You're probably right - but a precedent has been set. Next step, is to find some legal means to get into the pockets of the primary shareholders, and/or the parent corporation. I certainly HOPE that some bright, imaginative young lawyer can find a way to do so. THAT precedent would be the best thing to happen in a long time!
My sidewise sarcasm failed to make it's mark. When one reads the various documents associated with the founding of this nation, it becomes apparent that you and I are the government, along with about 350 million other citizens. At least, that was the plan. Something seems to have happened along the way, though.
Actually - government does need more power. Whatever happened to that "for the people, by the people, and of the people" thing? I guess that got shitcanned sometime around Grant's day. The Teapot scandal was all about making rich men richer, and I can't see that much has changed since then.
Today, there are people protesting in the streets, trying to get government's attention, and the response is to make those protests illegal, and to jail the protesters. Didn't they do the same thing in the '60's and '70's?
I think that I failed to properly make my point. The "particular function" thing. There is more than one way to accomplish a task, and carburetor makers proved that. Unless you're at least a little bit of a motorhead, you might argue that all carbs look alike. And, even a motorhead will have to admit that most automotive carbs look superficially alike. But, there were several contemporary patents granted. A Carter carb doesn't work quite like a Holly does, nor do any of the other brands that were on the market. No one was awarded a patent for "mixing fuel vapor and air". People had to be more specific than just mixing something!
"A patent restricts all machines implementing a particular function."
Are you sure that is an accurate statement? Maybe you would care to define "particular function"? We can never get far from automotive analogies - so, how about all those different brands and types of carburetors that were sold for cars? Stock carbs, aftermarket carbs, from a dozen or more manufacturers, sold under several different brand names. They all performed a particular function - mixing fuel and air in an efficiently combustible ratio. But, they didn't all do that same thing in precisely the same way. Same function, different approaches. I've never read that the same patent holder got royalties from every automotive manufacturer, as well as all small engine manufacturers, outboard manufacturers, and any other industry that used a carburetor.
If you really want to get down to the nitty gritty, all those diesel engines would have to license the same patent. The fuel pump and injectors on a diesel served the same "particular function" that a carb performs on a gasoline engine, albeit in a different manner.
Wrong answer. Suppression is suppression, and that is pretty much the end of the equation. The protests in Syria seem to have left a couple hundred bodies in their wake. If/when the government decides to put a stop to OWS, you think the body count will be less? Oh, the cops will TRY not to kill anyoen, and they'll TRY nonlethal force first. But, when push comes to shove, the government will enforce it's will, and damn the body count.
Ditto in the UK, Germany, or any other country.
Colonel GoofDaffy set an example that you can be sure all other governments will follow. They won't step down, they won't change, unless and until the masses apply force to the equation.
You make one of the biggest ASSumptions possible. You ASSume that the government actually cares about the welfare of it's people. In this day, when most western governments are owned by the corporations, the government views you as an ASSet - nothing more, and nothing less. If/when they begin to view you as a liability, all that surveillance will get you killed.
There is nothing that "MS could care less about" when it comes to computing. MS has engaged in one of the biggest social engineering experiments in history. They are actively engaged in conditioning children worldwide, to use Microsoft products.
So, yes, they would rather give away a copy of Windows, than to see that computer running Linux, Unix, Mac, or any other operating system. Teach them early, if possible, but teach them whenever possible, that Windows is the one and only operating system!
Interesting link. And, now, I'm wondering . . . Has Mountain Dew decreased their caffeine content, or did I just read some propaganda? My primary reason to stop drinking MD was a chronic stomach problem. Acid, or something. But, the caffeine was a factor. And, I specifically remember reading that MD had about twice as much caffeine as coffee did.
According to that link, none of the most popular soft drinks has as much caffeine as coffee. Not even tea!
Those sodas which contain caffeine are well known to have more caffeine than coffee. Mountain Dew is near the top of the list. And, yes, I was actually "addicted" to Mountain Dew at one time. I substituted coffee for Mountain Dew, so now I'm addicted to coffee. A little less caffeine, for a lot less money!
Actually - I think that marijuana is psychologically addictive. Less so than either cigarettes or alcohol, but addictive all the same. What marijuana is NOT, is physically addictive, which both cigarettes and alcohol are.
And, no amount of denial from potheads will change that. The only thing that is likely to change my mind is real, clinical study. You know, scientific methods of research. FFS, fat people would have you to believe that eating zero calories per day for months on end results in no weight loss. If fatties can't be relied on for facts, then why should pot heads be any more credible?
