"There's been plenty of warmth in November and into December, including in Canada." Ummm no. This year was called the summer that wasn't All kinds of record lows were set in November and December across Canada and even the US. But hey that is just weather right?
You all missed my point made with my sarcasm and fascias remarks made in my posts. But I never expected either side to actually have a balanced look at what is happening.
To be completely honest. I welcome global warming. I want to know. Meanwhile. The more electric I conserve, the higher my per kilowatt rate goes up. So I'm still paying more. Guess Ontario hydro (Re: tax income really) doesn't like the diminishing returns when we all conserve. Funny, but the exact same thing happened when everyone began using less water. Facts...not just some hypothesis. Check the data for yourself.
To tlhIngan ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! No it hasn't been shown. That's bull
There is no credible model that supports that! It's not proven. It's not even an accepted hypothesis!!! (in the broader scientific community). I would even dangerously put forth that this was propaganda. That story (hypothesis) was from a few years ago and has since been widely revised.
Gee and I thought there have been less hurricanes? But look it up. If you mention Sandy's destruction, you just prove my point.
Unlike people from Toronto, it is not the centre of the universe. As a conservationist, I don't see the point in turning science into a religion where the decided conclusion drives what is acceptable data.
Don't get me started on volcanoes. Even up to 5 years ago, many in the climate science said that volcanoes play no significant role in the present climate changes. This year they finally began to retract that belief, based on actually beginning to look at the data..
Why is it, that you must have some kind of god to believe in? How is it that the evidence supports your "to even greater certainties". You are the one that just dismisses data or studies that maybe counter to your belief system, claiming big oil is the reason for them. Prove it from any serious method and not by just quoting some tabloid story or conspiracy blog.. Hell, it wasn't until last year that science got the data on the antarctic ocean circulation was analyzed and discovered. Let alone it is one of, or the major influence on sea temp. Yet this data is not yet used in any of the models. How Dare you to presume climate science is in anyway mature yet. The arrogance is beyond belief!
Then why am I not under water by now, as where the so called 'solid' predictions of just 10 years ago said I would be? Why are only 1% of glaciers melting? and how is that significant? Why has the global temperature not risen in the last 10 years? Why hasn't new ice core data on how fast climate change has happened in the past been put into the climate models? I could go on and on, but your religion won't accept improved data because it may upset what you have already decided.
I can't believe that rossdee didn't get the joke. That is something so many tree huggers just lack the capacity to get. It worries me when basic critical thinking is required and just isn't there. This is why science is sacrificed over a blind religion. Fact is, climate science has become a religion for some. Sad.
Where is global warming when you need it? Once again I'm freezing my ass off in Canada. That ain't local weather by any stretch when it is a whole continent. Largest cold mass over the arctic in recent history once again, (notice I said "once again"!). We got lucky last year, if you can call it that. Most of the cold slipped over Russia instead of here, but not this year. The cold mass is even larger this year, so it hasn't missed us. I seriously fear a mini ice age, like in 1066, or worse. Evidence is building to support that possibility! I hope not,
David Suzuki should be jailed for fraud!! His greed has cost him his credibility. Sue me David, for calling it how I see it. What is your carbon foot print? Nice houses Dave. Nice jet-set life style. How's your buddy Gore doing? No matter what Suzuki wants others to believe, he is not a climate scientist. He (and Gore for that matter) have less credibility than a bag of stuff that smells just like sh$t, but nobody has actually looked inside yet. Pfffft...makes me puke.
I apologize to all sane people for ranting, but all these global warm...opps.. 'Climate change' conclusions done in isolation, are just not supported by the wider science as it sits now..
It may not have been a man made object. Perhaps they may have identified it as a space rock if they knew when it hit and what angle the arrays were in at the time. I'm almost sure the power systems would have detected the change in the power caused by the impact. The arrays were built to expect impacts and remain functional, up to a certain point. It would take an awful lot to significantly effect an array.
First up is that Toronto is historically mostly snow free. The little snow it gets, usually melts soon after without much if any accumulation over the winter period. It is more influenced by the lake effect than any occasional Alberta clipper. Also check Toronto's latitude as related to the rest of Canada.
As for your comment about the rest of the world.. The point is that climate is a global thing. Just because you're having a slightly longer winter in the UK doesn't mean that the rest of us are, or means is it a sign of global warming..
