Older neighbor actually. Can't say if the results were due to being ~12 years old, having an addictive personality (alcoholism runs in the family, can't say if I've inherited anything really or not, I just stay away from it) or something else. All I know is I'm one data point on that rather large graph...
I was hooked on my first couple of cigarettes and could hardly stay away from them for a couple of months until the addition drained to manageable levels. I still want cigarettes when someone around me smokes, and all this is on about a half a dozen smoked over fifteen years ago.
Seems like it might be better for prisons pay for themselves through prison labor but then locals would probably complain all their minimum wage jobs are unavailable to the normal population...
Honestly though, I bought an I7 desktop almost two years ago with 12Gb of memory and a pretty good graphics card. I haven't found any reason why that PC isn't still fast enough for about for of anything I use it for today. This compares to ten years ago when a two year old desktop simply cried with the lowest settings of the newest computer games.
Right. When an observation conflicts with years of previous observations, double check the most recent observation. When an observation conflicts with years of theory and computer models...
This is what pissed me off with so many modern applications, why oh why do you make me click through stuff I could use shortcuts for in a tenth of the time?!
Those three laws need to be applied to whatever is smart enough to make such decisions. Since all smartphones only follow their programming and don't have complex enough programming to understand how to apply the laws, those who wrote the programming need to have the three laws applied to them. Given that most humans break the three laws regularly, I'm not sure this will work too well.
I think the water behind dams may have a higher evaporation rate. Though my understanding of the Colarado river and such, the bigger issue is that diversion for irrigation is leading to the river essentially drying up before it reaches the ocean.
Glad it works for you, I'm still waiting for it to be affordable to me. My typical monthly electric bill is $50 a month so half that would be $300 a year or 16 years 8 months of operation with no maintenance to pay for itself.
Just bemoaning my predicament though... enjoy your solar:)
I don't think its so much the strong emotional attachments so much as evolution doesn't do much for the fear of death whereas religion does. Could be wrong though...
Actually I'm just picking the first data I could find searching on google and too lazy to search any further for data supporting one way or the other. Works good when work is boring the S out of me...
I eat fast food or less than healthy restaurants at least a couple times a week and my wife's cooking from scratch isn't exactly healthy but it is damn tasty. I'm 5'9 and 145 pounds (OK 148 but working my way back down again...). I can't say for sure what keeps me at a healthy weight but I think it's bringing in one lunch bag of food and eating that throughout my work day. Probably ~750 calories. Then having a plate of food for dinner.
I also try to lift weights and hit the bike three times a week but working OT lowers how often that happens. So I don't think its really exercise that is my "diet", just not eating a lot. There is some to be said for quality vs quantity but my quality is pretty lousy and I'm still pretty healthy from low quantity.
Did you read the parts where I said very short and variants? What I'm pointing out is there are things within the trend that need to be understood better. Also the linked graph indicates either cooling or leveling out in temperature over the past decade.
Interesting though when someone states I'm not saying there is no global warming, just that we need to understand it better that the responses are often defensive. I'm not attacking global warming, just saying to continue research with an open mind while we decide what to do.
Those same people who don't complain at all about the propane facilities I drive by regularly.
I think a major part of it is fear of the unknown. When a propane facility lights off, everyone knows exactly where the danger is (the great big fireballs and those metal tanks dropping from the sky). When a radiation accident happens, you can't see the danger and by the time you find out you've been exposed its too late. The danger is the same (probably higher for non-radioactive accidents...) but the fear factor is much higher because radiation is the ghost in the night...
Averaging the global land and ocean as a whole, the combined land and ocean surface temperature during March 2012 was 0.46C (0.83F) above the 20th century average of 12.7C (54.9F), resulting in the coolest March temperature since 1999 and ranking as the 16th warmest March since records began in 1880.
(emphasis mine)
Only relevant to the past decade and a single reading does not make a trend but this seems to indicate (very short term) cooling. As does this graph: March Global Surface Temp Mean Anomalies.
Not saying there is no global warming and man has no effect whatsoever... what I'm saying is there are variants in the trend that are powerful enough to reverse whatever warming may be happening, if only for the short term. We need to understand climate and how it works as a whole, rather than simply saying "carbon will destroy the earth".
But the real question is what can we prevent. I'm not saying we can't prevent climate change but we haven't proven yet that we can.
Admittedly people seem to be able to accomplish anything they set their minds to but intentional changes on the global scope seem to be trickier...
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A guy I work with has cracked two kindle displays. Though Amazon has replaced them.
Older neighbor actually. Can't say if the results were due to being ~12 years old, having an addictive personality (alcoholism runs in the family, can't say if I've inherited anything really or not, I just stay away from it) or something else. All I know is I'm one data point on that rather large graph...
