About Applegate

Applegate

The marriage of ignorance and arrogance stinks. Learn more.

Location:

Miami (33141, USA)

Joined on:

02/19/07

Occupation:

Computer Tutor

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  Environment

  response to  Patrick James's post Global Warming Reveals Pretty Animals

  Creepy.

  The Day After Tomorrow taught us that missing ice-shelves result in a night at the museum. So much for that.

  What's worse is now we see that gross little bags of goo called Sea Squirts moving in to newly warmed/exposed water. Why not Sea Pillows?

  Thusfar, the whole Comments section is cheeky, but do humans really want to be replaced by boneless sacks of water boogers? A warming Earth is getting nastier to think about as the weeks go by...

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  Commented on February 26, 2007 by - Applegate

• The 51 Best* Magazines Ever

  Authored by Graydon Carter and GOOD magazine - 30 votes

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  Media

  response to  Graydon Carter and GOOD magazine's post The 51 Best* Magazines Ever

  Medic!

  Wow, what passion! Brill yes, Brill no, "pedestrian tastes!" I'm obviously so horribly poorly-read that I feel I've snuck in through a back door to a great place of smarts just by stumbling on to GOOD an issue ago.

  A medic would be called if I attempted to 'catch up' on all the reading mentioned; but I find lists easy to digest. Graydon, how about a comment to point us to any other similar lists that helped your research or pointed your oppinions?

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  Commented on February 24, 2007 by - Applegate

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  Mobility

  response to  Morgan Clendaniel's post Jet Blues

  Wheat from Chaff

  I waited 20 hours to get from Fort Lauderdale to D.C. I was blessed to have found an engineer from NPR's WAMU who was in constant touch with forecasts and delays. The little indie airlines were so tossed about by the weather; the engineer and I ended up on a USAirways flight where lines were long, but answers (and flights) were given. JetBlue was certainly an extreme, but what kept the smaller airlines in general from functioning intelligently?

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  Commented on February 20, 2007 by - Applegate

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  Environment

  response to  Patrick James and Sea Shepard Conservation Society's post Search and Destroy

  Picking fights vs. Scaring prey

  A Japanese whaler sent a Mayday about two weeks ago after a similar, non-lethal situation like the above [they were provided supplies after being rammed]. Upon hearing it, I imagined kids policing themselves on the schoolyard; it doesn't work well for long.

  How long before the Japanese harpoon the SSCS ships I wonder? Wouldn't it be just as effective and less instigating to create a noise that chases whales away? Just as much effort/fuel/people without the violent encounters. I'm confused about how sinking unmanned private property is okay - doesn't that create an ecological mess after rust and leaked oil?

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  Commented on February 19, 2007 by - Applegate

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  Technology

  response to  Claire Howorth and Hochlander Davis Photography's post Capital Domes

  The Size of Clean

  What I like most about this project is the scope of it; this Thursday's mp3 I do will use this as an example of just how large things have to be to clean up after us. I saw the one in New York (incomplete) and it's a landscape changer.

  'Paying the piper' is enormously past due and will require more large installations like the one in this article. I love it although it's sad it's come to this...

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  Commented on February 19, 2007 by - Applegate

• Capital Domes

  Authored by Claire Howorth and Hochlander Davis Photography - 6 votes