Whoa, now. You've obviously read something into my posts which isn't there. Did I actually say that Anonymous should abandon their efforts? Did I say that they should just write off their former member? I don't recall saying that.
What I HAVE said is, if Anonymous takes on any of the drug cartels, they are entering an entirely new and different world than they have operated in, in the past. And, there will almost certainly be some bodies left lying about. I most certainly DID say that the average naive script kiddie should steer clear of the situation. Some twelve year old moron who thinks he's real bad, because he can hack his mother's computer, and he can beat up his little sister is in for a rude awakening if he's within reach of Zeta. Zeta's victims don't die easily.
Actually, no. I haven't researched just how they identified the botnet. It's possible that they exceeded any reasonable authority to do so. But, once the botnet was identified, it seems that they went to court, seeking reparations, and to shut the net down. That much seems reasonable. I would do as much. Search and seizure? It would seem that the court did that, after being presented with some reasonable evidence.
As I already said, I don't even like Microsoft. But, I can't go for mindlessly bashing Microsoft, either. It appears that MS was doing the right thing this time around, by stopping a botnet.
MS will leverage whatever information they have to ensure that the domains are hosted on WINDOWS computers. GP's question seems reasonable to me. MS would rather give away a Windows Server license or ten, than to see the server running any other OS. MS would rather see Windows pirated, than to see kids learning how to use a real operating system.
What does Piatti get? He gets a bot-free business. Damage to his company's reputation? That's HIS problem, seeing that he carelessly allowed his domains to be used for bot-netting. He caused the damage himself, by way of neglect.
I don't even like Microsoft, and I resent the fact that you have forced me to defend Microsoft. FFS, AC, have you no sense at all? If the White House were to come under cybernetic attack, and the majority of those attacks appeared to originate from my house, you bet your ASS that the Secret Service will be knocking on my door, with a battering ram! They will confiscate every electronic device I own, they will confiscate my ass, and they will publicize my arrest around the world.
In which case, I will be solely responsible for the "damage" to my reputation, for having failed to secure my computers.
That particular article pays tribute to one of many of the narco's "saints". One must understand a bit of history, to understand the myriad other "saints". The Azteca were death worshippers. Their capital was home to that infamous pyramid, atop which captives, slaves, and/or political opponents were killed.
Along came the Spaniards, and the Catholic church. Officially, and openly, people converted to Christianity. Covertly, however, the Azteca pulled off the same trick that others throughout the Caribbean and South America did. They clothed some of the old gods and "saints" in robes borrowed from Catholicism.
Of course, if one only looks at the flag of Mexico, he will see that Mexico has incorporated nothing of Catholicism, Chritianity, democracy, or any other European ideas into that flag. The flag depicts the legend of how Mexico City was established in the middle of a swamp, by a death worshipping druggy, later deified as part of the Azteca cult.
Yes - I understand who and what Anonymous is. You seem to miss an important point about Anonymous. While the rank and file of Anonymous is indeed very much anonymous, there are some core leaders who are very much less anonymous than the hangers on. The script kiddie who checks the forums now and then, and occasionally participates in an attack, is indeed quite anonymous. Not so with some of the higher profile people. While HBGary made complete asses of themselves, it is NOT an insurmountable task for a dedicated group of IT professionals to identify and locate some of the most active members of Anonymous. In fact, I'd be very surprised if the CIA and/or FBI haven't already done so.
Now, back to my point. To date, Anonymous has mostly gone after corporations, governments, and individuals who are civilized. To attack any criminal organization with no government, church, or social oversight is dangerous. Take a look at what is happening in Mexico today. People are butchered. In fact, truckloads and busloads of people are butchered. Many mass graves have been discovered in Mexico, some holding hundreds of bodies, others only dozens. In other cases, pickup trucks loaded with bodies have been dumped on major thoroughfares. The cartels are as lawless, and as savage as any organization in the world.
The most insane Muslim radicals have nothing on the cartels.
If and when the cartels identify anyone who they think belongs to Anonymous, we will be reading about yet another dismembered body, whether that body be in Mexico or the United States.
Oh yeah - Zeta doesn't have any special burden of proof to meet. If some foot soldier is only partly sure that he has identified an Anonymous member, that's good enough. No burden of proof, at all. In fact, if they are half sure that Anonymous has a member who lives in a subdivision, but can't determine who it is, they may well round up every living soul in that subdivision, slaughter them all, and leave one of their famous messages. Written in the victim's blood, of course.
