I don't care what you do unless it negatively affects me. I will try to be polite, but please don't go all SJW on me if I don't say everything perfectly according to your definition. My father's best friend prefers to be called Dick, even though his name is not Richard. I call him Dick. But if I were to refer to him as William, I wouldn't expect, or deserve, a shit fit.
Rather than vote for the neo-Jackson fascist (Trump) or the neo-Nixon pathological liar (Clinton), I'm voting for Gary Johnson. I have voted for the lesser of two evils in the past, but never has the lesser been so evil.
I saw Herndon give a seminar on this topic a few years ago. It is a plausible theory, but not an established fact, and not accepted by most in the field. As I recall, we don't understand the earth's core well enough to know if enough uranium could have collected at the center for a reactor to happen. One way of testing the idea is to look at the flux of anti-neutrinos coming from the earth. If the number is greater than can be explained by beta decay of the thorium-chain elements, it would point toward a geo-reactor. I seem to recall that some proposed neutrino detectors have a chance of measuring this. They have to be able to discriminate against the large flux of neutrinos coming from the sun.
An interesting part of the theory is that the geo-reactor proposed by Herndon will run out of fuel relatively soon, so if it exists the earth will lose and important source of internal heat and begin cooling much sooner than if all the heat comes from radioactive decay.
My wife and I drive old cars so we can afford to send our kids to private school. It is worth it. The oldest is now a in his second year at one of the hardest colleges in the country, studying physics, and doing well. He was very well prepared by his high school.
In an era where all space science is done by unmanned probes and robots, I think it says a lot that we are willing to preserve our heritage in manned space flight. These selfless men and women in their period costumes, devote their careers to re-enacting history, so that we can enjoy the spectacle. Very much like the royal family in the UK. I'm so happy that the US taxpayers are willing to spend billions of dollars each year to keep this history alive. It is almost as good as civil war re-enactments!
Who is "we", Kemosabe? I partied with many of the (other) smart kids who went on to lead full, happy lives. Some of the dumbasses smoked too much, and drank too much, and would have been losers even without chemical recreation.
Yes, you could be right. It is hard to separate cause and effect. It could be the losers I knew in HS who smoked pot would have been losers anyway. In any case, we both agree marijuana should be legalized.
Considering the availability of alcohol, I'd imagine that the choice of drug to abuse might shift, but the total amount of abusers may stay more or less constant.
We should be honest about this. Legalized pot will result in more people using, more people abusing, and all the problems that implies. We all remember smart kids from high school that wasted their lives on pot. But, this is still far better than incarcerating people for only harming themselves and the huge amount of money and abuse of freedom that we currently have. In addition, we will be taking away a guaranteed source of income from drug gangs, some of the nastiest people on earth. It is not a panacea, but it is a large net gain.
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I don't care what you do unless it negatively affects me. I will try to be polite, but please don't go all SJW on me if I don't say everything perfectly according to your definition. My father's best friend prefers to be called Dick, even though his name is not Richard. I call him Dick. But if I were to refer to him as William, I wouldn't expect, or deserve, a shit fit.
is a lot of porn!
Are you ready to feel the Johnson!
Rather than vote for the neo-Jackson fascist (Trump) or the neo-Nixon pathological liar (Clinton), I'm voting for Gary Johnson. I have voted for the lesser of two evils in the past, but never has the lesser been so evil.
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Yep. This is want turned me on to Linux, and I never looked back.
Please send me their contact information!
Why not use excess wind power to produce synthetic fuel (essentially gasoline or diesel) from natural gas?
Umm. I'm a physicist and we have more women than CS. I suspect you guys are just assholes.
"Gun control - the theory that 100lb women have the "right" to fight off 200lb rapists with only their bare hands."
ratchet?
Holder is a thug.
What is this "Windows" of which you speak?
In the future, we may make sythetic fuel with the excess power.
I think you are conflating polonium tea with ricin umbrellas
I saw Herndon give a seminar on this topic a few years ago. It is a plausible theory, but not an established fact, and not accepted by most in the field. As I recall, we don't understand the earth's core well enough to know if enough uranium could have collected at the center for a reactor to happen. One way of testing the idea is to look at the flux of anti-neutrinos coming from the earth. If the number is greater than can be explained by beta decay of the thorium-chain elements, it would point toward a geo-reactor. I seem to recall that some proposed neutrino detectors have a chance of measuring this. They have to be able to discriminate against the large flux of neutrinos coming from the sun. An interesting part of the theory is that the geo-reactor proposed by Herndon will run out of fuel relatively soon, so if it exists the earth will lose and important source of internal heat and begin cooling much sooner than if all the heat comes from radioactive decay.
My wife and I drive old cars so we can afford to send our kids to private school. It is worth it. The oldest is now a in his second year at one of the hardest colleges in the country, studying physics, and doing well. He was very well prepared by his high school.
RTGs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_generator use Pu-238 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-238, not Pu-239 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium-239
In an era where all space science is done by unmanned probes and robots, I think it says a lot that we are willing to preserve our heritage in manned space flight. These selfless men and women in their period costumes, devote their careers to re-enacting history, so that we can enjoy the spectacle. Very much like the royal family in the UK. I'm so happy that the US taxpayers are willing to spend billions of dollars each year to keep this history alive. It is almost as good as civil war re-enactments!
My point was that was an ad hominem attack. I expect better from slashdotters.
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87.3% of them to be exact.
You'll get no argument from me than religion is one of the greatest evils.
Who is "we", Kemosabe? I partied with many of the (other) smart kids who went on to lead full, happy lives. Some of the dumbasses smoked too much, and drank too much, and would have been losers even without chemical recreation.
Yes, you could be right. It is hard to separate cause and effect. It could be the losers I knew in HS who smoked pot would have been losers anyway. In any case, we both agree marijuana should be legalized.
Considering the availability of alcohol, I'd imagine that the choice of drug to abuse might shift, but the total amount of abusers may stay more or less constant.
Good point.
We should be honest about this. Legalized pot will result in more people using, more people abusing, and all the problems that implies. We all remember smart kids from high school that wasted their lives on pot. But, this is still far better than incarcerating people for only harming themselves and the huge amount of money and abuse of freedom that we currently have. In addition, we will be taking away a guaranteed source of income from drug gangs, some of the nastiest people on earth. It is not a panacea, but it is a large net gain.