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Comment Re:4C (Score 1) 98

Sigh. I'll bite.

The question seemed to assume it was a good question, and its premises were correct. They aren't. In fact, the CO2 DOES absorb incoming IR, and with the same cross-section, as it does outgoing IR. It doesn't "know which way the radiation is going."

Now, any honest thinker would realize that the question was silly, because it doesn't admit other mechanisms other than "blocking" [sic] of IR.

Comment Re:4C (Score 1) 98

what is changing is how much we trap.

Why does this magic CO2 block outgoing IR, thus heating the Earth but not incoming IR, cooling the Earth? How does it know which way the radiation is going?

Think just a half-thought further, and question one of your assumptions. THEN you might have a point.

Comment Re: Water is wet (Score 1) 160

Oh but they can spy on you and they do. They record what is shown on the screen, often as periodic snapshots, to determine what you are watching. It does not matter that you use chromecast; as long as it displays on your screen, the TV Can record it.

And they sneak in and swap out a memory card when you're not home?

Comment Re:Linux has IDs as well. (Score 2) 55

Yeah that comment is not even close. Sure GUIDs are generated on a Linux device. Or any device really, for a number of reasons and uses. But even if the police get one somehow, who will they ask to figure out who it belongs to?

The only exception I can think of is if the police hack into a suspect's PC then they can extract a wealth of information about that person and figure out who they are. But that has no bearing on the OS and how much you trust the entities that created it (except that the police are less likely to be equipped to hack an OS that is not popular).

Comment I had a check stolen (Score 1) 183

It was to pay a credit card bill. It was made out to the company, but someone took it and cashed it at a Bank of America, I think using a mobile app. Thankfully my bank was able to take care of everything and my CC company dropped late fees I had accrued due to the theft. Though I did have to get a new bank account as my bank was concerned as the account number is on all checks and a stranger might have read it (this makes little sense to me as the purpose of checks is to hand them to strangers to pay them, but whatever).

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