I can see human expeditions and even colonies on some of the moons of the gas giants. If you can build a moonbase you can build a Ganymede base, for instance. All that changes is the delta-v required and the time to get there. Since building a permanent moonbase probably implies constructing or assembling spaceships in orbit, reaching a jovian or saturnian moon is just a matter of "adding more boosters". A 2 or 10 year trip is still well within the possibility of a single human lifespan and a society capable of a permanent moon installation will have also developed the ability for wholly self-contained ecosystems.
No the US has already tried "occupying" two islamic countries and was forced to withdraw in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Why do you think it would work this time?
Except there's a flaw with that thinking. The enemy is not supposed to come and bite you in your own country/economy. Winning against an opponent who uses asymmetric warfare is not easy - not easy at all.
There are not different shades of truth. Truth is unique. Therefore yes, there are only two possibilities, those who seek and respect facts and those who don't.
If that's true, then why aren't game developers focusing on OpenGL instead of DirectX then?
For the same reason you don't see anyone opening auto-part stores for Ferrari. There's no market for them because they're so rare, even though Ferraris break down all the time. But yes, a Ferrari is one of the fastest things on the road. But you'll make more profit selling parts for Ford or GM...
The problem is that BS seems to be more attractive to people than facts. Facts are boring. People don't want to think, they want a magical explanation to everything. Give them their sky-wizard, or Santa Claus, or dark and complicated "conspiracy theories". Those who want to learn the truth, learn the truth. We who know the truth must guard the well of knowledge and prevent it from being poisoned so that others can learn. But the people who don't want to learn, or who want to "unlearn", nothing can be done about them. Arguing with fools is futile.
Not sure I agree that this is anything but a short term "solution". Humans are corruptible creatures and power corrupts. Look at the police forces of certain countries around the world. Like Mexico, where half the police are actually working for the cartels, and the other half are taking bribes to stay quiet about it. Or even the US is starting to see a lot of corruption now, with civil asset forfeiture. A larger group of "guards" just means that eventually you'll have more corrupt people to deal with. The problem is with the humans in the uniform.
So basically I create a hypothesis that people who put a number in their name that looks like a year are putting their year of birth, and then I survey them to see if they do put their year of birth, and this is "science"? lol what a breakthrough.
So how do I skew the evidence? I chose my nickname in 1986 when I was young, and I still use it today. Since it hasn't changed at all I wonder how they presume to associate any "age" data with that.
He's obviously never heard of "quis custodiet ipsos custodes". And who will guard the crocodiles? Should be fairly easy to bribe the guy who feeds them/cares for them so that he can help arrange your "escape". Crocs aren't all that aggressive when fed. And you have to feed them otherwise you'll end up with one fat croc.
Not feature creep. Payroll budget creep. The "features" on the form are exactly the same, if not less. But you have a lot more people sitting around drinking coffee, having meetings so they can determine which meetings to have, and extra long lunch hours.
[T]here are legitimate pros and cons to the decision
No there are not. There is only the LAW. The decision has already been made, ratified and written down. It's not up to some bureaucrat to make things up as he goes along. Governments are compelled to act within the bounds set by law. When they stop doing this, they are no longer law abiding nations and lose the right to enforce law on the people.
I'm pretty sure it says they can do that in your contract. You remember your contract right? The one you signed to get service? What do you mean nobody reads those? You didn't read the contract you signed???
While I agree that pulling shenanigans like this is not something I want from the people who I hired to give me phone service, I'm willing to bet they are not acting outside the law.
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I can see human expeditions and even colonies on some of the moons of the gas giants. If you can build a moonbase you can build a Ganymede base, for instance. All that changes is the delta-v required and the time to get there. Since building a permanent moonbase probably implies constructing or assembling spaceships in orbit, reaching a jovian or saturnian moon is just a matter of "adding more boosters". A 2 or 10 year trip is still well within the possibility of a single human lifespan and a society capable of a permanent moon installation will have also developed the ability for wholly self-contained ecosystems.
