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OT: Gas Prices -- Help at last?
wrote in message oups.com... Matt Barrow wrote: wrote in message oups.com... And the inability to follow a thread (who posted what) amazes me, especailly when people become so condescending after they do screw up attributions. As for the inability to follow a thread, I was answering this post: "Fela tilvitnun - - Sına tilvitnun - Newps wrote: wrote: That the world is warming is not in question, the numbers are obvious. What is causing it to warm is still in debate (especially by the Bush White House), but a great number of scientists feel that man and the greenhouse gasses he produces is likely the root cause. Which shows the arrogance of man. I just finsihed reading a book about the Viking explorers. They settled Iceland and Greenland around the years 750-1050 AD. The "scientists" say that they were able to stay there at all is because about the time they got there corresponded to a global warming cycle that made the glaciers recede, the winters easier and the summers warmer and longer. About the time they left corresponds to the "Little Ice Age". " :To which I replied: :Well, the descendants of the original settlers are still living in :Iceland, farming it and living a pretty good life. They haven´t left :at all. That's nice, but the tread here is not your own and you are not the sole participant. I was addresing newps and only him; if you wish to add something, especially since you have a certain expertise, please do. OTOH, don't hog the thread. You answeared this with: "Iceland is not Greenland. Iceland is warmed by ocean currents and has been inhabited for centuries, unlike Greenland which is pretty much un-inhabitable ANYMORE except on very limited scale (non-self-supporting)." And is that wrong? I cited population stats (56K, a small town by comparison in the US. You cited...that there is plenty of area...but never said for what. You did chime in with peoples ignorance (regarding some obscure corner of the earth like we really should give a damn for every trival point). I also find it interesting, when someone questions another posters claim, or asks for clarification, some become hostile or pompous. Yes, so do I. Well, take a good look around. WIthout citing a reference book, tell us what you know about my town, Montrose, CO. You may want to be a bit careful about throwing arounf the word "ignorance" (willful rejection of knowledge, and substitute "naive" (not knowing or being aware). |
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I notice whatever you're using for a newsreader does not properly indent
previous comments. Your reply at bottom (Well, this is how..) should be indented with "" characters. Take a look. wrote in message oups.com... Matt Barrow wrote: wrote in message That's who I was responding to. Well, this is how this appears on my computer: wrote in message |
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OT: Gas Prices -- Help at last?
Matt Barrow wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Matt Barrow wrote: wrote in message oups.com... And the inability to follow a thread (who posted what) amazes me, especailly when people become so condescending after they do screw up attributions. As for the inability to follow a thread, I was answering this post: "Fela tilvitnun - - Sına tilvitnun - Newps wrote: wrote: That the world is warming is not in question, the numbers are obvious. What is causing it to warm is still in debate (especially by the Bush White House), but a great number of scientists feel that man and the greenhouse gasses he produces is likely the root cause. Which shows the arrogance of man. I just finsihed reading a book about the Viking explorers. They settled Iceland and Greenland around the years 750-1050 AD. The "scientists" say that they were able to stay there at all is because about the time they got there corresponded to a global warming cycle that made the glaciers recede, the winters easier and the summers warmer and longer. About the time they left corresponds to the "Little Ice Age". " :To which I replied: :Well, the descendants of the original settlers are still living in :Iceland, farming it and living a pretty good life. They haven´t left :at all. That's nice, but the tread here is not your own and you are not the sole participant. I was addresing newps and only him; if you wish to add something, especially since you have a certain expertise, please do. OTOH, don't hog the thread. This is usenet, if you want to adress a single individual, you should e-mail him. You answeared this with: "Iceland is not Greenland. Iceland is warmed by ocean currents and has been inhabited for centuries, unlike Greenland which is pretty much un-inhabitable ANYMORE except on very limited scale (non-self-supporting)." And is that wrong? I cited population stats (56K, a small town by comparison in the US. You cited...that there is plenty of area...but never said for what. You did chime in with peoples ignorance (regarding some obscure corner of the earth like we really should give a damn for every trival point). Yes, that is what I mean when I talk about ignorance. I also find it interesting, when someone questions another posters claim, or asks for clarification, some become hostile or pompous. Yes, so do I. Well, take a good look around. WIthout citing a reference book, tell us what you know about my town, Montrose, CO. You may want to be a bit careful about throwing arounf the word "ignorance" (willful rejection of knowledge, and substitute "naive" (not knowing or being aware). Are you really comparing Montrose, Colorado with independent countries? Not knowing about Iceland or Greenland is ignorance, Montrose, CO is just not comparable. |
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OT: Gas Prices -- Help at last?
