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- Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:11 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Civics Lesson
- Replies: 34
- Views: 15973
Another issue that is near and dear to my heart is the idea of disenfranchising stupid and or ignorant voters. If you don't know anything at all about the candidate you are voting for then you are just screwing up the process for the rest of us who actually know what we're doing. And that sir, is w...
- Mon Mar 16, 2009 11:21 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: MIT Plasma Thruster Program
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4910
Re: MIT Plasma Thruster Program
There are a number of options. Various air launch/cannon or ram accelerator/tether relays, The "Cheap & Stupid Engineering" philosophy of the Sea Dragon BDB, and of course a megascale structure for a national prestige project. Plenty of pathways if the will is there. Ah, my very favorite launch tec...
- Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:06 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Civics Lesson
- Replies: 34
- Views: 15973
I would just prefer that elected officials (Representatives, Senators, and President) be elected and then THEY should decide what a reasonable amount of taxation is necessary to run the Necessary functions of Government. The natural inclination of those people who become part of the Government is t...
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:18 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
- Replies: 124
- Views: 65534
Yes, having more ships probably would have sped WWII up. Maybe prevented it altogether. Who can say? Also possible would be a buildup of arms on both sides, until an attack happens anyway. One only need look at the war with the Soviets. We never got into a direct confrontation with them because the ...
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:03 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
- Replies: 124
- Views: 65534
Heh. Probably true, at that. It's good to balance your bias. Still, I'm thinking of the naval arms race that occurred before WW1. It's agreed by pretty much everyone at this point that it was a contributing factor to the hostilities. Sorry Billy, but I suspect you're wrong about an arms race helping...
- Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:05 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
- Replies: 124
- Views: 65534
Perl harbour, I guess. I don't understand how you think it applies, since it was a navy fleet that got bombed. Having more ships would have helped? And arms races prevent wars? Wow, was my history teacher ever wrong! What does discouraging war have to do with helping the economy? Unless I'm complete...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 10:42 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
- Replies: 124
- Views: 65534
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:08 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: WB7.1 Contract Awarded March 3, 2009
- Replies: 124
- Views: 65534
- Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:07 pm
- Forum: Theory
- Topic: Undergrad Research
- Replies: 15
- Views: 11862
- Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:50 am
- Forum: Design
- Topic: Casting away
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5055
Casting away
I've been trying to figure out a good construction project I can put together. Then I started reading about backyard aluminum casting. I've read that you can make UHV tanks out of aluminum (not that I'd try), but would aluminum coil casings work? Or would this at least be a cheap step towards a Fusor?
- Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:30 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Zero point energy, hu?
- Replies: 83
- Views: 42151
- Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:29 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Hobbies other than polywell?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 27727
- Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:25 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Family Loses House Because Of Global Warming
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4988
Hydro power is the sanest, cleanest power in the world. No waste, no storage problems, completely renewable. Yes, it sucks that people lost their homes, but that's a governmental problem, nothing to do with AWG or hydro power. The US already gets a fair percentage of it's power from hydro, since tha...
- Tue Jan 27, 2009 11:36 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Who comes up with this stuff ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2724
VHDL hardly qualifies as a programming language. It certainly qualifies as a pain in the rear, though. For some reason I had to learn it last year. Wish they'd taught us Verilog instead. Sorry Simon, but you seem to be advocating a return to assembly language, because a really good programmer doesn'...