To quote grandpa Simpson "My car get 40 hogsheads to the ramrod, and that's the way I like it."
It's "40 rods to the hogshead", actually. A "rod" is 16.5 feet; a "hogshead" is 63 gallons. Consequently, the elder Mr. Simpson's car putatively ran at 0.002 mpg.
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The sooner the USofA joins the rest of the world in adopting the logical, easy to use and calculate metric system, the sooner we will all be better off.
How would it make you better off in Australia? Do you have to keep spare sets of measuring spoons or something around for when we come over to visit?
I think that you should probably stick to one troll topic at a time. If you're going for the "spectrum" approach, it's de rigeur that you mention Halliburton and the RIAA as well.
The big downside is that I doubt one person (cept for 50 richest people) can bankroll development on things like ion drives and other future propulsion technology.
They have these things called "companies" now, whereby a whole group of people can get together and split the cost of something.
Without a frontier, for the past two decades, Americans have operated under the inevitable conclusion that land, raw materials and wealth itself are fundamentally limited and therefore to be hoarded and controlled -- rather than created. Out of this post-Apollo mentality, a deeply rooted cynicism has led young people into careers as lawyers and financial manipulators rather than farmers, inventors and engineers. It has led to an environmental movement which loathes humanity's natural capacity to transform hostile environments with technology. It has led to cartels, wars over energy and a devastatingly expensive arms race. It has led businesses and investors to remain averse to high risk technology development even as they issue billions in high risk debt vehicles for corporate take-overs. It has led to a preference for real estate speculation over job creating investments, making it nearly impossible for most of those born in the mid-to-late baby boom of the 1950s to establish stable careers, homesteads and equity for retirement, even with two incomes.
What a load of tiresome, pretentious twaddle. The end of the Apollo program meant the collapse of American society, creating a plague of lawyers and real estate investors. Gotcha. Why, I remember thinking as I watched the Challenger explode in third grade, "Screw this, I was going to be a soybean farmer, but now I'll just get a job securitizing mortgages instead."
You see, there'd be these conclusions you could jump to...
The nation of Canada has a great deal to be proud of, but your points border on the ridiculous.
Canada as always beaten the crap out of the US of A ( see your history book ladies of the US ).
"Canada" has been at war with the United States twice - once during the American Revolution and once during the War of 1812. On neither occasion was the United States fighting "Canada", because that nation was not yet founded. It was however fighting the British Army in His Majesty's colonies of Upper and Lower Canada. On both occasions the British Army repelled an American invasion of Canada. On the latter occasion the American army also repelled a British invasion of the western United States from Canada. Your statement is, to say the least, a little simplistic.
Whe have one of the biggest country ( in territory ) with one of the smallest army in number of unit in the world.
Canada is defended by the armed forces and nuclear arsenal of the United States (and, for that matter, the other NATO countries). It is therefore unsurprising that it has a small "army in number of unit".
Whe have the best nuclear reactor and MEDICAL nuclear program in the world but NO NUCLEAR FOR WEAPON program even do whe know how and can build in 30 minutes the best nuke in the world, whe CHOOSED not to.
Setting aside the easy jokes about limited grammatical technology, Canada has not constructed any nuclear weapons because nuclear attacks on Canada would trigger retaliation from the United States. It's not likely that Canada could design and construct a nuclear weapon in "30 minutes the best nuke in the world", but it's certainly clear that any modern industrialized nation could manufacture a nuclear weapon with comparatively little trouble, especially if a substantial nuclear facilities complex is already in place. It's not really obvious what this has to do with being better than anyone else.
Whe have -"NO"- Known enemy.
Well, according to this story reprinted from the National Post, Al-Qaeda has declared that Canada must be destroyed, because it is part of Dar ul-Harb. I can understand the strong desire to want to pretend that everything's just fine, but it should be pointed out that only one side has to agree in order to have a war.
Bollocks. Switzeland, Iceland have a different way.
Switzerland's way is... being better at violence than its neighbors. That's how it stayed neutral in the Second World War - even Hitler was afraid to invade the great mountain fortress.
Iceland's way is... being better at violence than its neighbors. It opted to join the most powerful military alliance in the world.
Whatever software you use, make sure it supports the old online games like tradewars, pimpwars, global war, etc! I miss those old games and waiting to have to play my turn.
And the point of my post? There is none, just like there's no point in life. Life is like an old school video game: There's no real "finish," just see how many points you can rack up until you die.
Rule Three: get religion, or you'll end up a bitter, twisted weirdo like this guy.
This is the foundation of a Republic (see the combo of the word represent and public?) Etymology and History are neat huh?
Yes, etymology is neat, when you get it right. "Republic" is from the Latin words "res publica", and means "things pertaining to the people" or "public business".
