j0! this planet aint gonna last forever so check this out! and stop hacking my title!

Gloabal warming by David Attenborough

It could be there is a factor they missed that coincides with the graph, but better safe then sorry. A law and heavy taxes is probably required to make people buy and drive climate friendly cars. Just as a law was required to make people wear seatbelts back when cars became popular and affordable. Thats an argument I heard from Who Killed the Electric Car movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9ob9WdbXx0



it could be there is a variation they missed that coincides with the graph, but better safe the sorry. A law and heavy taxes is probably required to make people buy and drive climate friendly cars. Just as a law was required to make people wear seatbelts back when cars became popular and affordable.

TV ads for unschooled people

TV ads appeal to emotions and the irrational, and use preconception and abuse peoples lack of knowledge. Older people aren't as susceptible to tv ads as younger people are, therefore tv stations rather run shows appealing to the youth. With a goverment funded station, like NRK here in Norway, we get excellent programs for the older generation. But any media must be as neutral as possible, it would be very harmful if NRK was spewing propaganda. This, and free healthcare is actually a good balance between socialism and capitalism. Uhm at least if there are lots of other TV stations to chooose.

But you people sit there, day after day, night after night. You do whatever the tube tells you! You dress like the tube, you eat like the tube... raise your children like the tube, even think like the tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDWtZ3xRMb0

the Pirate Bay verdict should include everybody

The recent judgement on The Pirate Bay say they arrange for piracy, they are making a profit on it, they know it and they don't do anything about it. Well that's exactly what those who manufacture and sell DVD writers, DVD discs, mp3 players, computers, ethernet cables etc mainly do. If the law applies to The Pirate Bay, it should apply to everyone else as well.

4000 counter-arguments to the Skeptics Annotated Bible

Here you go, 4000 counter-arguments to the Skeptics Annotated Bible.

Dr. Gastrich uses sound, exegetical principles to affirm awesome truths about the Bible's harmony. Even the best arguments used by atheists are shown to be false. Their typical attacks, that circulate the internet and stump unprepared Christians, are debunked and refuted. This CD includes a complete rebuttal to the skeptical/atheist Bible commentary called The Skeptic's Annotated Bible.
http://skepticsannotatedbible.org

Editorial commentary in the form of pictures and one-sentence comments are not arguments. SAB is the Internet equivalent to a brick wall scribbled with graffiti, or arguing by saying, "nanny nanny boo boo." It performs (of course!) no analysis of the social background, the literary data, or context. It is merely "instant reaction" from angry Skeptics, and that sort of arguing isn't arguing at all.
http://www.tektonics.org/sab/sab.html

It's important to read arguments from both sides of the discussion before you make up your mind.

Electric vehicle arguments

The Tesla motor weighs less than 115 pounds yet produces horsepower equivalent to a much heavier internal compustion engine. And unlike a gasoline engine, Teslas electric motor doesn't sacrifice mileage for performance. http://www.teslamotors.com/efficiency/how_it_works.php

Brushless AC motors have an incredible torque, high RPM and efficiency. That means you don't need to shift gears until 60-80mph. It is also silent so it feels like a space ship taking off and the motor is very responsive. Less noise, heat and oil and easier to maintain. Once lithium EVs get mass produced and affordable, and people gets comfortable with a fast-charging battery instead of filling gas, we should see a revolution. Electric Vehicless are better then hydrogen, no infrastructure for the gas, just plug it in. Less noise and fewer mechanical parts. The Tesla is very expensive, but its advantages are the same as less expensive cars using the same technology.

Biofuel makes food prices high and we already don't have enough resources to feed every person on the planet western style - you know a lot of meat. Hydrogen fuel need a complex vehicle and a distribution system, and converting electricity to hydrogen is much less efficient than running the car at electricity in the first place. And a combustion engine is much less efficient than an electric brushless AC motor.

Please tell your friends and create a market. :)

Earths greatest lawsuit

WE BELIEVE that religious groups and religious leaders should be required, by law, to make full public disclosure of their finances, by issuing independently audited, annual financial accounts. WE BELIEVE that religious groups must be able to prove that +80% of their income has been used to materially relieve the physical suffering of the poor and needy, in order to qualify as "charitable" for tax purposes. http://www.earthsgreatestlawsuit.org/

Religion is systematic bombardement of one-sided arguments, playing heavily on faith and our group animal instincts. Maybe we should start anti-religious centers that could specialize in counter arguments. It could have saved me a few years of searching.

