Perhaps Ted. A Klaudt (oops, 13 million)... However I'm sure that Ted. A Klaudt (oh dear) prefers to be called Ted. A Klaudt (14?) and not Ted. A. KLUTZ.
It seems as though, like many women, your best efforts at humor have fallen tragically short due to the sooner-than-expected appearance of a period.
So many extinction level events yet we linger at the precipice of become spacefaring people. Mega volcano? Mega landslide in Hawaii? Defrosting Russian permafrost? Global warming? Comet? Meteor? Gamma ray burst? Solar flare?
Let's take a look at your list:
1) Mega volcano: There have been a grand total of four VEI 8 (highest level of the Volcanic Explosivity Index) eruptions in the last 640,000 years. That's an average of 1 every 160,000 years. The chance of one occurring in any given century was then 0.0625%. Most importantly - none of these wiped out homo sapiens predecessors back then, and it's absurd to think anything equivalent could now.
2) Mega landslide in Hawaii/Canary Islands: Could inundate up to 25 kilometers inland from the coast. Massively destructive? No doubt. Global economic collapse/anarchy? Possibly. Extinction of the human race? What are you smoking?!
3) Defrosting Russian Permafrost/Global Warming: As I couldn't find anything particularly destructive about the defrosting of the Russian permafrost in itself, besides its effect on the warm garments industry, I'm going to assume you're thinking of how it could play a role in fueling global warming. Which also allows us to face the global warming question. Is there any even slightly reputable model that estimates that within the next 200 years this planet will become inhabitable due to global warming? The worst I've ever even heard of, as regards a threat to the existence of our species, is the idea that somehow we'll end up like Venus. If this is even possible, it's not gonna happen overnight, and as the situation actually begins to threaten we'll easily be able to channel our resources and technology into adapting, or developing on off-planet solution. Most likely adapting. Is there the possibility of the loss/adjustment of quality-of-life/lifestyle on major scale? Absolutely. Is there going to be major loss of life? Possibly. Extinction?! No freaking way. Also, global warming isn't an "event" unless you subscribe to the "Day After Tomorrow" hilarity.
4) Comet/Meteor:Wikipedia says that there have been an estimated 60 objects that have struck the Earth with a diameter greater than 5 kilometers in the last 600 million years. These may have resulted in, at most, all 5 mass-extinctions that have taken place in the last 540 million years, the largest killed off 90% of life on Earth. Note that there is disagreement, and lack of evidence that all these mass extinctions were caused by impact events. Even if you believe that no humans would be resourceful enough to survive such an equivalent event; and that the future impact object would not be detected and prepared for, or even prevented; then the likelihood of us being extinguished in any given millenium is about 1 in 90000, or 0.0011%. Personally, I say that for just this millenium we not freak out about it.
5) Gamma Ray Burst/Solar flare: I'm pretty sure a GRB is gonna destroy all life wherever it hits, and it's just as likely to hit any other region of space we might be inhabiting. The only way to protect against it would be spread out over enough of an area that no single GRB could destroy us. Fortunately, the likelihood of a GRB or a solar flare powerful enough to destroy all life is even less than the comet/meteor impact event - seeing as how there hasn't been a single event in the last however many hundreds of millions of years it's been since life began on Earth.
Great post! I, and dozens of intelligent, educated, and honest people that I know, would fall into one of the 2 through 6 categories.
The only adjustment I would make to this post would be to ease off the whole "con man" angle. Although I'm certain that many people feel this way about certain AGW proponents, that term(con man) is more antagonistic than equivalent terms like "disingenuous", "closed to criticism", or "suspicious".
Then ask why the USA spends more on 'defense' than the next 5 countries on the list combined.
There was thing called the Cold War. For 45 years the majority of the (non-communist) world asked the U.S. to step up to the plate against Communism. For 45 years the rest of the world wanted the U.S. to spend more and more on it's military might. We obliged, and setup bases and operations around the world (Germany, South Korea, Japan, etc.) to act as the bulwark for Democracy. We poured money into weapons development to remain one step ahead of the Soviets.