Be as facetious as you care to be. No other nation on earth declared a "War on Drugs", then spent untold billions persuading other nations to join that war. No other nation imports as many drugs as we do, while at the same time incarcerating everyone caught doing so. We have indeed created the situation in Mexico. The fact that so many Mexican officials are corrupt only makes the problem worse. The situation is our creation.
Got anything constructive to say? Would you like to refute any of my points? Or, would you prefer to make more pointless, inane comments?
Perhaps you can point out, where, in my post, I referenced Somalis, or Africans, or black people? Perhaps you can quote the part where I suggested that Americans, or Europeans, or even Asians are somehow better than your poor, poor, pitiful Somalis?
Dude, if/when climate change really does cause major droughts, you're going to have dead people of every color, around the world. Drought has no respect for national boundaries.
Now - since YOU mentioned Somalia first - maybe you can cry me a freaking river? Google "unruly". You'll get a picture of a Somali. Google "ungovernable", and you'll get an image of another Somali. Google for "chaos", and you'll get a map of Somalia. Don't like Google? Alright, how about you Bing "savages". Ha ha! More images of Somalis!
Disagree with me? Go study Somali history before you even try to argue. They are desert nomads, who have no respect for the rule of law. They have benefited from some of modern civilization's medical and agricultural advances - all freely GIVEN to them. But, they have taken on none of the responsibilities of modern civilization. The BEST thing that could happen to them, is a massive die out. The land will support maybe 20% of their present population, no more. The SECOND BEST thing that could happen to them, is for an outside power to impose law and order on them. Personally, I could care less if that outside power were China, or Islam, or Rome, or Saudi fucking Arabia. As long as it isn't the United States, I'd be happy.
Sure, there's enough food for everyone. But, at what cost? Think outside your own personal little box. Man has populated and crowded out a long, long, long list of animals. Raptors, for one, like seclusion. How many nesting places are left for raptors in the eastern US, from which man's noisy contraptions can't be heard? Think. We drain swamps, we water deserts, we build sand dunes along the shores, all to provide places for people to live. And, what of all those critters that used to live there?
I stand by my previous statement. You will note that I said nothing about a shortage of food - I merely pointed out that our quality of life would improve, and that the world would be happier. Food is not the limiting factor, and you seem to agree with me on that point. Food might become a limiting factor, though, once we have poisoned a few thousand more thousands of square miles, and paved a few tens of thousands more. Mankind just may starve itself, if he doesn't find a better, faster way of killing himself first!
Me, a zealot? Hey - I admit that the earth is growing warmer. The zealots are those who insist that man is the primary cause of that warming. In short, you're an idiot if you believe what you posted. On the other hand - if you're just making noise to get an argument, you're doing a fine job.
You include that "region depopulating" bit, as if it were a "bad thing".
Have you noticed that the earth is overpopulated? We've crowded out most of the rest of nature's creatures. We've cut down half or more of the foliage. We are so overcrowded, that we now build homes on top of our refuse dumps.
Something tells me that if we were to be depopulated by about 50%, mankind's "quality of life" would improve drastically. The earth would be much happier!
1. The primary reason for global warming is historical - the earth cycles between glacial and interglacial periods.
2. I don't believe that mankind has accelerated that warming much, if any.
3. I am 100% convinced that all the current efforts to combat global warming are merely schemes to line people's pockets, ie, Al Gore and his "carbon credits".
You're right - turnabout is fair play. Ten or twenty years from now, the temperature WILL have gone up. The weird weather events WILL NOT go away. By then, hopefully, people will have come to understand that life is life. Things change, we adapt, or we die. Nothing has changed since the very first life form appeared on this earth! Adapt, or die.
"Articles like this only serve to fuel the emotional bickering which has absolutely no place in science."
The point you seem to be missing is, there exists a new religion, centered on global warming. Some days, it masquerades as science, other days it is a nakedly emotional issue. And, the zealots look forward to the day that witch hunts become commonplace. The human animal just loves his violence, and his inquisitions. Deprived of the inquisitions supplied by the Catholic Church, mankind must evolve a new religion, and a new church to satisfy his need for righteous violence.
Just so you know - Mexico is pretty big. I think they have 30 states. If each of those states were to apply for, and be accepted, as member states in the United States of America, there would then be about 80 states. So, let's just shitcan that 51 states nonsense, alright?
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You're probably right - but a precedent has been set. Next step, is to find some legal means to get into the pockets of the primary shareholders, and/or the parent corporation. I certainly HOPE that some bright, imaginative young lawyer can find a way to do so. THAT precedent would be the best thing to happen in a long time!
