Kernel Kraken Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 17 hours ago, NSEP said: I hate the Nimby (Not in my backyard) Syndrome. There are people trying to stop a gaint windmill park several kilometers away from the coast. What is their reason? "It looks ugly". Im being serious right now, thats what they actually say. They try to stop a project that is going to make our country less reliant on fossil fuels because it look ugwy? Thats stupid and pathetic, oh, and not just that, the people who say these things probably haven't seen an offshore windmill park before. Offshore windmill parks only occupy the horizon, and don't gobble up the entire view. In don't get how such big human achievements in technology are 'ugly' neither. Its amazing that people with little hands worked thousands of years to learn about the forces of nature and found out how to gather energy from the wind, isn't it? Another reason i hate Nimby is because people didn't like the looks of the air conditioning system on the top of our school, so they had it removed, and now, whenever its hot, the school turns into a giant oven. I for one welcome our wonderful wind turbine power generators. I thing they're majestic. 1 hour ago, Dman979 said: Guys, when I say "Just a quick reminder to stay away from politics on the forums. I've hidden some posts," I mean it. There were more politics in this thread, and now there are more hidden posts. Knock it off. I need to find a way to not mention politics 24/7... I'll rephrase my political post: I don't like overly argumentative people. They generally don't know jack squat about what they're talking about. This is also the reason I like this forum: smart people talking about smart people things (mostly) in a (mostly) smart people way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFerret Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 2 hours ago, Gyrfalcon5 said: I can tell you why: It marks the location of greedy, incompetent mega-corporations! Without which, you'd be walking your sorry butt all over the place rather than riding in a car or bus or whatever... not to mention the wonders of plastics, pharmaceuticals, and let's not forget computers..... you wouldn't even be here in these forums. Foolishness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrfalcon5 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 9 minutes ago, LordFerret said: Without which, you'd be walking your sorry butt all over the place rather than riding in a car or bus or whatever... not to mention the wonders of plastics, pharmaceuticals, and let's not forget computers..... you wouldn't even be here in these forums. Foolishness. Ughh. I really need to stop staying up so late. I can't reason! Anyway, yeah I was a little short sighted with that one... I guess I've been paying to much attention to the stunts that EA are pulling as of late. I should probably stop thinking about them altogether. But this is a complaint thread. Ummm... MY TEA IS COLD!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFerret Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 2 minutes ago, Gyrfalcon5 said: MY TEA IS COLD!!!! I can totally relate. Sitting here reading through threads, my coffee always surprises me on my next sip - cold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfiles Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, Gyrfalcon5 said: I can tell you why: It marks the location of greedy, incompetent mega-corporations! Reminds me of family. So many of my family worked on oil pumps. It was a job. They paid well, took care of their employees. I don't like the mentality of some of the big companies any more than you do, but they still keep the gears of modern society lubed (in this case, literally), and they still provide a means to those with families or even just selves to provide for. I know people like to point fingers at EA, or at the big oil conglomerates... They are definitely in it for profit, and they definitely will step right over their consumers to bring in the almighty dollar/euro/yen/etc... But if you want actual evil in corporate form... Monsanto. I'll just leave you to do most of your own research, but here are a few details. Forty percent of the world's genetically modified (GM) crops are grown in the US, where Monsanto controls approximately 80 percent of the GM corn market, and about 93 percent of the GM soy market. They create near monopolies out of food crops by forcing farmers to sign away their right to lawfully retain seed, forcing them into a cycle of annual repurchasing. They are most notorious for actively pursuing damaging legal action against farmers that don't buy their product, or who legally process heirloom seeds, by claiming they are violating their patents when pollen blows in from other farms, cross pollenating plants that end up on said farms... And yet, when people question their desires to introduce crops with genes that produce infertile seeds (good ONLY for consumption, not replanting), they claim there is no risk of cross contamination with non GMO plants (something that could destroy heirloom seed varieties, rendering them infertile)... This is, of course, in spite of their numerous legal cases attacking farmers who have been the unfortunate recipients of neighbor's GM pollen... That is reaching evil villain tier, right there!! 