If you're measuring the safety of a person it's far safer; average lifespan just 150 years ago was 40, but that's not what I meant. I meant that civilization will be around longer than some think, and far longer than anybody at all thought when I was a kid.
The threat of nuclear anhialation is less, we've outlawed CFCs worldwide and are starting to get a grip on carbon emmissions and we didn't even know about these dangers to the planet a few decades ago.
How about atrocities in places like Kenya, Darfur, Rwanda, and so on? How about earlier times when such atrocities were far more common?
The AIDS epidemic can't hold a candle to heart disease and cancer, let alone diseases of the past like the "Black Death"
From 1347 to 1351, the Black Death, a massive and deadly pandemic originated in Central Asia, swept through Asia, Europe and Africa. It may have reduced the world's population from 450 million to between 350 and 375 million
Almost one in four people died from Bubonic plague in the quoted time.
But safe? No, we're all going to die, it's just far less likely now that we'll all die at once than a few decades ago.
I may not be smart enough to go to college, but at least I can pretend to have a Harvard eduction. I don't think that will be enough to get a gig as a Simpsons writer.
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The red C of Comcast, along with the name of both the religion and the god, Comcast
"No block sync? No problem!" ~ The Comcast.net AI Chatbot on Home Networking
Comcast (formely Comca$$$t)is a monotheistic religion in which the only god is Comcast. A company that has a name rhyming with Comcast is known for its game show Jack My Price Up.
There is, of course, more there. Or maybe less if somebody's edited it.
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I don't know how clean a signal you can get through the entire atmosphere.
Newer ground based telescopes can take as good a picture as the Hubble.
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from Amazon.com:Starfighters of Adumar (Star Wars: X-Wing, Book 9)
Funniest SW Book Ever, October 18, 2001 By Handofthrawn "handofthrawn45" (Cleveland, OH) - See all my reviews
Ah, the sweet smell of space combat and politics mixed with witty banter. While this is by no means the best SW book ever written, it's certainly a very enjoyable read. I've been a big fan of the X-wing series and both Stackpole and Allston. The book starts off on a very nice note: Wedge breaks up with Qwi. Ahh.... Allston must have joined the Stackpole-Zahn pact to rid the world of SW novels from all of the terrible relartionships Anderson thought up in his books.
So many ways we could be utilizing space for the benefit of the human race
You never heard of the ISS?
We're not going to make it,
I never thought I'd reach 40. The world is now a far safer place than it was when I was young. For instance, kids today don't have "duck and cover" drills to prepare for Armagheddon like we did. Of course, you never had to go through a metal detector to get your license plates renewed, either, but that's just government officials' cowardice.
and we don't deserve to
Speak for yourself. I say we do, but if you say you don't I'll take your word for it.
held a clearance in the USAF (1971-1975) and saw stuff that is still classified.
That's what they told you!
They didn't tell me anything except that I could go to prison if I said anything. If some of the nerdy stuff wasn't classified, we'd have all heard of it by now.
That works for teaching your kids, but as far as laws I don't think it would.
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If they have good enough optics they could listen to enemies from space. All they would need was for the enemy to be in a room with a window. They could measure the vibrations of the window and turn the measurements into a reproduction of the sounds inside the room.
Speaking of which, how is it they found Saddam Hussein in a couple of months but they can't find Osama seven years later? I'm starting to suspect they don't WANT to find him. How many spy satellites do they have now? Haven't they known where Bin Laden was in the past? Isn't he supposed to be hiding in Pakistan, and isn't that particular dictatorship sopposed to be our friend?
a Hubble telescope pointed at Earth with the sole intention of collecting photo intelligence on the Soviets using an impressive array of optics and gyro balanced cameras operated onboard by specially trained astronauts. The lab was never launched, however, due to the competing Corona unmanned spy satellite
First, I doubt the summary. Hubble was launched thirty years after the discussed satellite. I'm supposed to believe that the technology for optics, electronics, gyroscopes, etc didn't improve between 1965 and 1995? It could hardly have been a "Hubble pointed at Earth".
If it wasn't launched because of a "competing" telescope, you can bet your ass the one they launched produced clearer pictures or some other, better capability.
I held a clearance in the USAF (1971-1975) and saw stuff that is still classified. I wouldn't doubt for a minute that today, decades after the Carona, they can point a satellite at your house and count the fleas on your dog while looking through your roof.
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
I am a Vogon
Aurthur's not very funny on Thursdays.
