DrCrowTStarwars

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Well I just don't believe that we should never question scientist or hold them to account when they are wrong.

And this claim that they are wrong is based on...?  Global warming isn't a concept that someone just pulled out of their arse.  It's been backed by an overwhelming number of scientific studies, inquiries, and peer review over many years.  Unfortunately, the claims out there that it is "wrong" are, by contrast, generally based on anecdotes and flippant remarks.

I'll fast-forward past the rest of your anti-science rant, to...

As for global warming unless we can get China and Mexico to cut down on their carbon footprint there is not a whole lot we can do.

And their justification for not cutting down, is generally that we are hypocritically asking them to cut down even though we aren't.

 See this is exactly what I was talking about. You have heard some say one thing so now you are saying that any other side in the debate should not be allowed to speak because they are not scientists and clearly they can not understand anything thing. You even dismiss the idea that there is debate between scientists on this issue instead seeing them as one vast elite group who should not be questioned.

What is more you see how easily I was able to get some people to go along with my most extreme ideas,some of which are right out of Hitler and Stalon's play book just because I said there was a threat that scientist agree exists.  No one asked me for any proof,everyone is just taking it for granted that if a scientist says it then it must be true and any action no matter how extreme that is taken to prevent it is just a okay.  Do you see know why this world scares me.

If you disagree with a group of scientists on one point you are declared anti-science and shoved aside.  Is it really that hard to believe that if people continue thinking this way at some point in the future we will give up all of our freedoms to an elite group of scientists who will tell us what we can think,what we can do,and will control every aspect of our lives?  After all they are scientists and they are always right anyone who says that any scientist has ever been wrong about anything is just anti-science and doesn't understand what they are talking about. Also if all scientists do agree on something then could it not also have to do with the fact that many scientists who take opposing views are being fired. I am sure there are not people out there who are going along with the most extreme claims of global warming just to keep their jobs,that would never happen. Isn't it human nature to disagree on issues? Every time i hear that everyone agrees on some issue it makes me uneasy since that is the first sign that someone is not being allowed to speak.

See this is how you lose freedom.  You trust one person or group of people and never ask any questions of them.  Then you give up one freedom to stop a threat,soon you are giving up another and another and another until you are living in a brutal police state.  This is why I question everyone and never go for the extreme solution to any problems and why I think pointing fingers at people and blaming them for problems doesn't really work that well.  It creates an us vs. them attitude that is very hard to get out of and when all you do is watch them you have no idea what Us is getting up to.

It is an interesting demo of human nature that most people where on board for some of my extreme ideas but when it came to something they didn't want to do it wasn't worth losing their freedoms over.  That is the other danger we face and why we have to watch ourselves when it comes to an extreme threat like global warming,or terrorism,or communism. It seems that to stop a great threat we are all willing to see someone else give up their freedoms but when it comes time for us to lose some of our own that is when we get mad.  Really we should get just as mad over the other guy losing his freedoms as we do over our own,otherwise what right do we have to complain?

I guess my point is that all we can do is live our lives and going around pointing fingers at people for things we see as a threat may be human nature but it is a part of our nature we need to keep under control.  When it comes to things like global warming if you believe in it fine then you do what you can to fight it but if we start trying to force other people to fight it or start calling people names for not seeing things the way we do that is when we will get into real trouble.  In the end I don't think it's worth taking away people's freedoms in the here and now to fight a threat that may or may not happen at some point in the future.  I would rather die free then live in some kind of police state because someone somewhere said that our freedom is a threat to mother earth. Don't let what the other guy does bother you,let what you do bother you. that is why the idea of anyone 's word just being taken for anything scares me because then none of us will be allowed to just live and let live. You can take what I said and apply it to pretty much any big issue. Back when the thing that was going to kill us all was terrorism I was just as scared of patriots. That is just my two cents and I will say no more.  Feel free to disagree.

SilverWook said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Another idea is to tax people for how much television they watch and how many hours they spend on a computer each day.  This would have a two fold effect. First people would use less electricity and thus reduce our carbon footprint and second people would spend more time outside and they would be healthier.  if we added a requirement that every citizen grow some of their own vegetables in garden so they are feeding themselves to some extent this would further reduce carbon and make people healthier.

Also i think the government should place a limit on how many video games and movies can be released each year,that way again we would reduce carbon since we would be using less to make games and movies and people would spend more time outside.

