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The atmospheric vortex engine - a new kind of power plant?
Originally posted by _BuRjaCi_
Please! Listen to yourself !
But seriusly I think this will go the way those cold fusion claims wen't in the 80's.
Uh, who are you talking to?
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I'm consitently stupid- Japher I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- Ned
To Flip McWho who claims that the plants will generate a self-aware super huricane intent on global destruction. I just folowed his logic and added an Alien Elvis (always big with Americains) and mutated death hamsters (they just felt right).
And the cold fusion comparison, such things are usualy too good to be true or are suppresed by the fossile fule dependant monster we call the corporate world (or shuld I be saying the modern world? ).
And thanks for the !! ( and yes the viking feels rigt too)
Last edited by _BuRjaCi_; October 14, 2005, 07:58.
I'm not buying BtS until Firaxis impliments the "contiguous cultural border negates colony tax" concept.
Ok, ok I'm sorry .But you must admit that the mutated death hamsters were a nice tuch and that Flip McWhos's self-aware world destroying tornado ( am I the only one who's talking nonsense) isn't hapening.
And on the point of this new energy source am I the only one who is sceptical and/or sucspects a corporate conspiracy to supress further development (IF this tech is even viable).Please, I would like to hear a few more opinions, do some posting people !!
And yes I will pick up a dictionary and find the diference betwen logic and trolling. I promise .
Last edited by _BuRjaCi_; October 14, 2005, 08:03.
I'm not buying BtS until Firaxis impliments the "contiguous cultural border negates colony tax" concept.
Word up this hurricane reactor is the bomb but not as energy efficient as my Texas Tongue Tornado producing 500MW per hour on these hoes DONT GET IT TWISTED
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln
Why can't you be a non-conformist just like everybody else?
It's no good (from an evolutionary point of view) to have the physique of Tarzan if you have the sex drive of a philosopher. -- Michael Ruse
The Nedaverse I can accept, but not the Berzaverse. There can only be so many alternate realities. -- Elok
Word up throw these buster azz trolls in the fire get that sheit up to 300MW YOU KNOW HOW WE DO DONT GET IT TWISTED
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln
I keep my promises , see wikipedia for more on trolls and logic as this is off-topic.And no I have not heard any "serious"(who is to say what is serious) opinions on the "huricane reactor"(that should be made a TM . ), after my last post. Please post inteligently.Please!!
Etymology
The contemporary use of the term first appeared on Usenet groups in the late 1980s. It is widely thought to be a contraction of the phrase "trolling for suckers," itself derived from the sport fishing technique of trolling. The latter can be compared with trawling, of which it is a near homophone.
The word likely gained currency because of its apt second meaning, drawn from the "trolls", which are portrayed in Scandinavian folklore, and children's tales, as often ugly, obnoxious creatures that are bent on wickedness and mischief. The image of the troll under the bridge in the "Three Billy Goats Gruff" emphasizes the trolls' dislike of outsiders within its physical environment, particularly those who intend to graze in its domain.
The troll is almost always a male figure, and so may parallel the mythological figure of the witch. The use of these labels for people, as opposed to mythological characters in stories, may have its origins in the conflicts between Christianity and the pagan religions in the Middle Ages. People who continued to practice the "old ways" were often isolated, and identified as dealing with dark forces — as "witches", and perhaps also as "trolls".
The Chinese characters for Internet troll are made up of the characters for Internet (互联网) combined with the characters for provocation (拖) and learning (钓).
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Use as pejorative
As a pejorative, the term, "troll", is often used to slander opponents in heated debates, in a way similar to the use of the term "noob" in online games. Both the person who identifies himself as a "troll", and the one who vehemently denies it, will use the term, demonstrating to neutral third parties that both participants are, in fact, trolls. Accordingly, the view has arisen in some circles that the plural, "trolls", is a valid term, and that, as it takes two to troll, it is not valid to refer to anyone in the singular, i.e. "troll". Others, however, feel that "it only takes a boat to troll, and the fish has a choice as to whether to bite or not". In other words, they claim that one person can do it alone. Then again, it must be noted that for some fish, biting is a conditioned reflex.
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Vicious cycles
Often, a person will post a sincere message about which they are emotionally sensitive. Skilful trolls know that an easy way to upset them is to disingenuously claim that the person is a "troll". On other occasions, a person may not instantly understand, or fit into the social norms of a forum where most users are the same. As a result, their acting just slightly out of the norms (often unintentionally, and for legitimate reasons) garners the label "troll". Whether they actually "are" trolls depends wholly on whether one takes the political view of trolling, in which motives are not considered.
Sometimes, people who are merely attempting to be funny are accused of "trolling", when that is not their intent. Many trolls now find that the traditional trolling tactics are so overused and commonplace that they have to disguise their trolling to make it effective — quite often, the disguise involves accusing others of being trolls themselves.
Often the phrase "Don't feed the troll," gives trolls ammunition; replying to their posts makes them stronger, and perpetuates the argument.
Logic (from Classical Greek λόγος (logos), originally meaning the word, or what is spoken, but coming to mean thought or reason) is most often said to be the study of arguments, although the exact definition of logic is a matter of controversy amongst philosophers (see below). However the subject is grounded, the task of the logician is the same: to advance an account of valid and fallacious inference to allow one to distinguish good from bad arguments.
Traditionally, logic is studied as a branch of philosophy. Since the mid-1800s logic has been commonly studied in mathematics, and, even more recently, in computer science. As a science, logic investigates and classifies the structure of statements and arguments, and devises schemata by which these are codified. The scope of logic can therefore be very large, including reasoning about probability and causality. Also studied in logic are the structure of fallacious arguments and paradoxes.
And I didn't mean to troll as subjectiv as that acussation is.I just thought that mutated death hamster where a funy thing to add to an self-aware super tornado.
No offence meant to the author of "the inteligent super tornado forming out of tornado reactors" theory or to any inteligent super tornadoes,death hamsters and alien Elvis clones on the forum.Please poste SOMETHIN, ANYTHING on the matter.
Last edited by _BuRjaCi_; October 14, 2005, 08:23.
I'm not buying BtS until Firaxis impliments the "contiguous cultural border negates colony tax" concept.
Nigga you is crazy that wack sciene aint never gonna work DONT GET IT TWISTED
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham Lincoln
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891
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