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Only after (and still not to an impressive degree) being correctly called out for being a big hypo (I'm super cereal). What he did after that point (and it still isn't much) was because of external pressure upon him, not because of his internal conviction toward his cause. That makes his post-revelation changes without meaning in regard to his hyponess/hypocity People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

It didn't happen so quick and easy for the billionaire, from the article: Maybe the regular Joe would need 4 years instead of months. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

And is that how you think the US government should deal with each and every country where there is some disagreement? Is that how the government should deal with US citizens? For that matter, is that how you'd deal with neighbors over, say, a barking dog? If a foreign country were to invade US soil [or in your example breaks into your house and molests your daughter], of course we'd kick them out by force. No-one has suggested otherwise. That's quite different from suggesting that we ensure continued access to Middle East oil by making an example of some country in the region so the rest will understand the importance of being cooperative (as in the PNAC document that outlined years in advance the rationale for invading Iraq). Krauthhammer and other conservative commentators consistently disparage every attempt at a diplomatic solution to international issues. They usually don't say right out to go to war, but they exclude every other possible approach. If every attempt to talk, or to recruit other countries to our side of the dispute is ridiculed as weakness, what else is left except military action? Don That is just not true. You might like to have others believe that it applies to conservatives in general, and Krauthammer specifically, but it does not. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I know what a chickenhawk is. Is it only conservatives that irritate you so, or do liberal chickenhawks cause similar distress? Anyone that advocates the use of force as a first resort irritates me. Now that you've modified the definition, Krauthammer no longer fits it. I figure you wanted to qualify the meaning of the word because too many libs would fit. Being a hawk is not unusual, advocating force as a first resort is another thing completely. Where has that happened? I realize this is going to be tough, you might even have to resort to rebutting the content of his columns, as you originally said you would. I think you won't, probably just a quick, dismissive insult of some sort, claiming that I've proved your point taking advantage of a few logical fallacies along the way. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I know what a chickenhawk is. Is it only conservatives that irritate you so, or do liberal chickenhawks cause similar distress? Do you advocate for military service as a presidential requirement, even for the British PM? Perhaps actual shooting combat experience? Maybe having killed someone in war would be even better? Please inform us of what it should be. What if there wasn't a war for a while, before long nobody would qualify? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

You would "take" incorrectly. I know he's hawkish. ? OK, so you admit he's a hawk and you admit he has no military service. QED You lose. You're the one that wanted to rebut based on the content of his columns. You gave up. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

You are the one that refuses to understand basic physics. It is not simple as you say. It is quite complicated. Acceleration at .98g is not freefall, it is slightly less. Exactly what is the value that NIST says and with what error? Freefall is not a number, and you cannot just conclude that it means 1.0g. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Then why did nist admit that freefall occured then? for fun? things do not fall through themselves like that, simple. The bigotry around here is quite amusing, no one can substanciate thire claims they just latch onto the opinion of thier so called freinds. I suspect that they were not being precise enough for you and the conclusions that truthers make. Exactly what acceleration do they say happened, and I don't mean freefall, I mean a number. If NIST doesn't state a value, then the use of the term "freefall" has no meaning, because we don't know the +/- applied to such a general term. You aren't able to answer the question of how close to freefall should have been expected, so please stop pretending that you have anything, you don't. Your own guy's data showed slightly less than freefall overall, and intermittent periods where it was reduced even more. That isn't what he claimed, but his data showed it. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Wrong. As usual, you've twisted the logic attempting to appear smarter than others. He's a big hyp because he uses so much energy. There is only so much of the renewable source energy available on the grid right now. That, and because he also uses so much non renewable energy in other ways that he could avoid. I am so super cereal. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Why do you think low sulfur technology suddenly started being developed without reference to punitive financial controls? I must agree, the change wouldn't have happened without the financial/economic pressure/incentive. That is much of the reason why many environmentalists want the price of energy to rise sharply - it will enable alternative sources to compete. Charles Krauthammer, a noted conservative columnist, even agreed with the logic. He advocates that high energy taxes be coordinated with lowering other taxes (such as the payroll tax), so that the individual would on average not be affected overall. The average person would still have a high incentive to conserve energy, and thus we would move toward alternatives faster and conserve more than we would otherwise. This makes a lot of sense to me, a good trade off, although some will suffer and benefit more than others. I just want us to stop buying any oil from unfriendly countries, especially from the Middle East. Whatever it takes to make that happen would be worth it. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/national_world&id=5072659 Out of date, and only partially true when it was written. www.snopes.com/politics/business/gorehome.asp Oh yes, only 12 times the average of the local area, instead of 20, and the snopes article still confirms that it took him until the end of the year (criticized at the beginning of the year) to install the eco-friendly features. I thought you were trying to rebut the criticism. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

You would "take" incorrectly. I know he's hawkish. I was just expecting you to do as you asked others to, and, "...rebut, based upon his bio and the content of his columns." So far you've just labeled him a chickenhawk and left it at that. Not much "content" in that analysis. You're the one that asked for content, why do you avoid it? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

