Designated_Driver Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 Anyone see this? I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile to pay the 8.50 to go see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iyorvin Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 It is. I have the book. It's AMAZING. The facts are pure and accurate, and you will walk away amazed and confused. Amazed because you didn't realize the extent, and confused as to how we could of let it go this far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warpnow Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 I intend to see it when I get back from Vacation. People we are staying with pretty much hate Gore, so I haven't suggested we see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iyorvin Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Well, hate Gore all you want. Just dont' deny fact. For all our sake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warpnow Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Oh, I am a Gore fan. Its the people I'm staying with who hate him. They keep calling him an "alarmist" and ****. Its annoying me...alot...I almost started screaming earlier, had to hold myself back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtsoShex Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 From what I've heard (although I have yet to see it), the movie talks about all these problems we have, but never proposes a solution. Hm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iyorvin Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Uh, actually it's all about the solutions we HAVE NOW. But yes, it does focus a lot on the EXTENT of the situation. 10 years is a small time frame to impliment anything, much less a GLOBAL plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruelEdict Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Anyone have a link to what this thread is all about? Uh' date=' actually it's all about the solutions we HAVE NOW. But yes, it does focus a lot on the EXTENT of the situation. 10 years is a small time frame to impliment anything, much less a GLOBAL plan.[/quote'] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warpnow Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Its a movie made by Al Gore about Global Warming. Yet to see it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acerbity Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Don't forget, he invented the internet, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hegemon Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 That is a famous misquote. I challenge you, Acerbity, to look it up, and get back to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Twendrist Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Uh' date=' actually it's all about the solutions we HAVE NOW. But yes, it does focus a lot on the EXTENT of the situation. 10 years is a small time frame to impliment anything, much less a GLOBAL plan.[/quote'] And yet it took less than ten years to create something that would turn the course of history. You'd be suprised what people can get done when they really try... look at the Manhattan Project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Twendrist Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Things that change the world generaly move very quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icor Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 I'll probably watch it, but I'm not going to let it scare me. I believe in a loving God, not an spiteful one - I don't care how much hype there is over natural disaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrek Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 That is a famous misquote. I challenge you, Acerbity, to look it up, and get back to us. 1. You can find a lot of places on the internet that says it is a misquote. 2. CNN still has the infamous "misquote" on their website as part of the transcript. There are no footnotes or warnings. (http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/index.html) 3. You can't trust the internet. Conclusion: I tend to believe CNN when they say bad things about liberals since they lean pretty far left. You believe what you want. Of course, if you think that "inventing" and "taken the initiative in creating" mean different things. you'll probably side with Gore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acerbity Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Thank you myrek, I didn't even have to type my lazy fingers elsewhere. You're a true friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-D&Der Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Kind of the difference between inventing FL (i.e. writing the code) and taking the lead in creating it (i.e. setting it up on a server, hiring IMMs and beta testers, recruiting players, building areas). Vint Cerf, who was one of the chief inventors of the Internet, defended Al Gore: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.internet.net-happenings/browse_frm/thread/dc32df4d52fe58f9/0347093fc745381e?lnk=st&q=vint+cerf+%22al+gore+and+the+internet%22&rnum=6#0347093fc745381e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrek Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 re: ex-dnd True but, it was all under way before gore was an elected official. It all depends on whether or not you like the guy. If you do, you think everyone is misunderstanding him. If you don't, you think he is trying to get over. And you still can't trust the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hegemon Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 "2. CNN still has the infamous "misquote" on their website as part of the transcript. There are no footnotes or warnings. (http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stori...ore/index.html) 3. You can't trust the internet." So...you are citing the internet to "prove" your point, while at the same time saying you can't trust the internet. *boggle* It's still a misquote. Edit: And I'm Canadian, so I don't particularly latch on to these things, but if you are going to quote someone, do it correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acerbity Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Alright, then, Hegemon, perhaps you can post the quote that was actually said, instead of the misquote, instead of swearing up and down its a misquote? Mryek just proved his point, now prove yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-D&Der Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 re: ex-dnd True but, it was all under way before gore was an elected official. Gore was elected in 1976. In 1977 there were only 111 Internet hosts (there were 353 million by 2005). As Vint Cerf put it, "Our work on the Internet started in 1973 and was based on even earlier work that took place in the mid-late 1960s. But the Internet, as we know it today, was not deployed until 1983." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrek Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 citing what was going on in 76 or 05 or 2311 is irrelevant. was there even one single host before gore got into office? if so, he lied, misspoke, or exaggerated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-D&Der Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Did Crypticant create FL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrek Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 i don't know. i believe he was one of the creators. but he might have just improved upon it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acerbity Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 He was the one who took the code from AR and created FL with Virigoth and Akaetheeka. There's many stories as to how it happened, though, so don't quote me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.