Once again, most Westerners take a stable nation for granted. You grossly underestimate the value of this privilege. Imagine living in Afghanistan. Or Sierra Leone. Or even Fiji.
Hmm, good point. I guess since things could be worse, we should just shut up and wait until things get worse than those places before we start speaking up. You've shown me the way, Steve; thanks buddy.
I don't know, that's some pretty damn good animation if you can beat someone to death with it. I don't know about that jackass pron, though; I saw a donkey show a few years back outside of TJ and that was pretty disturbing stuff.
Important clue, kiddo: It can't be Overrated if nobody rated it.
Um, if you post with a 1 and the moderator thinks that a 1 is too high a rating for your post but doesn't know what to specifically classify it as, then the moderator gives it Overrated. Note that it doesn't read Overmoderated, in which case you could possibly have an argument, but simply Overrated, meaning that it is rated too high. The line that I quoted from your post would more accurately read, "Important clue, kiddo: It can't be Overrated if nobody moderated it," but then, of course, it would then be more easily flagged as inaccurate.
All that being said, who gives a shit? Taco sending you a buck for every karma point you collect? I can't blame the moderator for giving your post an Overrated mod, because your post is vaguely ontopic and isn't a troll or flamebait, but still doesn't serve much of a purpose other than to fill up a few lines of space. This post, while a topical response to your complaint post and somewhat informative to boot, is offtopic in the general scheme of this NSA thread, so moderation could go either way, depending on how the individual moderator is feeling at the time, as there are no strict guidelines, that I am aware of, that strictly define what is considered to be "on topic".
Yep, no more discussing matters like these with artificial people like us. Guess you'd be stuck having to play the silly assed tap dance that substitutes for conversation that we are forced to do when around people that we aren't intimately familiar with. Although I do have to admit that I'm getting kind of tired of honest opinions; I could stand to go back to having all of my dealings with others be guarded and secretive.
Of course, since this is not the real world with people communicating with one another through a means other than direct speech, but rather an enchanted fantasy universe embedded magically within a computer network, then that just makes me an artificial person with no true thought or feelings, so just disregard this and carry on.
Deo
PS: That was a cute joke, but an all too common point of view as well.
Heh, I'm an American and I agree with you 110%. I bet Cartoon Network is going to get a flood of mail from "concerned parents" once they start pimping out the anime lineup on the air, even though the stuff they'll show is going to be squeaky clean. A large portion of the idiots in this country are so deeply repressed (I'm talking even more repressed than the sad amount of repression that damn near everyone here suffers from) that as soon as they see some quality animation that doesn't have a two dimensional puppet singing, they immediately freak out like it was the Urotsukidoji or something. Well, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to go watch a horror flick on the TV; don't worry, the quick flash of that chicks boobs just before she gets sliced into fish sticks has been carefuly removed so as not to harm anyone.:/
Heh, flamebait. Shame that moderator wasn't lucky enough to catch NWA when they were fairly popular, although Dynamite Hack recently remade their tune, "Boyz in the Hood" as a folk song; VERY funny, catch it if you get the chance. Oddly enough, I actually have a topical point; this moderator assumed that talks to birds was attempting to be a dick by saying he thought that NWA stood for Niggers With Attitude, but the fact is that there WAS a band with that name in the early 90's (maybe around now, but I haven't heard of them in a while). These silly-assed domain name suits take place in an arena where ANYONE can simply purchase a domain name and set up a site. Allow me to reiterate that; ANYONE in the entire world who can get access to the Internet can buy ANY available domain name and set up a website without any regulation whatsoever, at least until after they have invested time and/or money in that website.
The way WIPO treats domain names is the same way that the moderator who modded the above as flamebait treated that post; instead of taking the time to understand WHY, they simply pass judgement on what they don't understand. Moral of the story: don't bother worrying about karma or your domain name; neither of them mean jack shit and they can be taken away at any time for no good reason.
