I see your point. But think now, what temperature is the planet supposed to be? It has certainly ranged a lot over time. Even if we do everything possible to reduce our impact on GW the fact is that the climate will probably continue to warm until something happens to stop it. We live on a living planet that has been through many changes before man arrived on the scene including periods of ice and times when the entire planet was a steamy tropical environment. Change is inevitable and really unless we get rid of 5 billion people or so I don't see any meaningful reduction in man's contribution to carbon in the atmosphere. In a couple of hundred years or so that land in Antarctica might be very valuable.
I don't think they're entirely wrong about global warming, but I am certain they aren't entirely right. Their evangelism on the subject rivals that of any Pentecostal Evangelist raving about sin. It's so much fun to pick at someone who is so certain of their rightness that it is irresistible.
And it cost BP a tremendous amount of money. Not just fines and penalties but lost revenues from oil that leaked into the gulf. I'm pretty certain they would much prefer that oil had gone into tankers.
It works for a time. Then, finally you generate enough hatred and antipathy that a backlash is generated that more than wipes out any gains. Most people take a long time to get agitated enough to take action but once they do you find that it wasn't a wise choice to piss them off.
It's no exaggeration. Running on a 50 megabit connection it's trivial to browse even heavy sites. Bandwidth was always the biggest limitation anyway. I've not had to wait more than a couple of seconds for a page to load in ages whether it's my quad i7 mac or my dual core i5 laptop.
I've noticed a lot of companies are starting to generate their own power. The local Frito-Lay operation burns their used oil to generate power for their plant.
I doubt the grid will go away anytime soon. The idea of self sufficient power at that level is a ways off. Renewables will grow certainly but a lot of that growth will be tied to the grid to be distributed. Someone will get paid to run the grid at the very least. I expect power companies to also start to build renewable power facilities as well. Your analogy doesn't fit really. They'll still be selling electricity no matter what the source is.
Of course they can always break the law. Let them bring anything they find there into a court of law though and it's a different matter. No warrant, no evidence.
Maybe. But once it's there it's really not yours anymore. And years down the road it may not exist at all. I've got a few videos from when my children were little. It's 30 years old and I still have it because I kept it, backed it up and protected it. I know a lot of people my age who no longer have videos from that era because they failed to back it up. I didn't put a lot of though into it but I'm glad I did it. That stuff is precious to me now and the grandchildren love looking at their parents when they were the same age they are now. It's a hoot. God how I wish I had taken more video.
Are you on dial-up? It's been a decade since I had any noticeable lag on a website. Except for the computers at work of course, they run like they're on dial-up.
I have over 200 America Online CDs. I wonder what that cost in manufacturing, handling and postage. I never ever even looked at AOL once and my IRC bot automatically kickbanned anyone with an AOL domain. I'm sure they got plenty of money out of it though, there are about 10 suckers born every second. AOL, American Organization of Lamers.
Actually he's not painting over the ads. What he is doing is lying to the ad company about who he is, what he does, what he likes and other personal info about himself. Lying to advertisers is a right. I don't have to tell them anything and I'm under no obligation to tell them the truth. Other people who come there are not affected by this. They are free to either block or cooperate with being tracked and spied upon. If my lying to the admakers causes them harm that's too bad. I am under no obligation to cooperate with them.
I don't mind simple ads. They are fine with me because I can look at them or not as I please. The ones that flash or jump onto my viewing area or otherwise intrude into what I am doing do annoy me greatly. To the point I hate the people that are selling the shit. It has caused me not to buy products that I might otherwise have bought. To be assaulted by this crap while trying to browse really infuriates me. I can't believe any fool actually buys shit from these people. I would love an extension that clicks these ads in the background. If everyone does it then it makes all their numbers bogus and eventually it could undermine the entire system.
