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Reply to Why Kyoto failed in Politics JoeUser Forums

When you make up your numbers you can have all kinds of fun. Lightbulbs cause 10% of our CO2 emissions? "Alternative" energy? You think wind, hydro, and solar can make up 15% of our energy? Explain. Hydro is already pretty much maximized. Solar costs a lot of energy to produce the panels, only work in some areas, and are incredibly inefficient. And wind power is a total bust. In the best conditions it takes years for them to break even in how much energy it requires. And guess what? E

Reply to Why Kyoto failed in Politics JoeUser Forums

BTW, even if we increased the gase mileage of our vehciles by 25% it would be a drop in the bucket. All of the things you mention really just trim around the edges without much effect. If you want to *reduce* CO2 emissions in the United States you have to move away from coal burning power generation and move away from fossil fuel cars. Solar, wind, hydro are not going to make a significant dent. In fact, wind power is actually awful because the energy involved in crea

Reply to Why Kyoto failed in Politics JoeUser Forums

XXX: I coudl just as easily say that the desert receded thanks to my magic rock. Would you like to purchase my magic rock? BTW, CO2 emissions haven't gone down worldwide. They've gone up. It's just that CO2 emissions per economic output have gone down. Which is good, it demonstrates a commitment to efficiency. Bush being pro/anti Kyoto never was an issue because it had already died before Bush was elected. Blaming Bush (or crediting Bush depending on your POV) for Kyoto's failu

Reply to WinCustomize and its time of need in OS Customization JoeUser Forums

I'm sorry Anthony but that sounds..well crazy. People will happilly hand their credit card over to some cashier at the mall or restraunt but sweat a 128bit encrypted transaction server? I'm not aware of a single case of someone having their card "lifted" in all their years from using a Verisign protected store.

Reply to Brad's Notes: 12/5/03 in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Solitair: Hey, you were the one that claimed in your earlier post right above that the US is the world's largest CO2 polluter per GDP which is blatantly false. Of course the US produces the most CO2 emissions. It's by far the world's largest industrial nation. It's like saying that Russia is hogging the most land mass in the world. 1) Bush is simply not wasting time on something Americans overwhelming reject. We don't buy into the Kyoto premise in the first place. We don't ag

Reply to New Battlestar Galactica delivers on its promise to be crap in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

I found the directing and special effects and pacing to be terrible. That has nothign to do with the original. It was just mediocre entertainment.

Why Kyoto failed in Politics JoeUser Forums

The chart below is a chart of CO2 emissions vs. Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Many in Europe falsely accuse George W. Bush of "killing" the Kyoto accords. In actuality, the Kyoto accords died in the United States in 1998. They don't have a chance to pass in the United States no matter who is President because the Kyoto accords are, basically, a joke. Now, if you're not familiar with the Kyoto accords (most Americans who argue for it probably have never looke

New Battlestar Galactica delivers on its promise to be crap in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

Well that sucked. Remaking Battlestar Galactica was always a risky proposition under ideal circumstances. But these circumstances weren't ideal due to a series of seemingly arbitrary changes that eliminated a lot of the good will of the original fans. By arbitrary I mean making Star Buck a girl. Making Boomer a girl. Hey, if you want to have girl power, put in new characters. The biggest arbitrary and I believe ultimately disastrous change was making the Cylons crea

Reply to Brad's Notes: 12/5/03 in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Solitair, Your "facts" are simply wrong. The US is not anywhere near being the largest polluter per GDP. Here's a short list of countries who are bigger polluters per GDP: Russia, China, India, Mexico, Brazil. That's just off the top of my head. Heck, there's a good chance Germany and UK are ahead of the US in those categories. What I get tired of is: 1) People who don't know what they're talking about on Kyoto accurding that Bush is somehow to blame about Kyoto.<BR

Reply to 9 Children !!! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Most missiles lack X-ray vision for detecting whether someone in a house is a child or not. One difference: The US cares and regrets that children were harmed. Al Queda makes no such distinction.

