I'm saying that Mars is warming for entirely different reasons than the Earth. Just because two things are similar does not mean they are the same, or even related. For the Earth's rise in temp to be caused by the same as Mars', the conditions would have to be the same or similar. They aren't. Apples and oranges.
Yes, NDT will be good. He's an ass kicker. He'd probably quickly point out that they Martian temp rise has been attributed to a slight increase in radiation (sunlight) on a mostly CO2 atmosphere (heat trapping) that has led to a great increase in dust clouds (making the atmosphere denser and more heat absorbing) and at the same time the soil left behind after the dust is kicked up is darker, which means that it's also more heat absorbing. So the mechanism is entirely different. The minor increase in solar radiation just wouldn't have that effect on the Earth — not without massive deforestation and a huge outpouring of CO2 (even more massive than what we've done already).
No, how Fox will screw this up is by ordering 13 episodes, airing them out of order (so that ape-like creatures evolve from liberals, perhaps) and then only airing about eight or so before canceling the series. But then it has the rights and no one else can show them.
That is actually how my elementry school worked. By the time I was half way through sixth grade, me and two of my friends had exhausted the educational materials, which only covered up to the eighth grade. When I went to a normal Jr. high in the 7th grade, I fell on my face. I was sooooo goddamned bored. I didn't do the most basic assignments. Can't we just agree that I know this and let me move on?
Why is it that every time the French see a problem, they throw red wine at it? I'm not being mean, just curious. They make fine cheeses, too, but you never see them suggesting cheese for bone-mass loss.
The best thing about roundabouts is that vehicles only have one choice: turn right (in America) or not. It makes things incredibly predictable. When a car enters one, the only choice is to turn; when a car is in the roundabout, the only choice is *when* to turn. And because of the structure of the roundabout, a car trying to enter only has to look one way — to the left (in America) — to see if there is any on-coming traffic.
Compare that to a four-way stop where cars from all four directions can have three choices that can happen simultaneously. The cars may or may not single properly. And while you may know the rules for how to use a four-way stop, you can bet your sweet bippy that two of the three other cars sitting at the intersection have a different understanding of the rules than you do.
I live in Wichita, Kansas, in a neighborhood full of big parks with two roundabouts and two four-way stops. There are also curved roads because of the rivers coming together there. I can't tell you how many stupid, stupid Sunday drivers we get in this neighborhood. They clearly don't understand how to use the roundabouts. They scare the hell out of them and they move very slowly through them. The same people clearly don't understand how to use four-way stops, and they boldly drive through them at break-neck speeds and nearly kill themselves and others. There is no cure for stupid, but there are ways to mitigate it.
The anonymous post that is the parent of this comment is marked as a troll, but, honestly, it's just a statement of fact. The truth is that in the U.S. politicians are afraid of offending the majority of people, and a significant amount of them are just a bunch of redneck morons. We tried this in the 1970s, when the President was from Georgia and we thought we might be able to sell it to the rednecks, but they went apeshit. The only thing we got out of that was soda in two-liter bottles. (Glass in '76
In 1994, I was editor of the third daily online newspaper in the world (the Kansas State eCollegian). This not only wasn't funny, but really, really common. I had conversations with people like this all the time for at least a year. Mostly alumni calling over the phone, trying to find out how to read the college newspaper. And it was way more difficult to try to tell someone that, no, having a subscription to AOL is not Internet access but a closed BBS. And Prodigy. And whatever other service you're about to ask me about.
Well, what this really is a chance for him not to so much apply the scientific method but rather to teach the scientific method. He already has a hypothesis: his family is full of crap. What he needs is for his family to come up with the testable hypothesis. Have them do the work to prove the ghosts. Set up controls, double blinds, etc., etc. The goal is not to prove the non-existance of ghosts, but to make the family shut up about it. And it's totally possible to work with them in such a way that it sucks all the fun out of the make believe and teaches them that, really, they cannot prove their claims even to themselves. He, however, should stick to trying to help them prove what they believe. But they have to be able to articulate what they believe in some way. But that is their problem, not his.
Oh, like my mother, who works for a nature center and is a past president of the local Audubon chapter and gives money to dozens of charitable organizations and spends significant amounts of time caring for my 90-year-old grandpa.
What a troll of an article.
No, you're exactly wrong. He has never said this. He did destroy CNN's Crossfire by http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/bljonstewartcrossfire.htmblasting them for partisan hackery and shrugging off any bias he may have with, "You're on CNN. The show that leads into me is puppets making crank phone calls."
He is sometimes taken as a serious journalist because he asks questions that others are afraid to ask. He doesn't care about getting these people back; they think they can go in and handle the clown. He is whip smart. But he never, ever says, "I'm just being objective here." Unless, of course, he is being clearly biased and mocking someone else who is being clearly biased and lying about facts. Is he partisan? I think he'd say he is, a bit, but he doesn't let liberals off scott free. It's just that the conservative hate machine has an entire network devoted to bullshit and the liberals have "mainstream media," which can't do a story about the Earth being a globe without digging up a flat-earther somewhere. (Two sides to every story is a double-edged sword.) So that gives Stewart and crew a lot to work with.
Yeah, as I was reading the story on my ios4 3GS iPhone, I couldn't figure out what he was talking about. It seems completely made up. Like he got drunk, hacked his own phone and then blacked out only to wake up later all angry and confused. He seems to believe that all apps need multitasking, and the truth is that most really don't. I can only do so much at once.
Elves? Damit. Mine only have gremlins. Damn knock-off cartridges!
After a few years of running moderate distances, I ran a marathon in 2001. That day, after running 26 miles, I drank for 12 hours. Then I ate a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts. I refer to it as my triathlon. I was fine the next day and for a few weeks, then my knees started really complaining about the running addiction. My knees were fine with the beer and donuts.
I've slept four to six hours a night for nearly 20 years now. I drink three to six beers a day, but rarely at a rate greater than one per hour. I have two donuts every other day for breakfast. I got about 30 pounds heavier than I was when I was running 60 miles a week. I could do without it.
So, two years ago, I picked up cycling. After a year of riding my bike to work every day (15 miles round trip, morning donut stop included), I'd lost about 15 pounds. Then I got run over by a little old lady who ran a red light. She had a senior moment and didn't see the light, the half-dozen other stopped cars or the fully lit and reflective cyclist.
So, yeah yeah yeah
I've never had any unique or interesting memory problems. I beat the 11-year-old neighbor kid on the Wii Fit stuff all the time; my Wii Fit age is usually almost half my actual age (37). In some ways, I remember much more than I used to. I have a little more trouble learning new things, but I learn them better and with more confidence. Maybe I'm just a better listener.
Actually, that's not meaningful at all. I think you're just trying to buffalo us.
"Buffalo" has got about six definitions split across a proper noun, a noun (plural and singular) and a verb. The only adjective is Buffalonian (a person from Buffalo). "Fuck" beats the fuck out of that fucker by a fucking mile -- its got a fuckload more uses. Not that you give a fuck.
"Fuck" is the most versatile word in the English language. It can be used in every part of speech (except as a preposition, though it can be part of a prepositional phrase). The sentence, "Fuck those fucking fuckers," for example, packs a lot of meaning in what is really only two words. There are so many uses for that one word that someone wrote an entire book on it. In it, it calls "fuck" the "most important and powerful word in the English language."
So don't be so fucking quick to judge.
Hotels are tired of getting ripped off. I checked into a hotel and they had towels from my house. -- Mark Guido