These are both common sense solutions to the biggest problems facing this country at this point and I have no idea why we are not doing any of these things.

 Who decides how much is too much? How would you implement such a thing without more privacy going up in smoke? If someone can roll back the odometer on a car, they can get around this. I presume those of us who use a PC for work get a waiver, so long as nobody plays freecell between 9-5? Under that scenario, sites like this would wither and die. ;)

Modern tv's and PC's are pretty energy efficient. My electric bill has been pretty modest since upgrading both in my household.

Growing your own food was a great idea during WWII, but more people live in cities than ever, and a lot of those are lucky if they even have a patio big enough to put a couple lawn chairs on.

Again, who decides how many movies and games are too much? Both industries are dependent on putting new product out there. Squelch that, and people are going to lose jobs, and some studios may close.

 Demolish abandoned buildings in the cities and turned the spaces into community gardens.  Take places like central park that serve no useful purpose other then looking pretty and turn them into massive gardens that the citizens work in.  Have scientific studies taken to decide how much is too much and use that as the guidelines.  People are always out of work and it's not like making games or movies is a dependable profession,so I don't see the negative there.

Too many people live in the cities and it is adding to the amount of carbon we put out.  As for cars as I said private citizens owning cars should be against the law since they should be using mass transit. 

Just have programs installed on computers that stop them from people used for anything other then productive tasks that help the community.

Just look around and see who you know who has more kids,married people or single people. Also a tax on marriage would make sure that only people who really wanted to get married would be getting married and we would have fewer divorce cases taking up time and money in our court system.

Also Christians should not be allowed to raise kids,if they have kids the kids should be raised by the state that way they are not being brainwashed from birth. Also no one under 18 should be allowed to enter a church or read a bible. If they want to do it once they reach the age of 18 that is fine and nothing should be done to stop them but if they do it before then they are being brainwashed and told what to think,since they are not old enough to think for themselves.

Another idea is to tax people for how much television they watch and how many hours they spend on a computer each day.  This would have a two fold effect. First people would use less electricity and thus reduce our carbon footprint and second people would spend more time outside and they would be healthier.  if we added a requirement that every citizen grow some of their own vegetables in garden so they are feeding themselves to some extent this would further reduce carbon and make people healthier.

Also i think the government should place a limit on how many video games and movies can be released each year,that way again we would reduce carbon since we would be using less to make games and movies and people would spend more time outside.

These are both common sense solutions to the biggest problems facing this country at this point and I have no idea why we are not doing any of these things.

TV's Frink said:

I'm actually okay with a child penalty instead of credit, but why tax married people further?

 Because they are more likely to have kids,if people stopped getting married the population would go down.

Warbler said:

Taxing meat would be asinine.  This is a susposed to be a free country.  You can't have a free country when the government is telling you what foods you can and can't eat.  It is as stupid as boobberg's ban on large softdrinks.

 He had the right idea,after all the government has to pay for all the health problems meat and junk food cause so why shouldn't the government be allowed to tax or ban them?  How is this any different then smoking or drug,we ban and tax those because they are bad for people,why can't we do the same with certain foods?

TheBoost said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

As for global warming unless we can get China and Mexico to cut down on their carbon footprint there is not a whole lot we can do.  That is not to say there are not steps we can take in this country for one i think the government should ban private citizens from owning cars so that people will start using mass transit and there should be limits put on how much electricity each citizen is allowed to use in a day,and meat should be taxed so that people will eat vegetables which have a smaller carbon footprint and are healthier,then if we banned all forms of air travel we would be getting somewhere.  All these things can be done by our government right now and they would set an example for the rest of the world to follow. Still being realistic it's both parties that would have a problem with these measures(Don't kid yourself the rich left uses just as much oil as the rich right and it's one reason I don't support either of them)and it would do little to help on a world wide scale unless other countries like China join in and they are unlikely to do this.

 The US can and should be the world leader in these things. Marching off to hell because "China's doing it too" isn't a great idea. 

Taxing meat to encourage people to eat less of it makes sense on so many different levels it's not even funny. But in America we can't even have our politicians have these discussions, because for some strange reason the Conservative party is required to not believe in environmental science. 

 I didn't say we shouldn't do these things,I was just saying that they will not have a large impact on global warming as a whole if china doesn't do them as well.  I was simply being realistic,that is all.