Healthy skepticism

Look, I'm not against gathering more evidence, but I'm just pointing out that just one photo (satellite or not) can be massaged into meaning anything you want it to mean. E.g., do you even know which side was inhabiting that area, if not for being spoon fed that it's an atrocity against the Sudanese? I'll also point out that history (some of it very near) is full of manipulation and selective confirmation. And often you just need to choose whose side propaganda you want to listen to. E.g., if you would have asked German prisoners in '39, they would have told you that they're just fighting against the Polish aggressors. (The Third Reich propaganda massively broadcast news of the polish "aggression" and Germany just protecting its borders.) [...] Actually, thanks for bringing that up. 'Cause, see, that's the whole flippin' point I was trying to make. No, I don't know enough about that conflict to have an informed opinion. And I'm not going to suddenly jump to a spoon-fed conclusion based on some emotional images and wording. When I have enough other data there, I might make a judgment. But I refuse to jump to one of the sides and wave a banner, just because the media spoon fed me some images. That's all I'm preaching: exercise some healthy skepticism, get your information from more than one source. That's all. If you already know enough about that conflict, by all means, go ahead and have an opinion about it. But so far I only have someone's word that some pictures mean what he says they mean. And that's just not enough data to base an opinion on. http://science.slashdot.org/ comments.pl?sid=238073&cid=19463411

Free software is growing up -- fast.

At some point, Linux will be more than good enough for 99% of all computer users. When that happens, Microsoft will become largely irrelevant. [...] Linux's initial price of zero is not the only way a large business can save. By adopting Linux, a company gets off Microsoft's upgrade treadmill -- permanently. That in itself is a huge benefit. If you are a consumer yourself, you should be gratefully thanking the free software movement for the lower prices! (And for keeping Microsoft from becoming too tyrannical.) http://yro.slashdot.org/ comments.pl?sid=237953&cid=19455841

ed. comment> I remember i felt angry when my brother wanted to install Linux on our sisters PC. Later I tried to figure out why, and the answer was I really like Windows and didn't wanto see it gone. After realizing that i figured Linux could be just as familiar one day and I wouldn't care. I guess that might be one reason why so many defend their OS of choice, it is familiar and they don't wanto see it gone.

Until they realize how smooth and responsive Mac OSX is with it's GUI running entirely in hardware accellerated heaven. I love it, yes I do.

Short Doublebladed lightsaber

Just big enough to hold in one hand, the user generally wields two of these during combat, best used to keep multiple opponents at bay whilst utilising the short blades to break throught the defence of one opponent. The four blades result in an extremely fast offensive flashy style wich is, however, allmost as dangerous for the wielder as for the people on the recieving end. http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/37658205/

Only people close to the Force can do this, but Fighter with his sword-chuck style might be one of them, see?
http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=041026

Slightly psychopathic maybe

Once, he was even shameless enough to say, "I 'm tired of her already. A cunt is a cunt. I keep her just so that I can play with her again." Read more... Which is perfectly true. I did say that. I am not proud of it, but nor will I lie about it. And I hardly think it is a rare attitude. Read more... Google cache...

But then he should tell her so she doesn't get hurt or waste time on a no-longer-potential boyfriend. The fact that "everybody does it" isn't an excuse. But I guess this guy got some psychopathic characteristics and the girls he encounter might learn a lesson the easy way instead of meeting a 100% psychopath.

They have both good points and innsight.

StarForce Removal Tool

The only way to eradicate StarForce from your system is to visit a propaganda-slanted website owned by StarForce - a website with sole rights to issue the tool.

Yes but it's important to read arguments from both sides before you make up your mind!

Boycott Starforce

A lot of PC gamers have joined together, and decided not to purchase any PC games that use the Starforce copy protection method. This site is here to provide information about the Starforce protection method, so that you can make your own informed decision. Starforce is a software copy protection tool installed by PC game publishers, which is designed to prevent the casual copying of retail CDROM applications. It installs as a hidden device driver, without the end-user's knowledge or consent.

Galactic Civilizations II, Copy Protection, and Piracy

I always use no-cd cracks because swapping CD's takes time and the CD-ROM is extremely noisy. Although now that P2P make games easily pirated I frequently need to remind my friends to buy their games.

Our license allows you to install the game onto as many machines that you own that you want as long as only one copy is being used at once. How many sales are lost because people want to have a game on their laptop and desktop and don't want to drag CDs around so choose not to buy the game? We realize that some people or companies might feel threatened at any evidence that implies that draconian DRM schemes or CD copy protection may not make that big of a difference in sales. For example, we were quite disturbed to discover that the company that makes Starforce provided a working URL to a list of pirated GalCiv II torrents. I'm not sure whether what they did was illegal or not, but it's troubling nevertheless and was totally unnecessary.

Bush's "us-them" thinking.

Jay Bennish said Bush has similarities with hitler speeches.

I'm not saying that Bush and Hitler are exactly the same. Obviously, they're not. Okay? But there are some eerie similarities to the tones that they use, we're right, you're all wrong.

Also, Norways Forreign Minister says Bush has a "us-them" way of speaking.

This way of thinking is simplified and dangerous because they create a think-tank which forces everything that happens into a confrontation-logic. An important mission is to turn around these think-tanks.

This creates or strenghten barriers between people, and is generally dumbing. It's a big step back from many nations work towards understanding and dialogue.

