Earth is increasingly short of fresh water.... space has unlimited comets with fresh water, just catch one
Minerals? -- space has more than one can imagine
Space.... has SPACE -- using automated robots and orbiting factories to process raw minerals we will construct floating cities that will rival the best on earth
Why did Europeans colonise the Americas? I mean, look at the expense!:rolls eyes:
Easy to play, difficult to master. Also, it doesn't really end...it can evolve. This is especially true with the latest Simcity, where you can virutally recreate any city in the world down to the finest detail, its art.
There is the chance that by the time enough people realize what is happening, it will be illegal to do anything about it...or you'll be deamed a terrorist. I'm not an American, but its sad to see how quickly they have lost MOST of their moral authority.
Space really is the final frontier.
News stories like this never cease to brighten up my day, and give me hope for the future.
Not to sound too corny, but do others find this is true?
Contrary to your DIALOGUE and ARGUEMENT (though you may CRITICISE), the only HONOURABLE
thing to do is admit that the U.S.A. is not the CENTRE of the world.;)
Not only that, we are accelerating this process even faster by clear cutting the worlds forests, tapping ground water, and speeding up desertification.
The facts are, similar to the developing world, many places in the developed world fresh water is increasingly becoming scarcer, due to mismanagement. Also consider that in the developed world, more and more of our food supply is being imported. If there are successive droughts, food prices will rise for everyone. Sure, we may not starve to death like they are right now in the horn of africa, but our cost of living will increase and we may have to change our diet. That is just food. Now what about energy? Has not the rise in oil prices shown how vulnerable western nations are?
The point is, sure if you live in Canada or UK, your quality of life should remain high, but thinking like that only delays the inevitable. Better to act now while we still have time? Your attitude advocates doing nothing, which is not acceptable with what we know about what is occuring.
I have yet to see a credible answer as to why the majority of the best scientific minds in the world would somehow be involved in a conspiracy of inventing climate change. Why? Most scientists aren't millionaires. Have we lost faith in the scientific process? Do we disbelieve that it is possible to make hypotheses and discover through investigation the nature of our reality? Are *some* people so afraid of what the real *truth* is?
People who keep repeating that climate change is a conspiracy remind me of someone who has just been told they have a cancer and are in denial. WAKE UP! Ugh.
And another thing, how have we come to such a situation where these anti-evolutionist climate change deniers congregate to/.?
Not only do their numbers seem to be increasing, but I see people after all this time still engaging their mindless trolls!
This is the 21st century, we are a global society and as such I am personally confident that it is not a forgone conclusion that the human race is destined for a 'Bladerunner' future dystopia. However, the first step in avoiding such a fate is to acknowledge the true state of our reality. (...cue the trolls to say I'm somehow advocating the downfall of western civilization) ugh...
Nature could care less if we live or die. We are the only species in the universe that we know of that can determine its future. That is a power that we should not squander. The Earth is billions of years old, if a single human could live for even 500 years, it would be but a drop in the bucket. Some trees live for 1000 years you know, do you think that pisses of Nature too?
in THE NET: Angela Bennett is a computer expert. This young and beautiful analyst is never far from a computer and modem. The only activity she has outside of computers is visiting her mother. A friend, whom she's only spoken to over the net and phone, Dale Hessman, sent her a program with a weird glitch for her to de-bug. That night, he left to meet her and was killed in a plane crash. Angela discovers secret information on the disk she has received only hours before she leaves for vacation. Her life then turns into a nightmare, her records are erased from existence and she is given a new identity, one with a police record. She struggles to find out why this has happened and who has it in for her.
Moral of the story? If you are a modern day hermit, atleast take the time to introduce yourself to the pizza man incase your stalkers find you out and erase your IDENTITY.
Alternatively, when being chased by phychopaths who want your data, remember to back it up on a trusty floppy disk. NOTHING can hurt those!
Alternatively, always choose Macintosh, the only laptop that effieciently upload viruses to alien space crafts and save the planet.
Alternatively, if you are as hot as Sandra Bullock and are also a modern day hermit, I would like you to have my ICQ#, I'm here to help ANY WAY I CAN.
Populations may be shinking in the developed world, but it is the opposite in the developing world. The world population is continuing to decrease. All indications are that the problems of pollution, deforestation, desertification ect ect is accelerating.
They always laugh at those crazy few who think they can fly, or go to the moon, or cure 'uncurable' diseases.
For the first and only time in all the millenia we humans have been around, we have instant communication at any place on the planet, have the ability to transport ourselves from one end to the other in a matter of hours, have the ability to transmit incalculable information to any point on the planet...the list is endless. Just as there is reason to believe that the human race will self-destruct, there is equal or greater chance that we will continue to flourish.
