Reading your last sentence: "the 'final frontier' thing has to start somewhere..." - there's your trouble. Here's the thing - it doesn't actually have to start at all. You can argue that it ought to happen, but so far everyone seems to be starting from the assumption that it just will happen, and looking for justifications why. My own opinion is that space colonization is too expensive, too risky, and too low payoff to ever actually happen. Sure, our descendants will ultimately be doomed if something happens to earth... but we as a species are just not real good about planning for such long-term problems.
You're correct. It doesn't HAVE to happen. However, as you so aptly pointed out, we're doomed as a species if we hold to that mindset. You say that colonization is too risky... compared to loss of the human race?!? "It's some other generation's problem", you maintain. That mindset is a far greater risk than working out ways to make it happen. It'll continue to be "someone else's problem later" if we don't start addressing this NOW.
Just because you yourself wouldn't go doesn't mean there aren't those of us that would jump at the chance. I don't expect it to be easy. I expect people to die in the effort. However, it sure as heck beats losing humanity to a fast-moving rock. After all, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few {or one}. Heck, what would you have bet that we'd have commercial sales of suborbital flights in your lifetime before the X-prize and Sir Branson got going?
I can think of three other possibilities off the top of my head.
Tourism, once the infrastructure's in place. Remote data centers, once reliable and decently speedy info relay is set up. Few fires, I'll bet.
The last one would be longer-term, but homesteading. I'll agree that Mars is a pretty inhospitable, but a lot of places right here are too, and we visited them in vessels like the Trieste. Assuring a family plot of land would be a pretty good draw for many... not to mention the attractiveness of another wide-open frontier to tame.
That whole "final frontier" thing has to start somewhere, y'know... even if it starts at the moon.
No. Private companies pay executives for the associated risks for being executives. If you think you're up to the job of managing a multinational corporation, then I implore you to give it a shot.
I never said that I see the ads (I am well aware of Adblocker and NoScript), just that they were there.
Yes, and on many pay sites you can disable those. Heck,/. gives me the option on the front page just for having good karma.
If you are using a public terminal, or someone else's system, you may not have the option to install such things.
...but those systems aren't under my control, and I didn't pay for them. Apples to oranges here.
If the majority of the population starts using AdBlocker, believe me the advertisers will come up with ways around it.
...and we'll find ways around them, just like many Chinese are finding ways around that firewall they've got. Doesn't make their behavior any less obnoxious, nor is it an excuse for them to do this. To turn one of the Ferengi rules of acquisition on its ear: Profit is NOT its own reward.
And as a follow up - have you gotten rid of your television,
Nope. Got a DVR and fast-forward through the ads.
radio,
I live in a large urban area, and listen to everything. I change the station.
and internet as well, because they also have ads everywhere.
If you can't keep ads from displaying, fine, but many of the rest of us seem to have no problems in that regard.
I'll take an honest shill any day, like Adam Sandler. At least he's obvious about it, and there's no corporate weasel-wording like "enhancing the customer experience through demographically-targeted mediums".
tying into your plumbing would be easier. it's basically the same effect, and won't require the whole loop nonsense.
I was think of suggesting adding a 20-liter "holding" tank about a meter before the hot-water heater intake.
Not only do you get the cooling without messing with the foundation, the water heater will get marginally warmer water that's just going to heated anyway. This is assuming, of course, that a central water heater will be installed.
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Care to link to a reliable source for that quote?
Sure, how about a video where he said just that during a townhall meeting concerning healthcare? Link here.
X-Men III was a financial success, but that doesn't mean Brett Rattner should ever be allowed near a movie set again.
I refused to watch X3 after two, and not 'cause of the minor differences. When you have Jean Grey killing Scott, you've moved SO far from the tone of the original that you may as well be talking different characters. C'mon, those two were goofy for each other. I can't believe they screwed that up.
Not that hard if you have the signal meter where you can see or hear it.
Exactly. We had a roofing company install the mount {for liability purporses} but I handled signal acquisition. Job took longer than I thought, though, 'cause the client wanted to be right there on the roof while I was doin' it. I'd get full sig, we'd step back, and the strength would drop right back off.
Turns out that the client was heavy enough to bow the roof. With just 130lbs of me up there, it took less than 5 minutes.
Anyone who can't use a compass and signal meter shouldn't be allowed to install an air filter, let alone a satellite dish.
