I think we ought to start a Religion Of Imortality, let's call it ROI - we will probably get lots of followers.
Then we can introduce various "religious" requirements, to suit our needs and wants. After all, you can't deny religious freedoms.
Bow down to the Truth of ROI! You can't deny my my cheeseburger! For it is written; "Verily, the chosen shall consume cheese burgers, and imbibe beer! So be it."
not every culture is stupid.
not everything about "my" culture is good.
some cultures are intolerant of others.
some cultures are corrupt.
some cultures do not value individual liberty.
some cultures demean women.
some cultures force you to believe a particular religion.
some cultures have more rigid social structures than others (and more limited mobility among "the classes").
some cultures are very stupid.
It's expensive. It won't please everyone. But it is totally worth it for future generations.
For the most part, the "expensive" countries all have dying cultures, since they don't reproduce enough to survive. (Remember "replacement rate" is 2.1)
Don't worry, somebody will fill those empty countries, and the "future generations" don't look like they will be the types of high-tech folk who will keep things green, care about your culture, or be high-tech enough to get homo sapiens "off this rock".
In the zoo.
On TV/Movies.
Maybe once, long ago, running over them on a turnpike somewhere, back east.
No. Turtles do not come up in everyday life in the arid southwest. I see mostly people, way too many people. Then ants, birds (the hawks are cool), and the occasional coyote. Oh, and once in a while a rattlesnake - oh and lots of rabbits, and rats, which I don't really think of as useful to me in any way.
But no. No turtles in any way more meaningful to me than Saber tooth Tigers or Woolly Mammoths.
All this reminds me of those old Larry Niven stories, where some time-traveling nave in the future goes back in time to get whatever animal is requested by the dim-witted ruler. Extinct, mythical, doesn't matter, in the future, they are all things that don't exist, and all the same.
Turtles? Never seen one. Exist, doesn't exist... all the same to me.
If they can't survive, they should have evolved better. Oil is a natural product. Do you want them to survive lava flows too?
Something else will succeed Homo Sapiens as the "dominant" species on this planet someday, and they probably won't worry about our demise. And so it goes.
I am sure this anti-malaria thing is somehow racist! How dare those bigot pigs in Arizona try to thwart God's will! People who live in malarial zones are all natural, and their environment should not be altered. Not by crops that grow or bugs that don't carry natural diseases.
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To paraphrase Jamie Hyneman [It's easy to do things. It's hard to think about what to do]; It's easy code software, it's hard to sell it.
Marketing sucks. That's why I am a "techie", but don't begrudge the "dark side", their due...
Funeral notices are the classic... what close family members don't go to the funeral?
Not even saving abandoned puppies me thinks.
Thank goodness for Tupperware!
I did not RTFA, but if that is the case, they are probably not "buying" all the books (at retail), but rather paying to reprint the first run.
I suspect re-printing 10,000 books is somewhat less than buying them at the MSRP.
That sums it up nicely. Nothing more needs to be added.
So, I guess it gave him something to do.
The "real you" that no one ever sees is an idealized fantasy...
Stop thinking about me that way, or I will have to charge you $2.99 a minute.
"Those who can't do, collaborate"
and suck you down into their realm of gadget distraction overhead...
I think we ought to start a Religion Of Imortality, let's call it ROI - we will probably get lots of followers.
Then we can introduce various "religious" requirements, to suit our needs and wants. After all, you can't deny religious freedoms.
Bow down to the Truth of ROI! You can't deny my my cheeseburger! For it is written; "Verily, the chosen shall consume cheese burgers, and imbibe beer! So be it."
That's only if you're uploading heavy bits.
No heavy bits. (unless you like that sort of thing.)
What most slashdotters really want to know is how to optimize the motion of the naughty bits.
not every culture is stupid.
not everything about "my" culture is good.
some cultures are intolerant of others.
some cultures are corrupt.
some cultures do not value individual liberty.
some cultures demean women.
some cultures force you to believe a particular religion.
some cultures have more rigid social structures than others (and more limited mobility among "the classes").
some cultures are very stupid.
That's just a little bit racist.
Please don't confuse observations of culture with comments on race.
It's expensive. It won't please everyone. But it is totally worth it for future generations.
For the most part, the "expensive" countries all have dying cultures, since they don't reproduce enough to survive. (Remember "replacement rate" is 2.1)
Don't worry, somebody will fill those empty countries, and the "future generations" don't look like they will be the types of high-tech folk who will keep things green, care about your culture, or be high-tech enough to get homo sapiens "off this rock".
Forget all that other violation of your rights shit. In California, if you can get them on ...smoking a cigar in my house. You have it made.
With the right jury, you will be able to retire on those damages! (Assuming your municipality doesn't declare bankruptcy on you.)
You, sir, have astounding powers of estimation.
;-)
A more likely explanation would be that I did the same math. But thanks for double checking my work
It is approximately the on the same scale, to the oceans, as that of a candy bar in a swimming pool.
And it will cause almost as much excitement.
and the boars are thriving
Pigs and People are pretty close, genetically speaking. They do medical testing on them, right?
Maybe eating these pigs would yield some unforeseen benefits.
You can't No, you can't. Not with today's hardware. The Vectrex was a Vector image game - NOT a raster scan image.
Space Invaders is NOT an example of a Vector game. Vector games were Space Wars, Solar Quest, Battle Zone, etc. Monochrome line drawings.
The vector graphics vs raster graphics would be akin to vinyl vs a CD.
Or, if you like car analogies, like a 1964 Mustang vs a 2010 Prius.
The BFG would be a poor choice for gophers... they tend to have a hole nearby.
The BFG is generally best used on whiners.
Here, let me edit your words a bit;
... like the Times ... to ... not exist.
Maybe Murdoch... would
OK, I have seen a turtle.
In the zoo. On TV/Movies. Maybe once, long ago, running over them on a turnpike somewhere, back east.
No. Turtles do not come up in everyday life in the arid southwest. I see mostly people, way too many people. Then ants, birds (the hawks are cool), and the occasional coyote. Oh, and once in a while a rattlesnake - oh and lots of rabbits, and rats, which I don't really think of as useful to me in any way.
But no. No turtles in any way more meaningful to me than Saber tooth Tigers or Woolly Mammoths.
All this reminds me of those old Larry Niven stories, where some time-traveling nave in the future goes back in time to get whatever animal is requested by the dim-witted ruler. Extinct, mythical, doesn't matter, in the future, they are all things that don't exist, and all the same.
Turtles? Never seen one. Exist, doesn't exist... all the same to me.
If they can't survive, they should have evolved better. Oil is a natural product. Do you want them to survive lava flows too?
Something else will succeed Homo Sapiens as the "dominant" species on this planet someday, and they probably won't worry about our demise. And so it goes.
Please, avoid all products from Arizona!
I am sure this anti-malaria thing is somehow racist! How dare those bigot pigs in Arizona try to thwart God's will! People who live in malarial zones are all natural, and their environment should not be altered. Not by crops that grow or bugs that don't carry natural diseases.
See this link for what can happen to your SCADA systems - total distruction
Twice the size of Texas = 537,202 square miles
4,000,000 Tons plastic = 8,000,000,000 pounds
14,892 lbs/square mile - 23.29 lbs per acre. [2.61 grams/meter square]
Of course that is only surface area... how deep is it?