Actually, I'm pretty sure they work for the Illuminati. I'm pretty sure a corporation like BP wouldn't allow lowly masons amongst it's ranks. Their reptilian overlords would shit a brick.
Knowing that they'd go to such lengths (albeit haphazardly) to doctor--and subsequently lie about--the photos further damages that credibility
The other guy already asked "what lie", so I'll ask the next obvious question - what lengths?
Five minutes of photoshop, followed by a single statement which you believe to be false? You consider those to be extraordinary lengths? If so, you must be the laziest man in existence!
The court of public opinion has decided that oil = bad. If a BP exec were caught on camera tickling a puppy, there would be at least a half-dozen sites declaring "Evil BP overlords publicly torture puppies".
Hardly. This is about as noteworthy as "Teenage girls photoshops Facebook photos", or "Facial-cream company photoshops advertisements". Who gives a shit? The only thing that's at all interesting about this is watching so many people go completely off the rails in their criticism of BP.
Because that, like your question, would be incredibly stupid, shortsighted, and entirely besides the point.
Amazing. Now if only you'd realize that you just stated exactly what I was implying.
But we're not broke
There was some doubt about this? WTF? Let me guess - you're one of those geniuses who likes to speak for "the sheeple". Everyone around you is too stupid to see the truth, so you have to educate them. Even though nobody seems to be espousing those beliefs in the first place.
Nice. So, we don't have money for the unemployed, for the ill, or even for veterans benefits, but we can afford laser systems to shoot down planes for imaginary invasions.
You say that as if it's a bad thing.
Apparently YOU have enough money to buy a computer, but not enough money for the unemployed, for the ill, etc, et al. I don't see you bitching about that particular situation. Why don't you sell the computer and donate the money to charity?
Why is this rated insightful? Isn't there a single person with mod points who actually understands how lasers work???
No, mirrors don't defeat lasers. At best they'll temporarily reduce the effectiveness of the laser, until they melt, and then you're screwed anyway. It's like a wannabe-firefighter covering himself in water-balloons and running into a burning building - ineffective, but mildly amusing.
Second, they don't know this jump is possible, because jumping from 150,000 feet involved breaking the sound barrier, which no one's ever done before.
Breaking the sound barrier doesn't mean much when the atmosphere is that thin. For one thing, the speed of sound gets lower the higher you go. For another thing, the lower density would mean far less turbulence and heat as you approach the transonic stage. At that height you've got so little pressure that I doubt you'd get a meaningful shockwave.
Not that this wouldn't be a really cool thing to do, but it seems a little silly to get excited about "breaking the sound barrier". Technically speaking, astronauts in orbit do that every time they go EVA.
Once again, I am awed by the thoughtfulness of your response. If only I had not commented already, all of my mod points would be yours!
This conversation isn't some dry, logical debate about whether ATI or Nvidia makes the best video card.
Obviously - and that's the problem. Perhaps Valium would help?
We're talking about watching a human being die in sheer terror, and a bunch of know-it-all douchebags like you come along, who haven't even seen the video, and act like it's no big deal, just to try to make yourselves sound tough and calloused, when in reality you're probably just some fat geek like everyone else on here.
I'm sorry to hear about your difficulties with personal fitness, but that is hardly relevant to the topic at hand. I'm much more interested in how you've managed to convince yourself that you poses a rather specialized form of ESP. Do you believe that you can also detect what radio shows I listen to, or do your "abilities" only apply to visual mediums?
Thank you for that calm and well reasoned response. I can see why you might have initially thought yourself to be "one of those people". Clearly, you are not an overly-emotional individual who overreacts at the slightest provocation. I am rather surprised that you were unable to stomach this video; however, rest assured, many of us have no problem observing such material. I can only offer you my condolences, and relay my sincere desire that your "counseling" sessions achieve at least a small measure of success.
Anyway, you're underestimating the odds, massively overstating the costs, and completely ignoring the fringe benefits. Of course, I suppose it depends on who you're referring to when you talk about "true believers", and on what kind of an approach they're proposing. Safe to say there are many reasonable steps we can take to work towards preventing such a disaster, and there are some actions which would be unreasonable overreactions. Just like with climate change.
You see worse things on TV all the time. It's only different because you've convinced yourself that one is real and the other one fake. If someone had taken that footage and spliced it into a Hollywood film, you would have taken it completely in stride. And the IMDB page would have at least one comment saying "I only gave it 6 starts because the execution scene wasn't realistic enough".
If you're looking at a global warming analogy, you'd probably be better to look at the numerous calls for 'global asteroid defence' against a threat which would almost certainly cost vastly less than the cost of trying to defend against it.
