Paul Watson is a lying media whore who will say or do anything because he thinks his goal (funding for his projects) justifies it, and GP knew it would harm their ultimate goal (protecting animals).
That little "he loved animals TOO much to be in Greenpeace, who btw are CONTROLLED BY TEH IRS, so he had to personally help a baby seal" sounds as realistic as Kim Jong Il's birth history retcon.
Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and... Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten? Nigel Tufnel: Exactly. Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder? Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where? Marty DiBergi: I don't know. Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do? Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven. Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder. Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder? Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.
I think your premise is flawed. No one has a clue about how many *exactly* there are of anything. But we do have estimates. The same thing we have of any wild animal.
I don't see the problem with a.1% population cull, borders or not. If there were conservation issues, sure, it'd need to be regulated tightly. And owning a migrating animal? The whales are born free, and they die free. Sounds like a good deal to me, compared to what the rest of my lunches go through before ending up on my plate.
Here are some more numbers, courtesy of wikipedia:
"In its Red List of Threatened Species the IUCN lists both the Long-finned and Short-finned Pilot Whales with "Data Deficient" status according to its 2008 assessment. In a previous assessment in 1996 the organization listed the species in the "Lower Risk/least concern" category. However, the IUCN also says that with an estimated subpopulation size of 778,000 in the eastern North Atlantic and approximately 100,000 around the Faroes, Faroese catches of 850 per year are probably sustainable. According to the American Cetacean Society — a whale protectionist group — pilot whales are not considered endangered. The society cites that there are likely about 1,000,000 long-finned and at least 200,000 short-finned pilot whales worldwide."
and
"Long-term annual average catch 1709–1999: 850 Annual average catch 1900–1999: 1,225 Annual average catch 1980–1999: 1,511 Annual average catch 1990–1999: 956"
The records are pretty good, continuous since 1709, and partially back to 1584
Pilot whales are not harpooned, but driven up on shore and then their spine is cut. I wouldn't call it painless, but I don't think its savage or torture. Just for reference they are smaller than killer whales but typically bigger than dolphins, FYI.
I've killed a few sheep for food myself, and It does give you a new appreciation for where the meat comes from. It's amazing how some people are outraged by killing "free range" pilot whales only because it is very bloody, with NO thought about what exactly is in their quarterpounder.
How can you be better off without it? If set to load on demand it doesn't cost you performance or battery, and it's a nice thing to have for those few required occasions.. It's like saying you are better off without a raincoat because it gets hot when the sun is shining.. except the raincoat is always there when you need it, and you don't notice it when you don't... I just don't understand the argument.
.. and P.F. Hamilton likes to include timelines, e.g.
2020 — Cavius base established. Mining of lunar subcrustal resources starts. 2037 — Beginning of large-scale geneering on humans; improvement to immunology system, eradication of appendix, organ efficiency increased. 2041 — First deuterium-fuelled fusion stations built; inefficient and expensive. 2044 — Christian reunification. 2047 — First asteroid capture mission. beginning of Earth’s O’Neill halo.
I'd love to see this story as one of those timeline points...
Sure, new "exotic" or specialized hardware like usb tv tuners or multifunction devices typically aren't plug and play, but older common hardware has way better support than windows/mac.
In my experience printers in ubuntu 9.04 and up "just work", and even webcams now. Mind you, most accessories die when their driver support ends (Do you want win98 or winxp drivers?). Not so in linux.
The summary makes it sound like the ps3 controller was first, but there have been lots of compatible devices, especially android phones, also listed here.
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"..was clubbing a seal to death"
As opposed to clubbing it for fun, or?...
Paul Watson is a lying media whore who will say or do anything because he thinks his goal (funding for his projects) justifies it, and GP knew it would harm their ultimate goal (protecting animals).
That little "he loved animals TOO much to be in Greenpeace, who btw are CONTROLLED BY TEH IRS, so he had to personally help a baby seal" sounds as realistic as Kim Jong Il's birth history retcon.
Top 5%?
That's totally arbitrary.
Like when they've cut the top x% percent of users because they were labeled "abusers".
Give me an absolute number, a number of GB.
Their military might be weaker (I don't know if that's true), but as with real estate , location, location, location....
Didn't they do that in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep for low bandwidth intership communication?
Nigel Tufnel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look, right across the board, eleven, eleven, eleven and...
