That's funny, I was just reading that today... yeah, when the one doctor who actually had the right idea came out asking Arlene--Feynman's wife at the time--if she ever coughed up blood, the doctor that she had basically told the other guy to fuck off and Feynman not to listen, because the other doc didn't have any clue what he was talking about. Of course, the other guy was right.
Actually, freakishly enough, the courts have ruled that the police have no responsibility to protect you from harm. How the hell this decision was made, I don't know, but I'd call it a good argument for the Second Amendment meaning the right for you to personally defend yourself.;-)
The case in question, where this decision came up, involved a triple rape, among other crimes, where the police basically just sat there and the women later tried to countersue.
The acid content was higher/before/ industrialization of that region. Dead rivers and poisoned soil? Name one major river that's been totally devastated to that point by pollution. As to the soil, there's a lot of ways to muck around with arable earth and crop breeding to make things work, as we're doing now.
And rising prices? Are you out of your mind? Food is cheaper right now than any other point in human history. Farmers are paid to/destroy/ their excess crops.
You obviously have no idea how trivial a matter it is to purify water. Yes, of course, some shit is hard to remove, but there's enough water to distribute concentrations so that even home-made filters will work just fine. Makes me think of the fact that despite all the crowing about acid rain in the Northwest, the average acid content in the water around there has gone/down/ from what it used to be.
Seriously, nuclear waste is not a problem. It never has been. As one who has a lot of knowledge and background in this field, I can tell you that what you've heard to the effect of "oh my god, the waste is just piling up" is total bullshit. There are a number of ways of dealing with it pretty much perfectly that aren't used because the environmentalists scream that something/might/ happen, and newer tech like SLOWPOKE handles it, as well. It's really a trivial matter.
Near disaster? Tell you what, you tell me what's better: an estimated 2 deaths, none direct, through the entire history of nuclear energy, or hundreds and hundreds of thousands from coal--real safe there, chief--from massive toxic smog and fires.
Yeah, and the fact that a number of these countries ban food imports doesn't exactly help. In any case, AIDS is going to make things a lot different over there in a few years.
Yeah, you wanna know what's really bad about that? My voice and Carl Sagan's... completely identical. It's driven me nuts whenever certain people realize it, as the man needed to get a few headscrews tightened.
Neither can humans... really, it would be virtually impossible, even with nuclear/biological/chemical weapons, to render this place unhabitable. Some shit out there is pretty damned tough, and the Earth's tough itself.
'Natural order' as we know it, sure. All life-support systems... no, no, and no.
Tragedy of the Commons is crap. I'm amazed that it received all the attention that it did. It automatically assumes that people will work in their best interests, but, somehow, they stop working for them when it comes to collaborating with others to keep things going. I know that it's like the former a great deal in real life, but, it's also like the latter in a hell of a lot of important situations.
As one who's spent time (more like done time) around economics people... god, this is so true. It does have a few uses, but, really, it should be laughed at more often, considering how often such incredibly simply equations and formulae are heralded as revolutionary. If I have to look at another production possibilities frontier anytime soon... argh.
Heh, actually, it's much older than that, but I disremember the origin or whether it even has a definite origin at all. The quotes that they used in Alpha Centauri were often pretty cool, though.
You know that that NASA space-pen story is a crock, right? Regular ballpoints do work in zero gravity. Evidently slept through high-school physics, I see.
Go to a chain bookstore sometime now... I was in one for the first time in a while a few days ago, and the paperback prices were $15-20USD. Border's Books... bleh. This is why I go to Bookman's or Changing Hands Books or the like. Only new books I buy are technical.;-)
University of a thousand years and a million laughs? Is this like Bozo's Third Reich or something? I'd like to know, because I'm about to find myself on that particular campus.;-)
Heh, headphones have been mandatory at every LAN party I've been to... I don't see why you would do otherwise for gaming in general, really. Being able to tell where things are by sound is invaluable in FPSes.
I don't quite know why I'm bothering to reply to this troll... but, as could be expected, his German sucks.
That would be 'in der Welt', as the dative of 'die' nouns. If this is an example of how us German folk are the master race... heh, it's certainly a bad one.
Everyone knows Asians are genetically superior, anyways. Except in the bedroom.;-)
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That's funny, I was just reading that today... yeah, when the one doctor who actually had the right idea came out asking Arlene--Feynman's wife at the time--if she ever coughed up blood, the doctor that she had basically told the other guy to fuck off and Feynman not to listen, because the other doc didn't have any clue what he was talking about. Of course, the other guy was right.
