Not technically a robot or android.

Actually, there are hardly any scientists who disagree with AGW, and those few have been discredited. Also, Hadley didn't falsify any data, AFAIK Hansen isn't associated associated with Hadley, Hadley can't release the data because it isn't theirs to release, and Hansen (among others) does support nuclear power.

So, five wrong statements so far. Want to try for six?

I think it's a reference to the manner of his passing ... a skiing accident, IIRC.

No, but the report claims it harms adults' vision as well.

I actually used to use analogue instruments, so it's a bit different. However, some people have really poor stereo acuity, which is why they don't get it. I never found it causing any eyestrain at all.

Indeed. I spent several years working as a photogrammetrist. This involved staring into a stereoscope with both eyes pointing straight ahead and focussed at infinity, tracing details from a 3-D model resolved 9in my brain) from a pair of aerial photographs with about a 60% overlap.

That sounds a fair bit like the technology Mark Pesce reckons is so dangerous. I (and the probably thousands of other people who did this) have felt no ill-effects.

Jesus, I hope you don't live in my country. Can you spell the word "compassion"?

This is my vice also. I love BSG*, but Ten haven't been keeping up, so I found my own way of seeing what I want, when I want.

BTW, am I the only Skip who would gladly pay for Foxtel (our main cable TV provider), if they would offer a plan I think is a fair deal? I would gladly give them $20 per month for 5 or 6 stations I actually want (NatGeo, Scifi, news, boxing), but I flat fucking refuse to pay $50 per month for 50 stations I don't want, then another fee on top of that to get those "specialist" channels I actually want.
Pretty dumb business model if you ask me, they could get something from me, but instead they choose to get nothing from me (and many others I've spoken to).
*For those who would judge my piracy on moral grounds, I own all the DVD's of BSG released here so far, and gladly pay for those media (music, movies, TV) which I think are worth the asking price. Although I'm a rampant pirate, I feel strongly that the creation of good, creative, original content should be supported. Case in point: I've never pirated a Dresden Dolls CD :) - those kids are working hard!

I guess South Australia could be considered humid compared to New Mexico (I wouldn't know for sure, not having been there, but I'll bow to your superior knowledge), but those of us who live here think of it as dry. Now, Sydney, or Darwin in the wet season, that's humid. You can watch the water come out of the air onto your skin as it cools in the evenings.

Bennett explains that this is important because (pay attention now) the same judge that wasn't able to determine what spam looks like also sits more vital cases like child custody, property damage, and rape.

This is news? I thought everybody realized that judges (lawyers in robes) are just as vile and worthless as lawyers in suits. The civil legal system is an old boy's network, but with smarter old boys running it. Regardless of whether you win or lose a case, the lawyers all get their cut.

Appearing Pro Se is worthless except in the most brain-dead of circumstances because decisions are primarily about rules and precedent rather than reason. Unless you have hundreds of hours to devote to becoming an expert, you'd better plan on losing the case. The lawyer in a suit will cite a couple of precedents and the lawyer in a robe will make a decision against you, regardless of your reason-based argument. He might throw you a bone and give you some Latin words that explain why your reason-based argument doesn't matter, even if it is right.