My wife had a great answer to a neighbor who believes that global warming is myth. She said to him, "By taking the steps to reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming, we will be cleaning up the air. And I don't know about you, but I like clean air."
This is precisely why I don't care about global warming--it is a much weaker argument for less tangible things than what I want to fight for.
I ride a bike because it's affordable, and because I don't like hundreds of millions of tax dollars being uselessly spent on roads.
I oppose cars and encourage public transit for that reason, and because I don't believe that urban living and smog-free living are mutually exclusive.
I oppose industrial sources of pollution and waste (i.e. coal/nuclear power plants, factory farms) because they are not sustainable economically or environmentally.
I oppose free trade and international outsourcing because it discourages local economies, oppresses people in ways not allowable in my country, sidesteps democracy, and consumes large amounts of resources--many of which we can never get back.
I've probably missed a few, but global warming is the least of my concerns. Whenever I hear someone say that you should buy a (new) hybrid car or use ethanol because it's better for the environment, I want to smack them upside the head for being so naive.
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Heard of wireless?
Wireless communications, yes, but there's going to be cables supplying power if not externally, at least internally.
Yup, and just like regular post-it notes, after you've used it a couple times and the glue wears out, you just toss it out and grab another one off the pad!
Some 16,250 sacks containing pieces of 45 million shredded documents were found and confiscated after the reunification of Germany in 1990. Reconstruction work began 12 years ago but 24 people have been able to reassemble the contents of only 323 sacks. Bah, just distribute them among nursing homes and tell the seniors it's a jigsaw puzzle.
They'll have it assembled before you can say "Matlock"!
More realistic is that they have to learn to live with the fact that satellite images are available to the general public and adjust their strategy accordingly. Exactly. Just like the RIAA has with p2p networks!
What he meant was that Tim Horton's restaurants were used as an official place to get the coins into general circulation, since the post office and the mint aren't common enough places to do so.
The pink breast-cancer-ribbon coins were distributed at Shopper's Drug Mart, and the current set of Vancouver 2010 Olympic coins are distributed at Petro Canada.
It is unfortunate that they can't team up with a worthwhile non-profit organization, but then I'm no longer much into collecting coins anyway.
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Spoken like a true Anonymous Coward!
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I take it you're not living week-to-week on a tight budget, then?
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If laws like this aren't enforced, how will the masses ever come to realize how stupid the laws are?
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Actually, "urinalysis" would follow "admire", instead of "your [analysis]".
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You're confusing politicians with bureaucracy.
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To be honest, I didn't know what it was.
I figured it was some pr0n term, like "Giggity-byte".
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This is precisely why I don't care about global warming--it is a much weaker argument for less tangible things than what I want to fight for.
I ride a bike because it's affordable, and because I don't like hundreds of millions of tax dollars being uselessly spent on roads.
I oppose cars and encourage public transit for that reason, and because I don't believe that urban living and smog-free living are mutually exclusive.
I oppose industrial sources of pollution and waste (i.e. coal/nuclear power plants, factory farms) because they are not sustainable economically or environmentally.
I oppose free trade and international outsourcing because it discourages local economies, oppresses people in ways not allowable in my country, sidesteps democracy, and consumes large amounts of resources--many of which we can never get back.
I've probably missed a few, but global warming is the least of my concerns. Whenever I hear someone say that you should buy a (new) hybrid car or use ethanol because it's better for the environment, I want to smack them upside the head for being so naive.
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Wireless communications, yes, but there's going to be cables supplying power if not externally, at least internally.
Snip snip: not just for babies anymore.
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It looks like a good way to smuggle particles between France and Switzerland!
Better keep an eye on these "scientists"...
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The answer to all three, paradoxically, would be me!
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Sorry to nitpick, but it supports the theory, but doesn't "prove" it.
I'm sure that's what you meant, though.
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Good. Maybe next time you'll think of that before you do something to send yourself to the emergency room again!
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Yup, and just like regular post-it notes, after you've used it a couple times and the glue wears out, you just toss it out and grab another one off the pad!
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Yes, I suggest a compromise.
Like, if it's free software, then how about a cut of the profits?
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Not a big problem. From what I hear, there are only three words in The English Language.
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I dunno, I've only had the reverse happen.
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While it may be better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish, is it equally worthwhile to teach him to build a fishing rod when he is hungry?
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They'll have it assembled before you can say "Matlock"!
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What he meant was that Tim Horton's restaurants were used as an official place to get the coins into general circulation, since the post office and the mint aren't common enough places to do so.
The pink breast-cancer-ribbon coins were distributed at Shopper's Drug Mart, and the current set of Vancouver 2010 Olympic coins are distributed at Petro Canada.
It is unfortunate that they can't team up with a worthwhile non-profit organization, but then I'm no longer much into collecting coins anyway.
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...and that bitch, Anne Murray, too.
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Yeah, but there was nothing on the other end.
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They're getting a lot more similar...
No, I'm not talking about closer integration through "free trade"...
I'm talking about commemorative "state" quarters and "president" dollar coins.
Be very afraid...
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When watching that video, I couldn't help but think, "wow, that guy's being a total dick!" ...but I guess that's just me following normal social rules.
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