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Ngh. They might -- might, and there's a serious burden of proof involved there -- have a point if the cormorants have lost a natural predator or something and their population has boomed. If the cormorants population is actually getting large enough to start depleting the fish stocks, that could end up both killing the fish and the birds.

If there's not a bird boom, though, then there's a pretty good chance something else is killing the fish. First place to look for that is... probably fishermen

Also depends on what they mean by cull. Might just be wanting to cut some of the population back down, possibly by opening the birds for recreational hunting for a bit or... whatever it is the things can be murdered for.

But yeah, there is actually a fair amount of human-directed population control going on with wild animals nowadays (Quick E: Population control which is the only thing keeping some animals from dying out in the wild, actually), seeing as how we've screwed most of the things that previously kept animal populations relatively stable straight to blazes. So it might not be as horrible as it sounds. It's probably as horrible as it sounds, but eh.

No toe stepping intended, I'll leave things be.

Sooooo...

... someone feel like making a text file compiling all of Vec's post to date and then uploading it somewhere?

When did this turn into a Mafia game?

Apparently when Vec decided to announce a hiatus. Maybe it'll clear up once people find something interesting to talk about, or the primary folks arguing back and forth on the subject take it to PM and help make sure the wrath of Toad doesn't come down on the thread.

Damnit nenjin, you ninja'd me. Had just put down the eating spoon for a second to note that we would likely get some absolutely tremendous interest boosts in the hard sciences with some curriculum and teaching standards (and incentives) changes. You get a massive change of atmosphere when you've got a teacher actually interested/invested in the subject teaching a sane sized class an actually effective (i.e. not specifically catered to pass a test) curriculum.

Better support for students actually interested in the subjects would be awesome, too. As an example, I know the major reason I'm in the soft instead of hard fields right now is because I got hijacked by the system back in 4th grade; school wouldn't let me take advanced maths for math class credit. You're probably not going to get a 4th grader to doubleup on mathematics on top of everything else, unfortunately, especially when half of that is stuff they literally did years previous. Because of that, I basically stopped studying math (and coasted from 4th to about 10th grade ).

Between that and some decent media exposure (Stuff like myth busters would probably count, I guess. I'm not up to date on TV shows) we could probably see some changes going down.

And maybe a few people ragging too hard on geeks blown up with home made IEDs, but there's a cost to everything.

Anyway, santorum against public education? Add another black mark to the list. Bleh.

As much as I hate to defend it, because I honestly think most dogs would have more dignity if you just put them down rather than put those things on them, there are some situations where it's not a terrible idea. Smaller dogs in colder areas (or houses) can need them to keep from getting too cold.

... now, anything above like a toy or very small miniature... no. Not unless you shaved all its fur off first or something.

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