If this is just another instance where the farmers just have to bribe the cops to look the other way, this "ban" will amount to nothing more than a PR stunt.
This was unquestionably an EXTREME violation of journalistic ethics by the newspaper in question. At the very least, they should be publicly denounced by every other newspaper in the area and the staff involved should be booted out of any professional organizations they're affiliated with. I'm not sure if there is any journalistic equivalent of a "Razzie," but if they're is, this should earn them one.
Okay, you're talking out of your ass. You have NO idea the kind of resources you're talking about here. Sending a significant number of people to any other body in this solar system and giving them the resources to survive for any length of time is WELL beyond the capacity of our resources here on earth (not to mention our existing technology). We're not talking just money, we're talking a huge chunk of our oxygen, materials, fuels and energy, etc. Do you have ANY idea the amount of energy that goes into sending even a tiny payload even into low orbit (much less thousands or even hundreds of people)? The oxygen needed alone would put a huge strain on us. Even a very healthy person requires about 1 kg of oxygen per day, and that has to come from somewhere (even assuming you found water or CO2 on said body that could be converted, it would take time to bring that online, and it likely wouldn't be a renewable resource like it is on earth--not without some sort of terraforming). It's a pipe dream, pure and simple.
Almost any conceivable disaster scenario for earth would still leave this planet MUCH more survivable than any other body in the solar system (not to mention the huge advantage afforded by the fact that we're already here). Even with an asteroid big enough to strip away our entire atmosphere (and nothing *that* significant has hit us since the moon was created--not even the Permian strike was so powerful) it would still be much more practical to take our resources, energy, people, and oxygen underground on earth rather than into space. Even without an atmosphere the planet would have more solar energy than Mars, a large supply of existing geothermal energy, and an underground infrastructure that's at least already largely in place (thanks to our mining).
About the only things big enough to make extraplanetary survival more attractive than earthbound survival are a asteroid/comet big enough to actually destroy or significantly fragment the earth, or a solar event along the lines of the sun going red giant (which WILL happen, but not for about 5 billion years).
"Native Americans" (and I hate that term, because they're no more "native" to the Americas than Europeans) are obviously of Asian descent. You don't need a DNA test for that, you could just look at them.
From what I've been reading here (to my surprise) it actually looks more like a patchwork in other countries than I had expected--especially in Canada, Australia, and the UK. It would seem like the U.S. may be resistant than most, but we're not the only ones who haven't embraced it FULLY.
You know, a lot of Europeans probably think that U.S. reluctance to embrace the metric system is just another example of our arrogance. But a lot of Americans (like me) are genuinely interested in adopting this system. We even passed a law in 1975 trying to mandate it.
The real problem is that it is surprisingly hard to embrace a new system of measurement when you've spent your entire life thinking in different terms. Try as I might, I still can't picture a kilometer without converting it to a mile first, and still can't picture a centimeter without converting it to inches. The meter is a lot easier because it's pretty analogous to the yard. I think maybe your brain gets locked into a certain measurement pattern pretty early in life and it's very difficult to get out of it, even though many of us would happily embrace it. I'm still trying to think more in metric, but it requires a surprising amount mental effort to do so.
It's not that Americans are really all that arrogant or stubborn about the imperial system. We've actually been trying to embrace the metric system for some time.
It's kind of scary all the truly advanced tech Germany was working on at the end of the War. They're rocket scientists were disturbingly advanced compared to anything on the Allied side. It took Korolyov YEARS just too replicate Von Braun's V-2 in Russia, and that was working *with* Von Braun's own assistant, Helmut Gröttrup.
Most reputable PR people don't actually lie--they just carefully spin the truth. Take the "exhaustion" thing for example. Most drunks and drug addicts are, in fact, also exhausted. This is ONE of the reasons they're eventually thrown into, or check themselves into, rehab ("Sick and tired of being sick and tired from the drugs"). So TECHNICALLY they're telling you the truth, just not the WHOLE truth.
Notice that Apple PR announced that Jobs had a liver transplant, but not WHY he had one (not disclosing the root cause of cancer, or whatever). It's just like earlier when they announced he was suffering from "hormone imbalance." Technically, that was probably true too--in the same sense that a gunshot victim can be said to have technically died from "organ failure."
Actually, the allies and U.S. *DID* stay out of it (with most of the allies not fighting it until Hitler actually began invading and threatening other countries--and the U.S. until they were actually attacked themselves). Had Hitler affected the "final solution" only within German borders, he likely would have been ignored.
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If this is just another instance where the farmers just have to bribe the cops to look the other way, this "ban" will amount to nothing more than a PR stunt.
Some us us do the right thing and do both.
This was unquestionably an EXTREME violation of journalistic ethics by the newspaper in question. At the very least, they should be publicly denounced by every other newspaper in the area and the staff involved should be booted out of any professional organizations they're affiliated with. I'm not sure if there is any journalistic equivalent of a "Razzie," but if they're is, this should earn them one.
Ironic, since Von Braun had a habit of just dumping jews in his factories and forgetting about them.
Only if we get to stop off in Argentina for some recreation time first.
