The problem isn't that they won't win, the problem is that the third party candidates are just as unlikeable. I'm not going to say I support X just to say I support something. I don't support any of them. The day I see a politician I support, I'll vote for him. Until then, it's either 'None of the above' or no vote. Since I can't do the former...
Bullshit. By voting I'm effectively saying 'What I picked has my full support'--but not a single one of the options has any of my support. Give me a 'none of the above' option, and I'll vote every time, right down that party line.
No. You can easily have functional cells in failing liver--liver failure just means below 30% of normal functioning. If enough cells can be scraped to grow a chunk that puts you back up to 30%, then voila, you live to drink another day.
Let's use a car analogy--if I drive 60 mph at 20 mpg, I'm using 3gph of fuel. Now if the helicopter following me for aerial refueling can only pump 2gph into my fuel tank, I'm still going to die.
You really think that North Koreans were spraying graffiti in German, rather than the trains being bought with the graffiti on them? Really? You think the average North Korean street hoodlum speaks German AND has access to spray paint (or survives execution for vandalism long enough to do any graffiti)?
I'm pretty sure the GP is referring to the interpretation of symbolism and metaphor for hidden meaning that most literary courses focus on, which would be entirely lacking in any technical paper.
I think it's time you cracked a book on basic physics. Ever heard of conservation of matter? There is a finite limit to the supportable population on this planet, by virtue of there being a finite amount of mass that the planet is made of. In reality, the ceiling will be much, much lower than that since human beings require a particular ratio of particular elements, some of which will be exhausted before others. The ceiling is even going to be lower than that however, as reaching the physical matter ceiling would require astronomical amounts of energy to extract every last usable atom.
Just because past calculations failed to predict the invention of the Haber process and increases in agricultural output does not change this. There is still a finite limit to the population the Earth can support. The higher the average standard of living, the lower that limit will (to the extent that a higher standard of living means possession of a greater quantity of durable goods, and thus fewer atoms available for making people).
I also can't see why the evidence of other civilizations wouldn't be obvious.
Apparently you've never heard of one over R squared. The distance is huge. Travelling it is impractical. Radio emissions at that distance would be indistinguishable from galactic background noise. Most life forms would probably never develop that level of tech--in 5 billion years on earth only one species has so far.
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The problem isn't that they won't win, the problem is that the third party candidates are just as unlikeable. I'm not going to say I support X just to say I support something. I don't support any of them. The day I see a politician I support, I'll vote for him. Until then, it's either 'None of the above' or no vote. Since I can't do the former...
Bullshit. By voting I'm effectively saying 'What I picked has my full support'--but not a single one of the options has any of my support. Give me a 'none of the above' option, and I'll vote every time, right down that party line.
No. You can easily have functional cells in failing liver--liver failure just means below 30% of normal functioning. If enough cells can be scraped to grow a chunk that puts you back up to 30%, then voila, you live to drink another day.
Don't ask me why I was paying attention to the billboard instead of the road.
Hopefully you're organ donor if you do that sort of thing often.
And that was how Centiliver was made; the Superman to Henry Chinaski's Clark Kent.
Ah, look at the fat whiny American try to rationalize his lifestyle. Isn't he adowable?
You sir obviously do not live in a suburban coastal community.
Many people around here think of surgery as recreation.
Given enough time, sure.
Let's use a car analogy--if I drive 60 mph at 20 mpg, I'm using 3gph of fuel. Now if the helicopter following me for aerial refueling can only pump 2gph into my fuel tank, I'm still going to die.
Again, Times != NYT. Is this really that hard, or is /. collectively just that dumb?
You didn't read carefully enough. Start over and try again.
The Times != NYT
We'll just invade their country and force them to switch to Imperial units!
You really think that North Koreans were spraying graffiti in German, rather than the trains being bought with the graffiti on them? Really? You think the average North Korean street hoodlum speaks German AND has access to spray paint (or survives execution for vandalism long enough to do any graffiti)?
I think that by 'uninterested' he meant they were unwilling to do their homework to actually understand the region.
Nuke it from orbit.
If you think sex is putting the pussy in the box, you're doing it wrong.
I'm pretty sure the GP is referring to the interpretation of symbolism and metaphor for hidden meaning that most literary courses focus on, which would be entirely lacking in any technical paper.
Unless that paper is on string theory.
WHOOSH
I think it's time you cracked a book on basic physics. Ever heard of conservation of matter? There is a finite limit to the supportable population on this planet, by virtue of there being a finite amount of mass that the planet is made of. In reality, the ceiling will be much, much lower than that since human beings require a particular ratio of particular elements, some of which will be exhausted before others. The ceiling is even going to be lower than that however, as reaching the physical matter ceiling would require astronomical amounts of energy to extract every last usable atom.
Just because past calculations failed to predict the invention of the Haber process and increases in agricultural output does not change this. There is still a finite limit to the population the Earth can support. The higher the average standard of living, the lower that limit will (to the extent that a higher standard of living means possession of a greater quantity of durable goods, and thus fewer atoms available for making people).
In this case, the tube sock is prior art.
Gee and stupid me
No argument there.
The real question is 'how many libraries of congress would they fill?'
I also can't see why the evidence of other civilizations wouldn't be obvious.
Apparently you've never heard of one over R squared. The distance is huge. Travelling it is impractical. Radio emissions at that distance would be indistinguishable from galactic background noise. Most life forms would probably never develop that level of tech--in 5 billion years on earth only one species has so far.
Maybe because no one ever got a college scholarship for covering themselves in silver paint and playing robot. Or baking cookies.
I'll take that bet. Money order will be fine.
Which MS product was named Ambrosia(TM) exactly?