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Space-Age Houses
An anonymous reader writes "The dream of building the Jetson's Skypad Apartment may come to true because technology designed for space could become the basis of the
new German Antarctic station. The same ultra-light composites that ESA uses onboard its spacecraft for antennas and solar panels, will be used to make a self-supporting lightweight shell-like structure able to withstand severe earthquakes. This approach is in sharp contrast to many contemporary design solutions that use ever more steel and concrete..."
Cool! Literally! *sigh* I should probably be modded down to hell for that lame joke.
Not to mention it's very arguable who the terrorists would prefer. The Bush White House's squandering of world goodwill after 9/11 (even assuming they were right about the reasons for invading Iraq) has meant a recruiting and I'd bet a significant fraction of 'em (if not 100%) want to have Bush stick around another 4 years...
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WWJD...For a Klondike Bar?
1. This was a reply to a comment since modded troll, taking exception to the grandparent poster's sig. 2. I gunked it up in editing -
Not to mention it's very arguable who the terrorists would prefer. The Bush White House's squandering of world goodwill after 9/11 (even assuming they were right about the reasons for invading Iraq) has meant a recruiting and fundraising bonanza for terrorists. I'd bet a significant fraction of 'em (if not 100%) want to have Bush stick around another 4 years...
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WWJD...For a Klondike Bar?
Give me that, and I can die happy.
Once you have that, you can die not just happy, but quickly as well.