We will have to keep this in mind the next time we are asked for help. Since we are no longer trusted in the international community, make sure you reject any Philanthropic efforts by the United States such as:
Run that last one as a summary of all countries and it is especially telling. I am pretty sick and tired of the hypocrisy, especially in much of Europe, tha berates the United States as xenophobic and untrustworthy yet has no qualms about accepting our assistance (and even asking for more).
If we really should be shunned, then fine. We will stop helping providing assistance to other countries as well. Let's see France, Germany, Russia, or China pony up like the US has. The US already contributes more than all these countries combined. Never happen.
Careful, lest ye be branded heretic by the Environmental Priesthood. Global Warming is obviously caused by SUVs (as opposed to accelerated by them). Remember, there's no PAC money if they find out that nature is simply taking its course.
I personally believe that a solar/hydrogen combination is what will save us from ourselves. Clean solar to capture the energy of the sun and some hydrogen based technology to store it for use. Unfortunately, neither technology is there today to be used on a massive scale.
As a counterpoint, I would encourage you to read Chapter 11. A very strong case is made scientifically about the much-exagerrated risks of high-level nuclear waste if handled properly. And yes, there lies the problem.
Still, if France can get 70%+ of their energy from nuclear with no catastrophic incidents, I see no reason why the rest of the West can't. We'll have to take the "psycho factor" one situation at a time.
Skepticism is a rational approach to anything. Baseless fear is not.
The University of Pittsburgh put out an excellent free book on the "Nuclear Energy Option". It not only gives an excellent breakdown of the risk and benefits of nuclear power from a scientific standpoint, but it does an excellent comparison against other (heavily-used) technologies. It can be found here here
The most interesting chapter does a direct comparison of risk from high-level nuclear waste against other toxins introduced to the environment by manufacturing. Quote:
If nuclear power was used to the fullest practical extent in the United States, we would need about 300 power plants of the type now in use. The waste produced each year would then be enough to kill (300 x 50 million =) over 10 billion people. I have authored over 250 scientific papers over the past 35 years presenting tens of thousands of pieces of data, but that "over lO billion" number is the one most frequently quoted. Rarely quoted, however, are the other numbers given along with it11: we produce enough chlorine gas each year to kill 400 trillion people, enough phosgene to kill 20 trillion, enough ammonia and hydrogen cyanide to kill 6 trillion with each, enough barium to kill 100 billion, and enough arsenic trioxide to kill 10 billion. All of these numbers are calculated, as for the radioactive waste, on the assumption that all of it gets into people. I hope these comparisons dissolve the fear that, in generating nuclear electricity, we are producing unprecedented quantities of toxic materials.
Although I would be one of the first in line to adopt solar, hydro or hydrogen energy approaches, none are feasible on a global scale. My belief is that nuclear is the best choice if we can just get beyond everyone's fear of it.
You mean instead of the thousands of tons of low-level radioactive waste that coal-burning power plants pump into the atmosphere every year? Cause we really have that problem licked.
Repeat after me: Nuclear power technology c.2005 is not nuclear power technology c. 1950
"My PC's firewall, antivirus scanner, spyware remover, pop-up blocker, and spam filter all agree: Windows is sorely lacking in PC security. That situation may not change until Windows Vista (formerly Longhorn) comes out sometime next year."
Wonder if Vegas is giving any odds on this. Might be easy money.
...by the same liberal court that expanded the scope of eminent domain a few days ago. First they allow government to confiscate private property for the benefit of private developers, now they restrict software development to "protect" the rights of the media industry. No wonder every company that deals in anything creative is bugging the hell out of the United States and shipping jobs overseas.
I swear to God, the problems in this country are not the fault of the Executive or Legislative branches anymore. Somebody PLEASE get some judges on the benches who are interested in interpreting laws for the good of the people! If we don't do something to stop this general lack of common sense, we deserve the economic morass that we're heading for.
The last two were passable, but this one.... My heart is going to skip a beat when the villain of all villains finally takes the screen again. If this has echoes of ESB, it should be all good.
My only criticism is that I wish it had been called "Rise of the Empire". Just my preference.
I am pretty sure the Aztecwere defeated by Cortez and an Alliance with other native peoples. The Azteks, however, were defeated due to bad aesthetic design and poor market research.
Cool, can we get some WWII style posters that show Tux working for the Arsenal of Democracy? Maybe something like this one only with Tux instead of the Minuteman telling people to buy Linux instead of stamps.
Better not let the **AAs get any ideas though. Hate to see a campaign like McCarthy's against communism targeting Open Source or P2P apps.
There are definitely some breweries in the US who can put out a quality product. The Busch, Coors, Budweiser swill that most NASCAR types drink is not the only thing available, but who have to really research for them.
Try Bell's from Kalamazoo, MI. Decent microbrew. As for me, I miss real German, Belgian or Japanese brews with great longing.
I fing it interesting that most liberals rail against the "leaving the national debt as an inheritance to their kids"(para), yet have no qualms about leaving those same kids an inheritance of a broken Social Security system.
