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Actually, did you know that the actor, Cary Grant, took LSD over 50 times under controlled observation? He claims it cured his alcoholism, among other deep rooted psychological problems. It's a shame superstition and fear rule people's emotional reactions, instead of the scientific process.
Actually, the tundra is melting, you know, GLOBAL WARMING caused by all of the GREENHOUSES GASES emitted from BURNING OIL, making it impossible to actually drive out there and drill. I'm sure the irony escapes you.
Yeah, it's real easy to say, "hey I'll just go get another job." But then the bills arrive, and you think "man, it sucks not having food or heat or even a place to live..." So, you go to work the next morning.
"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it."
-George W. Bush, May 14
(deadlier bullets?)
"But I also made it clear to (Vladimir Putin) that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe."
-George W. Bush, May 1, 2001
(Ah, remember that warm fuzzy glow feeling when all we had to worry about was global destruction?)
"First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country."
-George W. Bush, on the Kyoto accord, April 24, 2001
(I guess if *he* thinks it makes sense, it probably isn't acceptable)
"Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."
-George W. Bush, declining to take reporters' questions during a photo op with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, April 21, 2001
(Hey, I took Mexican in High School!...like he can speak any of those languages)
"It would be helpful if we opened up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). I think it's a mistake not to. And I would urge you all to travel up there and take a look at it, and you can make the determination as to how beautiful that country is." -George W. Bush, at a White House Press conference, March 29, 2001
(This one to me is a double-whammy, not only is it a stupid idea to destroy more of the planet for a fuel that will continue to pollute the planet, but the idiot is undermining his own plan of doing just that by convincing people to go see how beautiful it is! what a dope!)
"A lot of times in the rhetoric, people forget the facts. And the facts are that thousands of small businesses - Hispanically owned or otherwise - pay taxes at the highest marginal rate." -George W. Bush, speaking to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, March 19, 2001
(keep reading...)
"I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically."
-George W. Bush, speaking at the Radio & Television Correspondents dinner, March 29, 2001
(the man actually thinks he made up the word 'misunderstanding' - that goes a little beyond mispronunciation)
"I suspect that had my dad not been president, he'd be asking the same questions: How'd your meeting go with so-and-so?... How did you feel when you stood up in front of the people for the State of the Union Address-state of the budget address, whatever you call it." -George W. Bush, in an interview with the Washington Post, March 9, 2001
('whatever you call it'? you run the country with that brain?)
"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.''
-George W. Bush, Feb. 21, 2001
(idiotic statement, with bad grammer to boot)
It's a shame Microsoft won't compensate the thousands of contingent staff in a respectful manner, considering they do have so much cash... I know so many people who work hard to make that company profitable, but don't get any kinds of benifits and are forced to take 100 unpaid days off every year. It is very frustrating. You have to commit to them, but they don't have to commit to you. I see so much wealth there, but it is so unevenly distributed, just like the work loads between the full-time managers (I'll take my new Lexus out for a nice long lunch) and the contract developers (I don't have time for lunch and the bus wouldn't take me there fast enough anyway).
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THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
2 minutes w/o air
2 days w/o water
2 weeks w/o food
I've been computing for SETI since it started,
and with my few home computers, and a
little help from the odd work machine now and then,
I've recently hit 12000 work units!
Also, I got a dual 2.0 G5 recently and it works faster
than all my other machines combined
(2xG3 333, G3 450,2xG4 450) on SETI (on the average)
While I think the probability is high that there is
other intelligent life out there, contacting them by
2020 seems a little optimistic!
However, if we make contact in my lifetime,
I'll be shittin' my pants with everybody else.
I was really fascinated by the news
that the data had other uses, as well.
My poor neighbors just got a PC (booo) with XP and, upon my suggestion, got Comcast broadband.
Less than 48 hours after being hooked to the internet, they're calling me over because some anti-virus app had detected spy ware and some other thing and was going to need a couple of hours to scan the hard drive.
Needless to say, these newbies were panicing big time.
They asked how I dealt with viruses and the like and I said, "Remember, I said I use Macs." The wife says, "ooooh, you don't get viruses on your macs?" Then looks at her husband and says "Why didn't we get a Mac?"
The next day they had some PC tech company people there to fix it! (and the bastards parked in MY driveway)
Interesting? How is a completely clueless question informative?
Wah! Wah! I'm in front of the biggest information resource in the history off all of human-kind, but I want somebody to tell me the answer... Wah! Wah!