Whenever you spend that much effort building that massive of a system and the bureaucracy that inherently comes with it, it's not going to reduce down to a reasonable size overnight, and the last 8 years of the War on Terror have not helped. War on Terror aside, the rest of the world - over the last 2 generations - is just as responsible for contributing to the current size of the U.S. military as we ourselves are. To say otherwise is to deny the reality of the demands of the global community from 1945 to 1991.
Did the atmosphere rape and murder a girl in 1990? There are witnesses to the fact that the atmosphere was at the location of multiple rapes and murders in 1990. While the rapes and murders were happening!! At the very least the atmosphere should be charged as an accomplice, as crime scene investigators have conclusively demonstrated that the alleged rapists and murderers in the majority of the cases would have been unable to perform the heinous deed if the atmosphere.had not been present.
Who is going to take responsibility for answering our questions? The atmosphere has remained eerily quiet in the face of such bold questions! We must demand answers!
I was wondering the exact same thing. Looks more like they were trying to force the word "d20" into an article about gamers. Probably in some pathetic attempt to imitate the style of Penny Arcade.
Even to the point of hiring contractors to take pictures of your house (from the "street" of course).
Those Google bastards are so evil they even hired contractors to take pictures of the houses of all Bing users, and Yahoo! users, and even the homes of people who don't even use the internet! And taking pictures of all the dumpsters where homeless people sleep! Let alone their insidious cataloging of all the homes of countless squirrels, birds, and other wildlife. What nefarious scheme will they think of next? Taking pictures of the homes of all the fish? Is there no end to depths of depravity and data mining that this company will go?!
Would we even be having this silly discussion if not for that blasted EPA? =P
FTFY. It's hard to know the facts, and be aware of what's currently offered by the (diesel) market, when you have the government agency tasked with emissions regulation spewing FUD.
Other reasons to stop calling it the "Windows 7 Tool" include the similarity between:
"Microsoft Finally Open Sources Windows 7 Tool" and
"Microsoft Finally Open Sources Windows 7 Too!"
I spent the first 30 seconds in shocked disbelief as I tried to remember anything else they've open sourced.
Wait a second here! How are you qualified to question his assumed qualification in saying who is or is not qualified to have a valid opinion on AGW/ACC?
I've read a lot of posts from the GP, and he seems to have a lot of knowledge about diverse fields, as well as over a decade of experience, here on/., in "saying who is qualified" for all sorts of different activities. Although, to be honest, I have had my doubts about some of his assessments of Rob Malda.
That said, there's been a troubling increase of babies born on the spectrum in recent years
All I see is a troubling increase in the number of diagnoses, combined with a troubling increase in the belief that these symptoms require medical/psychiatric attention to normalize any differences. I don't know about you, but I loathe the idea of a society of homogeneous personalities as much as I loathe the idea of an ice cream shop with homogenized flavors. Variety is the spice of life.
...slashdot's way of telling me to stop posting and start reading.
It's views like that that have ruined slashdot. The day that I am discouraged from participating in off-topic flamewars and trolling with copypasta, all the while wielding my stash of mod points like a righteous crowbar of indignation, is the day I lose hope in all that is right in the world!!
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Perhaps Ted. A Klaudt (oops, 13 million) ... However I'm sure that Ted. A Klaudt (oh dear) prefers to be called Ted. A Klaudt (14?) and not Ted. A. KLUTZ.
It seems as though, like many women, your best efforts at humor have fallen tragically short due to the sooner-than-expected appearance of a period.
the pride with which people from the US regard further crimes taking place in gaol disgusts me.
I assure you, no American cares about what takes place at the ends of a soccer field.
Tell that to the people that get told they cant have a domain name that says 'Disney', even if their name IS Disney...
Unless you're willing to fight tooth-and-nail like this brave soul.
I could sure use some naked lady waitress action...
Doesn't sound very hygienic though...
Only on /. - where OCD trumps ribaldry.
