What if it's a really, really stupid person? I'm not trying to troll here, I'm really wondering what you believe makes the life of a human worth more than the life of, say, a cow. Under what circumstances would the life of a cow be worth more than the life of a human?
As callous as it sounds, time is the cure. Eventually all the people with AIDS will die, but with enough of the population vaccinated there will be no hosts and HIV will go extinct, much like smallpox, and much like polio should have by now (I'm looking at you, Nigeria). And, thanks to all the research done on treatments, those who do have AIDS will have a much longer and happier life than they might have otherwise. So you don't need a cure, just a vaccine.
Just like Leto's Golden Path (from God Emperor of Dune, for you heretics) it's a way of not putting all of humanity's eggs in one basket. Obviously we'd still try to preserve Earth.
You think it's bad now, try using it on XP 64-bit. MS anti-spyware wouldn't even update, since it's apparently incompatible with my version of the operating system. I can understand that from third-party software, but this is ridiculous.
Whether they made a scientific connection between certain ailments and certain foods, or they attributed it to God's will, they still knew not to eat them. The connection "eating pork/shellfish =====> bad health/death" was enough to warrant the proscription. Whether they attributed it to parasites or God is immaterial.
It's not hard to understand. It used to be dangerous to eat pork. The expedient solution was to incorporate a ban into religion. Problem solved. It's no longer dangerous to eat pork (at least not more so than other meat) so that aspect of the religion is no longer necessary. Continuing to not eat pork because of said religion is thus a pointless thing to do.
"Second: Congress DID grant approval to the president for going to war with Afghanistan and Iraq even though it's not an offical declaration of war."
An official declaration of war is the only thing that puts us legally in a state of war. You're correct that the last declaration of war was in WWII. Thus, we haven't been at war since then. Congress granting approval for the use of military action is NOT a declaration of war, else it would be called just that. We don't have to be in a state of war to be able to try someone for treason, but specific laws like the one mentioned by GP aren't activated by anything less than that.
I've seen a number of fantastic stories posted here, and more often than not they are that crazy guy with a startup who's been largely discredited. Sure, the tech may be completely impractical, and they may be gunning for grant money, but if nothing else someone with a doctorate working at a major university is very likely a capable person. I'm not about to sell all my property to invest in this stuff, but considering the amount of new technology that has come out of university research settings, this guy seems more credible than most who would make this sort of claim.
The problem with something like a chorded keyboard is the learning curve. It seems like one would need a lot of practice to type at a decent speed, much less learn all the combinations. Still, the tiny keyboards completely suck. Voice input might be a better solution, but that's not without its own problems.
I know I'm being an ass, but paragraphs go a long way toward creating the illusion of brevity, and can make or break readability. You probably left it in html mode accidentally, but I figured I'd still point it out.
Batteries aren't the only way to store electricity. For instance, flywheels are sometimes used. Simply store it as rotational kinetic energy rather than chemical energy. Granted, it's gonna be a big flywheel, but it's doable, and no messy batteries to deal with.
I concur. In addition to warnings, or instead of warning, make the place shit-yourself scary. Images and statues of horrific things, death, skulls, people suffering, freakish monsters. These are things everyone can understand. Get some ILM modelmakers or somesuch working on it. Combined with the death to anyone who goes in, 10000 years down the line, people will still know never to go near it, regardless of their language.
The problems you mentioned with rotary engines are problems with Wankel rotaries. They use the Otto cycle (like regular piston engines), thus require high compression ratios. There's another engine in development that I would really like to see take off called the Star Rotor (http://www.starrotor.com/). It uses the Brayton cycle, which doesn't have to worry as much about seals and compression.
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Without computerized guiding systems surface-to-air missiles are pretty worthless. (Butlerian jihad FTW) :p
Well, seeing as the universes are parallel, your both in parallel universes....
What if it's a really, really stupid person? I'm not trying to troll here, I'm really wondering what you believe makes the life of a human worth more than the life of, say, a cow. Under what circumstances would the life of a cow be worth more than the life of a human?
