Dead Earth by Hero

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Dead Earth

POSTED BY: HERO
UPDATED: Thursday, July 12, 2007 04:45
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Monday, July 9, 2007 10:19 AM

I'm not saying the concerts were a bad idea...but:

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NEW YORKNEW YORK -- NBC's three-hour primetime "Live Earth" special, which included highlights from Saturday's global concerts, failed to generate much enthusiasm in the ratings.

The estimated 2.7 million viewers was slightly under the 3 million viewers NBC has averaged on Saturday nights in the summer with repeats and the Stanley Cup hockey playoffs on what is already the least-popular night of television.

It also performed below the Live 8 concert two years ago, according to preliminary estimates released Monday by Nielsen Media Research.

The three-hour concert special from Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., drew a 0.9 rating/3 share in adults 18-49 --- the same as a typical summer Saturday after Memorial Day.
-- NBC's three-hour primetime "Live Earth" special, which included highlights from Saturday's global concerts, failed to generate much enthusiasm in the ratings.

The estimated 2.7 million viewers was slightly under the 3 million viewers NBC has averaged on Saturday nights in the summer with repeats and the Stanley Cup hockey playoffs on what is already the least-popular night of television.

It also performed below the Live 8 concert two years ago, according to preliminary estimates released Monday by Nielsen Media Research.

The three-hour concert special from Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., drew a 0.9 rating/3 share in adults 18-49 --- the same as a typical summer Saturday after Memorial Day.

Who wants to watch a three-hour tree-hugger memorial led by a guy with all the fire of a test pattern?

H
Bush/Cheney 2000 and beyond...

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Monday, July 9, 2007 10:54 AM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!

And here's Hero again, with his limited worldview. He judges the 'success' by NBC ratings. : snicker :

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2007/0708/breaking18.htm

An estimated TWO BILLION people around the world watched yesterday's Live Earth concerts to highlight the problem of climate change.

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Monday, July 9, 2007 11:01 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.

Details. They don't count. And they're not people. Who the hell cares about 2 billion non-Americans anyway?

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Always look upstream.

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Monday, July 9, 2007 12:43 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Actually two billion is the maximum number of people the event was supposed to reach. Not the number of people that actually watched it. That number was evidently much smaller. Just because the global warming doomsdayers claim the event will reach two billion people, doesn’t mean two billion watched it. Details.

Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Monday, July 9, 2007 12:54 PM

MALBADINLATIN

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Originally posted by Hero:
I'm not saying the concerts were a bad idea...but:

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NEW YORKNEW YORK -- NBC's three-hour primetime "Live Earth" special, which included highlights from Saturday's global concerts, failed to generate much enthusiasm in the ratings.
Bush/Cheney 2000 and beyond...

Dang your statistics Hero! Got me all wooly and cantakerous. Makin me feel like my environmentalist friends deserted me. I had to edit a bunch of stuff because of that snipe hunt you sent me on. hmmmmmmphhh!!

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Monday, July 9, 2007 1:06 PM

RUE

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Yes, details -

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201000
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Live Earth Sets Internet Record With 10 Million Viewers

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/4954328.html
Nineteen million people tuned in to watch the Live Earth concerts on NBC and cable channels affiliated with the network, according to Nielsen Media Research.

http://jurnalo.com/jurnalo/storyPage.do?story_id=46665
The largest of Saturday's eight Live Earth concerts shook a Rio de Janeiro beach in front of hundreds of thousands of people.

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Monday, July 9, 2007 1:29 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL

Only 1,970,800,000 to go.

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Monday, July 9, 2007 1:40 PM

RUE

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Every news story I've seen says 2 billion watched. Google news "live earth"

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Monday, July 9, 2007 1:50 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL

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Originally posted by rue:
Every news story I've seen says 2 billion watched. Google news "live earth"

And how did they come up with that number? Did they measure it? No. That number is not a measure of the number of people who watched, as the media reports, but rather a number that came from before the event, as an estimate to the maximum number of people the event might reach (Some of the more reasonable articles qualify that number with “estimated,” but even that is probably to strong since, it was probably pulled it out of someone’s ass). And yes, it is true that many news sites are reporting that number as if it is measured value to the number of people who actually watched. Astounding!

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Monday, July 9, 2007 1:55 PM

RUE

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I thought the title of this thread was very telling, btw. "Dead Earth" We'll probably see the beginning of the end in 20 - 30 years, if not sooner. I'd put a million on it. Wanna bet against me? I may still be alive when it happens, and it'll be the easiest money I'll ever make.

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Monday, July 9, 2007 1:59 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL

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Originally posted by rue:
I thought the title of this thread was very telling, btw. "Dead Earth" We'll probably see the beginning of the end in 20 - 30 years, if not sooner. I'd put a million on it. Wanna bet against me? I may still be alive when it happens, and it'll be the easiest money I'll ever make.

