"cosmic rays being a major influence on low level cloud formation"
The problem with the cosmic ray theory is that there has not been any increase in cosmic rays over the 30 odd years we have been observing them. In other words how can no change in cosmic rays cause a change in cloud cover?
The implicit assumption of "skeptics" (and I used the term lightly) is that the IPCC has not investigated solar flux. The IPCC attribution graph shows this assumption is false, in fact it shows that the IPCC belives the sun is responsible for roughly a quarter of the warming and humans for more than half.
"...it isn't your average Joe that makes society work. On the contrary, the people that produce and that create jobs are a small exceptional group that often get the short end of the stick in a democratic system."
Keep drinking that brand of kool aid and that "small exceptional group" will beat you to death with the stick.
"Maybe not universally shared by all at all times."
That's because the computer that is generating your virtual reality is in your skull. All these skull based computers are running different simulations, when they produce the same results over and over again, we call it science.
"Something hard to explain to others, but very real nonetheless."
I have hallucinated a few times, the logical side of me was screaming that it's not real but the rest of me was not listening.
"The War on Drugs hasn't really paid off either. The amount of money/time spent on such an endeavor hasn't been worth the effort."
What do you mean it hasn't been worth the effort? - The US has sold billions, if not trillions of dollars worth of military equipment to help other nations hunt down and kill the evil peasant farmers producing this stuff. Even the nutjobs in Burma got $2B worth of attack choppers in the 90's to "clean up the golden triangle".
"hold a deep-seated belief that these same politicans have the capacity to benevolantly control an entire healthcare industry."
If the UK's system is anything like Australia's (and it is) then health care proffessionals "control the industry". Over the past 3 decades those politicians who have tried to dismantle our universal system and hand it back to corporate interests have felt the wrath of the 80+% of voters who like it the way it is.
The problem with the US is that despite decades of experience and a mountain of evidence to the contrary, a lot of people still hold a deep-seated belief that UHC is a socialist plot to take over their wallet.
I agree! As an Aussie, I cannot think of a single news/current affairs show currently on Australian commercial TV that does not make you feel dumber for having watched it. However I would rank our government stations up there with the best on the planet, go figure!
ABC news is here, and the GP forgot to mention SBS news, which is our other government station and IMHO has better global coverage.
Ummm, no. I have CS degree and 20yrs experience. What you are talking about is the attacking the problem of redundant information by comparing blocks, this has already been 'solved'.;)
"That means cutting messages into blocks, if it is found that some part has something in common with another one, to store common blocks of data all in one place."
Substitute "words" for "blocks" and you will find you have invented a dictonary.
"At any rate, I think it's so trivial to get around that I doubt anyone actively trying to circumvent it has any problems whatsoever."
"Circumventing" in this case means failing to request the filter. The only thing it does is forces ISP's to offer filtering, I'm an Ausssie and I thought that was already the case?
The whole thing is pork because of some high profile international kiddy porn busts. The internet cuts both ways, many of the people busted were "respectable members of rural communites", cops, teachers, etc, it's highly likely that without the internet and international cooperation these people would have gone un-detected.
BTW: Having raised two kids to adulthood I consider "kiddy-porn" to be about pre-pubecent kids, after puberty a whole host of other questions come into the picture.
Open the blind when flying over the EU, sometimes you can see them wizz by close enough to feel the "wash", it's was quite an awsome sight the first time I saw it. What I find remarkable is that there are so few disasters.
Regardless of the logic in the traffic comparison, being in a plane still makes me anxious enough that I can't sleep a wink, even on trips from Oz to the EU with an airline that has never lost a plane.
"Did IBM know the nazi's would try exterminate the jews? I doubt it very much."
Einstein was smart enough to work out what was going on in 1932, cheap labour capitalists from the US were a tad slow to catch on, almost 10yrs too slow in some cases.
"lastly i suggest you burn your collection of Al Gore and Micheal Moore video's and go out there in such of real facts."
You know, to the rest of the fucking planet AG is simply presenting the IPCC reports to a laymen audience. His nobel prize was for communicating the "real facts" as understood by science at the time. I would have thought that such geek like behaviour in a politician would be considered a GoodThingTM, but I'm probably wasting my breath since you have already shot the messenger for party political reasons.
Your problem is you belive easy answers are enough to support the status-quo, except under your logic OBL has done nothing wrong because all he did was provide a "stick".
Don't know about the US but in Australia in the 60's a child who wrote with their left hand was either "lazy" or "not being taught correctly" but I think this had more to do with fountain pens than toilet paper.
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"cosmic rays being a major influence on low level cloud formation"
The problem with the cosmic ray theory is that there has not been any increase in cosmic rays over the 30 odd years we have been observing them. In other words how can no change in cosmic rays cause a change in cloud cover?
The implicit assumption of "skeptics" (and I used the term lightly) is that the IPCC has not investigated solar flux. The IPCC attribution graph shows this assumption is false, in fact it shows that the IPCC belives the sun is responsible for roughly a quarter of the warming and humans for more than half.
"Too bad about the how-to-vote cards then, no?"
WTF is wrong with the "how to vote" cards?
"...it isn't your average Joe that makes society work. On the contrary, the people that produce and that create jobs are a small exceptional group that often get the short end of the stick in a democratic system."