I know I'm not typical. I bought my first computer in 1983 and I run Linux, Mac and even Windows computers. Everything from a raspberry pi to a quad i7 box. Still, enthusiasts aren't rare and spend a lot of money on hardware. I spend a lot more than Joe Schmoe with his Kindle Fire tablet. I know plenty of people that have stuffed hard drives full of data and buy external hard drives for backup and additional storage. The market for USB drives is pretty vibrant. People like to keep their stuff.
Why would I put my grandchildren's videos on Youtube? I can't fathom why I'd even think about doing that. Storage is cheap, pennies per gigabyte. If I put them on youtube I am entirely hostage to youtube. Storage is dirt cheap and getting cheaper.
I've got about 8 terrabytes of video of my grandchildren alone. I think for general storage on the computer 512GB is plenty but storage of video long term goes to the big 3.5 inch drives stacked in the tower.
You're quite right. It's a guestimation. It's based on some knowledge however as it's almost routine to see government waste reported daily. It's so damn prevalent that no one cares anymore because everyone knows it goes on and almost no one ever gets in any real trouble over it. There used to be an award called the "golden fleece award" that was given out to agencies for wasting taxpayer's money. There were some that were questionable and one where they got it wrong but overall most of them were spot on. I think 30 percent is probably conservative.
I think anyone who thinks the Egyptians want plans for a carrier that cost as much to build as their GNP for a year is a fool. Of course there are loads of fools working for the government but most of them are in higher level jobs than this guy. I don't know if such sting operations are all that useful either but people know they occur so if I heard some Egyptians were searching for plans for the USS Gerald Ford (I can only wonder why such a milk toast president has a weapon system like that named after him) the first thing I'd think is that it was the morons in the FBI pulling a sting. It's what the FBI do. If they weren't doing shit like this they'd have to do real work. Regardless I feel no sympathy whatsoever for him. He raised his right hand and swore an oath. Fuck him.
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I see your point. But think now, what temperature is the planet supposed to be? It has certainly ranged a lot over time. Even if we do everything possible to reduce our impact on GW the fact is that the climate will probably continue to warm until something happens to stop it. We live on a living planet that has been through many changes before man arrived on the scene including periods of ice and times when the entire planet was a steamy tropical environment. Change is inevitable and really unless we get rid of 5 billion people or so I don't see any meaningful reduction in man's contribution to carbon in the atmosphere. In a couple of hundred years or so that land in Antarctica might be very valuable.
I don't think they're entirely wrong about global warming, but I am certain they aren't entirely right. Their evangelism on the subject rivals that of any Pentecostal Evangelist raving about sin. It's so much fun to pick at someone who is so certain of their rightness that it is irresistible.
I'm pretty sure it's Bush's fault.
Greenpeace is just another example of what happens when an organization adopts the policy that "the end justifies the means."
And it cost BP a tremendous amount of money. Not just fines and penalties but lost revenues from oil that leaked into the gulf. I'm pretty certain they would much prefer that oil had gone into tankers.
It works for a time. Then, finally you generate enough hatred and antipathy that a backlash is generated that more than wipes out any gains. Most people take a long time to get agitated enough to take action but once they do you find that it wasn't a wise choice to piss them off.
If the one in your driveway wont run you'll have to. Or stay home.
Everyone else does.
It's no exaggeration. Running on a 50 megabit connection it's trivial to browse even heavy sites. Bandwidth was always the biggest limitation anyway. I've not had to wait more than a couple of seconds for a page to load in ages whether it's my quad i7 mac or my dual core i5 laptop.
I've noticed a lot of companies are starting to generate their own power. The local Frito-Lay operation burns their used oil to generate power for their plant.
With enough votes you can fix the city governments.
I doubt the grid will go away anytime soon. The idea of self sufficient power at that level is a ways off. Renewables will grow certainly but a lot of that growth will be tied to the grid to be distributed. Someone will get paid to run the grid at the very least. I expect power companies to also start to build renewable power facilities as well. Your analogy doesn't fit really. They'll still be selling electricity no matter what the source is.
