> An American Airlines spokeswoman said in a statement: "Air travel is global business, and we abide by the rules in countries where we operate."
The Federation has always hidden behind the non-interference Prime Directive. While they wash their hands of it they hide behind some noble purpose --- However the Prime Directive was established to protect indigenous native cultures, not level 5 civilisations. It shouldn't apply here.
Plants LOVE CO2. If you take any modern plant and put it in a CO2 rich environment, it'll grow faster. Ask any pot grower.
Plants evolved when there was more CO2 in the atmosphere than now. We're going back to that era, because we've burned all the coal and oil that was laid down over millions of years back then. LISTEN: it took millions of years for that CO2 to be removed from the air, and we've put it all back in 100 years. THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES. It's too late to do anything. Politics be damned. Unless we start removing CO2 from the air (which costs money nobody wants to pay) costal cities will be flooded, coral reefs will die, and it'll take MANY THOUSANDS of years for life to recover. This is just fact. You already screwed us, thanks.
It's already too late to do anything. Millions of years ago, the Earth was covered by forests. The trees died, as plants and animals do, and this was before mushrooms. If a tree falls in the forest, do mushrooms eat it? These days, yeah, but back then, no. So millions of years ago a lot of plant material turned into coal. We've dug up almost half of it and burned it. All that CO2, sequestered for hundreds of millions of years, has been released into the atmosphere. It took literally millions of years for all that CO2 to be sequestered, and we've released it in 150 years. No, there's no going back. Get used to it.
Let's not forget about the creepy targeted ads that are mostly useless. After I buy a product, I see ads for it. That's a complete waste of time and bandwidth. The people pushing this crap are idiots, they only want to make a buck at someone else's expense, and there's no question of "ethics"---it's an invasion of privacy and I feel perfectly happy blocking ads and never visiting websites that push such garbage. There are many sites that operate on a "user-supported" basis, where you can choose to pay them directly in exchange for never seeing an ad. I donate to sites that I use and like. There is no need for ads.
I wonder how many cops take steroids, and whether 'roid rage is a factor in shootings. Or any other drugs for that matter. Drug testing for police is woefully lacking. http://www.quora.com/How-often...
It turns out to be part of the foundation of Science. In Mathematics, you *can* prove things. Done. That's the difference between math and science. You can never prove anything in Science, you can only *disprove* things. "Our earlier hypothesis turned out to be wrong. It turns out that the Earth is not flat. Also domestic sheep have evolved into a new species, they can no longer mate with wild-type sheep. Who knew? Well, some people did. Just not you."
It's been cold and rainy here all week. Looks like we might finally be in for some warmer weather this weekend. Still gonna rain, though. The East Coast Monsoon. Seems like we'll be seeing more of it this year.
Yawn. It's too late to do anything about it anyway. You might as well sit back and enjoy it. Unless we start a geoengineering project to remove CO2 from the atmosphere (and who's going to pay for that?) it'll be a thousand years before levels return to normal, *assuming* we cut emissions to zero right now, which will never happen. We could put giant mirrors in space to cool the Earth, but who wants to do that? I like the heat, and since we were due for another ice age, I personally would rather not have New York State under a kilometer of ice.
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> An American Airlines spokeswoman said in a statement: "Air travel is global business, and we abide by the rules in countries where we operate."
The Federation has always hidden behind the non-interference Prime Directive. While they wash their hands of it they hide behind some noble purpose --- However the Prime Directive was established to protect indigenous native cultures, not level 5 civilisations. It shouldn't apply here.
There will always be a world's cheapest car, as long as there are cars.
Sounds like they are planning to put a LOT of silver into the air. It's going to come down somewhere ... Iodine is at least biologically useful ...
Plants LOVE CO2. If you take any modern plant and put it in a CO2 rich environment, it'll grow faster. Ask any pot grower.
Plants evolved when there was more CO2 in the atmosphere than now. We're going back to that era, because we've burned all the coal and oil that was laid down over millions of years back then. LISTEN: it took millions of years for that CO2 to be removed from the air, and we've put it all back in 100 years. THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES. It's too late to do anything. Politics be damned. Unless we start removing CO2 from the air (which costs money nobody wants to pay) costal cities will be flooded, coral reefs will die, and it'll take MANY THOUSANDS of years for life to recover. This is just fact. You already screwed us, thanks.
It's already too late to do anything. Millions of years ago, the Earth was covered by forests. The trees died, as plants and animals do, and this was before mushrooms. If a tree falls in the forest, do mushrooms eat it? These days, yeah, but back then, no. So millions of years ago a lot of plant material turned into coal. We've dug up almost half of it and burned it. All that CO2, sequestered for hundreds of millions of years, has been released into the atmosphere. It took literally millions of years for all that CO2 to be sequestered, and we've released it in 150 years. No, there's no going back. Get used to it.
Let's not forget about the creepy targeted ads that are mostly useless. After I buy a product, I see ads for it. That's a complete waste of time and bandwidth. The people pushing this crap are idiots, they only want to make a buck at someone else's expense, and there's no question of "ethics"---it's an invasion of privacy and I feel perfectly happy blocking ads and never visiting websites that push such garbage. There are many sites that operate on a "user-supported" basis, where you can choose to pay them directly in exchange for never seeing an ad. I donate to sites that I use and like. There is no need for ads.
I wonder how many cops take steroids, and whether 'roid rage is a factor in shootings. Or any other drugs for that matter. Drug testing for police is woefully lacking. http://www.quora.com/How-often...
Lol
Folks living in Florida selling power to the north will be chuckling. Jeb Bush should be all bug-eyed with the profit potential.
Remember Hanlon's Razor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
They don't have an agenda, they're just idiots.
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Science learns as it goes.
So science is NEVER "settled"?!?!?!?
Who knew!
It turns out to be part of the foundation of Science. In Mathematics, you *can* prove things. Done. That's the difference between math and science. You can never prove anything in Science, you can only *disprove* things. "Our earlier hypothesis turned out to be wrong. It turns out that the Earth is not flat. Also domestic sheep have evolved into a new species, they can no longer mate with wild-type sheep. Who knew? Well, some people did. Just not you."
Ever notice how the deniers always post as Anonymous?
"We're still massaging the data to make it look the way that fits our pre-conceived notions. STATISTICS!!"
"We're still yammering on about the way we believe the world is and has always been. IGNORANCE!!"
No.
You've seen German porn, haven't you?
El Niño, derp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...
You ever hear about convection?
It's been cold and rainy here all week. Looks like we might finally be in for some warmer weather this weekend. Still gonna rain, though. The East Coast Monsoon. Seems like we'll be seeing more of it this year.
Wow.
Yawn. It's too late to do anything about it anyway. You might as well sit back and enjoy it. Unless we start a geoengineering project to remove CO2 from the atmosphere (and who's going to pay for that?) it'll be a thousand years before levels return to normal, *assuming* we cut emissions to zero right now, which will never happen. We could put giant mirrors in space to cool the Earth, but who wants to do that? I like the heat, and since we were due for another ice age, I personally would rather not have New York State under a kilometer of ice.
Any word on whether the cops can still use stingray?
It's silly to talk about galaxies this way. Not to mention, older galaxies like this are probably much MORE likely to harbor LIFE.
Yeah, and I don't drool on myself like my neighbor who got hit by a car and whanged his head on a telephone pole.
And how about letting users OPT OUT of mobile. I constantly have to request Desktop Site on my tablet because most mobile sites suck hard.
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-...