Hall & Oates? No, Chris, please don't. A good example of the worst the 80s had to offer (and I normally like the 80s! - after all, I was young then :-) ) ...
Francis On 4 Sep., 17:13, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Where is Hall during all this? > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 11:12 AM, frantheman > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > *** I think Oates has gone out for a piss ... *** > > > On 4 Sep., 16:53, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I might have guessed Slip would be my Admundsen on this! > > > > On 4 Sep, 15:21, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am somewhat seriously concerned we don't really have the big issues > > > > under general public scrutiny. Perhaps we could write a book Slip, > > > > with cryptic clues on the location of your Swiss Army Knife and the > > > > temptation of a reward for the first of the horde that buy the book at > > > > 10% of our net? A world stupid enough not to understand how serious > > > > the weather is must be stupid enough to buy into to the book. No > > > > doubt we should write the book during sipping sessions round at Chris' > > > > place. > > > > > On 3 Sep, 18:12, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Actually Arch, I've already sun bathed at the North Pole, fact is I > > > > > really can't wait for the caps to melt down again completely because > > > > > it seems I left my Swiss Army knife and a good pari of sunglassed up > > > > > there. I'm sure they'll be well preserved. > > > > > The signs of the melting polar caps tell a grim tale, for example > > look > > > > > at this......... > >http://www.gemzies.com/img_photos/melting_polar_ice_caps_global_warmi... > > > > > Further studies and scientific indicators reveal a stark truth > > > > > regardless what global warming critics have to say. We might all be > > > > > living like this soon.......... > >http://go635254.s3.amazonaws.com/redgreenandblue/files/2009/03/flood.jpg > > > > > > Whether I'll be around to retrieve my knife and glasses is another > > > > > issue altogether! > > > > > > On Sep 3, 8:06 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > The Eocene ran from 56 million to 34 million years ago, much longer > > > > > > than humans have existed unless science is just a Bishop Usher > > > > > > memeory. Geological evidence from the early and middle part of this > > > > > > period offers troubling news: the average temperature in the > > tropics > > > > > > at this time could have been as high as 40°C while the poles were > > at > > > > > > temperatures of 15 or 20°C. None of our climate models accounts for > > > > > > how this "Eocene hothouse" might have arisen (New Scientist, 21 > > June > > > > > > 2008, p 34). This is bad news for life on Earth. For a start, any > > > > > > tweaks we make to our climate models to account for it will produce > > > > > > scarier predictions of warming. Secondly, it suggests that there is > > no > > > > > > feedback mechanism that will stabilise a warming world against > > runaway > > > > > > climate change. And third, there is geological evidence for plant > > > > > > extinctions in the Eocene. If the modern Earth goes the same way > > and > > > > > > plants in the tropics start dying, that will provide yet another > > way > > > > > > for atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to rise faster. The Eocene > > > > > > hothouse anomaly suggests that our worst-case scenario is probably > > > > > > optimistic to say the least. Human contributions have been puny in > > > > > > comparison. The only place safe to sun-bathe may well be Santa's > > back > > > > > > garden and the elves have already staked out the sun beds as surely > > as > > > > > > early-rising Germans in Majorca. This makes me wonder whether the > > > > > > secret primaries are politicians go through involve such matters as > > > > > > pissing in the wind contests. > > > > > > > I'm agnostic in the sense I can't disprove the existence of some > > kind > > > > > > of god (to be honest I think 'something' we don't construe well is > > > > > > likely and is likely to have nothing to do with our fables around > > the > > > > > > world). Information such as the above and a lot of basic science > > we > > > > > > are all part of is at bottom what I believe in. The elves, of > > course, > > > > > > only appear when Chris and I share his magic brew whilst teasing > > > > > > Flying Harringtons on the days we devote to world domination in our > > > > > > off-shore bunker created by skimming Craig's massive profits as > > owner > > > > > > of this group (some believe Craig is only a fictitious Patsy we > > have > > > > > > set up in case the IRS rumble us). In light of the above, there > > are > > > > > > real questions about Dawkins telling us god probably doesn't exist > > and > > > > > > we should just get on with life. What signs do we show of a form > > of > > > > > > lie that takes the real information above seriously? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