I'm just glad they finally decided it isn't legal for smokers to blow smoke in my face in most public places...
I was hooked on my first couple of cigarettes and could hardly stay away from them for a couple of months until the addition drained to manageable levels. I still want cigarettes when someone around me smokes, and all this is on about a half a dozen smoked over fifteen years ago.
Seems like it might be better for prisons pay for themselves through prison labor but then locals would probably complain all their minimum wage jobs are unavailable to the normal population...
Where were you when I was growing up?
Honestly though, I bought an I7 desktop almost two years ago with 12Gb of memory and a pretty good graphics card. I haven't found any reason why that PC isn't still fast enough for about for of anything I use it for today. This compares to ten years ago when a two year old desktop simply cried with the lowest settings of the newest computer games.
Right. When an observation conflicts with years of previous observations, double check the most recent observation. When an observation conflicts with years of theory and computer models...
This is what pissed me off with so many modern applications, why oh why do you make me click through stuff I could use shortcuts for in a tenth of the time?!
Those three laws need to be applied to whatever is smart enough to make such decisions. Since all smartphones only follow their programming and don't have complex enough programming to understand how to apply the laws, those who wrote the programming need to have the three laws applied to them. Given that most humans break the three laws regularly, I'm not sure this will work too well.
That goes the other way too. If there is insufficient supply, the workers need to accept that an always increasing paycheck may not always happen.
Well if I had the money Silo Home
And this is when I wish I could mod funny someone who responds to my comments :)
So can you pee into the air and let it evaporate before it hits the ground rather than wasting water to flush toilets?
...sorry for some reason your post made that image pop into my head...
I think the water behind dams may have a higher evaporation rate. Though my understanding of the Colarado river and such, the bigger issue is that diversion for irrigation is leading to the river essentially drying up before it reaches the ocean.
Glad it works for you, I'm still waiting for it to be affordable to me. My typical monthly electric bill is $50 a month so half that would be $300 a year or 16 years 8 months of operation with no maintenance to pay for itself.
:)
Just bemoaning my predicament though... enjoy your solar
I don't think its so much the strong emotional attachments so much as evolution doesn't do much for the fear of death whereas religion does. Could be wrong though...
Wish more people that had more influence than I do would speak out about these things. Thanks!
Actually I'm just picking the first data I could find searching on google and too lazy to search any further for data supporting one way or the other. Works good when work is boring the S out of me...
I eat fast food or less than healthy restaurants at least a couple times a week and my wife's cooking from scratch isn't exactly healthy but it is damn tasty. I'm 5'9 and 145 pounds (OK 148 but working my way back down again...). I can't say for sure what keeps me at a healthy weight but I think it's bringing in one lunch bag of food and eating that throughout my work day. Probably ~750 calories. Then having a plate of food for dinner.
I also try to lift weights and hit the bike three times a week but working OT lowers how often that happens. So I don't think its really exercise that is my "diet", just not eating a lot. There is some to be said for quality vs quantity but my quality is pretty lousy and I'm still pretty healthy from low quantity.
Did you read the parts where I said very short and variants? What I'm pointing out is there are things within the trend that need to be understood better. Also the linked graph indicates either cooling or leveling out in temperature over the past decade.
Interesting though when someone states I'm not saying there is no global warming, just that we need to understand it better that the responses are often defensive. I'm not attacking global warming, just saying to continue research with an open mind while we decide what to do.
Those same people who don't complain at all about the propane facilities I drive by regularly.
I think a major part of it is fear of the unknown. When a propane facility lights off, everyone knows exactly where the danger is (the great big fireballs and those metal tanks dropping from the sky). When a radiation accident happens, you can't see the danger and by the time you find out you've been exposed its too late. The danger is the same (probably higher for non-radioactive accidents...) but the fear factor is much higher because radiation is the ghost in the night...
Averaging the global land and ocean as a whole, the combined land and ocean surface temperature during March 2012 was 0.46C (0.83F) above the 20th century average of 12.7C (54.9F), resulting in the coolest March temperature since 1999 and ranking as the 16th warmest March since records began in 1880.
(emphasis mine)
Only relevant to the past decade and a single reading does not make a trend but this seems to indicate (very short term) cooling. As does this graph: March Global Surface Temp Mean Anomalies.
Not saying there is no global warming and man has no effect whatsoever... what I'm saying is there are variants in the trend that are powerful enough to reverse whatever warming may be happening, if only for the short term. We need to understand climate and how it works as a whole, rather than simply saying "carbon will destroy the earth".
But the real question is what can we prevent. I'm not saying we can't prevent climate change but we haven't proven yet that we can. Admittedly people seem to be able to accomplish anything they set their minds to but intentional changes on the global scope seem to be trickier...
And has been happening for millinea.