My sidewise sarcasm failed to make it's mark. When one reads the various documents associated with the founding of this nation, it becomes apparent that you and I are the government, along with about 350 million other citizens. At least, that was the plan. Something seems to have happened along the way, though.
Actually - government does need more power. Whatever happened to that "for the people, by the people, and of the people" thing? I guess that got shitcanned sometime around Grant's day. The Teapot scandal was all about making rich men richer, and I can't see that much has changed since then.
Today, there are people protesting in the streets, trying to get government's attention, and the response is to make those protests illegal, and to jail the protesters. Didn't they do the same thing in the '60's and '70's?
I think that I failed to properly make my point. The "particular function" thing. There is more than one way to accomplish a task, and carburetor makers proved that. Unless you're at least a little bit of a motorhead, you might argue that all carbs look alike. And, even a motorhead will have to admit that most automotive carbs look superficially alike. But, there were several contemporary patents granted. A Carter carb doesn't work quite like a Holly does, nor do any of the other brands that were on the market. No one was awarded a patent for "mixing fuel vapor and air". People had to be more specific than just mixing something!
"A patent restricts all machines implementing a particular function."
Are you sure that is an accurate statement? Maybe you would care to define "particular function"? We can never get far from automotive analogies - so, how about all those different brands and types of carburetors that were sold for cars? Stock carbs, aftermarket carbs, from a dozen or more manufacturers, sold under several different brand names. They all performed a particular function - mixing fuel and air in an efficiently combustible ratio. But, they didn't all do that same thing in precisely the same way. Same function, different approaches. I've never read that the same patent holder got royalties from every automotive manufacturer, as well as all small engine manufacturers, outboard manufacturers, and any other industry that used a carburetor.
If you really want to get down to the nitty gritty, all those diesel engines would have to license the same patent. The fuel pump and injectors on a diesel served the same "particular function" that a carb performs on a gasoline engine, albeit in a different manner.
Wrong answer. Suppression is suppression, and that is pretty much the end of the equation. The protests in Syria seem to have left a couple hundred bodies in their wake. If/when the government decides to put a stop to OWS, you think the body count will be less? Oh, the cops will TRY not to kill anyoen, and they'll TRY nonlethal force first. But, when push comes to shove, the government will enforce it's will, and damn the body count.
Ditto in the UK, Germany, or any other country.
Colonel GoofDaffy set an example that you can be sure all other governments will follow. They won't step down, they won't change, unless and until the masses apply force to the equation.
You make one of the biggest ASSumptions possible. You ASSume that the government actually cares about the welfare of it's people. In this day, when most western governments are owned by the corporations, the government views you as an ASSet - nothing more, and nothing less. If/when they begin to view you as a liability, all that surveillance will get you killed.
http://www.google.com/search?cx=w&sourceid=chrome&client=ubuntu&channel=cs&ie=UTF-8&q=microsoft+donate+Windows
Of those hits, this one seems to be more to the point than the rest I've looked at:
http://www.encludeit.org/node/2494
There is nothing that "MS could care less about" when it comes to computing. MS has engaged in one of the biggest social engineering experiments in history. They are actively engaged in conditioning children worldwide, to use Microsoft products.
So, yes, they would rather give away a copy of Windows, than to see that computer running Linux, Unix, Mac, or any other operating system. Teach them early, if possible, but teach them whenever possible, that Windows is the one and only operating system!
Interesting link. And, now, I'm wondering . . . Has Mountain Dew decreased their caffeine content, or did I just read some propaganda? My primary reason to stop drinking MD was a chronic stomach problem. Acid, or something. But, the caffeine was a factor. And, I specifically remember reading that MD had about twice as much caffeine as coffee did.
According to that link, none of the most popular soft drinks has as much caffeine as coffee. Not even tea!
Those sodas which contain caffeine are well known to have more caffeine than coffee. Mountain Dew is near the top of the list. And, yes, I was actually "addicted" to Mountain Dew at one time. I substituted coffee for Mountain Dew, so now I'm addicted to coffee. A little less caffeine, for a lot less money!
Actually - I think that marijuana is psychologically addictive. Less so than either cigarettes or alcohol, but addictive all the same. What marijuana is NOT, is physically addictive, which both cigarettes and alcohol are.
And, no amount of denial from potheads will change that. The only thing that is likely to change my mind is real, clinical study. You know, scientific methods of research. FFS, fat people would have you to believe that eating zero calories per day for months on end results in no weight loss. If fatties can't be relied on for facts, then why should pot heads be any more credible?
