Fine, so you think your reports are better than the other ones. That's fine. I just don't get what you're so angry about. And given the choice between some lunatic rant and a moderate exposition of facts, I'll tend to believe the second. Besides, I only need to look at the *political* side of the debate to understand pretty quickly what you guys are trying to do. Well, you can rest happy, knowing that you will probably succeed. Most people are just too easy. Not me.
Well, here is some material. You can dig up some more by yourself if you're interested.
http://www.climate-skeptic.com/ http://www.climate-skeptic.com/2007/09/table-of-conten.html
Obvious bias? Well duh. Just like your sources. Problem is: yours do not address the inconsistencies and mistakes in mine. Mine DO point out the ones in yours. So far, I've found them much more correct.
But really, you and I both have our own idea and I believe we're not going to change it. So in the end this whole debate is just a waste of time.
Well, electric are ineherently less efficient than normal ones. There is only one step from oil to energy consumption, but there are many from whatever source you're using and probably burning anyway (!) to energy consumption in the case of electric cars. Even assuming some of that energy comes from renewable resources, still it makes up a very little percentage of the total and as such does not really drive up the efficiency to environmental damage ratio significantly.
Your pretty graphic shows 80% efficiency because it's based on a flawed assumption: that the energy cost of loading up your car with its energy source is the same.
Finally: every single point on your precious "fourth IPCC WG1 report" has been thoroughly debunked. The more I browse your site (its home page almost gave me migraine) the more it looks like that time cube thingy.
most of the people I know won't even be able to tell the difference between KDE and Windows 100% true: a couple of years ago, this so-called web developer sat at my PC to use some IM program while I was fixing another one. The PC was running Mandrake. He fumbled around for a while, then I opened the program for him, can't remember what it was, either Kopete or GAIM. After a few more minutes of tinkering with the system he blurted out "My, you've really CUSTOMIZED YOUR XP to hell and back".
I couldn't believe my ears but that's exactly what he said (translated for your convenience).
About 10 days ago I tested KDE4 on an OpenSUSE system, now I've just tried it on Windows too and I must say I'm astounded - many applications work just fine although they feel a bit sluggish. But the basic system is there and I believe it won't be long until we have a fully functional KDE4 shell as an alternative to Explorer. Or we could just stick to the apps and not use the whole desktop environment - in fact I'd like to use KOffice and a few other apps on my Windows box. Considering it's such an early release, I'd say KDE4 on Windows is functional beyond any expectations, and in a couple of months I hope to be using it for real and not as a toy. Kudos to the KDE team, brilliant as usual.
Not the original poster, but I'll tell you what I think anyway.
The whole point of the idea of the Fall is that once you achieve knowledge, then you are responsible for yourself and will need to work out a way to survive and eventually be embraced by the grace of God. Before achieving God-like status by means of knowloedge, man was not responsible for himself, had no free will and was taken care of by God. After that, he had to adapt his ways of life quite a bit:). So in short, I think the most salient aspect of the Genesis is not the idea of the Fall, but rather that of acquiring free will and then making choices - e.g. to respect God or not - and living with the consequences, in the mortal and the after-life.
Finally, what if Adam were not a literal human being but just a "token" for humankind? That wouldn't be unusual at all.
I disagree. Quite on the contrary, I believe lazy people are attracted to TV, not the other way around. In other words, TV is the consequence, not the cause. I might be wrong, as I have no hard data on this.
You knew the deal when you signed up for service, it's only whiners who want to stop competition who suggest that renting your princess phone is too expensive. Exactly. So don't rent one. Problem solved. It's not like you have some natural right to possess an iPhone. Apple (and whoever else is involved in this) does not owe you anything. Just like you don't owe them anything. Now if you want to enter a business transaction with them, by all means contact them, negotiate, buy passively, whatever. Why on Earth you should scream bloody murder and invoke some law is beyond me.
I have a fanless 7600gt by Gigabyte, it's totally silent, does not run hot and works well in all games. It's smallish and does not require additional pci-x power connectors. HTH
The gambling market is a market just like any other. And as such it should be left alone. Who on Earth do these clowns think they are? Why is anybody treating them like they deserve any consideration? And how are they going to enforce their decision, for that matter?
My webserver == my home. You're welcome to visit, but you will obey the rules I set. If you don't want me logging you, just turn down my offer and be on your way.
Yes, this applies to everything else as well.
Yup, and switch the whole world to UTC while we're at it. Brilliant (no really, I'd like it), except it's not going to happen. Too much inertia and not enough interest.
All borders of all countries are "a creation of people by means of force". I don't see how the USA are different than the rest of the world. Do you know that, while you are welcome, still you cannot simply come to my country and start working and living here with no formalities involved? Do you know that some other countries will simply not let you in at all?
LOL! You couldn't be further from the truth about what I have "no problem with".
You're saying, that no matter what, I have no right to arm myself and defend myself against those who would enslave me. Idiocy. Put a.45ACP in the brain of the first who tries to take your life (or property). But you must not BE THE ONE that takes away other people's life (or property). What's so hard to get? Anyway I see I am feeding a troll, so goodbye.
