Where the Wild Things Are Movie Review

October 27th, 2009

I think it says a lot about the book that I still pretty much remember much of it after had read it long ago. With such a short book it is easy to contain all of the elements, but there is an important element missing. Or actually a question, how do you create a movie that is over an hour with a book with so little information? Well, I think the movie did a good job emphasizing the adventure well beyond what was in the children story.

In the short story, you know that he was mad at his mother and was sent to bed after he shouted at his mother. While in his room, it slowly turns into a forest and he builds a raft to where the wild things are. While there through he fearlessness of the monsters, he is made king and they have adventures. After a while he grows bored and starts to miss his family, so he sails back. It is frightful in that, in that same position would you be eaten, all the while wetting your pants at the sight of such creatures.

The movie gives a lot of life to the creatures, the boy who becomes king of the wild things and the story. I enjoyed the human elements of the creatures. How they interacted and let someone be King who they suspected was not one of them. At a few moments, the movie was actually scary as you realized that in that situation, any wrong move and your life could be forfeited. You hoped the boy lived, but also saw that the monsters were actually quite human or at least had a wider range of emotions than most monsters.

It was well done, I believe.

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Home Improvement Plans

October 25th, 2009

I have both short-term and long-term home improvement plans that include projects I need to do and projects I want to do. I’m planning on finishing the projects I need to do and waiting on the projects I want to do for later.

As always, it costs a great deal of money to work on the home and the projects requiring a contractor or someone else doing it will most likely be put off until the money can be saved up. The neat thing about some projects is that the long-term savings from energy and the increased equity of the home will make the improvements well worth it when it comes time to sell.

I just don’t want to get further in debt and any loan taken from the house, better be to improve the house. I don’t want to get in debt and increase the time needed to pay off the house than I have to. If I can pay off the house in 20 years and have it look awesome, then I’ll be happy. It is going to take a year and a half to pay off my current debt, so once that is done, I’ll start saving a lot more and should have money to start some of these longer term projects in two years.

Projects I Need Done

  1. Replace binds and add Curtains. (Short-term.)

    I worry about people being able to see me and I like my privacy. I’m planning on a combination of binds and curtains. Any crack in the binds will be hid by the curtains. This allows me to walk around with very few clothes and not have to worry about some neighbor seeing me.

  2. Replace the plumbing with either PEX or CPVC. (Long-term.)

    Right now, there is a lot of metal plumbing that needs to be replaced. I’m lucky in that the plumbing is located in one general area and shouldn’t require a lot of time and money to replace. I’m thinking of hiring a plumber, since I lack skills, discipline, and time to do it myself. I do also want it done right, the first time. I have several problems, I’m not sure where the sewage lines are and where the water supply lines are. I’m sure I can do most, if not all of the PEX plumbing, but if I have to do CPVC, then I’ll need to bring in a professional.

  3. Replace Windows with more efficient type. (Long-term)

    I wish to save money with heating and cooling costs. I have 8 windows, 7 are double-hung and will cost around $200 to replace. This does not include installation costs and I’m estimating around $2500 for the windows and installation. The bathroom window is an awning and needs to be of a glass you can’t see through easily.

  4. Replace Kitchen tile. (Short-term)

    The tile in the kitchen isn’t all that strong and is breaking up quite easily. I believe this is one of the first projects I’m going to do, because it should be cheap for the supplies and I can do it myself. I’m contemplating using wood locking tile, but mostly I’m going to use any material that will lay flat, be smooth and strong. It also has to be easy to lay and has to be able to be done quickly.

  5. Replace Living Room tile and carpet. (Short-term)

    I was thinking of just replacing the tile and removing the carpet up to the entrance to the kitchen, but giving it some more thought, I think I should replace the carpet as well. I’ll use the same material as the kitchen to complement both. Since the flooring is going to be “wood” it should give a nicer appearance than the carpet. It is easier to clean the hardwood floor, since it only requires a bloom and mop/swifter. Given how frequently vacuums break and require replacing, I’ll rather spend the money on a bloom and mop than vacuum.

    I’m unsure what I’m going to do for the entryway. I’m most likely going to do tile, since it will be strong than the wood and therefore take the beating that the entryway does.

  6. Replace fan in bathroom. (Short-term)

    The fan is very loud and doesn’t work well. I’m planning on replacing it with a more efficient one. I can buy a really good one for around $100, so it is a cheap project that can be done within the next few months.