From his site: "If your email is sent from Microsoft Outlook, and contains an attachment, I will be more likely to discard it as I understand that a famous series of viruses in 2001 resulted from Outlook's tendency to execute scripts in email, and used up a huge amount of my and my colleague's time."
The original article is about The Theory that Ammonia on Mars Is Caused by Living Organisms
But, as you've pointed out, you "don't buy" that theory. You haven't given any scientific reasons why you "don't buy" that theory. You've talked about other theories as to the (possible) presence of ammonia, and you've talked about other observations that people thought were life and have been (marginally, in some cases) proven wrong. But, you haven't given any logical reason as to why you "don't buy" the theory that life could produce ammonia on Mars.
Observation: Mars is getting lighter and darker.
Theory: Mars is getting lighter and darker because of plant growth.
Conclusion: False, we now see there are no plants on Mars.
Observation: Mars (possibly) has Ammonia.
Theory: Microbial underground life is producing it.
Conclusion: This can't be true because Rei thinks it's impossible
and because we were mistaken when we thought there were plants???? WRONG!!
The conclusion will take some very long and hard science and will not be decided by opinion.
I repeat; to dismiss a theory because it was proved false in another case, or worse, because you think it's just too far 'out there' to be true, is just BAD SCIENCE.
"Whenever there is chemistry going on in a planet that we don't yet understand, there's this natural tendancy to yell "it must be life!". "
Tendancy? We've only seen chemistry on other planets (& moons) a handful of times, and I don't remember anyony yelling 'it must be life!' This is one of the grossest over-generalizations I've read all day.
I don't know where the ammonia is coming from on Mars. If there even is any; from the article: "Ammonia may have been found in Mars' atmosphere" But to just not buy an explanation, because you think it is just too implausible or because it turned out not to be false in another instance is just stupid.
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Open Source would only be like the Trojan Horse if all of the citizens of Troy had been asked to come out and help build it first...
I wonder if that guy owns any Microsoft stock...
Mod +1 Funny!
Actually, did you know that the actor, Cary Grant, took LSD over 50 times under controlled observation? He claims it cured his alcoholism, among other deep rooted psychological problems. It's a shame superstition and fear rule people's emotional reactions, instead of the scientific process.
Actually, the tundra is melting, you know, GLOBAL WARMING caused by all of the GREENHOUSES GASES emitted from BURNING OIL, making it impossible to actually drive out there and drill. I'm sure the irony escapes you.
Miserable to humans that is. Maybe that's why they don't call it the Arctic National Human Refuge.
Yeah, it's real easy to say, "hey I'll just go get another job." But then the bills arrive, and you think "man, it sucks not having food or heat or even a place to live..." So, you go to work the next morning.
"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it."
...like he can speak any of those languages)
... How did you feel when you stood up in front of the people for the State of the Union Address-state of the budget address, whatever you call it."
...just a hand full...
-George W. Bush, May 14
(deadlier bullets?)
"But I also made it clear to (Vladimir Putin) that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe."
-George W. Bush, May 1, 2001
(Ah, remember that warm fuzzy glow feeling when all we had to worry about was global destruction?)
"First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country."
-George W. Bush, on the Kyoto accord, April 24, 2001
(I guess if *he* thinks it makes sense, it probably isn't acceptable)
"Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."
-George W. Bush, declining to take reporters' questions during a photo op with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, April 21, 2001
(Hey, I took Mexican in High School!
"It would be helpful if we opened up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge). I think it's a mistake not to. And I would urge you all to travel up there and take a look at it, and you can make the determination as to how beautiful that country is."
-George W. Bush, at a White House Press conference, March 29, 2001
(This one to me is a double-whammy, not only is it a stupid idea to destroy more of the planet for a fuel that will continue to pollute the planet, but the idiot is undermining his own plan of doing just that by convincing people to go see how beautiful it is! what a dope!)
"A lot of times in the rhetoric, people forget the facts. And the facts are that thousands of small businesses - Hispanically owned or otherwise - pay taxes at the highest marginal rate."
-George W. Bush, speaking to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, March 19, 2001
(keep reading...)
"I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically."
-George W. Bush, speaking at the Radio & Television Correspondents dinner, March 29, 2001
(the man actually thinks he made up the word 'misunderstanding' - that goes a little beyond mispronunciation)
"I suspect that had my dad not been president, he'd be asking the same questions: How'd your meeting go with so-and-so?