Well, yeah, technically you're right - an asteroid causing the extinction of the human species would cost nothing at all, so the cost of trying to defend against it would certainly be vastly higher. Good thinking!
lol. YOU are calling ME a troll? Congrats - this entire discussion was retarded from the get-go, and you've found the perfect way to finish it off. Pretty much exactly what I'd expect from someone who is so stupid/incompetent that he can't even get a 24 hour uptime out of a windows box.
You take care now. Try not to swallow your tongue.
Yeah, I do, although I've been forced to use ASP recently instead of PHP. I couldn't give you the address to my current project even if I wanted to - you wouldn't be able to access it. I asked "which part, specifically" he found offensive because there are several things he could have been complaining about, and I was curious to see which one he meant.
Also, I didn't find the joke particularly funny, so I thought maybe I missed something. Apparently not. At least that XKCD cartoon was amusing, the first time I saw it. Now that it's been linked on slashdot about 32,000 times, it's starting to lose the effect.
The windows equivalent (in my case, Windows XP), needs to be rebooted once a day at this point.
Now, to me, that appears to state that your windows XP computer needs to be rebooted once a day. Of course, you may have been using one of those "creative" versions of the English language, in which words mean things other than their standard dictionary definitions. If so, please do clarify. Otherwise, I'll have to once again advise you to avoid running files with names like "Swedish_beastiality_bukkake.avi.exe". Trust me - your computer will thank you.
That was a very nice rant, which had dick all to do with windows shortcuts. Unfortunately, you seem to have confused keyboard shortcuts with file shortcuts (also known as "links"), while simultaneously bitching about every other way that every OS in existence has apparently failed to please you. Boo fucking hoo.
On the other hand, you DO sound amazingly like one of those crazy talk-show hosts, such as Bill O'Reilley or Keith Olbermann. Do you have your own TV or YouTube show? I'd love to subscribe.
lol. That was an excellent parody of the environuts! You just forgot to suggest that we abandon all vehicles, install solar panels, start raising vegetables on our balconies, and legalize marijuana. Otherwise, PERFECT!
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Aww, I've got my very own stalker. I'm touched :)
Hopefully "protodevilin" will do a better job of formulating a rational/coherent response. I certainly don't think he could do much worse.
Actually, I'm pretty sure they work for the Illuminati. I'm pretty sure a corporation like BP wouldn't allow lowly masons amongst it's ranks. Their reptilian overlords would shit a brick.
Knowing that they'd go to such lengths (albeit haphazardly) to doctor--and subsequently lie about--the photos further damages that credibility
The other guy already asked "what lie", so I'll ask the next obvious question - what lengths?
Five minutes of photoshop, followed by a single statement which you believe to be false? You consider those to be extraordinary lengths? If so, you must be the laziest man in existence!
The court of public opinion has decided that oil = bad. If a BP exec were caught on camera tickling a puppy, there would be at least a half-dozen sites declaring "Evil BP overlords publicly torture puppies".
It deserves to be uncovered on a blog
Hardly. This is about as noteworthy as "Teenage girls photoshops Facebook photos", or "Facial-cream company photoshops advertisements". Who gives a shit? The only thing that's at all interesting about this is watching so many people go completely off the rails in their criticism of BP.
Because that, like your question, would be incredibly stupid, shortsighted, and entirely besides the point.
Amazing. Now if only you'd realize that you just stated exactly what I was implying.
But we're not broke
There was some doubt about this? WTF? Let me guess - you're one of those geniuses who likes to speak for "the sheeple". Everyone around you is too stupid to see the truth, so you have to educate them. Even though nobody seems to be espousing those beliefs in the first place.
And that makes a difference because .... head doesn't affect gasses and liquids? Right.
Nice. So, we don't have money for the unemployed, for the ill, or even for veterans benefits, but we can afford laser systems to shoot down planes for imaginary invasions.
You say that as if it's a bad thing.
Apparently YOU have enough money to buy a computer, but not enough money for the unemployed, for the ill, etc, et al. I don't see you bitching about that particular situation. Why don't you sell the computer and donate the money to charity?
Why is this rated insightful? Isn't there a single person with mod points who actually understands how lasers work???
No, mirrors don't defeat lasers. At best they'll temporarily reduce the effectiveness of the laser, until they melt, and then you're screwed anyway. It's like a wannabe-firefighter covering himself in water-balloons and running into a burning building - ineffective, but mildly amusing.
Second, they don't know this jump is possible, because jumping from 150,000 feet involved breaking the sound barrier, which no one's ever done before.
Breaking the sound barrier doesn't mean much when the atmosphere is that thin. For one thing, the speed of sound gets lower the higher you go. For another thing, the lower density would mean far less turbulence and heat as you approach the transonic stage. At that height you've got so little pressure that I doubt you'd get a meaningful shockwave.