He became slightly less of a hypo when he faced criticism. He didn't do it on his own decision, he had to be shamed into it by public pressure. What a hypo. I've already gone through that, and the important point was different than you describe. Please pay attention. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Silly me, I thought you were going to, "...rebut, based on his bio and the content of his columns?" Much easier to simply avoid discussing the content of his writings, especially since he writes for the Weekly Standard and The New Republic. Your liberal sensibilities shouldn't have to suffer the exposure to a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist that writes for those conservative rags. I suppose you could read his work in the Washington Post or one of the hundreds of other newspapers in which he appears, but it would still burn knowing he is a conservative, so best to avoid it completely. So, you don't discuss the content of his columns, and the only part of his bio you "rebut" is the absence of military service. He must have gone to college just to avoid serving in Vietnam, and likely got himself paralyzed his first year of medical school to avoid it after he became a doctor. We are all so grateful to have you inform us of the military service prerequisite for hawkish political commentary, at least for conservatives. The Online Urban Dictionary defines a chickenhawk as "A politician or other person who promotes war without having had any personal experience of it; especially those who have avoided the experience." Another reference to chickenhawks is that "the closest they have come to a tank is a think-tank." Krauthammer fits. Still avoiding the "...content of his columns." I think you know that you won't win that battle. I know what a chickenhawk is. Is it only conservatives that irritate you so, or do liberal chickenhawks cause similar distress? Do you advocate for military service as a presidential requirement, even for the British PM? Perhaps actual shooting combat experience? Maybe having killed someone in war would be even better? Please inform us of what it should be. What if there wasn't a war for a while, before long nobody would qualify? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Gore's Nashville home has 33 solar panels, solar roof fans, a rainwater collection system, and a Geo-System (TM) geothermal heating system. It is LEED gold certified. Please explain how that increases your use of non-renewable energy sources. All those things were installed after he was flamed for his hypocrisy, isn't that correct? Will he be taking an Amtrak train across the country to get to his new place? Why is it so hard to accept he's a big hypo? You're able to label many others that the deserve it as such. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Another absurd argument. Have you any idea what the solar energy input to Earth is? Al Gore is not stealing your share of sunlight. Al Gore is not stealing your share of the Earth's geothermal energy. Whoosh! (you do that so much, I couldn't resist). I will spell out the point a little more clearly so that hopefully you can understand. Only so much of the energy supply to consumers is from renewable sources, and that amount is fairly small compared to the total energy demand. So, if Algore (I am so super cereal!) uses more of it than he might if he led a more austere lifestyle, then there is going to be more of that terrible non-renewable energy that will be used in total. Get it? I knew you could. Therefore, Algore (I am so super cereal!) is a big enviro hypo! What rubbish! If Al Gore puts solar panels in his home how does that make you use more oil? If he puts in a geothermal heating system how does that make you use more coal? If he super-insulates his house, how does that make you use more natural gas? Al Gore is not stealing your share of renewable energy sources. He is not taking your share of the wind. He is not taking your share of the Sun. He is not taking your share of waves and tides. He is not taking your share of geothermal. He is not stealing your share of methane from rotting garbage, He is not stealing your share of the world's algae. He is not stealing your share of the world's switchcgrass. He is not stealing your share of the world's cornstalks. Get over it. (You are coming over like a Communist in this thread). Those are very big Ifs. I thought that he purchased his energy from renewable-source providers. That is of course different than making it yourself, but is that what he actually does? Please provide us with the impressive statistics of his home's energy independence. How much energy will he be putting back into the system? Surely he generates more than he uses, right? Since he's not there often he can really contribute back to the electric grid. Seems like you want it to be true, but is it really? Certainly he travels the thousands of miles from home to home on a regularly scheduled train so as not to increase his carbon footprint, right? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Silly me, I thought you were going to, "...rebut, based on his bio and the content of his columns?" Much easier to simply avoid discussing the content of his writings, especially since he writes for the Weekly Standard and The New Republic. Your liberal sensibilities shouldn't have to suffer the exposure to a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist that writes for those conservative rags. I suppose you could read his work in the Washington Post or one of the hundreds of other newspapers in which he appears, but it would still burn knowing he is a conservative, so best to avoid it completely. So, you don't discuss the content of his columns, and the only part of his bio you "rebut" is the absence of military service. He must have gone to college just to avoid serving in Vietnam, and likely got himself paralyzed his first year of medical school to avoid it after he became a doctor. We are all so grateful to have you inform us of the military service prerequisite for hawkish political commentary, at least for conservatives. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Another absurd argument. Have you any idea what the solar energy input to Earth is? Al Gore is not stealing your share of sunlight. Al Gore is not stealing your share of the Earth's geothermal energy. Whoosh! (you do that so much, I couldn't resist). I will spell out the point a little more clearly so that hopefully you can understand. Only so much of the energy supply to consumers is from renewable sources, and that amount is fairly small compared to the total energy demand. So, if Algore (I am so super cereal!) uses more of it than he might if he led a more austere lifestyle, then there is going to be more of that terrible non-renewable energy that will be used in total. Get it? I knew you could. Therefore, Algore (I am so super cereal!) is a big enviro hypo! People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