Had a similar situation, but as we'd just been burglarized recently, I was a little more worried about who was on the other side of the door.
The maintenance guy saw our shotgun, but as I wasn't in a fire position, waited while I put it back up. Office management wasn't too thrilled and gave me a call, but one explanation and purchase receipt later, t'was all sympatico. At present, they don't come in 'less one of us is there, though, so it may've helped in that regard.
{For those who ask what it "helped", be glad you've never had a nosy landlord.}
Naval Aviation Museum, more planes and some of the best beaches in the world.
Last year my family and I revisited the Yorktown and other ships in Charleston, SC. Lots of exhibits, planes {including an older prop-driven plane you can climb into}, a submarine, Coast Guard cutter, and even a mockup of a Vietnam base. If you're in good health {LOTS of walking and stairs} I'd highly recommend it.
also here is another spin on the military healthcare system, almost all of thier patients are physically fit, dont smoke, and exercise 4 times a week. with no pre-existing conditions. how many americans fit into that catagory? yeah thats what i thought, basically the ones in military.
As a military brat, I have to call BS here. Not only does it cover servicemembers, but their dependents as well... and I can guarantee the dependents are NOT required to keep any sort of physical health regimen going whatsoever.
They (Wilford Hall) did a damn good job with surgery on my knuckle when that guy's tooth punched into it and the knuckle swelled to the size of a golf ball. {He tried to push me over a balcony. I came back swinging...}
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So you don't think they'd build the containment vessels to be airtight? Seriously?
Please point to a single working pebble bed reactor.
Okay, how about this one, based on the "failed" design you mentioned earlier... Details here.
It must have taken an army of coders to fix these flaws.
It was easy. They had confederates!
Yes. They allow you to move a unit without loss of movement points.
It *seems* like one 4D TV, but it's really an infinite progression of 3D TVs!
So it's TVs all the way down now, is it? At least the turtles will have something to watch now!
Reading your last sentence: "the 'final frontier' thing has to start somewhere..." - there's your trouble. Here's the thing - it doesn't actually have to start at all. You can argue that it ought to happen, but so far everyone seems to be starting from the assumption that it just will happen, and looking for justifications why. My own opinion is that space colonization is too expensive, too risky, and too low payoff to ever actually happen. Sure, our descendants will ultimately be doomed if something happens to earth... but we as a species are just not real good about planning for such long-term problems.
You're correct. It doesn't HAVE to happen. However, as you so aptly pointed out, we're doomed as a species if we hold to that mindset. You say that colonization is too risky... compared to loss of the human race?!? "It's some other generation's problem", you maintain. That mindset is a far greater risk than working out ways to make it happen. It'll continue to be "someone else's problem later" if we don't start addressing this NOW.
Just because you yourself wouldn't go doesn't mean there aren't those of us that would jump at the chance. I don't expect it to be easy. I expect people to die in the effort. However, it sure as heck beats losing humanity to a fast-moving rock. After all, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few {or one}. Heck, what would you have bet that we'd have commercial sales of suborbital flights in your lifetime before the X-prize and Sir Branson got going?
I can think of three other possibilities off the top of my head.
Tourism, once the infrastructure's in place. Remote data centers, once reliable and decently speedy info relay is set up. Few fires, I'll bet.
The last one would be longer-term, but homesteading. I'll agree that Mars is a pretty inhospitable, but a lot of places right here are too, and we visited them in vessels like the Trieste. Assuring a family plot of land would be a pretty good draw for many... not to mention the attractiveness of another wide-open frontier to tame.
That whole "final frontier" thing has to start somewhere, y'know... even if it starts at the moon.
No. Private companies pay executives for the associated risks for being executives. If you think you're up to the job of managing a multinational corporation, then I implore you to give it a shot.
Define the associated risks, please.
I never said that I see the ads (I am well aware of Adblocker and NoScript), just that they were there.
Yes, and on many pay sites you can disable those. Heck, /. gives me the option on the front page just for having good karma.
If you are using a public terminal, or someone else's system, you may not have the option to install such things.
...but those systems aren't under my control, and I didn't pay for them. Apples to oranges here.
If the majority of the population starts using AdBlocker, believe me the advertisers will come up with ways around it.
...and we'll find ways around them, just like many Chinese are finding ways around that firewall they've got. Doesn't make their behavior any less obnoxious, nor is it an excuse for them to do this. To turn one of the Ferengi rules of acquisition on its ear: Profit is NOT its own reward.