Another thing we should do is start trying to shrink the population of this country. Instead of giving people tax breaks for having kids we should be taxing them for having kids. If we made everyone pay say five thousand dollars a year for every kid they have people would stop having kids or limit themselves to just one and we would shrink both our carbon footprint and unemployment.  Also if we made married couples pay a special tax that would be a huge help in reducing the number of people in this massively over populated country.

Well I just don't believe that we should never question scientist or hold them to account when they are wrong.  if anything this country places so much faith in them that we never talk about it when they make a bad call and if something is seen as having the support of a scientist anyone who says "Hey let's not take this for granted and do more research" is shouted down for daring to question a scientist.  Never mind that scientists disagree on things all the time if a scientist says something you are not allowed to question it and if you do,then you are just an inbred moron who in on the payroll of the oil companies and the evil Christians and Republicans.

More and more news stories use phrases like "A scientist said" or "a scientific study proved" without going into any details beyond that like who said it beyond the fact it was a scientist or how the study was conducted or if anyone disagreed with the study. As if all you need to know is that someone calling themselves a scientist said it and you shouldn't have any other questions beyond that because they are perfect and can not be questioned.

It is getting to point where I am afraid that at some point in our life times scientists will be put in charge of defining what is and is not true and anyone who doesn't agree with them will lose rights such as voting or the right to free speech to make sure other people are not given incorrect information by these misguided and backwards people.

As for global warming unless we can get China and Mexico to cut down on their carbon footprint there is not a whole lot we can do.  That is not to say there are not steps we can take in this country for one i think the government should ban private citizens from owning cars so that people will start using mass transit and there should be limits put on how much electricity each citizen is allowed to use in a day,and meat should be taxed so that people will eat vegetables which have a smaller carbon footprint and are healthier,then if we banned all forms of air travel we would be getting somewhere.  All these things can be done by our government right now and they would set an example for the rest of the world to follow. Still being realistic it's both parties that would have a problem with these measures(Don't kid yourself the rich left uses just as much oil as the rich right and it's one reason I don't support either of them)and it would do little to help on a world wide scale unless other countries like China join in and they are unlikely to do this.

To anyone who thinks Hollywood isn't going out of it's way to cause me pain I present this...

http://www.blastr.com/2013-9-18/roland-emmerich-wants-do-what-now-asimovs-foundation

I feel like Bruce Lee just punched me in the gut.

SilverWook said:

Does not compute.

 That is one of my favorite episodes:)

TV's Frink said:

Shit, dude, my daughter died seven years ago.  Her future was taken from me right in front of my eyes.  It was fucking terrible, and still is, but I got/get through it.

When the uncontrollable happens, we are not defined by what happens to us, but how we choose to react to it.

 Wow....There are no words to express how sorry I am to hear that.  I am so sorry and I pray that the lord will be with you. So sorry:(

generalfrevious said:

You know, I only mope because of outside factors. It's not my fault the world is messed up ten ways to kingdom come. How would any of you feel if your life and future was taken from you in front of your eyes? Forgive me for acting like an Emo.

 You do know that some of these global warming people predicted that by the December of the futurist year 2013 the area I live in would be several feet under water and we have not reduced carbon emissions to the degree they said we needed to in order to avoid that right?  My yard is bone dry and looks to remain that way,I would say these people are not perfect and things are not as bad as some would lead you to believe.

Just two weeks ago the doctors gave my dad no hope and called the family in to say good bye to him,but today he is home recovering and hoping to head back to work next week and the doctors can't explain how he got better.  Predicting the future is a very risky business and things never turn out as bad as the doomsday people think they will.  Remember that less then a decade after Jews were being sent into death camps by the millions they had their own country to live in,something they had been trying to get back for nearly 2000 years and yes that came with new problems but everything does in this fallen world of ours.  Everyone is born and everyone dies,the bit in between is call life. You want the world to become a better place?  Then focus on how you are going to live your life instead of how you think you are going to die.

Remember even the word hopeless has hope in it.

Or just let yourself and the people around you enjoy what time they have left.  if everyone is doomed and there is nothing that can be done to change that fact then why complain and preach at people,what good will it do?  If as you say it can't be changed so your changing would be pointless then just enjoy the here and now.

