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How Fallout 4s silly robotic butler drives home the horror of nuclear war

2015-11-30 17:33:58| Extremetech

Bethesda's Fallout 4 is an all-around great game -- but there's one scene in particular that drives home the reality of surviving in a post-atomic apocalypse. It's played for laughs, but it also resolves some long-standing questions about robots and AI in the Fallout universe.

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Is climate change really to blame for Syria's civil war?

2015-11-29 14:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Was the Syrian civil war partly caused by climate change? Prince Charles, for one, seems to think so. There is very good evidence indeed that one of the major reasons for this horror in Syria was a drought that lasted for about five or six years, he told Sky News, adding that climate change is having a huge impact on conflict and terrorism. The Prince is not alone on this one: he joins a chorus of voices making similar claims. In the US President Obama, Al Gore, and the democratic presidential...

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An Analysis Of The Price War Between American And Spirit Airlines

2015-11-25 19:08:54| Airlines - Topix.net

I suspect it is more likely to be a warning to Spirit to pursue growth in markets not served by American. American, perhaps emboldened by low fuel prices, rolled out an aggressive price-matching strategy in June that has impacted Spirit's pricingThis price war is affecting both Spirit's revenue and margins It would be hard to find a better example of this price war than on the NYC - Dallas route, which has reached an extreme degree.

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