And while it may look like a Survivor-themed soap opera on the surface
Few TV shows have anything BUT surface; no depth at all.
And here's the link
Ah, but I never mentioned any of the things I saw, I just made conjectures. The "secret things" I was referring to was head-spinning technology.
Now I'll get to see the new episodes of Star Trek!
What? What do you mean "cancelled?"
OK Battlestar Galactica. No? How about Babylon...
Oh hell. Somebody please point to a nerd show I can watch tonight?
Wine always makes me loud. Especially when there's an app it won't open...
You can find the fleas by finding the dog, and find the dog by finding the house. And if you can see through a roof you can see through a cloud.
You didn't supply a link.
The threat of nuclear anhialation is less, we've outlawed CFCs worldwide and are starting to get a grip on carbon emmissions and we didn't even know about these dangers to the planet a few decades ago.
How about atrocities in places like Kenya, Darfur, Rwanda, and so on? How about earlier times when such atrocities were far more common?
The AIDS epidemic can't hold a candle to heart disease and cancer, let alone diseases of the past like the "Black Death" Almost one in four people died from Bubonic plague in the quoted time.
But safe? No, we're all going to die, it's just far less likely now that we'll all die at once than a few decades ago.
No, it means I googled for the phrase. You seem to have the manners of a modern troglodyte.
I may not be smart enough to go to college, but at least I can pretend to have a Harvard eduction. I don't think that will be enough to get a gig as a Simpsons writer.
You mean Springfield's Springfield Alderman Simpson?
I don't know how clean a signal you can get through the entire atmosphere.
Newer ground based telescopes can take as good a picture as the Hubble.
Wrecked him? It damned near killed him!
The I realized, this is slashdot, and some social misfit with piss poor reading comprehension skills will read this literally
When you're discussing technology at a nerd site, you should be accurate. The "hubble pointed the wrong way" would be apt at Yahoo news, but not here.
I've always found it to be fascinating that the only ones the "secrets" were kept from was the US publicM
I found it not fascinating but sickening. Global warming is caused by the friction of the founding fathers spinning in their graves.
Also, I suggest you check out the Veropedia.
I prefer the uncyclopedia. I mean, neither Britannica nor Wikipedia have articles about asplosions.
I wonder how many fleas are on Osama Bin Ladens ass
I thought he rode camels?
Ewe muss bee knew hear.
So many ways we could be utilizing space for the benefit of the human race
You never heard of the ISS?
We're not going to make it,
I never thought I'd reach 40. The world is now a far safer place than it was when I was young. For instance, kids today don't have "duck and cover" drills to prepare for Armagheddon like we did. Of course, you never had to go through a metal detector to get your license plates renewed, either, but that's just government officials' cowardice.
and we don't deserve to
Speak for yourself. I say we do, but if you say you don't I'll take your word for it.
held a clearance in the USAF (1971-1975) and saw stuff that is still classified.
That's what they told you!
They didn't tell me anything except that I could go to prison if I said anything. If some of the nerdy stuff wasn't classified, we'd have all heard of it by now.
That works for teaching your kids, but as far as laws I don't think it would.
If they have good enough optics they could listen to enemies from space. All they would need was for the enemy to be in a room with a window. They could measure the vibrations of the window and turn the measurements into a reproduction of the sounds inside the room.
Speaking of which, how is it they found Saddam Hussein in a couple of months but they can't find Osama seven years later? I'm starting to suspect they don't WANT to find him. How many spy satellites do they have now? Haven't they known where Bin Laden was in the past? Isn't he supposed to be hiding in Pakistan, and isn't that particular dictatorship sopposed to be our friend?
a Hubble telescope pointed at Earth with the sole intention of collecting photo intelligence on the Soviets using an impressive array of optics and gyro balanced cameras operated onboard by specially trained astronauts. The lab was never launched, however, due to the competing Corona unmanned spy satellite
First, I doubt the summary. Hubble was launched thirty years after the discussed satellite. I'm supposed to believe that the technology for optics, electronics, gyroscopes, etc didn't improve between 1965 and 1995? It could hardly have been a "Hubble pointed at Earth".
If it wasn't launched because of a "competing" telescope, you can bet your ass the one they launched produced clearer pictures or some other, better capability.
I held a clearance in the USAF (1971-1975) and saw stuff that is still classified. I wouldn't doubt for a minute that today, decades after the Carona, they can point a satellite at your house and count the fleas on your dog while looking through your roof.
-mcgrew