Nonsense. No one is actively destroying any culture. Is Victoria's Secret out there plotting against traditional grass skirts? Is McDonalds trying to overwhelm the pita? Sorry, Gort, but here's a piece of Klatu Barada Nikto for you: rather than outsiders trampling old customs, it's the insiders who are foresaking them. People aren't eating McDonald's hamburgers because they've been forced to under an imperialistic dictum...they're eating them because they like a cheap, easy meal better than they like roasted caterpillers in banana leaves. And when something better comes along, poor Ronald McDonald will get dumped in the same landfill of history that some of these languages are finding themselves in.
I have to agree with this...the only loss will be cultural, but cultures aren't static things frozen in amber in the first place. I wish folks who view the world as rigid and unchanging would learn that reality is dynamic. Nothing lasts forever. Clean out your old baggage and move on.
And why are we talking about compression strength? These things are not built from the ground up, but from orbit down. They hang.
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The gist of the article is that the carbon ribbon material they'll be using is strong enough for the 62,000 miles length needed to reach geosynch and the counterbalance beyond.
Of course, the article also points out that the exact material has yet to be made...
Are you talking about fusion or fission? If fission, I submit that the waste materials are easily contained and stored -- no smoke dispersed on the wind -- and is thus cleaner than any alternative.
Ah, but you don't remember the roaming blackouts from the last couple of summers in California, do you? The power generation infrastructure is already overburdened and you think this is going to help?
What you refer to as "cherry-picking", I refer to as pointing out information that is consistantly overlooked by the public media. And that's the full reason I submitted his site for consideration on this matter: he had an opposing view with different conclusions. Daly is a commentator with an understanding of scientific methodology who is pointing out flaws, so expecting him to go through peer review is asking a bit much, isn't it? Or is that the idea, maybe if he has to wait a few months before each of his articles gets published, we won't hear so much of him?
Here's a site that discusses, among other related issues, the very mark you mention. In fact, the webmaster had begun writing about it over a year ago, with somewhat different conclusions than those reached by alarmists recently.
No, it is statistics. Again, he does not claim to be a scientist. He is, however, a statistician using the tools of his trade to demonstrate weaknesses in environmental alarmism arguments.
Oh, don't be so serious with "Trials and Tribble-ations"! It was conceived from the beginning as a tongue-in-cheek episode in the very tradition of the Original Series. The production crew just wanted to have fun, and that throw-away line was intended to simply poke fun at the fans who have debated this topic since 1979.
Klingons always looked bumpy-headed. Even TOS Klingons. 1960's television cameras, however, lacked the resolution to properly capture the subtle detail. But when we finally saw them on the big screen, that's when we saw what they were really like. It's just like the subtle hull plating on the the motion picture Enterprise. Really.
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Excellent post! I have little doubt that Greenpeace is once again playing fast and loose with the facts to further their political agenda against multinational corporations. It's just a shame that so many people buy into the notion that Greenpeace is an unbiased guardian when even one of the founders of the organization now says of it, "They're using environmental rhetoric to cloak agendas like class warfare and anti-corporatism that, in fact, have almost nothing to do with ecology."
And now the info in your post, if true, shows they're up to the same old tricks with Dow.
Yep, we do have to keep an eye on corporations and make a point to highlight grievous activity...that's what gave The Yes Men "parody" such legs. But we also need to keep an eye on activist groups like Greenpeace and be every bit as suspicious of their propaganda.
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Perhaps you could better understand the situation if someone put up the Henry V.009 Child Pornography Photo Archive Web Site. I'm sure everyone who visited would understand that you wouldn't possibly do anything like this and that it must therefore be parody itself! Or would it be something else...?
[applauds] Excellent post, sir! I don't have mod points at the moment, so I'll risk going off-topic and tell you personally. Over the Internet. Er. Not so personally. Well, good post, anyway.
Caveat Emptor, my friend. You see, you're relying on a third party to protect you rather than going in aware of the risk yourself. Never assume someone else is going to go to the bother of protecting your interests -- they shouldn't and you have no right to expect it. Communities like this one are where we, as consumers, become aware of problems like this.
