Gizmodo: Gates “pwned” Scoble

Why the heck would you ask someone like Gates about the global warming hoax? No wonder he apparently asked you for numbers. There is no concrete science or numbers that prove global warming. So, it’s no surprise Bill apparently reacted the way Lam reported.

Oooh the preasure mounts 8 minuts till it’s live!!!

:O dang i read wrong half an hour more

LayZ: I asked him because a lot of people care about it. You’ll have to watch the video to understand it.

Hey Robert, is LayZ really Alex?

I would have asked Bill Gates if Microsoft would sponser one of my customers “Scott Weis” who runs an NHRA top fuel car … but I could see why global warming is more appropiate.

Ben: Nope, but he sure seems like it sometimes.

Robert, mate, could you publish also MP3 file from your lunch with Ryan Block and some guy in glasses who looked like Bill Gates?

We hard core podcasters love pure audio in MP3!!!

I mean: http://www.podtech.net/home/technology/1814/exclusive-lunch-with-ces-bloggers-and-bill-gates

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stop hanging around with john edwards and buying into this absolute B*&sh!t about global warming. seriously, you have bill gates in front of you… and you insult him and US with such a stupid question. c’mon man, KNOWN THY BOUNDARIES. stick to technology. If i want politics, i’ll visit one of a hundred thousand better sites at it, than this site.

Teknologist: I want smart readers. The fact that you think global warming is something that we can ignore means you shouldn’t read me. Go somewhere else. Even George Bush now acknowledges that global warming is real and is something we need to do about. Thanks.

so, anyone that doesnt agree with you is apparently not a “smart reader”. thanks for the insult.

my point is this… you are getting awfully arrogant that your audience will stick with you regardless of what you write about. Sounds like the same kind of arrogance that people label Microsoft with. And you, more than most, understand how bad that is.

seriously, KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE. Which you obviously do not. From the “smart reader” slam to the insinuation that I am a Bush follower.

You, my friend… have seen better days.

Teknologist: no, I’ve hired two people who don’t agree with me. It’s obvious you haven’t read me for very long.

But, you, sir, are an idiot if you think global warming is something that doesn’t exist. I don’t want you as a reader. Go somewhere else. Thanks.

About this global warming: of course it exists, it has done at least since the 1600′s. Here in the Netherlands we have official reports about rising sealevels, which caused people in North Holland to invest in sea dikes. We have gone on from there since then.
The trouble is that politicians have taken this on board as a “scare item”, since they cannot use other religious items anymore. Scare items can make weak people vote for them, hoping the great politician will then stop the terrible global warming.
However, there is no evidence at all that actions like reducing carbon dioxide output will reduce global warming. Perhaps it is better to make a sunscreen in a suitable Langrange point, between the sun and the earth.
Robert, I think you would do well to keep away from this political item (and others), don’t get ensnared by your politician paymasters. And don’t call people names. It does not look good on you. Remember Bill Gates: stick to your numbers.

Bill did a good job showing you up as the high-on-sensationalism low-on-content low attention span journo that you and most of these “influentials” are. funny how the folks you hired who don’t agree with you don’t seem to disagree with you via their comments any more…

Scoble, I’m sorry but your question was badly worded. You shouldn’t've brought Edwards name (and the situation that question was originally asked) up. Probably that’s what triggered Gates’ knee jerk response.

But I was amazed to see how Gates turned that around and talked about their mobile power saving technologies and possible future endeavors.

@10 That’s the issue. People “think” there is global warming. There is no concrete proof. Just because people agree on something doesn’t make it a fact. Hell, when I was in high school everyone “agree” there we be global cooling. What happened to that? The problem with your question was you had NO DATA to back it up. Basically what you said to Gates was “What are you doing about the PC’s contribution to Global Warming”

As for “we must do something about it”. There is little evidence that man is even causing this mythical global warming. You know we are now see evidence of “global warming” on Mars, right? Last date we got from there was that there are no humans driving around in cars on Mars. (Maybe that’s why the Man from Mar’s wants to eat up cars). In fact, there is no evidence of any greenhouse gases permeating Mars. So, how do you explain that? If global warming is true, could it be that Earth is just getting warmer, because, well, it is?

