Both of these have been mentioned elsewhere but not much. These things are getting hard to find so I wanted to say it too before it gets broken. I'd look for either a Ham radio operator with a big back yard (They use it to talk to sattelites or to bounce signals off the moon) or a college astronomy department who could make a radio telescope out of it. Or, maybe someone might actually want to watch tv w/ it.
There are many more plentiful things you can make a birdbath or flower pot out of. Maybe an old 10mpg truck or something?
Unless you think you would really use a solar cooker... Might make a nice grill that never needs propane refills.
Maybe the ISS is best where it is but maybe, iff a lunar orbit station would be usefull as a step towards the future lunar base this might be a good method for getting it there. Build a space station that is better designed for lunar orbit in earth orbit, use this method to get it to lunar orbit after completion. Leave the ISS where it is. That is, if a lunar orbit station is even usefull and if the lumpy gravity issue that another postor mentioend isn't a total deal breaker.
So, these guys are the miracle company of July 08 whom claim to be able to make cheap high-quality fuel from waste. When did we start getting these monthly reports? 2003 was it? Or even earlier. I wonder who will make the claim only to be never heard from again next month?
Meanwhile we have a few chains selling tiny amounts of Ethanol and BioDiesel for just slightly less then their petrolium counterparts (or about the same $/mile), skyrocketing gas/diesel prices and even grossly inflated food prices.
I'll be thrilled when I see this at the pump. If, that is, I'm still young enough to drive. Or am I just being impatient?
Thank you!
Can we please stop voting for these two parties?
Whatever they once stood for, decades of almost all the power being virtually gauranteed it will go to one or the other has corrupted them.
As for even being a choice... it's like the three nations in the book 1984. As long as people have the other of the party to villify they don't see the evil in their own party. We just have 2 instead of 3.
Let's get some 3rd parties in there. Or better yet, get rid of political parties alltogether. Not one party... no parties. A vast cloud of individual candidates competing against each other one on one. Make them compete to show us they are the best choice or get out of the way.
As for voting "For Change", peace,prosperity and freedom for all would be a change. So would WorldWarIII, universal famine, and complete totalitarianism. If all someone can promise is "Change" they aren't promising anything!
But why did we end up with a limited reproductive age in the first place? If once we reach reproductive age we keep the ability to reproduce indefinantly wouldn't that be an even better way to spread our genes? Why did that happen?
If the medical technology to live forever existed today would it be affordable? Will the rich live forever while the poor die the same as always?
If so how many generations would it take before the poor begin to look expendable to the rich. They're just going to die anyway, let's use them for...
How about prisoners? Will an inmate with a life sentence get this treatment? If not, it's really a slow death sentence. If so, will society pay to keep a prisoner healthy for milenia?
Hypothetically, what if the research of yourself and others came to a point where the mal-effects of aging could be slowed to a crawl or stopped completely but there is still no progress in reversing it?
What would you recommend for those whom are already aged to the point they have a very low quality of life? Bedridden? In constant pain?
Stop the aging? Remain in that state hoping for a future method to reverse the aging? Or just let go, the last generation to die of old age?
If the rest of us are no longer aging and happy with our current condition would there be enough financial incentive to continue researching a way to reverse aging for those whom are already old?
What if we reach that point and you are suffering an advanced state of aging?
Hopefully we will go straight to reversing aging without hitting a point where we stop it without reversing it but what if.....
That would necessitate humanity begin to expand offworld.
Hmm.. iff all the funds and energy currently put into old-age related health care were put into researching how to survive on the moon, mars, or elsewhere....
I think we could leave before the earth is beyond recovery.
Wow, there's a lot of good ones in there. If your looking for very kid friendly, non-dark stuff did anyone mention the Tom Swift series?
Someone mentioned something about what "kids these days" not being interested in certain things. I wouldn't worry about that, expose them to lots of stuff and maybe they will surprise you. If "kids these days" aren't interested in some things maybe it's because they were assumed not to be and so never exposed?