Whoa, now. You've obviously read something into my posts which isn't there. Did I actually say that Anonymous should abandon their efforts? Did I say that they should just write off their former member? I don't recall saying that.
What I HAVE said is, if Anonymous takes on any of the drug cartels, they are entering an entirely new and different world than they have operated in, in the past. And, there will almost certainly be some bodies left lying about. I most certainly DID say that the average naive script kiddie should steer clear of the situation. Some twelve year old moron who thinks he's real bad, because he can hack his mother's computer, and he can beat up his little sister is in for a rude awakening if he's within reach of Zeta. Zeta's victims don't die easily.
Actually, no. I haven't researched just how they identified the botnet. It's possible that they exceeded any reasonable authority to do so. But, once the botnet was identified, it seems that they went to court, seeking reparations, and to shut the net down. That much seems reasonable. I would do as much. Search and seizure? It would seem that the court did that, after being presented with some reasonable evidence.
As I already said, I don't even like Microsoft. But, I can't go for mindlessly bashing Microsoft, either. It appears that MS was doing the right thing this time around, by stopping a botnet.
MS will leverage whatever information they have to ensure that the domains are hosted on WINDOWS computers. GP's question seems reasonable to me. MS would rather give away a Windows Server license or ten, than to see the server running any other OS. MS would rather see Windows pirated, than to see kids learning how to use a real operating system.
What does Piatti get? He gets a bot-free business. Damage to his company's reputation? That's HIS problem, seeing that he carelessly allowed his domains to be used for bot-netting. He caused the damage himself, by way of neglect.
I don't even like Microsoft, and I resent the fact that you have forced me to defend Microsoft. FFS, AC, have you no sense at all? If the White House were to come under cybernetic attack, and the majority of those attacks appeared to originate from my house, you bet your ASS that the Secret Service will be knocking on my door, with a battering ram! They will confiscate every electronic device I own, they will confiscate my ass, and they will publicize my arrest around the world.
In which case, I will be solely responsible for the "damage" to my reputation, for having failed to secure my computers.
That particular article pays tribute to one of many of the narco's "saints". One must understand a bit of history, to understand the myriad other "saints". The Azteca were death worshippers. Their capital was home to that infamous pyramid, atop which captives, slaves, and/or political opponents were killed.
Along came the Spaniards, and the Catholic church. Officially, and openly, people converted to Christianity. Covertly, however, the Azteca pulled off the same trick that others throughout the Caribbean and South America did. They clothed some of the old gods and "saints" in robes borrowed from Catholicism.
http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/Santa-Muerte/santa-muerte.htm
Of course, if one only looks at the flag of Mexico, he will see that Mexico has incorporated nothing of Catholicism, Chritianity, democracy, or any other European ideas into that flag. The flag depicts the legend of how Mexico City was established in the middle of a swamp, by a death worshipping druggy, later deified as part of the Azteca cult.
In short, you're about 1000% right!
Yes - I understand who and what Anonymous is. You seem to miss an important point about Anonymous. While the rank and file of Anonymous is indeed very much anonymous, there are some core leaders who are very much less anonymous than the hangers on. The script kiddie who checks the forums now and then, and occasionally participates in an attack, is indeed quite anonymous. Not so with some of the higher profile people. While HBGary made complete asses of themselves, it is NOT an insurmountable task for a dedicated group of IT professionals to identify and locate some of the most active members of Anonymous. In fact, I'd be very surprised if the CIA and/or FBI haven't already done so.
Now, back to my point. To date, Anonymous has mostly gone after corporations, governments, and individuals who are civilized. To attack any criminal organization with no government, church, or social oversight is dangerous. Take a look at what is happening in Mexico today. People are butchered. In fact, truckloads and busloads of people are butchered. Many mass graves have been discovered in Mexico, some holding hundreds of bodies, others only dozens. In other cases, pickup trucks loaded with bodies have been dumped on major thoroughfares. The cartels are as lawless, and as savage as any organization in the world.
The most insane Muslim radicals have nothing on the cartels.
If and when the cartels identify anyone who they think belongs to Anonymous, we will be reading about yet another dismembered body, whether that body be in Mexico or the United States.
Oh yeah - Zeta doesn't have any special burden of proof to meet. If some foot soldier is only partly sure that he has identified an Anonymous member, that's good enough. No burden of proof, at all. In fact, if they are half sure that Anonymous has a member who lives in a subdivision, but can't determine who it is, they may well round up every living soul in that subdivision, slaughter them all, and leave one of their famous messages. Written in the victim's blood, of course.
