Ummm dude....there is nothing preventing the makers of proprietary formats to linux. Its not about the format it's about the content. If the content I want is in a proprietary format then I will get the tool I need to access it.
This is article is idiotic and totally misses the reason why these types of applications are a success. It's not about the type of data being managed it's about ease of which you can share that data with other people who have the same interests. It's about building a community of simiar interests.Microsoft Word is the "type manager" of doc files but I don't know that many people who sit around trading doc files and discussing the differences between how Word 6 rendered text versus Word 95.
The author should dig a little deeper...it's not about the data stupid.
Googles domain is not search it's turning ideas into reality. Search/ads will just fund the initial efforts. Google is a think tank/reasearch lab at heart.
I am interested in your concept of destroying soil. How do you mean? By introducing toxins or something? In the case of toxins the soil may be destroyed for human/animal/plant needs but there are certain microbes that thrive in toxic environments and usually end up making the soil useful again. There is balance.
Now if you are thinking about another way to detroy soil like using a SAM (Soil Annihilation Machine) I am not familiar with those technologies. There could be other ways of destroying it as well.
Sorry some people are just un-happy campers. They only way they can feel good about themselves is to view the rest of us as a disease. Makes them feel superior because they are so detatched and enlightend.
The best thing you can do for them is to keep they away from sharp objects and up their preferred method of self medication.
A model is inherantly flawed because it is based on our knowledge of what we want to model. It is the worst kind of religion the kind in which I get to be god because I designed the model and what I think must be how the world works.
Should we stop modeling? No, the more we model the more we realize what we know/think is wrong. But, each and every simulation of that model should not be help up as the pinnacle of human climate knowledge the way it is being done today.
The fact is we model because we don't know how it works.
In the 70's the enviros said we should start doing this stuff then or it'd be too late now. We didn't and we are still here. Now other enviros are saying we need to start now or it'll be too late in 20 years. If we can hold out another 20...when the next generation enviros say we need to start now or we'll be dead in 20 years I won't need to do anything anyway because i'm going to die during that time anyway.
So the ice ages are a myth propigated by a right-wing industry-aligned think and let me guess the eruption of Krakatu which reduced global temperatures by.25 degrees celsuis for about 2 years was engineering by Haliburton.
This doesn't only apply if the bio mass is declining. It also applies if the bio mass changes. Such as the introduction of plants with shorted lifecycles such as crops in the industrialized world.
It canceled out any expected gains from the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. You're right it is not as high as it would be without the Kyoto Protocol. But, using the Kyoto limits as a benchmark for improvement is not valid anymore in the face of this data.
This proves once again feel good regulations aren't based on science. And that scientists really don't know whats going on. For all we know the earth could be releasing more CO2 to make up for the reductions called for under Kyoto....nature likes to find a balance.
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Who do I support the government or a corporation?
Ummm dude....there is nothing preventing the makers of proprietary formats to linux. Its not about the format it's about the content. If the content I want is in a proprietary format then I will get the tool I need to access it.
Pre-populated IM lists....
I can see it now...."mom, whats our bank account number? my IMpal in Nigeria has a a problem he needs our help with."
Watch out...someone somewhere may be writing a script to replace you.
This is article is idiotic and totally misses the reason why these types of applications are a success. It's not about the type of data being managed it's about ease of which you can share that data with other people who have the same interests. It's about building a community of simiar interests.Microsoft Word is the "type manager" of doc files but I don't know that many people who sit around trading doc files and discussing the differences between how Word 6 rendered text versus Word 95.
The author should dig a little deeper...it's not about the data stupid.
I agree...this all started with the logo change. It was the worst idea ever.
Can buy a lot of DDT.
As a married man...I can tell you it is possible although I wouldn't recommend it.
In the US we don't have poverty like they do in China. In the US being poor means you rent a DVD once a month instead of once a week.
This had something to do with roller coasters. Now that would have been cool.
Don't worry I got it too.
Googles domain is not search it's turning ideas into reality. Search/ads will just fund the initial efforts. Google is a think tank/reasearch lab at heart.
No wonder they can't protect their databases http://www.computerworld.com/databasetopics/data/s tory/0,10801,96900,00.html they spend their time doing earthshattering research such as this.
I'd like to see it used as an aircracft carrier for UCAVs but thats me.
I am interested in your concept of destroying soil. How do you mean? By introducing toxins or something? In the case of toxins the soil may be destroyed for human/animal/plant needs but there are certain microbes that thrive in toxic environments and usually end up making the soil useful again. There is balance.
Now if you are thinking about another way to detroy soil like using a SAM (Soil Annihilation Machine) I am not familiar with those technologies. There could be other ways of destroying it as well.
Sorry some people are just un-happy campers. They only way they can feel good about themselves is to view the rest of us as a disease. Makes them feel superior because they are so detatched and enlightend.
The best thing you can do for them is to keep they away from sharp objects and up their preferred method of self medication.
A model is inherantly flawed because it is based on our knowledge of what we want to model. It is the worst kind of religion the kind in which I get to be god because I designed the model and what I think must be how the world works.
Should we stop modeling? No, the more we model the more we realize what we know/think is wrong. But, each and every simulation of that model should not be help up as the pinnacle of human climate knowledge the way it is being done today.
The fact is we model because we don't know how it works.
Obviously, using a space elevator built from carbon nanotubes.
In the 70's the enviros said we should start doing this stuff then or it'd be too late now. We didn't and we are still here. Now other enviros are saying we need to start now or it'll be too late in 20 years. If we can hold out another 20...when the next generation enviros say we need to start now or we'll be dead in 20 years I won't need to do anything anyway because i'm going to die during that time anyway.
So the ice ages are a myth propigated by a right-wing industry-aligned think and let me guess the eruption of Krakatu which reduced global temperatures by .25 degrees celsuis for about 2 years was engineering by Haliburton.
Mankind has killed all of it?
Then where are you getting the crack your smoking?
This doesn't only apply if the bio mass is declining. It also applies if the bio mass changes. Such as the introduction of plants with shorted lifecycles such as crops in the industrialized world.
It canceled out any expected gains from the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. You're right it is not as high as it would be without the Kyoto Protocol. But, using the Kyoto limits as a benchmark for improvement is not valid anymore in the face of this data.
This proves once again feel good regulations aren't based on science. And that scientists really don't know whats going on. For all we know the earth could be releasing more CO2 to make up for the reductions called for under Kyoto....nature likes to find a balance.
Since you are modded +4 insightful i'll call bullshit. Please explain your reasoning in a non-partisan manner if you can.
I agree...but radical changes to peoples belief structure can be dangerous. They tend to isolate themselves and become even more radical.