I agree but if you have sufficient motivation, you can start running missions this way.
No the US has already tried "occupying" two islamic countries and was forced to withdraw in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Why do you think it would work this time?
It's not there yet.
Mid air refuelling. It's already close enough.
Except there's a flaw with that thinking. The enemy is not supposed to come and bite you in your own country/economy. Winning against an opponent who uses asymmetric warfare is not easy - not easy at all.
Yes a little more and he will throw down his gage.
As far as I know Anonymous has not chopped anyone's head off. Similar indeed.
There are not different shades of truth. Truth is unique. Therefore yes, there are only two possibilities, those who seek and respect facts and those who don't.
If that's true, then why aren't game developers focusing on OpenGL instead of DirectX then?
For the same reason you don't see anyone opening auto-part stores for Ferrari. There's no market for them because they're so rare, even though Ferraris break down all the time. But yes, a Ferrari is one of the fastest things on the road. But you'll make more profit selling parts for Ford or GM...
My wife actually WAS born in '69. In the summer :)
The problem is that BS seems to be more attractive to people than facts. Facts are boring. People don't want to think, they want a magical explanation to everything. Give them their sky-wizard, or Santa Claus, or dark and complicated "conspiracy theories". Those who want to learn the truth, learn the truth. We who know the truth must guard the well of knowledge and prevent it from being poisoned so that others can learn. But the people who don't want to learn, or who want to "unlearn", nothing can be done about them. Arguing with fools is futile.
Not sure I agree that this is anything but a short term "solution". Humans are corruptible creatures and power corrupts. Look at the police forces of certain countries around the world. Like Mexico, where half the police are actually working for the cartels, and the other half are taking bribes to stay quiet about it. Or even the US is starting to see a lot of corruption now, with civil asset forfeiture. A larger group of "guards" just means that eventually you'll have more corrupt people to deal with. The problem is with the humans in the uniform.
Thanks for the laugh. And no, I live on the 24th floor of a building in Panama on the ocean, with my wife and two dogs :)
That's true. Gaming was $6 US/hr. About half that at night on GEnie. People were much more polite.
So basically I create a hypothesis that people who put a number in their name that looks like a year are putting their year of birth, and then I survey them to see if they do put their year of birth, and this is "science"? lol what a breakthrough.
So how do I skew the evidence? I chose my nickname in 1986 when I was young, and I still use it today. Since it hasn't changed at all I wonder how they presume to associate any "age" data with that.
He's obviously never heard of "quis custodiet ipsos custodes". And who will guard the crocodiles? Should be fairly easy to bribe the guy who feeds them/cares for them so that he can help arrange your "escape". Crocs aren't all that aggressive when fed. And you have to feed them otherwise you'll end up with one fat croc.
Not feature creep. Payroll budget creep. The "features" on the form are exactly the same, if not less. But you have a lot more people sitting around drinking coffee, having meetings so they can determine which meetings to have, and extra long lunch hours.
It doesn't matter. By this time the entire population of the middle east will have "moved" to Europe.
the guillotine won't work because there's a knot in the rope.
Methinks you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how guillotines work. Lucky for you no one uses them anymore!
[T]here are legitimate pros and cons to the decision
No there are not. There is only the LAW. The decision has already been made, ratified and written down. It's not up to some bureaucrat to make things up as he goes along. Governments are compelled to act within the bounds set by law. When they stop doing this, they are no longer law abiding nations and lose the right to enforce law on the people.
The real question is though, will those 17 be Jedi?
The problem with your argument is that your EULA is imaginary, while their contract is real.
without prior notice or permission
I'm pretty sure it says they can do that in your contract. You remember your contract right? The one you signed to get service? What do you mean nobody reads those? You didn't read the contract you signed???
While I agree that pulling shenanigans like this is not something I want from the people who I hired to give me phone service, I'm willing to bet they are not acting outside the law.
People still watch tv?