It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets, and when he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the weather was going to be.
Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to his tribe that
the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the
village should collect wood to be prepared.
But also being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is the coming winter going to be cold?"
"It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold indeed," the meteorologist at the weather service responded.
So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more wood in order to be prepared. One week later he called the National Weather Service again. "Is it going to be a very cold winter?"
"Yes," the man at National Weather Service again replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter."
The Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of wood they could find. Two weeks later he called the National Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?"
"Absolutely," the man replied. "It's going to be one of the coldest winters ever."
"How can you be so sure?" the Chief asked.
The weather man replied, "The Indians are collecting wood like crazy."
So if an industrial process released large amounts of oxygen into the atmosphere, you would call this a pollutant? The word play is nothing but politics.
There's a cartoon somewhere of two cavemen sitting around a camp fire. One is saying to the other: "I just don't understand it. We have clean air, clean water. Everybody eats organic and gets regular exercise. Yet nobody lives past 35.
According to Microsoft/Apple/etc. software developement costs large amounts of money and equipment, yet Linux and the open source community exist and flourish. How many scientists would risk their own money in their own experiments? If not, what does that say about the experiments?
Surely, the real problem is- are we limiting science to those who do it as a job, professionally, for money? Exibiit A: Einstein, whose work was done alongside a full-time job and hardly published in peer-reviewed journals.
Is it the professionalisation of science that is tarnishing the 'brand'?
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Unlike any Member of Parliment or councilor...
"A president is voted on, not born into, his/her position." Please tell that to George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton.
Prof Dawkins may not serve God, but Mamon on the other hand...
Is that before or after the power density problem is fixed for solar?
Thorium can help.
Wanna bet?
You still need fossil fuels to power industry. Try running a aluminium smelter off a solar farm...
If the 5 degrees doesn't sell as well as the ice age, why did they switch?
We have always been at war with Eastasia. The authorities say so.
And anyone who's older than 53 can remember the coming Ice-age... "The ice-age is coming, The Sun is zooming in." - London Calling by The Clash.
It was autumn, and the Indians on the remote reservation asked their new Chief if the winter was going to be cold or mild. Since he was an Indian Chief in a modern society, he had never been taught the old secrets, and when he looked at the sky, he couldn't tell what the weather was going to be. Nevertheless, to be on the safe side, he replied to his tribe that the winter was indeed going to be cold and that the members of the village should collect wood to be prepared. But also being a practical leader, after several days he got an idea. He went to the phone booth, called the National Weather Service and asked, "Is the coming winter going to be cold?" "It looks like this winter is going to be quite cold indeed," the meteorologist at the weather service responded. So the Chief went back to his people and told them to collect even more wood in order to be prepared. One week later he called the National Weather Service again. "Is it going to be a very cold winter?" "Yes," the man at National Weather Service again replied, "it's going to be a very cold winter." The Chief again went back to his people and ordered them to collect every scrap of wood they could find. Two weeks later he called the National Weather Service again. "Are you absolutely sure that the winter is going to be very cold?" "Absolutely," the man replied. "It's going to be one of the coldest winters ever." "How can you be so sure?" the Chief asked. The weather man replied, "The Indians are collecting wood like crazy."
Ontario, they said, never gives up her dead When the gales of November come early!
But, is that all his income? Is this the dark art of misdirection?
If it only takes a paragraph or two, indulge us. I'm sure world hunger can be boiled down to half a page.
Why is the Soviet Sun always smiling in the morning? Because by evening it will be in the West.
So if an industrial process released large amounts of oxygen into the atmosphere, you would call this a pollutant? The word play is nothing but politics.
Looks like Operation Infektion 2.0 is going according to plan.
There's a cartoon somewhere of two cavemen sitting around a camp fire. One is saying to the other: "I just don't understand it. We have clean air, clean water. Everybody eats organic and gets regular exercise. Yet nobody lives past 35.
You would think given Merkel's background, this news would have given her a nice warm feeling of 'Ostalgia...
The EU is much more than a trade agreement. Just take a look at any member state's passport design.
According to Microsoft/Apple/etc. software developement costs large amounts of money and equipment, yet Linux and the open source community exist and flourish. How many scientists would risk their own money in their own experiments? If not, what does that say about the experiments?
Surely, the real problem is- are we limiting science to those who do it as a job, professionally, for money? Exibiit A: Einstein, whose work was done alongside a full-time job and hardly published in peer-reviewed journals. Is it the professionalisation of science that is tarnishing the 'brand'?
Infamy, infamy. They've all got it In fer me!
People always seem to forget the ultimate renewable resource: the human mind. (Insight courtesy of Julian Simon)