I am a 'Trek fan, but I have to agree with the parent's sentiment (except for the comment on "giving away software for free"). There are much better uses for $32M US.
As long as we keep trying to maintain the old franchises, there is no incentive for new material.
Well, I am no expert but I can tell you my experience so far has been less than stellar. Products by Linksys, D-Link, and Motorola have QoS options that work reliably. That is only is you have no expectation of performance as far as gaming, P2P, or even web surfing is concerned while you are using your VOIP. The problem is that the number of connections that they allow (for security reasons) is far too low to allow any real use and the settings are hardcoded. As soon as you hit that limit (whatever it is), performance goes right in the crapper.
I built a RedHat box running dual NICs and firestarter that works amazingly well. Still working out QoS on Linux though. As long as I don't hit 70% utilization up or down, I have had no problems.
I was absolutely, totally all for this until I read:
"This is the founding priciple of the US: to give the state as little power as possible."
Good observation. No matter how noble or righteous an idea, giving the state more power is a dangerous idea every single time. Even if the people who institute a policy are totally benevolent, there is no guarantee that the people after them will be.
"Are you not aware of how many sick things can be found on the net? The article clearly states that they are trying to ban the bad stuff not the good stuff which can help in making the kids grow up into better people."
It is NOT ANY governments' responsibility to protect you or anyone else from "bad" ideas. This is the very definition of censorship. If you have kids it is YOUR responsibility to educate them about the "bad" stuff out there.
People do not gain the ability to cope with the horrors, scam artists, predators, morons, and evil people in the world by sticking their heads in the sand. Or by having someone else (the government) stick your head in the sand for you. Those things will not go away. Understanding them is the only way to combat them or defend yourself against them. Otherwise you just become another sheep in the herd.
"the key is to invent technology which can seperate water into hydrogen and oxygen."
This already exists. It's called electrolysis and it is totally clean as long as you are using renewable energy as the input. Using fossil fuels to split water only shifts the problem. The same amount of bad stuff is still being released.
Hydrogen, in its most effective form, isn't really a fuel technology, it's an energy storage technology. The key is which sources you use to store energy from.
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We will have to keep this in mind the next time we are asked for help. Since we are no longer trusted in the international community, make sure you reject any Philanthropic efforts by the United States such as:
this
this
this
this
and especially this
Run that last one as a summary of all countries and it is especially telling. I am pretty sick and tired of the hypocrisy, especially in much of Europe, tha berates the United States as xenophobic and untrustworthy yet has no qualms about accepting our assistance (and even asking for more).
If we really should be shunned, then fine. We will stop helping providing assistance to other countries as well. Let's see France, Germany, Russia, or China pony up like the US has. The US already contributes more than all these countries combined. Never happen.
"Pacis est nostrum professio"
:)
Does sound better in Latin.
Compliments of Latin Translator
Careful, lest ye be branded heretic by the Environmental Priesthood. Global Warming is obviously caused by SUVs (as opposed to accelerated by them). Remember, there's no PAC money if they find out that nature is simply taking its course.
Unfortunately, nations today only practice what has been known since Roman times:
Si vis pacem para bellum
"If you desire peace, prepare for war"
Don't blame it on dogma, blame it on human nature.
I personally believe that a solar/hydrogen combination is what will save us from ourselves. Clean solar to capture the energy of the sun and some hydrogen based technology to store it for use. Unfortunately, neither technology is there today to be used on a massive scale.
As a counterpoint, I would encourage you to read Chapter 11. A very strong case is made scientifically about the much-exagerrated risks of high-level nuclear waste if handled properly. And yes, there lies the problem.
Still, if France can get 70%+ of their energy from nuclear with no catastrophic incidents, I see no reason why the rest of the West can't. We'll have to take the "psycho factor" one situation at a time.
Skepticism is a rational approach to anything. Baseless fear is not.
The University of Pittsburgh put out an excellent free book on the "Nuclear Energy Option". It not only gives an excellent breakdown of the risk and benefits of nuclear power from a scientific standpoint, but it does an excellent comparison against other (heavily-used) technologies. It can be found here here
The most interesting chapter does a direct comparison of risk from high-level nuclear waste against other toxins introduced to the environment by manufacturing. Quote:
If nuclear power was used to the fullest practical extent in the United States, we would need about 300 power plants of the type now in use. The waste produced each year would then be enough to kill (300 x 50 million =) over 10 billion people. I have authored over 250 scientific papers over the past 35 years presenting tens of thousands of pieces of data, but that "over lO billion" number is the one most frequently quoted. Rarely quoted, however, are the other numbers given along with it11: we produce enough chlorine gas each year to kill 400 trillion people, enough phosgene to kill 20 trillion, enough ammonia and hydrogen cyanide to kill 6 trillion with each, enough barium to kill 100 billion, and enough arsenic trioxide to kill 10 billion. All of these numbers are calculated, as for the radioactive waste, on the assumption that all of it gets into people. I hope these comparisons dissolve the fear that, in generating nuclear electricity, we are producing unprecedented quantities of toxic materials.
