And 8 years ago George W. Bush had the opportunity to set a national energy plan that would've reduced the demand for oil without the need for offshore drilling.
But, hey, it's way easier to blame Bill and the evil Democrats then to admit that your president has spent his time waging wars instead of addressing the real, pressing needs of the nation.
Because the peculiarities of it's orbit and tilt cause it to have severe changes in weather over the long term, and so the south pole is now in a nice, warm spring?
Besides which, even if Mars *was* experiencing atypical warming, why haven't any *other* planets experienced warming (no, Jupiter is not, go look it up)? Ahh yes... stacking the deck with carefully selected datapoints... how cute and decidedly unscientific.
Why did the temperature go up THEN CO2 levels rise
It didn't. Both happened. Specifically, it goes like this: CO2 -> Raised Temperatures -> More CO2... I take it you've never heard of feedback loops?
Ahh, touche, an excellent point... in science, a chaotic system is one in which small changes in initial conditions produce large, unpredictable changes in outcome. Sounds like a pretty good description of Go to me...
Why does it take months and months and months to get appointments, to get any testing done and to see a specialist?
Because in Canada, health resources are rationed by need, not by income.
Which you're likely prefer depends largely on how much money you have.
'course, it doesn't help that the Ontario healthcare system may itself be broken (what you glossed over is that healthcare in Canada is a provincial service, and believe it or not, not all systems suck... the one here in Alberta ain't that bad, overall).
The only way McCain can get some air time these days is to say something controversial
'course, it'd help if, in front of a crowd, he didn't look like an uncomfortable grandfather who's not really sure of his footing. Or if his campaign actually arranged interesting rallies (ffs, a *Harley* event... seriously??). Or if they'd built any kind of enthusiasm amongst voters... any at all!
The fact is McCain has simply done a terribly shitty job of putting his message out there. 'course, it doesn't help that he's one of the least charismatic candidates I've seen in a long time... and I watched Gore's campaign.
Remember, above all, the media wants ratings... the news channels, right now, are making a mint on advertising (the spend on those networks tends to go way up during major news events, such as political campaigns), and so their goal is one thing: to attract advertisers. The fact that they don't seem to focus on McCain just says to me that McCain simply isn't doing anything interesting, aside from occasionally making an ass out of himself.
Not quite... nowhere on that page does it suggest you astroturf on blogs. It's all about encouraging campaign participation (ie, making phone calls on behalf of the campaign, hosting events, etc).
Of course, that's a fine line to draw, but I think it's an important distinction... in the latter case, it's clear the individual is acting on behalf of the campaign. In the former, it's clearly an attempt to simulate independent, grassroots support.
And to be fair, that's on my brief reading of both websites. I could be wrong, and if Obama's campaign is encouraging astroturfing (the disguising of campaign-induced activity as independent advocacy), then they, too, deserve derision.
Sublime... and immensely frustrating! There's nothing quite like building a nice, long dragon, searching for eyespace, only to get hemmed in on all sides and finally destroyed...
Wow, *someone's* delusional. Sharper picture, no need to deal with tracking problems, dirty tape heads, degraded picture quality over time, crappy fast-forward/rewind, crappy pause behaviour... the different in picture quality between VHS and DVD was/is *marked*. But DVD to HD? Meh... it's an improvement, certainly, but in typical viewing conditions (ie, not on a giant screen in the dark), the differences aren't really that noticeable. Certainly not given the cost/performance tradeoffs involved.
If someone on board had the means to stop the guy then they would have had a duty to do so.
Has a very different meaning from this:
If it had been the US, one of the other passengers would have shot him.
As would have only been proper!
The former is an act of self defense. The latter is vigilantism (particularly given your belief that shooting him would've been "proper"). Now, if someone onboard felt the need to defend themselves (in this case, they didn't, as everyone was able to safely exit the bus before he was, umm, "done" with his first victim), then they should feel the freedom to do so.
What they shouldn't have done is killed him because they thought he deserved it.
Now, I'm not sure where, exactly, your position is, but we can agree if it stops at self-defense. Anything above that, it's vigilantism, and doesn't belong in a modern, civilized society.
to safeguard yourself and the rest of the people involved.
Umm... they did safeguard themselves and everyone else. No one else was hurt.
So, what was your point, again?
To sit there and DO NOTHING
Who said they did nothing? They stopped the bus, everyone exited safely, and then they locked the guy in. When law enforcement showed up, they dealt with him. Sounds like a perfectly sound, reasonable response.
Well, unless you're an idiotic, blood-thirsty cowboy...
Umm... tough shit? Security is hard, deal with it.
Besides, in general, users *are* ignorant when it comes to security. But I'd rather reduce the odds of someone stealing an ignorant person's credit card details, at the expense of making your friend's life a very tiny bit more difficult.
So did the self-signed cert make anything worse? No, it didn't.