Maybe if you consider that most of Europe degenerated into constantly waring factions, gangs, families, and states for a couple hundred years, then I guess it was normal. I suppose you could compare it to what Iraq or Somalia is like now. Unless you were in the protection of a walled city, you were fair game for any number of BAD people. That is, unless the plague got you first...or you starved to death from crop failure.
Box: Regular storage procedure. The same as the other food. The other food stopped coming. And they started.
Logan 5: What other food?
Box: Fish, and plankton. And sea greens, and protein from the sea. It's all here, ready. Fresh as harvest day. Fish and sea greens, plankton and protein from the sea. And then it stopped coming. And they came instead. So I store them here. I'm ready. And you're ready. It's my job. To freeze you. Protein, plankton...
For centuries, two races have evolved hidden deeply within Apple co. The aristocratic, sophisticated Newtonites, and the brutal, feral Hypercardians. To humanity, their existence is no more than a whisper of a myth. But to each other, they are lifelong mortal rivals, sworn to wage a secret war until only one is left standing. In the midst of this ongoing struggle, an ipod warrior, itunes, discovers a Hypercardian plot to kidnap a young pippin off spring. After shadowing Pippin through the city, the Newtonites forms an unprecedented bond with it, and when the Hypercardians make their next move, Newton is there to fend off their vicious assault. As it races to save Pippin and unravel the Hypercard intrigue surrounding Pippin, the Newtonites discovers a secret that has terrifying repercussions for both Departments--a nefarious plan to awaken a new invincible Application of domination that combines the strengths of both devices and the weaknesses of neither, which threatens to tip the balance of power in favor of the Hypercardians, who have been on the losing end of the struggle for decades. There can only be one! Long live the Jobs.
The disbelievers will really be in trouble when we genetically engineer hyper-intelligent monkeys who can work in Walmart and Mcdonolds and take their jobs.
The disbelievers will in the near future miss out on genetic enhancements/cloning/implants and thus be weeded out of the population as they become unable to compete. Problem will fix itself.
Global warming? Global cooling? Its all relatively LONG TERM stuff, atleast 100 years away.
If however we can reduce the pollution we make now, replant all those forests we have chopped down, and protect some of what is left... it will impact everyone's standard of living NOW. Cleaning up the waterways and oceans would be good too. I am of the opinion that people who deny overpopulation or overreactions about pollution have never travelled outside their tiny town in NOWWHERE USA. Go to India, or China, or Africa even, then you will truly realize what we humans are doing to our one and only planet.
And then my cities were surrounded by mind worm boils! They were everywhere! Where did they come from? Did they not like me replacing their fungus with my pretty tree farms? I don't know, but they were pissed off. So I convened a meeting with the planetary council and got the vote to um raise sea levels and uh... Um, sorry what were we talking about?
We humans are the only species on this planet that are self-aware. As such it is in our interest to do all we can to survive. Destroying our environment, promoting disease and famine, are not in our best interest as a species. We shouldn't change because we can, but because we know we should.
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Minerals? -- space has more than one can imagine
Space.... has SPACE -- using automated robots and orbiting factories to process raw minerals we will construct floating cities that will rival the best on earth
Why did Europeans colonise the Americas? I mean, look at the expense! :rolls eyes:
Easy to play, difficult to master. Also, it doesn't really end...it can evolve. This is especially true with the latest Simcity, where you can virutally recreate any city in the world down to the finest detail, its art.
It's from the Ministry of Love, so it can't be THAT bad! Do the girls there like chocolate and flowers?
There is the chance that by the time enough people realize what is happening, it will be illegal to do anything about it...or you'll be deamed a terrorist. I'm not an American, but its sad to see how quickly they have lost MOST of their moral authority.
1. Detain anyone they want - on suspician to being a 'terrorist'... they can lock you away forever with no proof.
2. They can wiretap you for no reason
3. Label anyone who opposes them as being 'with the terrorists'
Can't people see where this is leading??
Sure you could only play one CD at a time, and the battery didn't last that long, but dammit we loved it.
Pity the fool with his uncool walkman -- tape is so 20th century.
Space really is the final frontier. News stories like this never cease to brighten up my day, and give me hope for the future. Not to sound too corny, but do others find this is true?
Contrary to your DIALOGUE and ARGUEMENT (though you may CRITICISE), the only HONOURABLE thing to do is admit that the U.S.A. is not the CENTRE of the world. ;)
Not only that, we are accelerating this process even faster by clear cutting the worlds forests, tapping ground water, and speeding up desertification.
The point is, sure if you live in Canada or UK, your quality of life should remain high, but thinking like that only delays the inevitable. Better to act now while we still have time? Your attitude advocates doing nothing, which is not acceptable with what we know about what is occuring.
People who keep repeating that climate change is a conspiracy remind me of someone who has just been told they have a cancer and are in denial. WAKE UP! Ugh.
And another thing, how have we come to such a situation where these anti-evolutionist climate change deniers congregate to /.?