51 minutes ago, Gyrfalcon5 said: MY TEA IS COLD!!!! I don't even like tea! The one time I thought I'd manage to come up with a tea that I liked, it was some sort of Pomegranate tea, and I love pomegranates. I even had an actual pomegranate and I got the flesh out and was gonna make some sort of super tea + fruit concoction... It never made it to my mouth. Glass, tea, fruit bits, scattered and shattered all over the floor. I never even bothered to try recreating the fruit-tea experiment. I still have never tasted a tea that I liked... Edited May 18, 2018 by richfiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFerret Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 2 hours ago, YNM said: Much better is geothermal Ummm... ask Hawaii about that. 6 minutes ago, richfiles said: Pomegranate tea Forget the tea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richfiles Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, LordFerret said: Ummm... ask Hawaii about that. Hawaii "Holy smokes! Look at all this energy being thrown at us!!! We can't even handle all this energy!" 21 minutes ago, LordFerret said: Forget the tea! Edited May 18, 2018 by richfiles Tried to translate "Holy Smokes" to Hawaiian... I gave up. I: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrandedonEarth Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, YNM said: Much better is geothermal or wave or hydroelectric. Generally constrained by geography or geology. Also bear in mind, flooded rotting vegetation from HE dams release methane, an even worse greenhouse gas. Scraping away the vegetation burns fuel, unless someone has an electric bulldozer... Nuclear all the way baby! Even worse than NIMBY is BANANA: Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyone! 1 hour ago, richfiles said: I still have never tasted a tea that I liked... Try this, with a little milk and sugar... Edited May 18, 2018 by StrandedonEarth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razark Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 2 hours ago, richfiles said: I still have never tasted a tea that I liked... Ever tried a Lapsang souchong? It's a tea dried over wood fires, giving it a smokey flavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, LordFerret said: Ummm... ask Hawaii about that. Iceland seems to be more than happy about it. 4 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: Generally constrained by geography or geology. Well, it's a hard call if you live in Kansas or Sahara. But then I think solar would be a good call there. 4 hours ago, StrandedonEarth said: ... Flooded rotting vegetation from HE dams release methane... Why ? So does my stomach and every other biological stomach. Edited May 18, 2018 by YNM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Took me nearly an hour to get out of bed this morning because my back was like "Oh hey, screw you, buddy." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFerret Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, YNM said: Why ? So does my stomach and every other biological stomach. Well one thing is for sure, the guys in that video are idiots. The issue isn't cow farts, it's cow burps... wrong end... that's where the methane emanates from. And forget CO2 and methane, water vapor is far far far far far greater an issue in capturing and holding heat for this 'warming' charade. Lord, help me, please. 7 hours ago, YNM said: Kansas ...and solar panels. Ummm... tornadoes. Not a good mix. Edited May 18, 2018 by LordFerret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 18 hours ago, adsii1970 said: You can thank the most recent Windows 10 update... Adsii, you gave me something else to complain about!! My laptop really wants to update to the latest version of windows 10. But it doesn't have enough space to do it (it wants 8gb but I generally only have a gigabyte available). It just does these exact steps: 1. Tries to download the latest version. 2. Realises it can't. 3. Waits a while. 4. Repeat from step 1. IT'S SO ANNOYING!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, RealKerbal3x said: Adsii, you gave me something else to complain about!! My laptop really wants to update to the latest version of windows 10. But it doesn't have enough space to do it (it wants 8gb but I generally only have a gigabyte available). It just does these exact steps: 1. Tries to download the latest version. 2. Realises it can't. 3. Waits a while. 4. Repeat from step 1. IT'S SO ANNOYING!!! Haha... hahaha... Oh, Windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 12 minutes ago, LordFerret said: Ummm... tornadoes. Would have been faar worse with those massive reverse-fans. Even they need to brake in high wind, let alone a cyclone or a twister... Twisters might clean solar panels though. 