tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post4234701658283001844..comments2024-03-28T18:18:37.133-07:00Comments on CONTRARY BRIN: Let a Million Topics BloomDavid Brinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-86684818502528290772012-09-11T17:40:48.183-07:002012-09-11T17:40:48.183-07:00Imbecile was warned. Rude, illogical, obscene and...Imbecile was warned. Rude, illogical, obscene and vile trolls will be ejected. And if they come back to old posts, in order to screech, ponder the hilarious futility of that!<br /><br />If one of the regular citizens of this high and diverse community had spoken up for the idiot... but not one did. All agreed. A troll. A cowardly anonymous one.<br /><br />Censorship... I am one of the few who leaves the door wide open, no moderation before the fact. What a maroon.David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-75392776867983390192012-09-09T06:46:02.105-07:002012-09-09T06:46:02.105-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.White Whalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229422583071482835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-78995597168770551772012-09-08T22:58:09.927-07:002012-09-08T22:58:09.927-07:00onwardonwardDavid Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-59657937182183831842012-09-08T22:51:18.208-07:002012-09-08T22:51:18.208-07:00Okay, the troll is excised and I will put in the e...Okay, the troll is excised and I will put in the extra work, alas, in hopes that we can retain this community's unique features... including no moderation and no passkeys.<br /><br />Frankly, given our society's descent into self-righteousness addiction and simplistic civil war, it surprises me we get these attacks so seldom. Indeed, it's a matter of pride (I guess) that we got one insipid flamer from the far-left and one from the drooling right, at pretty much the same time!<br /><br />(We're a bit short on Republicans here, though several of you were formerly of that persuasion, and Tacitus has been reticent, of late. hence I did have hopes from MG's first couple of missives, that we had a lively mind coming in from that direction. Oops!)<br /><br />Anyway, if he tries to wage a war of attrition with me, I'll not waste much time excising. Just ignore the yapping. Oh and let me know if you notice him or the lefty whom I suspect of being an old "chum" trying to sneak in "last shots" under older posts.<br /><br />Gawd, what perfect examples.David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-41290216039849920232012-09-08T22:48:30.121-07:002012-09-08T22:48:30.121-07:00I think the record needs to show at least this bef...I think the record needs to show at least this before I go silent:<br /><br />Mountain Goat: You're "all caps" shouting, you're expressing yourself in profane and vulgar terms. Both of those are evidence that you are enraged. Both are offensive to me, because the instinctive reaction to rage is fight-or-flight, which means I am inconvenienced through the consumption of time to control myself in the face of that primitive reaction. <br /><br />But the most egregious is that you've now invoked the Nazis, which by Godwin's Rule (a thing my libertarian bent equates with common law, good sovereign) declares you the loser of any argument on the grounds of hyperbole. Even if you're right. <br /><br />Control yourself. Don't inconvenience the rest of us. Or be ignored. Your choice.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541997928359883625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-31857415180625360552012-09-08T22:00:30.710-07:002012-09-08T22:00:30.710-07:00It went beyond saying "it had the power to do...It went beyond saying "it had the power to do so" by requiring it to show cause why it was not required to exercise that power.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739671401151990700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-17171562768798675782012-09-08T22:00:13.608-07:002012-09-08T22:00:13.608-07:00An interesting article about sexism at three diffe...An interesting article about sexism at three different conventions, including Readercon (for scifi authors and publishers)<br /><br /><a href="http://io9.com/5938698/the-great-geek-sexism-debate" rel="nofollow">http://io9.com/5938698/the-great-geek-sexism-debate</a>sociotardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697154298087412934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-64883378108783100052012-09-08T21:45:45.681-07:002012-09-08T21:45:45.681-07:00How is that different from what I said? The Supre...How is that different from what I said? The Supreme Court remanded the case to the EPA, requiring the agency for review. It gave the EPA an opportunity to set forth a further argument for nonregulation, which never happened, but that means the Court never decided whether such an argument could have prevailed. If I'm missing the point here, let me know.David desJardinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205200038718576331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-13009553878741746002012-09-08T21:40:30.732-07:002012-09-08T21:40:30.732-07:00"The Supreme Court didn't decide that the..."The Supreme Court didn't decide that the EPA was obligated to regulate carbon emissions, only that it had the power to do so."<br /><br />sorry, David but that's incorrect.<br /><br />As I explained a few threads back, the Clean Air Act allows for a petition to the EPA requesting that they add a substance to the schedule of regulated air pollutants. <br /><br />When several states petitioned the Bush-era EPA to add Carbon dioxide they declined to consider the petition leading to a legal challenge which ended wit the Supreme court ruling that Carbon Dioxide was a pollutant for the purposes of the Act and that consequently the EPA was obligated to schedule and develop regulations to manage it unless they could provide a reasoned argument as to why they should not do so.<br /><br />"Finally, the Court remanded the case to the EPA, requiring the agency to review its contention that it has discretion in regulating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. The Court found the current rationale for not regulating to be inadequate and required the agency to articulate a reasonable basis<br /> in order to avoid regulation."<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_v._Environmental_Protection_Agency<br />Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739671401151990700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-80909074985209643192012-09-08T21:30:29.817-07:002012-09-08T21:30:29.817-07:00Are the comments always so wacky around here?
