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Comment Re:This makes sense nomatter your politik (Score 1) 202

Methane degrades into CO2, in fact, so in simulations I did (Archer and Buffett, 2005) the radiative forcing from the elevated methane concentration throughout a long release was about matched by the radiative forcing from the extra CO2 accumulating

what's a 'long release'?

I don't know, if your curious read the paper,

D. Archer, and B. Buffett, "Time-dependent response of the global ocean clathrate reservoir to climatic and anthropogenic forcing", Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 6, pp. n/a-n/a, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2004...

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my assumption from the context of the article (Much ado about methane) is more toward decades to continuous rather than months to years.

Comment Re:This makes sense nomatter your politik (Score 2, Insightful) 202

Methane doesn't last long in the atmosphere

that '25 times as powerful as CO2' statistic is its equivalent over a 100-year period. even though methane may not last long before being oxidized into CO2, during that period it has a much greater forcing.

trust me here, methane aint nothin to fuck with. tightening up leaks is inarguably a good thing.

OH BS;

Methane degrades into CO2, in fact, so in simulations I did (Archer and Buffett, 2005) the radiative forcing from the elevated methane concentration throughout a long release was about matched by the radiative forcing from the extra CO2 accumulating in the atmosphere from the methane as a carbon source. ... Conclusion It’s the CO2, friend.Much ado about methane

If the warmistas at realclimate say it ain't the methane, it ain't the methane! Everybody is just freaking becuase there has been no statisically significant lower troposheric warming for over 18 years and OCO is showing that the significant sources of Atmospheric CO2 isn't the evil(tm) westerners but the Chinese, the rain forrests and geological sources.

Comment Re:Excellent. (Score 1) 311

To be fair, when the Bible speaks of Mary and Joseph as being betrothed, at the time it meant they were married (Erusin), but not yet cohabiting (Nissuin).

a betrothed couple is regarded as husband and wife. Similarly, the union can only be ended by the same divorce process as for married couples. However, betrothal does not oblige the couple to behave towards each other in the manner that a married couple is required to, nor does it permit[16] the couple to have a sexual relationship with each other. Erusin

The practice of arranged/forced marriage or betrothal of pre-pubescent girls is still wide spread in Islamic Countries.

Comment Re:How is it misleading? (Score 1) 103

Depends on the law, in the US most laws have a line something like "It is illegal for anyone the the United States, the District of Columbia, It's Territories and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to ..." and some have "It is illegal for anyone to". Murder, Rape and Piracy on the High Seas are example of the second.

Comment Re:Governmnt acts quick (Score 0) 103

I would love to see the Mounties come into the US on the down-low and rendition Michael Geist, we'd has fresh source of Dudley Do-Right jokes for years.

Most Canadians live within 50 miles of the US border, so they all pretty much now there's nothing a US company or Government can do to them unless they actually come into the US, and most that have US bank accounts don't have that much in them for the courts to sieze. I doubt Geist is getting anything but laughed at.

Comment Re:So they are doing what? (Score 1) 509

OOPS,

In the United States, M203 grenade launcher attachments fitted with the standard rifled 40mm barrel are classified as "Destructive Devices" under the National Firearms Act part 26 U.S.C. 5845, 27 CFR 479.11,[27] because they are a "non-sporting" firearm with a bore greater than one-half inch in diameter. M203 grenade launcher

I was wrong, because the barrel is rifled, it breach loads and uses smokeless powder and if memory serves me correctly the M79 barrel is rifled as well.

Comment Re:So they are doing what? (Score 1) 509

Note that it requires a special FFL to own a grenade launcher, ...

I'm not so sure about that, most grenade launchers are fairly short, the M79 has a 14 inch barrel, the M203 so the restriction is more likely,

Under the National Firearms Act (NFA), it is illegal for a private citizen to possess a sawed-off modern smokeless powder shotgun (a shotgun with a barrel length shorter than 18 inches (46 cm) or an overall length shorter than 26 inches (66 cm)) (under U.S.C. Title II), without a tax-paid registration from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, requiring a background check and either a $200 or $5 tax for every transfer, depending upon the specific manufacturing circumstances of the particular sawed-off modern shotgun being transferred. Sawed-off shotgun

that they are sawed-off shotguns, rather than because they are grenade launchers, the issue of the grenades are a separate issue, non-explosive projectiles should be ok. If the grenade launcher were long enough it would be considered a 1 1/4 guage shotgun.

Of course IANAL so consult a trusted advisor for anything other than hypothetical banter.

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