18 minutes ago, LordFerret said: water vapor is far far far far far greater an issue in capturing and holding heat for this 'warming' charade. Think I've covered this before : despite being more potent, their amount are far more variable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealKerbal3x Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Just now, Geonovast said: Haha... hahaha... Oh, Windows. All electronics can be extremely annoying sometimes. Like signing into a Microsoft account. That is fun. sarcasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 1 hour ago, Geonovast said: Oh, Windows. That's not really windows actually. That's just modern unoptimized computing for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 4 minutes ago, YNM said: That's not really windows actually. That's just modern unoptimized computing for you. I'm pretty sure we're saying the same thing. One of the reasons Windows 10 pushed me to get as far away from Windows as possible was the mandatory updates. Microsoft's "No is not an answer" attitude is completely unacceptable. Linux updates what I want, when I want, and that's all there is to it. No forced torrent updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerbiloid Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 1 hour ago, LordFerret said: The issue isn't cow farts, it's cow burps... wrong end... that's where the methane emanates from. They've confused prograde and retrograde burn... n00bz... 1 hour ago, LordFerret said: 9 hours ago, YNM said: Kansas ...and solar panels. Ummm... tornadoes. Not a good mix. So, no windmills, too... Or an animated solar roof. Extend/Retract. 1 hour ago, Geonovast said: Haha... hahaha... Oh, Windows. Linux/Android is much better. Spoiler 18 minutes ago, Geonovast said: Linux updates what I want, when I want, and that's all there is to it. If what you want was wanted by somebody and its compatible version already has been placed into a compatible repository. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Geonovast said: Microsoft's "No is not an answer" attitude is completely unacceptable. You think (smart)phones don't work the same ? CVEs ? Appliances ? Macs ? Don't get me started on not keeping bleeding edge linuxes not updated. LTSes maybe, but then it's still a decade, and as soon as they find a better method they want you to update anyway. This is what happens when storage space runs wild. Edited May 18, 2018 by YNM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 8 minutes ago, YNM said: Don't get me started on not keeping bleeding edge linuxes not updated. It's not about not updating. It's about the choice. And no, I'm not overly thrilled about my phone's update policy. One of the reasons I don't do squat with my phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Just now, Geonovast said: It's not about not updating. It's about the choice. Good luck keeping the world "modern" with that. Compromises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordFerret Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, RealKerbal3x said: Adsii, you gave me something else to complain about!! My laptop really wants to update to the latest version of windows 10. But it doesn't have enough space to do it (it wants 8gb but I generally only have a gigabyte available). It just does these exact steps: 1. Tries to download the latest version. 2. Realises it can't. 3. Waits a while. 4. Repeat from step 1. IT'S SO ANNOYING!!! You can go into your Windows Updates settings via the Control Panel and tell it to forget that update. You'll not see it again. To do this, click on the 'Select updates to install' option... find the update in question in the list... right-click on it and select 'Hide'. Done. 2 hours ago, YNM said: Twisters might clean solar panels though. Think I've covered this before : despite being more potent, their amount are far more variable. Well, they could clean house too for that matter... right off the map! ...and far more abundant. 44 minutes ago, YNM said: Good luck keeping the world "modern" with that. Compromises. Get this guy's goofy-lookin face offa my screen... would ya?!? 1 hour ago, kerbiloid said: They've confused prograde and retrograde burn... n00bz... Science! can help this... Edited May 18, 2018 by LordFerret Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YNM Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 14 minutes ago, LordFerret said: Get this guy's goofy-lookin face offa my screen... would ya?!? Then why were you fully quoting it XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSaint Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 So the marketing department at our college sent out an email telling everyone in the college that they are required to add the logo for the college's 50th anniversary celebration to their email signatures. Our number of mandatory flair pieces is now one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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