If the temperature rises by 6 degrees by 2050, as is expected under the Kyoto Treaty, then we have a chance of adapting. Sure a lot of species will go extinct (especially plants, which can't migrate as quickly as animals), but it won't be the end of the world.
On the other hand, there are several reasons for positive feedback which will result in faster than expected warming, which could seriously jeopardise our chances for living happily ever after.
The principle of warmer earth -> less polar ice -> less heat reflection -> more heating, as mentioned in the article, is one.
Another is that there much of the worlds carbon is locked away in soil (much more than in trees, by a factor of 100 or so). If the earth gets warmer, things that live in the earth, like worms, burrow deeper and allow oxygen to reach the locked up carbon. This brings more carbon dioxde into the atmosphere and assists global warming.
A third feedback mechanism involves the oceans. Most climate models suggest that oceans are currently a sink for carbon (i.e. they absorb more than they emit). However, secondary school science tells us that warmer liquids cannot hold as much gas dissolved within them (per unit volume). Thus it is possible that hot oceans will also assist global warming.
Sorry for the doom and gloom. Try not flying in aeroplanes/ not driving everywhere, then at least you can be a bit smug when the apocalypse comes.
I've noticed a definite divide in the cinema/ theater experience between the UK and the US.
Talking in a cinema in the UK is a big no-no, so they stay pretty quiet. I've even gotten a few funny looks before for laughing too loud in a comedy film.
Conversely, it seems like chatting is encouraged in the US (or at least in NYC, which is pretty much my only experience of the US) to make it a more lively social occasion.
It's hard to say which is best, just a matter of taste I suppose.
As for pricing, in the UK UGC cinemas do a £10/ month pass where you can see as many films as you want `for free'. So if you go every day that's just 30p a film. BARGAIN!
Do you think that Microsoft have given them some sort of incentive for this new rule, or is it just a case of a bureaucratic organisation randomly generating rules just for the hell of it?
There are also languages that take the opposite stance to Kanji Japanese and Chinese - Sinhala (the predominent language in Sri Lanka) has completely phonetic spelling.
Of course, the alphabet is a little tricky if you are used to roman characters, but once learnt, spelling is much easier.
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Or centripedal acceleration for those of you in the UK.
Sure it'll protect from hurricanes if it's underground, but what about earthquakes and underground monsters?
If the temperature rises by 6 degrees by 2050, as is expected under the Kyoto Treaty, then we have a chance of adapting. Sure a lot of species will go extinct (especially plants, which can't migrate as quickly as animals), but it won't be the end of the world.
On the other hand, there are several reasons for positive feedback which will result in faster than expected warming, which could seriously jeopardise our chances for living happily ever after.
The principle of warmer earth -> less polar ice -> less heat reflection -> more heating, as mentioned in the article, is one.
Another is that there much of the worlds carbon is locked away in soil (much more than in trees, by a factor of 100 or so). If the earth gets warmer, things that live in the earth, like worms, burrow deeper and allow oxygen to reach the locked up carbon. This brings more carbon dioxde into the atmosphere and assists global warming.
A third feedback mechanism involves the oceans. Most climate models suggest that oceans are currently a sink for carbon (i.e. they absorb more than they emit). However, secondary school science tells us that warmer liquids cannot hold as much gas dissolved within them (per unit volume). Thus it is possible that hot oceans will also assist global warming.
Sorry for the doom and gloom. Try not flying in aeroplanes/ not driving everywhere, then at least you can be a bit smug when the apocalypse comes.
That's a funny euphemism for semen...
Talking in a cinema in the UK is a big no-no, so they stay pretty quiet. I've even gotten a few funny looks before for laughing too loud in a comedy film.
Conversely, it seems like chatting is encouraged in the US (or at least in NYC, which is pretty much my only experience of the US) to make it a more lively social occasion.
It's hard to say which is best, just a matter of taste I suppose.
As for pricing, in the UK UGC cinemas do a £10/ month pass where you can see as many films as you want `for free'. So if you go every day that's just 30p a film. BARGAIN!
Do you think that Microsoft have given them some sort of incentive for this new rule, or is it just a case of a bureaucratic organisation randomly generating rules just for the hell of it?
On any warez site!
You may be unprotected, but I've got my tinfoil hat!
Dude, you really might want to consider laying off the Star Trek for a while...
If all the jobs are being outsourced to India and China, then quit moaning and just move to India/ China.
*Bingo!*
Job security and unlimited takeaway food in one fell swoop.
>> And have you finally gotten around to stopping beating your wife?
RMS beats his wife?!?
Stop Press, we have exciting gossip! Or have I just wilfully misinterpreted the comment in a shameless fashion?
There are also languages that take the opposite stance to Kanji Japanese and Chinese - Sinhala (the predominent language in Sri Lanka) has completely phonetic spelling.
Of course, the alphabet is a little tricky if you are used to roman characters, but once learnt, spelling is much easier.
I don't know about America, but in Britain the size of your TV is inversely proportional to your income.
It will be the rich rather than the poor that get disenfranchised. Which will be novel.