gravity bong? Is *that* what happened that night? By the way, through some magic I am not seeing Sam. Not filtering hims so, hmmm, I think Google decided he is spam. Clever Google ;)
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 5:23 PM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 2:46 PM, Sam wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 4:32 PM, denstar wrote: > >> > >> Personally, I'm curious about the motivation. > >> > >> Apparently it's money? At least that's what Sam keeps pushing as > >> motivation. Guess these scientists would all get raises or something? > >> Is that how it works, Sam? > > > > All the <strike>skeptics</strike> deniers are in it for the money so > > they say, why not the ???non-deniers? Or are they too pure? > > Because money that comes through the government isn't like money in, > say, a corporation? How exactly are they going to get these funds > into their personal accounts? You can't just give yourself a raise, > and, um, profits? Yeah, I just don't think it works like you seem to > imply. > > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/7078565/UN-climate-chiefs-research-institute-won-grants-after-flawed-predictions-on-glaciers.html > > So, what, the director gets to pocket the awesome amount of 3 mil? > They get to take the money and do whatever they want with it, like > giving themselves million dollar raises or some such? Do they get > million+ dollar parachutes, like some CEOs now, maybe? > > (For the love of money, eh? An interesting thought pattern... does it > reflect something? ;]) > > Do you honestly believe their motivation is purely based on money? > > > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703657604575005412584751830.html?mod=googlenews_wsj > > $541,184 for three years? That's like what, 5 people making 36 grand > a year? Assuming it all goes to paychecks, which it don't. > > I thought you said "they" were making billions off this stuff? > > And a university that specializes in this area of research shouldn't > get any more money? Does the author even know how universities, and > indeed, The System in general, works? :)p > > > And we all know Hansen made millions > > I don't. > > Frankly, this whole spin about "scientists" using climate change to > funnel billions into their private pocketbooks, seems [more than] > sorta silly. > > It just doesn't work the way you're advocating it works (they say > capitalism is all about the money, so we'll say science is all about > the money!). > > There's more to life than dualism, dude. It's rich, and lovely- not > even close to black and white... > > You should come take a gander at the shades and gradients, they're swell! > > And you don't have to be high as a kite to see 'em. > > > > But I think you should get high as a kite. You know, get some perspective. > > *denstar gives Sam a shotgun hit (and Sam leans into it, so it's like > a smooch too) > > If you keep talking trash about New Mexico, you'll get a hit off the > gravity bong. > > 'cause I'm an asshole, you bad man. :) > > |-)en > > -- > In sum, thought and reflection have been rendered thoroughly pointless > by the circumstances in which modern men and women live and act. > Jacques El > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:311374 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
