] When the Gulf Stream abruptly turned off about 12,700
] years ago, it brought about a 1,300-year cold period,
] known as the Younger Dryas. This froze Britain in
] continuous permafrost, drove summer temperatures down to
] 10C and winter ones to -20C, and brought icebergs as far
] south as Portugal. Europe could not sustain anything like
] its present population. Droughts struck across the globe,
] including in Asia, Africa and the American west, as the
] disruption of the Gulf Stream affected currents
] worldwide.
]
]
] Some scientists say that this is the "worst-case
] scenario" and that the cooling may be less dramatic, with
] the world's climate "flickering" between colder and
] warmer states for several decades. But they add that, in
] practice, this would be almost as catastrophic for
] agriculture and civilisation.

awesome. remind me to buy a few more bottles of scotch before scotland freezes solid... so i can have a nice drink when the entire global ecosystem freaks out. bottoms up!

Britain is likely to be plunged into an ice age

i don't much care how it gets done... i wants my wireless broadband. even if it has to go thru a cellphone first, that's fine. the sooner the better.

InfoWorld: Vendors, carriers eye WiMax wireless broadband: January 23, 2004: By : Wireless

Hijexx wrote:
] David Kay just resigned his post in Iraq, stating the same
] thing, that Iraq has no WMDs.
]
] People who cling to the notion that we will eventually find
] the weapsons need to wake up. The US government lied to
] invade Iraq. Pretty simple.

damn right. of course, he want's to shoot for the stars and get men on Mars. he must be a good guy.

blegh. i'm strongly considering france.

RE: Powell Voices Doubts About Iraqi Weapons (washingtonpost.com)

] "Two years from now, spam will be solved," he told a
] select group of World Economic Forum participants

[ awesome. can't wait to see what they come up with, and compare it against the proposals already on the table. unnfortunately, most of the proposals require enough modifications that it's gonna take a big market leader to push it. fingers crossed ]-k

Microsoft plans to solve a problem

] Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, who urged the United
] Nations to endorse a preemptive war to strip Iraq of its
] weapons of mass destruction, conceded yesterday that
] Saddam Hussein's government may have no longer had such
] munitions.

[ well, how about that. ] -k

Powell Voices Doubts About Iraqi Weapons (washingtonpost.com)

Okay, *this* is what I was looking for! I've been searching high and low on the web so that I could meme it.

[ these are sorta interesting, if only as a corroboration and reminder of the issues. On the Political Philosophy I come out as a populist-leaning liberal, which is pretty tough to argue with, so they did well there. The presidency 2004 quiz made me a 50% match with Ralph Nader (which makes sense) in the number one spot, followed by Mosely-Braun and Gephardt. Dean is pretty far down the list, which indicates, i guess, that my support for him is based on factors other than strong philosophical alignment. In a perfect world, for K.R.B., someone like Moseley-Braun would be viable, but political realities have to adjust idealism somewhat... exactly how much to compromise idealism for electability is the tough question. Unsurprisingly, Lieberman is 3rd from last, right above Cheney and Bush. ]-k

VoteMatch Quizzes

I saw this on World News Tonight a week or 2 back. That cannon is maked to attack tanks and other armor. There is nothing left of where the men were except burning brush

[ i'm not so sure that's brush, as much as a combination of brush and body parts. i clearly haven't played enough GTA:Vice City, because this shit still disturbs the hell out of me. especially the part where they shoot the guy under the truck, then you see his body, possibly not quite dead, roll down the hill to be further demolished by another round of fire. christ. ]-k

Helichopper kill

] "Until you know it could be better, you don't know that
] it's bad."

indeed this is the whole truth when it comes to sound quality. get the best stuff you feel comfortable with and stop thinking about it... it'll sound great to you unless some dickhead plays something for you on his $250,000 system, which isn't likely for most of us.

WSJ.com - Portals: My iPod's Encounter With High-End Stereo Left All of Us Wiser

pretty cool...

the site is owned now... going slow as nuts for me, but maybe later it'll be ok.

ah, what i would do with a bunch of extra money.

Slashdot | Ultimate Automotive Computer Installation

hahaha!

yeah! CHIMP GONE WILD!

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