Yes, it did, because a person naive in the inner-workings of SSL and public key cryptography would assume that encryption == safe. Period. And thus they would treat the connection as a trusted one, when that's precisely what they *shouldn't* be doing.
So, in the case of an educated user, you're right, it doesn't make a difference. But guess what? The current Firefox policy is no worse for, guess who, *educated users*. But the very users who *could* be duped by a self-signed cert are the very people the new procedure is targeted at. Which is why it's a very positive change, IMHO.
Amusingly enough, the *exact* same thing has been said about C++. To wit:
"That is, in fact, the true curse of C++ - it is a very powerful language which is also very popular, but the vast majority of its users have no idea how to use its full power, and just use it as C with classes - and the end result is indeed, more often than not, messy code. Which is a real pity."
'course, that doesn't change the truth of your statement, but it's interesting that Javascript isn't alone in that particular predicament (for the record, C++ has many *other* problems, but this is definitely one of them).
That's more than a little disturbing. That, or a great route to corporate espionage (I'm betting it'd be trivially easy to install keyloggers in your average corporate office, particularly given how small and discrete those things are). Not to mention the fun a disgruntled employee could have...
But it is an absolute absurdity to presume that health care is a question of social justice or fairness. No-one can guarantee health no matter how much money you throw at it.
Hmm... given your reading comprehension skills, I wonder who's the one with the functional brain...
I said "health care" is a matter of social justice, not "health". ie, the right to quality medical care, when needed, should not be rationed based on income levels. Access to quality medical care *is* about social justice, and in a just society (ie, the entire developed world outside of the United States), if an individual has a tumour, whether or not they have it removed should not be a function of their economic strata in society. Nor should financial ruin be the consequence of choosing to seek treatment.
That's what I love about liberals. They never stop dreaming.
Hmm... the entire developed world has successful government run healthcare systems, while a functional private system has yet to be built (no, the US system is *not* functional). Tell me, who's the one living in a fantasy world?
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And 8 years ago George W. Bush had the opportunity to set a national energy plan that would've reduced the demand for oil without the need for offshore drilling.
But, hey, it's way easier to blame Bill and the evil Democrats then to admit that your president has spent his time waging wars instead of addressing the real, pressing needs of the nation.
Mars is warming because of it's normal orbit and tilt. Go ask an astronomer.
Then ask yourself: why aren't any other planets warming (and no, Jupiter isn't warming, look it up)?
BTW, the answer is simple: they aren't, but anti-AGW folks like to cherrypick results to make their point.
Two words: demand destruction. Look it up.
We all believe Westerner are brain washed by their media.
And westerners believe the Chinese are brainwashed by their media.
Problem is, we're both right.
Why is Mars also experiencing warming globally?
Because the peculiarities of it's orbit and tilt cause it to have severe changes in weather over the long term, and so the south pole is now in a nice, warm spring?
Besides which, even if Mars *was* experiencing atypical warming, why haven't any *other* planets experienced warming (no, Jupiter is not, go look it up)? Ahh yes... stacking the deck with carefully selected datapoints... how cute and decidedly unscientific.
Why did the temperature go up THEN CO2 levels rise
It didn't. Both happened. Specifically, it goes like this: CO2 -> Raised Temperatures -> More CO2... I take it you've never heard of feedback loops?
Ahh, touche, an excellent point... in science, a chaotic system is one in which small changes in initial conditions produce large, unpredictable changes in outcome. Sounds like a pretty good description of Go to me...
must be dealt with in its full chaotic beauty or not at all.
I submit that, if your games of Go are chaotic, you're not doing it right... :)
Why does it take months and months and months to get appointments, to get any testing done and to see a specialist?
Because in Canada, health resources are rationed by need, not by income.
Which you're likely prefer depends largely on how much money you have.
'course, it doesn't help that the Ontario healthcare system may itself be broken (what you glossed over is that healthcare in Canada is a provincial service, and believe it or not, not all systems suck... the one here in Alberta ain't that bad, overall).
The only way McCain can get some air time these days is to say something controversial
'course, it'd help if, in front of a crowd, he didn't look like an uncomfortable grandfather who's not really sure of his footing. Or if his campaign actually arranged interesting rallies (ffs, a *Harley* event... seriously??). Or if they'd built any kind of enthusiasm amongst voters... any at all!
The fact is McCain has simply done a terribly shitty job of putting his message out there. 'course, it doesn't help that he's one of the least charismatic candidates I've seen in a long time... and I watched Gore's campaign.
Remember, above all, the media wants ratings... the news channels, right now, are making a mint on advertising (the spend on those networks tends to go way up during major news events, such as political campaigns), and so their goal is one thing: to attract advertisers. The fact that they don't seem to focus on McCain just says to me that McCain simply isn't doing anything interesting, aside from occasionally making an ass out of himself.
Not quite... nowhere on that page does it suggest you astroturf on blogs. It's all about encouraging campaign participation (ie, making phone calls on behalf of the campaign, hosting events, etc).