Projects I Want Done

  1. Replace Water Heater. (Long-term or 5+ years)

    My water heater is fine, it works and that means it is currently not required to replace it. The reason I wish to replace it is that it appears to be old and I’m hoping for a more efficient heater.

  2. Extend closet doorways. (Long-term or 3+ years)

    Currently, the closet doorways are, well just that. The problem is that it is really difficult to organize and get to stuff and it is restricting in that I can’t really do anything, because there is limited entry way into the closets and I don’t want to block anything.

    The closets for the two bedrooms are located beside each other and there is a light switch to one side. Luckily, I can extend one closet towards the outer wall about two feet and the other closet towards the living room another two feet as well. If possible, I want to rise the top doorway ceiling another foot and put a shelf up there for long term storage. I’ll be able to put shoe organizers and more shelves into that little foot to a foot and a half area behind the light switch.

    The lighting will be pretty simple, since the closet is open mostly into the room, then it can use the room’s lighting. I do plan on placing additional LED fixtures for every shelf and one long LED strip for the top.

  3. More cabinets in the Kitchen and perhaps an island. (Long-term or 3+ years)

    The problem I currently have is the lack of where to put food, dishes, and pots and pans. I like that I have a lot of open space in the kitchen, but I’ll have to make sure after I put a table and the washer and dryer. I don’t want it to be too crowded in the kitchen.

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New Monitors

October 25th, 2009

Monitor prices have gone down considerably, since the time I bought my 24″ monitor. I’m still going to mount my current monitors on the walls and my TV as well. The monitors will be near eye level when sitting down and the TV will be above it. I’m not going to buy a new TV for the “office” room.

I’m going to budget around $700 on what hopefully should be two 27″ or 28″ LCD monitors. Well, I could always replace my 22″ with a 24″ for $200 and then spend $100 to mount the two 24″ monitors. It isn’t like 24″ is is small or anything, I just like big and given how much I can do with a 24″ monitor, I can only imagine I can see more with a 28″ monitor.

My long term (5+ years) goal is still to have OLED monitors and possibly a OLED TV. My short term will be to buy another 24″, replace my 22″ and mount both on the wall, then wait for OLED monitors to be mass produced. I also have to wait for the price to come down, because I’m not going to spend over a $1000 on a single monitor that will only be 19″.

The advantage, I believe with OLED monitors is that with the lightweight and thinness, I should just be able to “hang” the monitor on the wall and not mount. So ultimately, the short term goal is going to end up costing me more, because I’ll obsolete the mounting equipment after 5 to 7 years. Or, I think I could hopefully still use them and just hang the OLED monitors on them instead.

I have a year and a half before I can make the decision. By this time, OLED monitors should be already out and the prices known. At that point, it starts the countdown for a cheap and reliable OLED monitor for those who don’t have a lot or don’t wish to spend a lot of money. Well, the year 2012 will be creeping closer, so that will at least give some perspective on the prices.

Well, actually, I’m going to buy the mounting equipment within another month or two and mount the 22″ and 24″ monitors, but spaced out far enough to allow for 27″ monitors. I just need a drill and stud finder, then I need to buy the mounts.

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Why Choose 1st Financial Bank?

October 19th, 2009

I know people often have questions on which credit card to sign up for. I think you should choose 1st Financial Bank for the following reasons.

  1. You’re a Credit Virgin.

    I know that when I signed up for the awesome service for the credit card from this bank, I had no idea the contract was a legally binding ownership of my ass. The bank will only come a knocking (your damn door down) after you’ve majorly screwed up and they’ve come to collect on raping your ass. Don’t worry, they’ll wring your ass out, spreading your ass cheeks out far enough for some gentle tearing of the asshole area (I believe it is called a rectum).

    If you proceed to only pay the minimum, then you’ll experience the awesome-ness of being raped constantly. The best part is that they’ll blame you and tell you that it is your fault and if you want it to all go away, then you should just stick their cock in your mouth and slide it in and out until the bursting of love comes out.

    Don’t worry, you’ll most likely stay a credit card virgin. If you are like most people who are bound to make mistakes, then you’ll lose that virginity in the most profound, life changing, unforgettable way. That is, the raping of the ass area. Totally awesome! I do it to myself just so I don’t forget the joy the bank has given me over the years.

  2. You Love Paying Interest Every Day.

    Don’t forget, paying interest every day is one of the great benefits of 1st Financial Bank, because you get to see how much deeper in the hole your are. This interest is added to your balance immediately and so you have the privilege of paying interest on top of interest on top of even more interest. Great fun.

