But he didn't mention any reasons, he just laughed and said no. He didn't give a quick summary of why alcohol and tobacco are legal while cannabis is not. The fact that he didn't give any reasons suggests that he either thinks it's a ridiculously stupid thing to ask or just didn't think the suggestions were worthy of any respect.
It's quite significant. Humans release far more fossil CO2 than any natural processes, even volcanoes are dwarfed.
"Will it stop by itself at some point?"
Maybe if we run out of all fossil fuels, that could be considered "stopping by itself." But otherwise no. In fact there are certain situations where it could sustain itself for some time even if fossil CO2 release is stopped entirely (such as methane clathrate release) and some disastrous side effects you'd want to avoid (like ocean acidification).
"If not, what can we do to minimize it or it's effects?
Stop putting fossil CO2 into the atmosphere, or find a way to deal with increasingly nasty weather. That means making some places ready for Arizona-like conditions and others ready for flooding and heavy rain. Crops will have to be genetically engineered to fit the new conditions. Populations will have to move away from the equator.
The first one sounds easier IMO.
"If we change man's contribution, what benefits will accrue and what costs will we pay? i.e., is it worth it?"
In the long term it's definitely worth it, and it's not outrageously expensive. The problems are more political than financial or technological at this point. A good first step would be to replace all coal plants with nuclear and renewable, coal plants are filthy. The free market will take care of cars (not kidding), within 10-15 years electric cars will just make more sense, and they're power-source-agnostic.
"If the costs of allowing warming are high, can the various nations be convinced to do something about it?"
I've looked at BT over I2P. It's completely incompatible with regular Bittorrent. It's a great idea but there just aren't enough users on there to make it a replacement for regular Bittorrent.
Yes but you shouldn't run BT over Tor. It will be slow as shit for you and you'll be hogging the network. I encourage Tor node operators to block bittorrent over Tor (in fact I think it's blocked by default in recent releases).
Most are set not to force encryption by default. That said I've forced outgoing encryption on my seedbox and the uplink stays pegged all day. I've been thinking of forcing incoming encryption to see how it goes, pretty much all BT clients do support encryption.
Nope doesn't seem that it requires any kind of interception, just specialized local traffic analysis. It does require that you have accurate personal information in your Skype profile. Good luck finding me from that.
We should tell the "cell phones = cancer" nuts that computers definitely do cause cancer. Then at least we can get them off the Internet. From there, we tell them that bearings cause cancer, then their travel is restricted to within foot/horse range of their homes.
Now a GM exec just has to buy a Fisker Karma so he can ride his tax-funded car to his tax-funded job where all tbe profits are private. What are those oil industry regulator women doing nowadays? Maybe he can get a tax-funded blowjob under his desk.
Meanwhile, right-wingers call the OWS movement a bunch of entitled hippies.
This has to be the most ham-fisted law in human history.
Governor: "We want to stop scrap metal theft."
Adviser: "How about harsher penalties for scrap metal theft specifically, or putting some of the liability onto the scrap dealers?"
Governor: "No that's stupid. I know! Let's ban the use of cash for all second-hand goods transactions."
Adviser: "Did you ever think that there might be some people who make legitimate second-hand transactions?"
Governor: "Huh, good point, you finally said something smart for a change. I'll make an exception for once-a-month sellers to allow people to hold garage sales, and have an exception for that most reputable of businesses, the pawn shop. This looks good, send it along! And on the way back see if that campaign poster about how I support civil liberties is finished."
No, the problem is that the staff at most scientific journals are academic types who when push comes to shove are on the side of the Communists and thus do not want to censure them. So they have to speak out in extreme cases like this one to maintain credibility but will quietly accede to the demands once the hubbub dies out a bit.
Hey you know those fluorescent tube lights that offices use? They have a drop of mercury in them as well. Always have.
So, hope you like radically increasing every businesses' power bill and making every office feel like a reptile terrarium as part of your crusade to bring back the good ol' incandescent bulb that works as a space heater and releases a little light as a side-effect.
They must have buried him in a metal casket that's blocking the waves. Good thing they didn't use wood, we know 6 feet of dirt won't do anything to the signal, it can reach right through the planet no problem.
HDCP could be used to prevent this, although there are a few inline HDCP interception devices on the market. If they can monitor for the disconnection of the encrypted data stream they could prevent these from being hooked up, unless the device is turned off first, and I'd assume that any newly booted devices would have to be manually confirmed by an administrator before being allowed access to prevent such attacks.
I understand that but I don't see how it conflicts with what I said...engine designs can greatly affect the amount of power vs. torque - look at the Suzuki Hayabusa engine vs. the G13A as used in the Samurai. Both 1.3L I4s but with wildly different torque and power curves. Put an aftermarket high-torque camshaft in the G13A and it will be even more different.
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For a skeptic you don't put a lot of effort into research:
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2008/10/global-cooling-was-a-myth.html
But he didn't mention any reasons, he just laughed and said no. He didn't give a quick summary of why alcohol and tobacco are legal while cannabis is not. The fact that he didn't give any reasons suggests that he either thinks it's a ridiculously stupid thing to ask or just didn't think the suggestions were worthy of any respect.
"What is man's contribution to global warming?"
It's quite significant. Humans release far more fossil CO2 than any natural processes, even volcanoes are dwarfed.
"Will it stop by itself at some point?"
