Hey, Bush is pretty good at pissing Republicans off too. If it was simply a matter of getting past the Democrats, Bush's folks would have sailed through. The GOP is making it pretty hard for Republican drones to follow the party line and still be electable.
With the spirit of common brotherhood that has been displayed in Washington lately (especially in the Senate), the confirmation of O'connor's replacement should go very smoothly.
And exactly how are they going to pull off that many assasinations simultaneously?
Well, one thing that no theory can account for is 6 billion years of time. Think of how much wierdness has happened in the universe since we ape-men started writing things down. (About 5800 years.) Now picture cosmic forces operating over periods of time we can't even imagine. That's a lot of room for strange things to happen.
The most fascinating aspect of the planet has nothing to do with its structure. It is newsworthy only for the fact we have details on it at all. Science is truely ignorant about what constitutes a "normal" planetary system. We have, what, 4000 years of experience with a portion of our system, and only 10 years of experience with anything else.
We need to swallow some pride and accept that humanity is a babe in the woods when it comes to understanding the cosmos.
Well hold on. Most of the 'Venutian' weaponry was actually leased from the C'lph'n (damnit when is Unicode going to start getting non-terrestrial characters?). So technically it's crap from Aldeberan VI that's filling our core.
They have measured the mass in relation to our frame of reference. It may be that it's just another run-of-the-mill planet from it's own frame, but the difference in velocity makes it seem more massive to us. An orbital period of 2.87 days (from TFA), would make for a tremendous speed.
An interesting aside, the orbit of Mercury was an early proof of Einstein's relativity. The planet varies in speed somewhat during it's trip around the sun. Astronomers had a hard time plotting its orbit mathematically, because it appears to change in mass.
Einstein's special relativity was able to quanitify that change in mass.
Pop culture? Oh, all those fads whose carcasses we step over while cleaning detritus from our attics.
Think about it, in the space of 30 years "Free Love" has morphed into the Porn industry. Charity has given way to the "Fundraiser Telethon". The same individuals who dodged the draft to avoid combat against the Communists are sending other people's sons and daughters to be shot up to secure our oil supply.
And in 30 years it will all be different, but the greed will remain.
Actually Nukes are pretty useless outside of an atmosphere. They produce a pretty flash of X-Rays, and that's about all. Most of the damage from a Nuke comes from the shockwave produced by superheating a massive volume of air around the detonation. Even the EMP is a side effect of this "thermal storm" effect.
The concept of a "Rosetta Stone" in a generic discovery of signifigance. Rosetta Stone referes to a tablet that had a simultaneous translation of Heiroglyphics, Latin, and Greek, that allowed linguists to finally start cracking the secrets of the ancient Egyptian's written Language.
This specimin that takes science in a new direction is more akin to "Mercury's Orbit."
And yes, this certainly is the post-war stage. No remnant of the former government remains, and the whole insurgency would collapse without foreign support.
Which is more or less why George H.W. Bush decided that invading Iraq back in '91 would have been a mistake.
Actually, the Americans didn't have a Navy during the Revolution. Washington's 'victory' at Yorktown was achieved only with the help of a substantial naval blockade by the French.
They also supplied the revolutionaries with most of their gunpowder and arms. Until a Frenchman by the name of DuPont decided to set up shop here in time for the War of 1812, and whose company would go on to supply gunpowder for US forces until WWI, and be one of the primary contractors for the Manhatten project.
Laugh all you want. A company founded by a Frenchman gave us the bomb.
Reason is the beginning of wisdom. But only the beginning. Reason is a tool, not a way of life.
I will not argue that Religion is often group think. But don't think for a minute that Religion has anything to do with Faith.
And no, I don't buy for a minute the whole "Temporal Lobe Epilespy" theory of religious experience. In most cases the cause is "Cryptogenic". That literally means "we don't know what caused it." All other explainations involving head trauma or infection are sufficiently vague to make finding them almost meaningless.
Yes, the diagnosis for TLE sounds like they have all the paranormal wrapped up. Auras, Deja Voi, feelings from beyond. Except of course that the theory describes a whole lot and explains nothing.
In my opinion, its simply pathalogizing the paranormal.
It's not the same anymore. The giant ape has really gone to pasteur. Literally, he discovered a field of docile cows, and we can't get him away from the easy eats.
It seems like the only time the lizard stops molting is when it's time to start again. The vets don't give him long for this, er that, world. He also developed a fear of heights, so we can't air drop him in anymore.
And the rat has take up cheese instead of bipedal humanoids. Boring boring boring.
Now let's see... Nixon resigned in 1974. Star Wars came out in 1977. He had supposedly gone to the studios with the entire story line, and Episode IV was made first because it had most of the elements of a successful movie.