You have a good point; while I would love to see good ole Photoshop ported, I think Adobe would really help Linux in the "killer app" category by pushing the same vast font support on to Linux that other platforms have enjoyed. While I'm out of the typesetting game, so I don't sweat the fonts too much anymore, I do have to say that XFree86 could definitely benefit from having something like Adobe's ATM and 3 gazillion fonts to choose from. Which is really a pisser, because Adobe really wouldn't have too much holding it back from just porting over Pagemaker as well and really help to get the niche markets flowing in to start a bigger flood of Linux support. That's all this Maya port is really going to do; its used by very few people, really, but it is a kickass, high profile app that will make other companies stand up and take notice. And the fact that SGI is A/W's daddy doesn't hurt, either.:)
Actually, that does raise a question from me; does anyone know of a decent 2d app for Linux? Sorry, but GIMP is a real piece of crap and it would be nice not to have to run WinNT, or even worse Win2000, just to make multiple processors worth having when using an app like Photoshop, and I'll fillet myself with a rusty, plastic spoon before I ever go back to using a Mac.
They really should name it "Amiga 2". Christ, I'm so glad to not have to work on Apples anymore; all they need to include now is high chair, pacifier and flashing, dancing lights on the case, which probably isn't far off, while we're bullshitting. I see one more goddamned bomb icon or hear one more silly noise straight out of a PBS morning show, and I'm going on a killing spree.
And then Tux and RMS bolt for the kitchen to scarf down all the Penguin Mints and Jolt.
Gah, too much Scooby Doo as a rugrat...
Deo
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LOL! Thanks. After dealing with Hazmat for a couple years while in the Navy, I never imagined there to be an MSDS for water.:) Although it is damned hard to OD on water, I have heard of people who take on almost addictive behavior towards water and occasionally overdose, sometimes even lethally. Apparently, flooding the kidneys causing sodium levels in the blood to drop low and cause seizures. So it seems to be possible, but its pretty damned unlikely, and a entry into the Darwin Awards if you do pull it off.:)
Am I the only one who derives amusement from those who bitch about ACs posting while using a pseudonym like, say, Emugamer? Of course, his/her parents could just be wierd... I post with a pseudonym instead of being AC because its still none of your fucking business what name I go by when I fill out my driver's license renewal but I like to keep track of my posts on the users.pl page, so I can respond to those who may have an intelligent question or comment regarding one of mine. And as for karma, who gives a shit; its not currency, its not going to feed a family, so who cares whether you get any or not. So now I wonder, what's so wrong with someone posting as AC and not bothering to hand over a disposable email address and bullshit username for an account? Deosyne PS: Most people I know call me Deo anyhow, so its not really very "pseudo" except that it isn't on my birth certificate.
Heh, I don't think the reduction in the amount of business that he did was so much because of porn flicks being pirated, but because there is so goddamn much porn out there. I mean, people joke about how much porn is available, but I don't think that too many of us really think about the atrociously huge amount of porn that is available without ever leaving the house. And I'm not talking pirated porn clips, I'm talking the whole friggin bonanza of pornography out there, from still pics to clips to special interest crap to major events; on the Howard Stern Show yesterday, Howard was interviewing a dude who was going to webcast a contest where some women would attempt to out gangbang each other. To win, they had to bang more guys than any other girl in 12 hours AND had to do more than 620 guys, which was the record done by some other chick, also on the Internet. Prize for the winner? One million fucking dollars!
Internet porn is absolutely huge, there is amazingly massive quantities of it out there and you don't have to leave your house to get more porn than you'll ever be able to spank to for the rest of your life. That dude wasn't driven out of business by piracy, he was driven out by lack of interest. Who the hell is going to buy a ticket to a porn theater and get horned up when they can spend the ticket price on a subscription to a site that tailors to their specific kink and get truckloads of porn for the price of a movie. Shit, take every single pirated movie and clip off of the Internet and the guy still would have gone out of business, because there is just so goddamned much porn available that is legit.