As Buzz Aldrin pointed out, we have no idea how to end world hunger. We do, however, know how to go to the Moon. Going to the Moon is therefore more likely to be a productive endeavor.
They make smart decisions, but they are not petrified little girls like NASA and the Republican Party to go out on a limb and do the deed.
This troll seems a little odd. NASA spent eight years under President Clinton, a Democrat, floating in circles and building the increasingly silly ISS. President Bush, a Republican, has directed NASA to begin plans to resume manned flights to the Moon, and to develop the capability for manned spaceflight to Mars. From where comes this idea that "the Republican Party" is terrified of spaceflight? Can you quote the section of the party platform which is opposed to the idea?
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It's "40 rods to the hogshead", actually. A "rod" is 16.5 feet; a "hogshead" is 63 gallons. Consequently, the elder Mr. Simpson's car putatively ran at 0.002 mpg.
How would it make you better off in Australia? Do you have to keep spare sets of measuring spoons or something around for when we come over to visit?
No compelling reason to change. Same reason why we don't use 220 volts as wall current.
The "stone" is totally unknown in the US, by the way. I believe that's the only common Imperial (or, as we say, standard) measurement we don't have.
They have these things called "companies" now, whereby a whole group of people can get together and split the cost of something.
What a load of tiresome, pretentious twaddle. The end of the Apollo program meant the collapse of American society, creating a plague of lawyers and real estate investors. Gotcha. Why, I remember thinking as I watched the Challenger explode in third grade, "Screw this, I was going to be a soybean farmer, but now I'll just get a job securitizing mortgages instead."
You see, there'd be these conclusions you could jump to...
Yep. And decades of "we don't need to have an army" thinking in Europe has drifted into "nobody needs to have an army".
Canada as always beaten the crap out of the US of A ( see your history book ladies of the US ).
"Canada" has been at war with the United States twice - once during the American Revolution and once during the War of 1812. On neither occasion was the United States fighting "Canada", because that nation was not yet founded. It was however fighting the British Army in His Majesty's colonies of Upper and Lower Canada. On both occasions the British Army repelled an American invasion of Canada. On the latter occasion the American army also repelled a British invasion of the western United States from Canada. Your statement is, to say the least, a little simplistic.
Whe have one of the biggest country ( in territory ) with one of the smallest army in number of unit in the world.
Canada is defended by the armed forces and nuclear arsenal of the United States (and, for that matter, the other NATO countries). It is therefore unsurprising that it has a small "army in number of unit".
Whe have the best nuclear reactor and MEDICAL nuclear program in the world but NO NUCLEAR FOR WEAPON program even do whe know how and can build in 30 minutes the best nuke in the world, whe CHOOSED not to.
Setting aside the easy jokes about limited grammatical technology, Canada has not constructed any nuclear weapons because nuclear attacks on Canada would trigger retaliation from the United States. It's not likely that Canada could design and construct a nuclear weapon in "30 minutes the best nuke in the world", but it's certainly clear that any modern industrialized nation could manufacture a nuclear weapon with comparatively little trouble, especially if a substantial nuclear facilities complex is already in place. It's not really obvious what this has to do with being better than anyone else.
Whe have -"NO"- Known enemy.
Well, according to this story reprinted from the National Post, Al-Qaeda has declared that Canada must be destroyed, because it is part of Dar ul-Harb. I can understand the strong desire to want to pretend that everything's just fine, but it should be pointed out that only one side has to agree in order to have a war.
Bollocks. Switzeland, Iceland have a different way.
Switzerland's way is... being better at violence than its neighbors. That's how it stayed neutral in the Second World War - even Hitler was afraid to invade the great mountain fortress.
Iceland's way is... being better at violence than its neighbors. It opted to join the most powerful military alliance in the world.
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Rule Three: get religion, or you'll end up a bitter, twisted weirdo like this guy.
By a stunning coincidence, atheists themselves tend to be at the height of arrogance and extremely obnoxious.
Yes, etymology is neat, when you get it right. "Republic" is from the Latin words "res publica", and means "things pertaining to the people" or "public business".
The Bush Doctrine applies only to nations which are A) unpleasant and B) dangerous. Canada fails the second condition.
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This troll seems a little odd. NASA spent eight years under President Clinton, a Democrat, floating in circles and building the increasingly silly ISS. President Bush, a Republican, has directed NASA to begin plans to resume manned flights to the Moon, and to develop the capability for manned spaceflight to Mars. From where comes this idea that "the Republican Party" is terrified of spaceflight? Can you quote the section of the party platform which is opposed to the idea?
No, seriously, you really did misspell "Berkeley, California".