You live in a climate buffer zone with most of your climate influenced by the gulf stream rather than the northern pressure zones. You must be young not to know colder and/or longer winter temperatures in the UK. Check the history starting now and perhaps going back 200 to 400 years. The Thames freezing over and especially Longer winters is not that uncommon in the UK. It's weather history oscillates somewhat, as would be expected at that location due to these and other factors living in that zone. Better hope the gulf stream continues flowing your way, or get used to longer and far less hospitable winters.. It historically does fluctuate.
But my main point! As for what you called "my view" as compared to the rest of the world. Recognizing dry humour or sarcasm isn't your strong point is it?
Global Warming stole the Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve (SMSR)!
My God!!!! That's it! Everything is caused by global warming.
I did however like one comment in the article, on how it caused a colder and snowier winter/spring with the conclusion there will be less water. Umm the more snow that melts in the spring, usually means more water not less in the summer.
Last month the cold weather was because warm air from the south rose over the arctic cold air, thus forcing the colder arctic air down to the southern latitudes. So now it is because last summer there was less ice that froze over long before spring ever came. So how again did the ice covering all the arctic now has caused a colder spring? Did anyone tell these guys that the arctic is still frozen over as we speak? It's not open water. So why is the jet stream being affected? I'm just not clear on all this. I do know one thing. It's still cold outside and the sow is still on the ground. How is this different from any other Canadian winter or spring for that matter? I'm just lucky enough to remember the weather before all this global warming came along. So how is it different again? How is getting snow in the winter anything unusual? How is snow on the ground in March different? How is maple sugar season changed?
Then dave562 you didn't stick around for the big bust. When Medal of Honor was released the cheats being used were from the pre-released copy of the game that still worked on the released version. Yes the cheating was bad then. However PB was there but it wasn't not turned on yet and wasn't turned on until after the first game patch. The situation of the game being released without PB being turned on, was a contractual thing between the company and EvenBalance. Once PB was turned on, it had an immediate impact with thousands of cheaters getting caught by PB. The game then settled down to being reasonably cheat free for quite some time until the usual next round of cheats and detection's as per usual. .
Your whine is very old and has been discussed to death regarding script banning. Likely you are just trolling but I'll give you the benefit of ignorance to a point.
You didn't get busted for JUST having a hex editor and a macro/scripting application. So stop the bull. You got nailed for one a of several things. I have no idea what one exactly but for example: In some games scripting certain game actions is considered cheating by the game company. They want those actions done by the player and not some script. So the game company asked for this type of cheating to be detected. It wasn't detected simply because you had those programs. The detection looked to see if it was hooked into the game. A similar situation regarded a hex editor hooked into the game. Once again not simply and innocently for just having it on your comp. There are other examples but I won't go through them all.
Some types of people got very upset by this rule. In many cases they claimed it wasn't cheating because it wasn't some cheat they downloaded or because they used legit programs to automate an action. They simply could not get through their head that just because the game allowed some scripting, but had a problem that prevented the game from people from hooking (or other method) the keyboard and then automating that input as cheating. To speed up manual actions that were intended to make the player do manually is cheating.
my whole point even though I used a couple of examples is that you just weren't innocent as you claimed if PB itself detected the cheat. Perhaps you are thinking of some third party sites that banned you from their servers just because you had those programs in your game directory. Not just anywhere on your comp but specifically in the game directory. They banned because those editors should not be there normally and many cheats loaded those programs into the game directory. So EvenBalance or PB didn't bust you. Some game server admins set that rule via a third party service. Like it or not those servers are privately owned and they set the rules not you.
Sorry Requiem18th but you have no idea what you are talking about. You only think you know how PB worked. Hate to tell you but your blacklist idea was only a very tiny part.
Impy the Impiuos Imp You are right. But it was far worse than you could ever imagine with cheat rootkits
I used to be involved in this area for over 15 yrs. One thing that is very common in cheating are cheats sold/subscribed to over the internet. Having over the years examined these pay cheats, that claim to get around PunkBuster (PB), I have a few insights to share. Many times eventually PB would nail them, counter to claims on the websites. Usually when the numbers using the cheat make it worthwhile for PB to go after.
