Who died? Tie dyed I didn't know he was sick. Yeah, Dutch Elm disease Oh, a tree fell on him. Yep, broke a limb The doctor said the operation was a success, but the patient died. Who died?
Exactly. Under the guise of a democratic republic the voters believe they have an actual say in the affairs of this magnificent country, however, in actual practice we as a governed body are subject to the whims of our elected officials. If the politicians were mandated to send their first born children to the front lines of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as a condition of voting for war, I believe the vote would have been different. The privileged appear to benefit financially from the war while those that see the military as a means to decent money, an education, traveling the world, learning an occupation, pay the highest price with the least benefit. I am not anti-military. I volunteered for six years during the Viet Nam campaign, but I did not believe in the the reason for fighting since it seemed to be nothing but a body count on the evening news. My personal belief is that the draft should not have ended and that everyone regardless of social status serve at least four years in any branch of the military they choose. The military does have some good public relations in this world. Not many but some. Not everyone has to go out and kill everything they see. Sometimes the military performs humanitarian services. In the 70's the ship I served aboard steamed 1500 nautical miles in 50 hours straight the provide aid to a typhoon devastated island in the western Indian Ocean. The people were grateful. They did not hate us for being there interfering in their personal affairs. That can't be said of other areas of U.S. occupation. This country seems to be fighting on the wrong side against the wrong people for the wrong reason. The people fighting and dieing for this country are not tot blame. The leadership that never shouldered a weapon, never saw their friends die, never had to be reminded day in and day out of the atrocities perpetrated in the name of freedom bear a greater karma than those that did.
Wait a minute... first you spend money on mines (whoever spends the money). Then you need this machine to clear the mines... stupidity anyone? Why not just - not - plant mines in the first place, that would be the cheapest option.
Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids; mines are for dictators.
if they use that model, that would be fine.
Because I can choose to hit the brakes or not as I see fit. If harm comes from my failure to use them, then I suffer the consequences. If not, no problem.
Thus, I expect them to implement a filter than can be applied or not applied as the user sees fit, and leave it up to them to apply it judiciously.
I have no problem with this model, if so applied.
No matter how safe you make a "vehicle", you still have a loose nut behind the wheel. how do you fix that?
In addition to the on going environmental damage 11 men were killed - personally I think there is a case of culpable homicide to answer, and BP employees should be charged.
The suits at the top get charges, but the guys whom did a bad concrete pour get away with it?
Why focus on BP? Where was Halliburton and what were THEY doing? Somehow they were involved, but for some reason, they seem to disappear. Why?
"2. We do tons of things with no provable solution to a catastrophic failure. Do you want the short list or the long?"
Take your long list. Now restrict it to things in which "catastrophic failure" also includes "catastrophic consequences". For example, the space shuttle disasters, catastrophic disaster resulted in the deaths of less than 10 people per shuttle. All of whom were volunteers with full knowledge of the risks. The risks they took were their own and the consequences were felt only by themselves. No one else died because they wanted to go into space. Catastrophic failure resulted in acceptable consequences.
The astronauts did not have an abort override option in relation to administrative decisions. Operational decisions, yes; policy decisions, no. It's the same with oil regulation. The oil companies BUY the decisions made in Washington and it's the American taxpayer who pays the bill. All profits go to the executive boards, stockholders and their political bought dogs.
Actually, I'm pretty sure nuclear power plants do operate on the knife's edge of profitability. They're also very heavily regulated. That's kind of why so few nuclear power plants are built.
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That's not a weapon, it's a tool.
It's not a tool, it's a feature.
It's not a feature, it's a weapon.
Who died? Tie dyed
I didn't know he was sick. Yeah, Dutch Elm disease
Oh, a tree fell on him. Yep, broke a limb
The doctor said the operation was a success, but the patient died.
Who died?
Exactly.
Under the guise of a democratic republic the voters believe they have an actual say in the affairs of this magnificent country, however, in actual practice we as a governed body are subject to the whims of our elected officials.
If the politicians were mandated to send their first born children to the front lines of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as a condition of voting for war, I believe the vote would have been different.
The privileged appear to benefit financially from the war while those that see the military as a means to decent money, an education, traveling the world, learning an occupation, pay the highest price with the least benefit. I am not anti-military. I volunteered for six years during the Viet Nam campaign, but I did not believe in the the reason for fighting since it seemed to be nothing but a body count on the evening news.
My personal belief is that the draft should not have ended and that everyone regardless of social status serve at least four years in any branch of the military they choose.
