use anything recorded about you or your family by anyone else at anytime for any reason. I wonder how that passes copyright muster. How does one grant permission for them to use someone else's work?

Running a data center in a low humidity location for 10 months doesn't reflect real-world data center life, making this study basically worthless. Heat reduces the life of electronics. Run the experiment in somewhere of ~average~ humidity, for the typical lifespan of a data center and then compare the results. We keep our servers between five and ten years depending on the application. The cost savings will be dramatically impacted if we have to buy new servers twice as often. If people are to adopt this, they need to know how well it will work well in varying conditions. FWIW, I used to work for a major chipset company. We'd test all our hardware from 0C to 60C ambient temperature. Too cold can cause problems just as too hot can. Humidity can also contribute to corrosion, regardless of condensation, which also causes problems. What hardware is used also makes a difference - PSU's and drives often have a harder time taking the higher temps. Also, inconsistent temperatures (warmer in the day, cooler at night) can contribute to broken contacts due to the tiny amounts of expansion/contraction that would occur every day.