The climate is definitely changing; only a fool would deny that. The coincidence/causality falacy I refer to is certain communities deciding that the only possible explanation is man's increasing polution.
This faulty reasoning seems to be followed up by the equally faulty
we must do something;
Kyoto is something;
therefore we must "do" Kyoto.
It seems awfully ego-centric to assume that man is the root cause of everything. I'm sure if there was some way to do it, certain communities would be claiming that the Sun's atypical storm cycle was somehow caused by man (and President Bush in particular).
It also ignores the pattern of climate change measured in the past. Fifteen thousand years ago the sea levels were 300m lower than they are today. (There was an Ice Age on at the time.) However, I bet if these communities were around then, they'd be blaming the end of global glaciation on the widespread, unregulated use of this "fire" thing.
I am not condoning pollution in any way, it seems to be both a short-sighted policy that will have long term repercussions. And why depend on the global-warming hook? What's wrong with dirty air, dirty water, and dirty land as motivation to change behavior? They are all measurable, real, and immediate consequences of pollution.
Ditch the propaganda. If you don't have solutions, don't waste money on research.
Ok, this is stunningly steaming horseshit.
While I'm definitely not a rabid Climate Changeologist (or other made up word), I can appreciate that sometimes pure research has no point other than itself. Maybe there will be a use for it (or a solution to the problems it identifies) -- but sticking one's head in the sand in no way makes the problem go away.
Seriously thought, there is a reason why the users manuals for comsuber electronics has page up and down with warnings how not to use the product - my new 30" widescreen television (a big thing weighting so much you need two ordinary people or four geeks to lift it) shall not - according to the manual - be used in the shower or bathtub... Obvioulsy some people lack any trace of common sence, and need to be told every little thing.
Behind every stupid statement like that in an owner's manual is a story. In America, our story tellers are the courts, and we call our stories "lawsuits".
Behind every stupid statement like that is a lawsuit where someone actually did the stupid act in question and then sued the manufacturer for failing to warn that such behavior was unwise.
Also to consider is the fact that as earth affects the object's path, the object affects the earth's path. And don't forget, you must ensure that any changes you make to the object's trajectory is imparted into any fragments you make while changing the trajectory -- if we turn a bullet into a cloud of shot, we are more likely to be damaged.
But more interestingly -- is 2014 an election year?
While impressive, your numbers are a little high. I think it likely that several of these bits (perhaps up to a quarter of them) will be used for checksum/error detection/correction. So a non-trivial percentage will never be possible combinations.
Hydrogen was innocent in the Hindenburg disaster. The root cause of the explosion was static electricity arcing off the panels of the blimp, which had been coated with a substance NASA uses as propellant in space shuttle solid rocket boosters.
You come back in and type in those last 3 lines, but you forgot the indentation because the firealarm has completely broken your train of thought.
:set ai
emacs users probably have something similar.
All this said, I am of two minds regarding the whitespace -- enforced consistancy makes it a lot easier to decipher when reading at 3AM, but it means that the programmer has to do all the work when moving code around (ie there is little chance of there ever being a python equivilent to 'indent' or 'perltidy').
Liberty is 'safety' from the state. "Liberty to be safe from my fellow citizens" is a misapplication of the word "liberty".
OK, next someone gets to explain to me why 'liberty' is more important and desirable than 'safety from my fellow citizens'. Because personally, I have far more concerns about my fellow citizens than I do about the state.
So, you are willing to spend the lives of your fellow citizens as payment for your liberty? Are you willing to have your life taken as payment for mine? How about the lives of your children?
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You mean the sixth coming of christ.
Oh wait, there was that original feller somewhere around the time we went from BC to AD... so Neo is the seventh coming of christ.
This faulty reasoning seems to be followed up by the equally faulty
It seems awfully ego-centric to assume that man is the root cause of everything. I'm sure if there was some way to do it, certain communities would be claiming that the Sun's atypical storm cycle was somehow caused by man (and President Bush in particular).
It also ignores the pattern of climate change measured in the past. Fifteen thousand years ago the sea levels were 300m lower than they are today. (There was an Ice Age on at the time.) However, I bet if these communities were around then, they'd be blaming the end of global glaciation on the widespread, unregulated use of this "fire" thing.
I am not condoning pollution in any way, it seems to be both a short-sighted policy that will have long term repercussions. And why depend on the global-warming hook? What's wrong with dirty air, dirty water, and dirty land as motivation to change behavior? They are all measurable, real, and immediate consequences of pollution.
Sing along:
Coincidence does not prove causality.
Something also glossed over is that there was a whole heck of a lot less London back then, too.
Three of them. But the third one is hidden.
And on the sliding scale of justice... inane posts to Slashdot are now worthy of the death penalty.
Just because some idiot like me posts cat pictures on my web site (at my own expense) in no way obligates a drooling moron like yourself to view them.
Ok, this is stunningly steaming horseshit.
While I'm definitely not a rabid Climate Changeologist (or other made up word), I can appreciate that sometimes pure research has no point other than itself. Maybe there will be a use for it (or a solution to the problems it identifies) -- but sticking one's head in the sand in no way makes the problem go away.
Behind every stupid statement like that in an owner's manual is a story. In America, our story tellers are the courts, and we call our stories "lawsuits".
Behind every stupid statement like that is a lawsuit where someone actually did the stupid act in question and then sued the manufacturer for failing to warn that such behavior was unwise.
I am confused.
This differs from our current situation how?
Brilliant troll, sir.
Then ignore him and move on. Why is it so hard for you to do this?
Legal advice from someone without credentials? On Slashdot? The hell you say!
Everybody wins!
You should get extra karma for using a promulant word like 'enbiggen' with a straight face.
But more interestingly -- is 2014 an election year?
Even so, it will still take a long time.
I'm going to guess that it will be released about three revs before then.
Absolutely! Even if I know I am right, you don't, so there's no reason for you not to go do some fact checking on your own.
Hydrogen was innocent in the Hindenburg disaster. The root cause of the explosion was static electricity arcing off the panels of the blimp, which had been coated with a substance NASA uses as propellant in space shuttle solid rocket boosters.
emacs users probably have something similar.
All this said, I am of two minds regarding the whitespace -- enforced consistancy makes it a lot easier to decipher when reading at 3AM, but it means that the programmer has to do all the work when moving code around (ie there is little chance of there ever being a python equivilent to 'indent' or 'perltidy').
OK, next someone gets to explain to me why 'liberty' is more important and desirable than 'safety from my fellow citizens'. Because personally, I have far more concerns about my fellow citizens than I do about the state.
Wake me up when it's really here.
Or does Mr. Franklin's observation apply to those trading their own liberties?
Me, I put to slightly high a value on lives (mine, and others) to justify squandering it so that others can continue to do ill.
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So, you are willing to spend the lives of your fellow citizens as payment for your liberty? Are you willing to have your life taken as payment for mine? How about the lives of your children?
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