Maybe I should revise my own consulting fee as a function of distance rather than time.

Footballs actually use an inner bladder, so I wouldn't think the complexity of the leather outer would contribute all that much to its temperature susceptibility.

'gas physicists', Neil deGrasse Tyson. In a Jan 26th tweet he states, "For the Patriots to blame a change in temperature for 15% lower-pressures, requires balls to be inflated with 125-degree air." Full article here: http://uproxx.com/sports/2015/...

I take that back, it is actually roughly equal to 1 LoC. My original metric conversion was off by a factor of 1000.

200 square kilometers rather

3200.4 LoCs Yours truly, Unapologetic Pedant

Such a bizarre quantification. Why not just say "roughly 50 acres" or "200 square meters"?

I find it hard to believe that nobody considered these effects on wildlife during conception of this and similar projects considering that the underlying technology has existed for over two millennia.

hahah, or joey lawrence. i stand corrected.

Given that the article is written by a biologist (Jessica Palmer), and referencing another biologist (Mike the Mad), I can't help but feel like this is a "whoa is me" take on the subject. Aren't most graduate programs cutthroat and demanding? More importantly, shouldn't they be?

Yes, its a win-win! We can simultaneously terraform Mars and even out the Earth's surface ratio of land and water, appeasing H2O equality activists while providing their opponents a new home where they can collectively disagree at a safe distance. There will of course be some minor details to resolve, such as the subzero surface temperatures and the lack of magnetic field to protect against the solar wind, but well cross that bridge when we come to it. As for how to get that water from Earth to Mars? Simple. Space-Siphon (patent pending).

The earth's surface is 70% water but I wouldn't initiate a campaign to drain the world's oceans.

So clearly the solution is to increase the commonality of autism in women such that it's more gender neutral and let everything else fall into place. I kid of course, but this does raise a good example of natural gender imbalance. Genetic disease. I don't imagine that anyone whose lives are affected by autism would waste their time consulting the ACLU.

In regard to imbalance resulting from a culture of bias, I can't help but feel like imposing artificial equalizers does more harm than good by simply perpetuating the underlying discrimination, while depriving the oppressed of a natural opportunity to respectably bootstrap themselves into equality.

Or is imposed diversity actually more sexist than a natural gender imbalance?