So many extinction level events yet we linger at the precipice of become spacefaring people. Mega volcano? Mega landslide in Hawaii? Defrosting Russian permafrost? Global warming? Comet? Meteor? Gamma ray burst? Solar flare?
Let's take a look at your list:
1) Mega volcano: There have been a grand total of four VEI 8 (highest level of the Volcanic Explosivity Index) eruptions in the last 640,000 years. That's an average of 1 every 160,000 years. The chance of one occurring in any given century was then 0.0625%. Most importantly - none of these wiped out homo sapiens predecessors back then, and it's absurd to think anything equivalent could now.
2) Mega landslide in Hawaii/Canary Islands: Could inundate up to 25 kilometers inland from the coast. Massively destructive? No doubt. Global economic collapse/anarchy? Possibly. Extinction of the human race? What are you smoking?!
3) Defrosting Russian Permafrost/Global Warming: As I couldn't find anything particularly destructive about the defrosting of the Russian permafrost in itself, besides its effect on the warm garments industry, I'm going to assume you're thinking of how it could play a role in fueling global warming. Which also allows us to face the global warming question. Is there any even slightly reputable model that estimates that within the next 200 years this planet will become inhabitable due to global warming? The worst I've ever even heard of, as regards a threat to the existence of our species, is the idea that somehow we'll end up like Venus. If this is even possible, it's not gonna happen overnight, and as the situation actually begins to threaten we'll easily be able to channel our resources and technology into adapting, or developing on off-planet solution. Most likely adapting. Is there the possibility of the loss/adjustment of quality-of-life/lifestyle on major scale? Absolutely. Is there going to be major loss of life? Possibly. Extinction?! No freaking way. Also, global warming isn't an "event" unless you subscribe to the "Day After Tomorrow" hilarity.
4) Comet/Meteor: Wikipedia says that there have been an estimated 60 objects that have struck the Earth with a diameter greater than 5 kilometers in the last 600 million years. These may have resulted in, at most, all 5 mass-extinctions that have taken place in the last 540 million years, the largest killed off 90% of life on Earth. Note that there is disagreement, and lack of evidence that all these mass extinctions were caused by impact events. Even if you believe that no humans would be resourceful enough to survive such an equivalent event; and that the future impact object would not be detected and prepared for, or even prevented; then the likelihood of us being extinguished in any given millenium is about 1 in 90000, or 0.0011%. Personally, I say that for just this millenium we not freak out about it.
5) Gamma Ray Burst/Solar flare: I'm pretty sure a GRB is gonna destroy all life wherever it hits, and it's just as likely to hit any other region of space we might be inhabiting. The only way to protect against it would be spread out over enough of an area that no single GRB could destroy us. Fortunately, the likelihood of a GRB or a solar flare powerful enough to destroy all life is even less than the comet/meteor impact event - seeing as how there hasn't been a single event in the last however many hundreds of millions of years it's been since life began on Earth.
Basically, the gist of all this perspective i
You realize it's the 6th most populous state, with the 6th most populous city...
And it happens to be the 6th largest emitter of carbon dioxide. Could Pennsylvania be, hmmm... SATAN!?!
Great post! I, and dozens of intelligent, educated, and honest people that I know, would fall into one of the 2 through 6 categories.
The only adjustment I would make to this post would be to ease off the whole "con man" angle. Although I'm certain that many people feel this way about certain AGW proponents, that term(con man) is more antagonistic than equivalent terms like "disingenuous", "closed to criticism", or "suspicious".
In Soviet Russia, the tree strikes the lightning! (That's my first Soviet Russia attempt. w00t)
Please. Don't ever attempt that again. Ever.
What's the ink made of? Oil?
Baby seals
Which are a proven renewable resource!
Then ask why the USA spends more on 'defense' than the next 5 countries on the list combined.
There was thing called the Cold War. For 45 years the majority of the (non-communist) world asked the U.S. to step up to the plate against Communism. For 45 years the rest of the world wanted the U.S. to spend more and more on it's military might. We obliged, and setup bases and operations around the world (Germany, South Korea, Japan, etc.) to act as the bulwark for Democracy. We poured money into weapons development to remain one step ahead of the Soviets.