So 56k was actually 56000... Or more then likely you actually got 44000.
If American, you might be forgetting the "you'll-only-see-53.3-'cause-of-the-FCC" disclaimer...
And as a follow up - have you gotten rid of your television,
Nope. Got a DVR and fast-forward through the ads.
radio,
I live in a large urban area, and listen to everything. I change the station.
and internet as well, because they also have ads everywhere.
If you can't keep ads from displaying, fine, but many of the rest of us seem to have no problems in that regard.
I'll take an honest shill any day, like Adam Sandler. At least he's obvious about it, and there's no corporate weasel-wording like "enhancing the customer experience through demographically-targeted mediums".
Let's just hope it's not like this, and mayhaps more fun like this!.
I'm STILL waiting for that movie.
...where there is no fighting, and instead everyone gets fuzzy-wuzzy happy feelings for miles around.
Don't even get me started on the crossovers Deadpool's forced to endure.
/me retches quietly in a corner.
Put it safely encrypted on a server either in the USA or elsewhere and then access it over a secure Internet connection.
...and since anyone with any sense will be doing that anyway, how does searching the latop provide "better" security?
tying into your plumbing would be easier. it's basically the same effect, and won't require the whole loop nonsense.
I was think of suggesting adding a 20-liter "holding" tank about a meter before the hot-water heater intake.
Not only do you get the cooling without messing with the foundation, the water heater will get marginally warmer water that's just going to heated anyway. This is assuming, of course, that a central water heater will be installed.
Care to link to a reliable source for that quote?
Sure, how about a video where he said just that during a townhall meeting concerning healthcare? Link here.
"I am having terrible difficulty with my lifestyle."
...and cue the fleet-eating canines in 3...2...1...
X-Men III was a financial success, but that doesn't mean Brett Rattner should ever be allowed near a movie set again.
I refused to watch X3 after two, and not 'cause of the minor differences. When you have Jean Grey killing Scott, you've moved SO far from the tone of the original that you may as well be talking different characters. C'mon, those two were goofy for each other. I can't believe they screwed that up.
Actually, my machete's all out of crowbars, thanks. Where'd you get an unlimited supply for yours?
Not that hard if you have the signal meter where you can see or hear it.
Exactly. We had a roofing company install the mount {for liability purporses} but I handled signal acquisition. Job took longer than I thought, though, 'cause the client wanted to be right there on the roof while I was doin' it. I'd get full sig, we'd step back, and the strength would drop right back off.
Turns out that the client was heavy enough to bow the roof. With just 130lbs of me up there, it took less than 5 minutes.
Anyone who can't use a compass and signal meter shouldn't be allowed to install an air filter, let alone a satellite dish.
Had a similar situation, but as we'd just been burglarized recently, I was a little more worried about who was on the other side of the door.
The maintenance guy saw our shotgun, but as I wasn't in a fire position, waited while I put it back up. Office management wasn't too thrilled and gave me a call, but one explanation and purchase receipt later, t'was all sympatico. At present, they don't come in 'less one of us is there, though, so it may've helped in that regard.
{For those who ask what it "helped", be glad you've never had a nosy landlord.}
Naval Aviation Museum, more planes and some of the best beaches in the world.
Last year my family and I revisited the Yorktown and other ships in Charleston, SC. Lots of exhibits, planes {including an older prop-driven plane you can climb into}, a submarine, Coast Guard cutter, and even a mockup of a Vietnam base. If you're in good health {LOTS of walking and stairs} I'd highly recommend it.
also here is another spin on the military healthcare system, almost all of thier patients are physically fit, dont smoke, and exercise 4 times a week. with no pre-existing conditions. how many americans fit into that catagory? yeah thats what i thought, basically the ones in military.
As a military brat, I have to call BS here. Not only does it cover servicemembers, but their dependents as well... and I can guarantee the dependents are NOT required to keep any sort of physical health regimen going whatsoever.
They (Wilford Hall) did a damn good job with surgery on my knuckle when that guy's tooth punched into it and the knuckle swelled to the size of a golf ball. {He tried to push me over a balcony. I came back swinging...}
No security camera will have a resolution high enough to actually read what's written on a post it note, assuming it's even in focus.
Do a search for "PTZ cameras", please....
Been a while since I played it, but don't you START that level with a few transports? If he only counts units he created, it might work.