Listen kid, if you want to stand up for your rights, then by all means vote with your wallet and effect change in society. But the moment you raise your hands against someone else, and that includes not only all the people you wish to kill but also the ones you would coax into helping you, then that is when you lose all rights, credibility, and possibly your life too. In case you want to answer, please avoid all those meaningless one-liners.
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Fine, so you think your reports are better than the other ones. That's fine. I just don't get what you're so angry about. And given the choice between some lunatic rant and a moderate exposition of facts, I'll tend to believe the second. Besides, I only need to look at the *political* side of the debate to understand pretty quickly what you guys are trying to do. Well, you can rest happy, knowing that you will probably succeed. Most people are just too easy. Not me.
Well, here is some material. You can dig up some more by yourself if you're interested. http://www.climate-skeptic.com/
http://www.climate-skeptic.com/2007/09/table-of-conten.html
Obvious bias? Well duh. Just like your sources. Problem is: yours do not address the inconsistencies and mistakes in mine. Mine DO point out the ones in yours. So far, I've found them much more correct.
But really, you and I both have our own idea and I believe we're not going to change it. So in the end this whole debate is just a waste of time.
Well, electric are ineherently less efficient than normal ones. There is only one step from oil to energy consumption, but there are many from whatever source you're using and probably burning anyway (!) to energy consumption in the case of electric cars. Even assuming some of that energy comes from renewable resources, still it makes up a very little percentage of the total and as such does not really drive up the efficiency to environmental damage ratio significantly.
Your pretty graphic shows 80% efficiency because it's based on a flawed assumption: that the energy cost of loading up your car with its energy source is the same.
Finally: every single point on your precious "fourth IPCC WG1 report" has been thoroughly debunked. The more I browse your site (its home page almost gave me migraine) the more it looks like that time cube thingy.
Yup! Instead, they are managed by the gov't. Isn't that great!
About 10 days ago I tested KDE4 on an OpenSUSE system, now I've just tried it on Windows too and I must say I'm astounded - many applications work just fine although they feel a bit sluggish. But the basic system is there and I believe it won't be long until we have a fully functional KDE4 shell as an alternative to Explorer. Or we could just stick to the apps and not use the whole desktop environment - in fact I'd like to use KOffice and a few other apps on my Windows box.
Considering it's such an early release, I'd say KDE4 on Windows is functional beyond any expectations, and in a couple of months I hope to be using it for real and not as a toy. Kudos to the KDE team, brilliant as usual.
Just wait for GPLv4 and that shall be taken "care" of.
Not the original poster, but I'll tell you what I think anyway. :). So in short, I think the most salient aspect of the Genesis is not the idea of the Fall, but rather that of acquiring free will and then making choices - e.g. to respect God or not - and living with the consequences, in the mortal and the after-life.
The whole point of the idea of the Fall is that once you achieve knowledge, then you are responsible for yourself and will need to work out a way to survive and eventually be embraced by the grace of God. Before achieving God-like status by means of knowloedge, man was not responsible for himself, had no free will and was taken care of by God. After that, he had to adapt his ways of life quite a bit
Finally, what if Adam were not a literal human being but just a "token" for humankind? That wouldn't be unusual at all.
I disagree. Quite on the contrary, I believe lazy people are attracted to TV, not the other way around. In other words, TV is the consequence, not the cause. I might be wrong, as I have no hard data on this.
Type in the URL and off you go. Or am I missing something? It's not like they rooted the boxes and took them down.
I have a fanless 7600gt by Gigabyte, it's totally silent, does not run hot and works well in all games. It's smallish and does not require additional pci-x power connectors. HTH
Wow. I just went through the whole archive. Rarely have I feel so disturbed. I guess I'm not one for black humor. Still, I read it all.
No, not really. It's what most people already believe. Or do you really think that nutjobs make up a significant portion of humankind?
And don't forget Shingetsutan Tsukihime, even though it had some kind of fallen angel connotation as well.
I for one *do* operate my own MTA. It's just so much more configurable and responsive. And I have no limits except those imposed by the hardware.
My webserver == my home. You're welcome to visit, but you will obey the rules I set. If you don't want me logging you, just turn down my offer and be on your way.
Yes, this applies to everything else as well.
It gets even better, loads of users use Word as their file management tool.
Yup, and switch the whole world to UTC while we're at it. Brilliant (no really, I'd like it), except it's not going to happen. Too much inertia and not enough interest.
All borders of all countries are "a creation of people by means of force". I don't see how the USA are different than the rest of the world. Do you know that, while you are welcome, still you cannot simply come to my country and start working and living here with no formalities involved? Do you know that some other countries will simply not let you in at all?
Listen kid, if you want to stand up for your rights, then by all means vote with your wallet and effect change in society. But the moment you raise your hands against someone else, and that includes not only all the people you wish to kill but also the ones you would coax into helping you, then that is when you lose all rights, credibility, and possibly your life too. In case you want to answer, please avoid all those meaningless one-liners.