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Retirement home Spirit cover -- yeah, we had better music. ER July 26, 2025 7:31 am (Off-Topic)

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Why Trump Can’t Shake Jeffrey Epstein BuckGalaxy July 18, 2025 8:07 pm (CurrentEvents)

Colbert cancelled. ER July 17, 2025 8:20 pm (CurrentEvents)

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Service to the Community by ER April 25, 2012 8:27 am

Why don't you invite him to the Zone? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 20:16:43
Fun. Great post, well written, interesting. by bowser 2012-04-25 16:23:34

What do you think; is this true? by johannes April 25, 2012 6:52 pm

I call bullshit on that story, and whoever wrote it by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 20:12:46

Question of the day! by Vitruvius April 25, 2012 3:07 pm

More on Prof. Deudney here. by TB 2012-04-25 15:43:29
- from your link... "So, once and for all -- what is a negarchy?" "...We didn't have a term that's abstract like ... by ER 2012-04-25 16:14:44
  - The guy does seem like a patriotic nutjob, but it's not his views I'm concerned with. Though his introduction ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 17:56:29
    - Well, according to Deudney... by TB 2012-04-25 18:20:42
      - Useful hint: I wouldn't spend the money if I were you. by TB 2012-04-25 18:43:09
        
        Silly TB.... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 19:31:52
    - I think I get what he said. And its not particularly outrageous. The rule may be of their own ... by ER 2012-04-25 18:12:34
I think that's the best we can hope for; a stable condition due to the exact balance of opposing ... by ER 2012-04-25 15:34:22

Does anyone have big ears? by bowser April 25, 2012 2:30 pm

I looked it up on Google Earth. Miles and miles of mountains. Frankly, I'm surprised the road is ... by TB 2012-04-25 16:51:48

Define insanity by Jody April 21, 2012 4:12 pm

We are all insane. And I'm not just making a rhetorical point, either. We all do stupid things we ... by ER 2012-04-22 08:30:02
- Don't confuse "irrational" with "insane." by TB 2012-04-22 11:04:47
  - In science, honest error is not generally the result of ignoring data, or manufacturing it. It comes from weighing ... by ER 2012-04-22 11:48:37
- Awesome ER!! by Jody 2012-04-22 08:43:27
Define anything that isn't. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-21 19:14:26
- Technically, yes. by TB 2012-04-21 19:36:24
  - Haven't read the book yet - could you describe it to me? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 09:52:39
    - I haven't read most of it either. Just excerpts on specific things I was interested in, and analytical articles. by TB 2012-04-25 10:58:48
      - Utopia does reek of totalitarianism, but I think we should read the Republic before judging it. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-25 15:17:26
When what's inside your head and what's outside are not compatible. by TB 2012-04-21 17:18:30
- "When it interferes with normal functions, or other people’s lives, it starts to become a problem." by ER 2012-04-22 08:35:25
For people like me it's drinking and/or using drugs. There can be more, and I could be insane without ... by bowser 2012-04-21 16:33:43

Well, jeepers. by TB April 24, 2012 7:38 pm

boot !== OS by Robert 2012-04-24 23:42:15
- Oh, I know how it works, and I know what the problem was. by TB 2012-04-25 09:41:38

But what have you done for me lately? by ER April 25, 2012 9:04 am

Russia's Million Dollar Hackers. by Jody April 25, 2012 7:38 am

In times of liberal dominance... by FrankC April 23, 2012 3:44 pm

No more Mr Nice Guy by ER 2012-04-24 13:42:31
- Fifty bucks says that guys a liberal. by TB 2012-04-24 15:41:47
  - Yeah, he's one of them country club liberals. Boodles, shaken, not stirred. by ER 2012-04-24 16:32:02
  - Afraid so. If he were drinking wine out of a box he'd be an NRA Conservative. by bowser 2012-04-24 16:10:16
    - Only if he was holding the box over his head and letting it pour into his mouth. by TB 2012-04-24 16:37:23
I'm wondering how "liberal dominance" would be measured. It just doesn't seem that way to me, but I don't ... by bowser 2012-04-23 20:43:40
- Control of the executive and legislative. This is assuming that we consider democrats as usually liberal and republicans not usually ... by FrankC 2012-04-23 21:03:49
- They're the ones who wear leather that isn't necessary for doing a job. by TB 2012-04-23 20:50:02
I think this time the cigar is just a cigar. by TB 2012-04-23 16:04:38

