No, they're just the country with the highest life expectation in the world.
Actually, Japan is ranked fourth -- beaten by Andorra, San Marino, and Singapore. And their life expectancy is only about 3.9 years greater than the average US citizen.
But you were just looking for someone to be a sarcastic jerk to, so I doubt you care about boring things like facts.
...vital to the ageing population of Japan, where 1 in 5 Japanese are over 65 years old.
How come there are so many more old people in Japan as compared to the US? In the US, only ~12.5% of the population is 65 or over vs. Japan's 20%... Japanese people aren't that much longer lived than Americans, are they?
Disgusting.
I'm hardly a PETA sympathizer, but that's just cruel and stupid.
Harming animals is often necessary for science, food, and safety. Those are all acceptable reasons in my mind. But for entertainment? That's wrong. I don't understand how someone could hurt an animal purely for their own amusement and still claim to have a conscience.
(Hunting and fishing for food is different-- in these cases, the goal is to end the animal's life as quickly as possible, not to torture it for fun.)
Wrong. Satellites in GEO are in sunlight almost all year. The only times they're shadowed by the earth is for a few hours on the solstices. How else do you think Glaser's SPS concept would work?
Solar panels in space-- yes, that makes sense. Solar panels orbiting Venus for the purpose of beaming power back to Earth... that's just stupid. Even if you WERE going to have them orbit an inner planet, why Venus? Why not Mercury? It's even closer to the sun, doesn't have any satellites.
Like the AC said, it makes much more sense to put solar panels in orbit near Earth. In geosynchronous orbit, for example, they'd receive sunlight 98% of the time.
Also, supporting your argument by claiming to have read a lot of science fiction is a little nutty. It's called fiction for a reason.
Though for the low, low cost of $499.95, we can surgically remove his parietal operculum region. It's 80% likely his inferior parietal lobe will grow larger to compensate, thereby ensuring him a fantastic career as a physicist or mathematician.
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Whatever, hippy.
No, they're just the country with the highest life expectation in the world.
Actually, Japan is ranked fourth -- beaten by Andorra, San Marino, and Singapore. And their life expectancy is only about 3.9 years greater than the average US citizen.
But you were just looking for someone to be a sarcastic jerk to, so I doubt you care about boring things like facts.
...vital to the ageing population of Japan, where 1 in 5 Japanese are over 65 years old.
How come there are so many more old people in Japan as compared to the US? In the US, only ~12.5% of the population is 65 or over vs. Japan's 20%... Japanese people aren't that much longer lived than Americans, are they?
You must be an absolute pleasure at parties.
What country are you from that "tel" means bottom?
You know, other people have already made numerous comments to this effect. How hard is it for YOU to check the comments before YOU post?
Yeah, no hypocrisy here...
Disgusting. I'm hardly a PETA sympathizer, but that's just cruel and stupid. Harming animals is often necessary for science, food, and safety. Those are all acceptable reasons in my mind. But for entertainment? That's wrong. I don't understand how someone could hurt an animal purely for their own amusement and still claim to have a conscience. (Hunting and fishing for food is different-- in these cases, the goal is to end the animal's life as quickly as possible, not to torture it for fun.)
Wrong. Satellites in GEO are in sunlight almost all year. The only times they're shadowed by the earth is for a few hours on the solstices. How else do you think Glaser's SPS concept would work?
Solar panels in space-- yes, that makes sense. Solar panels orbiting Venus for the purpose of beaming power back to Earth... that's just stupid. Even if you WERE going to have them orbit an inner planet, why Venus? Why not Mercury? It's even closer to the sun, doesn't have any satellites. Like the AC said, it makes much more sense to put solar panels in orbit near Earth. In geosynchronous orbit, for example, they'd receive sunlight 98% of the time. Also, supporting your argument by claiming to have read a lot of science fiction is a little nutty. It's called fiction for a reason.
Why? Because the parent has no idea what he's talking about.
You don't seem to understand solar radiation. A few feet of iron/iron-ore ought to be plenty to shield humans from harm.
Though for the low, low cost of $499.95, we can surgically remove his parietal operculum region. It's 80% likely his inferior parietal lobe will grow larger to compensate, thereby ensuring him a fantastic career as a physicist or mathematician.
> Unfortunately, I am not Wil Wheaton [slashdot.org]. Thank god. I don't think I'd want to live in a world with two of him.