Comment Implications on January 6th convictions (Score 1) 97
Since quite a few people were rounded up on January 6, 2021 for being in the area - after the geofence was applied - I wonder if those too will be affected.
Submission + - MIT Professor questions CO2 causing Climate change
Amigan writes: Richard Lindzen (Prof Emeritus MIT) and William Happer (Prof Emeritus Princeton) have published a paper entitled "Physics Demonstrates that increasing Greenhouse Gases cannot cause dangerous warming, extreme weather or any harm"
In the paper they point out that scientific evidence concerning GHG is ignored, while opinion is substituted for science. They also point out how/why Net Zero is a flawed policy.
"It is astounding that one of the most complex questions in physics (namely, the behavior of a multi-phase, radiatively active, turbulent fluid) should be labeled by the government — and funding agencies it controls — to be so settled that skeptics are silenced. The models supporting the climate-crisis narrative make predictions that utterly fail to match the observations of what they purport to predict. This failure means in science they should never be used. Unfortunately, this peculiar situation is particularly dangerous because many world leaders have abandoned the science and intellectual rigor bequeathed to us by the Enlightenment and its forebears.
Thus, the scientific method is very simple and very profound.
Does the theory work with observations? If not, it is rejected and not used."
In the paper they point out that scientific evidence concerning GHG is ignored, while opinion is substituted for science. They also point out how/why Net Zero is a flawed policy.
"It is astounding that one of the most complex questions in physics (namely, the behavior of a multi-phase, radiatively active, turbulent fluid) should be labeled by the government — and funding agencies it controls — to be so settled that skeptics are silenced. The models supporting the climate-crisis narrative make predictions that utterly fail to match the observations of what they purport to predict. This failure means in science they should never be used. Unfortunately, this peculiar situation is particularly dangerous because many world leaders have abandoned the science and intellectual rigor bequeathed to us by the Enlightenment and its forebears.
Thus, the scientific method is very simple and very profound.
Does the theory work with observations? If not, it is rejected and not used."
Comment Hours of fun (Score 2) 65
Those were the days when you could go to the public library and check out books that held the published BASIC code for various games. There were many hours spent as you typed the different games in, but when you were done you had a game to play and you felt like you had accomplished something!
Submission + - TIOBE report on programming language popularity
Comment Cost and environmental limitations (Score 1) 196
Here's an analysis written 14 months ago, pointing to the fact that we had a viable rare earths mining industry until a) environmental regulations pushed the cost; and b) China undercut pricing because they didn't have to deal with (a).
https://www.defensenews.com/op...
Comment Re:So these enlightened Google employees (Score 1) 105
They have issues with the US Military. Remember when these same objectors had google pull out of a DoD 10yr/$10B cloud initiative which was recently awarded to Microsoft
Comment Re:Not enough resourcees (Score 4, Insightful) 486
Ethanol was going to save us.
Then farmers / growers sold all their corn to ethanol producers, and the food chain suffered as feed for animals got more expensive, exports to 3rd world fell, and food riots started...
Comment Re:Interesing... (Score 1) 394
The AMS (American Meteorology Society) is concerned about a possible witch hunt. They feel that peer-review is the best way to uncover issues with the research.
Comment Re:Is this his first veto? (Score 3, Insightful) 437
Harry Reid served as backstop to make sure unpopular vetoes (and Senate votes) wouldn't take place 2009-2014. Republican majority in the Senate means more bills *might* make it to the President's desk, but only if Dems don't use that evil 'filibuster' thingee that Republicans used.
Comment The ultimate keyboard? (Score 1) 146
Already produced, years ago. It was called the Keytronic FlexPro. Been using mine for 20yrs, through multiple adapters as the original was 5pin AT, now connected to a USB. 5pin -> PS/2 -> USB.
Comment Re:Use that pen Mr. President! (Score 1, Offtopic) 182
You mean his EOs to delay/change/alter the ACA? When Congress attempted to pass "into law" his EO on the delay, he announce he would veto it? It *is* good to be king. Note the 2nd paragraph here - delay that it was a bill to do what the Administration had already announced. Enforcing the law is the Executive branch's job, not changing it.
Comment Getting around the court decision (Score 2, Interesting) 182
The FCC has tried once to enforce Net Neutrality. This was ruled illegal by the courts, see ruling .
Now by making the ISPs "common carriers", we will get all the innovation that we got under Ma Bell before the breakup in 1983
Comment Re:Use that pen Mr. President! (Score 1) 182
If only he used the pen for VETO as opposed to EOs...
Comment Peaceful uses only? (Score 1) 319
I'm old enough to remember (and read) the book - Weather War . Forget the lawsuits, look at the next level of targeting for political advantage.
Comment government closed dealerships in bailout (Score 2) 141
2009 was a momentous/turbulent year for US automobile mfgs. When the Auto Czar decide to ram through the bankruptcy rules for GM, many dealerships were closed in the restructuring. Could others see the handwriting on the wall as a Dem administration was determining whether they could stay in business or not - even if they were profitable - and decided that Republicans were a better bet?
To be totally transparent, I'm one of the many who lost their investment in GM corporate bonds as the current administration rewrote bankruptcy law to screw secured (like me) creditors.
