Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Snit Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics,comp.sys.mac.system,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Smokers are smarter, I say. Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 16:01:01 -0700 Lines: 54 Message-ID: References: <06hpfch7gpc5g9bs2oqdcru1fhoopt4l63@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net oJRLsJHdBHEG3FgE3AA4sAvfoGDL+JKSxXKt4xIh2+jDd30GE0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:sopS7MjVRqrxWbD7CPhXzF4roDE= User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.36.0.130206 Thread-Topic: Smokers are smarter, I say. Thread-Index: AdLCBaLaiuUnEbttaEWO6YucjYxqPA== Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:412237 sci.physics:631469 comp.sys.mac.system:105980 alt.comp.os.windows-10:41475 On 4/30/17, 3:43 PM, in article DYadnXYbo4jl9ZvEnZ2dnUU7-KednZ2d@giganews.com, "Ron C" wrote: > On 4/30/2017 6:36 PM, Snit wrote: >> On 4/30/17, 3:33 PM, in article >> DYadnXcbo4jb-5vEnZ2dnUU7-KfNnZ2d@giganews.com, "Ron C" >> wrote: >> >>> On 4/30/2017 3:04 PM, Sprang wrote: >>>> On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 14:56:21 -0400, Jonathan N. Little, after 15 edits, >>>> wrote >>>> this: >>>>> Sprang wrote: >>>>>> Fill a glass with ice and water. >>>>>> Place outside in the sun on a warm day. >>>>>> Leave for 24 hours. >>>>>> Return to retrieve glass, notice even with the bugs floating in it, >>>>>> the water level is lower. >>>>>> Tell others. >>>>> >>>>> I hesitate to introduce facts into this stupid discussion, but yes water >>>>> is one of those a atypical molecules which expands when transition from >>>>> liquid to solid. You application here to explain that global warning >>>>> resulting Arctic and Antarctic ice to melt would not cause cause sea >>>>> level rise is fundamentally flawed. The reason is that the ice that will >>>>> melt has a significant portion resting on *land* and not in the water. >>>>> If the ice sheets melt the melt-water will *not* stay on the land. >>>>> >>>> >>>> If all the ice melts, sea levels will increase 4 inches. >>>> Wear galoshes. >>>> Of course, with a measly 0.8 degree increase over a century, get cheap >>>> galoshes. >>>> >>> >>> Actually the ice melt/sea level rise argument is a bit of a red herring. >>> Here's a hint: how does a thermometer work? >> >> A discussion on this can lead to a heated argument. >> > Then maybe it will cook the red herring. :-) Seems a bit fishy to me. -- Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel somehow superior by attacking the messenger. They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.