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    Car and gun recognition game.

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    The car is an Imperial from Chrysler 1955 I think

     

    New Car and year please:

     

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/2005-08-27_Isabella_Coup%C3%A9_Cabrio_(bearb)jpg.JPG

     

    New gun :

     

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/P08_de_Kar98.jpg

     

    Bonus and tip: There is a famous German saying about this gun witch is in some way related to the weapon. Any one who can describe how this saying developed, why it is still popular and what is meant by that saying (in English please, I don't want to make it that easy for those who can speak German) can himself call master at arms.

    The best alternative energy source

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    After watching the dreadful oil spill down in the gulf and seeing the enviromental devastation it has caused, I began to wonder what exactly is the best energy source for our planet to utilize. Each energy source has its pros and cons however which one do you believe should become more mainstream. Its fairly obvious oil supplies around the world are stretched thin, and nations like China and India are starting to get there standerd of living closer to that of the United States. This is not a sustainable situation and I belive the majority of the industrial world should switch over to something more sustainable like a hydrogen fuel cell economy instead of a petroleum based one. However I am looking forward to discussing other options for an oil free world.

     

     

    Pls tell that the people of Europe

    Okay. People of Europe, there is no danger from nuclear waste.

     

    The most dangerous materials from spent fuel rods are melted into glass, which makes atmospheric dispersal (as in the Chernobyl disaster or the ongoing release of radioactive materials from coal plants) impossible except for the very small proportion of material that may be outgassed from the surface. The glass is nearly impermeable to water, so groundwater contamination would be very difficult even if the waste were submerged. That only leaves direct contact as a means of radiation escape, which shielding and burial prevent neatly. So even "naked" nuclear waste is not very threatening to the environment. And because it only takes 40 years for the radioactivity of these materials to diminish by 99.9%, even a flawed storage system would be adequate for preventing the escape of radiation.

     

    So how effective is burial? Well, were the Yucca Mountain complex to be entirely filled with nuclear waste, the maximum dose to a person living nearby would be 0.2 mrem per year, taking into account the probability and consequences of volcanic eruption and earthquakes. This is lower than the radiation dose that same person would receive from a coal power plant. And such a dose is insignificant compared to radiation exposure from natural sources. In fact, eating one banana every six months would give you that same 0.2 mrem per year. So fear of nuclear waste is tantamount to fear of bananas, or an admission that European systems are inferior to a proposed American one.

     

    As far as i know this debate is about "The best alternative energy source". I think we should get to the topic again of alternative energy.

    To fuel the debate with something new I have found the concept of an alternative engine of cars. "See on Wikipedia the Compressed air car" It uses as the name suggests a Compressed-air engine. since most people need to go to work by car this could be, if developed further technical be an alternative to engines that use oil as basic fuel method. It is still not flawless but has some potential in my opinion.

    Ban for Fun

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    ub3rman123 is banned for charging and executing a ban against me for discriminating goldfish witch I don't.

     

    ....If that's sort of live is what you wish

     

    you may grow up to be a fish. ...

    Jokes - Just Add Jokes

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    Heard a funny sentence about the soccer world championship and that classic set up England - Germany.

     

    Every time in world soccer championship between Germany and England, when its going about the sausage, the Germans win. (Because it's all about the sausages.)

     

    I hope we see an interesting and fair match. For my not so funny neighbors I will play tomorrow "Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the world" out loud.

    Inactive users.

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    Let's hope the Site Bot never bumps into Marvin, the paranoid android!

     

    Heard it from a guy called Zaphod Beeblebrox, that when Marvin interacts with other Artificial intelligence that interaction ends with a probability of 100% that the Artificial intelligence is committing suicide. Zaphod told me he witnessed the "death" of a police ship and and a war robot only by interacting with Marvin. I would miss Side Bot because of it's faithfulness. Site Bot seams to me like the strong silent guy.

    This or That?

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    Digital the other word reminds me to much of that open source project I mentioned earlier here in this or that.

     

    Answers that cost the hole world or answers that cost your life?

    This or That?

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    It comes to this: on witch side of the cage are you standing (Are you in inside or outside the monkey/gorilla cage?)

     

    I like monkeys more, I think. (At a save distance of course. )

     

    Snakes or Crocodiles? 

     

     

    The best alternative energy source

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    I've want to add some source of energy production that is overlooked here.

     

    - Water turbines go back till the use of watermills and are a well exploited source of energy production and they are save. 71% of our planet are covered with water. Embankment dams use water turbines and there are plans to use on some points of the oceans.

     

    In my opinion it alternative energy sources (solar-, water- and wind-energy) are worth of exploiting and investing in. At the moment there are world wide some very ambitious projects in planing and developing that are worth watching.

     

    The only draw back is that the great energy concerns adapted the philosophy of green energy only slowly because of the great subventions on (mainly) nuclear power plants form states, with is highly regulated by them and sported. I think we can agree on the danger from nuclear waste products that are endangering us all aside from the (un)safety of the power-plants. In my opinion it needs a shifting of subvention to the alternative energy sources even more. But because the financial crisis of the last years some states consider to build even more nuclear power plats against the new development in more efficient technologies for the alternative energy sources. I personally think that the political depressions (based on lobbing) set this all to a rate of development unacceptable for me. A politician that is at the same time chief executive officer or consultant to an energy concern has his mind on the money he/she revives from the concern more than in the future of our planet. (This has to stop first in my opinion.)

     

    I do not favor one alternative energy source. I think a combination (at the right places) of all alternative energy sources is the future for our planet.

    Forum Game: Count to 20 before someone with an U/u in his username pos

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    20

    SEASONS= Join date determines membership

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    SPRING= March, April, May=Martians

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    SUMMER= June, July, August=Unnamed

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    AUTUMN= September, October, November=Dark Cavalry

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    WINTER= December, January, February=Legion of Doom

     

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    Dark Cavalry pick Summer!

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61FaPPFO1DE&feature=related

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