'You do forget a few things in 20 years. And I can use the site as a resource for my kids, since they'll be too busy being taught "Intelligent Design" to be bothered with anything as mundane as chemistry and physics.'
Thats ok, I am sure that God will teach them how to build a nuke...
"I could easily keep on going, but I think the point is made - why are the editors impressed by this article? It's nothing - they've clearly never bothered googling for uranium enrichment before."
I am sure that appropriate kinetic energy projectiles could be developed. I'd love to give it a go, taking out an entire carrier battlegroup with a single, non-nuclear munition would be very cool indeed.
Its just a pity it can't be done so easily on a budget...
"Retaliation would be the biggest concern (they can hit you just as easily as you can hit them), but the requirements that space ships be light (no reactor) works in the favor of Naval ships."
They (in orbit) can hit you (floating on the surface of the ocean and not submersible) *way* more easily than you can hit them; all they have to do is drop a small rock *somewhere* near your carrier battlegroup and you can kiss it goodbye as the waves take every ship bar the subs to the ocean floor.
"Drilling through the article with my utterly minimal norwegian (Prarie Home Companion + German + exposure to Danish coworkers), I think I've distilled the following"
I'm sure there was something in there about lutfisk being particularly delicious. Though I always thought it was an ancient Viking recipe for cleaning dried blood from weapons and armor...
"That's all right, we send our criminals to the US sometimes."
Hey, I live in NZ.
I'll never forget my Dad explaining that Australia was settled by people to whom it was said 'sod you, you are going somewhere else' while New Zealand was settled by people by whom it was said 'sod this, I'm going somewhere else'
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'You do forget a few things in 20 years. And I can use the site as a resource for my kids, since they'll be too busy being taught "Intelligent Design" to be bothered with anything as mundane as chemistry and physics.'
Thats ok, I am sure that God will teach them how to build a nuke...
"I could easily keep on going, but I think the point is made - why are the editors impressed by this article? It's nothing - they've clearly never bothered googling for uranium enrichment before."
;)
Wow, what can I say?
I bow to your superior nuclear-fu, son!
No, I played Civilisation one too many times and saw my coastal cities drown and lose massive population...
"why yes, yes i do... water level is rising very (read VERY) slowly"
That wouldn't be any fun at all. Not even material for a movie.
"you will havea good few years notice at a minimum before it gets any worse"
My experience of my fellow human beings tells me that they will all leave it until the very last minute and there will *still* be a massive panic.
Yes like under it.
Breathing it.
You think theres going to be time to evacuate the low lying cities? You think there will be orderly queues?
Or am I thinking of 'Civilisation' where I learnt the motto 'Those that build filthy industrial cities on coastal hills may prevail in the end'?
"That's a goodly majority of all humanity"
For now.
Wait till sealevels rise a few tens of metres...
And would you also like to see the total, worldwide, international decomissioning of the carrier battlegroups (et.al.) and nukes as well?
I am sure that appropriate kinetic energy projectiles could be developed. I'd love to give it a go, taking out an entire carrier battlegroup with a single, non-nuclear munition would be very cool indeed.
Its just a pity it can't be done so easily on a budget...
"Retaliation would be the biggest concern (they can hit you just as easily as you can hit them), but the requirements that space ships be light (no reactor) works in the favor of Naval ships."
They (in orbit) can hit you (floating on the surface of the ocean and not submersible) *way* more easily than you can hit them; all they have to do is drop a small rock *somewhere* near your carrier battlegroup and you can kiss it goodbye as the waves take every ship bar the subs to the ocean floor.
"Who would have thought a giant laser could be used for war!"
Hell, a giant *turd* could be used for war.
And it wouldn't cost half as much. Depending what you had for dinner.
"Scientists also located the area of the brain responsibile for gullibility, and they now have a procedure to remove that section of your brain."
Now would be a good time to divest oneself of shares in advertising companies...
They actually injected this shit into people and said 'so, how you feeling, bub?'?
As William Shatner would say;
"Why don't you all just go out and GET A LIFE!"
"or I'll be eating my breakfast cereal out of the bottom of your fcking skull, gestanlich?"
"Drilling through the article with my utterly minimal norwegian (Prarie Home Companion + German + exposure to Danish coworkers), I think I've distilled the following"
I'm sure there was something in there about lutfisk being particularly delicious. Though I always thought it was an ancient Viking recipe for cleaning dried blood from weapons and armor...
They will do a better 'hearts and minds' job than the grunts they have now!
"I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of *any* nuclear payload, even if it is just a french one."
The French one would also stink of garlic.
"liberate you from your evil commie government."
;)
Helen doesn't have the balls to be a commie
But if you are going to invade, so long as you lynch Winston, you won't have any trouble from me.
And don't forget the flies! You get terrific flies too!
"There is no such prohibition"
Well, only under international treaties. Which be safely ignored by suitably arrogant, nuclear armed superpowers.
"The Soviets had an automatic cannon installed in several of their Salyut space vehicles."
cool. Links?
"all that will acheive is a military build up in space with the US and most probably China developing space-based weapons."
Thats hitting the nail on the head.
The Chinese could already clean up in space; since noones allowed weapons in space (on the ISS for example).
The Chinese just have to send up a couple of martial arts expert taikonauts and take over the ISS in short order.
That calls for a 'mwahahahaaaaaaa'
"That's all right, we send our criminals to the US sometimes."
Hey, I live in NZ.
I'll never forget my Dad explaining that Australia was settled by people to whom it was said 'sod you, you are going somewhere else' while New Zealand was settled by people by whom it was said 'sod this, I'm going somewhere else'
"though they should still be treated humanely .ie no cruel and unusual."
Like being sent to Australia.
yeah yeah troll, flamebait *whatever*
ah yes I didn't go into enough detail; I don't want a PDA with a hard drive. No moving parts. :)
Also, the zaurus isn't supported in my part of the world; I want a PDA that I can take back to the supplier if anything goes wrong.
"I'm really disappointed by this. I've been holding off on a new PDA, but I don't think I'll be getting this one."
I'm holding off until I can get one with USB host.
I mean how freaking hard can it be? Am I missing something?
Example; the ipaq advertises as *having* USB. But the word from HP when I pressed them on the issue is that it cannot and will never be a USB host.
I would really appreciate some links, if anyone has any suggestions.
I just want to connect to USB hard drive or flash disk. Other gadgets would be nice.