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    A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering

    A Life Size Blue Whale Is Stuck In Your Computer

    In 30 Years, Artificial Wombs Mean No More Abortions

    Environmentalists Destroy the Environment in Bulgaria

    Earth Systems Science Agency — To the Rescue!

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    A Greenhouse Made of Steel

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    09/17/09

    In reply to A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering
    I saw cloud creation (relatively) successfully tested a while ago on Discovery Project Earth. It was pretty awesome.
    [dsc.discovery.com]
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    09/17/09

    In reply to A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering
    Too bad Kimberley-Clarke is busy hacking down most of the Earth's remaining Boreal Forest (a large percentage of which is in Canada) to make toilet paper. Apparently old growth cellulose is softer.
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    Image of Althestane Althestane
    09/17/09

    In reply to A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering
    This validates my strange, random childhood perception that deciduous trees and conifers are at war with one another. CHEMICAL WARFARE!
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    09/17/09

    In reply to A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering
    Fucking trees. We spend all this time getting rid of you, and now we need you to make clouds?

    You think you could have told us that earlier?
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    09/17/09

    In reply to A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering
    But can they turn cloud reflectiveness up to 11?
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    09/17/09

    @aubreyf: Trees understand that 10 is the most.
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    09/17/09

    In reply to A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering
    Great, why don't these scientists team up with the guys that want to re-vegetate the Sahara and turn it into a pine forest. Not only will it make mor monoterpenes, but it will absorb more CO2 and make northern Africa smell like an air freshener.
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    09/17/09

    @J_Frank_Parnell: Win-win-win scenario.
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    Image of YeiDadinator YeiDadinator
    09/17/09

    In reply to A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering
    Keep in mind that even if we cool the Earth by increasing its reflectivity, carbon emissions will still acidify the oceans. So while geoengineering is potentially a good idea, dealing with sunlight isn't enough.
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    09/17/09

    @YeiDadinator: Totally. But this is still a cool idea.
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    09/17/09

    @Annalee Newitz: Can we genetically engineer (or just plain ol' crossbreed) pine trees that can survive the warmer climates? So they can grow farther south.

    They can absorb CO2, give off these whatsit particles, freshen the air, and make it Christmas every day.
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    Image of Jeriba Jeriba
    09/17/09

    In reply to A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering
    I'm surprised we don't yet have a "WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?" tag. This story seems like a good candidate.

    Didn't the scientists learn enough from the TV show Dinosaurs about why seeding clouds is a bad idea?
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    09/17/09

    In reply to A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering
    Excellent news ... now, what did we do with all the trees... sure they're around this planet somewhere ...
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    09/17/09

    In reply to A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering
    monoterpenes should come in hand when we need to cut the machines off from the energy of the sun too.
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    Image of The_Sporean_Bob The_Sporean_Bob
    09/17/09

    @#c15436994: That explains why my roomba keeps trying to destroy my pine floors...
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    09/17/09

    In reply to A Major Breakthrough In Cloud Engineering
    I think they stole the tech from Cobra Commander.
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    06/01/09

    In reply to A Life Size Blue Whale Is Stuck In Your Computer
    AHHHHH!!!! KILL IT!!!!

    Well that's what I would say if the link worked for me, but whatever... After visiting The House on the Rock, I've been permanently terrified of Whales and Giant Squids.
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    06/01/09

    @Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: this can't be garrison dean, there's no text in the photo. who are you and what have your master's done with the real garrison?!
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    06/01/09

    In reply to A Life Size Blue Whale Is Stuck In Your Computer
    how is whaling different from any other kind of fishing? you take steps to ensure the species survives by limiting the number of kills. what more is there to do?
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    06/01/09

    @tetracycloide: The same reason people get put out over hogs being raised in poor conditions while not giving a shit about chickens. Whales exhibit a form of intelligence we can relate to, which somehow makes them 100x more special than a species too stupid to get away.
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/01/09

    @battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch: Probably because whales are hunted down as opposed to gathered up in nets nice n' easy.


    @tetracycloide: I'm all about species preservation; the problem is that not everyone complies way out there in international waters.

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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    06/01/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: but noncompliance is an issue with any fishing regulation. given the population and birth rates of whales though i can see how a few renegades would be more significant than those fishing some other species.


    it would be best to put the industry in a position where established fisheries that stay within the legal limits police those that do not. it's really in the whaling industry's best interest to sustain the species long term.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/01/09

    @tetracycloide: but i want delicious whale meats i want my whale meats more more more


    *ahem*


    True, but what if it's too late by the time people get their policies straight?

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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    06/01/09

    In reply to A Life Size Blue Whale Is Stuck In Your Computer
    Whale away. I need my perfume, and glue to hold my expensive python-skin bags together.


    Any time I want, I can see a life-size blue whale in the Museum of Natural History. Because I live in New York. Which is made of concrete.


    Bitches.

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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/01/09

    @Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: You use ambergris directly? You smelly.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    06/01/09

    @Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: Eh, it's not made of fur so it can live, for now. By golly I hope you mean walrus skin bags.
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    06/01/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: who smells like porpoise hork?!
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    06/01/09

    @Meredith Woerner: They're so durable!
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    06/01/09

    @tetracycloide: While I believe that dolphins and porpoises don't actually have said precious vomit, "porpoise hork" is hilarious when said out loud.
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    Image of Meredith Woerner Meredith Woerner
    06/01/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: I actually came across walrus skin luggage many moons ago.
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    Image of Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L. Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.
    06/01/09

    @Mount_Prion: C.U.C.A.R.A.C.H.A.: I hear you, brother (he says, sitting on his intricately carved throne made from the ivory of Indian elephants; upholstered in panda fur and offset tastefully by scatter-cushions fashioned from white tiger pelts and stuffed with unicorn hair.)
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    06/01/09

    @Discodave: R.O.A.C.H. M.O.T.E.L.: Yes... quite an exquisite collection


    *sips on puppy tears*

    *leans back on angel feather pillows*

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    06/01/09

    @Meredith Woerner: That sounds mildly disgusting, if I remember walrus skin correctly. And I never thought I had to do that either.
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    06/01/09

    In reply to A Life Size Blue Whale Is Stuck In Your Computer
    That... actually kinda scares me. I like observing marine life, particularly that which is insanely large, from a distance.
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    Image of The_Thing The_Thing
    06/01/09

    @crashedpc : ゴキブリ and 蟑螂 division: That cold blue unblinking eye is scary.


    You think the anti-whaling group would do a promotion that doesn't make you wonder if we are doing enough to protect ourselves from the whale menace.

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    06/01/09

    @The_Thing: The eerie and haunting whale song doesn't help in general, either. Whales are awesome and all, but *shiver*
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