The supply far, far, far outweighs the demand, and that dude didn't get it until it was too late; so goes business in an industry affected by changing technologies, which, to swing bizarrely back on to topic somewhat, is the same lesson that the MPAA, RIAA and every other acronym that bases their existance on physical media is having crammed violently up their asses. This doesn't make piracy right, and violators should be subject to prosecution, but lawsuits such as the MPAA vs Scour and RIAA vs Napster are a complete waste of these groups' time, as they are pissing away every dime that they spend on these stupid lawsuits rather than developing a new business model to adapt to the sudden turns that technology has taken over the past few years.
Heh, Bill Gates would become my hero if he could convince the MS board to just close Microsoft. Imagine the shit that would hit the fan worldwide.:) Oh sure, Windows 95, 98, 2000, etc would still be around, but just imagine the sheer chaos that would ensue as the stock market went completely apeshit, investors went nuts in the aftermath, the users who would be left blowing in the breeze. Apple would make out like friggin bandits; sorry OSS advocates, while some increased interest would be generated, *BSD, Linux, whatever wouldn't take over the desktops, but at least we'd still have it to use.:)
While I don't see anything wrong with your view specifically, I do find it interesting that so many people regard what is hapening to the Silicon Valley as wrong. I wonder if the people to live in the first place that could really be considered a city rather than a town thought the same thing. Makes me think that the Silicon Valley should be given a new place name, as it really has become something different than what we have come to expect from towns, cities, etc. Its a new way of doing things, and while the model is not likely to replicate widely as the city model has, I think that there will be more regions which take on similar characteristics and eventually be regarded the same as any other accepted region that currently exists. Things change, they have for billions and billions of years and they aren't going to stop now; shit, 150 years ago, California was just a bunch of missions and mining towns. Now its not; what it has become is not wrong, it just is. *shrug* No matter; there will be those who continue to fight change and there will be those who embrace it, and either side may become greater at a particular point in time, but in the end change will happen in some form whether anyone likes it or not.
Methinks someone needs to smack the stock-option millionaire MBA types and remind them of where they came from, where they could be going, and upon whose backs they are making all of thier money.
Methinks someone should remind those disgruntled slave-wagers that there is a whole hell of a lot of California nearby, not to mention the other 49 states. If the millionaires are so goddamned reliant, moving away will surely take them down a notch or two, eh? What, too expensive to move? Where do they live now? Looks more like a tribute to the success of capitalism to me; bunch of people pissed off about the horrible standard of living, nobody makes them stay but where are they now? Yeah, they're really bothered by all of it, aren't they?
BWAHAHA! I wish there was thread moderation, because this little interchange was the funniest bit I've read in a while; nailed the characters down perfectly. Thanks folks.:) Deo
You are talking about material comfort? That's not what I'm talking about. Materially, I am far more comfortable here than I've ever been in my life. It is the social environment that pisses me off. I'd trade most of the material comfort I have for a decent social environment outside campus.
And there you have the difference between your self and the "yuppies" that you despise so much. They prefer material comfort, they like the atmosphere; shit, they fucking thrive on it. They don't want casual hangouts, baroque atmospheres and simple tastes, despite what the few flashy posers that you see hanging around may say. They want to burn shit-hot in the place where it all goes down, they want the big cash, the flash pad and the juice to say, "the Valley is my pot to piss in". Hate to be the one to have to break this to you, but the Silicon Valley doesn't revolve around students or janitors, it revolves around those tech industry folks whom you detest so much. Much like shit here in Orlando rotates around the Mouse and its "competitors"; when I'm too tired of it, despite the parts of Central Florida that I like, I will pick my silly ass up and MOVE.