Not only do their numbers seem to be increasing, but I see people after all this time still engaging their mindless trolls!
This is the 21st century, we are a global society and as such I am personally confident that it is not a forgone conclusion that the human race is destined for a 'Bladerunner' future dystopia. However, the first step in avoiding such a fate is to acknowledge the true state of our reality. (...cue the trolls to say I'm somehow advocating the downfall of western civilization) ugh...
Now that I'm in the past, I can use these new lotto numbers I got from the future... I'll be rich!
Nature could care less if we live or die. We are the only species in the universe that we know of that can determine its future. That is a power that we should not squander. The Earth is billions of years old, if a single human could live for even 500 years, it would be but a drop in the bucket. Some trees live for 1000 years you know, do you think that pisses of Nature too?
Moral of the story? If you are a modern day hermit, atleast take the time to introduce yourself to the pizza man incase your stalkers find you out and erase your IDENTITY.
Alternatively, when being chased by phychopaths who want your data, remember to back it up on a trusty floppy disk. NOTHING can hurt those!
Alternatively, always choose Macintosh, the only laptop that effieciently upload viruses to alien space crafts and save the planet.
Alternatively, if you are as hot as Sandra Bullock and are also a modern day hermit, I would like you to have my ICQ#, I'm here to help ANY WAY I CAN.
Populations may be shinking in the developed world, but it is the opposite in the developing world. The world population is continuing to decrease. All indications are that the problems of pollution, deforestation, desertification ect ect is accelerating.
They always laugh at those crazy few who think they can fly, or go to the moon, or cure 'uncurable' diseases. For the first and only time in all the millenia we humans have been around, we have instant communication at any place on the planet, have the ability to transport ourselves from one end to the other in a matter of hours, have the ability to transmit incalculable information to any point on the planet...the list is endless. Just as there is reason to believe that the human race will self-destruct, there is equal or greater chance that we will continue to flourish.
Maybe if you consider that most of Europe degenerated into constantly waring factions, gangs, families, and states for a couple hundred years, then I guess it was normal. I suppose you could compare it to what Iraq or Somalia is like now. Unless you were in the protection of a walled city, you were fair game for any number of BAD people. That is, unless the plague got you first...or you starved to death from crop failure.
Logan 5: What other food?
Box: Fish, and plankton. And sea greens, and protein from the sea. It's all here, ready. Fresh as harvest day. Fish and sea greens, plankton and protein from the sea. And then it stopped coming. And they came instead. So I store them here. I'm ready. And you're ready. It's my job. To freeze you. Protein, plankton...
~~~~Mommy!!!!
For centuries, two races have evolved hidden deeply within Apple co. The aristocratic, sophisticated Newtonites, and the brutal, feral Hypercardians. To humanity, their existence is no more than a whisper of a myth. But to each other, they are lifelong mortal rivals, sworn to wage a secret war until only one is left standing. In the midst of this ongoing struggle, an ipod warrior, itunes, discovers a Hypercardian plot to kidnap a young pippin off spring. After shadowing Pippin through the city, the Newtonites forms an unprecedented bond with it, and when the Hypercardians make their next move, Newton is there to fend off their vicious assault. As it races to save Pippin and unravel the Hypercard intrigue surrounding Pippin, the Newtonites discovers a secret that has terrifying repercussions for both Departments--a nefarious plan to awaken a new invincible Application of domination that combines the strengths of both devices and the weaknesses of neither, which threatens to tip the balance of power in favor of the Hypercardians, who have been on the losing end of the struggle for decades. There can only be one! Long live the Jobs.
The disbelievers will really be in trouble when we genetically engineer hyper-intelligent monkeys who can work in Walmart and Mcdonolds and take their jobs.
The disbelievers will in the near future miss out on genetic enhancements/cloning/implants and thus be weeded out of the population as they become unable to compete. Problem will fix itself.
Global warming? Global cooling? Its all relatively LONG TERM stuff, atleast 100 years away. If however we can reduce the pollution we make now, replant all those forests we have chopped down, and protect some of what is left... it will impact everyone's standard of living NOW. Cleaning up the waterways and oceans would be good too. I am of the opinion that people who deny overpopulation or overreactions about pollution have never travelled outside their tiny town in NOWWHERE USA. Go to India, or China, or Africa even, then you will truly realize what we humans are doing to our one and only planet.
And then my cities were surrounded by mind worm boils! They were everywhere! Where did they come from? Did they not like me replacing their fungus with my pretty tree farms? I don't know, but they were pissed off. So I convened a meeting with the planetary council and got the vote to um raise sea levels and uh... Um, sorry what were we talking about?
We humans are the only species on this planet that are self-aware. As such it is in our interest to do all we can to survive. Destroying our environment, promoting disease and famine, are not in our best interest as a species. We shouldn't change because we can, but because we know we should.
If I write my comments in BOLD does that make them more true?