Personally, I draw the line at Axlotl tanks. Unfortunately, we seem to be getting closer to the Bene Tleilax all the time.
As callous as it sounds, time is the cure. Eventually all the people with AIDS will die, but with enough of the population vaccinated there will be no hosts and HIV will go extinct, much like smallpox, and much like polio should have by now (I'm looking at you, Nigeria). And, thanks to all the research done on treatments, those who do have AIDS will have a much longer and happier life than they might have otherwise. So you don't need a cure, just a vaccine.
Gah, phonetic spelling screws me again.
As did I. Zeno is too close to Zenu. I suppose the fact that GP wasn't trying to scam us out of money should have made the difference obvious.
Just like Leto's Golden Path (from God Emperor of Dune, for you heretics) it's a way of not putting all of humanity's eggs in one basket. Obviously we'd still try to preserve Earth.
Why, that would require an army of super-virile men scoring around the clock. Kif, clear my schedule.
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You think it's bad now, try using it on XP 64-bit. MS anti-spyware wouldn't even update, since it's apparently incompatible with my version of the operating system. I can understand that from third-party software, but this is ridiculous.
"Bush and Blair prey together. That gives you some idea."
Prey? As in, they (and Cheney of course) prey on innocent people and their rights?
Whether they made a scientific connection between certain ailments and certain foods, or they attributed it to God's will, they still knew not to eat them. The connection "eating pork/shellfish =====> bad health/death" was enough to warrant the proscription. Whether they attributed it to parasites or God is immaterial.
Well, looks like someone's going to have to take one for the team then. ......I volunteer you.
It's not hard to understand. It used to be dangerous to eat pork. The expedient solution was to incorporate a ban into religion. Problem solved. It's no longer dangerous to eat pork (at least not more so than other meat) so that aspect of the religion is no longer necessary. Continuing to not eat pork because of said religion is thus a pointless thing to do.
"Second: Congress DID grant approval to the president for going to war with Afghanistan and Iraq even though it's not an offical declaration of war." An official declaration of war is the only thing that puts us legally in a state of war. You're correct that the last declaration of war was in WWII. Thus, we haven't been at war since then. Congress granting approval for the use of military action is NOT a declaration of war, else it would be called just that. We don't have to be in a state of war to be able to try someone for treason, but specific laws like the one mentioned by GP aren't activated by anything less than that.
I've seen a number of fantastic stories posted here, and more often than not they are that crazy guy with a startup who's been largely discredited. Sure, the tech may be completely impractical, and they may be gunning for grant money, but if nothing else someone with a doctorate working at a major university is very likely a capable person. I'm not about to sell all my property to invest in this stuff, but considering the amount of new technology that has come out of university research settings, this guy seems more credible than most who would make this sort of claim.
Nice one.
The problem with something like a chorded keyboard is the learning curve. It seems like one would need a lot of practice to type at a decent speed, much less learn all the combinations. Still, the tiny keyboards completely suck. Voice input might be a better solution, but that's not without its own problems.
I know I'm being an ass, but paragraphs go a long way toward creating the illusion of brevity, and can make or break readability. You probably left it in html mode accidentally, but I figured I'd still point it out.
Batteries aren't the only way to store electricity. For instance, flywheels are sometimes used. Simply store it as rotational kinetic energy rather than chemical energy. Granted, it's gonna be a big flywheel, but it's doable, and no messy batteries to deal with.
The do offer a Bearshare Lite version that doesn't have the spyware. It doesn't have full functionality either, but it is clean.
I concur. In addition to warnings, or instead of warning, make the place shit-yourself scary. Images and statues of horrific things, death, skulls, people suffering, freakish monsters. These are things everyone can understand. Get some ILM modelmakers or somesuch working on it. Combined with the death to anyone who goes in, 10000 years down the line, people will still know never to go near it, regardless of their language.
The problems you mentioned with rotary engines are problems with Wankel rotaries. They use the Otto cycle (like regular piston engines), thus require high compression ratios. There's another engine in development that I would really like to see take off called the Star Rotor (http://www.starrotor.com/). It uses the Brayton cycle, which doesn't have to worry as much about seals and compression.