But here is the very serious side these cheats most don't know. It's no surprise in finding out the cheats are rootkits, but the surprise are the extra payloads they carry or will carry when they get updated in time. The thieves that write the cheats don't stop at stealing the fun out of the game. Several of the bigger sellers in the past were also serious criminals. It was very common for them to hijack your comp to be used in their private botnets or to rent out. The other common theft were your logins and passwords. Many parent were surprised to find their credit cards, banking info was compromised, but worst was identity theft. These cheat criminals often stole directly from the sucker, but more often would just sell your info to others. One German cheat writer thought he was really smart. Once the client (usually a kid) stopped subscribing to his cheat, that was when he loaded up the nasty payloads. He made more money of this theft method than the cheat subscriptions he sold. All those past customers were the gift that just kept on giving.
As for Punkbuster as a product. Once it matured as a product it did a decent job at catching cheats for a long time (I haven't followed this stuff recently). One thing for sure. Valve's VAC was the worst product by far. Valve would only catch a tiny portion of the cheats as compared to PB and VAC very rarely ever caught private cheats. VAC also had the worst error rate of false detection. Sorry to vac fans but those were the stats. I don't do this work in the game industry anymore, but I don't think things have changed much in the last few years.
Crooks, thieves and liars
Dalton Mc'dumb'ass has doomed Ontario to far more than just high electrical rates in his quest to pay off his past electoral financial cronies. Cronyism is alive and well in Ontario. Dalton took Ontario from a have, to a have not, province now entitled to transfer payments from the other provinces for the first time in its history. All while destroying it's manufacturing base. Not just the loss of traditional jobs as we knew was coming anyway, but failed to replace those jobs with even one hi-tec job of the future. Such hugely bad contracts with Asia for example. They were to build factories for all the windmills and solar panels to first supply Ontario so to replace oil generation but to then have those job continue to sell to the US etc. As soon as those contracts ended, the Asian companies pulled out, closed them down, laid off the workers. On top of that, there were never any customers to sell to, that wanted overpriced panels and windmills. Cost to taxpayers ran into the billions.
Not only did Dalton make Ontario over pay for those alternate energy systems, but less that 1.0% of Ontario power is generated by them at best of times. No oil fired plants can be shut down without a net loss to the Ontario grid because the sun only shines in the day and the wind doesn't always blow. So oiland gas fired plants have reopened. Back to square one after billions spent. In fact, during The hottest days for the last two summers, not one watt was generated from the Kingston island wind farm, because no wind blew during those heatwaves. No power could be sold onto the shared US/Ontario grid, as there was already a glut to the point that penalties were paid for over generation, to the point of another $20 million loss to Ontario taxpayers. The disasters continue. So Dalton resigned as Liberal leader of Ontario. Now the Liberals have placed their hope to regain the right to rule in some unknown person. The liberal hope to capture the vote by the party electing a leader that is 1: A woman, 2: A lesbian, 3: A white, aging baby boomer. If that isn't being disingenuous I don't know what is. Since when is being gay and a woman qualification to lead a province. White aging baby boomer is only slightly relevant because I guess they couldn't find a gay, female, minority. Voters won't care as they eat cold dog food in the dark in order to pay off the provincial debt and their electric bill.
Shifting the balance of power even more westward, to the oil patch in Alberta. Thanks Dalton.
Sorry for the rant, but it needed to be said in support of mashiki's post above.
What the originator must think about before forming an opinion.
Don't read motives of the Chinese from a western perspective. China's leaders and its people have never been exposed to or experienced free speech, and/or anything resembling democracy in their history. Understanding the why, or even if this is a significant development isn't so easy.
The only thing I read in that. They did something that caught the attention of any people or organizations that look for a political, democratic, human rights, free speech, or any shift in China to ward western values. But for me, after decades of reading and past history as examples about China. Anything westerners may perceive or think resembles western values isn't necessarily or even close to what is going on. There just isn't that kind of common ground except that china does understand what makes westerners wet their pants.
Neil Armstrong. You gave me not only hope for a future, but had me dreaming of what fantastic things were to come. You as my role model, was why I made a career in aerospace. Thank you Mr. Armstrong.
Bob was a gentleman in every way. A hard working individual that gave much to the Canadian Olympic teams and individuals. A modest man that taught more than sword play and contributed much to the growth/maturity of many young people. Forever his film legacy will entertain and be enjoyed by many, but also many will remember his other gifts. My condolences to his wife and family. May he rest in peace.
