is stupid enough to leave the health of its citizens up to the vagaries of the profit motive? How many assets does a a nation have that are more valuable than a healthy population?
Look at astrophysics. There's enough of it that's just untestable speculation passed off as fact. The Big Bang Theory is a superb example of this. It's treated as absolute and indisputable fact, yet it was never (and likely never will be) directly observed.
FYI, the Big Bang Theory isn't astrophysics.
Please learn a teensy tiny bit about the fields of knowledge you wish to dismiss.
You don't need to directly observe something in order to prove that it exists. That notion is a load of hooey propagated by someone with no scientific knowledge or experience.
I would have said, by someone who desperately needs to dismiss a shitload of evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.
And that means the strike is very unlikely to happen by any rational power because they know a lethal retaliation is certain.
[Emphasis added.]
In addition to the possibility of someone irrational getting control, you have to consider launches based on accidents or limited/inaccurate information.
We really need a system that fails-safe rather than fails-MAD. Not that I have any suggestions...
BTW, supposedly a Soviet submarine commander and his political officer agreed to launch a nuclear torpedo against the US Navy during the Cuban missile crisis, and were only stopped because the fleet commander happened to be on the sub and overruled them.[*]
[*] Per a documentary on PBS last week. Unfortunately, it was not clear whether we have any evidence other than the sub's radio operator's word for it. But it was a very nasty limited-information scenario.
Not sure it would be very effective on such an unsophisticated military. Maybe burn their trucks out. Certainly cause a lot of misery in the already-miserable cities.
Cue young earth creationists claiming this dinosaur was intelligently designed 5000 years ago.
Sigh.
Some of them already claim that soft tissue discoveries proved that dinosaurs were recent. IIRC it was listed in the "creationist rigs search results" article a week or two ago.
Of course, there's a pending religious schism between those who claim all the dinos died in the flood, those who claim that they were saved by Noah and died later, and those who say they never existed at all (the fossils being planted by God to make sure no eviloutionists believe the bible).
There's still a big killer lurking out in space that can't be easily avoided: radiation.
Except underground, which is the obvious solution but people are too fixated on making housing above the ground.
Except the article was talking about getting killed by the radiation exposure during the trip.
Presumably you aren't suggesting flying to Mars in a hobbit-hole. (Though if you could sneak a couple of tokes on Gandalf's pipe you might experience a good simulation.)
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Are majors allowed to marry each other now?
Will the evening news be illegal? Wishing someone a happy 30th birthday? Mentioning that Christmas is over 'til next year?
Though, apparently it's legal if you do it in analog.
is stupid enough to leave the health of its citizens up to the vagaries of the profit motive? How many assets does a a nation have that are more valuable than a healthy population?
when we're too cheapskate to maintain our existing infrastructure.
Q: Why are the Astros like Michael Jackson?
A: They run around with a glove on one hand for no useful reason.
Right up until the point you said "baseball." In the title.
Cue classic xkcd on tests of manhood.
The fact that this is published tells me it's most likely not true.
They lost me at "may have prevented a nuclear war". Transparent scaremongering.
1973 version. See it if you haven't!
Look at astrophysics. There's enough of it that's just untestable speculation passed off as fact. The Big Bang Theory is a superb example of this. It's treated as absolute and indisputable fact, yet it was never (and likely never will be) directly observed.
FYI, the Big Bang Theory isn't astrophysics.
Please learn a teensy tiny bit about the fields of knowledge you wish to dismiss.
You don't need to directly observe something in order to prove that it exists. That notion is a load of hooey propagated by someone with no scientific knowledge or experience.
I would have said, by someone who desperately needs to dismiss a shitload of evidence that conflicts with their beliefs.
Anything presented in PowerPoint is easy enough to ignore, dismiss, or sleep through.
I sometimes wish my honesty and self-respect were low enough to let me cash in by publishing any kind of drek people are dying to hear.
And that means the strike is very unlikely to happen by any rational power because they know a lethal retaliation is certain.
[Emphasis added.]
In addition to the possibility of someone irrational getting control, you have to consider launches based on accidents or limited/inaccurate information.
We really need a system that fails-safe rather than fails-MAD. Not that I have any suggestions...
BTW, supposedly a Soviet submarine commander and his political officer agreed to launch a nuclear torpedo against the US Navy during the Cuban missile crisis, and were only stopped because the fleet commander happened to be on the sub and overruled them.[*]
[*] Per a documentary on PBS last week. Unfortunately, it was not clear whether we have any evidence other than the sub's radio operator's word for it. But it was a very nasty limited-information scenario.
Not sure it would be very effective on such an unsophisticated military. Maybe burn their trucks out. Certainly cause a lot of misery in the already-miserable cities.
Cue young earth creationists claiming this dinosaur was intelligently designed 5000 years ago.
Sigh.
Some of them already claim that soft tissue discoveries proved that dinosaurs were recent. IIRC it was listed in the "creationist rigs search results" article a week or two ago.
Of course, there's a pending religious schism between those who claim all the dinos died in the flood, those who claim that they were saved by Noah and died later, and those who say they never existed at all (the fossils being planted by God to make sure no eviloutionists believe the bible).
Archaeologists can only afford tiny little sheds.
Look up "Kingdom of Axum" on Wikipedia. Prominent by 1st Century CE. Middle-man for ivory trade and trade between Rome and India.
how could such an advanced culture have staged such bloody spectacles?
Asks the society that puts two men in a ring to beat each other up until one can't go any more.
Or runs racehorses until their ankles break, then kills them.
Eat the baby too, and get *all* your nutrients back.
Unless they visit the USA.
at the end she went "Wait, that was a real trailer? I thought it was some sort of ad!"
Context is everything.
I reckon Tesla and Bitcoin haven't been keeping up with their payola.
if the sentence is in any way based on an assumption of guilt for a crime he wasn't actually tried for.
"You can tell everyone that you were here when the human race learned...
that this collider isn't powerful enough to tell us anything new.
(Paraphrasing from memory - that ep was on last night.)
Except underground, which is the obvious solution but people are too fixated on making housing above the ground.
Except the article was talking about getting killed by the radiation exposure during the trip.
Presumably you aren't suggesting flying to Mars in a hobbit-hole. (Though if you could sneak a couple of tokes on Gandalf's pipe you might experience a good simulation.)