Be as facetious as you care to be. No other nation on earth declared a "War on Drugs", then spent untold billions persuading other nations to join that war. No other nation imports as many drugs as we do, while at the same time incarcerating everyone caught doing so. We have indeed created the situation in Mexico. The fact that so many Mexican officials are corrupt only makes the problem worse. The situation is our creation.
Got anything constructive to say? Would you like to refute any of my points? Or, would you prefer to make more pointless, inane comments?
Perhaps you can point out, where, in my post, I referenced Somalis, or Africans, or black people? Perhaps you can quote the part where I suggested that Americans, or Europeans, or even Asians are somehow better than your poor, poor, pitiful Somalis?
Dude, if/when climate change really does cause major droughts, you're going to have dead people of every color, around the world. Drought has no respect for national boundaries.
Now - since YOU mentioned Somalia first - maybe you can cry me a freaking river? Google "unruly". You'll get a picture of a Somali. Google "ungovernable", and you'll get an image of another Somali. Google for "chaos", and you'll get a map of Somalia. Don't like Google? Alright, how about you Bing "savages". Ha ha! More images of Somalis!
Disagree with me? Go study Somali history before you even try to argue. They are desert nomads, who have no respect for the rule of law. They have benefited from some of modern civilization's medical and agricultural advances - all freely GIVEN to them. But, they have taken on none of the responsibilities of modern civilization. The BEST thing that could happen to them, is a massive die out. The land will support maybe 20% of their present population, no more. The SECOND BEST thing that could happen to them, is for an outside power to impose law and order on them. Personally, I could care less if that outside power were China, or Islam, or Rome, or Saudi fucking Arabia. As long as it isn't the United States, I'd be happy.
Sure, there's enough food for everyone. But, at what cost? Think outside your own personal little box. Man has populated and crowded out a long, long, long list of animals. Raptors, for one, like seclusion. How many nesting places are left for raptors in the eastern US, from which man's noisy contraptions can't be heard? Think. We drain swamps, we water deserts, we build sand dunes along the shores, all to provide places for people to live. And, what of all those critters that used to live there?
I stand by my previous statement. You will note that I said nothing about a shortage of food - I merely pointed out that our quality of life would improve, and that the world would be happier. Food is not the limiting factor, and you seem to agree with me on that point. Food might become a limiting factor, though, once we have poisoned a few thousand more thousands of square miles, and paved a few tens of thousands more. Mankind just may starve itself, if he doesn't find a better, faster way of killing himself first!
Me, a zealot? Hey - I admit that the earth is growing warmer. The zealots are those who insist that man is the primary cause of that warming. In short, you're an idiot if you believe what you posted. On the other hand - if you're just making noise to get an argument, you're doing a fine job.
You include that "region depopulating" bit, as if it were a "bad thing".
Have you noticed that the earth is overpopulated? We've crowded out most of the rest of nature's creatures. We've cut down half or more of the foliage. We are so overcrowded, that we now build homes on top of our refuse dumps.
Something tells me that if we were to be depopulated by about 50%, mankind's "quality of life" would improve drastically. The earth would be much happier!
Write my name down.
1. The primary reason for global warming is historical - the earth cycles between glacial and interglacial periods.
2. I don't believe that mankind has accelerated that warming much, if any.
3. I am 100% convinced that all the current efforts to combat global warming are merely schemes to line people's pockets, ie, Al Gore and his "carbon credits".
You're right - turnabout is fair play. Ten or twenty years from now, the temperature WILL have gone up. The weird weather events WILL NOT go away. By then, hopefully, people will have come to understand that life is life. Things change, we adapt, or we die. Nothing has changed since the very first life form appeared on this earth! Adapt, or die.
"Articles like this only serve to fuel the emotional bickering which has absolutely no place in science."
The point you seem to be missing is, there exists a new religion, centered on global warming. Some days, it masquerades as science, other days it is a nakedly emotional issue. And, the zealots look forward to the day that witch hunts become commonplace. The human animal just loves his violence, and his inquisitions. Deprived of the inquisitions supplied by the Catholic Church, mankind must evolve a new religion, and a new church to satisfy his need for righteous violence.
Just so you know - Mexico is pretty big. I think they have 30 states. If each of those states were to apply for, and be accepted, as member states in the United States of America, there would then be about 80 states. So, let's just shitcan that 51 states nonsense, alright?