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Comment Preserve by analysis and copying (Score 2) 33

All of the preservation efforts for a single, unique item are likely to eventually fail - war, theft, natural disasters, etc. Preserve the works by analysis and wide distribution. The full analysis - multi-spectral imaging, chemistry, 3-d scanning, history, etc. should be available publicly. And, in the tradition of medieval monks, Arabic scribes, and even artists workshops, produce copies for display while attempting to preserve the original.

Comment PhD Scientists working in industry (Score 1) 77

Heaven forbid that a scientist would work outside academia...... I have worked with plenty of MS and PhD scientists who were "lured away" from academia to work in industry. Not by billionaires. Turns out there's lots of interesting work outside of academia, and not everyone wants to play the academia political games.

Comment It's the **families** (Score 5, Insightful) 94

I served at two locales with DoD school systems..... the kids were kids like everywhere. The teachers were teachers like everywhere. The parents, though, had expectations of their children's effort and performance. Not for teachers to give out easy A's, but for their children to work for their grades.

Comment Community TV channels - On YouTube! (Score 4, Insightful) 103

Money, money, other people's money.... of course politicians think that is the answer.... Right now, when I want to view videos in my "communities of interest", I find them on YouTube. And there's probably no reason that those 200 "absolutely essential" community access channels couldn't just be yet another YouTube channel.

Comment A wash? (Score 1) 62

In a prior lifetime I was a military helicopter ground and (occasional) aircrew.... Plenty of exposure to jet fuel and exhaust fumes, lubricants, solvents which probably doesn't explain all increased diagnoses of cancer. Rather than comparing to the general population they should have compared to civilian ground and aircrew. But the good news is that mortality is not increased, but slightly less than the general population.

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