And this is from a guy on "super perv powder" who "recommended that the most effective way to take a dose is via rectal insertion, a procedure known as "plugging," writing: "Measure your dose, apply a small amount of saliva to just the tip of your middle finger, press it against the dose, insert. Doesn't really hurt as much as it sounds." Yeah, McAfee is so credible.
denialists (like Jim Inhofe) will build a snowman and say, "What climate change? Nyuck, nyunk." People are conflating climate with weather. Climate is an average of what has happened over a period of years, decades or even centuries.
Scientists can't definitively say that Hurricane Sandy was caused by global warming any more than doctors say that one particular home run by Barry Bonds was as a result of steroid use. What both can say is that the likelihood of either is much increased by their respective underlying conditions.
I see little difference between Creationists who think the Earth is 6,000 years old and global warming deniers who think that humans aren't responsible for changing the climate by burning millions of years worth of sequestered carbon in less than three centuries. I'd really like to know how releasing gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere in the geologic blink of an eye doesn't have an effect. On a separate note, humans have altered the nitrogen cycle through the Haber-Bosch process by removing nitrogen from the atmosphere and put it into the biosphere. That amount of nitrogen in the biosphere hadn't changed in over a hundred million years.
We've been exploring Mars for 40+ years now and so far we've not found evidence of life. We are much closer answering the question if it did or does, and I won't be surprised if we find microfossils and even life, but the parameters are very narrow. Now if we send a DNA sequencer to a icy moon of Jupiter or Saturn that has an ocean under it's ice, the odds of finding life go up dramatically. Europa would have been my first choice but we have to get through that thick crust. Enceladus would be even better. It's spewing liquid water into space. So we know where the crust is thinnest. And it does have the ingredients for life.
It's a restriction on portion size. You can still buy more than one. The human body wasn't designed to handle that much liquid sugar all at once. Those mega-drinks do make obesity more likely. Consumers do not have perfect knowledge. Human's evolved under feast and famine conditions. We live in a society of plenty and it's difficult to overcome human biology even with perfect knowledge. Our physiology works against us. It's very easy to regain the weight lost. I know. I lost nearly 60 pounds but have gained it back. That's over a period of 10 years. I'm in the process of losing it again, but it's going to take longer because I'm older.
There are several questions that need to be answered: Are we our brother's keeper? Do we need a nanny state? Should we pay for the health costs associated with obesity of our neighbors?
Taking personal responsibility is great and all, but it can only do so much. I think a better solution would be a sweetener tax than a portion limit. Congress uses the tax code for social engineering. A sugar sales tax would also be social engineering. By making one of the ingredients more expensive the cost would be passed on to the consumer. The revenue could be used for education or healthcare costs.
you'll be woken up by the sunlight pouring under the bridge you decided to pass out under the night before or a nearly naked guy wearing a hockey mask will kick you and say "I am the Humongus. Just walk away. Just walk away!".
Actually Lem was only under-appreciated in the United States and probably the UK as well. Worldwide he was one the post popular Science Fiction authors.
As long as Arizona is governed by bible thumping racist assholes, Phoenix will not be the next Silicon valley. It won't be much of anything. Our only hope is that global warming makes the Phoenix valley uninhabitable and forces the inhabitants to disperse, something like what Katrina did to New Orleans.
The Anasazi and Mayan civilizations collapsed due to climate change. There were other factors to be sure but the drying of the climate was the root cause.
I'll stop using the word 'denialist' when they stop denying that humans are causing this era's global warming. It's that simple.
Oh, for the record. Natural periods of warming are not mutually exclusive with human caused periods of warming. Not only that, it is climate change (natural or anthropogenic) that have led to the collapse of civilizations in the past. So you denialists can say what you like, but climate change is happening rapidly now and, regardless of the cause, is having a huge impact on our global civilization which unless we adapt will most likely cause it to collapse.
Wait. I thought the increased sunspot activity was responsible for the heat waves, storms, wildfires and droughts. C'mon deniers make up your mind. Meanwhile King Arthur cuts off another limb.
And marry someone who has a steady job. You'll still be able to do the stuff you love, but the income will be spotty. Though you may get lucky and make enough to live off of.
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numbering system. Numberphile has a compelling explanation with it's useful and easy to use though it's not pushing for it like this bunch.
butt.
we'd have fusion power in 30 years. And it's still 30 years away.
