Federal Reserve Notes are nothing but counterfeit money.
Nice try, but Federal Reserve Notes are not made tender in payment of debts by any State, as the term "State" is used in the US Constitution, and therefore are not within the scope of that prohibition; they are legal tender by Act of Congress (Coinage Act of 1965
WHOOSH!
Very well spelled out and argued, but you missed the fact that the GP was making a rhetorical point. Some people believe that all fiat paper is illegitimate, and by "counterfeit" s/he meant "phony".
I guess I was just expecting the NSA to get more of a run for their money than "Yeah, we pitched it so they couldn't quite win. No problem really."
I'd be interested to see how a team harvested from the basements of MIT or Caltech would stack up in a challenge like this, actually.
Forget MIT and Caltech. I, for one, would like to see how they'd stack up against Mr. James T. "I-don't-believe-in-no-win-scenarios" Kirk.
I used Keven Phillips because he is about as Republican as you can get
This discussion has nothing to do with American political party affiliation. It is about economics and what works (and does not work) in the Real World®.
Now please put a white robe on your strawman and burn the whole son of a bitch down.
The problem with pure-er capitalism is that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Not true, and never has been true.
As was proved during the Reagan era, the rich AND poor BOTH get richer when Government gets out of the way (i.e., fetters to productivity are removed).
I figured you could wrap the exhaust pipe with thermocouples, and put some more in the engine-to-radiator stream, and maybe generate enough electricity to take some load off of the alternator.
I also had an idea for hand-cranked generators for the back-seat passengers (i.e., my younger siblings) to turn, keeping them busy on long trips!
It's tough being so far ahead of one's time like this... nobody recognizes my genius... they LAUGHED at me in Budapest! They laughed at me in Moscow! But when I complete my next invention.... BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
... the good old, tried & true, Rectal Scan. Keeps the employees subdued and easier to control, you know.
Someone told me years ago that he'd seen a movie where they had to endure a rectal scan to get into a secured facility. Sadly, I don't remember the name of the movie. I'll bet that it's funnier than hell.
FTA: "The project is expected to produce up to nine megawatts of power for the local community."
No, it will PRODUCE exactly zero power (unless you want to set foot in negative-number territory). It might SAVE nine MW of power that won't be used to heat homes anymore, but it isn't producing anything except heat.
With "science" reporting like this, it's no wonder our world is slipping back into the superstitions of the Dark Ages.
I've been around queers for ages (I'm from the US West Coast), have plenty of queer friends, etc. but honestly --
-- I've never seen a bunch more damn touchy and ready to scream and howl and caterwaul at every perceived act of "discrimination" (most of which are just the normal bumps in the road of life). Get over yourselves, already.
I have read many hypothesis presented for other causes, but I haven't read any that got through the peer review process with out being found false.
Then you might want to expand your reading beyond the Left-wing monoculture (hint: Henrik Svensmark). And RealClimate.org and other CAGW cheerleaders do not qualify as "peer review".
False. The effects take dozens to hundreds of years.
3) The Global Warming Trend does not follow the Sun activities close enough for it to be the cause of the trend.
False. Sunspot activities correlate to Earth's temperatures much more closely than any other known factor.
4) The only thing we know of at this time that could be causing this global warming trend is CO2
False. We already know enough about carbon dioxide to know that it impossible for it to be causing the recent warming.
5)We are talking about the release of trillions of tons of CO2 that has been buried for millions of years.
FACT: It will take thousands of years to emit that much CO2.
6) If we keep increasing will will make the planet uninhabitable by us.
Absolutely, demonstrably, irresponsibly FALSE. This isn't just false; it's a deliberate lie. There is no science -- absolutely none -- that supports it, and plenty of science that refutes it.
7) We have workable solutions to this right now.
Partially true. In fact, we have only ONE workable solution: kill off 90% of the human race and condemn those who remain to a pre-industrial-age existence of poverty, disease and starvation.
Slashdot Mirror
Why does he feel the need to refer to his friends and himself with such a racially charged word as "hokeys"?
What's a hokey? Someone from Oklahoma? And what race would that be?
Federal Reserve Notes are nothing but counterfeit money.
Nice try, but Federal Reserve Notes are not made tender in payment of debts by any State, as the term "State" is used in the US Constitution, and therefore are not within the scope of that prohibition; they are legal tender by Act of Congress (Coinage Act of 1965
WHOOSH!
Very well spelled out and argued, but you missed the fact that the GP was making a rhetorical point. Some people believe that all fiat paper is illegitimate, and by "counterfeit" s/he meant "phony".
Yes, "New Sensationalist" is exactly the right title for that rag.
My initial excitement when I read the headline evaporated as soon as I saw where the story had come from.
Note that they also have an article about Mt. St. Helens COULD be a "supervolcano!!!!!!"
R-i-i-i-i-i-ght....
You know the Nazis had pieces of flare they made the Jews wear...
It's FLAIR, you insensitive clod!
Obama's Socialist agenda
Dictionary needed.
Don't know why you need a dictionary to figure this out, but here you go.
From webster.com:
...that science journalists don't have to know anything about science any more:
"Each of the battery module weighs 460 pounds"
However, they like watching clips of David Copperfield magic on YouTube. There is only one OS they can do that on; Windows.
