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FTC Offput by Offsets
theodp writes "US corporations and shoppers spent more than $54M last year on credits toward tree planting, wind farms, solar plants and other projects, prompting the FTC to question whether carbon-offset money is well spent. 'There's a heightened potential for deception,' said FTC Chairwoman Deborah Platt Majoras of the green-sounding offers that seem to be confronting consumers at every turn."
I find it highly ironic that the ad I got with this story was for "Rackspace Green Server Configurations".
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I see we found us a Democrat!
Too bad there isn't a 'Justified' mod option.
On a related note, could Slashdot possibly implement a karma-offset programme where we can trade and share karma? This way trolls could easily offset their trollishness by buying karma off the slashdot-karma-trading-system.
Disclaimer: I'm about ass-deep in whiskey right now, and fairly sleep deprived. Mod me as you will.
Here's some "true talk" for anybody considering posting a racist troll, whether it's on Slashdot or any other forum on our glorious World Wide Web. While I, as a Constitution-upholding sort of guy, fully support your basic human right of free speech and free expression, I honestly wish all you racist pricks would die a slow and painful death at the hands of a seriously disturbed motherfucker. I'm generally against capital punishment, with you assholes as my sole exception. Sidenote: Yep, a conservative libertarian serving in the military (hard-liners, please don't bother posting your objections to military service, I have my reasons), I'm against a justice system which could kill one innocent person.
I'm a 26 year old white guy, born and raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia. I was a career software developer and network security specialist before joining the Navy about a year and a half ago. My whole life, I've had to deal with uneducated, fuckwitted racist pricks. They're not all from the South, by the way, not by a long shot... here's some stuff to consider before your punk ass little 15 year old hands click the "Submit Comment" button on your favorite forum.
Thousands of your fellow citizens, who happened to be black, fought and died in World Wars I and II. Thousands more fought and died in Korea and Vietnam. I serve our nation alongside thousands more, many of whom are Iraq and Afghanistan right now bleeding because they chose to enlist in the armed forces of our nation and "obey the orders of those appointed over them." Many of those I serve alongside in the submarine community happen to be black.
I'll make you an offer. Why don't you email me at philip.paradis@palegray.net and give me some solid contact information I can work with? I'd love to have a friendly chat with you regarding your views on racial equality. If you're out of my liberty area, that's no problem... I'm sure I can get in touch with somebody in the service in your neighborhood who would be delighted to have a friendly wrestling match with your bitch ass. I'm sure you're a fucking pussy who won't actually own up to your childish behavior, but that's okay... I'm still out here defending your right to post asinine comments on public forums. So go fuck yourself.
512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 200 GB transfer, five datacenters. $19.95/month.
Hey Man! Don't rush to conclusions!
with their thumbs up their buttsThey were accumulating methane to burn when their wind (hot gas) turbines weren't capable of supplying enough juice...
Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out. - Cardinal Wolsey
Companies are sure to go for the cheapest available carbon offsets...
The cheapest carbon offset offers seem to come from Nigeria. You just e-mail your credit card information...
I am liking grammatically correctful sentences, but I'm not too worrified by uncorrect spellings and odd expressifications.
Quit whining about global warming!
signed all of us living north of 43N latitude