And this is from a guy on "super perv powder" who "recommended that the most effective way to take a dose is via rectal insertion, a procedure known as "plugging," writing: "Measure your dose, apply a small amount of saliva to just the tip of your middle finger, press it against the dose, insert. Doesn't really hurt as much as it sounds." Yeah, McAfee is so credible.
denialists (like Jim Inhofe) will build a snowman and say, "What climate change? Nyuck, nyunk." People are conflating climate with weather. Climate is an average of what has happened over a period of years, decades or even centuries.
Scientists can't definitively say that Hurricane Sandy was caused by global warming any more than doctors say that one particular home run by Barry Bonds was as a result of steroid use. What both can say is that the likelihood of either is much increased by their respective underlying conditions.
I see little difference between Creationists who think the Earth is 6,000 years old and global warming deniers who think that humans aren't responsible for changing the climate by burning millions of years worth of sequestered carbon in less than three centuries. I'd really like to know how releasing gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere in the geologic blink of an eye doesn't have an effect. On a separate note, humans have altered the nitrogen cycle through the Haber-Bosch process by removing nitrogen from the atmosphere and put it into the biosphere. That amount of nitrogen in the biosphere hadn't changed in over a hundred million years.
Yes. The "brown noise" was the subject of a South Park episode. Here's a relevant clip.
Well, we all know what the brown noise of smell is.
You have no chance to survive, Ariane 5, Make your time.
We've been exploring Mars for 40+ years now and so far we've not found evidence of life. We are much closer answering the question if it did or does, and I won't be surprised if we find microfossils and even life, but the parameters are very narrow. Now if we send a DNA sequencer to a icy moon of Jupiter or Saturn that has an ocean under it's ice, the odds of finding life go up dramatically. Europa would have been my first choice but we have to get through that thick crust. Enceladus would be even better. It's spewing liquid water into space. So we know where the crust is thinnest. And it does have the ingredients for life.
It's a restriction on portion size. You can still buy more than one. The human body wasn't designed to handle that much liquid sugar all at once. Those mega-drinks do make obesity more likely. Consumers do not have perfect knowledge. Human's evolved under feast and famine conditions. We live in a society of plenty and it's difficult to overcome human biology even with perfect knowledge. Our physiology works against us. It's very easy to regain the weight lost. I know. I lost nearly 60 pounds but have gained it back. That's over a period of 10 years. I'm in the process of losing it again, but it's going to take longer because I'm older.
There are several questions that need to be answered: Are we our brother's keeper? Do we need a nanny state? Should we pay for the health costs associated with obesity of our neighbors?
Taking personal responsibility is great and all, but it can only do so much. I think a better solution would be a sweetener tax than a portion limit. Congress uses the tax code for social engineering. A sugar sales tax would also be social engineering. By making one of the ingredients more expensive the cost would be passed on to the consumer. The revenue could be used for education or healthcare costs.
is the future.
you'll be woken up by the sunlight pouring under the bridge you decided to pass out under the night before or a nearly naked guy wearing a hockey mask will kick you and say "I am the Humongus. Just walk away. Just walk away!".
produce viable offspring. This proves that if man can stick his dick in it, he will fuck it.
say there are two kinds of ships, submarines and targets.
Apple will finally be able to use "Ours goes to 11!" as a marketing phrase.
There's hope for Mitt Romney, though as social robots go, he's not very social.
Arizona as well, but Phoenix area.
Actually Lem was only under-appreciated in the United States and probably the UK as well. Worldwide he was one the post popular Science Fiction authors.
As long as Arizona is governed by bible thumping racist assholes, Phoenix will not be the next Silicon valley. It won't be much of anything. Our only hope is that global warming makes the Phoenix valley uninhabitable and forces the inhabitants to disperse, something like what Katrina did to New Orleans.
though it would make Rosy and her five sisters jealous.
The Anasazi and Mayan civilizations collapsed due to climate change. There were other factors to be sure but the drying of the climate was the root cause. I'll stop using the word 'denialist' when they stop denying that humans are causing this era's global warming. It's that simple.
Oh, for the record. Natural periods of warming are not mutually exclusive with human caused periods of warming. Not only that, it is climate change (natural or anthropogenic) that have led to the collapse of civilizations in the past. So you denialists can say what you like, but climate change is happening rapidly now and, regardless of the cause, is having a huge impact on our global civilization which unless we adapt will most likely cause it to collapse.
Wait. I thought the increased sunspot activity was responsible for the heat waves, storms, wildfires and droughts. C'mon deniers make up your mind. Meanwhile King Arthur cuts off another limb.
And marry someone who has a steady job. You'll still be able to do the stuff you love, but the income will be spotty. Though you may get lucky and make enough to live off of.
to be us.