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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    02:21 PM

    In reply to Get Lost In The Global Village With This Week's Television
    I think I will watch an episode of the original Prisoner each time the remake is on.

    "Yarg !!! I do not need no stinkin remakes.They can walk the plank or be keelhauled"
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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    02:13 PM

    In reply to The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future

    Wasn't "Malthus Vs. The Singularity" an episode of CHUCK? The one where Bryce Larkin bailed out for WHITE COLLAR? #ecology
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    02:12 PM

    In reply to The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future

    #ecology
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    02:00 PM

    In reply to The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future
    I am no real scientist but to me it does not take a lot of intelligence to realize if you keep putting trash somewhere it will effect the area.
    Just keep putting pollution into the air and it will do something bad.
    Yes the Earth does go thru climate cycles and we all know that one but greenhouse gasses do bring as temperature up and that one is proved in labs.
    As far as I think nowadays I will go on record as stating that Global Warming is due to both the natural Earth Climate along with us polluting the air.Both things are happening and both are casuing climate issues. #ecology
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    01:58 PM

    In reply to The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future
    "We have decades to figure out ways to deal with it: to find carbon-free sources of energy, to develop techniques for removing carbon from the atmosphere or geoengineering the climate, or simply to adapt."

    We have decades? Where's the evidence for that? Moreover, if it boils down to adapting, I'd like to remind Mr. Tierney that species do NOT adapt to significant changes to the environment in a matter of decades, not even us oh-mighty humans. #ecology
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    Image of Jonny_eh Jonny_eh
    02:10 PM

    @Roklimber: And adaptation usually requires the weak to die out. That's how evolution works. As humans, we want everyone to live, not just the best adapted. #ecology
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    02:15 PM

    @Jonny_eh: Indeed. #ecology
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    01:57 PM

    In reply to The Lost "Cantina Scene" From Abrams' Star Trek
    This book had to be made to keep up the Star Trek book tradition. I remember when I was a kid I had the tech manual and the concordance and used them while watching the series every night on channel 39.
    I still wish one day they would build the Dreadnought.
    [www.kitsune.addr.com]
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    Image of daveNYC daveNYC
    01:56 PM

    In reply to The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future
    "and how do you measure how many human brains $1,000 will buy you?)"

    Two words: Homeless People.

    I also like how his post about Kurzweil's Law basically boils down to "This time it's different." #ecology
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    Image of Cash907Censored Cash907Censored
    01:51 PM

    In reply to The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future
    Ya know what I love? The whole "Global Warming Denier" BS line, like it's actual scientific fact and not a theory based on some computer models. As for a scientific consensus, when did we reach that again, exactly, because last time I checked there were over 30,000 reputable scientists who disagreed with the man-made global warming theory. You can't make a film that presents a theory and weak evidence, claim "the debate is over," then put your fingers in your ears and go "la la la la la la la" when other people attempt to debate you.

    If the science can't stand up to scrutiny, then it's crap science and should be publicly questioned. The real problem are the people that treat Global Warming like it is some kind of religion, attacking anyone who happens to disagree with said religion. Science attacks the argument, not the person behind the argument, and by failing to do this the pro-global warming crowd surrenders any sort of legitimacy. As far as I'm concerned, the only legitimate pro global warming advocate is Ed Bagely Jr., who actually walks the walk, and isn't trying to make others feel like garbage for living their lives in the mainstream so they'll go buy the solar panels and carbon credits they somewhat secretly have a financial stake in. Yes Al, I'm talking about you, ya empty suit with daddy issues.

    So anyway, if you want to be adult and scientific about the whole thing, hows about calling them the anti-global warming crowd, instead of this PR spin Denier garbage? Science is a debate, not a religion, so lets not blur the lines here ok? #ecology
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    02:10 PM

    @Cash907Censored: There's plenty of scientific consensus. At this point, climate change deniers rank with people who think the LHC is going to create a black hole and destroy the planet on the credibility scale. #ecology
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    Image of jeremydeananderson003 jeremydeananderson003
    01:40 PM

    In reply to The Lost "Cantina Scene" From Abrams' Star Trek
    "Hey let's make Kirk land on a desert planet!"

    "You mean like Tatooine?"

    "Hm. Okay. Let's make it an ice planet!"

    "You mean like Hoth?"

    "...shut up."

    This movie sucked.
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    01:33 PM

    In reply to The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future
    Shorter rant: John Tierny is a fatuous prick. #ecology
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    01:15 PM

    In reply to The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future
    "The Rapture of the Nerds is coming!" has recently overtaken "SF is better than your tired old white man 'literature'!" as my least favorite aspect of SF's public relations strategy. #ecology
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    01:14 PM

    In reply to The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future
    I'm a bit busy at the moment to read the entire article, but a quick scan led my eyes to this paragraph:

    "In a column on Obama's science advisor, John Holdren, Tierney spends most of the column quoting Roger Pielke, a climate researcher who's been one of the most vocal critics of the idea that the polar ice caps are melting."

    For those who do not think the polar ice caps are melting at an astonishing rate, watch this time-lapse video of them doing just that:

    James Balog: Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss
    [www.youtube.com] #ecology
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    01:11 PM

    In reply to The New York Times Columnist Who's Helping To Ruin The Future
    Sometimes I feel that the NY Times hires writers like Tierney just so the rest of us will have somebody to gripe about. #ecology
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    01:23 PM

    @Bill-Lee: And for that we are forever grateful. #ecology
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    Image of ddmeightball ddmeightball
    01:06 PM

    In reply to The Lost "Cantina Scene" From Abrams' Star Trek
    Kirk shot first? #startrek
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    Image of Gemini2 Gemini2
    01:05 PM

    In reply to The Lost "Cantina Scene" From Abrams' Star Trek
    Blah..Wow, someone is bored!!! #startrek
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    01:10 PM

    @Gemini2: Sorry is this directed at the author of the post? Because if so, that's the kind of tired old shit that gets a young man's ass banned. #startrek
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    Image of Gemini2 Gemini2
    02:11 PM

    @Pope John Peeps II: No this was not directed at the author of the story! Just saying that they keep coming up with more and more every week about the DVD. It was directed towards the industry. So relax. io9 is one of my favorite sites ever. I would never say anything in that manner.

    So forgive me if it seemed that way. Not the case.

    Peace #startrek
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