Still given that global warming is a contested subject(And anyone who tells you everyone in any field of science agrees on anything and that everyone who doesn't conform is a tool has no idea what they are talking about or how real science works)and what we have been through in the past I think it will take a lot more then that to wipe out us or the planet.  Even if these are our last day and there is nothing we can do to change that then why go around pointing fingers instead of enjoying life?

Still I would rather look on the bright side of life.

http://youtu.be/_yBS2EZFduI?t=2m14s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ

It takes a real ego to think that you have all the answers to the extent that you can be 100% sure of what is going to happen decades from now. It take an even bigger ego to think that you can bring about the end of the world or that if your words are not heeded it will be the end of the world.  In my and my parent's life time alone there have been at least three end of the world scares and none of them came to pass.

Of course it take the biggest ego of all to call out other people for not doing enough while you refuse to do what little you can.  I think you need to stop looking at the specks in other people's eyes and pay attention to the giant plank in your own.

I am ignoring a couple of users now.  As far as i am concerned if you are using a computer to rant that other people are dooming the human race then you are a jerk who can't see the plank in your own eye because you are too focused on the speck in the other person's eye.

Two users both with overly long names I can't be bothered to remember are wrecking every threat they post in with nonsense personal attacks.

rat turd on top and

If global warming really is going to kill everyone then why are you using a computer?  Using electricity helps create greenhouse gasses(Heck pretty much everything modern humans do creates greenhouse gasses)so why are you using it to post on a message board?  Aren't you just as guilty as anyone of adding to the problem? If we really are on a two decade ticking clock that is going to kill everyone why aren't you doing everything in your power to avoid these problems like unplugging your computer and no longer driving a car? Shouldn't you do everything in your power to avoid this before you complain about other people not doing the same?

Why do you get a free pass to create all the greenhouse gasses you want but everyone else on the face of planet earth is a monster?

I will.

They may not be up for a week or so.  I will mostly be riffing on games I have played so many times that every time I play them I find myself making fun of them even if they are not bad games and I plan to riff movie trailers,not whole movie just the trailers for up coming films.

Thanks again.

Wow!  I just tried it and even on the cheap headset that came with my copy of Dragon it worked!  Thank you so much,you saved me a ton of cash. 

Thank you so much!

Okay thanks for the tips.  As I said I am brand new to this I do have audacity(I use it reauther rifftrax discs)and I use Windows 7.  I'll play around with the settings and see how that works out. Oh and I think I have that exact mike somewhere,it came with my Packard Bell I had back in the mid 90s:)

Thanks a bunch,you my have saved me a bunch of cash.

Hey I figured this would be a good place to ask since there is a lot of video editing and the like going on at this forum.  Any way I have been trying to make some let's plays and movie riffs for Youtube but the cheap headset and free audio program I have doesn't seem up to it. The audio always comes out really soft and hard to hear. So any way I was wondering if anyone here could recommend a good headset and audio editing program. I don't need anything fancy just something that will pick up my voice at a good volume,$50 each is the most I could spend on each of them.  I tried doing a google search but so many reviews contradict each other so I would rather ask here where I can ask questions.

Thanks for your help.

twister111 said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

I hate weighing 300 pounds but I hate what I have to do in order to lose weight even more.  Why do our bodies even put on fat? That is a huge design flaw! I want my money back because this body is stupid and it smells funny!!!

 Now just picture that guy with a gut that sticks out to mexico and you have me any given day.

Well that's good to know. ABC doesn't release most of their shows on BluRay which has always bugged me and driven me to make my own BluRays using off air recordings.  Good to know AOS will not fall down that same hole.

Tyrphanax said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Hey I have a question about the single player mode on the PC version of Call of Duty 4 modern warfare that I can't find an answer to anywhere else on the internet.  My dad's birthday is coming up and I think this would be the perfect gift because he likes playing shooters on his PC but he doesn't have a highspeed connection,does COD4 require one to play single player?  I have googled it but some sites say it does and some sites say it doesn't,does anyone here know for sure?

Thanks for your help.

You should be just fine with the original Modern Warfare as far as the singleplayer campaign is concerned.

 Thanks a bunch. I think he will love the game!

TV's Frink said:

SilverWook said:

Why are straight cut toenail clippers so darn hard to find? I feel ridiculous running all over town just to find such a mundane item.

 Why do some people insist on clipping their nails at work?  Do the clippers not work in a residential zone?

 Well I don't know about you but my neighborhood has toenail clipper jamming fields all over the place.