    The other banks don’t do this, they force you to wait a whole month before you can see the amount of interest they are charging you and add that to the balance. What idiocy those banks have, I want to have my interest added every day, so I can see how much I can spend.

    I know my day isn’t complete until I’m paying for fees on top of fees. It is only natural. I mean, They are loaning this money to you and you are bound to the terms of their contract. Including having them change it on you. Well, gee golly, if you don’t like it, then you can always cancel, and oh wait, you have to pay the balance off. Hell, you only start with 250 USD after all. That is simple enough, right? Of course it is, even after they increase your credit limit, you’ll be damned to spend that money without the ability to pay it immediately off.

  3. The Warm Customer Service Representatives.

    Nothing gets me hard during the day, then being told how worthless I am as a human being, because I’m a deadbeat. Hell, to get that much excitement, I have to beat up crippled children. Well, damn, if I beat up non-crippled children, then they can fight back and there is a high probability that I’ll have my ass handed to me. I can’t take that chance!

    The customer service know that you have no choice, but to pay or the raping will continue until the debt is satisfied. Want to change your terms? Ha ha, silly mortals, changing terms is for people who have great credit, which if you have this card, you either didn’t to start with or won’t for long. Even if you have great credit, if you have this card, then the APR is far above what you could get at a good (oops, forget I said that!) bank, that by the time you realize that, if you are extremely lucky, you’ll be so far in that little hole of yours that the shit will be piling up, because there would be no other way out (you have to shit somewhere).

    The bank knows that their customers are fighting a war of attrition, for which they only have to wait and you’ll wave your white flag. If you don’t pay the debt, then you risk litigation, bankruptcy, and possibility of a mob of serial rapists. Um, except they’ll serially rape just your ass. Over and over and over again. Don’t worry, over time, you’ll grow numb to the horrendous pain of your buttocks and you’ll tell yourself that it is all right while rocking back and forth in a corner, while naked (although, I’m unsure why you’ll be naked). Not that I’m had the fortune of doing that myself. One of these days, I’ll have the wondrous opportunity to experience that passion myself.

  4. An APR Rate Way Above The Going Rate for Your Score.

    If you’ve had the, um, pleasure of signing up for 1st Financial Bank and being approved, then well, ha ha, like any other bank will give you credit. The other banks would probably laugh at your face and smear feces all of your face and mouth, but not 1st Financial Bank. They love you enough to give you terms of your demise (the good kind and yes it exists, some guy named Ted told me), if you so choose to accept them.

    You see, what 1st Financial Bank offers is family, a friendship that goes beyond being friendly. You see, since you are family, the bank understands that you’ll accept any shit terms they hand you. Even if the terms are decent when you first receive them, they know that they can raise them at any time. What family doesn’t stick it to each other and kick their friends when their down. I don’t know of any other, so I’ll assume it is just normal behavior.

    Who knows, you might be the black sheep of the family and take good care to not spend more than you can pay off. You might even raise your credit score up enough to get ones of fabled prime credit cards. You might even be one of those fictional (I can only assume, since no one I know does this) people that actually saves their money in a thing called a savings account for which they bank pays you money. I know, right? Pfft, that couldn’t exist, it is far too true to be good.

Remember, 1st Financial Bank is some good shit and I’ve had good shit (Ted made me eat his… didn’t taste good, but better than John’s shit…). Remember, I love this company, along with being whipped, while my balls are clamped to an electrical device set to 10k volts every 10 seconds. If there isn’t smoke, then you’re doing it wrong.

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Deepolis Promo Code

October 4th, 2009

451Y56RQ (10% Bonus)

Not sure WTF this is, but here you go. Enter it in and get something. I think I might get something, but maybe not. You’ll definitely get something. Cool game.

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Contradiction of Good Object-Oriented Design

August 29th, 2009

The problem I have with good object-oriented design is that it doesn’t seem to be what I thought it used to be. Design patterns help, but I think a balance between abstraction and practicality has to be maintained. Another problem is when to refactor an object into two or more objects or when you create an interface or start with an interface. Hard questions that sometimes you know beforehand and others you find after you already written a few hundred or thousand lines of code.

The problem with too many classes is that while it is abstract enough, the scope becomes too large to comprehend fully. Keeping with the minimal amount of lines per method in a class seems logical for unit testing purposes and maintainability, but there have been a few times when I’ve taken this too far. Sometimes, one large class for the implementation is all that is needed and yet will be small enough to not extend beyond the scope of the problem.

