I doubt any part of Nevada is "10,000 times the normal radiation level" now, and certainly none of it would be hundreds of millions of years from now when some hypothetical intelligent species evolves. Thanks for the laugh though.
At least you get what I mean... I strongly suspect the only claim to fame mankind will ever have is that we were the first to evolve this far on this planet. We'll make an interesting study for our distant descendents.
I was referring to Yucca Mountain with the radioactivity as it was the first thing I thought of that might actually leave a mark of any sort over the timescales involved. I suppose the Moon Landers would be another. Maybe we should hoik a black monolith up there or something.
In addition, even if global warming is a real effect, the speed with which it's happening is a highly critical aspect of the problem.
Sadly it's almost happening too slow. It's like the creationists favourite rejoinder, "so you're saying your grandfather was an ape?". The human mind has trouble comprehending the monumentally large amounts of time (usually) involved in climate change, so I'd suggest that even if we enter an Ice Age within 25 years most of the US will be standing there saying "Ice Ages are normal! It's not us, it's Nature!"
So the US should refuse to participate in Kyoto and keep on producing most of the CO2 in the world because it ignores cooking fires? I couldn;t see a section on bovine flatulence either, come to think of it.
But then there's all that very troubling evidence of missile propellant on seats, etc etc.
The point I was making is not that TWA800 was shot down, just that the CIA and NTSB released a 'closed-source' animation purporting to totally refute the many, many, many eyewitness accounts of a "streaking light" intercepting the aircraft. The animation is hugely flawed but they refuse to let anyone subject it to analysis.
That Global Warming is a manmade, real phenomona is accepted by 99.9% of scientists in the fields involved. To trot out the "only a theory", "some experts dispute" etc routine is like getting the Flat Earth Society involved every time someone talks about circumnavigation.
"Heads in the sand" is going to be on our culture's gravestone when the next lot of intelligent life evolves here and starts wondering why parts of Nevada are 10,000 times the normal radiation level.
You might want to ask to see the model behind the CIA data which proved conclusively that a 747, deprived of its forward fuselage, can convince over 600 witnesses that said 747 was shot down by a SAM.
Here in the US, while you may be considered immoral / sinner / what have you by some groups, there are an equal number of groups that support your choices of lifestyle.
Appreciated, freedom of speec and all that. I respect everyone's right to say whatever they damn well please.
However, when my government wants to amend the same document that provides freedom of speech to deny me the chance to marry, based on what I firmly believe is an inherent characteristic of myself (ie my 'gayness' is as predetermined as Bill Cosby's blackness), that's when it gets scary.
My above post was perhaps a bit ambiguous on this - it's governmental intrusion into my right to do the same as a heterosexual person that shocks me.
Why is it acceptable to be anti-gay in the US?
1984 is more than anything about thought control by use of language and concepts, and it has to be said that 2005 USA is getting very, very strange.
"Activist judges are advancing the homosexual agenda" is just another way of saying that the judiciary are continuing to redress bigotry and discrimination that would be totally unacceptable if the person's "difference" happened to be that they were black.
The arguments against 'gay marriage' are just recycled from the 1950s when interracial marriage was taboo. "Liberal" is the new "commie".
"Academia is a bastion of liberalism" is another way of saying "all these really smart people seem to prefer one ideology over another, wonder why?".
Sorry, had to rant. It makes me sick, as a bisexual man, to think that if I lived in the US I'd be considered immoral or degenerate.
"America, Fuck Yeah!"? America, fuck you.
The original poster makes the very common mistake of confusing hot chips with overheating chips - just because 90degC is hot to us meatbags, doesn't mean that it's dangerous to have ICs who run at this temp.
There are many, many ICs that run happily for years at high operating temperatures (Blaupunkt's Digiceiver digital RF processor being one I'm familiar with).
Saying this, I do run a 12" G4 PowerBook and can appreciate the delights of a 20degC chip...
Let me just speak for the rest of the world when I say ARRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHH
Fucking, fucking, fucking dumb shits like you are the problem.
Man, I'm so pissed off today and having to read through sixteen pages of yanks spouting think-tank bullshit ain't gonna help.
Also; insightful??? Please!
Journalists get far too much slack already, ranting arould like fools saying they are doing a "great job for society" when they take paparazzi photos of officials and private persons so they can sell more newspapers.
Err.. and this has bearing on this case because... It's journalism, not gossip, you moron.
What the kids SHOULD have done was to contact the principles office and ask for permission. They could very well have been given such a permission if being supervised, and everything would be fine.
Oh, please. "Dear Mr Nixon, would it be OK if we started asking questions about who paid for the Watergate break-in? You can send Mr Ehrlichman along to make sure we don't get into trouble if you want!"
What kind of fucked-up fearful authority-loving MiniLuv nation do you live in? America?
I wasn't aware that I'd attributed his attitude to anything, I just stated that I'd heard he has one.
I don't care if it's because he's in a wheelchair, an academic (much more likely) or his missus didn't fuck him last night, none of them excuses it. You're either a decent human being or you're not.
