It's very simple, instead of being inefficient like a regular rocket engine and moves the rocket in space, it simply allows the rocket to be stationary and it moves the universe.
Ha! You think you are joking, don't you? But just maybe not, with this...;-)
... The "left" is pissed because we just showed the world that we're a bunch of ignorant fucking rednecks....
Actually, we just showed the world that the voters are more powerful than all of the "power brokers" put together. We might be the only country in the world where that is true, but I hope not.
Contrary to some people's opinion, the average voter is more intellegent than most "power brokers", which is why letting the "power brokers" control the country causes so many problems! 8-P
To quote a very old saying: "There are people smart enough to run the country, but they are also smart enough not to want to!" 8-)
... The problem is the guy they "interviewed" is Paul Horner (like they say), except he isn't a paid protester, he's a satire author who puts a character with his own name in all of his stories....
So, should we consider this person, Horner, to be the news media equivilent to a "penitration tester" in security systems??;-) If his name shows up in a report, you know they never checked it out! 8-P
Yeah, I'm okay with including the onion. Probably should require a huge red banner (can't do red on slashdot, it's 1972 here) that says SATIRE
It's just as funny with the banner as it is without, while not actually likely to cause near as much harm, especially if people knew to look for the HUGE RED BANNER.
There is not such thing as Satire on the Internet, just people that claim it was satire when they are caught faking things.
Without body language and facial expressions, the internet has no way to transmit the necessary information. But your "huge red banner" might actually help...;-)
I prefer ctrl left as it sums up perfectly why extreme lefties are so unpopular.
Good point! But to make it a "buzzword" you need to put a hyphen in it, to make it one word: "Ctrl-Left".
It's ironic, though, since the Right used to be the one that was for "control" and the Liberterians leaned left. About 1970... I think that the Parties periodically meet and draw lots from a hat, to see which will claim each "taking point" for the next decade. 8-P
It is a nice dream...build a Moon colony, let it develop industry and grow into a jumping off point. But what economic benefit will it provide while we spend 10s or 100s of trillions of dollars getting it going?...
If you ask the question that way, then you don't have to worry about it. Because, it will not be you doing it.
It will be the people that can find a benefit, doing it.;-)
But is that sustainable? What if the population of those who believe in reproducing like bunnies, increases faster than the resulting children can be convinced to abandon their father's ways?
You and your teachers can't control it. But there are automatic controls, built in, that have been there for thousands (millions?) of years. All we need to do is help that along...;-)
Whether exponential growth will come to an end is really unknowable. High exponential growth is likely to end. But small exponential growth can work well enough for a long time, and it is hardly impossible to manage a society on a flat economic trajectory, just harder.
True. Of course most situations are actually "S" curves, that settle out. But real stuff is way more complicated and the limits can change as fast as the values in the curve.
Growth has only been exponential for the last 100 to 150 years
What do you mean, growth is always exponential even a million years ago.
Not really. Pre-industrial revolution, it was largely linear.
The beginnings of that type of curve always look pretty linear, but that does not make them any less exponential. It's an artifact of the scale used and the noise level.
So "Operation Fast and Furious" happened before you were born? That scandal, which resulted in the death of one of the American Border Patrol, was a Democrat conspiracy intended to result in the seizure of guns.
While a complete and utter clusterfuck, that is not what Operation Fast and Furious was at all. In fact, it's almost the exact opposite, where they were letting criminals walk away with guns instead of seizing them. That's why it's called the ATF "gunwalking" scandal.
True, but the -reason- they were letting the guns "walk" was so they could then point to them as a reason to ban guns. Someone in that mess believed that "the end justifies the means". If they had been just trying to catch smugglers, they would not have let so many go. 8-P
What is it with crazy Americans claiming that candidate XYZ will surely start nuking everything the day he gets into office, whenever there's someone to be elected?
Because they might be able to, and it's our responsibility to make sure that they don't.
That is why our government system is so different, we break up the power centers into "separation of powers" to make sure one person doesn't cause too much damage. We do take our resonsibilities seriously, even though the people you hear on TV might not know about it. 8-)
I also wonder when people think that we can somehow figure out a way to travel at light speeds to get to another planet.
