While I agree with him I have to, on philosophical grounds say, "Who cares what he says, he's a fiction author damn-it." I wish that actors and other such celebrities would just stay out of the conversation and not use their celebrity to sway those that for some reason think because they have a talent for acting or writing they "know stuff."
NASA needs to be divided in two. One part should be a scientific and research organization. Sending probes both manned and unmanned "Out There." The other should be the space equivilent of the FAA.
You don't see the FAA running an airline. And you don't see American Airlines doing research. This should have happened after Apollo 17.
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What I meant is where in the law does the poster get that the law only applied to recording lossy ability? I certainly can find nothing about that in the law.
Have we pumped CO2 into the atmosphere at a rate higher than would have happened if we weren't here? The answer is yes. Have we pumped a lot of other things into the atmosphere that might have a cooling effect? The answer is yes.
If we weren't here how many forests would have burnt releasing particulate matter? How many less? There are just too many variables involved. Current meteorological science can't even tell me with much certainty that it is going to rain next month how am I expected to believe that they are 100% certain of anything.
Should we try to reduce our negative impact on the ecosystem? Sure! Should we ravage our economy to do so? Hell No!!
In this case, some portion of the recent warming is very likely to be caused by humans.,
Some portion and very likely are key phrases. But the science isn't in yet and may well not be in our life times. The planet is very, very old and has gone through lots of weather cycles. For rhe vast majority of them humans were not even present during. To say with certainty that what industrialized humans have done in 100 years is the reason for the current warming cycle is way to egotistical even for me and the lack of ego is something I've never been accused of.
My problem is the data just doesn't go back far enough to prove to the level the "Man Did It" lobby seems to think it does and now there are those calling anyone that questions the "Man Did It" position unscientific.
Yanking their accreditation if they don't agree with popular yet not 100% proven theory is a little extreme. But then so is calling most of TV weather people scientists and I have known several.
They all are as long as they equal the number of take-offs. Thanks.
Well she didn't make an exact "If then" statement but she implied it and rather strongly.
Thanks it's barely and airplane yet but it'll make it some day. And yes Private Pilot both fixed wing and Helicopter.
One thing to keep in mind that unless the law had far greater scope than the original it would not have any effect on Fox News or any other cable channel because they aren't broadcast.
If they did increase the scope to cover cable then they might just as well include/.
I don't mean to belittle NASA's achievements, but to simply say "The US won the space race" is disingenuous.
Well the USSR had a program underway to go to the Moon. Once we did it they shut down the program. Sounds an awful lot like what someone might do if they were in a race and lost and there was no 2nd place prize.
It's not just US regulators investigating. Japan and S. Korea are as well and last time I checked they are in Asia.
And since when did a national boarder stop US campaign contributions?
It's enough that it stored its observations. I consider the little creature bloody brilliant and look forward to its further adventures.
No, it really isn't. If it looks down and notices something that will tell us that LA is going to fall into the Pacific a week from Tuesday it really isn't going help anyone if it doesn't tell us about it.
(Also: why does this get modded down to Troll or Flamebait almost instantly, whenever I post it? Is it unreasonable to question where some of the Gates/Buffett largesse is going, considering how much Gates rambles on about the importance of science education to future US competitiveness?)
It might help if you pointed to original source material instead of some damn blog.
The combination of iPod and iTunes worked so seamlessly and it hit at exactly the the right time. There are those that will give Jobs all the credit as a marketing genius and he did a good job but the most important thing he did was to not screw it up for the masses. Sure there are those that hate the DRM that is in place with the combo of iTunes and iPod but if that's the case you are also techie enough to put your music on the iPod without buying from iTunes.
I certainly hope Amazon chooses to license anything that comes out of this. I've been a Amazon customer for about 10 years and have bought a couple of hundred books from them. For the first 2 or 3 years they gave me pretty good recomendations and I found a number of new authors that I probably wouldn't have started reading. Over the last few years they never catch a new author and suggest them.
I've been exit polled twice since the first election I voted in in the early '80s. I've told the poll taker incorrect info both times. I'd be willing to bet I'm not alone in doing this.
The article mentions the reluctance of the U.S. administration to talk about this "asymmetric" effort by the Chinese military.
Maybe because it isn't asymmetric and we are doing the same thing.
But if we aren't isn't this an act of war? It's no different than them shooting at one of our ships in international waters.
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While I agree with him I have to, on philosophical grounds say, "Who cares what he says, he's a fiction author damn-it." I wish that actors and other such celebrities would just stay out of the conversation and not use their celebrity to sway those that for some reason think because they have a talent for acting or writing they "know stuff."
Oh, and I love my TiVo and my modded XBox with XBox Media Center.
Are you saying that your modded XBox is tied to your Tivo in some way?
