It's all about choices, as we are discovering even clean sources of energy can have negative environmental effects.
Nuclear is not 'insanely dangerous' by any means and is pretty much sustainable as in we are not likely to run out of nuclear fuel anytime soon.
If the waste gets too much of a problem then we can force the energy industry to develop technologies to fire the waste into the heart of the sun and do some useful space based R&D into the bargain.
So far as I can see assessing everything on it's merits nuclear comes out top, and the founder of Greenpeace now agrees as well.
There is still no empire though, the US holds something like 14 territories whereas Britain and France hole 15 and 16 respectively and that is the real tail end of Britains Empire building.
Whilst military bases might provide the US with a global military reach they don't generate any direct income or economic benefit which is the real point of Empires.
These bases are also based on the countries they are hosted in tolerating their existence which is fine in peacetime but likely to be reversed fairly quickly in anything like a major conflict, at least in the areas where it would matter.
America doesn't really have an Empire, it has military bases scattered about the place but that's it.
However it is the worlds most powerful country and it may well have been the case in the past that other countries in the same position may have just suited themselves that doesn't mean it's a good thing and indeed a lot of Empire began to fall apart when they did start to consider their effects on those around them, this is one reason why America is not still a part of the British Empire.
What if my alterego CmdrGravy signs up for one of their accounts and then CmdrSauce who is the real CmdrGravy deep links into their site ?
It looks to me like this is an utterly uneforceable rule and like you say if they really wanted to enforce this they could do so technically a lot more easily.
It's horrible to see companies making use of the web to earn themselves money and attempting to do daft stuff like this to force me to use the web in the way they would prefer rather than the way which suits me.
Point taken on the virus issue but the last time I used Outlook - Exchange ( around 5 months ago ) it did crash a few times each day and is an effective delivery system for viruses.
It wasn't user error, my system was locked down - I couldn't mess with anything even if I wanted to.
You set Outlook up to MS Word as an e-mail editor and see how long it takes before it crashes, I could usually get a good hour or so.
1000 years ago if someone had presented some quack science to say the Earth moves around the Sun then no I wouldn't have believed it.
If on the other hand someone did some proper scientific investigation and proved to me that the Earth revolves around the Sun then I probably would believe them.
I don't know, it seems to me they have these boxes which produce generally produce 1's and 0's in equal proportions but occasionally produce them in unequal proportions.
Rather than studying why that it is, e.g. by looking at how the 1's and 0's are generated for example it seems they have jumped to the conclusion that they must be measuring some kind of pyschic energy which no one has yet shown to exist. I am finding it hard to equate that with a scientific method.
You are making a mistake in equating the amount of news coverage an event receives with the depth of feeling people feel for an event.
For example the last few days there has been a lot of coverage about Prince Charles re-marrying, according to your theory this means everyone cares deeply about the event whereas in fact no one really gives a toss.
The last we have heard about the Tsunami is that aid is now being delivered and the task of clearing up and rebuilding is beginning, if this changes then I would like to hear about but if the situation remains the same then I do not need daily updates saying the same action is being taken and things are slowly improving as expected.
I have attended 2 Tsunami fund raising events in the last 2 weeks and there are still donation boxes in most supermarkets which people are still using so it seems we do still care about the disaster and want to help.
Not wishing to be too pedantic but can driving at 60 Mph in blinding snowstorms ever be considered safe ? What about any kids who may have taken the opportunity to build snowmen in the road ? They wouldn't stand a chance the poor buggers.
Equally why are you driving in conditions where you are likely to lose all grip at 100 Mph in the first place ? I am trusting that this was on a track and not on the road.
When you get down to it those people were born in Mexico and you were born in the US. Neither of you has any say in where you are born, it's just pure chance.
What gives you the right to stop these people trying to enjoy the same quality of life as them ? Why shouldn't you sort out the problems in Mexico ?
I think you realise that luck is the major factor here and in fact you have no god given right to refuse these people entry. Instead you can justify your decision that you don't want them living in your country by saying they are all bad people and you don't want bad people in your country.
The chances are you are descended from an immigrant at some point, why not ship you back to your ancestors country of origin ?
That's right, relax the rules - the US is a huge country and has a pretty low population density, there is abundant food and the land is pretty rich in everything you need.
I would have thought the U.S. would be welcoming immigrants with open arms ( after all the entire existing population are immigrants apart from the Indians ). Legal immigrants can get jobs and pay taxes, give you some hope of getting a pension.
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Yes they are all check. If the US had a Chancellor of the Exchequer would you call him a Chancellor of the Exchecker ?
Indeed, which is why "checks" is incorrect ;-)
they're cool, they do stuff. smoke and shit, wicked
I am waiting until we develop those hovering attack craft, so far as I remember they had no drawbacks and could lay waste to large cities easily.
It's all about choices, as we are discovering even clean sources of energy can have negative environmental effects.
Nuclear is not 'insanely dangerous' by any means and is pretty much sustainable as in we are not likely to run out of nuclear fuel anytime soon.
If the waste gets too much of a problem then we can force the energy industry to develop technologies to fire the waste into the heart of the sun and do some useful space based R&D into the bargain.