We have now learned enough to know that what we thought was full knowledge, before, was very limited. We have -not- however, learned enough to know how limited our current knowledge is.;-)
We will not be able to make people all do things the same way, but that is good. Everyone following the same leader is very dangerous, if only because that leader could make mistakes. Better to have independant separate efforts, the odds of a success are greater.
Don't listen to the Elietists, they only want power and money... 8-P
This is also true of websites. Maintaining an existing, working website doesn't advance your career. Rewriting it in a trendy new Javascript framework, with flat rectangles bouncing all over the page, and half the functionality moved/hidden and the other half gone - now THAT advances your career.
Is Java still relevant? Sure a lot of people use it, but they've already made their decision 10-20 years ago. It's not an industry that is growing....
Any system that is still "growing" is not stable enough for use. People I know are just now looking at Java as a possibility. Of course, we do jobs that are bit bit more serious than a video game or a phone "app"...;-)
... Now if the government would actually start charging people with treason for saying this kind of crap and prosecute them and make them look at real jail time in a real prison, that might just put an end to it....
It's not illegal to talk about it, only to -do- it.
Until the group has enough meetings to be a conspiracy, I suppose...;-)
4 seperate Trump speeches. How the fuck can you doubt this. Its amazing how the source for every bad thing about Trump dismissed as smears by his followers is Donald Trump himself. But then they all believe he was the target of an assasination attempt as well... and like most things they believe it never happened.
It's amazing how people will believe anything the spin-masters say, without even checking it out. Both sides, but the democrats are worse...
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It's very simple, instead of being inefficient like a regular rocket engine and moves the rocket in space, it simply allows the rocket to be stationary and it moves the universe.
Ha! You think you are joking, don't you? But just maybe not, with this... ;-)
Note that just because the click counters show someone viewed something, does not necessarily mean they believe it. 8-P
Now, when someone reports it to others, that might mean something... ;-)
Free Speech, always always fight for free speech.
ALL limitations on free speech are a path that eventually leads to subjugation....
I agree. 8-)
I like the slogan that the National Rifle Association uses: "When in doubt, vote Freedom First."
... The "left" is pissed because we just showed the world that we're a bunch of ignorant fucking rednecks. ...
Actually, we just showed the world that the voters are more powerful than all of the "power brokers" put together. We might be the only country in the world where that is true, but I hope not.
Contrary to some people's opinion, the average voter is more intellegent than most "power brokers", which is why letting the "power brokers" control the country causes so many problems! 8-P
To quote a very old saying: "There are people smart enough to run the country, but they are also smart enough not to want to!" 8-)
... The problem is the guy they "interviewed" is Paul Horner (like they say), except he isn't a paid protester, he's a satire author who puts a character with his own name in all of his stories. ...
So, should we consider this person, Horner, to be the news media equivilent to a "penitration tester" in security systems?? ;-)
If his name shows up in a report, you know they never checked it out! 8-P
Yeah, I'm okay with including the onion. Probably should require a huge red banner (can't do red on slashdot, it's 1972 here) that says SATIRE
It's just as funny with the banner as it is without, while not actually likely to cause near as much harm, especially if people knew to look for the HUGE RED BANNER.
There is not such thing as Satire on the Internet, just people that claim it was satire when they are caught faking things.
Without body language and facial expressions, the internet has no way to transmit the necessary information. But your "huge red banner" might actually help... ;-)
I prefer ctrl left as it sums up perfectly why extreme lefties are so unpopular.
Good point! But to make it a "buzzword" you need to put a hyphen in it, to make it one word: "Ctrl-Left".
It's ironic, though, since the Right used to be the one that was for "control" and the Liberterians leaned left. About 1970...
I think that the Parties periodically meet and draw lots from a hat, to see which will claim each "taking point" for the next decade. 8-P
Wrong, the worst would be the Earth getting demolished in order to build a hyperspace bypass.
That might be a joke, but then again it just might not be...
I think he was more talking about: The universe is not a safe place, and sitting all of us in one place is not safe.
It is a nice dream...build a Moon colony, let it develop industry and grow into a jumping off point. But what economic benefit will it provide while we spend 10s or 100s of trillions of dollars getting it going? ...
If you ask the question that way, then you don't have to worry about it. Because, it will not be you doing it.
It will be the people that can find a benefit, doing it. ;-)
But is that sustainable? What if the population of those who believe in reproducing like bunnies, increases faster than the resulting children can be convinced to abandon their father's ways?
