We are past peak oil and probably past peak NG, we now understand the environmental damage it causes, yet people continue to advocate it...real smart...
Yep through these things called "wires" stored in "batteries" that the GP hasn't heard of.
The only things you can't run on nuclear, at least indirectly, are medium-sized ships (too big for batteries, too small for a reactor), large trucks (same problem as ships, at least for now), and non-tiny aircraft (too big for batteries, too small for...no wait, reactors in aircraft is a terrible idea that wouldn't even work well).
Still it seems wrong to demonize Islam because it's slightly worse on paper. Christians are just lucky there are no shithole countries with fundamentalist Christian theocracies to point to. It could have happened just as easily.
If international gridlock should ensue, then why did ACTA so heavily favor US media interests over Russia's fine hosting services and China's quality replica goods?
Yes give control to the UN so that you can suffer the censorship and control of ALL countries instead of just the US. You'll get the same pro-culture-theft and US-interest bullshit, PLUS you won't be able to post pics of Allah, download whatever kind of porn Britain's latest serial killer happened to be into, or talk about Tiananmen Square.
Passive solutions already exist that can handle this. Basically the house is built on a platform that has domed feet (or roller-balls) that rest in metal bowls embedded in a traditional foundation. When the earthquake hits, the massive inertia of the house easily overcomes the high friction at these movement points, and the house nearly stays still while the ground moves underneath it. The bowls allow plenty of travel and have vertical sides to minimize the chance of the house skipping off the lower foundation entirely.
Inertia is a powerful thing, as an example one time I had to get my dad to give my little Samurai a tow to the shop. I tried to explain about carefully taking up the slack on the tow strap before moving, but as usual he couldn't be bothered with all my "nerdy overanalysis" and he just took off with a good 4-6 feet of slack in the strap. His crossover bounced back like it was tied to a tree (lucky the strap didn't snap), and he said that's what it felt like, and asked it I was holding the brakes down. Nope, that's little more than just the inertia of a 2300lb object.
Very well, so now how does this make Islam particularly bad? Why should they all be painted with the same brush as the extremists, while Christians and atheists don't deserve the same?
Well you could say similar things about Christianity. Technically hey should be stoning women who cheat on their husbands and using their daughters as sacrificial rape victims.
You really think mainstream Muslims are sympathetic to the extremists? Why would you think that? When you answer make sure it would not be the same if you replaced each instance of "Muslim" with "Christian."
Those I've spoken to say the extremists are "not Muslim" and have misinterpreted the Quaran.
Well of course I'd never do such a thing, but I know well what they do there. How is it relevant to the discussion? If I make such a visit do you think I'll come to hate all Muslims? Do you think that other religions haven't created similar legal systems in the past?
It should be possible to detect these anomalies by throwing bolts at them and observing the reaction. If you don't have a bolt, the older tool used was a rock covered in a handkerchief with a string tied to it.
Crazy-ass fundamentalist Islam is against those. Same as fundamentalist Christianity. In both cases they are small minorities of their respective religions, yet you paint the 99.9999% of followers who aren't fundamentalists with the same brush. You are, in fact, just as ignorant and intolerant as the kind of Muslims that you hate. I'm against fundamentalism, and other flavors of intolerance and ignorant hatred such as yours.
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We are past peak oil and probably past peak NG, we now understand the environmental damage it causes, yet people continue to advocate it...real smart...
Yep through these things called "wires" stored in "batteries" that the GP hasn't heard of.
The only things you can't run on nuclear, at least indirectly, are medium-sized ships (too big for batteries, too small for a reactor), large trucks (same problem as ships, at least for now), and non-tiny aircraft (too big for batteries, too small for...no wait, reactors in aircraft is a terrible idea that wouldn't even work well).
You're not sucking the life out of the earth, you're sucking the death out of it and putting it into the atmosphere.*
*Scientifically correct metaphor! BOOM SHAKA LAKA!
