My wife is a nurse on an OB/Labor & Delivery floor, and has lots of stories of stupid baby names. My favorite was a woman who wanted to name her baby girl "Vag*na". Had no idea that it referred to a part of the female anatomy, and was sorely disappointed when she realized why she couldn't/shouldn't use it. "I've always loved that name!"
Consider first the source of the story. The LA Times is like most other newsrags, always on the prowl for something they can twist into the next crisis that needs more government money thrown at it. The story is likely a gross exaggeration of what's really going on there.
Browsing through the linked site there are videos & snapshots a-plenty, but not much proof that the pictured rocket packs actually work. Great promo photo with a row of packs that appear to be ready to ship, but great promo photos won't catch you if the thing flips you upside down and slams you into the ground from 60 feet up.
I'm with Sid on this one; Mexico? Not on your life (let alone mine!)
Fret not, Meg; I've seen your "facts" and still don't buy your theories. Ice cores from Antarctica and Greenland may be able to tell you what the temperatures were in those locales, but that's one heck of an extrapolation to apply it to the whole globe for millennia.
The causal link between global warming and human activity is far from a bygone conclusion. You may point to a general "agreement" among the scientific community, but agreement doesn't make for proven science.
Not long ago it was CFC's and the ozone, now it's carbon footprints (feetprint?) and global warming that's threatening the Earth's climate. The frenetic activities in the '80's & '90's got CFC's banned from developed countries, and suddenly the threat (of a global ice age) disappeared, even though developing countries still dump them into the atmosphere at will.
It'll be the same with the dreaded burning of fossil fuels; fanatic environmentalists will eventually have their political objectives fulfilled in the US and other developed nations, and the burning of fossil fuels will be banned. Then the threat will miraculously have disappeared, even though China and India and all of Africa will be exempt from the ban.
Face it, Meg; it's all political. You and your ilk have an agenda, and it's not the saving of the planet. And if you're intent on convincing others of your stance on a given subject, you should at least turn on spell check. Most definitely.
"Small steps to reduce the negative impact upon our environment"? Hows about we start by moving the Earth's orbit a few notches further away from the sun?
The problem I have with the global warming theory is that the people pushing it will also tell you that the Earth is billions upon billions of years old, and that using temperature data from the last 100 or so years tells them that we've got a crisis on our hands.
What a shame. That would've been so great if it had come out in decent shape. I wonder what will happen with the car now.
I remember someone buying a brand new VW Beetle convertible on the occasion of his son's birth back in the '70's or '80's, sealed it up in some kind of cocoon, to be opened when the kid hit driving age. Anybody else remember that, or hear any more about it?
By the way, what's with linking to a BBC article on an event in Tulsa, OK? "Tyres"?
I've been doing the dishwasher trick with Apple keyboards since the early '90's. No soap; just hot water, on the top rack. I don't let it stay through the dry cycle though; I'll take it out, rinse it with distilled water & stand it on end to let it air dry for at least a day before plugging it back in.
I'm using an Apple BlueTooth keyboard right now, and it's needing a good cleaning (why oh why have blazing white plastic on a keyboard?) I'm a little fearful of exposing it to the dishwasher though.
Anybody ever use an oven to revive a hard drive that won't spin up? That trick works great also.
I got a good laugh from one of the comments on the linked site:
More like “Geometry made me fatâ€.
"What's the 'S' stand for?"
"Why, Seymour, of course."
Mountains from molehills.
I'm with Sid on this one; Mexico? Not on your life (let alone mine!)
The causal link between global warming and human activity is far from a bygone conclusion. You may point to a general "agreement" among the scientific community, but agreement doesn't make for proven science.
Not long ago it was CFC's and the ozone, now it's carbon footprints (feetprint?) and global warming that's threatening the Earth's climate. The frenetic activities in the '80's & '90's got CFC's banned from developed countries, and suddenly the threat (of a global ice age) disappeared, even though developing countries still dump them into the atmosphere at will.
It'll be the same with the dreaded burning of fossil fuels; fanatic environmentalists will eventually have their political objectives fulfilled in the US and other developed nations, and the burning of fossil fuels will be banned. Then the threat will miraculously have disappeared, even though China and India and all of Africa will be exempt from the ban.
Face it, Meg; it's all political. You and your ilk have an agenda, and it's not the saving of the planet. And if you're intent on convincing others of your stance on a given subject, you should at least turn on spell check. Most definitely.
The problem I have with the global warming theory is that the people pushing it will also tell you that the Earth is billions upon billions of years old, and that using temperature data from the last 100 or so years tells them that we've got a crisis on our hands.
I remember someone buying a brand new VW Beetle convertible on the occasion of his son's birth back in the '70's or '80's, sealed it up in some kind of cocoon, to be opened when the kid hit driving age. Anybody else remember that, or hear any more about it?
By the way, what's with linking to a BBC article on an event in Tulsa, OK? "Tyres"?
I'm using an Apple BlueTooth keyboard right now, and it's needing a good cleaning (why oh why have blazing white plastic on a keyboard?) I'm a little fearful of exposing it to the dishwasher though.
Anybody ever use an oven to revive a hard drive that won't spin up? That trick works great also.
Because he's an alien? Or rather, the human is the 'alien' and is unable to breathe the atmosphere there?
Just a guess. If there are other worlds with other forms of life, there's no guarantee that they'll breathe what we breathe.