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#1 Jul 17 2006 at 9:05 AM Rating: Good
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060712/sc_afp/australiaantarctica_060712173026;_ylt=A9FJqZ81j7dERPAAJAjPOrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--

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Trees could be growing in the Antarctic within a century because of global warming, an international scientific conference heard.



I wonder how many people are going to die fighting over the virgin continent....
on the bright side... no indigenous natives to subjegate...
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#2 Jul 17 2006 at 9:07 AM Rating: Good
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Im still on the fence about global warming. For every article I read that says global warming is here and dangerous, I read another that says there is no such thing and here is why. I dont claim to know enough to make an educated stance yet.
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#3 Jul 17 2006 at 9:10 AM Rating: Good
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We could totally resolve the conflict in the Middle East by moving Israel up there.

Edited, Jul 17th 2006 at 10:12am EDT by Atomicflea
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#4 Jul 17 2006 at 9:11 AM Rating: Good
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i really just think that it's a natural occurance... Like Winter seens all horrible and evil.. it really just a cycle of nature...

in that sense; it's just the Earth growing and changing.... I don't think that there is much we can do about it... Maybe we are accelerating the process .. maybe not... it doesn't really matter... whether it's my great-grandkids or my great-great-great grandkids that are going to have to deal with it..

Things have changed like this before and will change again.. regardless of how hard we try to fence nature in.. it will always get loose.
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#5 Jul 17 2006 at 9:15 AM Rating: Good
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I think I'm going to fly down there and stake claim. I'll need lots of guns and stuff so I can defend my new sovereign country. I think I'll call it New Canada.
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I think I'll call it New Canada.
Well, at least then we'll know it'll be bland, unimaginative, cold, and no real threat. Maybe we'll even get lucky and it'll produce new Hollywood A-Listers.
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#7 Jul 17 2006 at 9:21 AM Rating: Good
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Elderon the Wise wrote:
I think I'm going to fly down there and stake claim. I'll need lots of guns and stuff so I can defend my new sovereign country. I think I'll call it New Canada.




someone beat you to it http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/treaty/map.htm
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The best part will be the poutine. It will be the national specialty dish. The country colours of blue and white aren't too shabby either.
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Kelvyquayo wrote:
Elderon the Wise wrote:
I think I'm going to fly down there and stake claim. I'll need lots of guns and stuff so I can defend my new sovereign country. I think I'll call it New Canada.




someone beat you to it http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/treaty/map.htm
They can claim all they want. If they aren't there to defend it.. yoink!





Edited, Jul 17th 2006 at 10:28am EDT by Elderon
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no indigenous natives to subjegate...

Where's the fun in that?
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#11 Jul 17 2006 at 11:46 AM Rating: Decent
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The Glorious Atomicflea wrote:
We could totally resolve the conflict in the Middle East by moving Israel up there.

While I like the idea, wouldn't Antarctica technically be "down there"?
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#12 Jul 17 2006 at 11:49 AM Rating: Excellent
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Depends on which side of the equator you happen to be standing on.
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#13 Jul 17 2006 at 11:57 AM Rating: Decent
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Samira wrote:
Depends on which side of the equator you happen to be standing on.

Does south change direction when you go over that line? I've never been that far myself.
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#14 Jul 17 2006 at 12:04 PM Rating: Decent
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The toilet flushes in the opposite direction, too!

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#15 Jul 17 2006 at 12:23 PM Rating: Excellent
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Debalic wrote:
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Depends on which side of the equator you happen to be standing on.

Does south change direction when you go over that line? I've never been that far myself.


No, but the geographic concept of "up" does, or should.
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#16 Jul 17 2006 at 12:24 PM Rating: Good
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I guess people living there would have a strange sense of direction.

"where you from originally?"
"Up North"


Then again, I guess that's why poles shift
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Once I take over the Antarctic and declare it "New Canada", I shall build my house directly on the South pole. Then I will hire an interior decorator to decorate only the North wall. 4 for 1 discount! Smiley: grin
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Antarctica as a whole is the coldest continent on the Earth. The continent covers over 14 million sq km making it 1.5 times the size of the USA. Antartica occupies approximately 9% of the world's land surface. It is divided into two large regions called Greater Antarctica to the east and Lesser Antarctica to the west, although every direction leading from the south pole is actually north.

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#19 Jul 17 2006 at 12:28 PM Rating: Good
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Kool aid! Smiley: bah
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#20 Jul 17 2006 at 12:52 PM Rating: Decent
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Samira wrote:
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Depends on which side of the equator you happen to be standing on.

Does south change direction when you go over that line? I've never been that far myself.

No, but the geographic concept of "up" does, or should.

Really? That's weird. You mean Australians and New Zealanders use maps that indicate South on top? Should they use upside-down globes?

As indicated, unless the poles swap, the Earth takes an odd roll or you're actually standing on the pole, there should be no reason for directions to change.
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I'm still not buying into the whole notion of "global warming" as it's described. I think we're simply on a cyclic trend of warming, which if I remember my climate history (I only took the class because of this hot girl with HUGE bewbs), happens right before each ice age...can't remember and I'm too lazy to look it up (nevermind the dial up here at work).
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Were either going to be flooded a la waterworld, or have another ice age.
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#23 Jul 17 2006 at 1:10 PM Rating: Decent
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Were either going to be flooded a la waterworld, or have another ice age.

That would be neat if it happened quickly, in that order. Earth would be nothing more than a ball of ice with little ridges of bare rock poking out.
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Really? That's weird. You mean Australians and New Zealanders use maps that indicate South on top? Should they use upside-down globes?
I don't know if they "all" do, or even a majority, but here's a site with lots of images of bona fide "upside down" maps.
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#25 Jul 17 2006 at 1:16 PM Rating: Good
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That would be neat if it happened quickly, in that order. Earth would be nothing more than a ball of ice with little ridges of bare rock poking out.


Except that we'd not be around to see it...so how would we know?
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#26 Jul 17 2006 at 1:26 PM Rating: Good
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Metastophicleas wrote:
I'm still not buying into the whole notion of "global warming" as it's described. I think we're simply on a cyclic trend of warming, which if I remember my climate history (I only took the class because of this hot girl with HUGE bewbs), happens right before each ice age...can't remember and I'm too lazy to look it up (nevermind the dial up here at work).



personally, I don't care waht's causing it. The fact that there IS an "It" is the fun part.

politics aside.
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