Just because you don't like the less social and more productive atmosphere of Silly Valley doesn't mean its wrong, just that its not your kind of place, but hell, you aren't there for the atmosphere, but for the education, right? Damn, whatever forbid that there are some of us who would prefer that shit rather than living in some bohemian paradise reading poetry and smoking clove cigarettes. Give me the fat cash, the interesting work and the no-bullshit move your ass culture of the SV than this backwater fucking burg they call Orlando anyday...
When the solar wind, the rapid stream of charged particles emitted by the sun, strikes the moon, helium 3 is deposited in the powdery soil. Over billions of years that adds up. Meteorite bombardment disperses the particles throughout the top several meters of the lunar surface.
So the helium 3 on the moon isn't there due to some sort of ecological balancing act, as the moon really has no ecology, its just steller crap that has accumulated on the surface. I, too, worry about the ramifications of large scale modifications of planets and their satellites, but in this case as the helium 3 is only within the first few meters of the lunar surface, so the only real concern that I have with mining the moon for helium 3 is the actual process used to do so; i.e. what kind of byproducts are left over from refining the soil for its helium 3? But as for the actual removal of it from the moon, well, I look at the moon much as a giant asteroid, the only real difference in it being that it has enough gravity to collect garbage that passes by. If they were to discover that the moon had some sort of ecology that could be affected by mining helium 3, then that would be a different story, but all indications so far point to the moon being nothing more than a really big, dirty asteroid. Of course, if the process of removing the helium 3 meant removing a noticable percentage of the moon, I would have a problem, even if the surfers would be in heaven.;)
Yes, they'll grow up too damn tempted at the easy pickings and I'll have to drag the little bastards off to a non-extradition country eventually. No thanks!
Goddamn; whomever the moderator was who moderated the above as "Informative" is now my personal hero. For some fucked up reason, I found that even funnier that the comment being moderated.:)
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Once again, most Westerners take a stable nation for granted. You grossly underestimate the value of this privilege. Imagine living in Afghanistan. Or Sierra Leone. Or even Fiji.
Hmm, good point. I guess since things could be worse, we should just shut up and wait until things get worse than those places before we start speaking up. You've shown me the way, Steve; thanks buddy.
Deo
I don't know, that's some pretty damn good animation if you can beat someone to death with it. I don't know about that jackass pron, though; I saw a donkey show a few years back outside of TJ and that was pretty disturbing stuff.
Deo
Important clue, kiddo: It can't be Overrated if nobody rated it.
Um, if you post with a 1 and the moderator thinks that a 1 is too high a rating for your post but doesn't know what to specifically classify it as, then the moderator gives it Overrated. Note that it doesn't read Overmoderated, in which case you could possibly have an argument, but simply Overrated, meaning that it is rated too high. The line that I quoted from your post would more accurately read, "Important clue, kiddo: It can't be Overrated if nobody moderated it," but then, of course, it would then be more easily flagged as inaccurate.
All that being said, who gives a shit? Taco sending you a buck for every karma point you collect? I can't blame the moderator for giving your post an Overrated mod, because your post is vaguely ontopic and isn't a troll or flamebait, but still doesn't serve much of a purpose other than to fill up a few lines of space. This post, while a topical response to your complaint post and somewhat informative to boot, is offtopic in the general scheme of this NSA thread, so moderation could go either way, depending on how the individual moderator is feeling at the time, as there are no strict guidelines, that I am aware of, that strictly define what is considered to be "on topic".
Deo
Yep, no more discussing matters like these with artificial people like us. Guess you'd be stuck having to play the silly assed tap dance that substitutes for conversation that we are forced to do when around people that we aren't intimately familiar with. Although I do have to admit that I'm getting kind of tired of honest opinions; I could stand to go back to having all of my dealings with others be guarded and secretive.
Of course, since this is not the real world with people communicating with one another through a means other than direct speech, but rather an enchanted fantasy universe embedded magically within a computer network, then that just makes me an artificial person with no true thought or feelings, so just disregard this and carry on.
Deo
PS: That was a cute joke, but an all too common point of view as well.