NASA needs to be divided in two. One part should be a scientific and research organization. Sending probes both manned and unmanned "Out There." The other should be the space equivilent of the FAA. You don't see the FAA running an airline. And you don't see American Airlines doing research. This should have happened after Apollo 17.
What we need is a force that draws the junk down into the atmosphere so it can burn up. Can anybody here think of such a force?
Mr. Newton, you have your hand up in the back...
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What I meant is where in the law does the poster get that the law only applied to recording lossy ability? I certainly can find nothing about that in the law.
Where do you get that from? The cassette recorder on my home stereo has no such feature neither does the VCR in the attic.
Have we pumped CO2 into the atmosphere at a rate higher than would have happened if we weren't here? The answer is yes. Have we pumped a lot of other things into the atmosphere that might have a cooling effect? The answer is yes.
If we weren't here how many forests would have burnt releasing particulate matter? How many less? There are just too many variables involved. Current meteorological science can't even tell me with much certainty that it is going to rain next month how am I expected to believe that they are 100% certain of anything.
Should we try to reduce our negative impact on the ecosystem? Sure! Should we ravage our economy to do so? Hell No!!
In this case, some portion of the recent warming is very likely to be caused by humans. ,
Some portion and very likely are key phrases. But the science isn't in yet and may well not be in our life times. The planet is very, very old and has gone through lots of weather cycles. For rhe vast majority of them humans were not even present during. To say with certainty that what industrialized humans have done in 100 years is the reason for the current warming cycle is way to egotistical even for me and the lack of ego is something I've never been accused of.
My problem is the data just doesn't go back far enough to prove to the level the "Man Did It" lobby seems to think it does and now there are those calling anyone that questions the "Man Did It" position unscientific.
Yanking their accreditation if they don't agree with popular yet not 100% proven theory is a little extreme. But then so is calling most of TV weather people scientists and I have known several. They all are as long as they equal the number of take-offs. Thanks.
Well she didn't make an exact "If then" statement but she implied it and rather strongly. Thanks it's barely and airplane yet but it'll make it some day. And yes Private Pilot both fixed wing and Helicopter.
Yes the link does gome from Sen James' but if you follow it you will find a link to Ms. Cullen's blog.
One thing to keep in mind that unless the law had far greater scope than the original it would not have any effect on Fox News or any other cable channel because they aren't broadcast. If they did increase the scope to cover cable then they might just as well include /.
No that would be the only people SELLING cars in America are Japanese.
I don't mean to belittle NASA's achievements, but to simply say "The US won the space race" is disingenuous.
Well the USSR had a program underway to go to the Moon. Once we did it they shut down the program. Sounds an awful lot like what someone might do if they were in a race and lost and there was no 2nd place prize.
It's not just US regulators investigating. Japan and S. Korea are as well and last time I checked they are in Asia. And since when did a national boarder stop US campaign contributions?
Well LA was a bad example for Mod points. I should have picked a place that wouldn't make the rest of the country happy if it fell into the ocean.
It's enough that it stored its observations. I consider the little creature bloody brilliant and look forward to its further adventures.
No, it really isn't. If it looks down and notices something that will tell us that LA is going to fall into the Pacific a week from Tuesday it really isn't going help anyone if it doesn't tell us about it.
(Also: why does this get modded down to Troll or Flamebait almost instantly, whenever I post it? Is it unreasonable to question where some of the Gates/Buffett largesse is going, considering how much Gates rambles on about the importance of science education to future US competitiveness?)
It might help if you pointed to original source material instead of some damn blog.
Please don't continue the "USian" meme. It's confusing the citizens of the United States of Mexico. Thanks!
So that's why you guys can't stay on your side of the border.
The combination of iPod and iTunes worked so seamlessly and it hit at exactly the the right time. There are those that will give Jobs all the credit as a marketing genius and he did a good job but the most important thing he did was to not screw it up for the masses. Sure there are those that hate the DRM that is in place with the combo of iTunes and iPod but if that's the case you are also techie enough to put your music on the iPod without buying from iTunes.
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I certainly hope Amazon chooses to license anything that comes out of this. I've been a Amazon customer for about 10 years and have bought a couple of hundred books from them. For the first 2 or 3 years they gave me pretty good recomendations and I found a number of new authors that I probably wouldn't have started reading. Over the last few years they never catch a new author and suggest them.
I've been exit polled twice since the first election I voted in in the early '80s. I've told the poll taker incorrect info both times. I'd be willing to bet I'm not alone in doing this.
The article mentions the reluctance of the U.S. administration to talk about this "asymmetric" effort by the Chinese military.
Maybe because it isn't asymmetric and we are doing the same thing. But if we aren't isn't this an act of war? It's no different than them shooting at one of our ships in international waters.