Likewise, too few classes, when more classes should be used appears to be a problem as well. From a few libraries I’ve used, I’ve wished that I could quickly replace the functionality without extending the entire object. There is a trade off, You’re Not Going To Need It seems to have hindered me for quite a few years, while I was figuring out how to create an DB abstraction of DB abstracted libraries. The answer is that it isn’t needed nor would it ever be used. To have created it would to have spent the majority of my time on code abstraction that no one would have cared about or used, because it would be too convoluted and worthless.

So how much abstraction is needed to allow those who wish to replace functionality easily and yet not create a convoluted mess that no one will use? The answer is becoming more and more clear. The reason, I can only guess is that I’m now asking better questions. The questions I was asking before weren’t relevant to the actual problem I should have been solving.

Anyone who says object-oriented programming is easy, either doesn’t understand it or understands it so well and for so long that they’ve forgotten how complicated the solutions can be to put together. Anyone who says that object-oriented programming to follow and adhere to the strict OOP guidelines probably hasn’t done any real work or doesn’t mind the torture. Don’t get me wrong, I can handle a bit of torture myself and a little bit here and there isn’t all that bad.

It does prove whoever said that the first implementation should be thrown away (not exactly, but you end up doing so anyway or wishing you did). With object-oriented development, there have been many times I’ve went back to previous code and thought that I went about it the wrong way or that there was a better way.

I’m going to be rediscovering these problems and their solutions. What I would have done two or four years ago, might not be that far off from how I would do it now, but I believe my mind is more open to violating the strict adherence to “proper” object-oriented design. It isn’t that I knew what it was, but what I thought it was.

I’m discovering there is a difference between what object-oriented programming solves and what I was using it before to solve. The problem is one of ease-of-use and yet over complicating the design is something that often stems from bad object-oriented libraries and implementations. I experience problems when there is too much abstraction and I’m discovering that too much serves to over-complicate something that could otherwise not be, because the condition for the abstraction is never going to be met.

I used to think, naively, that if I make something abstract enough, then everyone will use it, because they can use their libraries with it and combine both libraries extremely easy, they’ll just have to write the bridge and then include the library. However, with further experience with libraries, and from discovering how developers use libraries and how I move from library to library and evaluate them. Developers don’t use piecemeal, or tend towards not using piecemeal. If a library offers everything including the kitchen sink, then the developer has to weigh whether any part is worthy of being used and if any part fails to meet their criteria, then the entire library is out.

This might not be completely true with component libraries, and could depend on other solutions. To clarify, lets say that there is a library that uses a HTML purifier that isn’t any good. Instead of using a better library that does a better job to replace that part, most likely what will happen is another library without that part or at least one with a better implementation will be used. I think the reason is more to do with modifications, it is easier to go with a library that doesn’t require modification to get what you want than refactoring the current third-party library to use what you want.

This is dependent on how much of the library is independent on the other parts. With some libraries, the pieces are so dependent on each other that in order to use another library for the HTML sanitization, the entire library might have to be replaced. This is a simple example, but I find it with MVC with the views using a template engine and you can’t remove it easily. I also see it with front controller implementations that only support mod_rewrite URLs.

My solution is to create my own. I’m going to write my own MVC library and see how well or poor it is. The problem, I suppose, is that no one realizes how bad their library sucks. That is until someone comes along and tells them. Most won’t. The way I figure it out, is seeing how annoyed I get with doing repetitive tasks or going through steps that seem redundant (why can’t the library take care of it?).

The contradiction for me is that good object-oriented design seems to tend more towards abstraction, but it is counter-intuitive in that it makes the object-oriented design more complicated and thus less likely to be used. It is just that finding a middle ground for which to have a well abstracted object-oriented library that is simple to use is difficult.

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WTF Are People Still Writing PHP Template Engines

August 18th, 2009

It seems to be a theme with MVC frameworks that they’ll include template engine, as I shudder, a good thing. I don’t believe they realize that there have already been a mass development of template engines and the conclusion that came out of it, was that PHP is already a great template engine. Why create a new language when you can already use the language that you were going to create?

It seems counter-productive. All that time spent writing a new template engine that has gone to waste, because of the strict compliance to the MVC paradigm. I don’t believe people realize that any template engine they create is logic and thus including logic into their views. If you were to follow MVC strictly to the “word” then you spend all of your time adhering to the “word” and not completing the project itself.

What is more important, to spend time building a shitty template engine that is either so simple as to not be worth anything, or so complicated that it creates an entirely new language for which both the designers and programmers have to learn. You can’t prevent or save designers from programming, if they wish to do anything more complicated then HTML and CSS. You can give them better API controls for which to make the coding simpler and faster for them to understand.

