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OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2205
Snit I only listen to Ian Punnet for his wit. Once in a blue moon...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2206
So, which sources of energy production do you endorse? Remember, coal,oil, nuclear, wind, hydro are all out. Solar is out too because it would take over ten million acres of solar...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2207
Elijah Baley If the corporations were to take the water cooled variety of nuclear reactors, along with an honest inspection system...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2208
No, they're not. Coal is difficult but relatively economical. If we can find a way to help developing countries clean up...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2209
Yes. You left out natural gas, which wil be around for a looong time, due to oceanic deposits of methane. I'm all for breeder reactors that can use nuclear fuels...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2210
Stuart Krivis But it still non-toxic. Dirt is dirt after all. The colorado river moves...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2211
They suck. The simple fact is, we can't go cold turkey on fossil fuels. We have to find reasonable ways to transition away from them that won't kill...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2212
snip They already have this one figured out. Actually, there wasn't really much to figure out in the first place. The idea of beamed microwave power as being a kind of rest ray...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2213
Depends on whether the launcher is man-rated or not, launcher size (larger tends to be a bit better per pound, smaller launchers tend to have...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2214
Yeah, I only have an EE degree and 30 years of experience as a systems and semiconductor engineer. I'm...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2215
Timberwoof Agreed. But I don't know of any solutions yet that will scrub CO2 from a...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2216
Well, but one of their problems in recent years has been that demand for SUVs has decreased as gas prices have climbed... and they'd jumped on the SUV bandwagon (at the expense of their...
Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2217
Mayor of R'lyeh The case for the conspiracy It is argued that Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., long-time president of GM in the early 20th century, developed a business...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2218
The doctor that published "proof" that the MMR jab led to autism in a number of children was later found to be sponsored...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2219
Peter Hayes Understand. This is the sort of stuff that brings to light some peoples agenda. An interesting one I heard...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2220
Well, no scientific debate that the rest of us have been following. There's been plenty of discussion in scientific journals and conferences. Of course...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2221
Snit Bush more than likely used their reports... but then people are saying that Bush has paid off these scientists to say that GW isn't happening or no proof yet...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2222
Snit I will give you this, I do see the balance of weather in nature getting...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2223
Snit Last I read, the ideal population sits at around 590million people. I'm sure that if everybody were to live at the minimum requirements for life, that 12billion would be the limit... but...
OT Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2224
Snit That's a good question. How the think tanks came to that conclusion I don't know, but that was the settled on figure. I read a long time ago a book...
Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2225
Renting most apartments requires a decent sized up-front deposit -- maybe one or two months' rent. That's pretty hard if someone is living paycheck-to-paycheck. As a result of being unable to afford this...
Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2226
bless us with the following wisdom: Your experience is skewed by living in a high cost of living city. Most places you can get into a low cost apartment for a...
Climate Change Is Going TO Kill Us All... 2227
The places that have lower rent also tend to have fewer jobs within affordable commuting distance. If you can afford to...
Advocates should just ask Windows users one question... 2228
Lefty Bigfoot It's nothing new, and it's not an Apple invention (or innovation) either. See below for a partial list of the Windows alternatives: "AutoMate is the Leading Software for Automation of front...
Advocates should just ask Windows users one question... 2229
Edwin Thank you for that rather non-related comment. Lefty made it quite clear that he did not care about who 'invented' that sort of functionality... he...
Advocates should just ask Windows users one question... 2230
Calling Edwin's bluff? There's an empty procedure. Edwin has NEVER in all the years he's been posting here, ever even...
Advocates should just ask Windows users one question... 2231
Not as shown, no. There's an extremely good chance of it. Ah yes... the same reason that "Most of the folks in CSMA struggle with simple logic...
Advocates should just ask Windows users one question... 2232
Presuming it was you I was trying to convince, you should expect it. For anyone else... for starters, you are a known and admitted ID forger. For some, that is all...
Windows Vista is slooooowww
Homey That's an older build... beta 2 is out now. One problem you may be having is that the beta ships with a lot of services turned...
Intel Power Macs when 2234
Jobs will most likely demo the new MacPro line (I imagine "Power" is gone) on...
Intel Power Macs when 2235
They're not going to get it. The G5 is much more compebreastive with Intel's offerings than the G4 was. With the iMac, the only G5 machine to be replaced so far, they only got a...
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Craig Koller wrote Dunno about that last bit, Adobe CS2 can't even be installed on a fully patched 10.4.6...
Intel Power Macs when 2237
Being that Mayor just finished making an buttociation with the word "Maccie" as one who issues rest threats and...
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No, I think his point is that it takes evolution beyond being a 'nuckle-dragger' to appreciate the benefits of Macintosh. 'Nuckle-draggers' are the type of people...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006
Hey everyone, It's been a while since I've last been in this group (csma), and I see that some things never change (namely the trolling and mud-slinging), but in short, here is a few...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2240
Peter Bjørn Perlsø I find it somewhat odd that you cross-post this utterly OT junk to a.f.c. However in the spirit of a.f.c, I will offer you my hypothesis as...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2241
OSX is indeed quite fragile- perhaps even more so than Windows. Not necessarily with respect to actual system...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2242
Some are, but usually (repeat "usually") not about computers. Apple has actually done a fine job of...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2243
Could have been. I've worked with more than a few DEC folks and they sometimes seemed a bit dazzled by the "real world." Mostly because...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2244
No. Read again. The painter is indeed painting. Expressing his or her talents using the tools available. They need not understand how paints or brushes are made. No more does the artist who uses...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2245
fOn Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:15:26 -0400 in alt.folklore.computers, ZnU That's like saying Michelangelo painted the ceiling of the Sistine chapel by himself for his own entertainment...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2246
Painting the Sistine Chapel was an end in itself. Michelangelo notably didn't sit around making really nice brushes and paints all...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2247
expression made how writing exact compared If I give the impression I disagree with this, I...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2248
They are, but only with appliances: From "The Zen of Programming" (c) 1988 Geoffrey James, published by Info Books: A novice went into the master's cubicle and saw a new computer sitting on the...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2249
Oh get real- if I set up a startupitem in OS X that sets up a firewall & NAT for an internal network (which, by the way, also has to periodically re-hostname...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2250
Hehe. That's not the computer, that's the OS. The only reason it's more secure is that hardly anyone uses it. It has been proven that OS X(Unix) can...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2251
Since this is c.s.mac.advocacy, we clearly cannot let all this pro-mac stuff stand unanswered! :D Those "security updates" are not for show; Apple really does have vulnerabilties, and if you don't...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2252
Some tracking cookies are set by enbreasties that have been known to do some rather shady...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2253
On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:01:15 -0500 in alt.folklore.computers, Charles Aarrgh! Useless error messages. I hate 'em with...
DEK was: Why I use a Mac, anno 2006
books. Please do. I just checked on his own web site and see that it actually says: "You are enbreastled to a reward of at least $2.56 if you are...
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David Scheidt wrote Some snagged from various places over the years... You are not expected to understand this. It's hopeless, but trying anyway parse error...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2256
When they stopped being helpful. Help desks are things IT management put between USERS and IT Staff to keep work...
Why I use a Mac, anno 2006 2257
On Wed, 14 Jun 06 10:57:46 GMT in alt.folklore.computers, ISP modem interfaces nowadays are designed for 56Kbps V.92 modems, with built in compression...
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