And this product placement is supposed to positively influence /. readers to pay money for Win8?

Does imply that atomic clocks are not reliable?

How's this for a hypothesis to explain the affect of solar activity and radioactive decay? "Radioactive decay does not exist in isolation, but depends on the collision of solar particles to cause the release of the decay element. The higher the level of solar activity and the proximity of the solar source, the higher the rate of radioactive decay due to the greater number of collisions that occur on the target isotopes. While this affect and result are nearly constant in our solar system (at least, for the past few billion years) other systems with more local stars, stars of different mass/size, and in systems without any local stars the rates of radioactive decay can vary significantly from that observed on Earth."

Maybe. Sometimes.

Are you holding a knife when you say it?

Do you have that look in your eyes when you say it?

Does the other person really believe you mean it?

The EU Charter???? The unelected bunch in Brussels that claims to somehow lead the various squabbling nations of Europe? And the UK signed on to that mess and surrendered its sovereignty in doing so? Gads....

Perhaps they loved their families?

He probably also believes in creation and that global warming isn't caused by man.

Don't worry. The ultimate population control system will always be available. It is called "war".

Both sides have a theory or a belief, which are based on someone's interpretation of a set of data. They believe in their religious theory and you believe in Darwin's theory.

I'm far more a scientist than I am religious.

But you have to recognize that neither side has anything more than a theory behind their beliefs, and neither has data that excludes the other theory from being possible.

You can't tell someone that they are abusing their children by teaching them their beliefs and expect them to like it. You can't tell someone that teaching their children what they believe hurts society and expect a positive reaction. And indeed, as everyone grows older they will, on their own, expand their knowledge and question their beliefs and may, in time, turn away from Darwinism, or Creationism, and take up a different point of view.

You have to be open to others and their ideas. Not disrespectful and mocking.

Bill's video missive was all fine until he issued his appeal to parents to not teach children their own belief's. It's the same as if Bill had said that there's no evidence for Judaism and so parents should not raise their children as Jews. Ridiculous. Yes, the world needs engineers. And yet the world also needs artists, musicians, and even people with religious faith. Science itself needs people with a good morale and ethical point of view, and fundamentally in our world, the instilment of these values comes from religion. Religion might not be the only source, but it is the dominant place from which these values come.

Bill, and all of the /. community, should recognize that NO theory in science is sacrosanct. The fundamental approach to science is its openness to other ideas that challenge the accepted belief. It is that basic approach that leads to advancement. And it means that being closed minded and intolerant of others is anti-science.

Darwin's theory of evolution is not a law. Its a theory. It is generally accepted by science as true. It is the best explanation for the facts at hand. But is it proven that humans evolved from non-human forms by the facts and data that we have, or is it just a proposal based on sets of data points and the supposition that those points form a curve that leads to modern human form?

Scientists need to use their self-proclaimed higher intellect to be open, respectful, and tolerant. Just because someone else doesn't subscribe to the same ideas as Bill Nye the Science Guy doesn't make them deserving of Bill Nye's contempt. Nor does it give him the right to tell parents how to raise their children.

No, it should not. There is no right to Internet access. And if you or your state think there is one than you and your state should deal with it. Not the FCC or the federal government. (Reference Amendment #10, US Constitution)

...will finally be able to discover the Northwest Passage!

They aren't called pallella westerns.

It's so you can drive the kids off a cliff or into a lake without personal risk.

Wow. Ouch. Oh my. That really puts us in our place. Not. Now I have to go to the bathroom and take a dump during halftime of the NFL football game. Jets vs Panthers. Great stuff.

You guys got nothing worth going back to except some nice beers. Glad the Frogs/Dutch people bought that Bud swill off our hands.

Wouldn't a string of hookers in the back be more useful?