Marty DiBergi: Oh, I see. And most amps go up to ten?
Nigel Tufnel: Exactly.
Marty DiBergi: Does that mean it's louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Marty DiBergi: I don't know.
Nigel Tufnel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is, if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty DiBergi: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel Tufnel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty DiBergi: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
Nigel Tufnel: [pause] These go to eleven.
I'm trying to understand your reasoning... Why would proving that 7" is "better" be something negative?
You are why people in marketing have a job. But you probably feel good about it, so win-win?
I think your premise is flawed. No one has a clue about how many *exactly* there are of anything. But we do have estimates. The same thing we have of any wild animal.
I don't see the problem with a .1% population cull, borders or not. If there were conservation issues, sure, it'd need to be regulated tightly. And owning a migrating animal? The whales are born free, and they die free. Sounds like a good deal to me, compared to what the rest of my lunches go through before ending up on my plate.
What kind of twisted mind would infer that from what I said?
Yea, killing whales for "science" is absurd.
Here are some more numbers, courtesy of wikipedia:
"In its Red List of Threatened Species the IUCN lists both the Long-finned and Short-finned Pilot Whales with "Data Deficient" status according to its 2008 assessment. In a previous assessment in 1996 the organization listed the species in the "Lower Risk/least concern" category. However, the IUCN also says that with an estimated subpopulation size of 778,000 in the eastern North Atlantic and approximately 100,000 around the Faroes, Faroese catches of 850 per year are probably sustainable.
According to the American Cetacean Society — a whale protectionist group — pilot whales are not considered endangered. The society cites that there are likely about 1,000,000 long-finned and at least 200,000 short-finned pilot whales worldwide."
and
"Long-term annual average catch 1709–1999: 850
Annual average catch 1900–1999: 1,225
Annual average catch 1980–1999: 1,511
Annual average catch 1990–1999: 956"
The records are pretty good, continuous since 1709, and partially back to 1584
But I'm not talking about endangered whales, nor harpooning.
And as for cetaceans being too smart... They people love to identify with whales without ever having seen one *shrug*.
We have no shortage of pilot whales either, afaik. But most people only hear "whale" and assume the worst.
Pilot whales are not harpooned, but driven up on shore and then their spine is cut. I wouldn't call it painless, but I don't think its savage or torture. Just for reference they are smaller than killer whales but typically bigger than dolphins, FYI.
I've killed a few sheep for food myself, and It does give you a new appreciation for where the meat comes from. It's amazing how some people are outraged by killing "free range" pilot whales only because it is very bloody, with NO thought about what exactly is in their quarterpounder.
If they are not planning to sell them, they shouldn't add the clause. PERIOD.
100 MB/s ? that's some mighty fast 3G you have there.
How can you be better off without it? If set to load on demand it doesn't cost you performance or battery, and it's a nice thing to have for those few required occasions.. It's like saying you are better off without a raincoat because it gets hot when the sun is shining.. except the raincoat is always there when you need it, and you don't notice it when you don't... I just don't understand the argument.
I feel i need to even things out, so here is a Simpsons clip with the irradiated Curies destroying a Japanese looking city.
http://vimeo.com/21402842
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bose%E2%80%93Einstein_condensate
"As as side note, Stallman could care less about the lack of a VS equivalent; ..."
No he couldn't.
protestant + catholic + other christians = new unified christian church
.. and P.F. Hamilton likes to include timelines, e.g.
2020 — Cavius base established. Mining of lunar subcrustal resources starts.
2037 — Beginning of large-scale geneering on humans; improvement to immunology system, eradication of appendix, organ efficiency increased.
2041 — First deuterium-fuelled fusion stations built; inefficient and expensive.
2044 — Christian reunification.
2047 — First asteroid capture mission. beginning of Earth’s O’Neill halo.
I'd love to see this story as one of those timeline points...
I disagree somewhat.
Sure, new "exotic" or specialized hardware like usb tv tuners or multifunction devices typically aren't plug and play, but older common hardware has way better support than windows/mac.
In my experience printers in ubuntu 9.04 and up "just work", and even webcams now. Mind you, most accessories die when their driver support ends (Do you want win98 or winxp drivers?). Not so in linux.
The summary makes it sound like the ps3 controller was first, but there have been lots of compatible devices, especially android phones, also listed here.
http://psfreedom.com/wiki/Device_compatibility_list