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Comment Re:stupid micromanagement (Score 4, Interesting) 150

Thank you, I needed a good laugh.

The wast majority, Of child abuse cases, Involves one or both of the childs parents. If you add the rest of the immediate family, Almost all cases of child abuse, Is accounted for.

If you are afraid that a teacher will abuse you children, Then stop sending your children to Sunday "school".

Comment Re:Carriers vs Battleships (Score 3, Interesting) 104

'He advocated peace terms that would make Germany unable to pose a threat to France ever again. His words after the Treaty of Versailles, "This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years" would prove prophetic; World War II started twenty years and sixty five days later.' -- Wikipedia.

You win some, You lose some.

China

Submission + - 35 Million SK Telecom Accounts Hacked by Chinese (npr.org)

eldavojohn writes: South Korea's SK Telecom has revealed that earlier this week hackers stole 35 million account details from two sites. A portal called Nate Portal that provided e-mail services and a social networking site called CyWorld were the two targets by hackers who, SK Telecom claims, used IP addresses originating from China. From the article, 'The stolen data included user IDs, passwords, social security numbers, names, mobile phone numbers and email addresses. Nate said the social security numbers and passwords are encrypted so that they are not available for illegal use.'
Power

Submission + - Solar Energy is Fastest Growing Industry in US

Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Rhone Resch writes that in the last three years the US solar industry has gone from a start-up to a major industry that is creating well-paying jobs and growing the economy in all 50 states employing 93,000 Americans in 2010, a number that is expected to grow between 25,000 to 50,000 this year (PDF). In the first quarter of 2011, the solar industry installed 252 megawatts of new solar electric capacity, a 66 percent growth from the same time frame in 2010 and solar energy is creating more jobs per megawatt than any other energy source (PDF) with the capability, according to one study, of generating over 4 million jobs by 2030 with aggressive energy efficiency measures. There are now almost 3,000 megawatts of solar electric energy installed in the US, enough to power 600,000 homes. In the manufacturing sector, solar panel production jumped 31 percent. "The US market is expected to more than double yet again in 2011, installing enough solar for more than 400,000 homes," writes Resch. "Last year, the industry set the ambitious yet achievable goal of installing 10 gigawatts annually by 2015 (PDF) – enough to power 2 million more homes each and every year.""

Comment Re:But what if... (Score 2) 283

It will be interesting to see what happens if atheism does hit that tipping point, but it's not even close yet.

Sorry to pis on your "THE US IS THE WORLD" parade, But why wait? You could look up from your pretty little belly-button and look at western Europe, they are all above the 10% marker.

As to what happens? Norway happens; disillusioned religious people, Trying to "save" the country and return to a better time when all was good and pure. ( Read, A time when the statement; "I believe in JESUS!" would not make you the laughingstock of the party. )

Ps. To all you American Atheists; I feel for you :(

If it make any difference, Over here in Europe things are very different, And it is only a matter of time before you will join the rest of us :)

Comment Re:Well (Score 1) 343

What ever makes you refer to logic??? The issue here is Religion! There is no logic!

This is, For my part, Not about associating Hitler/Stalin with Religion, But disassociating them from Atheism. The idea that Hitler was an Atheist is a new meme, spread by Christians, And it is manifestly false. The NAZI-Party, And Hitler as a person, Was both very Christian.

As fore; "Religion is a bad thing...", NO! Religion is insanity! And until people stop treating the religious with respect, And start treating them as sick, We will continue to see religious people do the kind of sick, demented shit, That this breivik asshole have done.

Comment Re:Well (Score 1) 343

You might want to try Mao or Pol Pot, At least with them you could make a reasonable argument for your case.

Hitler said a lot of differenced things when it came to Christianity, Specifically he had a deep hatred of the church (Roman Catholic), This is often used, By many Christians, As a way to "muddy the waters" when dealing with the fact that Hitler was a Christian. Hitler was a Christian. He simply did not subscribe to the mainstream "version" being push by the church, That is; He believed that the church had "strayed" from real Christianity, And if we could only return to the good old days we would all be "saved" from the horror of the godless new world order! sound familiar?

Stalin is somewhat harder to declare Christian, How could the Stalin be anything but a godless commie?!?! Well.. Put on your tin-foil hat and google; stalin+jesuit

Programming

Submission + - 'The Code Has Already Been Written'

theodp writes: John D. Cook points out there's a major divide between the way scientists and programmers view the software they write. Scientists see their software as a kind of exoskeleton, an extension of themselves. Programmers, on the other hand, see their software as something they will hand over to someone else, more like building a robot. To a scientist, the software soup's done when they get what they want out of it, while professional programmers give more thought to reproducibility, maintainability, and correctness. So what happens when the twain meet? 'The real tension,' says Cook, 'comes when a piece of research software is suddenly expected to be ready for production. The scientist will say 'the code has already been written' and can't imagine it would take much work, if any, to prepare the software for its new responsibilities. They don't understand how hard it is for an engineer to turn an exoskeleton into a self-sufficient robot.'

Submission + - Victory for evolution in Texas (ncse.com) 1

An anonymous reader writes: Pop the champagne corks. The Texas Board of Education has unanimously come down on the side of evolution. In an 8-0 vote, the board today approved scientifically accurate high school biology textbook supplements from established mainstream publishers--and did not approve the creationist-backed supplements from International Databases, LLC.

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