So far as I can see assessing everything on it's merits nuclear comes out top, and the founder of Greenpeace now agrees as well.
Relying 100% on solar power would be a very bad idea; do not put all your eggs in one basket !
I don't see how it's any worse than pumping all the resultant pollution into the atmosphere which is what is happening with coal and gas based power.
There is still no empire though, the US holds something like 14 territories whereas Britain and France hole 15 and 16 respectively and that is the real tail end of Britains Empire building.
Whilst military bases might provide the US with a global military reach they don't generate any direct income or economic benefit which is the real point of Empires.
These bases are also based on the countries they are hosted in tolerating their existence which is fine in peacetime but likely to be reversed fairly quickly in anything like a major conflict, at least in the areas where it would matter.
Nah, he meant a caff, as in Cath's Caff.
America doesn't really have an Empire, it has military bases scattered about the place but that's it.
However it is the worlds most powerful country and it may well have been the case in the past that other countries in the same position may have just suited themselves that doesn't mean it's a good thing and indeed a lot of Empire began to fall apart when they did start to consider their effects on those around them, this is one reason why America is not still a part of the British Empire.
What if my alterego CmdrGravy signs up for one of their accounts and then CmdrSauce who is the real CmdrGravy deep links into their site ?
It looks to me like this is an utterly uneforceable rule and like you say if they really wanted to enforce this they could do so technically a lot more easily.
It's horrible to see companies making use of the web to earn themselves money and attempting to do daft stuff like this to force me to use the web in the way they would prefer rather than the way which suits me.
Point taken on the virus issue but the last time I used Outlook - Exchange ( around 5 months ago ) it did crash a few times each day and is an effective delivery system for viruses.
It wasn't user error, my system was locked down - I couldn't mess with anything even if I wanted to.
You set Outlook up to MS Word as an e-mail editor and see how long it takes before it crashes, I could usually get a good hour or so.
You mean download viri and crash every couple of hours ?
1000 years ago if someone had presented some quack science to say the Earth moves around the Sun then no I wouldn't have believed it.
If on the other hand someone did some proper scientific investigation and proved to me that the Earth revolves around the Sun then I probably would believe them.
So they look for a major event.
Then they look on their graph for a spike at that time.
If there is a spike but not at the time the event took place then it is evidence that the machine is predicting the future.
If there is a spike and it is at the right time then the machine has detected a global conciousness
If there is no spike anywhere near the event then the machine must just not have registered that event.
I don't see how you can lose with a process like that.
I don't know, it seems to me they have these boxes which produce generally produce 1's and 0's in equal proportions but occasionally produce them in unequal proportions.
Rather than studying why that it is, e.g. by looking at how the 1's and 0's are generated for example it seems they have jumped to the conclusion that they must be measuring some kind of pyschic energy which no one has yet shown to exist. I am finding it hard to equate that with a scientific method.
You are suffering from false memory syndrome, I suggest you stop seeing your pyschiatrist immediately.
You are making a mistake in equating the amount of news coverage an event receives with the depth of feeling people feel for an event.
For example the last few days there has been a lot of coverage about Prince Charles re-marrying, according to your theory this means everyone cares deeply about the event whereas in fact no one really gives a toss.
The last we have heard about the Tsunami is that aid is now being delivered and the task of clearing up and rebuilding is beginning, if this changes then I would like to hear about but if the situation remains the same then I do not need daily updates saying the same action is being taken and things are slowly improving as expected.
I have attended 2 Tsunami fund raising events in the last 2 weeks and there are still donation boxes in most supermarkets which people are still using so it seems we do still care about the disaster and want to help.
A pity.
Honestly what do we expect Microsoft to say ?
What company has anyone ever known who has said that they acknowledge their comeptition is better in the key areas they are competing on.
Well why don't you ?
I am guessing it's because the law says that you can't and nothing to do with his inalienable right to hold on to his money.
Not wishing to be too pedantic but can driving at 60 Mph in blinding snowstorms ever be considered safe ? What about any kids who may have taken the opportunity to build snowmen in the road ? They wouldn't stand a chance the poor buggers.
Equally why are you driving in conditions where you are likely to lose all grip at 100 Mph in the first place ? I am trusting that this was on a track and not on the road.
When you get down to it those people were born in Mexico and you were born in the US. Neither of you has any say in where you are born, it's just pure chance.
What gives you the right to stop these people trying to enjoy the same quality of life as them ? Why shouldn't you sort out the problems in Mexico ?
I think you realise that luck is the major factor here and in fact you have no god given right to refuse these people entry. Instead you can justify your decision that you don't want them living in your country by saying they are all bad people and you don't want bad people in your country.
The chances are you are descended from an immigrant at some point, why not ship you back to your ancestors country of origin ?
That's right, relax the rules - the US is a huge country and has a pretty low population density, there is abundant food and the land is pretty rich in everything you need.
I would have thought the U.S. would be welcoming immigrants with open arms ( after all the entire existing population are immigrants apart from the Indians ). Legal immigrants can get jobs and pay taxes, give you some hope of getting a pension.
Apathy - Isn't that traditionally how civilisations collapse and empires are shattered ?