I wouldn't worry about the reading difficulty level either. If something is beyond their level they will figure that out themselves and get an easier book the next time. Maybe if they tried some adult sci-fi books they would find they like them and be that much better practiced readers. I know I read lots of books that were beyond my age level as a kid. I'm talking about difficulty, not content, that's for you to figure out as the parent. Just my 2 cents...
"Road-trip reading season is upon us"...
Have they already begun to read in the car? Or is this a new idea for the kids. I ask because if they aren't already used to this you might want to consider buying some motion-sickness medicine beforehand.
When returning books: Find the UPC of the "New" edition, slap it on your old edition and return it. Do it during the highest rush when the checkers in are just trying to get through everyone. I think I would net around $100 a semester buying $5 books and returning them for $30. Screw you book store.
Problem is, the one doing the gouging is rarely the bookstores, it's the publishers. Where I went to college most of the bookstores were owned by individuals just like the rest of us, trying to make a living and feed their families.
I've no problem with "screwing" the publishers. Their greedy #$#$. But there's no reason to hurt the bookstore owner.
Yah, the title of this comment says it all doesn't it?
Ahh, I miss ICQ and my 6-digit id. Alas, logging on to that network is like returning to windows...
spam popup, spam popup, spam popup
You can really tell AOL owns it
Ah Ha!! Proof!
The world and the people in it are a gigantic computer, built by the greatest mice scientists working on the meaning of life!
Collectively our minds hold the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything... even if so many individual minds hold so little....
Where's my improbability engine?!?!? The Vogons are coming!
Hmmm... both good points...
How about personal responsibility???
If your condition is the result of your own choices, within your own control you pay for it.. IE, if your fat because you won't stop overeating or refuse to get off the couch...
Why should the rest of us pay for that?
But... if you are just born with it.. bad genes.. (even obesity sometimes if it's the result of a gland issue...) We all shoulder a portion of the cost because we are a society which takes care of those with needs.
Ok, don't laugh, that was wishfull thinking....
I think this 'slippery slope' argument, as most are, is a cop-out. We can certainly differentiate between lifestyle choices and genetics.
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Both of these have been mentioned elsewhere but not much. These things are getting hard to find so I wanted to say it too before it gets broken. I'd look for either a Ham radio operator with a big back yard (They use it to talk to sattelites or to bounce signals off the moon) or a college astronomy department who could make a radio telescope out of it. Or, maybe someone might actually want to watch tv w/ it. There are many more plentiful things you can make a birdbath or flower pot out of. Maybe an old 10mpg truck or something? Unless you think you would really use a solar cooker... Might make a nice grill that never needs propane refills.
Maybe the ISS is best where it is but maybe, iff a lunar orbit station would be usefull as a step towards the future lunar base this might be a good method for getting it there. Build a space station that is better designed for lunar orbit in earth orbit, use this method to get it to lunar orbit after completion. Leave the ISS where it is. That is, if a lunar orbit station is even usefull and if the lumpy gravity issue that another postor mentioend isn't a total deal breaker.
Meh! Just put the domains in your hostfile.... All of them....
ISO/OOXML = FCC/BPL ?
So, these guys are the miracle company of July 08 whom claim to be able to make cheap high-quality fuel from waste. When did we start getting these monthly reports? 2003 was it? Or even earlier. I wonder who will make the claim only to be never heard from again next month? Meanwhile we have a few chains selling tiny amounts of Ethanol and BioDiesel for just slightly less then their petrolium counterparts (or about the same $/mile), skyrocketing gas/diesel prices and even grossly inflated food prices. I'll be thrilled when I see this at the pump. If, that is, I'm still young enough to drive. Or am I just being impatient?
Thank you! Can we please stop voting for these two parties? Whatever they once stood for, decades of almost all the power being virtually gauranteed it will go to one or the other has corrupted them. As for even being a choice... it's like the three nations in the book 1984. As long as people have the other of the party to villify they don't see the evil in their own party. We just have 2 instead of 3. Let's get some 3rd parties in there. Or better yet, get rid of political parties alltogether. Not one party... no parties. A vast cloud of individual candidates competing against each other one on one. Make them compete to show us they are the best choice or get out of the way. As for voting "For Change", peace ,prosperity and freedom for all would be a change. So would WorldWarIII, universal famine, and complete totalitarianism. If all someone can promise is "Change" they aren't promising anything!
