" Based on a non-peer-reviewed survey of the five states that systematically report incidents at wells "
ah, so not really all that great.

Also, methane is found naturally in groundwater, especially in areas that are also going to be used for horizontal fracking.

I can go to places that have no fracking withing 200 miles that have methane in the water.

Methane in the water s not evidence of 'contamination' from fracking.

Aras of the US that have the right geology for shale will ALSO have methane in the water supply.
Or do you think fracking is so evil it send methane into ground water back in tie form before fracking started?

I ccan'tr believe you reason is a report based on other studies and non peer reviewed information.

This type of thing pisses me off:
"Flammable levels of natural gas are common in water supplies, and explosions—even reports of flammable drinking water—have occurred near fracking sites"

And? AND? it also happen where fracking isn't. appalling..

There is a reason the focus is moving from groundwater, where nothing has been found, to waste spillover; which is actually something worth being concerned with. However it's an engineering issue and can be done right.

Not 'someone else'. Areas that can.

There is a difference.

Diamond aren't actually rare. There are places in Africa where you can literally pick them up out of river beds.

Raw diamonds, not the finished cut stuff.

He didn't complain, he simply made a suggest to those who are complaining.

Don't worry so much about being quick to look clever. Take a moment and think.

historic reason for the 5th amendment. Until you do I suggest you stop proving yourself a fool.

Absolutely, I've got 2550x1440 monitors using display port, try doing that with HDMI

And I was being a little flippant.

Yes, any binary that you don't have the source to is a potential security hole.

But it's like worrying about people wearing bombs in their shoes, you're focusing on the wrong thing.

Are you kidding? I'm guessing the conversation around the bong was more along the lines of:

".... so dude... we managed to convince our competitors, the pundits and the market that we'd make a stupid fucking watch right?"

*giggles*

"... I know right ... and now Samsung have actually tried to compete with the damn thing .."

*more giggles* *at least one board member falls off his chair*

"... oh man ... I can't wait to retire and write this up... they'll never believe this shit..."

Ah if only I had not already commented on this...

So I'll point out that step 4) should include a cover letter that clearly documents your actions in 1), 2) & 3)

Step 5) would be to document the above and any responses from NVIDIA somewhere in public on the web.

No profit here, but much satisfaction from righteous indignation.

Nvidia has never been a perfect partner to the opensource world, however your tinfoil hat is too tight son, it's clearly cutting off the blood flow to your brain.

Are you high? It's clearly not the administration.
You really have to be delusional to think that.

Some pubs don't like a law of the land, and they will shut it all down to get that law changed. Had the pubs presented a clean bill, nothing would have been shut down.

"“We have to get something out of this. And I don’t know what that even is.”" Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind

Pubs are filibustering their OWN bills.

MIT want to set an example, the DOJ wanted to slap him on the wrists.

And more correctly:
" He BROKE into a communications room in MIT, "

IT was MIT who insisted on tough ]punishments and wouldn't allow a slap on the wrist.
If Abelson was anyway involved it that, then he is at fault regardless of his history'.

NO, he wasn't naive, his punishment was overblown.

I'f I am going 5 mph over the speed limit, and I get a ticket I am not naive, that's just the risk I took.

If I get arrested, taken to jail, refuse bail and threatened. IT didn't happen becasue I was naive, it happened because people were abusing power to make a point.

That's kind of the point, most of the time the opensource world does not get to make deals with corporations. You take what they dole out and then you thank them for it.

I don't like it, and I'm hoping it doesn't last, but it does seem to be the reality.

In the ideal world our esteemed colleagues at Redmond will continue to screw themselves over and the world will turn slowly to Linux and all the hardware vendors will start playing ball, and there is some indication that has been the gradual trend over the past five years or so, but don't hold your breath and don't expect anyone to play fair.

Whoosh?