Throwing out your elitist crap about "the masses," the reason your friend believes the faked moonlanding site over your debunking site is because he wanted to.
What you need to find out is why he wants to believe it's true.
Nope. It's an appeal to authority. The poster didn't reference the research. He referenced the scientists. Furthermore, he used the adjective "respected" to describe the specific type of scientist.
And, of course, we all know that Apple will make absolutely no improvements from now until 2006 when Longhorn ships.
Personally, I don't think Longhorn will ever ship because each time Apple releases the next version of OS X, Microsoft has to scrap all their Longhorn work and start over again to catch up.
The Californian experience with deregulation and deregulation experiences in general have proven that American Businessmen are just assholes who want to screw you for the very last penny. The phone companies are another example of a botched deregulation.
And I'll bet you think China is really a republic, too. After all, they say they are.
News flash for you. California never deregulated their energy industry. The phone companies were never deregulated, either. Both industries were re-regulated. They were just given new regulations to follow and the politicians went around telling everyone the industry had been de-regulated.
Since there just isn't enough energy in wind or solar to provide for the energy needs of the planet without covering huge swaths of it in solar cell and wind turbine farms, let's put our money in smart research instead of useless research that personally makes you feel good.
Solar panels could really be the next generation power-source, if it can be developed a cheap and efective way of using solar energy.
Nope. Ain't gonna happen for the very simple fact there just isn't enough solar radiation hitting the surface of the planet. What do you plan on doing? Paving over death valley to supply the energy needs for California?
We step outside and think: Man, that sun is hot, I'll bet there's a lot of energy there if we could just harness it.
All that shows is that most people judge strength and power by the abilities of their own bodies.
Tell you what. Put a ton of iron ore in that hot sun and see if it melts to the point where we can smelt out the iron and form it into steel girders, then come back and talk to me about how solar power can be our next generation power source.
The trick is not to need more power than the solar cell generates... so obviously you can easily supply the energy a house needs from solar cells if your house don't need much energy.
Then we're not. We'll be there when we no longer have to hear people say: "We're there now if..." or "We're there now, but..."
Apple doesn't sell upgrades. That $129 gets you a full version of the OS. You can sell your old version on ebay if you want; you won't need it to install 10.4
What else Apple doesn't give you: Product Activation. They don't even require a serial number or product key. Just put the CD in the drive and go.
For a supposed Geek crowd, Apple's numbering scheme sure get them confused..x revisions are major releases..xy releases are service packs. It's only been this way for three years, now, so what's your excuse for not getting it yet?
Care to point to the UPC code printed on the fabric of your pants or shirt?
Boy, you've got me there. And all this time when I took a shirt or a pair of pants to the cashier I didn't have to because there was no UPC code printed on it. I could have walked right out of the store.
Oh, wait a minute. You mean there's a tag on the shirt that the cashier scans?
Easy. In this guy's warped world, putting a gun in a person's hands makes him a murderer, but listening to a rapper telling you go out and rape your "ho." is harmless.
Well, that shows just how stupid you are. Everyone who hasn't been brainwashed by Haliburton knows that the real Bill Clinton was assassinated by John Ashcroft's right-wing religious holy warriors and that it was actually George W. Bush in a Halloween mask who was president during the entire Clinton era.
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Silly man. Everyone knows it's sunglasses we need.
Throwing out your elitist crap about "the masses," the reason your friend believes the faked moonlanding site over your debunking site is because he wanted to.
What you need to find out is why he wants to believe it's true.
You don't think that the world's largest software company will ever release a new version of their most profitable product?
You may want to reboot your ironic humor sensor.
Did you even read the link you posted?
45 feet tall and 100 feet long to heat a 16 foot chamber.
The equivalent nuclear power pebble bed will power a city.
I rest my case.
Well and guess what, we're right. On a sunny summer day we get about 1 kW/m2 of solar irradiation, enough to power a hair dryer.
One square METER to power a HAIR DRYER? And you think that's high-density?
Why don't you look at how many KW a steel mill uses in an hour.