Heh, I'm an American and I agree with you 110%. I bet Cartoon Network is going to get a flood of mail from "concerned parents" once they start pimping out the anime lineup on the air, even though the stuff they'll show is going to be squeaky clean. A large portion of the idiots in this country are so deeply repressed (I'm talking even more repressed than the sad amount of repression that damn near everyone here suffers from) that as soon as they see some quality animation that doesn't have a two dimensional puppet singing, they immediately freak out like it was the Urotsukidoji or something. Well, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to go watch a horror flick on the TV; don't worry, the quick flash of that chicks boobs just before she gets sliced into fish sticks has been carefuly removed so as not to harm anyone. :/
Deo
Heh, flamebait. Shame that moderator wasn't lucky enough to catch NWA when they were fairly popular, although Dynamite Hack recently remade their tune, "Boyz in the Hood" as a folk song; VERY funny, catch it if you get the chance. Oddly enough, I actually have a topical point; this moderator assumed that talks to birds was attempting to be a dick by saying he thought that NWA stood for Niggers With Attitude, but the fact is that there WAS a band with that name in the early 90's (maybe around now, but I haven't heard of them in a while). These silly-assed domain name suits take place in an arena where ANYONE can simply purchase a domain name and set up a site. Allow me to reiterate that; ANYONE in the entire world who can get access to the Internet can buy ANY available domain name and set up a website without any regulation whatsoever, at least until after they have invested time and/or money in that website.
The way WIPO treats domain names is the same way that the moderator who modded the above as flamebait treated that post; instead of taking the time to understand WHY, they simply pass judgement on what they don't understand. Moral of the story: don't bother worrying about karma or your domain name; neither of them mean jack shit and they can be taken away at any time for no good reason.
Deo
Heh, no; you're supposed to frag your boss, not the Payroll department. ;)
Deo
Then apps won't come, and you know how apps gets when he doesn't...
Deo
You have a good point; while I would love to see good ole Photoshop ported, I think Adobe would really help Linux in the "killer app" category by pushing the same vast font support on to Linux that other platforms have enjoyed. While I'm out of the typesetting game, so I don't sweat the fonts too much anymore, I do have to say that XFree86 could definitely benefit from having something like Adobe's ATM and 3 gazillion fonts to choose from. Which is really a pisser, because Adobe really wouldn't have too much holding it back from just porting over Pagemaker as well and really help to get the niche markets flowing in to start a bigger flood of Linux support. That's all this Maya port is really going to do; its used by very few people, really, but it is a kickass, high profile app that will make other companies stand up and take notice. And the fact that SGI is A/W's daddy doesn't hurt, either. :)
Deo
Actually, that does raise a question from me; does anyone know of a decent 2d app for Linux? Sorry, but GIMP is a real piece of crap and it would be nice not to have to run WinNT, or even worse Win2000, just to make multiple processors worth having when using an app like Photoshop, and I'll fillet myself with a rusty, plastic spoon before I ever go back to using a Mac.
Deo
They really should name it "Amiga 2". Christ, I'm so glad to not have to work on Apples anymore; all they need to include now is high chair, pacifier and flashing, dancing lights on the case, which probably isn't far off, while we're bullshitting. I see one more goddamned bomb icon or hear one more silly noise straight out of a PBS morning show, and I'm going on a killing spree.
Deo
And then Tux and RMS bolt for the kitchen to scarf down all the Penguin Mints and Jolt.
Gah, too much Scooby Doo as a rugrat...
Deo
LOL! Thanks. After dealing with Hazmat for a couple years while in the Navy, I never imagined there to be an MSDS for water. :) Although it is damned hard to OD on water, I have heard of people who take on almost addictive behavior towards water and occasionally overdose, sometimes even lethally. Apparently, flooding the kidneys causing sodium levels in the blood to drop low and cause seizures. So it seems to be possible, but its pretty damned unlikely, and a entry into the Darwin Awards if you do pull it off. :)
Deo
How about the World Trade Centre - terrorist attack or CIA fundraiser? Is there a difference?
