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We've got company ER July 2, 2025 7:50 am (Space/Science)

All Along the Watchtower ER July 1, 2025 9:13 pm (CurrentEvents)

Birthright Citizenship RobVG June 29, 2025 3:34 pm (CurrentEvents)

To be blunt, NASA is now dead RL June 27, 2025 11:56 am (Space/Science)

Musk trashes his own AI after it chose a liberal worldview. RobVG June 23, 2025 9:56 am (CurrentEvents)

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 5:21 pm (Space/Science)

Just for the record... ER June 22, 2025 8:59 am (CurrentEvents)

The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

Not ready for prime time BuckGalaxy June 19, 2025 12:18 pm (Space/Science)

hypocrisy ER June 15, 2025 2:30 pm (Flame)

NSIDC offline? ER June 12, 2025 12:19 pm (Space/Science)

Businesses making plans for euro breakup by TB November 29, 2011 3:45 pm

I think Europe has an enormous presence in the world, and is critical to US interests. In my opinion, ... by bowser 2011-11-29 18:10:11

If quantum computers become a viable reality - - - - - ? by bowser November 29, 2011 2:05 pm

Wikipedia has a section on this, does not say how labor-intensive it might be to write a program which would ... by bowser 2011-11-29 17:22:22
- I see no reason why computers won't program themselves someday. n/t by RobVG 2011-11-29 17:35:07
  - Imagine what it would be like to be dependent upon computers which could only be programmed by other computers? Obviously at ... by bowser 2011-11-30 16:25:12
    - Some say 50 years by RobVG 2011-12-01 11:16:28
      - Sigh. Even fusion power has been only 20 years away for the last 50 years. By extrapolation these ... by bowser 2011-12-01 20:35:18

Star Trek vs. Star Wars by TB November 29, 2011 1:51 pm

So, what do we think of Terra Nova after nine episodes? by Robert November 29, 2011 1:07 pm

The science channel had a special on Gene Roddenbury and Star trek last night. It got me thinking about this thread ... by FrankC 2011-12-01 13:45:21
- You're right, the second-chance premise has a lot of potential. Possibly more than Roddenberry's wagon train to the stars. Roddenberry was ... by Robert 2011-12-01 20:56:32
  - If humanity finds a new place to survive, that's part of evolution too. Nature, along with all other living ... by TB 2011-12-01 21:00:30
    - Now that's what I'm talking about. by Robert 2011-12-01 22:35:01
      - Who knew this would become a environmental thread? I really don't know where I fall on the scale of belief. I certainly ... by FrankC 2011-12-02 12:51:01
        
        Serendipity. I wasn't trying to turn the thread that way, but it sure validates my point about meatier story lines ... by Robert 2011-12-02 15:27:26
        
        Wasn't arguing about global warming. by TB 2011-12-02 13:42:24
      - "All a planet's life?" It's a false choice. by TB 2011-12-02 11:10:27
        
        I was, ahem, thinking like a script writer, who has to set up and resolve the conflict in 43 minutes. ... by Robert 2011-12-02 15:41:10
That pretty much nails it but it is flirting with being unwatchable. It has become a show about teen angst. First ... by FrankC 2011-11-30 01:38:15
" Not bad enough to stop watching, not good enough to renew.." by RobVG 2011-11-29 18:52:47
- That was certainly a comprehensive diss. If "diss" is short for dissection. Or vivisection. by Robert 2011-11-30 20:01:47
  - And the commander's desk, that's just plain badass n/t by RobVG 2011-12-01 01:11:43
    - Commander's pretty excessively badass himself. Every desk should express the personality of its occupant. by Robert 2011-12-01 20:58:51

Iranian students storm British embassy, Cain thinking about pulling out by RobVG November 29, 2011 12:27 pm

Hopefully, this move by Iran is just a maneuver to distract the world from the mess their bosom buddies the ... by ER 2011-11-29 17:57:09
- Can you imagine the US response if Iran did the same? The US has been busy killing Iranian scientists, ... by bowser 2011-11-29 19:19:04
  - What's really funny is that before "Bush's Axis of Evil" speech, Iran was rapidly becoming a co-conspirator to the US, ... by ER 2011-11-29 19:52:04
I think its too late for Cain to pull out. by ER 2011-11-29 14:27:58
- *giggle* ER!!!!!!!!!! by Jody 2011-11-29 16:18:52
So the same people who loyally defended Cain when he was accused of multiple counts of sexual harassment are now ... by ER 2011-11-29 13:05:09
- That's not why Cain is in trouble. by TB 2011-11-29 13:22:15
  - Dang by RobVG 2011-11-29 14:19:12
    - When I snark, its wit. by ER 2011-11-29 14:23:42
  - Yeah, its scary, isn't it? by ER 2011-11-29 13:44:24
    - After Gore, Kerry, and Obama, I wouldn't be too smug if I were you. :) by TB 2011-11-29 13:59:07
      - Gore, Kerry or Obama would all be far superior to Gingrich. So would Huntsman, Romney or Santorum. But I'm not smug, ... by ER 2011-11-29 14:21:25
        
