Weather Mentallity...
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Now I'm not saying this to discredit the threads below. But they did in fact make me wonder. Prior to the global warming debacle emerging with Al Gorean style into the global stage when anomalies in the weather were observed people thought little of it other than to say, "Wow this is a hot summer." or "We're in for a cold winter." I find it fascinating how "Global Warming" or "Climate Change" has permeated everyone's perceptions and any variance in the weather is attributed to "Global Warming". Nevermind that for years there have been droughts, good winters, bad winters, indian summers everywhere and people just took it in stride. So as not to make this seem like I'm for or against the notion of global warming. The point I am making is that it's funny how the awareness that there *might* in fact be such a thing happening has everyone now looking at the weather and it's fluctuations with an ominous eye for the worst. Sociologist would have a hay-day with it and it makes me wonder if we are not all being duped a bit or perhaps the joke in the end will be on them who knows. I know that people now hang on the weather like some homing beacon for ominous times and I find that interesting.
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Now I'm not saying this to discredit the threads below. But they did in fact make me wonder. Prior to the global warming debacle emerging with Al Gorean style into the global stage when anomalies in the weather were observed people thought little of it other than to say, "Wow this is a hot summer." or "We're in for a cold winter." I find it fascinating how "Global Warming" or "Climate Change" has permeated everyone's perceptions and any variance in the weather is attributed to "Global Warming". Nevermind that for years there have been droughts, good winters, bad winters, indian summers everywhere and people just took it in stride. So as not to make this seem like I'm for or against the notion of global warming. The point I am making is that it's funny how the awareness that there *might* in fact be such a thing happening has everyone now looking at the weather and it's fluctuations with an ominous eye for the worst. Sociologist would have a hay-day with it and it makes me wonder if we are not all being duped a bit or perhaps the joke in the end will be on them who knows. I know that people now hang on the weather like some homing beacon for ominous times and I find that interesting.
Ha.... yeah we got snow(which we never do, not much anyway) because of global warming!!
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at for hours.--Jerome K Jerome<< that about sums me up! When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute-and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity--Albert Einstein << ya gotta love that guy!
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Ha.... yeah we got snow(which we never do, not much anyway) because of global warming!!
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at for hours.--Jerome K Jerome<< that about sums me up! When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute-and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity--Albert Einstein << ya gotta love that guy!
Saw your signature. Can you imagine what it would have been like to know A.E.? I mean to be a casual acquaintance of his would have had to have been a fascinating experience. He seems to be all together normal in his comments yet his mind looked for things nobody else conceived. Someday if cloning ever becomes mainstream I bet they clone him. Of course somewhere someone will do something really dumb and clone Gengis Khan or worse. :) The power to clone makes me wonder what the future may hold for us. I think I know what A.E. would have thought about cloning and I don't think his opinions would have been optimistic but who knows. I would have given a lot to know the man though.
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Saw your signature. Can you imagine what it would have been like to know A.E.? I mean to be a casual acquaintance of his would have had to have been a fascinating experience. He seems to be all together normal in his comments yet his mind looked for things nobody else conceived. Someday if cloning ever becomes mainstream I bet they clone him. Of course somewhere someone will do something really dumb and clone Gengis Khan or worse. :) The power to clone makes me wonder what the future may hold for us. I think I know what A.E. would have thought about cloning and I don't think his opinions would have been optimistic but who knows. I would have given a lot to know the man though.
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One small change and a Super Genius becomes an Evil Genius.
Need custom software developed? I do C# development and consulting all over the United States.
If you don't ask questions the answers won't stand in your way.
Doing a job is like selecting a mule, you can't choose just the front half xor the back half so when you ask me to do a job don't expect me to do it half-assed.Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
One small change and a Super Genius becomes an Evil Genius.
Yeah, and then the next thing he'll be advocating an atomic bomb or something. Oh, wait...
Best wishes, Hans
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Now I'm not saying this to discredit the threads below. But they did in fact make me wonder. Prior to the global warming debacle emerging with Al Gorean style into the global stage when anomalies in the weather were observed people thought little of it other than to say, "Wow this is a hot summer." or "We're in for a cold winter." I find it fascinating how "Global Warming" or "Climate Change" has permeated everyone's perceptions and any variance in the weather is attributed to "Global Warming". Nevermind that for years there have been droughts, good winters, bad winters, indian summers everywhere and people just took it in stride. So as not to make this seem like I'm for or against the notion of global warming. The point I am making is that it's funny how the awareness that there *might* in fact be such a thing happening has everyone now looking at the weather and it's fluctuations with an ominous eye for the worst. Sociologist would have a hay-day with it and it makes me wonder if we are not all being duped a bit or perhaps the joke in the end will be on them who knows. I know that people now hang on the weather like some homing beacon for ominous times and I find that interesting.
there's very little doubt left in my mind whether or not global warming is actually occurring, you only need to look at the facts (collapsing polar ice shelves, shifts in global jet streams etc.) for evidence of that. i think the only questions are whether or not it is something that we've caused or part of a greater environmental warming/cooling cycle, and more importantly whether it's something that we can reverse. just my 2 cents...
jim
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Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr. wrote:
One small change and a Super Genius becomes an Evil Genius.
Yeah, and then the next thing he'll be advocating an atomic bomb or something. Oh, wait...
Best wishes, Hans
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I think that even when he lived he had that "Oh wait!" moment. But even he knew it was too late.
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there's very little doubt left in my mind whether or not global warming is actually occurring, you only need to look at the facts (collapsing polar ice shelves, shifts in global jet streams etc.) for evidence of that. i think the only questions are whether or not it is something that we've caused or part of a greater environmental warming/cooling cycle, and more importantly whether it's something that we can reverse. just my 2 cents...
jim
You took the thread into the soapbox. I never wanted it there. I was merely speaking to the phenom and how it affects people. That's all. I'm not saying it's real or not and I won't. The lounge strictly prohibits such things. Your post is out of line for the lounge. :-D
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You took the thread into the soapbox. I never wanted it there. I was merely speaking to the phenom and how it affects people. That's all. I'm not saying it's real or not and I won't. The lounge strictly prohibits such things. Your post is out of line for the lounge. :-D
really? i thought i had tread the line pretty well. my bad guys. (and kid sisters) :-O off to the soapbox!
jim
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really? i thought i had tread the line pretty well. my bad guys. (and kid sisters) :-O off to the soapbox!
jim
You were probably fine. I had to put a strong statement in or the trolls would feast. :) No worries.