With the US business greed focused on making the fastest profit possible still in full swing, and this also true in other western countries. I'm not surprised innovation and ingenuity is faltering. Why would industry focused only as far as the next quarters profit see any benefit on long term investment.
For sometime now Companies have massively laid off it's historical knowledge held by what it considers costly western labour and researchers. Add to that the offshoring momentum and it set the stage for a 20 year decline in the skilled research and workforce. We could make a long list of where all the short sighted decisions that all compile to spell out the US decline
So just a few examples of a long list that has lead to the US and other western countries slow and steady downfall. a) Attraction of cheap offshore manufacturing jobs as 2nd world nation's labour forces gain education/training. Of note is that significant costs of that were paid for by Western companies as cheaper alternative to western training costs.. b) The rising costs of basic education and there being no desire to spend taxes on it in the west. In some cases a disproportionate shift to who shares in payment. c) The secondary level education rising costs of a degree/diploma without the job that could pay it back in reasonable time. d) Bleeding out the existing wealth of the middle class over to the so called 1%,Why destroy the middle class? Long term short sighted? e) Traditionally in the last 50 years it had become the middle class that supported innovation and ingenuity through support of education as less and less was supported by industry. f) Companies will follow the wealth. They have no loyalty to any nation or people. It's only to those people that control those companies. Rarely does a Corp have a sense of morality. Only what the laws allow is it's morality and that is not morality at all.. g) Corporate influence in making laws that benefit not the country or it's people, but rather only for its profits. Even if its convenient to the detriment of the country and its people. etc etc etc. A sad comedy off errors.
Well then, if a significant amount of gold came from meteorite bombardment. Then doesn't it hold that our local asteroid fields should have vast amounts of the stuff? Shouldn't a spectral scan of the sky hint at all this?
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"There's been plenty of warmth in November and into December, including in Canada."
Ummm no.
This year was called the summer that wasn't All kinds of record lows were set in November and December across Canada and even the US. But hey that is just weather right?
You all missed my point made with my sarcasm and fascias remarks made in my posts. But I never expected either side to actually have a balanced look at what is happening.
To be completely honest. I welcome global warming. I want to know.
Meanwhile. The more electric I conserve, the higher my per kilowatt rate goes up. So I'm still paying more. Guess Ontario hydro (Re: tax income really) doesn't like the diminishing returns when we all conserve. Funny, but the exact same thing happened when everyone began using less water. Facts...not just some hypothesis. Check the data for yourself.
To tlhIngan
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!
No it hasn't been shown. That's bull
There is no credible model that supports that! It's not proven. It's not even an accepted hypothesis!!! (in the broader scientific community). I would even dangerously put forth that this was propaganda. That story (hypothesis) was from a few years ago and has since been widely revised.
Gee and I thought there have been less hurricanes? But look it up. If you mention Sandy's destruction, you just prove my point.
Geeezzzzzussss.
Unlike people from Toronto, it is not the centre of the universe. As a conservationist, I don't see the point in turning science into a religion where the decided conclusion drives what is acceptable data.
Don't get me started on volcanoes. Even up to 5 years ago, many in the climate science said that volcanoes play no significant role in the present climate changes. This year they finally began to retract that belief, based on actually beginning to look at the data..
Why is it, that you must have some kind of god to believe in? How is it that the evidence supports your "to even greater certainties". You are the one that just dismisses data or studies that maybe counter to your belief system, claiming big oil is the reason for them. Prove it from any serious method and not by just quoting some tabloid story or conspiracy blog.. Hell, it wasn't until last year that science got the data on the antarctic ocean circulation was analyzed and discovered. Let alone it is one of, or the major influence on sea temp. Yet this data is not yet used in any of the models. How Dare you to presume climate science is in anyway mature yet. The arrogance is beyond belief!
Then why am I not under water by now, as where the so called 'solid' predictions of just 10 years ago said I would be? Why are only 1% of glaciers melting? and how is that significant? Why has the global temperature not risen in the last 10 years? Why hasn't new ice core data on how fast climate change has happened in the past been put into the climate models? I could go on and on, but your religion won't accept improved data because it may upset what you have already decided.
I can't believe that rossdee didn't get the joke. That is something so many tree huggers just lack the capacity to get. It worries me when basic critical thinking is required and just isn't there. This is why science is sacrificed over a blind religion. Fact is, climate science has become a religion for some. Sad.
