Not every climate skeptic is a denialist ostrich. Many of us can be converted with patience, lucidity and openness.
Patience we have shown in abundance, but my god man, we're not Mother Fucking Teresa! Take a look at the data for your fucking self, but quit doing the bidding for Exxon Mobile.
Oh, and by the way: October was the hottest month on record in Darwin, Australia.
I am thoroughly convinced that no amount of evidence at this point can convince the skeptics. They are traveling on faith. This is why they are ridiculed. They don't like it, but hey, neither do people who believe that they've been abducted by UFOs.
It was totally brought here by liberals to start warming at just the right moment! You see they HATE the US and if they get their way, we'll develop technologies to burn something other than fossil fuels. Don't you see what an evil, ingenious plan that is to bring down the US?! Genius, I tells ya, geni... Oh wait! Crap!
People might buy more and share less if they knew that more of the money went to the artist. I don't know that for sure, but if I were a bettin' man I'd put money on it. People have a natural aversion to $BIGCORP, but they have a natural affinity for their favorite artist.
The people who are trying to sow FUD against AGW know that it doesn't matter what was actually in those emails. What matters is the accusations that they can hurl about without anyone really challenging them.
We thought that the media had grown a pair of proverbial balls after the Bush fiasco, but we were wrong. It almost seems to be going in the wrong direction, where they are less challenging than they were before for fear of *not* getting that interview.
Uhm, unregulated free market? It's not the free market slapping her in jail or running the court proceedings. Actually, this is the application of law, and by nature this is a form of regulation. I know it's trendy to rant against "the Man" (who doesn't?) but if you're going to do it at least make sure you know what you're complaining about.
UHM, yeah, unregulated free market. Or have you not thought deeply about where these draconian laws originate? With the average citizen? No, it comes from *Corporations* (oh noes)! I'm not ranting against "THE MAN." I'm just pointing out that the end result of corporations with lots of money can buy power and influence. Guess what they can do with that power and influence? Change our laws! Surprise Surprise. It's not a rant. It's an observation.
If you don't believe that what I just said was true please point out the flaw in my thinking.
It was an observation of irony. Those corporations that participate in the free market are using copyright laws - through the buying of congresscritters - to regulate us. So you are correct in this case: Copyright is the epitome of regulation, the regulation of you.
A copyrighted work? Performed in public? If I were a lawyer my nipples would explode with joy. The planets have aligned for an orgy of copyright violations! Tell me, in the video were you also photocopying the Harry Potter books with a scanner hooked up to a laptop with a cracked version of Windows 7 on it?
Welcome Citizen... to your future!
We were so busy being scared of the communists (a la 1984) that we forgot to fear the other extreme: Unregulated free markets. It's funny how the unregulated *free* market seems to regulate us so well.
Funny how the ones who bemoan the science behind global warming are most likely the ones who believe in creation "science". Does God not believe that the earth is warming up?
have the power to take down the BlackBerry browser[...]?
Seriously?! Blackberry browser? Mine takes so long to load (Blackberry Bold) on a 3G network that it is really unusable. I guess you could put it up against Monks transcribing the Jewish apocrypha onto parchment and it might beat them, but only if they had to send it hundreds of miles on the backs of donkeys.
I really haven't found a browser that works very well on my Blackberry. Opera works okay, and Bolt seems alright if a little weird.
Damn I wish that I could switch to the Droid, but I'm locked in a contract with ATT, and I refuse the fruit.
Been using Wolfram-enhanced search already - and without the b*** crap.
Dude, you can say 'bull', we won't be offended. Honest!:-D
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I still find myself an atheist, but I now longer feel logic and reason and math will ever prove God doesn't exist
Just because we believe that logic and reason as we presently know them do not have anything to say about the existence/non-existence of a god does not mean that in the future they will not, and I think that part of the book is in a way saying as much. By what means do you arrive at such a conclusion that from now until forever a way will not be found in reason and logic so that they will have something to say on the existence of a god?
Side note: I characterize myself as an atheist as well, but in reality I just ascribe the probability of a god existing as being close to zero.
If the Wall Street Journal ever catches on, we might be close to some real change.
No, we'll just be in for more bullshit articles about how government regulations are stifling innovation.
What we really need is some basic R&D into why conservatives hold on to the mantra that the free market cures all ills when it's been shown time and again to fail completely in so many areas.
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Not every climate skeptic is a denialist ostrich. Many of us can be converted with patience, lucidity and openness.
Patience we have shown in abundance, but my god man, we're not Mother Fucking Teresa! Take a look at the data for your fucking self, but quit doing the bidding for Exxon Mobile.
Oh, and by the way: October was the hottest month on record in Darwin, Australia.
