Everything people do, either individually or en mass, comes from a stupefyingly complex combination of genes and environment
of which we know just about nothing. Further, this mix may change dramatically with the tiniest changes in measurement technique.
Basing social generalizations on statistical data is foolishness.
"Social" or "science": pick one.
Yes, now. At first we were kept in balance by birth rate. Few of us were ever born, less than a handful each year. Then, I think, the Universe decided that to appreciate life, for there to be change and growth, life had to be short. So the generations that followed us grew old and infirm, and died. But those of us who were first went on. We discovered the Vorlons and the Shadows when they were infant races and nourished them, helped them and all the other races you call the First Ones. In time most of them died, or passed beyond the rim to whatever lies in the darkness between galaxies. We've lived too long, seen too much. To live on as we have is to leave behind joy and love and companionship, because we know it to be transitory, of the moment. We know it will turn to ash. Only those whose lives are brief can imagine that love is eternal. You should embrace that remarkable illusion; it may be the greatest gift your race has ever received.
As of 10:40 AM PST Wednesday, this is marked "Troll". Who in the hell decided that? You may not enjoy reading this, but that doesn't make it a troll.
The guy responsible should be marked "Troll Modder".
Fees, not taxes. Fees are much more fair then taxes as everyone pays the same. And fees aren't taxes so you can raise funds in a fair manner without raising taxes.
If everyone has to pay $10,000 in fees then that's 2.5 trillion raised, all fairly.
You really don't get it, do you? You can't generate electricity unless the energy coming out of the fusion reaction is greater than that used to generate the reaction. And nobody knows how to do that yet. Until we do, adding turbines and generators is like adding a spoiler to a car that doesn't have an engine.
This is what I don't understand. Why is it that Southerners love to elect/re-elect Bubba-the-village-idiot as their congressman? Do they consider it a way of sticking it to the Northerners?
It's been proven that living and breathing is bad for you. You're going to die from them eventually.
Stupid argument.
The fact that living and breathing will lead to an eventual death does not equate to them being "bad for you".
It's things that lead to years of suffering followed by an early death that are bad for you. Extremely stupid argument.
Also, MIRV like technology would allow the various warheads to make their own targeting decisions when they are just a few hundred km away from the target.
which side is winning Islam's internal debate and controlling the majority of its political actions on the world stage?
The side with all the petrodollars, i.e. the Wahhabist Saudis. Before the rise of the oil states, hardly anybody in the Muslim world held these "let's go back to the 7th century" beliefs.
In the "fullness of time" the sun will expand and vaporize the earth. So what? What people here are concerned with is how overpopulation and overdevelopment will effect human civilization over the next century.
A corporation is like a tree full of monkeys - when those at the top look down they see a tree full of smiling faces, but when those at the bottom look up all they see is a bunch of assholes.
We already have cryogenic freezing. It's just that it only works for embryos.
A 1 liter bottle of frozen embryos could store millions of people, and they could travel for thousands of years with no food, water or oxygen. You would still need an artificial womb to birth them, and a teaching robot to raise them. We should be able to do that in a few centuries.
It's self inflicted -- people dumb enough to wait until they're starving -- and spending 70% of their incomes on bread -- before they hold their governments accountable probably deserve the kicking they're getting.
Have you every tried fighting a war while starving? Also, you're forgetting the fact that none of these Arab countries were democracies: "holding their governments accountable" is pretty tough when the government has a huge military force and the ordinary people have none.
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We did real mining with pickaxes once upon a time too.
Pickaxes!
We would have killed for a pickaxe. We had to use our fingernails. And we liked, too.
Everything people do, either individually or en mass, comes from a stupefyingly complex combination of genes and environment of which we know just about nothing.
Further, this mix may change dramatically with the tiniest changes in measurement technique.
Basing social generalizations on statistical data is foolishness. "Social" or "science": pick one.
That was almost 20 years ago, so maybe it has changed
Nope.
Nothing lives forever.
