"Correct, the 2nd amendment is for self defense, not for influencing public policy (i.e. terrorism)."
Whoa! You mean the framers of the constitution were against using guns to influence public policy!?!?... like the "taxation without representation" policy?
Thank you! I was sure I had read this at some time and I just couldn't remember the title.
As I remember, the point was that people had become so stupid that fake engine noise and wind coming from the dashboard was all that was necessary to give the morons the sensation of speed and power. I guess we're just a fake breeze away from being those morons.
Written by Cyril M. Kornbluth, originally published in Galaxy in April 1951.
Incandescent technology is far superior to LEDs for electrothermal conversion efficiency. LEDs waste too much energy as visible light.
You laugh, but that excess heat was the basis for the EZ-Bake oven from my childhood. Those ovens actually baked things. Think of the children! How are tomorrows children going to learn how to bake?
He may have gotten us all to open our eyes regarding the NSA, Constitutional abuses, Corporate America's involvement and capitulation, etc, but as long as he has more documents his mission is not complete.
If he's smart (and I think he is) there is a cache of documents somewhere that the NSA never wants exposed. The NSA knows he has them. That's Snowden's insurance policy. They will only come out if Snowden is killed or captured.
false, the Sun and insolation drives climate and climate change, greenhouse gas effects are secondary. First thing one learns in any serious geophysics course.
I made a mistake and read the referenced article. When will I learn...
I think what it says is that the computer models don't show significant change when the solar radiation input is modified. I don't think I'm splitting hairs here. They aren't saying that the climate is not affected by changes in solar radiation.
The computer models are just approximations for the climate. They have been proven to be bad at predicting the future (like the current 10 year lull in warming). Wake me up when the computer models account for the ice ages.
imagine juicing up a credit-card-thin phone in less than a second
I'd like to, but my fuses just blew, the connector in the phone melted down, there's a smell of burning plastic insulation in my room, and a small fire seems to have started burning here, so I have other things on my mind!
Why is this rated funny instead of insightful? Moving more energy in less time is going to generate heat, lots of heat.
Also, instead of flawed batteries that seriously overheat we could have flawed batteries that explode.
this would be great for horses. its nearly impossible to allow multi-leg fractures to heal properly with a large animal.. they usually just get put down.
This is the first thing I thought of too. There's big money around horses that could move this technology along.
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The Debian silliness is the cold adherence to free software. A Debian desktop needs a lot of tweeking before stuff "just works" (like Flash). Debian also lags behind other distributions because they prioritize stability over cutting edge features. (... unless you use the Test version.)
I understand and accept that I have to do those tweeks, but I think I'm the exception.
On the server side, I really appreciate the stodgy Debian way. Solid uptime rocks!
Let's see, we have a couple of hundred years of people measuring climate scientifically. Next we have thousands of years of human history in which we can infer the climate even if it wasn't measured scientifically. Next we have things like tree rings that can map out how well a tree grew year after year for thousands of years which can tell us about rain fall and seasonal temperature. After that we have geological evidence left by the ways in which climate can alter the earth itself. Finally we have arctic ice....
You missed the point of the parent and the article. You correctly describe the data points that are being collected by the experts, as well as some of the theories. But science requires verification. The climate models are supposed to make predictions that can be verified. One MAJOR claim of the Al Gore camp is that the ice caps will melt and cause sea levels to rise. This prediction is based on the current climate models. If we have significant evidence that the ice caps are NOT melting, then it shows a flaw in the climate models.
Those climate models are being used to plan our national energy policy. Can't you understand why a reasonable person would be worried that those models might be wrong?
I did read TFA and came to the exact opposite conclusion that you did. The article notes that the ice is decreasing on the west side of Antarctica, and that's where all the attention is focused. The ice is increasing elsewhere.
And it's not called a strawman argument, it's called cherry picking your data.
The east side of Antarctica is three times the size of the west and it is seeing an increase of ice. The snow pack over all the continent is also increasing. That ice increase is greater than the decrease on the west side. According to TFA it's you that are cherry picking data and extrapolating it over the rest of the continent.
On an unrelated note, how can Antarctica have a west and east side? Isn't the whole coast on the north side?
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"Correct, the 2nd amendment is for self defense, not for influencing public policy (i.e. terrorism)."
Whoa! You mean the framers of the constitution were against using guns to influence public policy!?!? ... like the "taxation without representation" policy?
"For centuries, if not millenia, people have fought and died to pull humanity out from the depth of barbarism and into the light of civilization."
Sounds like the opening line in a bad DC hero movie!
It's from the book "2001, A Space Odyssey". I don't think it was expressed in the movie, so the target audience for the joke is literate old people.
Thank you! I was sure I had read this at some time and I just couldn't remember the title.
As I remember, the point was that people had become so stupid that fake engine noise and wind coming from the dashboard was all that was necessary to give the morons the sensation of speed and power. I guess we're just a fake breeze away from being those morons.