I am thoroughly convinced that no amount of evidence at this point can convince the skeptics. They are traveling on faith. This is why they are ridiculed. They don't like it, but hey, neither do people who believe that they've been abducted by UFOs.
It was totally brought here by liberals to start warming at just the right moment! You see they HATE the US and if they get their way, we'll develop technologies to burn something other than fossil fuels. Don't you see what an evil, ingenious plan that is to bring down the US?! Genius, I tells ya, geni... Oh wait! Crap!
Just call this a [painfully slow] outbreak of common sense.
People might buy more and share less if they knew that more of the money went to the artist. I don't know that for sure, but if I were a bettin' man I'd put money on it. People have a natural aversion to $BIGCORP, but they have a natural affinity for their favorite artist.
We thought that the media had grown a pair of proverbial balls after the Bush fiasco, but we were wrong. It almost seems to be going in the wrong direction, where they are less challenging than they were before for fear of *not* getting that interview.
Uhm, unregulated free market? It's not the free market slapping her in jail or running the court proceedings. Actually, this is the application of law, and by nature this is a form of regulation. I know it's trendy to rant against "the Man" (who doesn't?) but if you're going to do it at least make sure you know what you're complaining about.
UHM, yeah, unregulated free market. Or have you not thought deeply about where these draconian laws originate? With the average citizen? No, it comes from *Corporations* (oh noes)! I'm not ranting against "THE MAN." I'm just pointing out that the end result of corporations with lots of money can buy power and influence. Guess what they can do with that power and influence? Change our laws! Surprise Surprise. It's not a rant. It's an observation.
If you don't believe that what I just said was true please point out the flaw in my thinking.
Copyright is the epitome of regulation.
It was an observation of irony. Those corporations that participate in the free market are using copyright laws - through the buying of congresscritters - to regulate us. So you are correct in this case: Copyright is the epitome of regulation, the regulation of you.
'We sang "Happy Birthday" to her in the theater,'
A copyrighted work? Performed in public? If I were a lawyer my nipples would explode with joy. The planets have aligned for an orgy of copyright violations! Tell me, in the video were you also photocopying the Harry Potter books with a scanner hooked up to a laptop with a cracked version of Windows 7 on it?
Welcome Citizen... to your future!
We were so busy being scared of the communists (a la 1984) that we forgot to fear the other extreme: Unregulated free markets. It's funny how the unregulated *free* market seems to regulate us so well.
Funny how the ones who bemoan the science behind global warming are most likely the ones who believe in creation "science". Does God not believe that the earth is warming up?
Yes, but what does that mean for the people who aren't to lazy to learn Celsius?
It means you are free to focus your vast intellect to learning other things! ;-)
One word: Aineko
have the power to take down the BlackBerry browser[...]?
Seriously?! Blackberry browser? Mine takes so long to load (Blackberry Bold) on a 3G network that it is really unusable. I guess you could put it up against Monks transcribing the Jewish apocrypha onto parchment and it might beat them, but only if they had to send it hundreds of miles on the backs of donkeys.
I really haven't found a browser that works very well on my Blackberry. Opera works okay, and Bolt seems alright if a little weird.
Damn I wish that I could switch to the Droid, but I'm locked in a contract with ATT, and I refuse the fruit.
Been using Wolfram-enhanced search already - and without the b*** crap.
Dude, you can say 'bull', we won't be offended. Honest! :-D
I still find myself an atheist, but I now longer feel logic and reason and math will ever prove God doesn't exist
Just because we believe that logic and reason as we presently know them do not have anything to say about the existence/non-existence of a god does not mean that in the future they will not, and I think that part of the book is in a way saying as much. By what means do you arrive at such a conclusion that from now until forever a way will not be found in reason and logic so that they will have something to say on the existence of a god?
Side note: I characterize myself as an atheist as well, but in reality I just ascribe the probability of a god existing as being close to zero.
Yes!!! We're going to finally solve all the problems... of laboratory animals.
Ernest Rutherford once said The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don't
Oddly enough, quantum mechanics draws pretty much the exact same conclusion.
but please don't look!
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Scientists Clone Oldest Living Organism
Which was so old, it immediately died.
If the Wall Street Journal ever catches on, we might be close to some real change.
No, we'll just be in for more bullshit articles about how government regulations are stifling innovation.
What we really need is some basic R&D into why conservatives hold on to the mantra that the free market cures all ills when it's been shown time and again to fail completely in so many areas.
Entropy Problems For Linux In the Cloud
Ponder this headline being read by a geek 50 years ago...
Now it's in a solid state!
I love that the parent was scored (Score:-1, Redundant)
I'm just now going to give up a bunch of mod points, but I think that your post should be modded to a 6, it is that important.
WhoTF decided it would be a good idea to have that kind of a release against the upcoming iPhone v3?)
Hence the name "Pre"mature.