Private asteroid mining? by TB April 19, 2012 3:28 pm

More information now at the Planetary Resources website. by TB 2012-04-24 14:21:03
My guess is that it has to with extraterrestrial energy resources, not rocks. by podrock 2012-04-19 21:30:15
- Orbiting power satellites might be a good bet. I did a lot of work on this concept years ago, too. ... by TB 2012-04-20 20:59:17
In slightly related news, Scaled Composites (SpaceShip Two, Stratolaunch) is hiring. Sigh...to be twenty again. by TB 2012-04-19 19:50:52
I wonder what minerals they expect to find that will make it economically worthwhile to recover and bring back. ... by ER 2012-04-19 16:49:13
- Look at my old "asteroid mining" article. The prices are obsolete (I may update this someday), but the analysis is basically ... by TB 2012-04-19 19:09:42
  - Your figures are impressive, but you haven't really calculated the total cost per kilo of finding and then moving finished ... by ER 2012-04-19 20:35:40
    - There are already answers to many of these questions. by TB 2012-04-20 20:49:41
      - Perhaps your optimism is fueled by your enthusiasm? Or should I say wishful thinking? There is a vast gulf ... by ER 2012-04-21 07:34:45
        
        I won't deny I am enthusiastic, or even a wishful thinker. by TB 2012-04-21 11:10:20
        
        Believe me, if they could do it, I'd go to work for them if they'd have me. I'd even ... by ER 2012-04-21 14:08:03
- I remember when it was thought that conditions in LEO, particularly zero-G, would allow many industrial processes not possible on ... by ER 2012-04-19 17:17:29

Obama announces his annual crackdown on oil market "manipulators" by TB April 21, 2012 1:56 pm

Artificially generated shortages don't count? Pulling refineries off-line so as to drive up the price of refined products isn't ... by bowser 2012-04-23 20:51:47
- Anybody can ask a question. by TB 2012-04-23 21:31:03
  - They are simple "yes" or "no" questions relevant to your post. And I was right. You wouldn't answer, ... by bowser 2012-04-23 22:14:38
    - Okay. Let's go over it again. by TB 2012-04-24 08:02:58
      - "HOVENSA announced earlier this month that it would shut down its St. Croix refinery in the Virgin Islands. Sunoco and ... by bowser 2012-04-24 09:51:56
        
        These refineries are not being permanently shut down. by TB 2012-04-24 11:30:00
        
        Economics 50: A functional monopoly artificially restricting supply is a tactic designed to increase profits. In the oil ... by bowser 2012-04-24 13:38:46
So the futures market is not a problem? by RobVG 2012-04-22 09:41:04
- Okay, we'll investigate it for another four years. by TB 2012-04-22 12:57:51
  - I had a reply but I lost it. [Edit] by RobVG 2012-04-23 07:59:37
    - Update on that Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group here. by TB 2012-04-23 09:05:00
      - Well, there might be a difference between an actual supply problem and an anticipated drop in supply that's never realized? by RobVG 2012-04-23 17:38:45
- Way to go, Rob! by ER 2012-04-22 10:06:09
  - "Hmmm. While we’re talking about speculation, maybe we can speculate that this unexplainable spike in gas prices is deliberately engineered ... by TB 2012-04-22 16:56:19
    - 2008? Oh that was obviously Democratic skullduggery, taking advantage of their great influence with the oil companies, and the Texas ... by ER 2012-04-22 17:25:45
      - Or the simplest conclusion that fits both cases: your "deliberately engineered" theory was a load of pants. :) by TB 2012-04-22 19:11:39
        
        I've mentioned here before that I think prices are set by individual speculators, and (sometimes) market forces, but since ... by ER 2012-04-22 21:17:22

Careful about disposing of that old smartphone by TB April 21, 2012 6:04 pm

A word to the wise. The safest phone is a Nokia 800. You won't be able to get ... by bowser 2012-04-24 09:31:04
I figure I'll just smash mine after the contract runs out. Also, this reminds me of the time I was walking ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-21 19:10:27

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