Sorry for these know it all folk, they are so full of BS they are rude, and know that windows 10 SUCKS and always will. Look at the private polls, it is a Click of Gee I am so smart. for the reply what does this have to do with photography? That comment speaks for itself he dosent know where he is posting. Like Photography some are masters others , and most are not.Some people are good with os systems, and and sure want you to know they are, These folk aren't smart enough to know when something is forced on you, well DUH, more liberty was lost,but the simple minded are asleep.

I read the article and watched the entire video. While I don't believe in the Global Warming phenomenon to begin with, I had never heard about the levels of volcanic CO2 being such a factor before, so I was skeptical. The article written about the debate on video painted Ian Plimer in a very bad light and made him out to be some sort of scientific charlatan based on the debate with George Monbiot. When I watched the actual debate however, I found the opposite to be true. Plimer is actually quite informed and articulate, and Monbiot was not very knowledgeable and was extremely rude on top of this, and kept insulting Plimer with no justification. Every time they asked Plimer a question, he gave somewhat justifiably long and informed scientific answers, and invariably Monbiot would interrupt and claim that he was not answering the question when in fact he was. Monbiot was trying to get snap answers to very deep questions and was unwilling to wait for the instructive answers.

Where Does the Carbon Dioxide Really Come From? Just How Large Is Your Footprint!

I love this... Hey! don't we in BC have a carbon tax???? so much for government honesty.

​Say what?​

Ian Rutherford Plimer is an Australian geologist, professor emeritus of earth sciences at the University of Melbourne, professor of mining geology at the University of Adelaide, and the director of multiple mineral exploration and mining companies. He has published 130 scientific papers, six books and edited the Encyclopedia of Geology.

Born
12 February 1946 (age 68)

Residence
Australia

Nationality
Australian

Fields
Earth Science, Geology, Mining Engineering

Institutions
University of New England, University of Newcastle, University of Melbourne, University of Adelaide

Alma mater
University of New South Wales, Macquarie University

Thesis
The pipe deposits of tungsten-molybdenum-bismuth in eastern Australia (1976)

Notable Awards
Eureka Prize (1995,2002), Centenary Medal (2003), Clarke Medal (2004)

Where Does the Carbon Dioxide Really Come From?

PLIMER: "Okay, here's the bombshell. The recent volcanic eruption in Iceland. Since its first spewing of volcanic ash has, in just FOUR DAYS, NEGATED EVERY SINGLE EFFORT you have made in the past five years to control CO2 emissions on our planet - all of you.

Of course, you know about this evil carbon dioxide that we are trying to suppress - it’s that vital chemical compound that every plant requires to live and grow and to synthesize into oxygen for us humans and all animal life.

I know....it's very disheartening to realize that all of the carbon emission savings you have accomplished while suffering the inconvenience and expense of driving Prius hybrids, buying fabric grocery bags, sitting up till midnight to finish your kids "The Green Revolution" science project, throwing out all of your non-green cleaning supplies, using only two squares of toilet paper, putting a brick in your toilet tank reservoir, selling your SUV and speedboat, vacationing at home instead of abroad, nearly getting hit every day on your bicycle, replacing all of your 50p light bulbs with £5 light bulbs ..... well, all of those things you have done have all gone down the tubes in just four days.

The volcanic ash emitted into the Earth's atmosphere in just four days - yes, FOUR DAYS - by that volcano in Iceland has totally erased every single effort you have made to reduce the evil beast, carbon. And there are around 200 active volcanoes on the planet spewing out this crud at any one time - EVERY DAY.

I don't really want to rain on your parade too much, but I should mention that when the volcano Mt. Pinatubo erupted in the Philippines in 1991, it spewed out more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than the entire human race had emitted in all its years on earth.

Yes, folks, Mt. Pinatubo was active for over one year - think about it!!!!

Of course, I shouldn't spoil this 'touchy-feely tree-hugging' moment and mention the effect of solar and cosmic activity and the well-recognized 800-year global heating and cooling cycle, which keeps happening despite our completely insignificant efforts to affect climate change.

And I do wish I had a silver lining to this volcanic ash cloud, but the fact of the matter is that the bush fire season across the western USA and Australia this year alone will negate your efforts to reduce carbon in our world for the next two to three years. And it happens every year.

Just remember that your government just tried to impose a whopping carbon tax on you, on the basis of the bogus 'human-caused' climate-change scenario.

Hey, isn’t it interesting how they don’t mention 'Global Warming' anymore, but just 'Climate Change' - you know why? It’s because the planet has COOLED by 0.7 degrees in the past few years and these global warming bull artists got caught with their pants down.

And, just keep in mind that you might yet have an Emissions Trading Scheme - that whopping new tax - imposed on you that will achieve absolutely nothing except make you poorer. It won’t stop any volcanoes from erupting, that’s for sure.

But, hey, relax......give the world a hug and have a nice day!"

I have a 9500 I bought in the 90's that was on 24/7 for nearly 10 years,... I keep it to run an expensive ($1700) UMAX scanner because UMAX refused to release OSX drivers- so it still runs an older Apple 9 operating system. I don't scan many chromes anymore- kinda need the space- been eyeing it. I have 2 G4's that have hard drives in them that work fine, and two G5's - my main computers. Note that they all network together and I can still go into my old 9500 and get files and or scans... hard to throw something away that runs as good as day one... Meanwhile, in the basement, I have a half dozen empty hulks of windows machines, with guts removed and piles of proprietary power supplies and ram, mother boards.. looks like the Jawa sandcrawler galley... they're slated for the recycling center... sadly the 20 year old 9500 may go with it.

Then I have to listen to windows advocates tell me how much better that platform is then "Apple junk"... But they'll probably vote for Hillary too using the same logic. (not to hijack the thread LOL)