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You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. ER September 10, 2025 4:56 pm (Space/Science)

All we are saying, is give war a chance BuckGalaxy September 5, 2025 1:30 pm (CurrentEvents)

"Cancel culture" podrock September 3, 2025 8:32 am (CurrentEvents)

He should know better. ER September 1, 2025 8:20 pm (Space/Science)

Clare Torry RobVG August 26, 2025 7:42 pm (Off-Topic)

Lateral Thinking BuckGalaxy August 23, 2025 11:57 am (Off-Topic)

SNW: The Finest Frontier BuckGalaxy August 23, 2025 12:20 am (Science Fiction)

There's more than Floyd RobVG August 20, 2025 12:24 am (Off-Topic)

Existing instrument on Mars Curiosity Rover could be used to detect life BuckGalaxy August 18, 2025 12:48 pm (Space/Science)

Trump grovels BuckGalaxy August 17, 2025 12:43 pm (CurrentEvents)

Alien:Earth RobVG August 16, 2025 1:44 pm (Science Fiction)

"Project Hail Mary" RobVG August 14, 2025 11:12 am (Science Fiction)

"Prometheus" by RobVG March 18, 2012 11:13 am

"Alien" is an important film for the science and SF buff. There are some important philosophical points made there, ... by ER 2012-03-18 14:12:26
- ^In that case, Humanity just seems more and more boring to us and to other species.^ I don't see any good ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-23 14:18:50
- That was one of the objections to Active SETI sending signals by RobVG 2012-03-18 15:27:15
  - That was the Outer Limits episode "The Mice." by TB 2012-03-18 17:58:42
    - ya scooped me :) (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-18 18:21:56
  - The usual conceit for old SF movies is that ET wants our resources, or our women, or they are just ... by ER 2012-03-18 16:52:22
    - One thing's for sure by RobVG 2012-03-18 18:12:56
      - I'm not sure they'll be humanoid, Rob. There's no reason they can't be, of course, but active, tool-using creatures ... by ER 2012-03-18 19:12:17
        
        I didn't say they can't have multiple... by RobVG 2012-03-18 20:50:44
        
        I believe industry modeled robots on humans because the tools used and designs of things built were already the result ... by ER 2012-03-19 07:20:00
        
        Ah, but you're assuming that all life started around 3-4 billion years ago, like it did on Earth, when in ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-23 14:16:31
        
        We can only assume the length of time for the rise of a civilization is roughly comparable, it may be ... by ER 2012-03-25 17:52:55
        
        Well said. (n/t) by podrock 2012-03-25 19:43:44

GOP budget will break the middle class by bowser March 25, 2012 12:16 am

Sounds like Cain's 9-9-9 by RobVG 2012-03-25 11:25:17
- Tax money handed out to "consumers" to help the economy is the myth. by TB 2012-03-25 13:14:06
  - I thought that's what I said in the first paragraph. (n/t) by RobVG 2012-03-25 16:39:54
The middle class has always had upper class pretensions. by ER 2012-03-25 05:28:58

The Sun Also Sets by TB March 25, 2012 3:21 pm

George Will on creative destruction by TB March 24, 2012 11:50 am

It's sad this sort of post has to be placed on Flame, by ER 2012-03-24 13:15:04
- One of the fundamental flaws in your thinking is that you can't see the difference between tens of thousands of ... by TB 2012-03-24 14:51:27
  - On creosote: by TB 2012-03-24 14:58:51
    - What "one powerful entity" could you possibly be talking about? Where have I or anyone on this forum ever suggested ... by ER 2012-03-24 17:19:47
      - Does this mean George Will isn't on your "smart conservative" list any more? by TB 2012-03-24 19:09:29
        
        My "smart conservative" list gets shorter every day. by ER 2012-03-25 05:14:41
        
        You should see my "smart liberal" Post-It. by TB 2012-03-25 10:25:40
        
        As long as there's at least one name on it, you'll never get away with it. by ER 2012-03-25 11:35:53

The etch-a-sketch gaffe will never go away by BuckGalaxy March 23, 2012 7:58 pm

My god I can't believe what a gift this is! The guy who will likely win the GOP nomination ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-24 19:43:44
Somehow I don't think an attack based on "flip flops" or "lack of a core" would play well for Obama ... by TB 2012-03-23 21:54:42
- You're right. The Republican candidates have already pumped that well dry. I think the Dem TV campaign will simply consist of ... by ER 2012-03-23 23:27:24
The Right will blame it all on the Big Bad Liberal media, but I noticed both Santorum and Gingrich whipped ... by ER 2012-03-23 20:30:32
Link seems broken. Try this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-etch-a-sketch-incident-and-why-some-gaffes-catch-on/2012/03/22/gIQA8ob0TS_blog.html by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-23 20:01:55