:)
Yeah, the CIA would've done it right.
Deo
Eche-what?
Am I the only one who derives amusement from those who bitch about ACs posting while using a pseudonym like, say, Emugamer? Of course, his/her parents could just be wierd... I post with a pseudonym instead of being AC because its still none of your fucking business what name I go by when I fill out my driver's license renewal but I like to keep track of my posts on the users.pl page, so I can respond to those who may have an intelligent question or comment regarding one of mine. And as for karma, who gives a shit; its not currency, its not going to feed a family, so who cares whether you get any or not. So now I wonder, what's so wrong with someone posting as AC and not bothering to hand over a disposable email address and bullshit username for an account? Deosyne PS: Most people I know call me Deo anyhow, so its not really very "pseudo" except that it isn't on my birth certificate.
Heh, I don't think the reduction in the amount of business that he did was so much because of porn flicks being pirated, but because there is so goddamn much porn out there. I mean, people joke about how much porn is available, but I don't think that too many of us really think about the atrociously huge amount of porn that is available without ever leaving the house. And I'm not talking pirated porn clips, I'm talking the whole friggin bonanza of pornography out there, from still pics to clips to special interest crap to major events; on the Howard Stern Show yesterday, Howard was interviewing a dude who was going to webcast a contest where some women would attempt to out gangbang each other. To win, they had to bang more guys than any other girl in 12 hours AND had to do more than 620 guys, which was the record done by some other chick, also on the Internet. Prize for the winner? One million fucking dollars!
Internet porn is absolutely huge, there is amazingly massive quantities of it out there and you don't have to leave your house to get more porn than you'll ever be able to spank to for the rest of your life. That dude wasn't driven out of business by piracy, he was driven out by lack of interest. Who the hell is going to buy a ticket to a porn theater and get horned up when they can spend the ticket price on a subscription to a site that tailors to their specific kink and get truckloads of porn for the price of a movie. Shit, take every single pirated movie and clip off of the Internet and the guy still would have gone out of business, because there is just so goddamned much porn available that is legit.
The supply far, far, far outweighs the demand, and that dude didn't get it until it was too late; so goes business in an industry affected by changing technologies, which, to swing bizarrely back on to topic somewhat, is the same lesson that the MPAA, RIAA and every other acronym that bases their existance on physical media is having crammed violently up their asses. This doesn't make piracy right, and violators should be subject to prosecution, but lawsuits such as the MPAA vs Scour and RIAA vs Napster are a complete waste of these groups' time, as they are pissing away every dime that they spend on these stupid lawsuits rather than developing a new business model to adapt to the sudden turns that technology has taken over the past few years.
Deo
Heh, Bill Gates would become my hero if he could convince the MS board to just close Microsoft. Imagine the shit that would hit the fan worldwide. :) Oh sure, Windows 95, 98, 2000, etc would still be around, but just imagine the sheer chaos that would ensue as the stock market went completely apeshit, investors went nuts in the aftermath, the users who would be left blowing in the breeze. Apple would make out like friggin bandits; sorry OSS advocates, while some increased interest would be generated, *BSD, Linux, whatever wouldn't take over the desktops, but at least we'd still have it to use. :)
Deo
While I don't see anything wrong with your view specifically, I do find it interesting that so many people regard what is hapening to the Silicon Valley as wrong. I wonder if the people to live in the first place that could really be considered a city rather than a town thought the same thing. Makes me think that the Silicon Valley should be given a new place name, as it really has become something different than what we have come to expect from towns, cities, etc. Its a new way of doing things, and while the model is not likely to replicate widely as the city model has, I think that there will be more regions which take on similar characteristics and eventually be regarded the same as any other accepted region that currently exists. Things change, they have for billions and billions of years and they aren't going to stop now; shit, 150 years ago, California was just a bunch of missions and mining towns. Now its not; what it has become is not wrong, it just is. *shrug* No matter; there will be those who continue to fight change and there will be those who embrace it, and either side may become greater at a particular point in time, but in the end change will happen in some form whether anyone likes it or not.
