dapyx
Re:Elon Musk says he will put millions of people on Mars
on Saturday December 24, 2011 @04:37AM (#3388634)
Not all species that we know of require oxygen to live.
Re:The Unintended Effects of Driverless Cars
on Thursday December 08, 2011 @05:51AM (#3328611)
Loitering can be easily avoided by taxing the time on public roads, possibly taxing more for the time the cars are empty and stay on public roads.
Re:Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check 'Asian'
on Sunday December 04, 2011 @06:30AM (#3310454)
"black immigrants from Africa average the highest educational attainment of any population group"
-- this is because of selection bias: only the brightest Africans get the chance to immigrate to the US.
Re:Wikimedia supports American Censorship Day
on Wednesday November 16, 2011 @11:30AM (#3243736)
They did something like that for a day on Italian Wikipedia when they discussed in the Italian Parliament a law which, in the case when someone is offended (even if the facts are true!), if a website doesn't respond in 48 hours to the request of removal, the website would have been given a 10,000 euro fine.
Re:Easter Island heads have bodies
on Sunday October 30, 2011 @09:46AM (#3174355)
The population growth rate is decreasing (the average number of children per woman is down from 5 in the 1950s to 2.5 today) and in much of the industrialized world, it's already going down.
The population is still increasing, but much of it is no longer due to a high birthrate but due to an increase in lifespan.