-George W. Bush, in an interview with the Washington Post, March 9, 2001
('whatever you call it'? you run the country with that brain?)
"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.''
-George W. Bush, Feb. 21, 2001
(idiotic statement, with bad grammer to boot)
It's a shame Microsoft won't compensate the thousands of contingent staff in a respectful manner, considering they do have so much cash... I know so many people who work hard to make that company profitable, but don't get any kinds of benifits and are forced to take 100 unpaid days off every year. It is very frustrating. You have to commit to them, but they don't have to commit to you. I see so much wealth there, but it is so unevenly distributed, just like the work loads between the full-time managers (I'll take my new Lexus out for a nice long lunch) and the contract developers (I don't have time for lunch and the bus wouldn't take me there fast enough anyway).
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
2 minutes w/o air
2 days w/o water
2 weeks w/o food
I've been computing for SETI since it started,
and with my few home computers, and a
little help from the odd work machine now and then,
I've recently hit 12000 work units!
Also, I got a dual 2.0 G5 recently and it works faster
than all my other machines combined
(2xG3 333, G3 450,2xG4 450) on SETI (on the average)
While I think the probability is high that there is
other intelligent life out there, contacting them by
2020 seems a little optimistic!
However, if we make contact in my lifetime,
I'll be shittin' my pants with everybody else.
I was really fascinated by the news
that the data had other uses, as well.
Lisa: Bart, you cast the wrong spell. Zombies!
Bart: Please, Lise, they preferred to be called "The Living Impaired".
My iPod is stolen, you insensitive clod!
Note to law enforcement: I'M KIDDING!
A half-empty bottle of spiderman Dr. Pepper?
My poor neighbors just got a PC (booo) with XP and, upon my suggestion, got Comcast broadband.
Less than 48 hours after being hooked to the internet, they're calling me over because some anti-virus app had detected spy ware and some other thing and was going to need a couple of hours to scan the hard drive.
Needless to say, these newbies were panicing big time.
They asked how I dealt with viruses and the like and I said, "Remember, I said I use Macs." The wife says, "ooooh, you don't get viruses on your macs?" Then looks at her husband and says "Why didn't we get a Mac?"
The next day they had some PC tech company people there to fix it! (and the bastards parked in MY driveway)
HA HA, still have excellent karma!
More importantly, I can find the answers myself!
Interesting? How is a completely clueless question informative?
Wah! Wah! I'm in front of the biggest information resource in the history off all of human-kind, but I want somebody to tell me the answer... Wah! Wah!
the ACID plant
To the age old question, "Would a rose by any other name still smell as sweet?"
Melinda
From his site:
"If your email is sent from Microsoft Outlook, and contains an attachment, I will be more likely to discard it as I understand that a famous series of viruses in 2001 resulted from Outlook's tendency to execute scripts in email, and used up a huge amount of my and my colleague's time."
How sad, he should get a Mac!
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The original article is about The Theory that Ammonia on Mars Is Caused by Living Organisms
But, as you've pointed out, you "don't buy" that theory. You haven't given any scientific reasons why you "don't buy" that theory. You've talked about other theories as to the (possible) presence of ammonia, and you've talked about other observations that people thought were life and have been (marginally, in some cases) proven wrong. But, you haven't given any logical reason as to why you "don't buy" the theory that life could produce ammonia on Mars.
Example:
Observation: Mars is getting lighter and darker.
Theory: Mars is getting lighter and darker because of plant growth.
Conclusion: False, we now see there are no plants on Mars.
Observation: Mars (possibly) has Ammonia.
Theory: Microbial underground life is producing it.
Conclusion: This can't be true because Rei thinks it's impossible
and because we were mistaken when we thought there were plants???? WRONG!!
The conclusion will take some very long and hard science and will not be decided by opinion.
I repeat; to dismiss a theory because it was proved false in another case, or worse, because you think it's just too far 'out there' to be true, is just BAD SCIENCE.
"Whenever there is chemistry going on in a planet that we don't yet understand, there's this natural tendancy to yell "it must be life!". "
Tendancy? We've only seen chemistry on other planets (& moons) a handful of times, and I don't remember anyony yelling 'it must be life!' This is one of the grossest over-generalizations I've read all day.
I don't know where the ammonia is coming from on Mars. If there even is any; from the article: "Ammonia may have been found in Mars' atmosphere" But to just not buy an explanation, because you think it is just too implausible or because it turned out not to be false in another instance is just stupid.
And the GREEKS are creating a pile of dogs, too.