Who cares if George Bush now thinks it’s a problem? I thought all liberals thought the guy was an idiot anyway. Do you want an idiot supporting your cause? I think it would lend less credence to it, not more.

I mean, how about that disasterous hurricane season we just had…quick, can you name ONE hurricane we had last year? I thought global warming was going to be causing MORE hurricances year after year?

If there is global warming, why did it snow in Lisbon and New Delhi in the winter of 2005-2006? Why did it snow in Johannesburg in July 2006 during the austral winter?

Exit Glacier has been melting since at least 1780. What human activity back then was causing the glacier to melt?

Or how about explaining the appearance of icebergs in the Chukchi Sea and the Beaufort Sea in the Barrow area at the end of July 2004.

Why was the worlds HIGHEST recorded temperature back in 1922?

Do something about it? Well, if the theory that greenhouse gases are contributing to global then are you willing to get rid of cattle, pigs and chickens first? Since they produce more greenhouse gasses than man does.

> Even George Bush now acknowledges that global warming is real and is something we need to do about.

Is Bush always correct or only when he seems to agree with Scoble?

I make it a rule to never suggest that someone else should accept a given person as an authority unless I accept said given person as an authority.

@12 – Robert,
Is that the first time you booted somebody?

Guy

@16 – LayZ,
What do yoou think is causing our current conditions, or do you think that this accelerating of weather patterns is normal?

Guy

No doubt the planet is warming. No doubt that there are groups of people who want to blame technology, industry, or fossel fuels.

As early as 3500 years ago there was little or no ice at the caps of the planet. It is perfectly normal and expected to see fluctuations in overall temperature.

However, I prefer not to fall victim to scare tactics to promote agenda’s.

Even *if* there isn’t a problem with Global Warming at the moment, which I believe there is, there are still issues with dependance on foreign oil, releasing toxic chemicals in the environment and simply wasting our natural resources.

Sun, AMD and several other hardware manufactures have already run the numbers. Even a 5% increase in efficiency can have a significant cost savings in large scale hardware deployments. Just as CPUs can reduce power by detecting idle time and increasing overall efficiency, Operating systems can do a better job of managing threads, reducing polling and providing more power / performance options.

Hello Robert,

I loved your question.

It was a thought provoker that hit a small sore spot with Bill G.

Bill G’s “do the math” response was cool too.

If I get time, I’d like to do the math. It sounds like Bill G/Microsoft has done some homework on this.

I think Jim Allchin had some interesting comments about how Vista can minimize energy consumption/green house gases.

I loved it. Keep up those “off topic” questions

Good to know I’m not the only like-minded “idiot” that lurks here.

Robert, take my criticism for what it is… a simple suggestion that your insight is obvious, when your networking has given you an edge (technology, for example). But on topics such as “global warming”… your information is no better and no worse than mine (yeah, i read msnbc too. so what). Walking around as a free publicity tool for john edwards doesn’t mean your political opinion is Holy. Its not.

Take a second to consider how utterly arrogant you’ve been in this exchange. I’ll still frequent you blog (as I have for 3 years), but know this… a good many of your readers are on the other side of this issue. Be careful.

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http://www.john-daly.com/hockey/hockey.htm

What is disquieting about the `Hockey Stick’ is not Mann’s presentation of it originally. As with any paper, it would sink into oblivion if found to be flawed in any way. Rather it was the reaction of the greenhouse industry to it – the chorus of approval, the complete lack of critical evaluation of the theory, the blind acceptance of evidence which was so flimsy. The industry embraced the theory for one reason and one reason only – it told them exactly what they wanted to hear.