Advisor: Mr. President, there's a prob with X, WTF shuld we do? President Obama: LOL! Throw money at it. Advisor: Good call, Mr. President. Culd u b more specific? President Obama: *sighs* Create a new "Czar of X" over the new "Bureau of X", silly. Advisor: OMFG, BHO ROCKS!
if 9 out of 10 doctors said your child had appendicitis, and only 1 said it was trapped gas, would you go home and 'wait and see'?
That analogy compares the economic impact of eliminating greenhouse gases to a common, low-risk appendectomy. A better analogy would be: 9 out of 10 doctors say they need to amputate your kids' legs. You'd make DAMN sure the tenth doctor was wrong (open debate, anyone?) before you'd go ahead with that procedure.
I'm sure plenty will say the amputation analogy goes too far in the other direction. But consider that what might be a moderate economic impact (appendectomy) in the western world can create severe ripples in the third world. The poorest get hurt the most.
You're flat out wrong, unless the incandescent bulbs you buy were created in a factory that didn't use electricity, and you never plugged them in.
You obviously replied before you read my point about coal power being the only source of mercury associated with incandescents. By that standard, the monitor you are reading this on produces mercury.
But, given your generalized name-calling, I suspect you don't bother to really understand how anything works.
Given the fact that you replied before even reading my entire post, I suspect you have no interest in competing points of view. And as for the playful name-calling, can you take a joke?
You just have to laugh when environmentalists, who go ape-shit at 1 part per quadrillion of a pesticide, poo-poo the risks of a little ole mercury.
and CFLs contribute far less mercury to the environment than incandescent bulbs
Please stop spreading the FUD about CFLs using less mercury than incandescent bulbs. Incandescent bulbs produce 100% less mercury than CFLs. And if the Greenstapo which gave us CFLs would let us use Nuclear Power instead of Coal Power (irony-alert!) there would be ZERO mercury production.
It's like the odds of a black man becoming President of the United States.
What does Nerd mean now?
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One of the meanings of Nerd, the technogeek, has fallen by the wayside. It used to be that staying inside playing Atari 2600 while all the normal kids where outside playing tag made you a nerd. Nowadays *all* the kids stay inside and play video games all day.
The Nerd label continues to stick to smart kids (a.k.a. kids who try to get good grades). Stoopid is kool and the Culture of Dum rules. Maybe that's why American Morons are the most underachieving and get the most expensive public education in the world.
We conspiritards aren't stoopid, we know such pictures can be easily faked. Now if you want to see some REAL evidence, I have some alien autopsy pics that will BLOW YOUR MIND!
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And the release of "Secret of Vulcan Fury", baby!
Every communication will be something like this:
Advisor: Mr. President, there's a prob with X, WTF shuld we do?
President Obama: LOL! Throw money at it.
Advisor: Good call, Mr. President. Culd u b more specific?
President Obama: *sighs* Create a new "Czar of X" over the new "Bureau of X", silly.
Advisor: OMFG, BHO ROCKS!
They are acting like a jilted lover after being turned down by Sun.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/162748/sun_blundered_by_turning_down_ibm.html
Hurry, someone please shoot the messenger so we can place our craniums comfortably back into the sand.
His kangaroo trial
The Australians tried Hussein? I fail to see what's unfair about that. The Aussies seem an impartial, if often inebriated people.
if 9 out of 10 doctors said your child had appendicitis, and only 1 said it was trapped gas, would you go home and 'wait and see'?
That analogy compares the economic impact of eliminating greenhouse gases to a common, low-risk appendectomy.
A better analogy would be:
9 out of 10 doctors say they need to amputate your kids' legs.
You'd make DAMN sure the tenth doctor was wrong (open debate, anyone?) before you'd go ahead with that procedure.
I'm sure plenty will say the amputation analogy goes too far in the other direction. But consider that what might be a moderate economic impact (appendectomy) in the western world can create severe ripples in the third world. The poorest get hurt the most.
I canna change the laws of Physics!
there are no FPSs for us any more.
Bioshock.
Though for some people, their dick is what's actually in charge.
And those people are collectively known as "men".
The new Fuschia Screen Of Death was left out after they determined that it would *not* require users purchase new FSOD-Ready video cards and monitors.
I'll take the fact that you focused on my pun rather than my point as conceding the latter. I'm glad you agree.
You're flat out wrong, unless the incandescent bulbs you buy were created in a factory that didn't use electricity, and you never plugged them in.
You obviously replied before you read my point about coal power being the only source of mercury associated with incandescents. By that standard, the monitor you are reading this on produces mercury.
But, given your generalized name-calling, I suspect you don't bother to really understand how anything works.
Given the fact that you replied before even reading my entire post, I suspect you have no interest in competing points of view.
And as for the playful name-calling, can you take a joke?
Greenstapo? I can see you're not biased.
I can see your sense of humor has already been affected, probably by mercury.
mercury in CFLs, which is negligible
You just have to laugh when environmentalists, who go ape-shit at 1 part per quadrillion of a pesticide, poo-poo the risks of a little ole mercury.
and CFLs contribute far less mercury to the environment than incandescent bulbs
Please stop spreading the FUD about CFLs using less mercury than incandescent bulbs. Incandescent bulbs produce 100% less mercury than CFLs. And if the Greenstapo which gave us CFLs would let us use Nuclear Power instead of Coal Power (irony-alert!) there would be ZERO mercury production.
To have an affair with Barney Frank
It's like the odds of a black man becoming President of the United States.
One of the meanings of Nerd, the technogeek, has fallen by the wayside. It used to be that staying inside playing Atari 2600 while all the normal kids where outside playing tag made you a nerd.
Nowadays *all* the kids stay inside and play video games all day.
The Nerd label continues to stick to smart kids (a.k.a. kids who try to get good grades).
Stoopid is kool and the Culture of Dum rules.
Maybe that's why American Morons are the most underachieving and get the most expensive public education in the world.
The film "I, Robot" covered this subject in detail.
Will Smith took off his shirt and was all, "Whatup robot!" and then BLAM-O!!
Kinda like a deep-fried stick of butter is a "lightweight" version of two deep-fried sticks of butter.
Oh wait, wrong Indians. ;)
We conspiritards aren't stoopid, we know such pictures can be easily faked.
Now if you want to see some REAL evidence, I have some alien autopsy pics that will BLOW YOUR MIND!
McDonalds better watch out. These things come in threes, people.
1) To get modded Insightful:
Say man is responsible for Global Warming
2) To get modded Flamebait, Troll, Offtopic:
Have a healthy skepticism of #1
How much have the sea levels actually risen?
Why ask? Just pass the Kyoto Protocol and we can adjust sea levels as we see fit.
The Maldives have really hit a low point.