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I took a look this evening at the various search terms people used when getting to this blog.  Since there’s a dearth of information with real world data about heat pumps, I’m not surprised that various searches about “heat pumps”, “heat pump cost”, and “heat pump reliability” are high on the list.  I described my frustrations about that last year when I needed to purchase a new heat pump.

I am surprised at one term that showed up this week – twice.  It’s “darwins theory of relativity”.  No, I’m not joking.

I give my opinion on a wide variety of topics here, and I have talked about Darwin in the past.  As in here, and here, and here.  I don’t remember talking about relativity, but I guess it’s possible, since (as I understand it) Einstein’s theory of relativity is the best explanation we currently have regarding how the universe operates.  It contains lots of predictions which have been verified to the limits of our equipment, such as the effect of gravity on light, and I know of no data that contradicts the theory.

I just searched for that term on this blog, and I referenced relativity in the “Why is Darwin still controversial” post.

But come on – “Darwin’s Theory of Relativity?”  Really?  Twice in one week?

From the logs I can’t tell if it was the same person who happened to search for that term twice or two different idiots.  But it happened.  So it must be possible.

Another search term I found strange was “who invented the stupid laws we have”.  Only one hit from that term, but it’s still really strange.  I mean strange as in dumb.  I’m curious to find out who thinks laws are “invented”, and why they would think that way.  Laws are simply the rules we (as a society) decide to use in dealing with each other.  They aren’t invented, they are proposed, debated, perhaps modified, passed, and only then do they become law.

Many of them – like the restrictions on freedom and various illegal searches passed after 9/11 – are later ruled unconstitutional, but none of them are “invented”.  Laws may be “proposed”, “submitted”, “debated”, and “bullshit”, but they are not invented as the term is commonly defined.

Just thought it was weird how people found this site.   I get many more hits from valid searches, but these were really weird and for some reason I felt the need to say so.

gk

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This is quite possibly the dumbest thing I’ve read today.  A story on CNN talking about a mileage tax, where the government tracks your car via GPS and bills you based on the number of miles you drive.

Speaking to The Associated Press, Transportation Secretary LaHood, an Illinois Republican, said, “We should look at the vehicular miles program where people are actually clocked on the number of miles that they traveled.”

It’s also another example of how there’s no basic difference between Republicans and Democrats.

The idea is dumb on so many levels that I don’t know where to start.  Privacy, intrusive government, cost, etc.  So I won’t.

Read the story.  Think about why the federal government should be involved in building and maintaining state roads and bridges anyway.

Think about if it makes sense to have a federal tax where the states collect it (skimming off some overhead for administration) send it to DC (where they skim off a lot more for administration, and attach a bunch of conditions to how it can be spent) then send it back to the states where they skim off even more administrative overhead – all before a single dime is approved to be spent on a project.

Is there some kind of law that says ALL politicians have to have lobotomy’s before taking office?  Just curious, because it’s extremely hard to find one with ANY common sense.

Yet people will bitch and moan and raise holy hell if they don’t get money from DC.  They don’t even realize that DC can’t send you a dime that it didn’t take from you in the first place.  How is that a good thing?

Dumbasses.

gk

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