B Is For Bye Bye
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Shaper
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written Monday, April 16 2007 19:22
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Viriginia Tech is bad news enough for one day, you'd think. Meanwhile, according to possible evidence found investigating the baffling and disturbing disappearance of much of the world's honeybees, we may all be doomed. -S- -------------------- A4 Item Locations A4 Singleton G4 Items List G4 Forging List The Insidious Infiltrator Posts: 2009 | Registered: Monday, September 12 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, April 16 2007 19:34
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Wow -------------------- "You're drinking liquor because you're thirsty? How nasty is your freaking water?" —Lazarus Spiderweb Chat Room Avernum RP • Summaries • OoC • Roster Shadow Vale - My site, home of the Spiderweb Chat Database, BoA Scenario Database, & the A1 Quest List, among other things. Posts: 1556 | Registered: Sunday, November 20 2005 08:00 |
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Councilor
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written Monday, April 16 2007 19:55
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I've heard of the radiation causing changes in the brain but not anything about the bees. As if the fact that America uses up 10 calories to produce 1 calorie of food (I'm pretty sure that's the right number) isn't bad enough. Dikiyoba. Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Veteran*
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written Monday, April 16 2007 20:00
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Okay... Posts: 455 | Registered: Tuesday, May 17 2005 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Monday, April 16 2007 20:00
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Not bothering to read, I'll assume that article is chronicling the disappearance of many of the pollinators in the world. One could easily surmise that this will mean fewer fruits and vegetables, trees and shrubs, and eventually the demise of vegans. But don't worry. We Americans have seen this coming for about a decade now and have a workforce in place to cover this loss. Anyone that has been downsized by the offshoring of medium wage jobs can bee assured that they will have new work soon in the sex industry. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, April 16 2007 23:58
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quote:You're trolling, right? -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 05:00
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quote:And that mobile phones may be to blame. I can't quite see the connection, though, when mobile phones have been around for decades, and this CCD has just shown up, at least massively, this year. Unless all the beekeepers got together at a convention last year and decided to use their cellphones while they worked. 'Spreading' indicates that it's something that can be caught and passed on, if the article used that term correctly. Whatever it is, the bees know something we don't, and if they're really smart, they're doing it on purpose to trim down the human population and set the stage for their eventual world domination. -------------------- "Even the worst Terror from Hell can be transformed to a testimony from Heaven!" - Rev. David Wood 6\23\05 "Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as you ever can." - John Wesley Posts: 1001 | Registered: Tuesday, August 19 2003 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 06:10
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quote:One can assume that humor in the face of world-wide disaster is lost on you. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Off With Their Heads
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 06:21
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Was that supposed to be humor? Humor is normally, you know, funny. -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00 |
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Raven v. Writing Desk
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 06:24
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Trollin' Salmon! -------------------- Slarty vs. Desk • Desk vs. Slarty • Timeline of Ermarian • G4 Strategy Central Posts: 3560 | Registered: Wednesday, November 7 2001 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 06:29
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*waves a thahd bone in the air* Will you kindly explain what the hell you are going on about??? -------------------- The force is with ME! I'm not so sure about YOU! Never trust a man who can say "Pickles" with a manic gleam in his eye. Posts: 942 | Registered: Sunday, October 8 2006 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 07:20
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While I seriously doubt that the countless signals in the air are healthy for us, I don't really think they're enough to cause global famine(that's what global warming is for). Personally, I blame farmers. Seriously, how in the hell do you lose bees? Anyway. When will people learn that correlation & connection aren't the same thing and that you can't just measure 1 singular thing in an experiment. When you do that there's just not enough data to draw accurate conclusions. -------------------- "I don't understand a word you just said. Try speaking American. It's the only language I understand." Posts: 1918 | Registered: Sunday, October 13 2002 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 07:40
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Originally by LF: quote:Well then, become a bee-keeper and show us how it's supposed to be done. Dikiyoba. [ Tuesday, April 17, 2007 07:42: Message edited by: DikiPDN ] Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 07:51
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quote:Then I, for one, welcome our newly extinct bee overlords. Oh dear gods, I read too much Slashdot. -------------------- Encyclopaedia Ermariana • Forum Archives • Forum Statistics • RSS [Topic / Forum] My Blog • Polaris • I eat novels for breakfast. Polaris is dead, long live Polaris. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 08:12
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quote:Nah. That's okay. I prefer to take a management stand on issues -------------------- "I don't understand a word you just said. Try speaking American. It's the only language I understand." Posts: 1918 | Registered: Sunday, October 13 2002 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 08:47
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I'm confident that if for some reason pollen plants all died out (not going to happen) we would still be able to turn to the ocean for food. It's going to take a lot more than this to whipe out humanity. -------------------- You lose. Posts: 2156 | Registered: Thursday, August 24 2006 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 09:35
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quote:Interesting outlook. I wish you well. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 10:50
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quote:If all bee-pollinated plants went extinct, there would be a rather messy ecological fallout. I doubt humanity would be in any danger of extinction, but mass starvation in some areas is possible. Or maybe not. I really don't know how important bees are for any plants, much less crops. —Alorael, who really thinks this ought to be an easy hypothesis to test. Surround a beehive with cell phones that constantly call each other, answer, and send signals everywhere. See what happens. Do it as far from population centers and towers as possible. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Agent
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 11:17
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quote:So am I the only one who laughed at this? I hate cell phones, they have gone way past the point of practicality. Today, they merely take advantage of the average consumer, who can't help but buy the product because it's shiny, has a lot of useless gadgets, and makes a funny noise when in use. Now, it turns out, that the billions of "LOL's" text messaged each day might actually be destroying our planet. When looking back at what some of our technology has done to the world, we have to wonder, was it worth it? As a counterpoint I should also mention that I'm a loser. Posts: 1233 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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? Man, ? Amazing
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written Tuesday, April 17 2007 11:22
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At least one person... I'm tempted to borrow a digital movie camera and make a short film. I have a cell phone I hate, and a .357 than make loud noises. I think there is a plot in there somewhere. -------------------- quote: Posts: 4114 | Registered: Monday, April 25 2005 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, April 18 2007 15:02
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The given article wasn't well-defended, and was rather confusing. I found an article on Wikipedia about this, and it gave eight possible explanations. -------------------- WWJD? Posts: 1384 | Registered: Tuesday, February 6 2007 08:00 |
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For Carnage, Apply Within
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written Wednesday, April 18 2007 15:57
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"Collective delusion Some speculate that the existence of honey bees is actually an instance of collective delusion or mass hysteria, and that CCD occurs when people become increasingly aware of this, erroneously believing that something has happened to the bees[36]." Hooray for Wikipedia. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: More fun than a kick in the shins! Posts: 567 | Registered: Friday, October 5 2001 07:00 |