While I wouldn't go so far as to equate piracy with communism (piracy is simply piracy -- it's wrong in the first place and doesn't need to be associated with a political system to besmirch it), I think you're wrong from the start to think of fair use copying as piracy. When I buy a CD or DVD, I want a perfect digital copy for my own use. There is nothing immoral or wrong with that and it only becomes illegal when I decide to sell my perfect copies to others. But you see, this is where you make your mistake...you equate the use of a tool that could be used in an illegal activity with the actual illegal activity itself. This is like saying that since automobiles can be used to run over innocent pedestrians on the sidewalk, people who purchase automobiles are killers and need to be prosecuted for the safety of all. It is an obvious logical fallacy.
Now if you want to go and prosecute everyone who sells their perfect digital copies, by all means, you have my support. But deprive me of the tools I need to do what I want with the media I purchase with my own hard-earned cash and I will call you a lackey of MPAA special interests and do everything in my power to strike back and overturn you and your "position".
That, my AC friend, has nothing to do with communism.
Grrr...I've been cracking that joke ever since last night in person and on a bunch of discussion sites, and all I've been met with are blank stares and chirping crickets.
AND THEN YOU GET MODERATED "FUNNY" FOR IT.
*sigh*
Oh well, maybe if I make some cracks about abusive boyfriends, I'll get a snicker...
There is a viable choice. In fact, there are several. Vote Libertarian, Green, Socialist, whatever floats your boat, but stop voting for the Democrats and Republicans. Pick a party that supports policies you believe in and back them. Volunteer time for their candidates. Talk about them to your friends, co-workers, school chums, etc. Write to the papers about them. Drum up support and teach people that they aren't throwing away their vote when the pull the lever for a third-party candidate, they are throwing away their vote by continuing to elect representatives who are promising nothing but more of the same!
Personally, I vote Libertarian, and I make a show of it.
Why? Because it happens to include a couple words that you find frightening? I don't, and if a GM food or other product has properties that I, as a consumer find desirable, then you can bet your Dr. Weil fanclub membership that I'll buy it and use it.
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Nonsense. No one is actively destroying any culture. Is Victoria's Secret out there plotting against traditional grass skirts? Is McDonalds trying to overwhelm the pita? Sorry, Gort, but here's a piece of Klatu Barada Nikto for you: rather than outsiders trampling old customs, it's the insiders who are foresaking them. People aren't eating McDonald's hamburgers because they've been forced to under an imperialistic dictum...they're eating them because they like a cheap, easy meal better than they like roasted caterpillers in banana leaves. And when something better comes along, poor Ronald McDonald will get dumped in the same landfill of history that some of these languages are finding themselves in.
I have to agree with this...the only loss will be cultural, but cultures aren't static things frozen in amber in the first place. I wish folks who view the world as rigid and unchanging would learn that reality is dynamic. Nothing lasts forever. Clean out your old baggage and move on.
And why are we talking about compression strength? These things are not built from the ground up, but from orbit down. They hang.
The gist of the article is that the carbon ribbon material they'll be using is strong enough for the 62,000 miles length needed to reach geosynch and the counterbalance beyond.
Of course, the article also points out that the exact material has yet to be made...
Are you talking about fusion or fission? If fission, I submit that the waste materials are easily contained and stored -- no smoke dispersed on the wind -- and is thus cleaner than any alternative.
Ah, but you don't remember the roaming blackouts from the last couple of summers in California, do you? The power generation infrastructure is already overburdened and you think this is going to help?
"I also think if it would be possible to implant such bacteria for additional computational power in human brains"
Uh-huh. You go first.
Yeah, but imagine a beowulf cluster of them...petrified in stone! "Ha ha ha! All your jokes are belong to us!"
What you refer to as "cherry-picking", I refer to as pointing out information that is consistantly overlooked by the public media. And that's the full reason I submitted his site for consideration on this matter: he had an opposing view with different conclusions. Daly is a commentator with an understanding of scientific methodology who is pointing out flaws, so expecting him to go through peer review is asking a bit much, isn't it? Or is that the idea, maybe if he has to wait a few months before each of his articles gets published, we won't hear so much of him?
Here's a site that discusses, among other related issues, the very mark you mention. In fact, the webmaster had begun writing about it over a year ago, with somewhat different conclusions than those reached by alarmists recently.
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That was a Federal tax cut, not a state cut.
No, it is statistics. Again, he does not claim to be a scientist. He is, however, a statistician using the tools of his trade to demonstrate weaknesses in environmental alarmism arguments.
Nah, he's just trying to weed out the nitwits.