Keep drinking that brand of kool aid and that "small exceptional group" will beat you to death with the stick.
"The same way driver's licenses keep bad drivers off the road."
Anarchy in goverment is one thing, but on our roads?
"Maybe not universally shared by all at all times."
That's because the computer that is generating your virtual reality is in your skull. All these skull based computers are running different simulations, when they produce the same results over and over again, we call it science.
"Something hard to explain to others, but very real nonetheless."
I have hallucinated a few times, the logical side of me was screaming that it's not real but the rest of me was not listening.
Ok, you got me, I'm 48.
Body found in basement
....sources say the man was beaten to death with a tape recorder.
"But cheating on his wife means he is happy to lie and so his trustworthiness has to be called into question."
In my 5 decades on this planet I have found that anyone who claims they never tell lies, is lying.
"The War on Drugs hasn't really paid off either. The amount of money/time spent on such an endeavor hasn't been worth the effort."
What do you mean it hasn't been worth the effort? - The US has sold billions, if not trillions of dollars worth of military equipment to help other nations hunt down and kill the evil peasant farmers producing this stuff. Even the nutjobs in Burma got $2B worth of attack choppers in the 90's to "clean up the golden triangle".
"hold a deep-seated belief that these same politicans have the capacity to benevolantly control an entire healthcare industry."
If the UK's system is anything like Australia's (and it is) then health care proffessionals "control the industry". Over the past 3 decades those politicians who have tried to dismantle our universal system and hand it back to corporate interests have felt the wrath of the 80+% of voters who like it the way it is.
The problem with the US is that despite decades of experience and a mountain of evidence to the contrary, a lot of people still hold a deep-seated belief that UHC is a socialist plot to take over their wallet.
Yeah right, 'cause the planet is just chock full of unprofitable private research firms bestowing gifts onto the taxpayer.
No, but I got a good laugh out of your reply. :)
"C'mon, the hand of terrestrial nuclear power advocacy has got to be sore by now, but not from knocking."
Priceless!
I agree! As an Aussie, I cannot think of a single news/current affairs show currently on Australian commercial TV that does not make you feel dumber for having watched it. However I would rank our government stations up there with the best on the planet, go figure!
ABC news is here, and the GP forgot to mention SBS news, which is our other government station and IMHO has better global coverage.
Yes, we get that here in Australia - much better than your average US export.
"But maybe you can tell me what's flawed with my idea of (large) block redundancy detection for e-mail storage to begin with"
Cost, you pimple-faced little shit.
"You're just nitpicking ;-)"
;)
Ummm, no. I have CS degree and 20yrs experience. What you are talking about is the attacking the problem of redundant information by comparing blocks, this has already been 'solved'.
I'm special, the world owes me a living, it's all the governments fault, waaa, waaa, waaa! - Insightfull?
"That means cutting messages into blocks, if it is found that some part has something in common with another one, to store common blocks of data all in one place."
Substitute "words" for "blocks" and you will find you have invented a dictonary.
"At any rate, I think it's so trivial to get around that I doubt anyone actively trying to circumvent it has any problems whatsoever."
"Circumventing" in this case means failing to request the filter. The only thing it does is forces ISP's to offer filtering, I'm an Ausssie and I thought that was already the case?
The whole thing is pork because of some high profile international kiddy porn busts. The internet cuts both ways, many of the people busted were "respectable members of rural communites", cops, teachers, etc, it's highly likely that without the internet and international cooperation these people would have gone un-detected.
BTW: Having raised two kids to adulthood I consider "kiddy-porn" to be about pre-pubecent kids, after puberty a whole host of other questions come into the picture.
"ONLY 1,000 FEET AT 500 MPH!! OMG!!"
Open the blind when flying over the EU, sometimes you can see them wizz by close enough to feel the "wash", it's was quite an awsome sight the first time I saw it. What I find remarkable is that there are so few disasters.
Regardless of the logic in the traffic comparison, being in a plane still makes me anxious enough that I can't sleep a wink, even on trips from Oz to the EU with an airline that has never lost a plane.
"Did IBM know the nazi's would try exterminate the jews? I doubt it very much."
Einstein was smart enough to work out what was going on in 1932, cheap labour capitalists from the US were a tad slow to catch on, almost 10yrs too slow in some cases.
"lastly i suggest you burn your collection of Al Gore and Micheal Moore video's and go out there in such of real facts."
You know, to the rest of the fucking planet AG is simply presenting the IPCC reports to a laymen audience. His nobel prize was for communicating the "real facts" as understood by science at the time. I would have thought that such geek like behaviour in a politician would be considered a GoodThingTM, but I'm probably wasting my breath since you have already shot the messenger for party political reasons.
Your problem is you belive easy answers are enough to support the status-quo, except under your logic OBL has done nothing wrong because all he did was provide a "stick".
"One doesn't need to look at the manual. Use the button and see what happens."
Don't bother, I can tell you what happens. The picture dissapears.
"was the 50's in america THAT fucked up?"
Don't know about the US but in Australia in the 60's a child who wrote with their left hand was either "lazy" or "not being taught correctly" but I think this had more to do with fountain pens than toilet paper.