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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-30-2003, 03:23 PM:
 
Just had to share this:

From the Discovery Channel: Whale Flatulence Captured in Photo
 

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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 08-30-2003, 03:42 PM:
 
Interesting. Though I am not sure if there were enough pop-ups at that site. You'd think Discover wouldn't need pop-ups.
 

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Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 08-30-2003, 03:49 PM:
 
Gives new meaning to the phrase, "thar she blows!"
 

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Posted by Paul Cassidy (Member # 951) on 08-30-2003, 03:52 PM:
 
IF they had been observed here in NZ they might be subject to our silly Green House Emission Tax , At present they are going try to Tax farmers for Emissions from their Live Stock or F.A.R.T Tax. Story Follows ===
ENVIRONMENT-OFFBEAT
'Fart tax' causes a stink

A tax on farting, belching livestock to be introduced by New Zealand to help combat global warming is creating a stink among the country's farmers.

Methane emissions created by grass-munching cows, sheep, deer and goats are believed to account for about half of New Zealand's emissions of greenhouse gases.

Now the country is attempting to clear the air by introducing a levy on pungent emissions by mid-2004.

The tax will fund a new Agriculture Emissions Research body to meet commitments to the Kyoto Protocol global environment agreement.

Farmers are outraged

But farmers are outraged, saying the agricultural sector is already paying for its own research.

The new tax, which will bring in around eight million NZ dollars a year (US$4.5-million) amounted to "overkill", said Jeff Grant, chairman of Meat New Zealand, a livestock industry support organisation.
Tom Lambie, president of agricultural body Federated Farmers, said the levy disadvantaged farmers struggling to compete against less gas-anxious nations.

"As far as I'm aware, we're the only country in the world to impose a levy like this," he said.

NZ farmers facing hard times

Jim Eagles, business editor of the New Zealand Herald daily called the levy "unnecessary, unfair and potentially damaging to the economy." New Zealand's farmers are already facing hard times due to a sharp downturn in returns for their produce.
Eagle said factories from industrialised nations, not herds of cattle and sheep, were the main cause behind the increase in global warming, he said.

New Zealand is home to around 45 million sheep and 9.6 million cattle, according to Statistics New Zealand.

AFP
 

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Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 08-30-2003, 04:11 PM:
 
I didn't get ANY popups. Oh wait, it's because I am using the mighty Opera browser.
 

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Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 08-30-2003, 07:15 PM:
 
The "Proxomitron" local proxy does it for me! (Navigator or Exploder)
 

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Posted by Jon Miller (Member # 163) on 08-30-2003, 07:48 PM:
 
Thanks to Mozilla, I've virtually forgotten what a popup is.

The Mac OS X Mozilla browser, which I use, allows you to deflate popups by turning off the "allow scripts to open unrequested windows" preference. It works 99.9% of the time (alas, I've happened across at least one popup-killer-hostile site in my travels) and earns an from me.
 

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Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 08-30-2003, 09:21 PM:
 
Funny, I didn't get any popups when I hit that site, and I'm using IE6 with no special popup killers. I am behind a NAT box being used as a firewall but I don't think that would make any difference.
 

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Posted by Paul G. Thompson (Member # 655) on 08-31-2003, 12:50 AM:
 
Geeze, I wonder what an elephant can do...
 

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Posted by Travis Hubrig (Member # 1745) on 08-31-2003, 12:59 AM:
 
I've got a buddy that we should be taxing...
 

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Posted by Michael Schaffer (Member # 1204) on 08-31-2003, 04:25 AM:
 

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Geeze, I wonder what an elephant can do...

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