Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity,alt.usage.english,rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Super Intelligence Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2026 20:32:44 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 44 Message-ID: <6AC8605C.5BFC@ix.netcom.com> References: <6ABC6FC3.4B51@ix.netcom.com> <11a4qdg$2k5as$5@dont-email.me> <11a6c48$3834k$1@dont-email.me> <11a6k5r$3b155$1@dont-email.me> <9n4gcllogg4s710t829870lfvff4i7hr9g@4ax.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2026 03:32:31 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="438398"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19tJDa4uZ+Z5abo8gHpch6dvgyHIQL/w3M="; posting-host="8478a6379ac5d25477ccf25555c1f170" Cancel-Lock: sha1:0KHorX5PKESI5+JY+qk0zn70lj0= sha256:B1hf2FD4SWpDtfCeMsd/nB3RK7nmHkIGhSAewBeDp1o= sha1:Z0AaojdjofHFPeS9znVmPerLbkQ= sha256:fClFEqv0cr49FWHF9lpdrSRdX7JFZUXJa7e+dRSVql4= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 261008-4, 10/08/2026), Outbound message X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:674291 alt.usage.english:1152038 rec.arts.tv:1859131 Tony Cooper wrote: > > On Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:24:10 +0200, Steve Hayes > wrote: > > >On Thu, 8 Oct 2026 10:21:27 +1100, Peter Moylan > >wrote: > > > >>And you've used a huge amount of electricity. Admittedly that's > >>renewable energy, now that we're phasing out fossil fuels, but it's > >>still electricity that is converted to heat in the air and water. Have > >>the people who predict global warming rates taken data centres into > >>account, or are the data centres too new for the experts to notice? > > > >It has been claimed that data centres already do far more damage to > >the environment than cow farts. > > This reminds me of when our son was a student at the University of > Alabama. We went up there on Parent's Day, when the father was there > of one of my son's fraternity brothers. The son was a graduate > student in one of the sciences. He was involved in a study of > methane-from-cows. > > When he told his father (A "good ole boy" from Southern Alabama) about > his work, the father exploded "Goddammit, Son! I'm going into debt to > keep you in college and you're out there collecting cow farts? We got > cows at home, and you can hold a cup to their ass for free!". > > 'Why buy the cow when you can get the ass for free'???? dats not da vey i heard it... wat kind of cows you people got up there?? -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.