Not that this wouldn't be a really cool thing to do, but it seems a little silly to get excited about "breaking the sound barrier". Technically speaking, astronauts in orbit do that every time they go EVA.
Whatever, douchebag
Once again, I am awed by the thoughtfulness of your response. If only I had not commented already, all of my mod points would be yours!
This conversation isn't some dry, logical debate about whether ATI or Nvidia makes the best video card.
Obviously - and that's the problem. Perhaps Valium would help?
We're talking about watching a human being die in sheer terror, and a bunch of know-it-all douchebags like you come along, who haven't even seen the video, and act like it's no big deal, just to try to make yourselves sound tough and calloused, when in reality you're probably just some fat geek like everyone else on here.
I'm sorry to hear about your difficulties with personal fitness, but that is hardly relevant to the topic at hand. I'm much more interested in how you've managed to convince yourself that you poses a rather specialized form of ESP. Do you believe that you can also detect what radio shows I listen to, or do your "abilities" only apply to visual mediums?
Thank you for that calm and well reasoned response. I can see why you might have initially thought yourself to be "one of those people". Clearly, you are not an overly-emotional individual who overreacts at the slightest provocation. I am rather surprised that you were unable to stomach this video; however, rest assured, many of us have no problem observing such material. I can only offer you my condolences, and relay my sincere desire that your "counseling" sessions achieve at least a small measure of success.
Apparently you missed the sarcasm/humour.
Anyway, you're underestimating the odds, massively overstating the costs, and completely ignoring the fringe benefits. Of course, I suppose it depends on who you're referring to when you talk about "true believers", and on what kind of an approach they're proposing. Safe to say there are many reasonable steps we can take to work towards preventing such a disaster, and there are some actions which would be unreasonable overreactions. Just like with climate change.
You see worse things on TV all the time. It's only different because you've convinced yourself that one is real and the other one fake. If someone had taken that footage and spliced it into a Hollywood film, you would have taken it completely in stride. And the IMDB page would have at least one comment saying "I only gave it 6 starts because the execution scene wasn't realistic enough".
They will if they want to get paid. Captain Capitalism to the rescue, once again!
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that you didn't read the article or the summary. And I'll bet I'm right.
If you're looking at a global warming analogy, you'd probably be better to look at the numerous calls for 'global asteroid defence' against a threat which would almost certainly cost vastly less than the cost of trying to defend against it.
Well, yeah, technically you're right - an asteroid causing the extinction of the human species would cost nothing at all, so the cost of trying to defend against it would certainly be vastly higher. Good thinking!
Yah, because anything that H P Albarelli Jr pulls out of his ass is guaranteed to be true.
lol. YOU are calling ME a troll? Congrats - this entire discussion was retarded from the get-go, and you've found the perfect way to finish it off. Pretty much exactly what I'd expect from someone who is so stupid/incompetent that he can't even get a 24 hour uptime out of a windows box.
You take care now. Try not to swallow your tongue.
I didn't ask about your sex life.
Yeah, I do, although I've been forced to use ASP recently instead of PHP. I couldn't give you the address to my current project even if I wanted to - you wouldn't be able to access it. I asked "which part, specifically" he found offensive because there are several things he could have been complaining about, and I was curious to see which one he meant.
Also, I didn't find the joke particularly funny, so I thought maybe I missed something. Apparently not. At least that XKCD cartoon was amusing, the first time I saw it. Now that it's been linked on slashdot about 32,000 times, it's starting to lose the effect.
Which part of that, specifically, do you find offensive?
Sure! Here you go:
The windows equivalent (in my case, Windows XP), needs to be rebooted once a day at this point.
Now, to me, that appears to state that your windows XP computer needs to be rebooted once a day. Of course, you may have been using one of those "creative" versions of the English language, in which words mean things other than their standard dictionary definitions. If so, please do clarify. Otherwise, I'll have to once again advise you to avoid running files with names like "Swedish_beastiality_bukkake.avi.exe". Trust me - your computer will thank you.
That was a very nice rant, which had dick all to do with windows shortcuts. Unfortunately, you seem to have confused keyboard shortcuts with file shortcuts (also known as "links"), while simultaneously bitching about every other way that every OS in existence has apparently failed to please you. Boo fucking hoo.
On the other hand, you DO sound amazingly like one of those crazy talk-show hosts, such as Bill O'Reilley or Keith Olbermann. Do you have your own TV or YouTube show? I'd love to subscribe.
lol. That was an excellent parody of the environuts! You just forgot to suggest that we abandon all vehicles, install solar panels, start raising vegetables on our balconies, and legalize marijuana. Otherwise, PERFECT!