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First off, I greatly appreciate the warm welcome into the global warming debate! Speaking of global warming, I am just sweltering away as I type at my computer in the house. Not a big fan of the triple H weather. I guess it is time to get the heat pump cranking so I can sleep well tonight. Heat pumps are very efficient and work well in the summer, but as you go north of 40 degrees latitude the system struggles to keep the house warm on the colder winter nights and you certainly pay for it!
I know Laura had some ground rules for comments when she started the blog last fall and so here they are again with some added comments.
1. Anonymous comments will not get posted. If you cannot back a comment with your name, then it certainly does not merit getting on this site.
2. Generic comments about global warming which are obviously sent out out in one mass mailing (spam) to many global warming sites will not get posted. Though I cannot rule out that some may slip through the cracks.
3. Please, let's keep the discussion civil. Name calling and personal attacks on other people commenting on this page will not be tolerated. Try to respect other people's opinions. I know you may despise the comments of one person, but calling him or her names is just going to get your counter-comment stuck in the penalty box, unless I make the time to edit out the bad stuff.
4. I have the right to personally respond to a viewer's comment and I will look at each and every comment that comes in.
Now it's time to rock and roll!
Comments (3)
Brett:
Thanks for the reminder of the ground rules. Don't think you should bother editing out the "bad stuff", would take too long I figure and it would be like rewarding those that choose to go that route.
Say, off track, but have you seen the new show on History channel called "Ice Road Truckers"? Yellowknife seems like a pretty inhospitable place during winter. How many months is it below freezing there? Interesting stuff.
Thanks Again
Posted by Darren | June 19, 2007 9:29 AM
3. Please, let's keep the discussion civil. Name calling and personal attacks on other people commenting on this page will not be tolerated. Try to respect other people's opinions. I know you may despise the comments of one person, but calling him or her names is just going to get your counter-comment stuck in the penalty box, unless I make the time to edit out the bad stuff.
In the rare cases that you put a comment "in the penalty box", PLEASE put an entry with the contributors name in the relevant thread with some sort of "yellow card" or "red card" indication from you and a brief comment about why. I'm picturing, on your end, a copy-and-paste operation no more time-intensive than allowing the comment as is.
The problem that this solves, for everybody, is that we have a wide range of opinion about what constitutes "civil", "name calling" and "personal attack". In the end, because you are the moderator who decides what does and does not get posted, you are the one who's opinion counts most.
Oh, and by the way, in all the soccer games I've seen, disputing a penalty call is one of the easier ways to get (perhaps another) yellow card.
Because you have other things to do besides moderate this blog, comments often take awhile to appear. If something I've written has provoked a "penalty", I'd like to know it as soon as possible.
I think it will help everybody -- and especially YOU -- if we all know what kind of game you call.
Welcome aboard!
Posted by BrooklineTom | June 19, 2007 11:29 AM
My only comment is that sometimes people forget to put their names and thereby post "anonymously" even though it wasn't their intention. I've done this a few times. Laura seemed to let them go through.
Good point Mark. Brett
Posted by Mark | June 19, 2007 12:43 PM