Of course, that's a fine line to draw, but I think it's an important distinction... in the latter case, it's clear the individual is acting on behalf of the campaign. In the former, it's clearly an attempt to simulate independent, grassroots support.
And to be fair, that's on my brief reading of both websites. I could be wrong, and if Obama's campaign is encouraging astroturfing (the disguising of campaign-induced activity as independent advocacy), then they, too, deserve derision.
Sublime... and immensely frustrating! There's nothing quite like building a nice, long dragon, searching for eyespace, only to get hemmed in on all sides and finally destroyed...
Did you miss the Today's Talking Points links? Or did you actively ignore them?
Wow, *someone's* delusional. Sharper picture, no need to deal with tracking problems, dirty tape heads, degraded picture quality over time, crappy fast-forward/rewind, crappy pause behaviour... the different in picture quality between VHS and DVD was/is *marked*. But DVD to HD? Meh... it's an improvement, certainly, but in typical viewing conditions (ie, not on a giant screen in the dark), the differences aren't really that noticeable. Certainly not given the cost/performance tradeoffs involved.
Just FYI, this:
If someone on board had the means to stop the guy then they would have had a duty to do so.
Has a very different meaning from this:
If it had been the US, one of the other passengers would have shot him.
As would have only been proper!
The former is an act of self defense. The latter is vigilantism (particularly given your belief that shooting him would've been "proper"). Now, if someone onboard felt the need to defend themselves (in this case, they didn't, as everyone was able to safely exit the bus before he was, umm, "done" with his first victim), then they should feel the freedom to do so.
What they shouldn't have done is killed him because they thought he deserved it.
Now, I'm not sure where, exactly, your position is, but we can agree if it stops at self-defense. Anything above that, it's vigilantism, and doesn't belong in a modern, civilized society.
*curses whoever thought a JVM was a good idea for an embedded consumer device*
You mean, a huge chunk of cell phone manufacturers?
to safeguard yourself and the rest of the people involved.
Umm... they did safeguard themselves and everyone else. No one else was hurt.
So, what was your point, again?
To sit there and DO NOTHING
Who said they did nothing? They stopped the bus, everyone exited safely, and then they locked the guy in. When law enforcement showed up, they dealt with him. Sounds like a perfectly sound, reasonable response.
Well, unless you're an idiotic, blood-thirsty cowboy...
The guy was already dead by the time people realized what was happening. So you're saying it's "proper" to hand out vigilante justice?
Thanks, but no thanks.
Umm... tough shit? Security is hard, deal with it.
Besides, in general, users *are* ignorant when it comes to security. But I'd rather reduce the odds of someone stealing an ignorant person's credit card details, at the expense of making your friend's life a very tiny bit more difficult.
So did the self-signed cert make anything worse? No, it didn't.
Yes, it did, because a person naive in the inner-workings of SSL and public key cryptography would assume that encryption == safe. Period. And thus they would treat the connection as a trusted one, when that's precisely what they *shouldn't* be doing.
So, in the case of an educated user, you're right, it doesn't make a difference. But guess what? The current Firefox policy is no worse for, guess who, *educated users*. But the very users who *could* be duped by a self-signed cert are the very people the new procedure is targeted at. Which is why it's a very positive change, IMHO.
Apparently you don't come from the planet earth. Go look up the term vapourware, I don't think it means what you think it means.
Amusingly enough, the *exact* same thing has been said about C++. To wit:
"That is, in fact, the true curse of C++ - it is a very powerful language which is also very popular, but the vast majority of its users have no idea how to use its full power, and just use it as C with classes - and the end result is indeed, more often than not, messy code. Which is a real pity."
'course, that doesn't change the truth of your statement, but it's interesting that Javascript isn't alone in that particular predicament (for the record, C++ has many *other* problems, but this is definitely one of them).
That's more than a little disturbing. That, or a great route to corporate espionage (I'm betting it'd be trivially easy to install keyloggers in your average corporate office, particularly given how small and discrete those things are). Not to mention the fun a disgruntled employee could have...
But it is an absolute absurdity to presume that health care is a question of social justice or fairness. No-one can guarantee health no matter how much money you throw at it.
Hmm... given your reading comprehension skills, I wonder who's the one with the functional brain...
I said "health care" is a matter of social justice, not "health". ie, the right to quality medical care, when needed, should not be rationed based on income levels. Access to quality medical care *is* about social justice, and in a just society (ie, the entire developed world outside of the United States), if an individual has a tumour, whether or not they have it removed should not be a function of their economic strata in society. Nor should financial ruin be the consequence of choosing to seek treatment.
That's what I love about liberals. They never stop dreaming.
Hmm... the entire developed world has successful government run healthcare systems, while a functional private system has yet to be built (no, the US system is *not* functional). Tell me, who's the one living in a fantasy world?
However, catering to the sickly weakens our gene pool.
I hate to break it to you, but eugenics has long fallen out of fashion among civilized folk.