Maybe if we run out of all fossil fuels, that could be considered "stopping by itself." But otherwise no. In fact there are certain situations where it could sustain itself for some time even if fossil CO2 release is stopped entirely (such as methane clathrate release) and some disastrous side effects you'd want to avoid (like ocean acidification).
"If not, what can we do to minimize it or it's effects?
Stop putting fossil CO2 into the atmosphere, or find a way to deal with increasingly nasty weather. That means making some places ready for Arizona-like conditions and others ready for flooding and heavy rain. Crops will have to be genetically engineered to fit the new conditions. Populations will have to move away from the equator.
The first one sounds easier IMO.
"If we change man's contribution, what benefits will accrue and what costs will we pay? i.e., is it worth it?"
In the long term it's definitely worth it, and it's not outrageously expensive. The problems are more political than financial or technological at this point. A good first step would be to replace all coal plants with nuclear and renewable, coal plants are filthy. The free market will take care of cars (not kidding), within 10-15 years electric cars will just make more sense, and they're power-source-agnostic.
"If the costs of allowing warming are high, can the various nations be convinced to do something about it?"
Probably. Who knows.
I've looked at BT over I2P. It's completely incompatible with regular Bittorrent. It's a great idea but there just aren't enough users on there to make it a replacement for regular Bittorrent.
Huh, the same assumption out of nowhere. It's like it's hardwired into the right-wing brain.
See here:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2488174&cid=37795058
Exactly. Obama at least shows no signs of taking this seriously if he thinks it's OK to just laugh off the top suggestion.
Yes but you shouldn't run BT over Tor. It will be slow as shit for you and you'll be hogging the network. I encourage Tor node operators to block bittorrent over Tor (in fact I think it's blocked by default in recent releases).
True, encryption defeats wiretapping, but not swarm monitoring.
Most are set not to force encryption by default. That said I've forced outgoing encryption on my seedbox and the uplink stays pegged all day. I've been thinking of forcing incoming encryption to see how it goes, pretty much all BT clients do support encryption.
Nope doesn't seem that it requires any kind of interception, just specialized local traffic analysis. It does require that you have accurate personal information in your Skype profile. Good luck finding me from that.
We should tell the "cell phones = cancer" nuts that computers definitely do cause cancer. Then at least we can get them off the Internet. From there, we tell them that bearings cause cancer, then their travel is restricted to within foot/horse range of their homes.
Who said it was the GOP's fault?
Maybe that's why right-wingers hate OWS, they assume OWS supports the Democrats, on whose term they're protesting (???).
And a handy tidbit: apparently the replacement battery for the Tesla (7 years or 70,000 miles) is $12,000
Wow, seriously? That's a steal!
Elise (or AW11, or whatever) - engine + electric motor + replacement Tesla pack = Tesla Roadster for the middle class!
Now a GM exec just has to buy a Fisker Karma so he can ride his tax-funded car to his tax-funded job where all tbe profits are private. What are those oil industry regulator women doing nowadays? Maybe he can get a tax-funded blowjob under his desk.
Meanwhile, right-wingers call the OWS movement a bunch of entitled hippies.
This has to be the most ham-fisted law in human history.
Governor: "We want to stop scrap metal theft."
Adviser: "How about harsher penalties for scrap metal theft specifically, or putting some of the liability onto the scrap dealers?"
Governor: "No that's stupid. I know! Let's ban the use of cash for all second-hand goods transactions."
Adviser: "Did you ever think that there might be some people who make legitimate second-hand transactions?"
Governor: "Huh, good point, you finally said something smart for a change. I'll make an exception for once-a-month sellers to allow people to hold garage sales, and have an exception for that most reputable of businesses, the pawn shop. This looks good, send it along! And on the way back see if that campaign poster about how I support civil liberties is finished."
Can't wait to get my hands on a FOSS clone of it.
No, the problem is that the staff at most scientific journals are academic types who when push comes to shove are on the side of the Communists and thus do not want to censure them. So they have to speak out in extreme cases like this one to maintain credibility but will quietly accede to the demands once the hubbub dies out a bit.
What the shit!? 8-(
You're nuts man.
Hey you know those fluorescent tube lights that offices use? They have a drop of mercury in them as well. Always have.
So, hope you like radically increasing every businesses' power bill and making every office feel like a reptile terrarium as part of your crusade to bring back the good ol' incandescent bulb that works as a space heater and releases a little light as a side-effect.
They must have buried him in a metal casket that's blocking the waves. Good thing they didn't use wood, we know 6 feet of dirt won't do anything to the signal, it can reach right through the planet no problem.
That was my first thought. I want to know if he threw anything, or was excessively sweaty at the time.
But really, calling it a "stolen product?" I never thought he believed his own bullshit.
I'm pretty sure Windows 3.x did that.
My new sig is relevant.
(copied to body for future reading: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2011/10/alt-text-ultraviolet/)
HDCP could be used to prevent this, although there are a few inline HDCP interception devices on the market. If they can monitor for the disconnection of the encrypted data stream they could prevent these from being hooked up, unless the device is turned off first, and I'd assume that any newly booted devices would have to be manually confirmed by an administrator before being allowed access to prevent such attacks.
I understand that but I don't see how it conflicts with what I said...engine designs can greatly affect the amount of power vs. torque - look at the Suzuki Hayabusa engine vs. the G13A as used in the Samurai. Both 1.3L I4s but with wildly different torque and power curves. Put an aftermarket high-torque camshaft in the G13A and it will be even more different.
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