Of course they can always break the law. Let them bring anything they find there into a court of law though and it's a different matter. No warrant, no evidence.
Maybe. But once it's there it's really not yours anymore. And years down the road it may not exist at all. I've got a few videos from when my children were little. It's 30 years old and I still have it because I kept it, backed it up and protected it. I know a lot of people my age who no longer have videos from that era because they failed to back it up. I didn't put a lot of though into it but I'm glad I did it. That stuff is precious to me now and the grandchildren love looking at their parents when they were the same age they are now. It's a hoot. God how I wish I had taken more video.
Are you on dial-up? It's been a decade since I had any noticeable lag on a website. Except for the computers at work of course, they run like they're on dial-up.
Actually the US post is the only way to send a message where they have to get a warrant to read it.
I have over 200 America Online CDs. I wonder what that cost in manufacturing, handling and postage. I never ever even looked at AOL once and my IRC bot automatically kickbanned anyone with an AOL domain. I'm sure they got plenty of money out of it though, there are about 10 suckers born every second. AOL, American Organization of Lamers.
Actually he's not painting over the ads. What he is doing is lying to the ad company about who he is, what he does, what he likes and other personal info about himself. Lying to advertisers is a right. I don't have to tell them anything and I'm under no obligation to tell them the truth. Other people who come there are not affected by this. They are free to either block or cooperate with being tracked and spied upon. If my lying to the admakers causes them harm that's too bad. I am under no obligation to cooperate with them.
I've seen the pleasedontblock ads. All those sites are now in my blacklist. If they don't want me on their site then I don't go there. Simple.
I don't mind simple ads. They are fine with me because I can look at them or not as I please. The ones that flash or jump onto my viewing area or otherwise intrude into what I am doing do annoy me greatly. To the point I hate the people that are selling the shit. It has caused me not to buy products that I might otherwise have bought. To be assaulted by this crap while trying to browse really infuriates me. I can't believe any fool actually buys shit from these people. I would love an extension that clicks these ads in the background. If everyone does it then it makes all their numbers bogus and eventually it could undermine the entire system.
I know I'm not typical. I bought my first computer in 1983 and I run Linux, Mac and even Windows computers. Everything from a raspberry pi to a quad i7 box. Still, enthusiasts aren't rare and spend a lot of money on hardware. I spend a lot more than Joe Schmoe with his Kindle Fire tablet. I know plenty of people that have stuffed hard drives full of data and buy external hard drives for backup and additional storage. The market for USB drives is pretty vibrant. People like to keep their stuff.
Why would I put my grandchildren's videos on Youtube? I can't fathom why I'd even think about doing that. Storage is cheap, pennies per gigabyte. If I put them on youtube I am entirely hostage to youtube. Storage is dirt cheap and getting cheaper.
I've got about 8 terrabytes of video of my grandchildren alone. I think for general storage on the computer 512GB is plenty but storage of video long term goes to the big 3.5 inch drives stacked in the tower.
You're quite right. It's a guestimation. It's based on some knowledge however as it's almost routine to see government waste reported daily. It's so damn prevalent that no one cares anymore because everyone knows it goes on and almost no one ever gets in any real trouble over it. There used to be an award called the "golden fleece award" that was given out to agencies for wasting taxpayer's money. There were some that were questionable and one where they got it wrong but overall most of them were spot on. I think 30 percent is probably conservative.
I think anyone who thinks the Egyptians want plans for a carrier that cost as much to build as their GNP for a year is a fool. Of course there are loads of fools working for the government but most of them are in higher level jobs than this guy. I don't know if such sting operations are all that useful either but people know they occur so if I heard some Egyptians were searching for plans for the USS Gerald Ford (I can only wonder why such a milk toast president has a weapon system like that named after him) the first thing I'd think is that it was the morons in the FBI pulling a sting. It's what the FBI do. If they weren't doing shit like this they'd have to do real work. Regardless I feel no sympathy whatsoever for him. He raised his right hand and swore an oath. Fuck him.