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From: purple on 26 Dec 2009 09:59 jmfbahciv wrote: > purple wrote: >> You can never convince a person whose motivation isn't >> truth, but misuses information in order to advance >> their personal agenda. > > Honey, everybody has a personal agenda. Of course we do. Often that agenda is the search for truth. > The key to > getting something useful accomplished is to aim > your people's personal agendas in the same direction > which is, hopefully, getting the work done. > >> >> There's a one word cure for thoughts that humans are >> exclusively responsible for climate change, and that >> word is "Chaos." >> >> In short, we can never know. > > Since you capitalized Chaos, are you trying to obfusicate > the issue with another "scientific" magic word? I assume that's a tongue in cheek obfuscate. > Chaos theory is a math technique to create patterns. There's much more to Chaos theory than creating patterns.
From: jmfbahciv on 27 Dec 2009 08:13 purple wrote: > jmfbahciv wrote: >> purple wrote: > >>> You can never convince a person whose motivation isn't >>> truth, but misuses information in order to advance >>> their personal agenda. >> >> Honey, everybody has a personal agenda. > > Of course we do. Often that agenda is the search for truth. Whose truth? > >> The key to >> getting something useful accomplished is to aim >> your people's personal agendas in the same direction >> which is, hopefully, getting the work done. >> >>> >>> There's a one word cure for thoughts that humans are >>> exclusively responsible for climate change, and that >>> word is "Chaos." >>> >>> In short, we can never know. >> >> Since you capitalized Chaos, are you trying to obfusicate >> the issue with another "scientific" magic word? > > I assume that's a tongue in cheek obfuscate. I was trying to find out what you were talking about...delete that...now I'm trying to find out if you're worth a nanosecond of my time. > >> Chaos theory is a math technique to create patterns. > > There's much more to Chaos theory than creating patterns. Such as? /BAH
From: purple on 27 Dec 2009 17:47 jmfbahciv wrote: > purple wrote: >> jmfbahciv wrote: >>> purple wrote: >> >>>> You can never convince a person whose motivation isn't >>>> truth, but misuses information in order to advance >>>> their personal agenda. >>> >>> Honey, everybody has a personal agenda. >> >> Of course we do. Often that agenda is the search for truth. > > Whose truth? > Excuse me? Feel free to tell us about your agenda of the moment. This entire reply of yours has a sense of someone who got out of the wrong side of the bed this fine Sunday morning. I hope you're having a better day when you read my reply. > >> >>> The key to >>> getting something useful accomplished is to aim >>> your people's personal agendas in the same direction >>> which is, hopefully, getting the work done. >>> >>>> >>>> There's a one word cure for thoughts that humans are >>>> exclusively responsible for climate change, and that >>>> word is "Chaos." >>>> >>>> In short, we can never know. >>> >>> Since you capitalized Chaos, are you trying to obfusicate >>> the issue with another "scientific" magic word? >> >> I assume that's a tongue in cheek obfuscate. > > I was trying to find out what you were talking about...delete > that...now I'm trying to find out if you're worth a nanosecond > of my time. > It was worth my time to respond. I have no idea what you consider worth your while. >> >>> Chaos theory is a math technique to create patterns. >> >> There's much more to Chaos theory than creating patterns. > > Such as? > google chaos complex dynamic non-linear systems 302,000 hits > But if you want to stick to "creating patterns" feel free to knock yourself out.
From: Gill Smith on 27 Dec 2009 17:53 <jimp(a)specsol.spam.sux.com> wrote in message news:hqjc07-dmh.ln1(a)mail.specsol.com... > In sci.physics Gill Smith <gill.smith.999(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> anyone else not entirely convinced that it is quite the advertised >> free-lunch? >> >> -- >> http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/ > > You mean other than it causes earthquakes? > > http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=geothermal-drilling-earthquakes wow! didn't think of that one I just can't get over the idea that geothermal energy is like thermal aquifers 'draining' them is going to have consequences as dire as falling water tables -- http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/
From: jimp on 27 Dec 2009 19:28
In sci.physics Gill Smith <gill.smith.999(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > <jimp(a)specsol.spam.sux.com> wrote in message > news:hqjc07-dmh.ln1(a)mail.specsol.com... >> In sci.physics Gill Smith <gill.smith.999(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >>> anyone else not entirely convinced that it is quite the advertised >>> free-lunch? >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/ >> >> You mean other than it causes earthquakes? >> >> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=geothermal-drilling-earthquakes > > wow! didn't think of that one > > I just can't get over the idea that geothermal energy is like thermal > aquifers > > 'draining' them is going to have consequences as dire as falling water > tables > > -- > http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/ Umm, no, what apparently happens is the water pumped down to get heated also lubes the faults, things start slipping, and you get earthquakes. This has been known for decades but no one wants to acknowledge it since geothermal energy is "green" and therefor couldn't possibly have undesired side effects. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net --- |