Hey, hold on, you can't make that kind of decision. You're just a grunt.
No, she's a girl.
R.J. Reynolds prematurely ends yet another potentially groundbreaking NBA career. When will we ever learn?!?!?
Okay, you're talking out of your ass. You have NO idea the kind of resources you're talking about here. Sending a significant number of people to any other body in this solar system and giving them the resources to survive for any length of time is WELL beyond the capacity of our resources here on earth (not to mention our existing technology). We're not talking just money, we're talking a huge chunk of our oxygen, materials, fuels and energy, etc. Do you have ANY idea the amount of energy that goes into sending even a tiny payload even into low orbit (much less thousands or even hundreds of people)? The oxygen needed alone would put a huge strain on us. Even a very healthy person requires about 1 kg of oxygen per day, and that has to come from somewhere (even assuming you found water or CO2 on said body that could be converted, it would take time to bring that online, and it likely wouldn't be a renewable resource like it is on earth--not without some sort of terraforming). It's a pipe dream, pure and simple.
Almost any conceivable disaster scenario for earth would still leave this planet MUCH more survivable than any other body in the solar system (not to mention the huge advantage afforded by the fact that we're already here). Even with an asteroid big enough to strip away our entire atmosphere (and nothing *that* significant has hit us since the moon was created--not even the Permian strike was so powerful) it would still be much more practical to take our resources, energy, people, and oxygen underground on earth rather than into space. Even without an atmosphere the planet would have more solar energy than Mars, a large supply of existing geothermal energy, and an underground infrastructure that's at least already largely in place (thanks to our mining).
About the only things big enough to make extraplanetary survival more attractive than earthbound survival are a asteroid/comet big enough to actually destroy or significantly fragment the earth, or a solar event along the lines of the sun going red giant (which WILL happen, but not for about 5 billion years).
All I can say is Mark Sanford had better send flowers.
Sad for the fans, happy for the millions of kids who can now safely venture outside
Tell me, is there anything in your life you DON'T blame the U.S. for?
Once again proving the wisdom of the old song "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad." Meatloaf can teach us so much, if we only listen.
No, they're actually 2 1/2 groups--those who understand fractions and those who don't.
"Native Americans" (and I hate that term, because they're no more "native" to the Americas than Europeans) are obviously of Asian descent. You don't need a DNA test for that, you could just look at them.
You know, if *my* wife gave birth to a European looking kid, an Asian kid, and a black kid; I'd probably have some serious questions for her.
I think all the technology we've pioneered and developed has established that we're certainly not dumb.
...says the man typing a post on the internet, that U.S. programmers largely pioneered and developed.
From what I've been reading here (to my surprise) it actually looks more like a patchwork in other countries than I had expected--especially in Canada, Australia, and the UK. It would seem like the U.S. may be resistant than most, but we're not the only ones who haven't embraced it FULLY.
You know, a lot of Europeans probably think that U.S. reluctance to embrace the metric system is just another example of our arrogance. But a lot of Americans (like me) are genuinely interested in adopting this system. We even passed a law in 1975 trying to mandate it.
The real problem is that it is surprisingly hard to embrace a new system of measurement when you've spent your entire life thinking in different terms. Try as I might, I still can't picture a kilometer without converting it to a mile first, and still can't picture a centimeter without converting it to inches. The meter is a lot easier because it's pretty analogous to the yard. I think maybe your brain gets locked into a certain measurement pattern pretty early in life and it's very difficult to get out of it, even though many of us would happily embrace it. I'm still trying to think more in metric, but it requires a surprising amount mental effort to do so.
It's not that Americans are really all that arrogant or stubborn about the imperial system. We've actually been trying to embrace the metric system for some time.
It's kind of scary all the truly advanced tech Germany was working on at the end of the War. They're rocket scientists were disturbingly advanced compared to anything on the Allied side. It took Korolyov YEARS just too replicate Von Braun's V-2 in Russia, and that was working *with* Von Braun's own assistant, Helmut Gröttrup.
Most reputable PR people don't actually lie--they just carefully spin the truth. Take the "exhaustion" thing for example. Most drunks and drug addicts are, in fact, also exhausted. This is ONE of the reasons they're eventually thrown into, or check themselves into, rehab ("Sick and tired of being sick and tired from the drugs"). So TECHNICALLY they're telling you the truth, just not the WHOLE truth.
Notice that Apple PR announced that Jobs had a liver transplant, but not WHY he had one (not disclosing the root cause of cancer, or whatever). It's just like earlier when they announced he was suffering from "hormone imbalance." Technically, that was probably true too--in the same sense that a gunshot victim can be said to have technically died from "organ failure."
I've met some Apple fanboys so dedicated to the cause they probably would have given if Steve asked.
That should be Michigan's new state motto "Aside from Detroit, we're great!" ;-)
Actually, the allies and U.S. *DID* stay out of it (with most of the allies not fighting it until Hitler actually began invading and threatening other countries--and the U.S. until they were actually attacked themselves). Had Hitler affected the "final solution" only within German borders, he likely would have been ignored.