Bullshit.
I can watch all the YouTube I want on my iPhone for the luvva gawd. Not to mention all of my Macs. And I didn't have to install anything.
I guess I was just expecting the NSA to get more of a run for their money than "Yeah, we pitched it so they couldn't quite win. No problem really." I'd be interested to see how a team harvested from the basements of MIT or Caltech would stack up in a challenge like this, actually.
Forget MIT and Caltech. I, for one, would like to see how they'd stack up against Mr. James T. "I-don't-believe-in-no-win-scenarios" Kirk.
I used Keven Phillips because he is about as Republican as you can get
This discussion has nothing to do with American political party affiliation. It is about economics and what works (and does not work) in the Real World®.
Now please put a white robe on your strawman and burn the whole son of a bitch down.
Wrong. 80% of the population experienced a decrease in income from 1977 to 1988
Wrong. I am talking about the Reagan Era, not the Carter Era. Under Reagan, both rich AND poor got richer.
The problem with pure-er capitalism is that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
Not true, and never has been true.
As was proved during the Reagan era, the rich AND poor BOTH get richer when Government gets out of the way (i.e., fetters to productivity are removed).
... my answer to the "how much longer do you expect to live" poll question.
With that thing on the loose, not much longer, I fear....
Why shouldn't we be able to send exes via email?
Sounds good to me. You send me your ex, and I'll send you mine. We can call it, uh, "recycling" to make it all sound acceptable....
(making quote marks in the air with fingers) ...the "Alan Parsons Project".
(putting pinky to corner of mouth)
...40 years ago when I was a teenager.
I figured you could wrap the exhaust pipe with thermocouples, and put some more in the engine-to-radiator stream, and maybe generate enough electricity to take some load off of the alternator.
I also had an idea for hand-cranked generators for the back-seat passengers (i.e., my younger siblings) to turn, keeping them busy on long trips!
It's tough being so far ahead of one's time like this... nobody recognizes my genius... they LAUGHED at me in Budapest! They laughed at me in Moscow! But when I complete my next invention.... BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
Excuse me, but 100 MW is a pretty small power plant. You'd need 20 of them to replace ONE typical (2 gig or so) coal or nuclear plant.
... the good old, tried & true, Rectal Scan. Keeps the employees subdued and easier to control, you know.
Someone told me years ago that he'd seen a movie where they had to endure a rectal scan to get into a secured facility. Sadly, I don't remember the name of the movie. I'll bet that it's funnier than hell.
FTA: "The project is expected to produce up to nine megawatts of power for the local community."
No, it will PRODUCE exactly zero power (unless you want to set foot in negative-number territory). It might SAVE nine MW of power that won't be used to heat homes anymore, but it isn't producing anything except heat.
With "science" reporting like this, it's no wonder our world is slipping back into the superstitions of the Dark Ages.
Did you honestly think he was going to be any better than the other candidates? Or his predecessors? Give me a break.
He's a politician. It's what he does for a living.
And you actually believed his promises?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Why does that sound familiar? Oh, yes, now I remember...
"...so we went ahead and fixed the glitch."
"So, Milton has been let go?"
"Just a second there, Professor. We uh, we fixed the glitch. He won't be receiving a paycheck any more, so it will just work itself out."
...but the story is in the LA Times.
Jesus Christ.
I've been around queers for ages (I'm from the US West Coast), have plenty of queer friends, etc. but honestly --
-- I've never seen a bunch more damn touchy and ready to scream and howl and caterwaul at every perceived act of "discrimination" (most of which are just the normal bumps in the road of life). Get over yourselves, already.
Jesus Christ.
In the parent post, I said
Sunspot activities correlate to Earth's temperatures much more closely than any other known factor.
I should have said, "Sunspot activities correlate to Earth's temperatures much more closely than any other known factor other than a lack of Pirates."
I regret the error. May the FSM forgive me, and I hope you're all having a blessed Pasta-over.
I have read many hypothesis presented for other causes, but I haven't read any that got through the peer review process with out being found false.
Then you might want to expand your reading beyond the Left-wing monoculture (hint: Henrik Svensmark). And RealClimate.org and other CAGW cheerleaders do not qualify as "peer review".
1) The Sun does effect global temperature
True.
2) It's effects are pretty immediate
False. The effects take dozens to hundreds of years.
3) The Global Warming Trend does not follow the Sun activities close enough for it to be the cause of the trend.
False. Sunspot activities correlate to Earth's temperatures much more closely than any other known factor.
4) The only thing we know of at this time that could be causing this global warming trend is CO2
False. We already know enough about carbon dioxide to know that it impossible for it to be causing the recent warming.
5)We are talking about the release of trillions of tons of CO2 that has been buried for millions of years.
FACT: It will take thousands of years to emit that much CO2.
6) If we keep increasing will will make the planet uninhabitable by us.
Absolutely, demonstrably, irresponsibly FALSE. This isn't just false; it's a deliberate lie. There is no science -- absolutely none -- that supports it, and plenty of science that refutes it.
7) We have workable solutions to this right now.
Partially true. In fact, we have only ONE workable solution: kill off 90% of the human race and condemn those who remain to a pre-industrial-age existence of poverty, disease and starvation.