Deo
D.C. mayor on crack: re-election!
:)
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Deo
Methinks someone needs to smack the stock-option millionaire MBA types and remind them of where they came from, where they could be going, and upon whose backs they are making all of thier money.
Methinks someone should remind those disgruntled slave-wagers that there is a whole hell of a lot of California nearby, not to mention the other 49 states. If the millionaires are so goddamned reliant, moving away will surely take them down a notch or two, eh? What, too expensive to move? Where do they live now? Looks more like a tribute to the success of capitalism to me; bunch of people pissed off about the horrible standard of living, nobody makes them stay but where are they now? Yeah, they're really bothered by all of it, aren't they?
Deo
BWAHAHA! I wish there was thread moderation, because this little interchange was the funniest bit I've read in a while; nailed the characters down perfectly. Thanks folks. :) Deo
You are talking about material comfort? That's not what I'm talking about. Materially, I am far more comfortable here than I've ever been in my life. It is the social environment that pisses me off. I'd trade most of the material comfort I have for a decent social environment outside campus.
And there you have the difference between your self and the "yuppies" that you despise so much. They prefer material comfort, they like the atmosphere; shit, they fucking thrive on it. They don't want casual hangouts, baroque atmospheres and simple tastes, despite what the few flashy posers that you see hanging around may say. They want to burn shit-hot in the place where it all goes down, they want the big cash, the flash pad and the juice to say, "the Valley is my pot to piss in". Hate to be the one to have to break this to you, but the Silicon Valley doesn't revolve around students or janitors, it revolves around those tech industry folks whom you detest so much. Much like shit here in Orlando rotates around the Mouse and its "competitors"; when I'm too tired of it, despite the parts of Central Florida that I like, I will pick my silly ass up and MOVE.
Just because you don't like the less social and more productive atmosphere of Silly Valley doesn't mean its wrong, just that its not your kind of place, but hell, you aren't there for the atmosphere, but for the education, right? Damn, whatever forbid that there are some of us who would prefer that shit rather than living in some bohemian paradise reading poetry and smoking clove cigarettes. Give me the fat cash, the interesting work and the no-bullshit move your ass culture of the SV than this backwater fucking burg they call Orlando anyday...
Deo
To quote the article:
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When the solar wind, the rapid stream of charged particles emitted by the sun, strikes the moon, helium 3 is deposited in the powdery soil. Over billions of years that adds up. Meteorite bombardment disperses the particles throughout the top several meters of the lunar surface.
So the helium 3 on the moon isn't there due to some sort of ecological balancing act, as the moon really has no ecology, its just steller crap that has accumulated on the surface. I, too, worry about the ramifications of large scale modifications of planets and their satellites, but in this case as the helium 3 is only within the first few meters of the lunar surface, so the only real concern that I have with mining the moon for helium 3 is the actual process used to do so; i.e. what kind of byproducts are left over from refining the soil for its helium 3? But as for the actual removal of it from the moon, well, I look at the moon much as a giant asteroid, the only real difference in it being that it has enough gravity to collect garbage that passes by. If they were to discover that the moon had some sort of ecology that could be affected by mining helium 3, then that would be a different story, but all indications so far point to the moon being nothing more than a really big, dirty asteroid. Of course, if the process of removing the helium 3 meant removing a noticable percentage of the moon, I would have a problem, even if the surfers would be in heaven.
Deo
Sound like a bad place to raise kids?
Yes, they'll grow up too damn tempted at the easy pickings and I'll have to drag the little bastards off to a non-extradition country eventually. No thanks!
Deo
Goddamn; whomever the moderator was who moderated the above as "Informative" is now my personal hero. For some fucked up reason, I found that even funnier that the comment being moderated. :)
Deo