The site you linked to looks to be the best authority for data on the quake. They don't mention anywhere which scale they use. I doubt they would still be using the Richter scale, but it is a possibility. The quake very well could be 7.5Mw and the USGS is using less accurate data/modals to arrive at 7.8Mw.

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After further investigating I don't think GeoNet has a clue which scale they use. On their history page they alternate using Mw,Ml,Ms.

using Ms value as M
http://info.geonet.org.nz/display/quake/M+7.1%2C+Arthur%27s+Pass%2C+9+March+1929

using Mw value as M
http://info.geonet.org.nz/display/quake/M+7.1%2C+Inangahua%2C+24+May+1968

using Ml value as M
http://info.geonet.org.nz/display/quake/M+6.3%2C+Christchurch%2C+22+February+2011

Would be nice if they would state and be consistent on which scale they use for magnitude. The Eiffel tower is both 276 and 302 tall.

It was 7.5ML and 7.8Mw

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquakes_in_New_Zealand

Is it really that hard to detect 200 open sockets from the same IP addr?

It's nice that all of the 8 year old jokes are relevant again now that we have an orange president.

One side is always hurt. Another effect of having a two party system that fosters opposition and division to the point of hate. End it or Trump vs Clinton will happen again and again. Demand ranked choice voting, or plan on your side fearing 'the end of the world' every few years.

If you don't want 8 years of Trump you should start campaigning for Warren now. Don't let the DNC select another corrupt establishment candidate again in 2020.

We have some laws to limit money in politics. Both parties violated those laws this election and have yet to face any consequences. New laws are worthless if we don't enforce them.

What a racist.

Zap vs MoM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Bros

A derogative term used by Hillary Clinton supporters to dismiss Bernie Sanders supporters. It's used to associate Sanders supporters with Bro culture and label all of them as privileged white male misogynist hipsters.

The chair throwing incident I was talking about was at the Nevada convention. No chair was thrown at all, but the media kept echoing the Democratic parties propaganda that violent Bernie bros are dangerous, need to be stopped and Bernie Sanders is not only guilty by association, but hasn't apologized for their actions.

If you haven't watched Interstella 5555 you are missing out.
It's an hour long animated music video of Daft Punk's Discovery album.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368667/

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEcznvu0xKjXbLbh99DCJjAmJKbe6bpCF

I watched the convention live on YouTube feeds and PBS news. The T.V. news version filtered out most of the chanting and used camera angles to omit the protest signs. In the later days of the convention the DNC made a sheet of chants designed to counter the protesters chants. It worked well. Just watch Leon Pennata's speech to hear the background chants from Sanders states(where there were no microphones) start and be drowned out be the Clinton states where the crowd mics were placed.

The walkout in @notarobot's video was real. Hundreds of Bernie supporters did walkout after the roll call. It was not on the same day as Clinton's speech. Some delegates planed another walkout during Clinton's speech but never went through with it. The Craigslist ads are likely fake.

Alex Jones is a lair. He puts out enough BS to distract from anything real. It is disgusting how he uses his website as 'sources now confirm' while his website is just quoting from his show. It's worse than the propaganda network PBS news has become.

Perpetually being punched in the face is not a solution.

Buying into the false dilemma keeps us in a two party system.

Break my arm. Even the "worst case scenario", Trump winning due to a third party, would be good motivation for Democrats to support a new election system.

Neither party will allow a non "first past the post" system while they have no third party competition. The first and only time I've heard politicians consider adopting an alternative voting systems was when Ross Perot polled high enough to tank the Republican candidate if he ran.

Both Trump and Hillary are horrible candidates. The only way either can get elected is by people being fooled into believing only two parties are a viable option.

Buy their point of view and forever be a slave to it.

I agree with every thing he said.
I'll never vote Hillary. I'll never vote Trump.

Every election there is always some BS floating around about why we have to vote for an R or a D. The Supreme court one has been used several times before.

Enough is enough quit succumbing to their will continuing the rigged game. Never vote for anyone with an R or a D next to their name on the ballot. They are private clubs which control who can become the next president. Doing so will keep us stuck with the same shitty system we have today.

I would rather vote for Roseanne Barr or any other completely unqualified horror from beyond than continue to support the reality TV show we have today.

Voting for a third party is the only way my vote is not thrown away. If I support Clinton or Trump I lose this election and the next one as well.

If Bernie is eggplant, Hilliary is soylent green.

She may look like a vegetable but voting Hillary is the equivalent cannibalism.

Vote turd sandwich.