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I for one am glad to know that dogs in a vacuum spontaneously deficate. I suspect there is a vacuum that develops overnight in the corner of my living room.

Agreed. I had no idea HN had this many teenage conspiracy theorists.

I think to get a complete picture we'd also need to consider the relative prevalence of firearms in the US versus the UK. There are fewer non-lethal options for dealing with someone armed with a guns as opposed to other weapons.

I think he's saying we should stop spending money on trying to stop global warming, and start spending money on dealing with the consequences.

Do you have any tips for how I should hold my phone?

"Night owls" as defined by staying up late are more likely to suffer from insomnia. Groundbreaking research here.

I think an introductory paragraph for those unfamiliar with Nibs would help this article.

I was hoping the article would include a map of the migration route.

I think they mean consumers who make transactions at 3am their time are more likely to be committing fraud.

This article needs a graphic that compares the two competing maps side by side.

You mean we never think about all of those guys that actually did start a nuclear war?

You sound determined to believe this, so best of luck to you!

Ahmed himself admits he plugged the clock into the wall and it was beeping:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=801_1443042484

Teachers are required by law to report potential threats to the administration and law enforcement. The police are required by law to investigate potential threats reported in schools. Ahmed was apparently uncooperative with the police, leading to further confusion and suspicion.

This was deliberate.

The school and the police didn't over-react. The media simply glossed over what the kid actually did.

His father has run for president in Sudan and last made headlines for debating a Florida pastor who burned a Quran.

This kid stuck a Radio Shack clock in a pencil case, and deliberately disrupted a class with it after he was asked to put it away -- he plugged it into the wall and left it beeping until he was kicked out of class and arrested for having a hoax bomb.

This whole episode was engineered by a politically active family, who is now running off to Qatar with all the free publicity and stuff gullible Americans gave them.

Al Jazeera is based in Qatar. Watch for the dad to appear on that network as a frequent commentator on anti-Islamic prejudice in America -- this was probably arranged weeks ago, possibly even before the hoax bomb incident.

Me too. Why for example did they use an sapply for column means when they could have just used colMeans with na.rm=T?

Here's a poorly made video of the incident:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4s3qWYEm1o

Most articles that mention climate change rarely discuss alternative hypotheses for what we observe.

I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with or find offensive.

It was a pleasant surprise to read a balanced article related to climate change.

Oh, you climate alarmists and your "scientific facts." Why do you hate freedom?

Hooray, the polar bears are saved!

Realtor.com has access to the actual MLS, while Zillow does not.

Is it ethically wrong for a woman to drive in Saudi Arabia?

It's not the recording that's the issue ...

So there's an armed standoff next door, and this guy decided it's a good idea to open his garage door and point something at the cops from their peripheral vision? And we're supposed to feel sorry for him?

Probably internal organ failure.

You really need to read more military history.

San Francisco plans to raise its minimum wage to $15 in a couple of years. Expect to see more businesses that follow this model.

> I don't know if the editor changed after 2004, but me and many other readers have the feeling that after 2004-5 the quality dropped incrementally.

Bill Emmott resigned as editor in February 2006.