Somehow, we managed to eliminate the government deficit in the late 1990s and for a year or two actually had a surplus that, had it continued, would have allowed us to pay off the debt over a few decades.
Oddly, since 2000, the deficit has grown enormous again.
I'm wondering, "After 60 years haven't we figured out how to make things work in space, hasn't Spacelab, ISS, etc taught us about long-term spaceflight physiological effects, and hasn't 60 years of lobbing stuff around the planet and across our solar system taught us all that?"
Do you honestly think we know even the tiniest fraction of all there is to know about those topics? We've been doing Earth-based manufacturing for six thousand years, and we're still learning new stuff and coming up with new technologies daily. You think fifty years of spaceflight has taught us everything we can learn about space manufacturing, the long-term physiological effects of low-gravity habitation, and space-based materials science?
I'm not necessarily defending the way space exploration has been going so far, or the current administration's plans, but to claim that we've already learned everything we could ever want to know about space is absurd.
Tangentially:
Oh, so we've already discovered everything we're going to discover in space, then? You sound like those people who wanted to close the Patent Office in 1901 because there was 'nothing left to invent'.
While he's right that you kind of do sound like that, it's a myth that a Patent Office official said that the office should be closed because there's nothing left to invent. Read this Skeptical Inquirer article.
No Fucking Way. My asshole may still be stretched after all the monkeys flying out of it from the intel announcemet, but I am still willing to say that there isn't a chance in hell of this happening.
Jesus Christ! Couldn't you have just linked directly to the goatse.cx image? At least we're somewhat prepared for that...
Thanks. Being an atheist, the difference between beliefs and knowledge had never occurred to me before. Apparently, the difference between figures of speech and literal denotations has never occurred to you before.:)
The dilemma here is whether to mock you for missing the joke, mock you for being ignorant about the book of Revelation, or mock you for thinking I don't know basic facts about lunar astronomy.
Why should I keep coming back to/. if the news is repeated, slow and bias?
Considering that you're not paying a subscription fee, who gives a shit if you come back? Don't take it personally, but why are you acting like Taco & Co. owe you something?
Heh:) A simpler explanation is that, like most humans, he went more or less batshit after living alone for twenty years. People need social contact or they start to go insane.
Granted, I like batshit ESB Yoda, but he's still batshit.
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Of course, all the people who acted like bastards during the colonial era are dead now.
Somehow, we managed to eliminate the government deficit in the late 1990s and for a year or two actually had a surplus that, had it continued, would have allowed us to pay off the debt over a few decades.
Oddly, since 2000, the deficit has grown enormous again.
I'm not necessarily defending the way space exploration has been going so far, or the current administration's plans, but to claim that we've already learned everything we could ever want to know about space is absurd.
Tangentially:
While he's right that you kind of do sound like that, it's a myth that a Patent Office official said that the office should be closed because there's nothing left to invent. Read this Skeptical Inquirer article.The debt is how much money, in total, the government owes to other entities (individuals, corporations, and other goverments).
The deficit is how much more the government spends than it earns in a given period (usually a year).
The deficit for 2004 was around $410 billion.
I'd say this is just nitpicking, except that switching around fundamental economic terms like "debt" and "deficit" isn't a trivial thing.
Hundreds of stock tip websites just got emailed that Google is about to buy whom.com. Great job.
The frogurt is also cursed.
Thanks. Being an atheist, the difference between beliefs and knowledge had never occurred to me before. Apparently, the difference between figures of speech and literal denotations has never occurred to you before. :)
The dilemma here is whether to mock you for missing the joke, mock you for being ignorant about the book of Revelation, or mock you for thinking I don't know basic facts about lunar astronomy.
Apple and Intel are merging?
Hey, that's funny, the moon has never been that shade of red before.
...when I see multiple peer-reviewed articles reporting that others have been able to duplicate this experiment. :P
It's a trick. Get an axe.
Considering how frequently Windows boxes get pwned by worms and viruses, it isn't really your computer any more, is it? :)
I know! I'm just glad I don't have a bank account with Wachovia.
Hey, did you feel that? Like some kind of ripple in the space-time continuum.
Heh :) A simpler explanation is that, like most humans, he went more or less batshit after living alone for twenty years. People need social contact or they start to go insane.
Granted, I like batshit ESB Yoda, but he's still batshit.