Sparkle? Couldn't they come up with a better name? The blatant rip-off of not only ideas, but names, is insane.
Wait! I know, they could call it WinFX!!! But, I guess that would make too much sense... So I suppose they'll just have to call their new programming framework WinFX instead.
Nothing is trivial; life least of all. Quantum Mechanics indicates that everything is interwoven at a very fundamental level. If humans just realized this we would have a better, more peaceful society.
To another planet. Why? Because eventually we'll have to anyway, in order to survive as a species, and we'd better get some practice. Humanity's time on Earth is finite. The universe, being the volatile place that it is, will eventually confront us with a large asteroid, rouge black hole, the end of our sun, or some other unforeseen catastrophic event. Granted, these events may not happen for a very long time, but we should probably be thinking ahead in this matter. Of course, humans could even be responsible for the annihilation of all life on Earth (i.e. nuclear war), so it makes sense to have a backup plan.
Asteroid mining? VERY unproven. Power generation in space? Also VERY unproven to be economical.
Well, how are we to either prove or disprove any of these ideas if we refuse to investigate, or attempt them? Along the way we might discover, or invent something valuable. But, who knows unless we try?
Sorry, but "because it's there" is not good enough.
Sure it is. Our drive to explore is one of the traits that has made us a successful species - its right up there with being opportunistic. We risk more by being complacent than we do by being bold.
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Sparkle? Couldn't they come up with a better name? The blatant rip-off of not only ideas, but names, is insane.
Wait! I know, they could call it WinFX!!! But, I guess that would make too much sense... So I suppose they'll just have to call their new programming framework WinFX instead.
...that this article is hosted on a server running Apache?
I beg to differ...
Nothing is trivial; life least of all. Quantum Mechanics indicates that everything is interwoven at a very fundamental level. If humans just realized this we would have a better, more peaceful society.
Where are we going to go?
To another planet. Why? Because eventually we'll have to anyway, in order to survive as a species, and we'd better get some practice. Humanity's time on Earth is finite. The universe, being the volatile place that it is, will eventually confront us with a large asteroid, rouge black hole, the end of our sun, or some other unforeseen catastrophic event. Granted, these events may not happen for a very long time, but we should probably be thinking ahead in this matter. Of course, humans could even be responsible for the annihilation of all life on Earth (i.e. nuclear war), so it makes sense to have a backup plan.
Asteroid mining? VERY unproven. Power generation in space? Also VERY unproven to be economical.
Well, how are we to either prove or disprove any of these ideas if we refuse to investigate, or attempt them? Along the way we might discover, or invent something valuable. But, who knows unless we try?
Sorry, but "because it's there" is not good enough.
Sure it is. Our drive to explore is one of the traits that has made us a successful species - its right up there with being opportunistic. We risk more by being complacent than we do by being bold.