Still it seems wrong to demonize Islam because it's slightly worse on paper. Christians are just lucky there are no shithole countries with fundamentalist Christian theocracies to point to. It could have happened just as easily.
Oh please those are hardly comparable. The POTS system is a useless old relic compared to the Internet and never had anywhere near the capabilities.
If international gridlock should ensue, then why did ACTA so heavily favor US media interests over Russia's fine hosting services and China's quality replica goods?
Paying over $3.20 per litre here.
Please rest for my tiny violin solo that also goes out to you and the GP.
Ah, the old "we're the richest therefore we're entitled to waste the most" argument.
Often used by opponents of any sort of carbon trading scheme.
None of those metrics include patriotism or American spirit! Goddamn commie statistics...
Wrong you are over 3x above average. The average American drives less than 30 miles per day:
http://www.bts.gov/programs/national_household_travel_survey/daily_travel.html
I'm at work but look up "female ejaculation" on Wikipedia and search for "legal" on-page and it should point you in the right direction.
Also, remember that porn featuring women with small breasts is considered child porn in Australia.
s/Allah/Mohammed/g (although I imagine if they don't like pics of Mohammed, they won't like pics of Allah either...)
Yes give control to the UN so that you can suffer the censorship and control of ALL countries instead of just the US. You'll get the same pro-culture-theft and US-interest bullshit, PLUS you won't be able to post pics of Allah, download whatever kind of porn Britain's latest serial killer happened to be into, or talk about Tiananmen Square.
Passive solutions already exist that can handle this. Basically the house is built on a platform that has domed feet (or roller-balls) that rest in metal bowls embedded in a traditional foundation. When the earthquake hits, the massive inertia of the house easily overcomes the high friction at these movement points, and the house nearly stays still while the ground moves underneath it. The bowls allow plenty of travel and have vertical sides to minimize the chance of the house skipping off the lower foundation entirely.
Inertia is a powerful thing, as an example one time I had to get my dad to give my little Samurai a tow to the shop. I tried to explain about carefully taking up the slack on the tow strap before moving, but as usual he couldn't be bothered with all my "nerdy overanalysis" and he just took off with a good 4-6 feet of slack in the strap. His crossover bounced back like it was tied to a tree (lucky the strap didn't snap), and he said that's what it felt like, and asked it I was holding the brakes down. Nope, that's little more than just the inertia of a 2300lb object.
Very well, so now how does this make Islam particularly bad? Why should they all be painted with the same brush as the extremists, while Christians and atheists don't deserve the same?
Well you could say similar things about Christianity. Technically hey should be stoning women who cheat on their husbands and using their daughters as sacrificial rape victims.
You really think mainstream Muslims are sympathetic to the extremists? Why would you think that? When you answer make sure it would not be the same if you replaced each instance of "Muslim" with "Christian."
Those I've spoken to say the extremists are "not Muslim" and have misinterpreted the Quaran.
Well of course I'd never do such a thing, but I know well what they do there. How is it relevant to the discussion? If I make such a visit do you think I'll come to hate all Muslims? Do you think that other religions haven't created similar legal systems in the past?
It should be possible to detect these anomalies by throwing bolts at them and observing the reaction. If you don't have a bolt, the older tool used was a rock covered in a handkerchief with a string tied to it.
Crazy-ass fundamentalist Islam is against those. Same as fundamentalist Christianity. In both cases they are small minorities of their respective religions, yet you paint the 99.9999% of followers who aren't fundamentalists with the same brush. You are, in fact, just as ignorant and intolerant as the kind of Muslims that you hate. I'm against fundamentalism, and other flavors of intolerance and ignorant hatred such as yours.
From a geek's perspective, ever since iOS came out, OSes have been competing to out-crapify each other.
Haha forgot to post anon, you horrible bigot.
She was willing to marry and have sex with an ugly fat dude, the last name isn't that big of a deal.
Because that's less of a witch hunt...