'BP has stopped skimming for oil in the ocean because it’s having trouble finding crude on the surface, said Doug Suttles, chief operating officer for exploration and production. About 74 percent of the oil that flowed from Macondo evaporated, dissolved or biodegraded, or was burned, skimmed or captured, the government said in a report on Aug. 4. '
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Kind of ridiculous. My bro, past poster here 'metal', is a field engineer tech in venice, louisiana atm. The job is dredging islands to absorb the oil somewhat before mainland. My father happens to be on a job as well, in mobile alabama.... They talk to these guys that run the skimmer boats, ALL the time. They haven't been picking up shit off the surface for weeks before august 4th.. and everyone down there is saying that it's from BP spraying chemicals(think of it as dawn except legal to spray everywhere in the ocean) that break it up the oil, making it's way to the bottom much faster. Kind of like those aerial photos that we'd see of the oil spill visibly shrinking in size tenfold, all the while oil is still gushing into the gulf.
My first thought of reading the statement in bold above was WHAT THE ****. The skimmers haven't been getting shit. Nearly EVERY person that my bro or dad has EVER talked to that works on one of these skimmer boats, say that haven't scooped up one DROP since they started the job. Burned/captured? Whatever. Biodegrade? What kind of organic compounds are in oil, which has to be VASTLY made up of hydrocarbons?..... DISSOLVE? Aren't hydrocarbons hydrophobic due to their non-polar nature??? Molecules must be polar to be miscible with water.. which leaves us with EVAPORATION. Yes, lighter hydrocarbons evaporate fast, which I already knew. But is evaporation solely responsible for '74% of the oil that's gone'? If so, they're saying that the rate of evaporation of crude oil is VASTLY greater than the rate that it was broken up into smaller hydrocarbons and sinking to the bottom?(They say that 3/4 of the oil that's flowed from the spill is now gone).... so this evaporation thing intrigued me so I did a little research:
It was interesting to read that 74% is a completely realistic, but high, evaporation% for light crude oil.. 10% being a 'high' % for heavier oil. So it finally made sense to me, this is the bogus logic they're using to feed this undoubtedly false statistic. I was just talking to someone about all of this at work, and he replied 'well didn't they burn most of it?'... how are they even finding oil to burn though if 3/4 of the oil has evaporated? NOT to mention the skimmers aren't pulling up shit.
Bottom line, I don't see the water surface evaporation rate even holding a candle to the rate in which oil has collected at the bottom. I remember seeing aerial photos from 1 day to the next and the oil spill decreasing 15x in size.... 95% evaporation rate? Sure hah. All it will take is one good hurricane and we'll see some of that oil(all over new orleans)
last match on koth tonight, someone asked me to post so..
gg's to duo, sorry bout that ending. no disrespect dropping my guard on you.....uhh i blame it on the herbal supplements i took. wasn't paying attention and i strafed at you while pressing console or something. i got lucky with that comeback anyway
personally I'd like to play in an ra2 ladder + a 2v2 tourney...but is there even enough people to have a successful ra2 ladder? Vote whatever though, i'd like to get something going this fall(sept-nov/dec). I have admin access to nadl/nadml on q2scene so those I can do those myself, with help. The 2v2 tournament I could run myself too, with help. The ra2 ladder would be easily organized through www.worldogl.com
I left anything insta related off being that nail is starting soon(right?).
**Added an ffa tourney option that would be run similar to 'FFA HEAT' that used to happen around here. I believe that people were split into groups of 8, then after playing the top would continuously advance until there was a final 8 which would battle for the #1 spot.
Best of 3 on a tastyspleen central server, I volunteer to ref and will do everything by tournament procedure and as fairly as possible. I have admin on the tdm servers so this is easily done.
No one wants to hear what either of you have to say about each other; it's time for someone to win and someone to lose, but more importantly it's time for you both to man up. It's so fucking gay how much shit you guys talk. Both of you think you completely own the other and it's ridiculous............. One of you is full of shit and it's about time we found out who instead of read all the stupid BS. If you guys are close, someone barely comes out on top, and the other feels like he should have won....... then do it again the next day. I don't even know WHY you guys won't play or WHO is responsible because there is just so much shit talk but please, STOP BEING GAY LITTLE GIRLS, man up, and play.
I will consider switching one for dm3, and to vital/vae: I will delete basically any post by you guys unless it has to do with accepting this challenge / these terms. I don't want any excuses or explanations for ANYTHING. Minor changes / negotiations to the terms may be permitted.
ps. If you refuse let me call you a pussy already beforehand.
Ever since I started playing again I haven't been able to strafe jump backwards. I don't know why, but if I'm holding +back and left or right strafe +moveup does nothing. aside from a new keyboard does anyone know how to solve this problem?
So... I got a pm 2 days ago asking for advice about duel strategies and once I looked at my inbox for a bit I realized that I've received a LOT of messages like this. So instead of me putting effort into another long/lengthy reply... I had an idea(this thread).
Something I'll address primarily:
Am I top tier? No. Am I decent enough to be very familiar with the top tier mind-set? Yes. Do I know everything? No, and if you think I'm wrong about something make your point and i'll happily admit that i'm wrong if it's the case. Anyone can take a stab at answering questions or contesting anything I say.
I think with all the interest and heated discussions that happen about tdm this thread could be fairly active, so I'll do my best to answer everything to the best of my abilities. My girlfriend just left for a little while so I also have some extra time on my hands(once I get a mouse I swear i'm going to play some q2... ) This may also keep people busy opposed to talking trash all the time.
here are some categorized concepts of tdm(to maybe spark some questions..):
-movement; speed, jumps, predictability, little tricks, blending your aim and movement so they compliment each other, etc. -methodical item collection and the properly timing these items -altering your gameplay depending on your opponent -map knowledge
but not limited to these of course. Ask anything you want; these concepts are just a few drops of water in the bucket. I don't even care if you ask me something like 'Under what circumstances are whiney ping excuses legit?'.... because I'll have a specific and detailed answer for that even.
So I left my school bag in my mother's car after I borrowed it to get to school (my truck is at the mechanic). Her being the loving mother that she is, she searched through my belongings and found something that looks exactly like the one on the left:
A ballpoint pen that looks like a syringe. It has some kind insulin advertisement on it too. So I'm working a double right now and my dad calls me up, while he's working a double as well and informs me that my mom found 'a used hypodermic needle' in my school bag and he's pretty pissed. I hadn't seen the pen in FOREVER, so i'm like uhhhhhhh... I have no clue what you're talking about, she must be making a mistake.
To make a long, stupid story short, it took about 3-4 hours for my mom to figure everything out. Before that she was discussing rehabilitation and treatment for me with my dad....... 'Mom I have no idea what you're talking about.......' response: 'do you think I was born yesterday? what did a ghost put it there?' etc...
Ridiculous lol. She better invite me over for dinner and make me something good tonight...
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no disrespect dropping my guard on you.....uhh i blame it on the herbal supplements i took. 
wasn't paying attention and i strafed at you while pressing console or something. i got lucky with that comeback anyway 
) This may also keep people busy opposed to talking trash all the time.