You and your teachers can't control it. But there are automatic controls, built in, that have been there for thousands (millions?) of years. All we need to do is help that along... ;-)
Whether exponential growth will come to an end is really unknowable. High exponential growth is likely to end. But small exponential growth can work well enough for a long time, and it is hardly impossible to manage a society on a flat economic trajectory, just harder.
True.
Of course most situations are actually "S" curves, that settle out. But real stuff is way more complicated and the limits can change as fast as the values in the curve.
Growth has only been exponential for the last 100 to 150 years
What do you mean, growth is always exponential even a million years ago.
Not really. Pre-industrial revolution, it was largely linear.
The beginnings of that type of curve always look pretty linear, but that does not make them any less exponential. It's an artifact of the scale used and the noise level.
So "Operation Fast and Furious" happened before you were born? That scandal, which resulted in the death of one of the American Border Patrol, was a Democrat conspiracy intended to result in the seizure of guns.
While a complete and utter clusterfuck, that is not what Operation Fast and Furious was at all. In fact, it's almost the exact opposite, where they were letting criminals walk away with guns instead of seizing them. That's why it's called the ATF "gunwalking" scandal.
True, but the -reason- they were letting the guns "walk" was so they could then point to them as a reason to ban guns. Someone in that mess believed that "the end justifies the means". If they had been just trying to catch smugglers, they would not have let so many go. 8-P
What is it with crazy Americans claiming that candidate XYZ will surely start nuking everything the day he gets into office, whenever there's someone to be elected?
Because they might be able to, and it's our responsibility to make sure that they don't.
That is why our government system is so different, we break up the power centers into "separation of powers" to make sure one person doesn't cause too much damage. We do take our resonsibilities seriously, even though the people you hear on TV might not know about it. 8-)
I also wonder when people think that we can somehow figure out a way to travel at light speeds to get to another planet.
We have now learned enough to know that what we thought was full knowledge, before, was very limited. We have -not- however, learned enough to know how limited our current knowledge is. ;-)
We will not be able to make people all do things the same way, but that is good. Everyone following the same leader is very dangerous, if only because that leader could make mistakes. Better to have independant separate efforts, the odds of a success are greater.
Don't listen to the Elietists, they only want power and money... 8-P
Does this mean that the DNC has to pay a bounty to the hackers for reporting the many vulnerabilities they had?
Or does WikiLeaks not count as a report? 8-}
This is also true of websites. Maintaining an existing, working website doesn't advance your career. Rewriting it in a trendy new Javascript framework, with flat rectangles bouncing all over the page, and half the functionality moved/hidden and the other half gone - now THAT advances your career.
That is true! And a major pain. 8-P
There's something wrong with your display. Where I typed "joke" it's showing "serious actual proposal".
That's just the Internet, it does not have any way to indicate humor.
But paying "Danegeld" is known not to work. Since before either one of us was born. And "I was born about 10,000 years ago." ;-)
... The really disturbing part is that these $800k shells buy us a whopping THREE times the lethality of a traditional 5-inch round. ...
So how does that compare to a 16 inch projectile, which we have had operational for nearly a hundred years?
Is Java still relevant? Sure a lot of people use it, but they've already made their decision 10-20 years ago. It's not an industry that is growing. ...
Any system that is still "growing" is not stable enough for use. People I know are just now looking at Java as a possibility. ;-)
Of course, we do jobs that are bit bit more serious than a video game or a phone "app"...
That's because they were all mislead by the name, and don't know yet.
... Now if the government would actually start charging people with treason for saying this kind of crap and prosecute them and make them look at real jail time in a real prison, that might just put an end to it. ...
It's not illegal to talk about it, only to -do- it.
Until the group has enough meetings to be a conspiracy, I suppose ... ;-)
... California to secede from the US ...
We tried that, about 150 years ago. It did not turn out so well ! 8-P
You think the "DamnYankies" shafted the Southerners, just see what they do to California ... ;-)
4 seperate Trump speeches. How the fuck can you doubt this.
Its amazing how the source for every bad thing about Trump dismissed as smears by his followers is Donald Trump himself. But then they all believe he was the target of an assasination attempt as well... and like most things they believe it never happened.
It's amazing how people will believe anything the spin-masters say, without even checking it out. Both sides, but the democrats are worse...