If you look at the timing, I think one could develop a rather convicing theory...
Major papers in the 19th century were about on par with the tabloids today. News outlets gained most of the "credibility" during the propaganda programs of WWI, WWII, and the Cold War. Then, they were transmitters of information one needed to know to survive, serve the Arsenal of Freedom, and learn of the heroic deeds of our men in uniform.
I think the media was last taken seriously in the early 70's with a brief shot in the arm during the Watergate scandle. Seriously, go watch the movie "Network."
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Shooting is too good for them. Think human punch cards.
Just look at Santorum.
And exactly how are they going to pull off that many assasinations simultaneously?
Indeed, fundimentalists would be call "liberals" or "leftists" in any other era.
If they are fast moving geeks it may all be relative.
The most fascinating aspect of the planet has nothing to do with its structure. It is newsworthy only for the fact we have details on it at all. Science is truely ignorant about what constitutes a "normal" planetary system. We have, what, 4000 years of experience with a portion of our system, and only 10 years of experience with anything else.
We need to swallow some pride and accept that humanity is a babe in the woods when it comes to understanding the cosmos.
I'm really picking nits here, I realize.
They have measured the mass in relation to our frame of reference. It may be that it's just another run-of-the-mill planet from it's own frame, but the difference in velocity makes it seem more massive to us. An orbital period of 2.87 days (from TFA), would make for a tremendous speed.
An interesting aside, the orbit of Mercury was an early proof of Einstein's relativity. The planet varies in speed somewhat during it's trip around the sun. Astronomers had a hard time plotting its orbit mathematically, because it appears to change in mass.
Einstein's special relativity was able to quanitify that change in mass.
Thanks for the clarification. I was hazy on the third language, and I really should have looked it up.
Think about it, in the space of 30 years "Free Love" has morphed into the Porn industry. Charity has given way to the "Fundraiser Telethon". The same individuals who dodged the draft to avoid combat against the Communists are sending other people's sons and daughters to be shot up to secure our oil supply.
And in 30 years it will all be different, but the greed will remain.
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It's nothing to be ashamed of. It's nothing to be proud of either.
The concept of a "Rosetta Stone" in a generic discovery of signifigance. Rosetta Stone referes to a tablet that had a simultaneous translation of Heiroglyphics, Latin, and Greek, that allowed linguists to finally start cracking the secrets of the ancient Egyptian's written Language.
This specimin that takes science in a new direction is more akin to "Mercury's Orbit."
Which is more or less why George H.W. Bush decided that invading Iraq back in '91 would have been a mistake.
They also supplied the revolutionaries with most of their gunpowder and arms. Until a Frenchman by the name of DuPont decided to set up shop here in time for the War of 1812, and whose company would go on to supply gunpowder for US forces until WWI, and be one of the primary contractors for the Manhatten project.
Laugh all you want. A company founded by a Frenchman gave us the bomb.
(Must resist urge to tell French jokes...)
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The Resurrection
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Methinks you've been on Usenet a bit too long...
I will not argue that Religion is often group think. But don't think for a minute that Religion has anything to do with Faith.
And no, I don't buy for a minute the whole "Temporal Lobe Epilespy" theory of religious experience. In most cases the cause is "Cryptogenic". That literally means "we don't know what caused it." All other explainations involving head trauma or infection are sufficiently vague to make finding them almost meaningless.
Yes, the diagnosis for TLE sounds like they have all the paranormal wrapped up. Auras, Deja Voi, feelings from beyond. Except of course that the theory describes a whole lot and explains nothing.
In my opinion, its simply pathalogizing the paranormal.
It's not the same anymore. The giant ape has really gone to pasteur. Literally, he discovered a field of docile cows, and we can't get him away from the easy eats.
It seems like the only time the lizard stops molting is when it's time to start again. The vets don't give him long for this, er that, world. He also developed a fear of heights, so we can't air drop him in anymore.
And the rat has take up cheese instead of bipedal humanoids. Boring boring boring.
The next time someone talks about the difficulties of multiple inheritence, they may not be talking about OOP.
The robot was looking for a patient by the name of "Sarah Conner"
If you look at the timing, I think one could develop a rather convicing theory...
Major papers in the 19th century were about on par with the tabloids today. News outlets gained most of the "credibility" during the propaganda programs of WWI, WWII, and the Cold War. Then, they were transmitters of information one needed to know to survive, serve the Arsenal of Freedom, and learn of the heroic deeds of our men in uniform.
I think the media was last taken seriously in the early 70's with a brief shot in the arm during the Watergate scandle. Seriously, go watch the movie "Network."