What, exactly, does Arecibo (note spelling) DO for people? F-22s are there so that they won't have to be used, but I guess you think they DO "THINGS" to people.
Personally, I like the P-51 Mustang, those must be real cheap these days. You could probably get 20 for the price of one of those newfangled jets, plus it'd be much more cost effective for the coming slapdown of the American people by the military after everything goes haywire due to Global Warming or the latest panic.
Sorry for the reply delay, my Windows machine crashed and is now apparently dead.
I challenge myself quite often, I just don't subscribe to the unwarranted alarmism that some others do. Y'see, it's my belief that there is always a trendy, fashionable political worry to be extremely concerned about. This usually is related to what one's friends think and also usually has something to do with "saving the world". It's a noble goal indeed, but the advocates are most often just the latest generation of doom-sayers and whacky people with nothing better to do.
The other day I noticed that I'm coming up on 4000 comments here at Slashdot - I never saw it coming that I was such a loser. Some replies have been better than others; yours are not so bad.
The US (Bush and whoever is next) doesn't really want to drill on home turf (and not for ecological reasons either), they're biding time until Canadian oil gets pumping in full force in 2012 when the multiple SAGD plants come online. Multiple refineries in the US are being upgraded in preparation as we speak. The latest blatherings about "dirty oil" from Obama and city mayors is misdirection.
The last thing the US wants to do is tap their own natural resources before the nukes can be ramped up.
Link wars are seldom useful or constructive, so I guess I'll drop out of this discussion now (feel free to declare victory). My fear is that your "open mind" is vulnerable to the latest media scares and overblown worries, but that's your choice.
Translation: Just read in detail (but without critically thinking) all these sites I've linked-to below and you will agree with me. The evidence is on my side!
After more than 25 years "designing something complex and technical" I moved into CAD support and now find that I over-think the problems I troubleshoot. Design takes a different sort of thinking than problem-fixing does in the sense that problem-fixing (as related to software/PEBKAC "issues") is more trial and error rather than long-term retention of data.
I find it amazing that you got modded 'Offtopic' for that. But hey, there are trillions of dollars, egos, global politics and groupthink at stake here.
If you look at the rise of C02 it is 20% higher. But what they don't tell you is it is a trace component in the atmosphere. 360 parts per MILLION. How can a 0.002% for the past 200 years increase of carbon dioxide atmospheric component create run-away global warming?
OK, so who is "we", who is going to be paying carbon/trade taxes and who will be adding all this CO2 to the atmosphere in the coming 10 years? If wealthy, polluting industries "pay to pollute", does that actually reduce emissions? Where does the money go? How much time will it take until "we" are safe again? Will we see objectively measured results that all parties agree on? Is it a 10 year, 20 year, 50 year plan to save the planet? So many questions.
And this is why we must reduce CO2 emissions, like, RIGHT NOW, before it destroys the planet. Man-made CO2 pollution is the worst evil threat the planet has ever faced and the only way to deal with it is to Kyoto so that polluters can buy credits and send money (somewhere) in order to continue to pollute. The fact that the two largest emerging world economies on the planet are exempt/opted-out from Kyoto is irrelevant. Quick, before the bubble bursts and we all die!
All the super duper sekrit US satellites have very obvious Canada flags that can be seen with a telescope, so people just go, "Crap, it's Canadian, no evil there - next". You laugh, but...
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What, exactly, does Arecibo (note spelling) DO for people? F-22s are there so that they won't have to be used, but I guess you think they DO "THINGS" to people.
Personally, I like the P-51 Mustang, those must be real cheap these days. You could probably get 20 for the price of one of those newfangled jets, plus it'd be much more cost effective for the coming slapdown of the American people by the military after everything goes haywire due to Global Warming or the latest panic.
Yeah, but the F-22 actually, like, does "stuff".
Have they found any aliens yet? If not, why keep paying? Oh yeah, searching for "Killer Asteroids".
Perhaps the government-funded effort didn't have access to a 3D tool like BRL-CAD.
Sorry for the reply delay, my Windows machine crashed and is now apparently dead.