Actually, freakishly enough, the courts have ruled that the police have no responsibility to protect you from harm. How the hell this decision was made, I don't know, but I'd call it a good argument for the Second Amendment meaning the right for you to personally defend yourself. ;-)
The case in question, where this decision came up, involved a triple rape, among other crimes, where the police basically just sat there and the women later tried to countersue.
The acid content was higher /before/ industrialization of that region. Dead rivers and poisoned soil? Name one major river that's been totally devastated to that point by pollution. As to the soil, there's a lot of ways to muck around with arable earth and crop breeding to make things work, as we're doing now.
/destroy/ their excess crops.
And rising prices? Are you out of your mind? Food is cheaper right now than any other point in human history. Farmers are paid to
You obviously have no idea how trivial a matter it is to purify water. Yes, of course, some shit is hard to remove, but there's enough water to distribute concentrations so that even home-made filters will work just fine. Makes me think of the fact that despite all the crowing about acid rain in the Northwest, the average acid content in the water around there has gone /down/ from what it used to be.
Seriously, nuclear waste is not a problem. It never has been. As one who has a lot of knowledge and background in this field, I can tell you that what you've heard to the effect of "oh my god, the waste is just piling up" is total bullshit. There are a number of ways of dealing with it pretty much perfectly that aren't used because the environmentalists scream that something /might/ happen, and newer tech like SLOWPOKE handles it, as well. It's really a trivial matter.
Near disaster? Tell you what, you tell me what's better: an estimated 2 deaths, none direct, through the entire history of nuclear energy, or hundreds and hundreds of thousands from coal--real safe there, chief--from massive toxic smog and fires.
Yeah, and the fact that a number of these countries ban food imports doesn't exactly help. In any case, AIDS is going to make things a lot different over there in a few years.
Yeah, you wanna know what's really bad about that? My voice and Carl Sagan's... completely identical. It's driven me nuts whenever certain people realize it, as the man needed to get a few headscrews tightened.
Neither can humans... really, it would be virtually impossible, even with nuclear/biological/chemical weapons, to render this place unhabitable. Some shit out there is pretty damned tough, and the Earth's tough itself.
'Natural order' as we know it, sure. All life-support systems... no, no, and no.
Or maybe it's because the world death rate is holding steady at 100% and people have less kids. Either way, really.
Ever heard of the hydrologic cycle, dumbass? Water doesn't get 'used up'.
Tragedy of the Commons is crap. I'm amazed that it received all the attention that it did. It automatically assumes that people will work in their best interests, but, somehow, they stop working for them when it comes to collaborating with others to keep things going. I know that it's like the former a great deal in real life, but, it's also like the latter in a hell of a lot of important situations.
Yes, because we all know that life is a zero-sum game and that the only possible way you can get anything at all is by stealing it from somebody else.
As one who's spent time (more like done time) around economics people... god, this is so true. It does have a few uses, but, really, it should be laughed at more often, considering how often such incredibly simply equations and formulae are heralded as revolutionary. If I have to look at another production possibilities frontier anytime soon... argh.
Heh, actually, it's much older than that, but I disremember the origin or whether it even has a definite origin at all. The quotes that they used in Alpha Centauri were often pretty cool, though.
Yeah, except for the fact that they're almost universally ignored.
Heh, but, just think, that blood is moving pretty fast inside of your body, isn't it?
You know that that NASA space-pen story is a crock, right? Regular ballpoints do work in zero gravity. Evidently slept through high-school physics, I see.
Mod up. This is one of the most intelligent AC comments I've seen in years.
xcdroast can be run as non-root, and the GUI isn't bad.
Go to a chain bookstore sometime now... I was in one for the first time in a while a few days ago, and the paperback prices were $15-20USD. Border's Books... bleh. This is why I go to Bookman's or Changing Hands Books or the like. Only new books I buy are technical. ;-)
University of a thousand years and a million laughs? Is this like Bozo's Third Reich or something? I'd like to know, because I'm about to find myself on that particular campus. ;-)
Mod this sonovabitch up.
Heh, headphones have been mandatory at every LAN party I've been to... I don't see why you would do otherwise for gaming in general, really. Being able to tell where things are by sound is invaluable in FPSes.
;-)
As to Dune... yeah, Lynch was a crackpot.
I don't quite know why I'm bothering to reply to this troll... but, as could be expected, his German sucks.
;-)
That would be 'in der Welt', as the dative of 'die' nouns. If this is an example of how us German folk are the master race... heh, it's certainly a bad one.
Everyone knows Asians are genetically superior, anyways. Except in the bedroom.