Metals - precious or otherwise - have been in a Bull Market for about 5 years now. The price of copper, zinc, nickel, silver, gold, etc has skyrocketed over the last several years and there appears to be no stop to it yet.
I seem to recall seeing a chart saying a 1910 penny was the equivalent to about 4 of todays dollars, but i can't find the chart anymore...i may not be remembering this correctly, this was a few years back. It's also interesting to look at some stock index charts that have been inflation adjusted. http://home.earthlink.net/~intelligentbear/com-dj- infl.htm
I started saving 'old' Canadian coins (older than 2000) that aren't the plated steel kind close to a decade ago(i also 'toss' the plated zinc pennies) Kind of amazing when you look at the precious metal charts over the last decade. http://www.lme.co.uk/copper_graphs.asp
There is no such thing as harmony in nature, unless you mean birds singing and so on: harmony is a musical concept. What nature has is predation.
We(humans) for the most part, are not part of nature anymore, but could easily destroy what is left by our lack of knowledge or caring about how our global activities affect nature. Nature also has symbiosis, co-operation, and i'm sure many other 'romantic' ideals.
This is a selfish view of the world in that it is ours for the taking, irrespective of the natural lifeforms that exist around us. Rather than only use nature(animals/plants) as a simple resource(finite), we need to learn how to co-exist in harmony with our natural environment, lest we end up destroying it. Your condescending view of nature belongs in the middle ages, not the 21st century. I take that back, it doesn't belong in the middle ages either.
This is selfish, and i wholeheartedly disagree with it.
Either you believe in the Bible or not. If you do, you have to convert and evangelise, because everything else would be counterproductive in this fallen world. If you don't, it isn't honest to quote it.
I may have been referring to the following...
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."...hence, caretakers in my view...but apparently not in yours.
So what? It will be neither the first nor the last mass extinction. Nature has recovered everytime, and the Earth has been shaken quite a few times.
We(Humans) have become the caretakers of the world environment through our technology and population growth. I believe it even says something about this in the bible. If we don't care about our environment - in which we live - than may we go extinct as well, since we will deserve nothing less.
Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048Seafood May Be Gone by 2048
If anything, it seems that biological diversity has been increasing except for some minor human-induced damage in the last two or three centuries.
Unless you're talking about the increase of invasive species, i have no idea where you're getting this.
We can't be sentimental about nature.
How irritating;/
It isn't a person,
It supports the life around us.
and humans are different from animals
Not so different...many examples of this can be seen on the daily news.
There are many who view God as all-encompassing, thus 'reality' can be viewed as a subset of God. Cogito ergo sum...beyond this, who knows what's possible;)
Most christian religious folk are trying to win a battle against satan, and/or hopefully trying to help others be with God, both in this life and the afterlife...most atheist folk are not doing this, not consciously at least. There is also the added benefit of additional tidings to the church;)
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Exxon Proposes Burning Humanity for Fuel if Climate Calamity Hits
There are still a few sites up ;)
Metals - precious or otherwise - have been in a Bull Market for about 5 years now. The price of copper, zinc, nickel, silver, gold, etc has skyrocketed over the last several years and there appears to be no stop to it yet.
I seem to recall seeing a chart saying a 1910 penny was the equivalent to about 4 of todays dollars, but i can't find the chart anymore...i may not be remembering this correctly, this was a few years back. It's also interesting to look at some stock index charts that have been inflation adjusted. http://home.earthlink.net/~intelligentbear/com-dj- infl.htm
;)
cheers
I started saving 'old' Canadian coins (older than 2000) that aren't the plated steel kind close to a decade ago(i also 'toss' the plated zinc pennies) Kind of amazing when you look at the precious metal charts over the last decade.
http://www.lme.co.uk/copper_graphs.asp
There is no such thing as harmony in nature, unless you mean birds singing and so on: harmony is a musical concept. What nature has is predation.
We(humans) for the most part, are not part of nature anymore, but could easily destroy what is left by our lack of knowledge or caring about how our global activities affect nature. Nature also has symbiosis, co-operation, and i'm sure many other 'romantic' ideals.
It is not condescending, it is objective
It's selfish.
It is not selfish if I aim to help humankind,
This is a selfish view of the world in that it is ours for the taking, irrespective of the natural lifeforms that exist around us. Rather than only use nature(animals/plants) as a simple resource(finite), we need to learn how to co-exist in harmony with our natural environment, lest we end up destroying it. Your condescending view of nature belongs in the middle ages, not the 21st century. I take that back, it doesn't belong in the middle ages either.
This 'news' is four years old...btw, i found your ancestor Ancient Apelike Fossil Not Human Ancestor
Not. We have to take care of ourselves.
...hence, caretakers in my view...but apparently not in yours.
This is selfish, and i wholeheartedly disagree with it.
Either you believe in the Bible or not. If you do, you have to convert and evangelise, because everything else would be counterproductive in this fallen world. If you don't, it isn't honest to quote it.
I may have been referring to the following...
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."
I too am saddened by slashdotters(and many others) who apparently couldn't care less about the environment, until the 'sky falls down on them'...ozone hole anybody. NASA and NOAA Announce Ozone Hole is a Double Record Breaker
So what? It will be neither the first nor the last mass extinction. Nature has recovered everytime, and the Earth has been shaken quite a few times.
;/
We(Humans) have become the caretakers of the world environment through our technology and population growth. I believe it even says something about this in the bible. If we don't care about our environment - in which we live - than may we go extinct as well, since we will deserve nothing less.
Salt-Water Fish Extinction Seen By 2048 Seafood May Be Gone by 2048
If anything, it seems that biological diversity has been increasing except for some minor human-induced damage in the last two or three centuries.
Unless you're talking about the increase of invasive species, i have no idea where you're getting this.
We can't be sentimental about nature.
How irritating
It isn't a person,
It supports the life around us.
and humans are different from animals
Not so different...many examples of this can be seen on the daily news.
There are many who view God as all-encompassing, thus 'reality' can be viewed as a subset of God. Cogito ergo sum ...beyond this, who knows what's possible ;)
What happens when you turn it off...do i wake up...i've always been curious about that...thanks.
It's a complex world, dust and all...
Link to Mormons(LDS) http://www.mormon.org/
b le.asp
Buddhist Bible, by Dwight Goddard http://hinduwebsite.com/sacredscripts/buddhist_bi
Noah's ark was real, i just misplaced it somewhere. We're going to be needing another one real soon to...i think ;)
Most christian religious folk are trying to win a battle against satan, and/or hopefully trying to help others be with God, both in this life and the afterlife...most atheist folk are not doing this, not consciously at least. There is also the added benefit of additional tidings to the church ;)
I don't have all the answers about creation and existence, but i believe as far as Christians go the mormons(LDS) have got it right. http://www.mormon.org/learn/0,8672,792-1,00.html
Longtime lurker here...logged in for the first time in years just to see my 'status' ...damn, i'm a 6 digit ;)