Written by Cyril M. Kornbluth, originally published in Galaxy in April 1951.
Incandescent technology is far superior to LEDs for electrothermal conversion efficiency. LEDs waste too much energy as visible light.
You laugh, but that excess heat was the basis for the EZ-Bake oven from my childhood. Those ovens actually baked things. Think of the children! How are tomorrows children going to learn how to bake?
He may have gotten us all to open our eyes regarding the NSA, Constitutional abuses, Corporate America's involvement and capitulation, etc, but as long as he has more documents his mission is not complete.
If he's smart (and I think he is) there is a cache of documents somewhere that the NSA never wants exposed. The NSA knows he has them. That's Snowden's insurance policy. They will only come out if Snowden is killed or captured.
false, the Sun and insolation drives climate and climate change, greenhouse gas effects are secondary. First thing one learns in any serious geophysics course.
I made a mistake and read the referenced article. When will I learn...
I think what it says is that the computer models don't show significant change when the solar radiation input is modified. I don't think I'm splitting hairs here. They aren't saying that the climate is not affected by changes in solar radiation.
The computer models are just approximations for the climate. They have been proven to be bad at predicting the future (like the current 10 year lull in warming). Wake me up when the computer models account for the ice ages.
imagine juicing up a credit-card-thin phone in less than a second
I'd like to, but my fuses just blew, the connector in the phone melted down, there's a smell of burning plastic insulation in my room, and a small fire seems to have started burning here, so I have other things on my mind!
Why is this rated funny instead of insightful? Moving more energy in less time is going to generate heat, lots of heat.
Also, instead of flawed batteries that seriously overheat we could have flawed batteries that explode.
does it run Linux?
If you follow the links in the article you will see that they all run Linux, or a Linux variant.
And it would help to stop being brown and start worshipping Jesus.
Jesus was brown.
“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.” - A. Einstein.
They're going to live together in a luxury waterfront home as they compete for the chance to interview for Microsoft?
I'd rather compete for a chance at North Korean citizenship.
No, no, it's the loser who gets the interview!
Where are the mod points when I need them ...
Wow, that was good. That made my day. Thanks!
this would be great for horses. its nearly impossible to allow multi-leg fractures to heal properly with a large animal .. they usually just get put down.
This is the first thing I thought of too. There's big money around horses that could move this technology along.
The Debian silliness is the cold adherence to free software. A Debian desktop needs a lot of tweeking before stuff "just works" (like Flash). Debian also lags behind other distributions because they prioritize stability over cutting edge features. ( ... unless you use the Test version.)
I understand and accept that I have to do those tweeks, but I think I'm the exception.
On the server side, I really appreciate the stodgy Debian way. Solid uptime rocks!
It felt like the word "alarmist" was being pounded into my skull.
How does the new data compare to non-alarmist computer models?
Although he sounds stupid, "Dubya" had a measured IQ of 132. If you consider that stupid, then I tip my hat to your loft intelligence.
Though a good dog is also a good judge of when a human is acting in a strange way, e.g. nervous, scared, aggressive etc.
What if you are scared of dogs?
I love it if something so noble was at play here, but c'mon...
Has anyone considered that this is just an NVidia ad for their new Blu-Ray 3D format?
Am I posting to the correct story?
I want pictures
They have posted a picture of their 7 meter demo model. Now only 19993 meters to go!
Let's see, we have a couple of hundred years of people measuring climate scientifically. Next we have thousands of years of human history in which we can infer the climate even if it wasn't measured scientifically. Next we have things like tree rings that can map out how well a tree grew year after year for thousands of years which can tell us about rain fall and seasonal temperature. After that we have geological evidence left by the ways in which climate can alter the earth itself. Finally we have arctic ice. ...
You missed the point of the parent and the article. You correctly describe the data points that are being collected by the experts, as well as some of the theories. But science requires verification. The climate models are supposed to make predictions that can be verified. One MAJOR claim of the Al Gore camp is that the ice caps will melt and cause sea levels to rise. This prediction is based on the current climate models. If we have significant evidence that the ice caps are NOT melting, then it shows a flaw in the climate models.
Those climate models are being used to plan our national energy policy. Can't you understand why a reasonable person would be worried that those models might be wrong?
I did read TFA and came to the exact opposite conclusion that you did. The article notes that the ice is decreasing on the west side of Antarctica, and that's where all the attention is focused. The ice is increasing elsewhere.
And it's not called a strawman argument, it's called cherry picking your data.
The east side of Antarctica is three times the size of the west and it is seeing an increase of ice. The snow pack over all the continent is also increasing. That ice increase is greater than the decrease on the west side. According to TFA it's you that are cherry picking data and extrapolating it over the rest of the continent.
On an unrelated note, how can Antarctica have a west and east side? Isn't the whole coast on the north side?