They hate that you have the advantages they did in school. Now that they've crossed the bridge, it must be burned.

Get in line.

It's a shame this announcement was necessary. A generation ago, it wouldn't have been required. Now that it's been made perfectly clear, I'd like to see the next DC police officer who interferes with a citizen-photographer lose his job.

Imagine how disappointed I was when I read it as "Tracy Lords" and then realized my mistake.

3D content creators seem to ignore the reason we evolved 3D vision -- to navigate rapidly in real 3D space and to range-find. Without those needs, we probably would not have developed binocular vision and a capability to process the resulting data. Cinematic storytelling remains linear. There is no interactive component that requires either spacial navigation or range-finding; so in the context of filmmaking, 3D serves as a sort of vestigial organ to the larger non-cinematic reality in which we are normally immersed.

3D Filmmakers rely heavily on a small set of gimmicks (e.g., an object protruding from the screen plane into the audience space) to exploit the 3D technology. These gimmicks do not add to the experience beyond superficial self-actualization -- "Hey Look! Three-dimensions!" These visual bits are unnecessary parlor tricks that neither advance the story nor develop the characters.

I'm not sure why you think we care about Florida.

I'm glad you focused our attention on that sentence from the journal article. It is a particularly poorly made point. Adoption is instantaneous, implementation takes time. Also, "adaption measures" for something like a slowly rising waterline are not something we even need to consciously adopt. Adaptation happens organically.

It's is wildly unlikely someone will drown because they were caught unaware the water rose a meter over a century. However, time travelers might get their feet wet if they beam into a damp patch that was previously dry. The horror.

Whatever happened to the concept of jurisdiction?

More time?! You mean that 90 years wasn't enough time for consumers "to make their opinions known and choose stations whose practices they agree with"? How much time do you suggest?

Ha! Don't flatter yourself, this stopped being a site for engineers a decade ago.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news ... if decade old information can be considered news.

I am a graphic artist, not an engineer; and I am a frequent visitor.
You may now stop behaving like a self-important, self-righteous tool.

So soda is now subject to the Controlled Substance Schedule? What if you grow your own Seven-Up at home in copious quanities, will the City of New York kick in your door and throw you into a dank cell at Rikers? Parent Anonymous Coward = Anonymous Fascist!

Valid criticism is one thing -- pulling a fire alarm because you think people should be more aware of the hazards of fire is another.

How you frame the goal is important, BE HONEST. It's okay to ask, "we're number one now, but how do we stay there for the next 25 years?" You don't make the situation better by lying about the current conditions. We all have a tremendous number of demands on our attention, so when someone lies to us to jump their pet project to the front of the line based on a lie; that is factored in next time they ask for attention.

You know what academic discipline is really weak in this country? HISTORY. We don't understand it. Americans can't properly evaluate complex events in a chronological context and become easily confused by politicians and disreputable businessmen (I'm looking at you Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast). If we understood history better: Sarah Palin would have been laughed off the national stage; we'd never have had a pre-emptive war with Iraq; the NSA would have been slammed by Congress after the NSA was discovered tapping American phones; the banking reforms imposed by the Banking Act of 1933 (Glass–Steagall Act) wouldn't have been repealed and the 2009 economic crisis would have been avoided; and on and on and on.

If we knew history, we'd know why that piece of paper we call the US Constitution is still valid -- nay, essential -- and not just a bunch of hokum written by a bunch of guys dead for 200 years. We'd stop electing idiots. We'd be a better country, a better society.

And in the end, an appreciation for history necessary for a true appreciation of the advancement of science. Without history, we'd have to rediscover the same scientific principles every friggen generation. How far would we get?

DoE is the conventional abbreviation for the Department of Energy. I'm not sure how closing the Department of Energy is relevant.
ED is the conventional abbreviation for the Department of Education, and is the abbreviation the Department of Education uses in its own documents.

Tiny Mayor Bloomberg has had nightmares about drowning in a 16 ounce soda. He had no choice but to ban them.

>what of the massive drone industry, which, more than just producing a symbol, actually is creating flying death?" Your question depends on a false assumption. Just because we haven't risen up and overthrown our drone-flying overlords doesn't mean we must condone the inappropriate display of a pet carcass under the guise of "art." Both can be (and are) morally abhorrent.