TheMastersSon Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Sorry to continue the OT drift, but here's the best overview I've found of the current state of fusion power. The first four minutes is introduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyYou Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I don't think that humans will ever develop the ability to colonize other worlds. There just isn't enough money in it..... at least, not yet. Unless there are some SERIOUS advances in propulsion, we are going to be stuck on this rock till we either kill ourselves, or, something else comes along, and takes care of the human infestation naturally. (a big rock, sun goes nova, plague, whathaveyou) Given our present course, I suspect we are going to do ourselves in long before we can expand to the stars. Mores the pity. I would LOVE to be on the SECOND FTL ship. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMastersSon Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 According to Einstein space travel can be accomplished with little or no "travel" at all. Warp spacetime and the universe comes to you. :) http://io9.gizmodo.com/5963263/how-nasa-will-build-its-very-first-warp-drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyYou Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 According to Einstein space travel can be accomplished with little or no "travel" at all. Warp spacetime and the universe comes to you. :smile: http://io9.gizmodo.com/5963263/how-nasa-will-build-its-very-first-warp-driveYeah, but, will it ever go back to where it belongs? I hate visitors that over-stay their welcome. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloquendi Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 "May you live in interesting times." - Ancient Chinese curse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorlyAged Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) This quote pretty much sums up Donald Trump's path to victory. “You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.” Robert A. Heinlein, Revolt in 2100/Methuselah's Children It mattered not if Donald Trump prevaricated, some people already believed the lie. It mattered not if Donald Trump mimicked the disabled, some people enjoyed it. It mattered not if Donald Trump made comments disparaging those with more melanin than he, some people believed him. It mattered not that Donald Trump stated his misogyny on an open microphone, some people felt the same way. Donald Trump appealed to the basest prejudices in the United States, and no journalist, no fact checking, no truth telling, no reality check was going to dissuade those who already believed the lies. But the part that scares me the most is that Donald Trump generates so much hate on both sides of any discussion. The hate speech, threats of violence, petty name calling and foolish insults are more destructive than any weapon in the arsenal. It rends at the fabric of the United States and will surely tear our nation asunder. Edited January 10, 2017 by PoorlyAged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajKrAzAm Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 You just don't get it. At this point in time, many Americans would have voted for Mao if he ran on a ticket of economic nationalism and anti-immigration. Trump is an imperfect messenger for Trumpism (populism + economic nationalism + white identity politics). There is no 'lie'. This is the consequence of the past twenty years of the ideological and physical shrinking of mainstream conservatism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMastersSon Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 (edited) You just don't get it. At this point in time, many Americans would have voted for Mao if he ran on a ticket of economic nationalism and anti-immigration. Trump is an imperfect messenger for Trumpism (populism + economic nationalism + white identity politics). There is no 'lie'. This is the consequence of the past twenty years of the ideological and physical shrinking of mainstream conservatism.Bingo imo. The DNC knew since at least 2008 how weak Hillary was as a presidential candidate, when Obama appeared from near-nothingness (nationally) to win that primary. They ran her anyway in 2016. Stupid and stubborn is a nasty combo. As for your last comment, our country has seen the identical shrinking of mainstream liberalism over the last 40+ years. The machine responsible for Nixon and Reagan successfully (but ridiculously) pinned the L word on what is actually big-government socialism, not liberalism. Suddenly every dollar provided directly to the American people (as opposed to corporate welfare and our Pentagon) was under attack, if anyone remembers Reagan's relentless swipes at Social Security. He actually campaigned for (and very nearly got, due to his popularity) no cost of living adjustments on SS benefits, which would have eventually relegated the program to practical pointlessness. And when the machine failed, their next target was "reforming" welfare, again if anyone even remembers. Well they "reformed" it, and the result was the biggest budget deficits in our history. Ditto bankruptcy laws and anything/everything else that differentiates our federal government from China's or India's. Personally I can't wait to see what abominations our own House of Representatives will spew forth, now that their only obstacle to passage on any bill is filibuster in the Senate. God help us imo. Edited January 18, 2017 by TheMastersSon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoorlyAged Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 There is no 'lie'. Check out this article from FactCheck.org. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurielius Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 There is no 'lie'. Check out this article from FactCheck.org. Truth in the current era is subjective to most partisans on both sides. With the plethora of news choices available most people simply retreat into their own mental bunker only accepting 'truths' that agree with their own opinions and dismissing the rest as propaganda. In the past the mainstream media made at least a pretense of being neutral, now that fig leaf is long gone. The days of national media outlets with a strong sense of journalistic ethics governing their reporting is in the past tense. There are no more Waltter Cronkites or Edward R Murrows, just talking heads with an agenda.Welcome to the information age where people want immediate rather than accurate. One has to really give a damn to track down and confirm what is being spoon fed to you, most people are just too lazy for that.....just my two cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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