The military does have some good public relations in this world. Not many but some. Not everyone has to go out and kill everything they see. Sometimes the military performs humanitarian services. In the 70's the ship I served aboard steamed 1500 nautical miles in 50 hours straight the provide aid to a typhoon devastated island in the western Indian Ocean. The people were grateful. They did not hate us for being there interfering in their personal affairs. That can't be said of other areas of U.S. occupation. This country seems to be fighting on the wrong side against the wrong people for the wrong reason. The people fighting and dieing for this country are not tot blame. The leadership that never shouldered a weapon, never saw their friends die, never had to be reminded day in and day out of the atrocities perpetrated in the name of freedom bear a greater karma than those that did.
the only thing missing is SKYNET, but I'm sure that it's lurking around some corner or in some dark alley.
As a next step, a roomba comes in to sweep up the body parts of the insurgents/operators.
...and use them for fuel.
Wait a minute... first you spend money on mines (whoever spends the money). Then you need this machine to clear the mines... stupidity anyone? Why not just - not - plant mines in the first place, that would be the cheapest option.
Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids; mines are for dictators.
That's not a weapon, it's a tool.
It's not a tool, it's a feature.
Too much water?
Then we get mutant oil rigs, and ain't that cool?
Mutant Teenage Ninja Oil rigs.
Ban it so I won't be tempted into the darkside.
Racist.
Go and blackmale him. That'll teach him.
Come to the darkside, we have cookies and Tracy Lords.
That is not just cause for censorship.
When the religious zealots invoke G-D, it is.
if they use that model, that would be fine. Because I can choose to hit the brakes or not as I see fit. If harm comes from my failure to use them, then I suffer the consequences. If not, no problem. Thus, I expect them to implement a filter than can be applied or not applied as the user sees fit, and leave it up to them to apply it judiciously. I have no problem with this model, if so applied.
No matter how safe you make a "vehicle", you still have a loose nut behind the wheel. how do you fix that?
In addition to the on going environmental damage 11 men were killed - personally I think there is a case of culpable homicide to answer, and BP employees should be charged.
The suits at the top get charges, but the guys whom did a bad concrete pour get away with it?
Why focus on BP? Where was Halliburton and what were THEY doing? Somehow they were involved, but for some reason, they seem to disappear. Why?
yeah, Susan B. Anthony dollar coins.
Nuke it. It is the only way to be sure.
The only way to be sure of what?
What happens then if a "nuke" should fail? Then what?
Kiss our collective ecological asses goodbye?
You're assuming we fix it before the oil gets sucked into the gulf stream and pushed up the east coast.
Wait'll it gets to England. Then we will see how they deal with BP.
"2. We do tons of things with no provable solution to a catastrophic failure. Do you want the short list or the long?" Take your long list. Now restrict it to things in which "catastrophic failure" also includes "catastrophic consequences". For example, the space shuttle disasters, catastrophic disaster resulted in the deaths of less than 10 people per shuttle. All of whom were volunteers with full knowledge of the risks. The risks they took were their own and the consequences were felt only by themselves. No one else died because they wanted to go into space. Catastrophic failure resulted in acceptable consequences.
The astronauts did not have an abort override option in relation to administrative decisions. Operational decisions, yes; policy decisions, no.
It's the same with oil regulation. The oil companies BUY the decisions made in Washington and it's the American taxpayer who pays the bill. All profits go to the executive boards, stockholders and their political bought dogs.
It's amazing that BP can drill for oil with no provable solution to a catastrophic failure.
1. It's not just BP - the other oil companies are doing exactly the same thing. It's just that BP drew the short straw today.
2. We do tons of things with no provable solution to a catastrophic failure. Do you want the short list or the long?
You're right, Iraq and Afghanistan for example. All for the control of oil.
And who says you cannot drill this well after doing proper research on it?
Obviously, BP can't. Where's Halliburton when you need them? They sure seem mighty quiet.
Actually, I'm pretty sure nuclear power plants do operate on the knife's edge of profitability. They're also very heavily regulated. That's kind of why so few nuclear power plants are built.
Or melting down.
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I suspect that cleaning up BP's mess won't be particularly cheap.
It depends on whether they pay what they are legally required to or if they pay what they've promised to.
But who pays for all the dead fish and sea mammals?
He's great if only for the fact that he was a friend of Nikola Tesla.
Yeah, your momma.
Where's Firefly when you need it? What would Mal do a situation like this?
I love it when a plan comes together!