Have you already?
But why did we end up with a limited reproductive age in the first place? If once we reach reproductive age we keep the ability to reproduce indefinantly wouldn't that be an even better way to spread our genes? Why did that happen?
If the medical technology to live forever existed today would it be affordable? Will the rich live forever while the poor die the same as always? If so how many generations would it take before the poor begin to look expendable to the rich. They're just going to die anyway, let's use them for... How about prisoners? Will an inmate with a life sentence get this treatment? If not, it's really a slow death sentence. If so, will society pay to keep a prisoner healthy for milenia?
Hypothetically, what if the research of yourself and others came to a point where the mal-effects of aging could be slowed to a crawl or stopped completely but there is still no progress in reversing it? What would you recommend for those whom are already aged to the point they have a very low quality of life? Bedridden? In constant pain? Stop the aging? Remain in that state hoping for a future method to reverse the aging? Or just let go, the last generation to die of old age? If the rest of us are no longer aging and happy with our current condition would there be enough financial incentive to continue researching a way to reverse aging for those whom are already old? What if we reach that point and you are suffering an advanced state of aging? Hopefully we will go straight to reversing aging without hitting a point where we stop it without reversing it but what if.....
sorry, this is for questions, not statements, shouldn't have posted. go ahead and mod it to nothing.
That would necessitate humanity begin to expand offworld. Hmm.. iff all the funds and energy currently put into old-age related health care were put into researching how to survive on the moon, mars, or elsewhere.... I think we could leave before the earth is beyond recovery.
Wow, there's a lot of good ones in there. If your looking for very kid friendly, non-dark stuff did anyone mention the Tom Swift series? Someone mentioned something about what "kids these days" not being interested in certain things. I wouldn't worry about that, expose them to lots of stuff and maybe they will surprise you. If "kids these days" aren't interested in some things maybe it's because they were assumed not to be and so never exposed? I wouldn't worry about the reading difficulty level either. If something is beyond their level they will figure that out themselves and get an easier book the next time. Maybe if they tried some adult sci-fi books they would find they like them and be that much better practiced readers. I know I read lots of books that were beyond my age level as a kid. I'm talking about difficulty, not content, that's for you to figure out as the parent. Just my 2 cents... "Road-trip reading season is upon us"... Have they already begun to read in the car? Or is this a new idea for the kids. I ask because if they aren't already used to this you might want to consider buying some motion-sickness medicine beforehand.
'Fraid not... Cost per/passenger of fuel is much worse on a small plane, most of us couldn't afford it.
When returning books: Find the UPC of the "New" edition, slap it on your old edition and return it. Do it during the highest rush when the checkers in are just trying to get through everyone. I think I would net around $100 a semester buying $5 books and returning them for $30. Screw you book store.
Problem is, the one doing the gouging is rarely the bookstores, it's the publishers. Where I went to college most of the bookstores were owned by individuals just like the rest of us, trying to make a living and feed their families. I've no problem with "screwing" the publishers. Their greedy #$#$. But there's no reason to hurt the bookstore owner.
Yah, the title of this comment says it all doesn't it? Ahh, I miss ICQ and my 6-digit id. Alas, logging on to that network is like returning to windows... spam popup, spam popup, spam popup You can really tell AOL owns it
Ah Ha!! Proof! The world and the people in it are a gigantic computer, built by the greatest mice scientists working on the meaning of life! Collectively our minds hold the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything... even if so many individual minds hold so little.... Where's my improbability engine?!?!? The Vogons are coming!
Hmmm... both good points... How about personal responsibility??? If your condition is the result of your own choices, within your own control you pay for it.. IE, if your fat because you won't stop overeating or refuse to get off the couch... Why should the rest of us pay for that? But... if you are just born with it.. bad genes.. (even obesity sometimes if it's the result of a gland issue...) We all shoulder a portion of the cost because we are a society which takes care of those with needs. Ok, don't laugh, that was wishfull thinking.... I think this 'slippery slope' argument, as most are, is a cop-out. We can certainly differentiate between lifestyle choices and genetics.