Sure, I’ll bet you. I bet the Dispensationalists the same thing.

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Monday, July 9, 2007 2:06 PM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!

Just so you know, I'm not making any bets about Jerusalem, any rapture that may or may not occur, the year 2012 etc. This is about global climate change, and it's $1M US 2007 value.

Now all I have to do is sit back and wait for human stupidity to run its course.

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Monday, July 9, 2007 2:07 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Climate change is less of an issue than the Y2K scare.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Monday, July 9, 2007 2:08 PM

RUE

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Wanna bet ?

added: hey big boy, this is your chance to walk your talk !

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Monday, July 9, 2007 2:25 PM

RUE

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070427095127.htm

Don't Blame Climate Change On Plants, Methane Emission Study Says

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Monday, July 9, 2007 2:27 PM

FINN MAC CUMHAL

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Originally posted by rue:
Just so you know, I'm not making any bets about Jerusalem, any rapture that may or may not occur, the year 2012 etc. This is about global climate change, and it's $1M US 2007 value.

End of the world predictions are all the same. It hasn’t happened in 5000 years – it won’t happen in the next 30.

The only thing that concerns me about this bet is that with your socialist leanings, you'll never be worth that much to make the pay off!

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Monday, July 9, 2007 2:32 PM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!

I am worried about your ability to pay.

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Monday, July 9, 2007 3:09 PM

RUE

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/06/070605121037.htm

Hundreds Of Antarctic Peninsula Glaciers Accelerating As Climate Warms

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 3:49 AM

BIGDAMNNOBODY

So much for sitting back and waiting

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 5:48 AM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!

Dooooood,

Waiting for human stupidity to work it's course so's I can get my $$$. Doesn't mean I can't point out here and there how stupid ya all are.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:19 AM

BIGDAMNNOBODY

I knew it, Rue is not human. Wait till PN gets a hold of this.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:40 AM

RUE

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Well, there's stooopid humans, and smart ones. PN knows that. I'm a smart one.
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:40 AM

BARNSTORMER

The reason it bombed as far as viewers are concerned is not because the world population doesnt believe in global warming, but because they don't believe it's man made in any significant way.

The phrase "Man made Global Warming" should be shortened to "Gore-bal Warming".

It's alot of hype about a natural event that we can do little or nothing to stop. Old Mama Nature is leading the way and there ain't nobody in the 'verse can stop her.

It's obvious that the wide majority of people living on this planet are smart enough not to believe the hype.

Am I a Lion?... No, I think I'ma tellin' the truth.

BarnStormer

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 10:05 AM

BIGDAMNNOBODY

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Originally posted by rue:
Well, there's stooopid humans, and smart ones. PN knows that. I'm a smart one.

ETA.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:21 AM

RUE

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CO2 is higher than it been in nearly half a billion - BILLION years. The fact that the earth is quickly warming NOW is just a coincidence. I have a bridge to sell 'ya ...

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Originally posted by BarnStormer:

The reason it bombed as far as viewers are concerned is not because the world population doesnt believe in global warming, but because they don't believe it's man made in any significant way.

The phrase "Man made Global Warming" should be shortened to "Gore-bal Warming".

It's alot of hype about a natural event that we can do little or nothing to stop. Old Mama Nature is leading the way and there ain't nobody in the 'verse can stop her.

It's obvious that the wide majority of people living on this planet are smart enough not to believe the hype.

Am I a Lion?... No, I think I'ma tellin' the truth.

BarnStormer

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 11:22 AM

RUE

I have a vote and I'm not afraid to use it!

You missed the period at the end of the sentence. PEASE learn how to read.

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Originally posted by BigDamnNobody:
Quote:
Originally posted by rue:
Well, there's stooopid humans, and smart ones. PN knows that. I'm a smart one.

ETA.

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Thursday, July 12, 2007 4:45 AM

BARNSTORMER

Quote:
Originally posted by rue:
CO2 is higher than it been in nearly half a billion - BILLION years. The fact that the earth is quickly warming NOW is just a coincidence. I have a bridge to sell 'ya ...
Quote:
Originally posted by BarnStormer:

The reason it bombed as far as viewers are concerned is not because the world population doesnt believe in global warming, but because they don't believe it's man made in any significant way.

The phrase "Man made Global Warming" should be shortened to "Gore-bal Warming".

It's alot of hype about a natural event that we can do little or nothing to stop. Old Mama Nature is leading the way and there ain't nobody in the 'verse can stop her.

It's obvious that the wide majority of people living on this planet are smart enough not to believe the hype.

Am I a Lion?... No, I think I'ma tellin' the truth.

BarnStormer

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"Global warming - it's not just a fact, it's a choice."

Rue, I'd sure like to know where you got the data to support that statement.

Did you by chance extract it from some orifice or another?

Am I a Lion?... No, I think I'ma tellin' the truth.

BarnStormer

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