Although I would be one of the first in line to adopt solar, hydro or hydrogen energy approaches, none are feasible on a global scale. My belief is that nuclear is the best choice if we can just get beyond everyone's fear of it.
You mean instead of the thousands of tons of low-level radioactive waste that coal-burning power plants pump into the atmosphere every year? Cause we really have that problem licked.
Repeat after me: Nuclear power technology c.2005 is not nuclear power technology c. 1950
So....the Earth is to blame. Take off. Nuke 'em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
From the article:
"My PC's firewall, antivirus scanner, spyware remover, pop-up blocker, and spam filter all agree: Windows is sorely lacking in PC security. That situation may not change until Windows Vista (formerly Longhorn) comes out sometime next year."
Wonder if Vegas is giving any odds on this. Might be easy money.
...by the same liberal court that expanded the scope of eminent domain a few days ago. First they allow government to confiscate private property for the benefit of private developers, now they restrict software development to "protect" the rights of the media industry. No wonder every company that deals in anything creative is bugging the hell out of the United States and shipping jobs overseas.
I swear to God, the problems in this country are not the fault of the Executive or Legislative branches anymore. Somebody PLEASE get some judges on the benches who are interested in interpreting laws for the good of the people! If we don't do something to stop this general lack of common sense, we deserve the economic morass that we're heading for.
Although your entire post deserves a mod up, that last sentence is signature material.
Amen brother!
The last two were passable, but this one.... My heart is going to skip a beat when the villain of all villains finally takes the screen again. If this has echoes of ESB, it should be all good.
My only criticism is that I wish it had been called "Rise of the Empire". Just my preference.
I am pretty sure the Aztecwere defeated by Cortez and an Alliance with other native peoples. The Azteks, however, were defeated due to bad aesthetic design and poor market research.
*sigh*
Forgot where I'm posting. Need to remember to put quotes around historical references and add full reference information. Like this:
"Arsenal of Democracy" - Franklin Delano Roosevelt, December 29, 1940
Cool, can we get some WWII style posters that show Tux working for the Arsenal of Democracy? Maybe something like this one only with Tux instead of the Minuteman telling people to buy Linux instead of stamps.
Better not let the **AAs get any ideas though. Hate to see a campaign like McCarthy's against communism targeting Open Source or P2P apps.
The last I heard the average American commute was 30 miles a day.
Thank you suburban sprawl.
There are definitely some breweries in the US who can put out a quality product. The Busch, Coors, Budweiser swill that most NASCAR types drink is not the only thing available, but who have to really research for them.
Try Bell's from Kalamazoo, MI. Decent microbrew. As for me, I miss real German, Belgian or Japanese brews with great longing.
I, however, am certain that I am. This is long overdue IMHO.
I fing it interesting that most liberals rail against the "leaving the national debt as an inheritance to their kids"(para), yet have no qualms about leaving those same kids an inheritance of a broken Social Security system.
I am a 'Trek fan, but I have to agree with the parent's sentiment (except for the comment on "giving away software for free"). There are much better uses for $32M US.
As long as we keep trying to maintain the old franchises, there is no incentive for new material.
Well, I am no expert but I can tell you my experience so far has been less than stellar. Products by Linksys, D-Link, and Motorola have QoS options that work reliably. That is only is you have no expectation of performance as far as gaming, P2P, or even web surfing is concerned while you are using your VOIP. The problem is that the number of connections that they allow (for security reasons) is far too low to allow any real use and the settings are hardcoded. As soon as you hit that limit (whatever it is), performance goes right in the crapper.
I built a RedHat box running dual NICs and firestarter that works amazingly well. Still working out QoS on Linux though. As long as I don't hit 70% utilization up or down, I have had no problems.
I was absolutely, totally all for this until I read:
"This is the founding priciple of the US: to give the state as little power as possible."
Good observation. No matter how noble or righteous an idea, giving the state more power is a dangerous idea every single time. Even if the people who institute a policy are totally benevolent, there is no guarantee that the people after them will be.
"Are you not aware of how many sick things can be found on the net? The article clearly states that they are trying to ban the bad stuff not the good stuff which can help in making the kids grow up into better people."
It is NOT ANY governments' responsibility to protect you or anyone else from "bad" ideas. This is the very definition of censorship. If you have kids it is YOUR responsibility to educate them about the "bad" stuff out there.
People do not gain the ability to cope with the horrors, scam artists, predators, morons, and evil people in the world by sticking their heads in the sand. Or by having someone else (the government) stick your head in the sand for you. Those things will not go away. Understanding them is the only way to combat them or defend yourself against them. Otherwise you just become another sheep in the herd.
"the key is to invent technology which can seperate water into hydrogen and oxygen."
This already exists. It's called electrolysis and it is totally clean as long as you are using renewable energy as the input. Using fossil fuels to split water only shifts the problem. The same amount of bad stuff is still being released.
Hydrogen, in its most effective form, isn't really a fuel technology, it's an energy storage technology. The key is which sources you use to store energy from.
See here for additional detail.
Somehow I think the deaths of a quarter million people in effectively an instant would have made front page under any circumstances.