A friend is at Cambridge, and he describes Hawking as a man who isn't afraid to use his wheelchair as a weapon (literally - not a fan of crowds, by all accounts), and knows his value to Cambridge as long as he remains there.
Having never met him I'd be loathe to criticise, but anecdotal evidence does suggest he's a grade A egotistical wanker. Or as Fox would put it, "Some people say he's a baby-eating wheeled menace who should be ejected into space; you decide".
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I'm arguing about the excessive credence given to the 0.1%, given that it is just 0.1% of knowledgable experts in the fields.
Plus the Galileo thing is based on the fact that 99.9% of people initially disagreed, rather than eventually agreed as is the case here.
To say that I don't understand how science works is laughable. Any high school student could explain the theorise, experiment, re-evaluate process.
I was referring to Yucca Mountain with the radioactivity as it was the first thing I thought of that might actually leave a mark of any sort over the timescales involved. I suppose the Moon Landers would be another. Maybe we should hoik a black monolith up there or something.
In addition, even if global warming is a real effect, the speed with which it's happening is a highly critical aspect of the problem.
Sadly it's almost happening too slow. It's like the creationists favourite rejoinder, "so you're saying your grandfather was an ape?". The human mind has trouble comprehending the monumentally large amounts of time (usually) involved in climate change, so I'd suggest that even if we enter an Ice Age within 25 years most of the US will be standing there saying "Ice Ages are normal! It's not us, it's Nature!"
So your point is that a new idea slowly gains acceptance rather than being immediately obvious to all?
So the US should refuse to participate in Kyoto and keep on producing most of the CO2 in the world because it ignores cooking fires? I couldn;t see a section on bovine flatulence either, come to think of it.
But then there's all that very troubling evidence of missile propellant on seats, etc etc.
The point I was making is not that TWA800 was shot down, just that the CIA and NTSB released a 'closed-source' animation purporting to totally refute the many, many, many eyewitness accounts of a "streaking light" intercepting the aircraft. The animation is hugely flawed but they refuse to let anyone subject it to analysis.
That Global Warming is a manmade, real phenomona is accepted by 99.9% of scientists in the fields involved. To trot out the "only a theory", "some experts dispute" etc routine is like getting the Flat Earth Society involved every time someone talks about circumnavigation. "Heads in the sand" is going to be on our culture's gravestone when the next lot of intelligent life evolves here and starts wondering why parts of Nevada are 10,000 times the normal radiation level.
You might want to ask to see the model behind the CIA data which proved conclusively that a 747, deprived of its forward fuselage, can convince over 600 witnesses that said 747 was shot down by a SAM.
Why is it acceptable to be anti-gay in the US? 1984 is more than anything about thought control by use of language and concepts, and it has to be said that 2005 USA is getting very, very strange. "Activist judges are advancing the homosexual agenda" is just another way of saying that the judiciary are continuing to redress bigotry and discrimination that would be totally unacceptable if the person's "difference" happened to be that they were black. The arguments against 'gay marriage' are just recycled from the 1950s when interracial marriage was taboo. "Liberal" is the new "commie". "Academia is a bastion of liberalism" is another way of saying "all these really smart people seem to prefer one ideology over another, wonder why?". Sorry, had to rant. It makes me sick, as a bisexual man, to think that if I lived in the US I'd be considered immoral or degenerate. "America, Fuck Yeah!"? America, fuck you.
For all those like me who are about to run over there, no, thinkgeek still don't sell underwear.
Heh, imagine being able to Google every phone call ever. Kind of an open source society.
Why did you keep laptops in the fridge in the first place?
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Maybe I'm a silicon AI with a penchant for hot ICs.
There are many, many ICs that run happily for years at high operating temperatures (Blaupunkt's Digiceiver digital RF processor being one I'm familiar with).
Saying this, I do run a 12" G4 PowerBook and can appreciate the delights of a 20degC chip...
Let me just speak for the rest of the world when I say ARRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHH Fucking, fucking, fucking dumb shits like you are the problem. Man, I'm so pissed off today and having to read through sixteen pages of yanks spouting think-tank bullshit ain't gonna help. Also; insightful??? Please!
What kind of fucked-up fearful authority-loving MiniLuv nation do you live in? America?
There's a difference between ignoring those who deride you and just being a twat.
I wasn't aware that I'd attributed his attitude to anything, I just stated that I'd heard he has one.
I don't care if it's because he's in a wheelchair, an academic (much more likely) or his missus didn't fuck him last night, none of them excuses it. You're either a decent human being or you're not.
A friend is at Cambridge, and he describes Hawking as a man who isn't afraid to use his wheelchair as a weapon (literally - not a fan of crowds, by all accounts), and knows his value to Cambridge as long as he remains there.
Having never met him I'd be loathe to criticise, but anecdotal evidence does suggest he's a grade A egotistical wanker. Or as Fox would put it, "Some people say he's a baby-eating wheeled menace who should be ejected into space; you decide".
It is if you've got CapsLock on. [/pedant]
How about "those greedy corporate cocksuckers with the strait-jacket EULA and dozens of politicians in their pocket"? M$ is just faster, I'm afraid...