You're the one that should be challenged to rebut, based on something besides lame personal attacks. Do you have no courage to attack his positions on issues? Is it just because it is more fun to make personal attacks? Is it because paralyzed old Jewish Harvard educated psychiatrist (with political science and economics degrees) syndicated columnists that have won the Pulitzer Prize, worked for pres Carter and wrote speeches for Walter Mondale really piss you off and make too tempting of a target? Maybe the fact that he has been close in to the center of the dem power structure before swaying conservative is what causes the hatred, I can understand that. The fact that he is so highly respected and won so many honors must really make you mad, who wouldn't be? Please, please educate us oh learned professor and keen-eyed spotter of disguised chickenhawks, please tell us how awful this guy is. Please don't forget to inform the long time NPR commentators Mara Liasson and Juan Williams, for they also need your wisdom, for they know not of his chickenhawkedness. With your steady and reasoned guidance they may stop showing him respect and agreeing with him so much when they sit next to him on Bret Baier's show. We are so easily led astray, please protect us from the chickenhawks! People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Even if he only uses renewable energy, it is still a LIMITED resource. and he is using A LOT of it. A really dedicated environmentalist would use less renewable energy, so that there would be more of it to go around. Between that and the fact that he still uses a lot of non-renewable energy, makes him a really big enviro hypo. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

You know this? How? Please give numbers. no. you know god damn well he uses far more energy than the average person by a large order of magnitude. if the man truly believed we were is a climate crisis he would live more like ed begley jr. The issue is how much NON RENEWABLE energy he uses, not how much total energy he uses. If he uses 100x your usage but it all comes from wind, solar or hydroelectric, he's doing a lot better than you. Even if all the energy he uses does come from renewable sources, shouldn't he be leaving more of that renewable source energy out there for everyone else to use? People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I have been reminded that the Argus doesn't necessarily even utilize the idea as described, so it all may be (probably is?) just be a hypothetical argument about it if it was actually used. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

I just realized that I was not giving the guys at Argus enough credit for thinking about measuring different parameters than other AADs do, although I think it might not be so easy to conclude that it is an overall improvement. Karel Goorts' patent application US2008/0054145 states that they determine the orientation of the jumper in order to improve the accuracy of altitude determination. From the patent application: 3. A device according to claim 2, wherein said magnetometer enables indicating the position and/or orientation of the object or the person to which the parachute is attached during the fall thereof. 4. A device according to claim 1, wherein this device comprises position determination means determining a reference vector used for filtering and adjusting the position of the object in a 3 axis coordinate reference system, whereby the filtering is performed by omitting inaccurate date generated during an inappropriate orientation of the object or person during the fall thereof. 5. A device according claim 4, wherein this device comprises positioning determining means connected to said data processing system and provided for determining a positioning parameter indicating the position and orientation of said object to which said parachute is attached, said data processing system being provided for generating from said positioning parameter a release signal when said instant position filtered value reaches said opening position value. ------------- It says that the "...the filtering is performed by omitting inaccurate date generated during an inappropriate orientation of the object or person during the fall..." If they really are "omitting" the data (don't know if that means when back to earth or if that includes vertical) then that is troublesome. It does say "omit" rather than make a correction for, so there could be a lot of missing data, and one might conclude that altitude is determined from the last "valid" data, which might be a long way in terms of altitude and time from the desired activation point. Even if the data is just "corrected", there are some other possible issues that could result in the unit not activating when intended. 1) What if a rigger installs the unit upside down in the pocket (spun around in the long axis)? This seems like it might be a very easy thing to do, even if instructions are given in the manual, since I think it is true that Argus isn't going out of their way to make it clear that orientation of the unit matters. Perhaps there is something in the design that prevents this. 2) The orientation of the magnetic field does differ at different points in the world, of course especially at the poles. I wonder how the orientation sensor might be misjudging position due to this, perhaps it isn't much unless very near the poles. 3) Sensitivity to other magnetic sources - can it be misguided if you have other magnets nearby including steel plates? 4) Others? Anyway, it sure is interesting and a search did not show any previous discussion (perhaps I missed it). So, what do you think? What is the potential for error? Is the potential improvement worth the possible error? Here is a link to the patent application: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=nImoAAAAEBAJ&dq=karel+goorts People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Your inclination for elitist and insulting comments seem more like someone with diarrhea. I think both you guys ought to leave the metaphors to the professionals. They're both pretty shitty. Crappy metaphors/similes, no argument there People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

Your inclination for elitist and insulting comments seem more like someone with diarrhea. People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am