Oh, don't be so serious with "Trials and Tribble-ations"! It was conceived from the beginning as a tongue-in-cheek episode in the very tradition of the Original Series. The production crew just wanted to have fun, and that throw-away line was intended to simply poke fun at the fans who have debated this topic since 1979.
Klingons always looked bumpy-headed. Even TOS Klingons. 1960's television cameras, however, lacked the resolution to properly capture the subtle detail. But when we finally saw them on the big screen, that's when we saw what they were really like. It's just like the subtle hull plating on the the motion picture Enterprise. Really.
[applauds]
Excellent post! I have little doubt that Greenpeace is once again playing fast and loose with the facts to further their political agenda against multinational corporations. It's just a shame that so many people buy into the notion that Greenpeace is an unbiased guardian when even one of the founders of the organization now says of it, "They're using environmental rhetoric to cloak agendas like class warfare and anti-corporatism that, in fact, have almost nothing to do with ecology."
And now the info in your post, if true, shows they're up to the same old tricks with Dow.
Yep, we do have to keep an eye on corporations and make a point to highlight grievous activity...that's what gave The Yes Men "parody" such legs. But we also need to keep an eye on activist groups like Greenpeace and be every bit as suspicious of their propaganda.
Perhaps you could better understand the situation if someone put up the Henry V .009 Child Pornography Photo Archive Web Site. I'm sure everyone who visited would understand that you wouldn't possibly do anything like this and that it must therefore be parody itself! Or would it be something else...?
[applauds] Excellent post, sir! I don't have mod points at the moment, so I'll risk going off-topic and tell you personally. Over the Internet. Er. Not so personally. Well, good post, anyway.
Caveat Emptor, my friend. You see, you're relying on a third party to protect you rather than going in aware of the risk yourself. Never assume someone else is going to go to the bother of protecting your interests -- they shouldn't and you have no right to expect it. Communities like this one are where we, as consumers, become aware of problems like this.
Are there any sites devoted to listing "bad" CDs?
While I wouldn't go so far as to equate piracy with communism (piracy is simply piracy -- it's wrong in the first place and doesn't need to be associated with a political system to besmirch it), I think you're wrong from the start to think of fair use copying as piracy. When I buy a CD or DVD, I want a perfect digital copy for my own use. There is nothing immoral or wrong with that and it only becomes illegal when I decide to sell my perfect copies to others. But you see, this is where you make your mistake...you equate the use of a tool that could be used in an illegal activity with the actual illegal activity itself. This is like saying that since automobiles can be used to run over innocent pedestrians on the sidewalk, people who purchase automobiles are killers and need to be prosecuted for the safety of all. It is an obvious logical fallacy.
Now if you want to go and prosecute everyone who sells their perfect digital copies, by all means, you have my support. But deprive me of the tools I need to do what I want with the media I purchase with my own hard-earned cash and I will call you a lackey of MPAA special interests and do everything in my power to strike back and overturn you and your "position".
That, my AC friend, has nothing to do with communism.
Given the number of times that people who are clinically brain-dead are disconnected from life-support...I'd say the answer is "Yes."
Grrr...I've been cracking that joke ever since last night in person and on a bunch of discussion sites, and all I've been met with are blank stares and chirping crickets.
AND THEN YOU GET MODERATED "FUNNY" FOR IT.
*sigh*
Oh well, maybe if I make some cracks about abusive boyfriends, I'll get a snicker...
Actually, the specific analogy used wasn't a schoolyard bully, but an idiot who picks fights with larger adversaries.
There is a viable choice. In fact, there are several. Vote Libertarian, Green, Socialist, whatever floats your boat, but stop voting for the Democrats and Republicans. Pick a party that supports policies you believe in and back them. Volunteer time for their candidates. Talk about them to your friends, co-workers, school chums, etc. Write to the papers about them. Drum up support and teach people that they aren't throwing away their vote when the pull the lever for a third-party candidate, they are throwing away their vote by continuing to elect representatives who are promising nothing but more of the same!
Personally, I vote Libertarian, and I make a show of it.
Why? Because it happens to include a couple words that you find frightening? I don't, and if a GM food or other product has properties that I, as a consumer find desirable, then you can bet your Dr. Weil fanclub membership that I'll buy it and use it.
Don't be ridiculous. In saying "used to", the original poster is clearly laying a claim to prior art.