Whenever you spend that much effort building that massive of a system and the bureaucracy that inherently comes with it, it's not going to reduce down to a reasonable size overnight, and the last 8 years of the War on Terror have not helped. War on Terror aside, the rest of the world - over the last 2 generations - is just as responsible for contributing to the current size of the U.S. military as we ourselves are. To say otherwise is to deny the reality of the demands of the global community from 1945 to 1991.
but really, were would any of us be without Slashdot?
Working?
Did the atmosphere rape and murder a girl in 1990? There are witnesses to the fact that the atmosphere was at the location of multiple rapes and murders in 1990. While the rapes and murders were happening!! At the very least the atmosphere should be charged as an accomplice, as crime scene investigators have conclusively demonstrated that the alleged rapists and murderers in the majority of the cases would have been unable to perform the heinous deed if the atmosphere.had not been present.
Who is going to take responsibility for answering our questions? The atmosphere has remained eerily quiet in the face of such bold questions! We must demand answers!
Ha! I wasn't even logged in when I typed that. *sigh*
Or maybe you were posting with that 3-digit account you thought you had... unfortunately I think everyone else also has access to UID (666).
I was wondering the exact same thing. Looks more like they were trying to force the word "d20" into an article about gamers. Probably in some pathetic attempt to imitate the style of Penny Arcade.
Even to the point of hiring contractors to take pictures of your house (from the "street" of course).
Those Google bastards are so evil they even hired contractors to take pictures of the houses of all Bing users, and Yahoo! users, and even the homes of people who don't even use the internet! And taking pictures of all the dumpsters where homeless people sleep! Let alone their insidious cataloging of all the homes of countless squirrels, birds, and other wildlife. What nefarious scheme will they think of next? Taking pictures of the homes of all the fish? Is there no end to depths of depravity and data mining that this company will go?!
Would we even be having this silly discussion if not for that blasted EPA? =P
FTFY. It's hard to know the facts, and be aware of what's currently offered by the (diesel) market, when you have the government agency tasked with emissions regulation spewing FUD.
I'm pretty sure they've got prior art.
And 300 pixels are worth 3.060575122 * 10^614 pictures
I'd consider that a sufficiently small value of infinite.
Welcome to slashdot.org
If irony was strawberries, we'd all be having smoothies right now.
Other reasons to stop calling it the "Windows 7 Tool" include the similarity between:
"Microsoft Finally Open Sources Windows 7 Tool" and
"Microsoft Finally Open Sources Windows 7 Too!"
I spent the first 30 seconds in shocked disbelief as I tried to remember anything else they've open sourced.
Wait a second here! How are you qualified to question his assumed qualification in saying who is or is not qualified to have a valid opinion on AGW/ACC?
/., in "saying who is qualified" for all sorts of different activities. Although, to be honest, I have had my doubts about some of his assessments of Rob Malda.
I've read a lot of posts from the GP, and he seems to have a lot of knowledge about diverse fields, as well as over a decade of experience, here on
After all it's an online medium so no-one cares what you look like.
Indeed.
That said, there's been a troubling increase of babies born on the spectrum in recent years
All I see is a troubling increase in the number of diagnoses, combined with a troubling increase in the belief that these symptoms require medical/psychiatric attention to normalize any differences. I don't know about you, but I loathe the idea of a society of homogeneous personalities as much as I loathe the idea of an ice cream shop with homogenized flavors. Variety is the spice of life.
Except that multiple images from multiple angles show a circular phenomenon, which means that the source must be roughly spherical.
Also, there are no clouds in any of the images.
Also, you're an idiot.
...slashdot's way of telling me to stop posting and start reading.
It's views like that that have ruined slashdot. The day that I am discouraged from participating in off-topic flamewars and trolling with copypasta, all the while wielding my stash of mod points like a righteous crowbar of indignation, is the day I lose hope in all that is right in the world!!