I have been watching the global warming crowd grow... [since] the 80's
I wonder why? If you've been paying attention that long, you know that the "skeptics" back then said there wasn't any warming, and that in 20 years it'd be obvious. 20+ years later and all 10 of the hottest years (globally) have happened since then. Now they're saying that there are no predictions (ha!) and that it's not anthropocentric and that maybe it's a "good thing". Maybe it's not alarmism but realism? That doesn't mean that alarmism doesn't exist, mind you, but believe that global warming is anthropocentric and mainly responsible for the melting of the summer sea ice in the arctic is hardly alarmism — it's realism.
Requiring an icebreaker to get through means that the passage wasn't really open (not that you're disputing that, but some on this thread can't quite seem to grasp the difference here).
Try reading up on the history of the Northwest Passage. Sure, we've only had a complete meter by meter map for 30ish years, but we've known about the lack of a Northwest Passage for centuries.
The first attempt to traverse the Northwest Passage happened well over 400 years ago (did your school not teach this in history class?), and several attempts have been made since then. This is the first time that it's been open as far as we know — and not for a lack of looking for it. I love the uncertainty and doubt, though — perhaps you can find some fear now?
Read that article carefully to see exactly how he "traversed" the Northwest Passage. It wasn't open then, and hasn't been for at least 400 years (and probably an awful lot longer) — until now.
Are you referring to the 1530s and Hernán Cortés? You're jumping the gun a little — it wasn't until 1576 that Martin Frobisher first tried to find the Northwest Passage. Of course, you could be referring to the 1630s as several attempts were made after this to find this passage that did not exist. Perhaps (but surely not) you're conflating the (prior lack of) existence of the Northwest Passage with the satellite record — which only stretches back about 30 years or so. Still, we know that the Northwest Passage has not been passable for well over 400 years.
Now, sarcasm aside, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you don't agree with the scientific consensus on global warming. You no doubt extol the virtues of having an open mind and being skeptical. Has it occurred to you that the scientists are just as likely to have underestimated our impact as to overestimated it? In fact, evidence suggests that, being the conservative people that scientists are (not in the political sense, mind you), scientists have repeatedly underestimated our impacts. That doesn't mean that certain non-scientists aren't greatly exaggerating things, but I'm guessing (again) that it's the mainstream science view that you're taking umbrage with.
Perhaps we should be more concerned with how they misspelled "second" (as "first"). From Red Orbit:
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) had previously launched HITEN in 1990, delivering the small lunar orbiter HAGOMORO. Kaguya is said to be the largest lunar mission since NASA's Apollo programme.
Despite several news services saying this is Japan's first lunar probe, lunar orbiter, etc., it is not. It is the largest one, and the first in over a decade, but it is not it's first.
Assuming you're right (just for the sake of discussion), there's a huge difference between having farms of greater than 10 acres confiscated, and being hung up by your fingernails while your testicles are branded. That doesn't mean either of these things are right, but I'd much rather have my land confiscated. Giving funds to the Contras directly helped them torture citizens who were now being forced to choose between being tortured by the Sandanistas or being tortured by the Contras. Of course, there's also the little thing about it being illegal.
OK, now that I'm done assuming you're right, I'd also like to point out that you're wrong. During most of the Carter administration, Nicaragua was led by Somoza. In 1979, the Sandanistas came to power through violent means. If you want to read about Carter's role in this, check out Wikipedia. If you think Carter had Marxist sympathies, then you know nothing about the man.
That's exactly what I was arguing. A good comparison is to the way many Brits hate how their government has been caving to the US government's demands, but that doesn't mean they hate Americans.
Not that I doubt you (I don't), but couldn't Microsoft just point to OO.o's export to PDF function and argue that they needed this feature to stay competitive with OO.o? (Or would that generate too much laughter, considering the relative market share of the two office products?)
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Requiring an icebreaker to get through means that the passage wasn't really open (not that you're disputing that, but some on this thread can't quite seem to grasp the difference here).
Try reading up on the history of the Northwest Passage. Sure, we've only had a complete meter by meter map for 30ish years, but we've known about the lack of a Northwest Passage for centuries.
Read the story. It wasn't just a matter of different technology. The passage didn't exist — he forced his way through.
That puts it in perspective. Read up on Roald Amundsen's trip — that will help you get some perspective.
The first attempt to traverse the Northwest Passage happened well over 400 years ago (did your school not teach this in history class?), and several attempts have been made since then. This is the first time that it's been open as far as we know — and not for a lack of looking for it. I love the uncertainty and doubt, though — perhaps you can find some fear now?
Read that article carefully to see exactly how he "traversed" the Northwest Passage. It wasn't open then, and hasn't been for at least 400 years (and probably an awful lot longer) — until now.
Are you referring to the 1530s and Hernán Cortés? You're jumping the gun a little — it wasn't until 1576 that Martin Frobisher first tried to find the Northwest Passage. Of course, you could be referring to the 1630s as several attempts were made after this to find this passage that did not exist. Perhaps (but surely not) you're conflating the (prior lack of) existence of the Northwest Passage with the satellite record — which only stretches back about 30 years or so. Still, we know that the Northwest Passage has not been passable for well over 400 years.
Now, sarcasm aside, I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you don't agree with the scientific consensus on global warming. You no doubt extol the virtues of having an open mind and being skeptical. Has it occurred to you that the scientists are just as likely to have underestimated our impact as to overestimated it? In fact, evidence suggests that, being the conservative people that scientists are (not in the political sense, mind you), scientists have repeatedly underestimated our impacts. That doesn't mean that certain non-scientists aren't greatly exaggerating things, but I'm guessing (again) that it's the mainstream science view that you're taking umbrage with.
A meter is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458th of a second.
Assuming the weapon worked, wouldn't it be more dangerous to the one it is used on than the one who uses it?
But the important point is that we could all examine the voting software for undocumented features.
But the important point is that we could all examine the voting software for bugs.
However, it seems that you're saying that these Jews are Jew-haters — just not rednecks.
I suppose in your world a lot of Jews themselves (the ones that have problems with Israeli foreign policy) are Jew-hating rednecks. Right?
Thus, returning us to the topic of the article. ;)
However, for the casual user LaTeX has a bit of a learning curve. I've never used Scribus before, so I can't comment on it.
Excellent information. I'll have to pass it on to my friends and family that still use MS Word. Does the plugin work for 2003 as well?
That's what it sounded to me like, anyways. ;)
Assuming you're right (just for the sake of discussion), there's a huge difference between having farms of greater than 10 acres confiscated, and being hung up by your fingernails while your testicles are branded. That doesn't mean either of these things are right, but I'd much rather have my land confiscated. Giving funds to the Contras directly helped them torture citizens who were now being forced to choose between being tortured by the Sandanistas or being tortured by the Contras. Of course, there's also the little thing about it being illegal.
OK, now that I'm done assuming you're right, I'd also like to point out that you're wrong. During most of the Carter administration, Nicaragua was led by Somoza. In 1979, the Sandanistas came to power through violent means. If you want to read about Carter's role in this, check out Wikipedia. If you think Carter had Marxist sympathies, then you know nothing about the man.
That's exactly what I was arguing. A good comparison is to the way many Brits hate how their government has been caving to the US government's demands, but that doesn't mean they hate Americans.
Not that I doubt you (I don't), but couldn't Microsoft just point to OO.o's export to PDF function and argue that they needed this feature to stay competitive with OO.o? (Or would that generate too much laughter, considering the relative market share of the two office products?)
4. It exports directly to PDF without having to buy (or even install) an extra plug-in.