Where is global warming when you need it? Once again I'm freezing my ass off in Canada. That ain't local weather by any stretch when it is a whole continent. Largest cold mass over the arctic in recent history once again, (notice I said "once again"!). We got lucky last year, if you can call it that. Most of the cold slipped over Russia instead of here, but not this year. The cold mass is even larger this year, so it hasn't missed us. I seriously fear a mini ice age, like in 1066, or worse. Evidence is building to support that possibility! I hope not,
David Suzuki should be jailed for fraud!! His greed has cost him his credibility. Sue me David, for calling it how I see it. What is your carbon foot print? Nice houses Dave. Nice jet-set life style. How's your buddy Gore doing? No matter what Suzuki wants others to believe, he is not a climate scientist. He (and Gore for that matter) have less credibility than a bag of stuff that smells just like sh$t, but nobody has actually looked inside yet. Pfffft...makes me puke.
I apologize to all sane people for ranting, but all these global warm...opps.. 'Climate change' conclusions done in isolation, are just not supported by the wider science as it sits now..
But do you actually get to kill the cockroach at the end of the experiment?
Would be such a waste not too. Brouhaha!!!
It may not have been a man made object.
Perhaps they may have identified it as a space rock if they knew when it hit and what angle the arrays were in at the time. I'm almost sure the power systems would have detected the change in the power caused by the impact. The arrays were built to expect impacts and remain functional, up to a certain point. It would take an awful lot to significantly effect an array.
He tweeted the apology. ;)
So on a ship you'd refer to the Captain as just a sailor? /. So I don't expect accuracy...shrug
I know this is
"Chris Hadfield, an astronaut currently on the ISS"
Chris Hadfield is not just an astronaut on the ISS. He's the Commander of the ISS right now. Oh and he's Canadian.
First up is that Toronto is historically mostly snow free. The little snow it gets, usually melts soon after without much if any accumulation over the winter period. It is more influenced by the lake effect than any occasional Alberta clipper. Also check Toronto's latitude as related to the rest of Canada.
As for your comment about the rest of the world..
The point is that climate is a global thing. Just because you're having a slightly longer winter in the UK doesn't mean that the rest of us are, or means is it a sign of global warming..
You live in a climate buffer zone with most of your climate influenced by the gulf stream rather than the northern pressure zones. You must be young not to know colder and/or longer winter temperatures in the UK. Check the history starting now and perhaps going back 200 to 400 years. The Thames freezing over and especially Longer winters is not that uncommon in the UK. It's weather history oscillates somewhat, as would be expected at that location due to these and other factors living in that zone. Better hope the gulf stream continues flowing your way, or get used to longer and far less hospitable winters.. It historically does fluctuate.
But my main point!
As for what you called "my view" as compared to the rest of the world. Recognizing dry humour or sarcasm isn't your strong point is it?
Global Warming stole the Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve (SMSR)!
My God!!!! That's it!
Everything is caused by global warming.
I did however like one comment in the article, on how it caused a colder and snowier winter/spring with the conclusion there will be less water. Umm the more snow that melts in the spring, usually means more water not less in the summer.
Last month the cold weather was because warm air from the south rose over the arctic cold air, thus forcing the colder arctic air down to the southern latitudes. So now it is because last summer there was less ice that froze over long before spring ever came. So how again did the ice covering all the arctic now has caused a colder spring? Did anyone tell these guys that the arctic is still frozen over as we speak? It's not open water. So why is the jet stream being affected? I'm just not clear on all this.
I do know one thing. It's still cold outside and the sow is still on the ground. How is this different from any other Canadian winter or spring for that matter? I'm just lucky enough to remember the weather before all this global warming came along. So how is it different again? How is getting snow in the winter anything unusual? How is snow on the ground in March different? How is maple sugar season changed?
Then dave562 you didn't stick around for the big bust. When Medal of Honor was released the cheats being used were from the pre-released copy of the game that still worked on the released version. Yes the cheating was bad then.
However PB was there but it wasn't not turned on yet and wasn't turned on until after the first game patch.
The situation of the game being released without PB being turned on, was a contractual thing between the company and EvenBalance. Once PB was turned on, it had an immediate impact with thousands of cheaters getting caught by PB. The game then settled down to being reasonably cheat free for quite some time until the usual next round of cheats and detection's as per usual.
