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   by oconnore 17y ago

   Well, this seems like as good a place as any to ask: Can someone point me to a paper that provides a reproducible experiment that measures both the accuracy and precision of the latest climate models? I suppose I am one of those illiterate,
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   by oconnore 17y ago

   Next up: Students create an ∞ mpg car after dividing by zero!
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   by oconnore 17y ago

   Madair, politics, not science operate on "quality of debate". Science operates with the assumption that all claims are false until they have been proven to be true by an empirical observation. Therefore, the only way this conversation could
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   by oconnore 17y ago

   I suppose I wasn't clear. A drop in raw material consumption is not a bad thing, as long as it is accompanied by an increase in material efficiency to match it. For example, we may be buying less gas at the pumps, but that's just because ou
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   by oconnore 17y ago

   Well, I'm going to approach this from the political angle instead of the scientific angle, because I have my doubts about the accuracy of modern climate models. The Earth is really complex, and while single float thermodynamics equations re
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   by oconnore 17y ago

   I agree to being minimalist, with the notable exception of kitchen supplies. It's near impossible to cook interesting food without cabinets full of spices, various sized pots and pans, utensils of all shapes, and in some cases, specialty it
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   by oconnore 17y ago

   "(God would know the difference)." I frequently refrain from nitpicking when dealing with children ("yes, the internet is how robots talk to each other"). It wouldn't be too much to expect an omnipotent being to do so as well.
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   by oconnore 17y ago

   Or you could just not upload to the client's server until you cash the check. Demo with watermarked images and/or screen capture video.
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   by oconnore 17y ago

   http://www.greenharbor.org/2010/01/wind-turbines-installed-a... Uh, something doesn't seem right here...
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    by oconnore 17y ago

    Konqueror stays open too!
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    by oconnore 17y ago

    Question: All of these discussions are based on the hacker having access to your database. If you really don't trust your hosting company not to leak your database details, why do you trust them not to overwrite your administrative password
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    by oconnore 17y ago

    Ah, that is different: "403 Permission Denied".
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    by oconnore 17y ago

    So that people on Hacker News can't find a flaw with your program.
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    by oconnore 17y ago

    Wow, they are doing something right?
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    by oconnore 17y ago

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_thinner Foiled again!
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    by oconnore 17y ago

    It seems like you could easily build a file browser like this on top of the file system. That way you preserve operating system hierarchies while getting all the benefits the article talks about. If you kept a database of tags mapped to fil
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    by oconnore 17y ago

    Probably not. Most people have better things to do.
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    by oconnore 17y ago

    1200 baud would be just fine if I could read the news without an unwanted megabyte of bloat per page (even worse with pagination).
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    by oconnore 17y ago

    User interfaces should be inaccessible to the colorblind?