It really isn't. You'd do well to try and claim that people without degrees in structural engineering are fit to design bridges, or that doctors who never went to medical school are okay to be surgeons.

In the same way, something as insanely complex as climate science needs a level of understanding that only a PhD can recognise. To claim otherwise is totally ignorant, but I suppose a little popularist.

Finally, 9000 is quite a minority. Numbers are meaningless without context. It's a long way to the sun, but thats nothing to the centre of the milky way.

I'm on a CS degree and know what a lepton is. Even if you don't know much about them, you should at least be aware of their existence.

Try the current Anish Kapoor Exhibition. It's physical art created via computer programmes Kapoor created. It's a treat from both a scientific and artistic viewpoint.

iPlayer does offer live streams of every BBC channel, which requires a license, apparently. Live or near-live requires a license.

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/couldcare.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Honestly I would have thought that /. readers would gravitate towards The Guardian, because of Bad Science, its general moral "stance" and its wide coverage (and specially its tech stuff). Also it has the prettyest font and the nicest design work evar =)

But the data in it isn't, if it's something like themodynamic properties.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merger_doctrine_(copyright_law)

While Britain's police are generally paranoid, I've never had any problems with watered-down chemistry. I didn't take chemistry after age 16 (optional), but took physics instead, and we have no problem getting our hands on radioactive materials if we ask nicely, even if it's for out-of-class work (though it'd need to take place in the classroom). I guess I'm fortunate to go to a pretty old school that's been doing chemistry for donkey's years, and hence has fought off any attempt to water down its resources.

Call of Duty: Dad's Army
World of Needlecraft
Personal Space Invaders
Need For Tweed: Underground
Super Mario Milk Float
Battersea Nintendogs Home
Tom Clancy's Toast and Tea Recon

Man, the Tony Hawk games had some of the best soundtracks ever!

I was bullied all through my primary school years for actually kissing boys after catching them in "kiss chase", Don't think kids are innocent - they're not. I got called all manner of things, "faggot" amongst them, from about age 6 til age 11.

I'd say just from a user experience point of view, it's easier to get things done on.

An example I always cite is the windows Control Panel. It's just a mess, because everything is a relic of older versions. Things like Font Smoothing could easily be moved under "Appearance" like ubuntu does.

It just seems infinitely better organised. Programs are organised by function, not company name. A lot of useful applications are pre-installed. CD Burners, editors, graphics software, office apps, etc.

Secondly applications are easier to install for 99% of apps "regular" users want. Add/Remove programs is very simple.