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Your whine is very old and has been discussed to death regarding script banning. Likely you are just trolling but I'll give you the benefit of ignorance to a point.
You didn't get busted for JUST having a hex editor and a macro/scripting application. So stop the bull. You got nailed for one a of several things. I have no idea what one exactly but for example: In some games scripting certain game actions is considered cheating by the game company. They want those actions done by the player and not some script. So the game company asked for this type of cheating to be detected. It wasn't detected simply because you had those programs. The detection looked to see if it was hooked into the game. A similar situation regarded a hex editor hooked into the game. Once again not simply and innocently for just having it on your comp.
There are other examples but I won't go through them all.
Some types of people got very upset by this rule. In many cases they claimed it wasn't cheating because it wasn't some cheat they downloaded or because they used legit programs to automate an action. They simply could not get through their head that just because the game allowed some scripting, but had a problem that prevented the game from people from hooking (or other method) the keyboard and then automating that input as cheating. To speed up manual actions that were intended to make the player do manually is cheating.
my whole point even though I used a couple of examples is that you just weren't innocent as you claimed if PB itself detected the cheat. Perhaps you are thinking of some third party sites that banned you from their servers just because you had those programs in your game directory. Not just anywhere on your comp but specifically in the game directory. They banned because those editors should not be there normally and many cheats loaded those programs into the game directory. So EvenBalance or PB didn't bust you. Some game server admins set that rule via a third party service. Like it or not those servers are privately owned and they set the rules not you.
Sorry Requiem18th but you have no idea what you are talking about. You only think you know how PB worked. Hate to tell you but your blacklist idea was only a very tiny part.
Impy the Impiuos Imp You are right. But it was far worse than you could ever imagine with cheat rootkits
I used to be involved in this area for over 15 yrs. One thing that is very common in cheating are cheats sold/subscribed to over the internet. Having over the years examined these pay cheats, that claim to get around PunkBuster (PB), I have a few insights to share. Many times eventually PB would nail them, counter to claims on the websites. Usually when the numbers using the cheat make it worthwhile for PB to go after.
But here is the very serious side these cheats most don't know.
It's no surprise in finding out the cheats are rootkits, but the surprise are the extra payloads they carry or will carry when they get updated in time. The thieves that write the cheats don't stop at stealing the fun out of the game. Several of the bigger sellers in the past were also serious criminals. It was very common for them to hijack your comp to be used in their private botnets or to rent out. The other common theft were your logins and passwords. Many parent were surprised to find their credit cards, banking info was compromised, but worst was identity theft. These cheat criminals often stole directly from the sucker, but more often would just sell your info to others. One German cheat writer thought he was really smart. Once the client (usually a kid) stopped subscribing to his cheat, that was when he loaded up the nasty payloads. He made more money of this theft method than the cheat subscriptions he sold. All those past customers were the gift that just kept on giving.
As for Punkbuster as a product. Once it matured as a product it did a decent job at catching cheats for a long time (I haven't followed this stuff recently). One thing for sure. Valve's VAC was the worst product by far. Valve would only catch a tiny portion of the cheats as compared to PB and VAC very rarely ever caught private cheats. VAC also had the worst error rate of false detection. Sorry to vac fans but those were the stats.
I don't do this work in the game industry anymore, but I don't think things have changed much in the last few years.