I challenge myself quite often, I just don't subscribe to the unwarranted alarmism that some others do. Y'see, it's my belief that there is always a trendy, fashionable political worry to be extremely concerned about. This usually is related to what one's friends think and also usually has something to do with "saving the world". It's a noble goal indeed, but the advocates are most often just the latest generation of doom-sayers and whacky people with nothing better to do.
The other day I noticed that I'm coming up on 4000 comments here at Slashdot - I never saw it coming that I was such a loser. Some replies have been better than others; yours are not so bad.
Cheers.
The US (Bush and whoever is next) doesn't really want to drill on home turf (and not for ecological reasons either), they're biding time until Canadian oil gets pumping in full force in 2012 when the multiple SAGD plants come online. Multiple refineries in the US are being upgraded in preparation as we speak. The latest blatherings about "dirty oil" from Obama and city mayors is misdirection.
The last thing the US wants to do is tap their own natural resources before the nukes can be ramped up.
Pool, air conditioning, washer/dryer, garage. OK, I see. Why do you hate the planet, scum of the earth?
Link wars are seldom useful or constructive, so I guess I'll drop out of this discussion now (feel free to declare victory). My fear is that your "open mind" is vulnerable to the latest media scares and overblown worries, but that's your choice.
You might be a couple of months off. If Obama wins I predict a lot less doom'n'gloom reportage from the MSM. Just a guess.
Shame on you for pointing out an inconvenient truth.
Translation: Just read in detail (but without critically thinking) all these sites I've linked-to below and you will agree with me. The evidence is on my side!
After more than 25 years "designing something complex and technical" I moved into CAD support and now find that I over-think the problems I troubleshoot. Design takes a different sort of thinking than problem-fixing does in the sense that problem-fixing (as related to software/PEBKAC "issues") is more trial and error rather than long-term retention of data.
(Just get Steve Buscemi back please.)
I've always thought of these guys as the 'Odd Quad':
Steve Buscemi
Willem Dafoe
James Woods
Christopher Walken
Kind of weird-looking, but always worth watching.
I find it amazing that you got modded 'Offtopic' for that. But hey, there are trillions of dollars, egos, global politics and groupthink at stake here.
If you look at the rise of C02 it is 20% higher. But what they don't tell you is it is a trace component in the atmosphere. 360 parts per MILLION. How can a 0.002% for the past 200 years increase of carbon dioxide atmospheric component create run-away global warming?
The equivalent of a fart in a hurricane.
More than you ever wanted to know about devices that inspect/clean, etc. the internals of pipes. These snakes sound like a logical next step. Boring to you, fascinating to me.
OK, so who is "we", who is going to be paying carbon/trade taxes and who will be adding all this CO2 to the atmosphere in the coming 10 years? If wealthy, polluting industries "pay to pollute", does that actually reduce emissions? Where does the money go? How much time will it take until "we" are safe again? Will we see objectively measured results that all parties agree on? Is it a 10 year, 20 year, 50 year plan to save the planet? So many questions.
And this is why we must reduce CO2 emissions, like, RIGHT NOW, before it destroys the planet. Man-made CO2 pollution is the worst evil threat the planet has ever faced and the only way to deal with it is to Kyoto so that polluters can buy credits and send money (somewhere) in order to continue to pollute. The fact that the two largest emerging world economies on the planet are exempt/opted-out from Kyoto is irrelevant. Quick, before the bubble bursts and we all die!
I'm not sure it's a gimmick, but to the extent it is, I'm sure that Chryser will, in typical American automaker fashion, implement it badly.
You mean there'll be 17 Wii holders onboard but not a pot to piss in while playing?
Ewww! Oh, sorry, you're British.
What does she think about the launching a plane from a conveyor belt thing? Even a 7 year-old can figure that one out.
Connections, Day the Universe Changed. But that's more like history that explains the impact of science.
All the super duper sekrit US satellites have very obvious Canada flags that can be seen with a telescope, so people just go, "Crap, it's Canadian, no evil there - next". You laugh, but...
...looking at things that should not exist...
Nobody's mentioned goatse yet, WTF?
Real problem is still TOO MANY PEOPLE.
Hmmm, so maybe going nuclear IS the solution...
Add minigun.