U.S. Inches Toward Goal of Energy Independence by TB March 24, 2012 4:13 pm

So how are the Republicans going to use Obama's alleged discouragement of developing domestic reserves as a weapon against him ... by ER 2012-03-24 17:32:22

Any thoughts on Republican strategy for November? by bowser March 23, 2012 11:40 pm

Same as 2010. by TB 2012-03-24 10:46:55
- Reagan had no war, tripled the deficit. 3X. Cheney, VP under Bush, said the lesson was that deficits ... by bowser 2012-03-24 13:02:36
  - The deficit in 1980 (constant dollars) was $170.9 billion. In 1988 it was $242.5 billion. by TB 2012-03-24 13:23:01
I think the Republicans have already shot every arrow in their quiver--at each other. This election will be decided by events ... by ER 2012-03-23 23:50:24
- I wish I could agree, and while life is lived forward, it's understood backward. With Rove and Perry involved, ... by bowser 2012-03-24 10:35:23
  - No one will believe them, Bowz. The entire campaign for the nomination has been nothing but multiple lies directed ... by ER 2012-03-24 10:54:00
- Does it bother anyone else that politics has basically become a slander-filled version of Survivor? by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-24 00:39:47
  - This isn't new. by TB 2012-03-24 11:05:02
  - That's the way politics has always been throughout history. Its basically about guys in suits (or togas, or armor, ... by ER 2012-03-24 06:17:57
  - Everyone says it bothers them, and it's what works. by bowser 2012-03-24 01:10:50

From one of my favorite online comics by TB March 24, 2012 11:57 am

In Response to ER's COPS Program by Vitruvius March 23, 2012 8:56 pm

The police don't like people doing their job for them. Not only can it lead to big trouble when ... by ER 2012-03-24 00:05:33
A COPS program like mine is great for a quiet neighborhood because it reassures the residents, discourages villains, and frees up ... by ER 2012-03-23 23:24:20
You have to wonder about the kind of person who thinks they can make a difference doing this, and then ... by bowser 2012-03-23 22:09:10
- Blue lights are not a good idea. by ER 2012-03-24 10:07:11
  - They aren't legal and are probably more trouble than they are worth. I'd guess very foolish. I have ... by bowser 2012-03-24 10:31:32
It's weird. Most of my life, there weren't any. Or at least, none that made the news. by TB 2012-03-23 21:26:05

A question for ER by bowser March 22, 2012 11:43 pm

Flex by RobVG 2012-03-23 09:22:44
- I was in Deck Dept. Those guys in the black gang (Hull Dept), are all crazy. We used to ... by ER 2012-03-23 10:38:57
- That's about an inch of torque deflection every three feet or so. That sounds pretty high for high-strength steel. by TB 2012-03-23 10:04:35
  - I don't remember my ship flexing like that, but we were much smaller, and much more ruggedly built and internally ... by ER 2012-03-23 10:24:02
    - This is one thing we need to fix if we want good spacecraft. Vehicles planetside (mainly air and sea ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-23 20:18:43
      - Everything constructed to resist any kind of load will "flex" under that load. by TB 2012-03-23 21:43:14
        
        I did notice that in the video. I also noticed all the parts that were flying off the shuttle ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-24 00:44:01
        
        That's ice coming loose. by TB 2012-03-24 11:09:13
That's a pretty standard high speed turn, its what destroyers are designed to do, high-speed maneuvers while chasing or dodging ... by ER 2012-03-23 05:28:19
- Appendix by ER 2012-03-23 06:51:39

Liberalism 1.0 by TB March 22, 2012 8:11 pm

There's a difference between liberalism and socialism. Also, despite complaining about taxes, conservatives have no problem hiking them up. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-23 14:43:15
- It used to be a spectrum, from left to right: radical, liberal, moderate, conservative, reactionary. The boundaries were fuzzy and ... by ER 2012-03-24 06:37:31
"What can men do against such reckless hate?" King Theoden of Rohan by ER 2012-03-23 13:02:32
Pity the person who thinks there is nothing more to life, to community, to existence than Legos. Those wretches ... by bowser 2012-03-22 21:22:35

Tinker Tailor by ER March 23, 2012 8:08 pm

Guinness is a hell of a tough act to follow. Was Gary Oldman any good? by TB 2012-03-23 21:29:52
- Oldman was excellent, as always, and I'm a huge fan, but I believe he was miscast here. I would have ... by ER 2012-03-23 23:15:10

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