That is what I think is sad. Too much time was spent trying to so called simplify the development, that developers failed to realize that development is inherently difficult. You can remove some of the pain and suffering that comes from the complexity, but not all of it. By creating a template engine, you not only hinder the designer who doesn’t give a shit about the template engine and arcane syntax, but also the programmer who has to learn yet another template engine and learn the syntax and how to apply their code to the template engine.

To be honest, I’ve already spent too much time already with the mess known as templating engines and I don’t wish to relive those experiences. I’ve already written my own (crappy) template engine and thought that I was clever using XML with XSLT. I’ve already had to work around another template engine and had to finally just strip most of the templating out of the HTML. The templating engine was worthless, because it restricted the codebase far too well.

Furthermore, I care not about how you write your template engine, you are wasting your time and mine if you wish for me to learn yours. The languages that require such separation are not PHP, which can mix it. It is also true that the paradigm is more about separating business logic and presentation even more, but not too much that the forest for the trees are lost completely.

It is alright to mix PHP and HTML, as long as you don’t mix too much logic or too much code into the views. That is what I think the developers had in mind, but no templating engine will be as well written and featured while working with other libraries and other views and code than PHP itself (as long as the codebases and views are also written in PHP).

I fear that novices and beginners who have entered the PHP development in the past few years have not learned this, but they will or should in the failures of their system in the future. Anyone and most everyone has built a template engine in the past, why continue that tradition when it was a mistake in the first place.

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LED Lighting

July 28th, 2009

The pricing for OLED lighting coming out next year is going to be fairly prohibitive for the common folk, albeit probably lower wattage for the same amount of light. I believe that by the time I’m at the point where it makes since, with what I can afford, the LED lighting that I’m going to buy instead would have burned out. I believe now that LED lighting is at the price where it is affordable to buy. I’ve seen a 3 watt (sadly, it is probably around 150 Lumens, which won’t light shit) for $10 each. I’m thinking the $50 each (or $46 each for 8 pack) lighting which is rated at 100watt should be fine.

I’m be sure to check. I’m going to buy a $10 light for my desk lamp and see how bright that is. However, if it isn’t light enough (and most likely it will not), then I’ll have to go for the 8 pack which will run me around $370. The good news is that I’ll never have to change those light bulbs for the lifetime I’ll be in the house. That is something neat, because if I’m paying that much, then it damn well better last a long time.

It will be nice I believe, depending on how bright the lights actually are. At 12 watts for each, most of the rooms will be using less than one 60 watt incandescent light bulb. I have 3 rooms and the living room which has recessed lighting fixtures (12 or 16 of them). I believe at the most I’ll be able to get LED lighting for my two bed rooms and wait on the living room and kitchen. I won’t be in those two very often and will use CFLs in the living room and kitchen.

At some point in the future, I plan on probably replacing the CFLs with OLED lighting or with LED lighting if at which time the CFLs burn out and OLED lighting is still expensive. Still, people are saying that the prices of LED lighting is going to come down further because of advancements in the technology. I believe if that is the case in three or four years when the CFLs burn out, that I’ll be able to afford buying a the LED lighting.

The best part is that the lifetime is rated for about 15 to 17 years at 8 hours a day for LED lighting. I don’t believe I’ll be using the living room and kitchen very often, therefore the CFLs should last for as long as I can afford more LED light bulbs. Or at least, I can slowly replace them over time as I get the money. I think supplying the bedroom, office, and maybe the bathroom with LED light bulbs should suffice. The bad news is that I’ll only be saving around 4 to 8 watts verses CFLs, since I was planning on using 16 to 20 watt CFLs.

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Knowing Both Sides of the Issue

July 26th, 2009

As an Independent, I do not take or at least make a honest attempt to not take a biased view and don’t immediately accept what I’m told. So for every Watts Up with That, there has to be a counter site and indeed there is. So I do have to kind of take issue with it. There are two that I checked out and a third I will not concern myself with.

The difference is that Watts Up With That site deals primarily with facts and debunking reports about the effects of Climate Change and Global Warming. Quite simply, cooler heads which try to explain some of the attacks on the other side.

Desmog Blog

I was really hoping for more information proving AGW and how the CO2 from our cars, factories, etc were causing the Earth to warm. It is perhaps would have been better to look at Wikipedia as for the number of facts, there were few. The articles consist of primarily of fallacies, attacking the character, linking the person somehow to oil companies, and not about debunking what the person has said.