Reply to Elemental: War of Magic Version 1.1 Released in Press Room JoeUser Forums

Uno: Lame. Very lame. The USSR was a US ally in World War II. Does that absolve the USSR for the milliosn of people it killed? One thing that is consistent with the left: Bad peple are never responsible for their own actions. It's always someone else's fault (usually a Republican's). "Well sure, Bin Laden killed thousands of innocent Americans but the US helped train him (and thousands of others) to help fight the Soviets in the 80s..." So what? What the hel

Reply to Why men CHEAT with other women. in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I don't think most women would appreciate that point of view. For most men, however, it is a struggle between the desire to "sample different tastes" and honoring ones commitments.

Half-Life: Counterstrike, still great after all this time in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Yesterday we had a LAN party at the office and played Counterstrike all day. It had been about 3 years since I last played and my skills were definitely rusty. My "ownage" ability had definitely taken a few steps down. But it was still a blast. Though, it is always interesting to see a bunch of 30 somethings revert, just for an instant, to being a teen whenever someone makes a mistake (myself included). We had friendly fire on and I don't think there was anyone who didn't kill their ow

Reply to Day 25: Freedom Force vs The 3rd Reich for $5 and 25% Off Ubisoft Titles in Press Room JoeUser Forums

Usually it takes awhile to get a blog going. Most blogs go totally unread. The advantage of JoeUser is that nearly all blogs get some readers. One of the challenges of getting readers is writing style. Editing can be really crucial, it's something I am not very good at myself. But if you're looking for readers, here are some suggestions. 1) Use bullet points and numbers if you're trying to make specific points. 2) Use a table when applicable 3) If the article is long,

Reply to Why I really dislike George W. Bush... in Politics JoeUser Forums

Kind of rambling.

Reply to WinCustomize and its time of need in OS Customization JoeUser Forums

The Stardock order store uses Verisign. It's pretty standard stuff. Very secure. What really hurt WinCustomize was having TWO servers in one month go down. That's a lot to replace in a short amount of time.

Brad's Notes: 12/5/03 in Blogging JoeUser Forums

A friend of mine sent me an email that showed the results of Google manipulation with regards to George W. Bush. In this case, a bunch of people go together and linked the words "miserable failure" to the biography of George W. Bush. So now if you go to Google and type in "Miserable Failure" the first link is George W. Bush. It's an amazingly petty thing to do and also very easy. I could do the same thing by using my access on several popular websites to link say <a href="

Reply to WinCustomize and its time of need in OS Customization JoeUser Forums

Thanks. Yea, what's amazing is that the "community" of skinners is held together by such a tiny percentage of people. 2 million people supported by maybe 10,000 people (skinners, admins, subscribers, etc.). The ratio is shocking.

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WinCustomize and its time of need in OS Customization JoeUser Forums

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Reply to Promotion on a Soup Kitchen Budget in Internet JoeUser Forums

Probably the biggest advantage JoeUser has as a blog is that it is designed very well for search engines. So any blog written here will end up reasonably well ranked because it is correctly formatted.

Reply to Vericose Vein "surgery" in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

You people with your poor genes. ;)

Reply to JoeUser comparisons with Blogger in Blogging JoeUser Forums

JoeUser.com actually doesn't officially launch until January 31. We're still in beta.

Dvorak vs. Blogging in Blogging JoeUser Forums

If you read my article responding to Dvorak's column on blogging, you can tell I'm a bit annoyed with it. Having had a day to think about it and lots of email on the topic, I've narrowed down specifically why his column bugs me so much: It's based on a number of false premises. Specifically, he lumps all blogs together as if every person on the net is aiming to be a quasi-journalist. It's sloppy research whic

Reply to John Dvorak: Blogging revolution is co-opted by big media in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I do think most of the very popular blogs are right of center. I think that for a variety of reasons: 1) Demand. Mainstream media is decidedly left wing. People are interested in reading alternative points of view. 2) People who are technical tend to be less touchy feely and more about fixing things in a realistic way IMO. Those people have a tendancy to be right of center.