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Comment Head in the sand (Score 2) 618

There are natural limits to our ability to instrument and reproduce cause and effect at a global scale. This seems to suggest that because that limitation exists we should err on the side of making a few bucks rather than objectively considering the massive amounts of smaller scale scientific evidence that can be correlated, if not completely proven as a whole. If you can't absolutely prove today that there will be a consequence tomorrow, it must not be true ... right?

As a whole, capitalism and commercialization are good and beneficial to all. The adage, "the market will right itself" is largely true. But, sometimes the negative impacts which result before the market self-adjusts are irreversible or out of proportion to the assumed benefits. That is why regulatory bodies exist.

Comment Ditto (Score 1) 365

Andover didn't fsck with it. VA Linux/Sourceforge didn't fsck with it. Don't fsck with /.! It's a community driven site, don't treat it like it's a "property". We know that there's a commercial interest behind the scenes but, if you treat it like a property rather than a community site, chasing eyeballs with design and content changes, that will affect the COMMUNITY upon which it is built. Leave well alone. Make your ad revenue and pander to the InfoWorld crowd with something else. Geeks are fickle beasts.

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