Yes, now. At first we were kept in balance by birth rate. Few of us were ever born, less than a handful each year. Then, I think, the Universe decided that to appreciate life, for there to be change and growth, life had to be short. So the generations that followed us grew old and infirm, and died. But those of us who were first went on. We discovered the Vorlons and the Shadows when they were infant races and nourished them, helped them and all the other races you call the First Ones. In time most of them died, or passed beyond the rim to whatever lies in the darkness between galaxies. We've lived too long, seen too much. To live on as we have is to leave behind joy and love and companionship, because we know it to be transitory, of the moment. We know it will turn to ash. Only those whose lives are brief can imagine that love is eternal. You should embrace that remarkable illusion; it may be the greatest gift your race has ever received.
As of 10:40 AM PST Wednesday, this is marked "Troll". Who in the hell decided that?
You may not enjoy reading this, but that doesn't make it a troll. The guy responsible should be marked "Troll Modder".
/ea/ee
Well, not in dear season anyway.
Fees, not taxes. Fees are much more fair then taxes as everyone pays the same. And fees aren't taxes so you can raise funds in a fair manner without raising taxes. If everyone has to pay $10,000 in fees then that's 2.5 trillion raised, all fairly.
Can you explain the difference to a non-American?
You really don't get it, do you?
You can't generate electricity unless the energy coming out of the fusion reaction is greater than that used to generate the reaction.
And nobody knows how to do that yet. Until we do, adding turbines and generators is like adding a spoiler to a car that doesn't have an engine.
This is what I don't understand.
Why is it that Southerners love to elect/re-elect Bubba-the-village-idiot as their congressman? Do they consider it a way of sticking it to the Northerners?
It has been proven that smoking is bad for you.
It's been proven that living and breathing is bad for you. You're going to die from them eventually.
Stupid argument.
The fact that living and breathing will lead to an eventual death does not equate to them being "bad for you".
It's things that lead to years of suffering followed by an early death that are bad for you.
Extremely stupid argument.
I smoked for over half of my life; and just quit two weeks ago
Well done Sir!
Why? What's it to you? Good for the other guy if that's what he wants to do, but why do you care?
Because people admire strength (his) and don't admire weakness (yours).
Also, MIRV like technology would allow the various warheads to make their own targeting decisions when they are just a few hundred km away from the target.
BULLSHIT! Just stop this thing! I order you, STOP!
Sam Adams and Yuengling are actually quite good.
I thought Anakin killed the Yuenglings.
which side is winning Islam's internal debate and controlling the majority of its political actions on the world stage?
The side with all the petrodollars, i.e. the Wahhabist Saudis. Before the rise of the oil states, hardly anybody in the Muslim world held these "let's go back to the 7th century" beliefs.
In the "fullness of time" the sun will expand and vaporize the earth. So what?
What people here are concerned with is how overpopulation and overdevelopment will effect human civilization over the next century.
Also, changing the amount of coffee in the container ...
Yes, empty cups seldom slosh.
Yes, but I suspect the neighbours had to spend a lot of $$ in legal fees.
A corporation is like a tree full of monkeys - when those at the top look down they see a tree full of smiling faces, but when those at the bottom look up all they see is a bunch of assholes.
Awesome! Too bad I don't have mod points.
We already have cryogenic freezing. It's just that it only works for embryos.
A 1 liter bottle of frozen embryos could store millions of people, and they could travel for thousands of years with no food, water or oxygen.
You would still need an artificial womb to birth them, and a teaching robot to raise them. We should be able to do that in a few centuries.
If you burned down the Library of Congress, would that be enough?
You can't reach c while having any mass, so if you're going at c, then there's no spoon.
FIFY.
Similar experience. I left a government-funded-bullshit job for a teaching position, and have never been happier.
It's self inflicted -- people dumb enough to wait until they're starving -- and spending 70% of their incomes on bread -- before they hold their governments accountable probably deserve the kicking they're getting.
Have you every tried fighting a war while starving?
Also, you're forgetting the fact that none of these Arab countries were democracies: "holding their governments accountable" is pretty tough when the government has a huge military force and the ordinary people have none.
You're forgetting the major reason for starvation in the world:starving your enemies to force them to surrender.