I do realize facts and evidence isn’t sexy, which is why I don’t use them on my site. I mean, it wouldn’t be fun for me, so I have to give props to the sites that do, because I wouldn’t have been able to do anything to turn the tide. The arguments might have been fun though.

Another problem is that statistics and experiments are done that aren’t exactly done correctly or at least not the conclusions. I watched the candle to the CO2 block out the heat from the candle and then say that CO2 traps heat. This is entirely possible, however, I think a better conclusion would be that the CO2 is hindering the sensor. Not enough time was given to the experiment, which as interested as I was, I would have liked to learn more. I’m saying that if it was done correctly, with variations, that I would very much enjoy the outcome. I would even think about doing the experiment myself.

The one gem I was able to find, was “The American Denial of Global Warming” and you do need to click on the blue screen with what would appear to be words to get to the video. The video used facts, information, and very little attacks (actually you could say background isn’t attacks, but still referenced the alliance of the characters). If anything on the site were to persuade me, I would have to say it would be that video.

The other authors could learn a few things about the video. I don’t think that is their goal, so I’ll have to look elsewhere for more information on AGW.

ClimateSourch

Much like Desmog Blog, attacking the character and not the facts if there were any. I actually didn’t look to deep into the site, but at least they point to articles which has actual information that could be used to understand AGW more.

Conclusion

As much as Wikipedia gets a bad rep, if the articles have enough references then it is fine. I will do more research on Wikipedia until which time a site comes up like Watts.

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Global Warming: Is That It?

July 25th, 2009

The problem has always been that there isn’t enough proof to counter the Global Warming crowd. I don’t think the question has ever been asked about why? The answer should be obvious, if people are researching it, then they would have found evidence that Global Warming is not caused by humans.

Common sense dictates that carbon dioxide can’t be the sole cause of Global Warming. Common sense would also dictate that since CO2 is used by plants that it can’t be a pollutant. Common sense would also give that the Earth has proven that it has went through periods of cooling and warming on its own far before humans entered the picture.

Alas, if you give politicians any leverage to gain power, they are going to take hold of it by any means. Such inconveniences like facts, evidence, and proof be damned when power and money can be had. People can see that the Earth is warming, they just aren’t educated enough to doubt the reasons why. How many people know about the dynamics of El Nino and La Nina? How many people understand that computer simulations are about as credible as weather predictions made for a year out.

I think most people would laugh at the person’s face who states that they can predict the weather accurately up to a year. How is it then that people are supposed to accept similar computer simulations for 50 year to 100 years out? Common sense should dictate that if you can’t predict further than a week with any accuracy, that trying to predict the weather far beyond that is quite frankly impossible.

It has always been my problem with it. It just doesn’t make sense. Why then should my life be so affected by people preaching that CO2 is harmful? Are you so certain that it is the lone factor? No, well actually it isn’t, but it is easier to talk about it than the 10 or so actual competing factors that make up what people consider green-house gases. Also, CO2 and the other gases make up a small percentage of the actual green-house gases in the atmosphere (source: Wikipedia).

People tend to use the environment as a Straw Man, “Well, you love the environment don’t you?” Of course I do, I just don’t think government would do all that great of a job correcting the problem. We haven’t even confirmed that it is even a problem worth solving or if we can even solve it. Are people ready to live like the Amish in order to “save the world” because I’m not. Not unless it is proven without any evidence to the contrary.

It hasn’t yet been proven what effect the Sun has on our weather and warming trends. Are people researching that? People have been researching the affects of CO2 for over two decades, where are the people looking over the effects of the Sun? Where are the people looking at other factors that could be the true cause to our past and current warming trend? Do they not exist or are all of the people missing the elephant in the room?

Looking over the Watts up with that? site, the evidence points to certain evidence being flawed as to whether we are actually warming as much as people are saying and the kicker is that there is undeniable proof. You can see for yourself the evidence people are using to say that if we don’t do something, we are going to melt the polar icecaps and flood out people around the world.

Al Gore’s movie “The Inconvenient Truth” is a great movie (barring the parts where it talks about Al Gore) and very entertaining, but that is all is should be considered. Statistics can deceive as well as unexplained graphs without proper context. The graphs of the IPCC are very convincing up to the point where you realize that they are talking about changes in the hundredths of degrees of of micro portions.

Sure the dark reds are scary, but you have to realize that it just means that the Earth could be maybe a degree or two warming in the future than it is now. Well, if the computer models are accurate that is.

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