Crooks, thieves and liars Dalton Mc'dumb'ass has doomed Ontario to far more than just high electrical rates in his quest to pay off his past electoral financial cronies. Cronyism is alive and well in Ontario. Dalton took Ontario from a have, to a have not, province now entitled to transfer payments from the other provinces for the first time in its history. All while destroying it's manufacturing base. Not just the loss of traditional jobs as we knew was coming anyway, but failed to replace those jobs with even one hi-tec job of the future. Such hugely bad contracts with Asia for example. They were to build factories for all the windmills and solar panels to first supply Ontario so to replace oil generation but to then have those job continue to sell to the US etc. As soon as those contracts ended, the Asian companies pulled out, closed them down, laid off the workers. On top of that, there were never any customers to sell to, that wanted overpriced panels and windmills. Cost to taxpayers ran into the billions. Not only did Dalton make Ontario over pay for those alternate energy systems, but less that 1.0% of Ontario power is generated by them at best of times. No oil fired plants can be shut down without a net loss to the Ontario grid because the sun only shines in the day and the wind doesn't always blow. So oiland gas fired plants have reopened. Back to square one after billions spent. In fact, during The hottest days for the last two summers, not one watt was generated from the Kingston island wind farm, because no wind blew during those heatwaves. No power could be sold onto the shared US/Ontario grid, as there was already a glut to the point that penalties were paid for over generation, to the point of another $20 million loss to Ontario taxpayers. The disasters continue. So Dalton resigned as Liberal leader of Ontario. Now the Liberals have placed their hope to regain the right to rule in some unknown person. The liberal hope to capture the vote by the party electing a leader that is 1: A woman, 2: A lesbian, 3: A white, aging baby boomer. If that isn't being disingenuous I don't know what is. Since when is being gay and a woman qualification to lead a province. White aging baby boomer is only slightly relevant because I guess they couldn't find a gay, female, minority. Voters won't care as they eat cold dog food in the dark in order to pay off the provincial debt and their electric bill. Shifting the balance of power even more westward, to the oil patch in Alberta. Thanks Dalton. Sorry for the rant, but it needed to be said in support of mashiki's post above.
What the originator must think about before forming an opinion.
Don't read motives of the Chinese from a western perspective. China's leaders and its people have never been exposed to or experienced free speech, and/or anything resembling democracy in their history. Understanding the why, or even if this is a significant development isn't so easy.
The only thing I read in that. They did something that caught the attention of any people or organizations that look for a political, democratic, human rights, free speech, or any shift in China to ward western values.
But for me, after decades of reading and past history as examples about China. Anything westerners may perceive or think resembles western values isn't necessarily or even close to what is going on. There just isn't that kind of common ground except that china does understand what makes westerners wet their pants.
Neil Armstrong. You gave me not only hope for a future, but had me dreaming of what fantastic things were to come. You as my role model, was why I made a career in aerospace.
Thank you Mr. Armstrong.
Bob was a gentleman in every way. A hard working individual that gave much to the Canadian Olympic teams and individuals. A modest man that taught more than sword play and contributed much to the growth/maturity of many young people. Forever his film legacy will entertain and be enjoyed by many, but also many will remember his other gifts.
My condolences to his wife and family. May he rest in peace.
With the US business greed focused on making the fastest profit possible still in full swing, and this also true in other western countries. I'm not surprised innovation and ingenuity is faltering. Why would industry focused only as far as the next quarters profit see any benefit on long term investment.
For sometime now Companies have massively laid off it's historical knowledge held by what it considers costly western labour and researchers. Add to that the offshoring momentum and it set the stage for a 20 year decline in the skilled research and workforce.
We could make a long list of where all the short sighted decisions that all compile to spell out the US decline
So just a few examples of a long list that has lead to the US and other western countries slow and steady downfall.
a) Attraction of cheap offshore manufacturing jobs as 2nd world nation's labour forces gain education/training. Of note is that significant costs of that were paid for by Western companies as cheaper alternative to western training costs..
b) The rising costs of basic education and there being no desire to spend taxes on it in the west. In some cases a disproportionate shift to who shares in payment.
c) The secondary level education rising costs of a degree/diploma without the job that could pay it back in reasonable time.
d) Bleeding out the existing wealth of the middle class over to the so called 1%,Why destroy the middle class? Long term short sighted?
e) Traditionally in the last 50 years it had become the middle class that supported innovation and ingenuity through support of education as less and less was supported by industry.
f) Companies will follow the wealth. They have no loyalty to any nation or people. It's only to those people that control those companies. Rarely does a Corp have a sense of morality. Only what the laws allow is it's morality and that is not morality at all..
g) Corporate influence in making laws that benefit not the country or it's people, but rather only for its profits. Even if its convenient to the detriment of the country and its people.
etc etc etc. A sad comedy off errors.
Well then, if a significant amount of gold came from meteorite bombardment. Then doesn't it hold that our local asteroid fields should have vast amounts of the stuff? Shouldn't a spectral scan of the sky hint at all this?
Let's go get some.
Thank you, What else can be said. Anything I could write comes up short....sniff
From a long time reader of almost 15 yrs. and eventually I even made an account, just because I could..