The Copenhagen Agreement - Australia to lose sovereignty?

[Fishbulb]

Julia - Wysiwyg = Acronym for "What you see is what you get" and phonetically it goes "Wizziwig"

Html editors began using it for their coding interfaces and it then became fairly ubiquitous.

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Okay, so Copenhagen has us screwed. Enforced socialism, nothing less. What else is it when smaller undeveloped nations get handouts totalling billions to help "fight climate change effect" - Crazy.

And there they are interviewed on the ABC and telling the UN it's not enough. Here's some advice for you - Work for it!

 

[bellenuit]

Julia - Wysiwyg = Acronym for "What you see is what you get" and phonetically it goes "Wizziwig"

Html editors began using it for their coding interfaces and it then became fairly ubiquitous.

I first came across the term back in the days when Word Processing was the "IN" application. You even had dedicated computers that only did WP, such as those from Wang. Most computer screens were text only screens (usually 24 lines each of 80 characters) and only supported one style and size of font, but printers were capable of more complex output. So when you composed a word processing document, you embedded (though functions of the WP editor) codes in the text that told the printer that the next piece of text was to be underlined, or in a certain font, or a part of the document was to contain a drawing or image. So the document as it appeared on the screen was completely different to what was printed and you really could only see what the output was going to really look like, by actually printing it. Great for wasting paper.

Then as computer screens became more advanced and were capable of supporting graphics and any text style or font, the document as it appeared on the screen was able to resemble the document as it was going to be printed. So Word Processing programs that were able to display exactly like they printed were called WYSIWYG editors. What you see is what you get. All advanced WP programs today, like Microsoft Word or Apple iPages have WYSIWYG editors.

 

[Julia]

Julia - Wysiwyg = Acronym for "What you see is what you get" and phonetically it goes "Wizziwig"

Html editors began using it for their coding interfaces and it then became fairly ubiquitous.

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Okay, so Copenhagen has us screwed. Enforced socialism, nothing less. What else is it when smaller undeveloped nations get handouts totalling billions to help "fight climate change effect" - Crazy.

And there they are interviewed on the ABC and telling the UN it's not enough. Here's some advice for you - Work for it!

Ah, thanks Fishbulb (and to you too, bellenuit). Interesting.

Re Copenhagen = socialism. Agree. China may yet be the spanner in the works which at least stalls any such agreement. Things are less than harmonious it seems.

 

[Aussiejeff]

Ah, thanks Fishbulb (and to you too, bellenuit). Interesting.

Re Copenhagen = socialism. Agree. China may yet be the spanner in the works which at least stalls any such agreement. Things are less than harmonious it seems.

Indeed, Julia, wars have been started over much less!

We are just starting to get a tiny inkling of the future.

A not-too-distant future where ChIndia owns & runs the world.

Unless "something else" happens.....

Can't possibly think what that may involve..... any tips?

 

[Aussiejeff]

Ha Ha Ha!!!!

While our esteemed Western leaders are poncing on and on and on etc.. about how BAD CO2 is for us and how we MUST do something about it, they gleefully approve of delegations of multinationals going to Iraq to bid for the right to spew vastly MORE filthy megatons of CO2 into the air from the rape of Iraqi oil!!

[size=+3]OH, SPARE ME THE WANTON HYPOCRISY, YOU MORONS!!![/SIZE]

:angry: :angry:

[size=-3]PSST: I seriously don't believe any number of Wongs will make it wight... [/size]

 

[Calliope]

The developed countries are being screwed by the developing countries, and the third world countries, to help them develop faster so they can catch up to us in the carbon output stakes. These hypocritical clowns are calling it "climate abatement funds."

AUSTRALIA faces having to make a hefty payout to help developing countries such as China and India cope with climate change in order to clinch a deal in Copenhagen.

Despite Australia facing a domestic Budget deficit of about $50 billion for the coming year, Climate Change Minister Penny Wong told The Sunday Mail from Copenhagen that Australia would have to contribute to so-called climate "abatement" funds if India and China were to come into the climate-change tent.

"There are a range of figures flying around," Senator Wong said. "(British Prime Minister) Gordon Brown has proposed a $100 billion mix of public and private money. We have not indicated a figure but we have indicated we're prepared to do our fair share."

http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26476987-953,00.html

 

[Fishbulb]

Emperor's new clothes - Hans was way ahead of his time.

 

[Fishbulb]

I first came across the term back in the days when Word Processing was the "IN" application. You even had dedicated computers that only did WP, such as those from Wang. Most computer screens were text only screens (usually 24 lines each of 80 characters) and only supported one style and size of font, but printers were capable of more complex output. So when you composed a word processing document, you embedded (though functions of the WP editor) codes in the text that told the printer that the next piece of text was to be underlined, or in a certain font, or a part of the document was to contain a drawing or image. So the document as it appeared on the screen was completely different to what was printed and you really could only see what the output was going to really look like, by actually printing it. Great for wasting paper.

Then as computer screens became more advanced and were capable of supporting graphics and any text style or font, the document as it appeared on the screen was able to resemble the document as it was going to be printed. So Word Processing programs that were able to display exactly like they printed were called WYSIWYG editors. What you see is what you get. All advanced WP programs today, like Microsoft Word or Apple iPages have WYSIWYG editors.

Wang Computers = funny for all the wrong reasons.

Well that takes me back bellenuit. I actually jumped into the computer thing at around the time the 486 processors were new. I bought a copy of Doom - all of five floppy disks as I remember, and using the DOS interface is how I learnt to use a computer. Command line interfaces were quite fun.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Newsflash:

Rudd taken by Scores.

The Prime Minister of Australia today was briefly detained by scores of demonstrators in Copenhagen, but has only vague recollections of the event.

" I informed Therese of the occurence and she forgave me " he said

gg

 

[Mr J]

It's just too bad they couldn't detain him indefinitely.

 

[bellenuit]

Interesting view from an insider at the conference. Makes Rudd and Wong look naive with their claims of success.

How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/dec/22/copenhagen-climate-change-mark-lynas