Matt Barrow wrote: I notice whatever you're using for a newsreader does not properly indent previous comments. I am using "groups.google.com" and it shows everybody elses posts properly indented except yours. Your reply at bottom (Well, this is how..) should be indented with "" characters. Take a look. wrote in message oups.com... Matt Barrow wrote: wrote in message That's who I was responding to. Well, this is how this appears on my computer: wrote in message |
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OT: Gas Prices -- Help at last?
wrote in message oups.com... Matt Barrow wrote: wrote in message oups.com... Matt Barrow wrote: wrote in message oups.com... And the inability to follow a thread (who posted what) amazes me, especailly when people become so condescending after they do screw up attributions. As for the inability to follow a thread, I was answering this post: "Fela tilvitnun - - Sına tilvitnun - Newps wrote: wrote: That the world is warming is not in question, the numbers are obvious. What is causing it to warm is still in debate (especially by the Bush White House), but a great number of scientists feel that man and the greenhouse gasses he produces is likely the root cause. Which shows the arrogance of man. I just finsihed reading a book about the Viking explorers. They settled Iceland and Greenland around the years 750-1050 AD. The "scientists" say that they were able to stay there at all is because about the time they got there corresponded to a global warming cycle that made the glaciers recede, the winters easier and the summers warmer and longer. About the time they left corresponds to the "Little Ice Age". " :To which I replied: :Well, the descendants of the original settlers are still living in :Iceland, farming it and living a pretty good life. They haven´t left :at all. That's nice, but the tread here is not your own and you are not the sole participant. I was addresing newps and only him; if you wish to add something, especially since you have a certain expertise, please do. OTOH, don't hog the thread. )This is usenet, if you want to adress a single individual, you should )e-mail him. It doesn't work that way, so stop rationalizing. |
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:57:38 -0700, Sylvain wrote:
please don't get all worked up over this: this newsgroup is populated by a majority of americans (or folks like me having moved there); the fact that some folks even *know* that your island exist -- even if they might confuse it with some other parts and get a few facts wrong like location, population, history, etc -- is already something you'd be really happy about, a good base for further discussion (I suspect pilots have heard about Iceland as a convenient place to refuel on the way across the Atlantic on the northern route :-) -- don't *hehe* ... very good get me started on the subject, I don't remember how many times I have had to explain that I don't come from Swaziland (and how hm, same here. Often enough parcels are routed via Australia and we are very often seen as Australian. But this is OK as long as we are not seen as Germans. :-) many times my snail mail transits through this probably really fine but completely out of the way country) :-) #m -- Repeat an assertion four times and it becomes a fact. Repeat an assertion four times and it becomes a fact. Repeat an assertion four times and it becomes a fact. Repeat an assertion four times and it becomes a fact. |
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 17:59:47 -0700, Matt Barrow wrote:
tell us what you know about my town, Montrose, CO. mabye: "some obscure corner of the earth like we really should give a damn for every trival point" #m -- Repeat an assertion four times and it becomes a fact. Repeat an assertion four times and it becomes a fact. Repeat an assertion four times and it becomes a fact. Repeat an assertion four times and it becomes a fact. |
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On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 06:58:44 -0400, Bob Noel wrote:
sigh very true. ok, I shouldn't said "a few nukes." I should have said: pop off a few thousand nukes with the intent to put billions on tons of dust into the air. Anyone want to claim that this wouldn't affect global temps? even the stop of commercial airline service after 9/11 had an impact on global warming. only for a short period, but the effect was visible, IIRC (according to a BBC report) this was the single worst effect in the last couple of decades. Yes, NOT flying brought the effect. #m -- Repeat an assertion four times and it becomes a fact. Repeat an assertion four times and it becomes a fact. Repeat an assertion four times and it becomes a fact. Repeat an assertion four times and it becomes a fact. |
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