        All of them superior? Based on what criteria? Particularly Obama. by TB 2011-11-29 14:55:55
        
        Cain always answered embarrassing questions he couldn't handle by turning them right back on to his questioners. "I don't ... by ER 2011-11-29 15:48:49
        
        You didn't ask a question. You ventured an opinion. by TB 2011-11-29 15:59:37
        
        EDITED: I don't have to answer your questions, Tom. And I don't need to justify my opinions. However... A few months ... by ER 2011-11-29 16:06:34
        
        This is where Gingrich got that idea. Gingrich even credited the author back in 2010. It is indeed the nature ... by TB 2011-11-29 18:15:34
        
        D'Souza's book was thoroughly debunked months ago. Pointing a citation to it don't make it so. You will note no ... by ER 2011-11-29 18:32:44
        
        I think we all know by now which side's "shock troops" are doing the most political damage. by TB 2011-11-29 19:05:27
        
        P.S. by TB 2011-11-29 18:20:52
        
        Republicans vowed to sabotage anything Obama proposed except tax reductions. Signed a vow. No matter how good it ... by bowser 2011-11-29 15:07:48
Cain may as well keep going, his race is over. by bowser 2011-11-29 12:33:24
- Good riddance n/t by RobVG 2011-11-29 12:37:02
  - (Sorry, was intended to be a crude pun.) by bowser 2011-11-29 13:54:24
    - Just to be clear, I was referring to Cain, not you n/t by RobVG 2011-11-29 17:22:38

"Entitlements" - Medicare and Social Security by bowser November 29, 2011 4:57 am

On my first response to your question, the one that starts "Modify them," I put a link that discusses this ... by TB 2011-11-29 10:38:35
- And YOU would do what? What would you recommend. If I wanted to know what "Ryan" would do ... by bowser 2011-11-29 10:56:26
  - I would start with Ryan's ideas, and go on from there. by TB 2011-11-29 11:06:13
    - So If I want to know what you think I should ask Ryan. TB, I'd be sooo embarrassed to ... by bowser 2011-11-29 12:35:05

The seven most elaborate dick moves in online gaming history. by TB November 28, 2011 11:57 pm

I did not understand one word of what was being discussed in that article. by ER 2011-11-30 06:35:32
- I don't play the games, but I have a son and some websites who give me a lot of exposure ... by TB 2011-11-30 14:28:29
- Nor did I, but I only got 1/3rd of the way through it. I was hoping it would get ... by bowser 2011-11-30 13:13:14
I have a personal achievement in WoW that few have done. by Lee 2011-11-29 16:47:09

The consequences of repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." by TB November 28, 2011 10:30 pm

America has a lot to be proud of in this respect. Anti-Trust laws, Child Labor Laws, the 8 hour ... by ER 2011-11-29 05:56:06
Thanks for posting that. In my experience people were opposed to homosexuality in the abstract. If they didn't ... by bowser 2011-11-28 23:16:08

And another thing is starting to annoy me. by bowser November 28, 2011 5:29 pm

I received this in the e-mail yesterday No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us, WE ... by johannes 2011-11-28 20:01:13
- Exactly! by bowser 2011-11-28 21:50:41

Ol' "Honk Honk" Cain takes it to a new level. by bowser November 28, 2011 4:49 pm

Y'know, I sympathize with Herman on this one. For starters, if the charges are true (which I feel ... by ER 2011-11-28 17:26:31
- As far as the timing is considered, it was never relevant before. Until Cain entered the arena it was ... by bowser 2011-11-28 21:50:06
- I don't know. by TB 2011-11-28 18:09:30
  - Hmm. by TB 2011-12-01 15:52:42
  - Obama has nothing to gain by destroying Cain, he fears Romney, Cain would be a pushover in a general election. ... by ER 2011-11-28 18:20:23
    - Every landslide victory the Republicans have had since the end of the 1970s was under a proud and consistent conservative ... by TB 2011-11-28 20:24:57
      - And those proud and conservative victors were? Nixon, that paragon of Conservative honesty and honor? He's the ... by bowser 2011-11-28 21:56:45
      - That's conspiracy theory nonsense, TB. by ER 2011-11-28 21:15:15

Grim and grimmer. The plot thickens and Pakistan looks a bit more formidable. by bowser November 28, 2011 4:20 pm

Yeah, I think this situation is starting to get out of control. If I was Obama I'd take advantage ... by ER 2011-11-28 17:48:20

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