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Commented on Energy Literacy 4. How to gauge whether your politicians are faking it on climate change commitments
That graph isn't terribly informative or user-friendly. I think this is indicative of the way the climate debate is being presented to the general public in the US. Most people don't seem to care, but even if they did it's...
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Commented on The decline of civilization symbolized in a modern light socket
As someone pointed out earlier, I think the decline in technically capable end users is the cause of this particular problem. The BoingBoing readership clearly doesn't fall into that category, but I can't think of a single person I know...
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Commented on Fort Hood Shooter bought "cop killer" at "Guns Galore"
"anyone talking about the 5.7mm round as "powerful" needs to cut back on their daily hype intake." It appears to have been powerful enough to kill several people. I'd say that's powerful enough....
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Commented on AIG has insured $1.6 trillion in derivatives
Why not give the bailout to the people? Fertilize the grass instead of the tree. The desired result of the bailout is to prevent 25% unemployment, starving children in the streets, and people living in caves. How is rewarding the...
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Commented on Welcome to nationalized Citibank
I don't think non-nationalized Citibank differs much from the joke....
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Commented on Ground resonance and helicopter destruction
This phenomenon can be observed in remote control helis as well. During spinup, the blades sometimes begin to shake at a specific RPM. If that RPM is gently increased, the blades will sometimes begin to violently shake, and can even...
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Commented on Chicago police ask you to report people using maps or taking notes in public
Reporting systems that produce too much information like this usually fail rather quickly....