The...Are the comments always so wacky around here?<br /><br />The Supreme Court didn't decide that the EPA was obligated to regulate carbon emissions, only that it had the power to do so. But this "debate" seems to be operating far, far below the level of facts.David desJardinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205200038718576331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-76128855507565576842012-09-08T20:52:57.026-07:002012-09-08T20:52:57.026-07:00We are seeing the latest in a series of responses ...We are seeing the latest in a series of responses to Lurker Challenge Number Five.<br /><br />This is clear both from the name (a clear reference to a rocky asteroid ["Tales of the Flying Mountains"] out near Capricorn [d'oh! too obvious!]) and also anagrams of the handle:<br /><br />Automating: ON!<br />A Moaning Tout<br />Again - Moot Nut.<br /><br />---<br /><br />"Existence" is taking some time to read because it's just Too Full Of Ideas. This is not a complaint; some authors would have spread the ideas among three or five novels and perhaps made a little more cash. I particularly enjoyed the suggestion on page 464 that Buying More Books may advance SETI ("...especially hardcover..." LOL)rewinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008105385364113371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-47224279336421819752012-09-08T20:39:22.777-07:002012-09-08T20:39:22.777-07:00Meth head?Meth head?Jumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-73245316000483463592012-09-08T19:30:20.413-07:002012-09-08T19:30:20.413-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.White Whalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229422583071482835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-46798907840612698362012-09-08T19:07:08.721-07:002012-09-08T19:07:08.721-07:00Mountain goat's claims to be an experienced de...Mountain goat's claims to be an experienced debater reminds me of a story from ancient Athens.<br /><br />A famous lawyer gives hsi client a copy of the speech he palns to make in his defense the next day.<br /><br />The client reads it and is very happy with it.<br /><br />That night, at home, he re-reads it and notices numerous errors.<br /><br />The next morning, deeply concerned, he points these errors out to his lawyer.<br /><br />The lawyer's response: "Don't worry. The jury will only hear it once."Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739671401151990700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-52863281236447608512012-09-08T18:52:23.690-07:002012-09-08T18:52:23.690-07:00Guys. Normally, when a decent, courteous person s...Guys. Normally, when a decent, courteous person says to me "you did not abide by an agreement" - be it a wager, a deal, a commitment or a promise to back up an assertion - my reflex response is to ask for a rewind and refreshing of memory, in order to earnestly investigate whether I might - indeed - have failed in some way.<br /><br />That reflex however can be overcome by others, such as guffaws of laughter and contempt elicited by that dope who infested, a few comments above. In fact, I am grateful. I do not recall ever seeing "evidence" that any of my challenges had been met. But I would rather pay attention to one of my sputum discharges on the sidewalk, two blocks behind me, than give such a dismal creature another glance.<br /><br />We'll experiment with ignoring. Erasure is another option. Gawd, two of them on one month. Normal in most busy sites. Abnormal for this elevated one.<br /><br />David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-54661023153732973292012-09-08T18:45:15.446-07:002012-09-08T18:45:15.446-07:0022"You were correct both that the Supreme Cou...22"You were correct both that the Supreme Court dictated in an utterly unconstitutional fashion that the EPA had to have CO2 emission standards and that it had to enforce them."<br /><br />Prove your assertion that the decision was unconstitutional then I'll respond to the rest of your claims.<br /><br />By the way, if you're going to call people "fucking pussies" you might want to admit that you made a series of demonstrably false statements about the Clean air Act.Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739671401151990700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-62082576887613520902012-09-08T18:38:07.873-07:002012-09-08T18:38:07.873-07:00"Give him a sedative!" "Give him a sedative!"Tim H.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-29620115008744292802012-09-08T18:25:08.874-07:002012-09-08T18:25:08.874-07:00Guess he didn't click on my link.
David, may...Guess he didn't click on my link. <br /><br />David, may I call a point of order?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541997928359883625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-22036655724963687192012-09-08T17:58:08.385-07:002012-09-08T17:58:08.385-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.White Whalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229422583071482835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-19018123708464669952012-09-08T15:01:41.237-07:002012-09-08T15:01:41.237-07:00Good to see you back Mountain Goat, it's been ...Good to see you back Mountain Goat, it's been some tiem but would you like to respond to my last post regarding the Clean Air Act?<br /><br />You know, the one that demonstrated that your claims about the Supreme Court decision on Carbon dioxide were completely false?Ian Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352147295160200128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-66156940271513858002012-09-08T11:45:12.380-07:002012-09-08T11:45:12.380-07:00Funny, Rob!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-_30HA...Funny, Rob!<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-_30HA7recJumperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794110173836133321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-47934791614341484162012-09-08T10:32:27.321-07:002012-09-08T10:32:27.321-07:00What a maroon.....What a maroon.....David Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14465315130418506525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-44347147525038049672012-09-08T09:34:09.432-07:002012-09-08T09:34:09.432-07:00MG,
This point of view might help you not appear ...MG,<br /><br />This point of view might help you not appear to be such an unpleasant guy: David Brin is not your bitch. <br /><br />http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2009/05/entitlement-issues.htmlRobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07541997928359883625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-4914770600522342502012-09-08T08:25:58.479-07:002012-09-08T08:25:58.479-07:00I want my $100, or a substantive response, you pom...I want my $100, or a substantive response, you pompous jackass. You obviously have plenty of time on your hands.White Whalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03229422583071482835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8587336.post-33060346277521986432012-09-08T07:41:00.793-07:002012-09-08T07:41:00.793-07:00I don't think Clinton voluntarily resigning be...I don't think Clinton voluntarily resigning because of his personal indiscretions would have been much at all like Nixon resigning because of his criminal abuse of office. I think it easily could have been positioned as simply moving on. However, it obviously would go against his nature.David desJardinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15205200038718576331noreply@blogger.com