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Comment %%%%%%%%%% :The magic wand of finance (Score 1) 609

The obvious thing about economic subjects like this,
is that , allthough physics does not claim to be even analytically able to solve a three body dynamical evolution ,
when budgets are involved , everyone is suddenly the expert.

And the instrument everyone is using is the holy grail of all arguments .... : the percentage %

All talk boils down to this amount x percentage , compared to that percentage y

All the world is suddenly describable within a scale from 1 to 100

It's funny , but totally wrong.

Its the totem of finance ,

And everyone wants to weild that magic wand

%%%%%%%%%%%%%

Kind of silly is it not ?

Comment Re:cold fusion fraud again? (Score 1) 580

I don't think the Institute is meant to teach Tim Fox anything

Apprehension of basic science can yet still be a source of bewonderment (to a journalist)

The foremost argument against current renewable energy sources is that the electricity cannot be easily stored and transported for storage

Comment such a drag (Score 1) 1651

Here in the Netherlands I'm commuting by bicycle 26 miles /42 km daily for the last 10 years steady without a helmet. In those 10 years I had one fall that broke my upperarm and shoulder , and 2 years before that 2 broken ellbows . In my whole life of biking (38 years on the bike) I have never bumped my head because of a fall or accident. It's the arms that will break the fall , a helmet would be such a drag ...

Comment "news worthiness"? (Score 1) 247

Are nuclear installation incidents the only subject that has the validity of its "news worthiness'' discussed ? Is there an inverse proportionality rule that states that the small news shouldn't concern itself with larger problem areas ? Oh boy , we have a solar eclipse , big deal , nothing to see here ?

Comment Re:How to Fix (Score 2) 245

Using the identification of the client logmails : - I remotely stopped the Sophos Av service and auto update service - removed agen-xuv.ide - copied the full autoupdate folder contents to the remote pc - restarted both services After a few pcees I wrote a batch script to handle all clients Got it done after 5 hours work

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