Speaking of George W. Bush, Gloria Steinem said, "The world is divided into two kinds of people. People who divide the world into two kinds of people, and people who don't, and that's his [George W. Bush] problem."
http://onegoodmovemedia.org

Recipe for fanatics

Religion is mostly bad, and people can easily become fanatic about it. Here is two recipies commonly used by Mormons and Muslims, effectively creating very closed minds.

Mormons:

Your faith is a seed that must grow, enduring challenges (counter arguments) to get strong roots and eventually becoming a great tree.

Muslims:

The book explains the Islamic concept of monotheism (belief in the existence of one God), the pillars of faith, and the pillars of worship.

Click here to find curious, funny or just wrong and bad stuff in the Book of Mormon, Bible and Koran.

RIAA Radar

Find out which albums have something to do with the Record Industry Assiosiation of America. Suing your customers should never be good business.

Know the world

Know the world with these cute slides. Also available as a PowerPoint presentation

Biodiesel

Maybe Hydrogen cars would be better since you're left with water and oxygen instead of a smelly and noisy diesel engine.

Biodiesel is considered a renewable fuel, as the carbon dioxide emitted by burning a gallon of vegetable oil is the exact amount needed by the plants to grow and produce another gallon of oil. Thus, renewable fuels like biodiesel operate within the energy flow of the solar economy at the surface of the Earth.

Ridiculous laws like Kyoto

More CO2 from burning fossile fuel = more plants and trees.

The earth's carbon sinks are not static in capacity. Everything is interlocked feedback cycles. As CO2 goes up, so too does the growth rate of all vegetation. It is the naive simplicity of the mathematics used by many lay-men(and sometimes experts) in their discussions of climate change that cause me to seriously doubt their prediction. Check out this web page for example http://www.hydrogen.co.uk/h2_now/journal/articles/2_global_warming.htm which tries to use *addition* to predict changes in CO2. We produce X billion tons, the amazon absorbs Y billion tons, net change is X-Y billion tons. This approach is as hopelessly naive as trying to calculate the flight dynamics of the space shuttle with natural numbers. That's just not how it works in a real dynamic system and alarmist crap like this only serves to push through ridiculous laws like Kyoto, the funding for which could bring food and water to a huge proportion of the third world instead of affecting some laughable 7% of the annual *human* CO2 output. Get those people fed and industrialized, and they'll stop cutting down their own forests, start going to school, and add their share of brainpower to the world's thinktank.

Internet providers and attitude

THIS WOULD MAKE INTENRET BETAR!!!

[wallaman]   putting a price tag on IP's are not recommended [wallaman]   it shouldnt be treated as a property [wallaman]   http://www.ripe.net/ripe/ docs/chargingbylirs.html [wallaman]   it clearly states if theres any cost to assigning IP's to end-users it should be presented in detail. Theres rarely ground for anything but a one-time fee regardless of the address space (IP's)    * Psychdlc has joined #nvnews [wallaman]   theres tons of IP's left, and its high time we startet migrate to IPv6 [wallaman]   but theres no money in this because the sheep ...eerr honorable customers accepts NAT solutions and renting IP's.

Star Trek Enterprise - episode 53

T'Pol is vulcan, the vulcan rase has no sense of humor and are always serious and logical, so she couldn't be sarcastic thus this is very funny:

T'Pol: The doctor knows how intransigent you can be. Tucker: Intransigent! T'Pol: Unwilling to compromise. Tucker: I know what it means!

Freedom or Evil

Posted for educational purposes. The world may not be as black and white as some people may want us to believe.

President Bush Can't Figure It All Out Alone!

DRM letter to Microsoft

Humoruos and well written article, see the note about Jon Johansen, DVD-JON:

He's a wanted man here in America; in Norway the studios put the local fuzz up to bringing him up on charges of *unlawfully trespassing upon a computer system.* When his defense asked, "Which computer has Jon trespassed upon?" the answer was: "His own."

Thorough PSU testing

Now all they need to test is how hot the power transistors gets under a certain load. 0.00044ohm quality superfets.

The solution shown above is a 100W AC bulb in an empty case with the PSU mounted normally. The distance between the bottom of the PSU and the top of the bulb is about 7-8 inches. The heat generated is roughly equivalent to that produced by a typical desktop.

Then the Seasonic Super Tornado 300 v1.3:

Final Result: YES! In the closest match to specified conditions, at an intake temperature of 39~41C with the PSU running at 150W load, the noise measured 28 dBA @ 1 meter. Given this result, the Super Tornado would most likely pass a formal, more stringent test for the section 5.7 low noise guideline in Intel's ATX12V v1.3 PSU Design Guide.

Spotting driver issues

StealthHawk had a good pre critique or something in the nvnews forum about Anandtech.com exclusive test

Reported by who? Did Anandtech look into the issue with previous drivers? What does he mean it "appears" to have improved. Why didn't he look into this?

Review quality

Quitch is the one with good point.

Whether they knew or not that they were talking drivel and spreading lies is irrelevant, they didn't spot it, therefore as a 3D site they are useless. Thankfully this has highlighted to me how good some of the smaller sites like Beyond3D are.

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