Nope. It's an appeal to authority. The poster didn't reference the research. He referenced the scientists. Furthermore, he used the adjective "respected" to describe the specific type of scientist.
This is clearly an appeal to authority.
And, of course, we all know that Apple will make absolutely no improvements from now until 2006 when Longhorn ships.
Personally, I don't think Longhorn will ever ship because each time Apple releases the next version of OS X, Microsoft has to scrap all their Longhorn work and start over again to catch up.
The Californian experience with deregulation and deregulation experiences in general have proven that American Businessmen are just assholes who want to screw you for the very last penny. The phone companies are another example of a botched deregulation.
And I'll bet you think China is really a republic, too. After all, they say they are.
News flash for you. California never deregulated their energy industry. The phone companies were never deregulated, either. Both industries were re-regulated. They were just given new regulations to follow and the politicians went around telling everyone the industry had been de-regulated.
renewable energy sources like wind and solar...
Since there just isn't enough energy in wind or solar to provide for the energy needs of the planet without covering huge swaths of it in solar cell and wind turbine farms, let's put our money in smart research instead of useless research that personally makes you feel good.
Solar panels could really be the next generation power-source, if it can be developed a cheap and efective way of using solar energy.
Nope. Ain't gonna happen for the very simple fact there just isn't enough solar radiation hitting the surface of the planet. What do you plan on doing? Paving over death valley to supply the energy needs for California?
We step outside and think: Man, that sun is hot, I'll bet there's a lot of energy there if we could just harness it.
All that shows is that most people judge strength and power by the abilities of their own bodies.
Tell you what. Put a ton of iron ore in that hot sun and see if it melts to the point where we can smelt out the iron and form it into steel girders, then come back and talk to me about how solar power can be our next generation power source.
The trick is not to need more power than the solar cell generates... so obviously you can easily supply the energy a house needs from solar cells if your house don't need much energy.
Then we're not. We'll be there when we no longer have to hear people say: "We're there now if..." or "We're there now, but..."
Remember to take some Kleenex with you next time. Nosebleeds are common from such a lofty moral position.
is a fact accepted by the vast majority of respected scientists.
This is a classic fallacy of appealing to authority.
History is littered with majorities of respected scientists being embarassingly wrong.
...is just keep chaning how you measure until you get the results you want.
which is basically "googling" the library. Sorry that doesn't count. Gotta do it the old-fashioned way.
Which just goes to show, folks, that someone will always b**** about something.
Apple doesn't sell upgrades. That $129 gets you a full version of the OS. You can sell your old version on ebay if you want; you won't need it to install 10.4
What else Apple doesn't give you: Product Activation. They don't even require a serial number or product key. Just put the CD in the drive and go.
And the only major improvements in 10.3 were iChat AV, FileVault, Expose, and a prettier GUI.
And, of course, about a 20 percent bump in speed.
For a supposed Geek crowd, Apple's numbering scheme sure get them confused. .x revisions are major releases. .xy releases are service packs. It's only been this way for three years, now, so what's your excuse for not getting it yet?
The BBC is funded entirely through the license fee
Any payment that is mandated by the government is a tax regardless of what you choose to call it.
The BBC is no more funded through a "fee" than China is truly a People's Republic.
...are public owned companies.
Translation: Government-run, taxpayer subsidized companies, which is double-plus good.
Care to point to the UPC code printed on the fabric of your pants or shirt?
Boy, you've got me there. And all this time when I took a shirt or a pair of pants to the cashier I didn't have to because there was no UPC code printed on it. I could have walked right out of the store.
Oh, wait a minute. You mean there's a tag on the shirt that the cashier scans?
Easy. In this guy's warped world, putting a gun in a person's hands makes him a murderer, but listening to a rapper telling you go out and rape your "ho." is harmless.
Well, that shows just how stupid you are. Everyone who hasn't been brainwashed by Haliburton knows that the real Bill Clinton was assassinated by John Ashcroft's right-wing religious holy warriors and that it was actually George W. Bush in a Halloween mask who was president during the entire Clinton era.
Socialist's definition of a monopoly: Any company I don't like.