tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post2239085114876379250..comments2023-10-24T03:46:41.971-07:00Comments on Contingencies: Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-2816132692147473072009-12-28T15:42:59.424-08:002009-12-28T15:42:59.424-08:00I don't want a plan or anything like that, I o...I don't want a plan or anything like that, I only want a price on an iPhone duty free at Tokyo airport.<br /><br /><br /><br />________________<br /> [url=http://unlockiphone22.com]unlock iphone 3g[/url]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-3887833529645461562009-11-14T07:16:01.040-08:002009-11-14T07:16:01.040-08:00Interesting story you got here. I'd like to re...Interesting story you got here. I'd like to read something more about this matter.<br />By the way look at the design I've made myself <a href="http://www.admirableescorts.com/russian_escorts_london.html" rel="nofollow">Russian escorts</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-13703236824230855082009-08-10T19:44:33.345-07:002009-08-10T19:44:33.345-07:00Wasn't harrassment, and if you read it, it was...Wasn't harrassment, and if you read it, it wasn't even about you, but about your NWs star Thug-ron. <br /><br />So, I actually will apologize to Sofia, but not to Thug-ron (or really you), but she or Miss Chambers misread it if they took it personally.<br /><br />Maybe I will post some of B-rons's recent hysteria, like threatening to kick in the door of my parents' house, kickingJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-29431155171508617352009-08-10T19:06:31.882-07:002009-08-10T19:06:31.882-07:00I get it. You don't like him. Moving on...
BT...I get it. You don't like him. Moving on...<br /><br />BTW- my natural tendency is to act nice and civil. Having my wife's limited income jeopardized by harassment can get me pretty riled, however. <br /><br />Don't try that again.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902187799552292369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-32553610645508426872009-08-10T18:31:13.603-07:002009-08-10T18:31:13.603-07:00And if you think I'm inventing things, also re...And if you think I'm inventing things, also review a few of B-ron's rants on DU (at least the ones where he has anyone commenting). <br /><br />One commenter, laughing at B-ron's bizarre rant on the kids' Transformers flick (not quite Fellini, Belch-ron) called his "review" a "hysterical, loony rant". He was being charitable (there were other comments like Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-68007958714536484552009-08-10T18:10:51.683-07:002009-08-10T18:10:51.683-07:00Oh by the way, just to remind you, since you'r...Oh by the way, just to remind you, since you're sort of acting polite and civil---the thug aka Belch-ron on your site has starting sending death threats again (and lying about it), along with his usual Big Lie (and juvenile rants in general) that I'm a conservative. <br /><br />Hah. Conservatives support NASA, for one. Conservatives march into sunday school, for years (and lie about it).Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-18620783771646959892009-08-10T17:39:14.231-07:002009-08-10T17:39:14.231-07:00The SOL is a constant, not a technological barrier...The SOL is a constant, not a technological barrier--not really comparable to luddite-ism (anyway, there were gliders before that time). <br /><br />The most far-fetched proposals for space travel don't foresee any craft reaching near 50% of SOL in the next few decades. Even then many reasonable citizens would probably not support the nuclear-fusion or fission type rockets.<br /><br />Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-18686067717109706232009-08-10T16:47:42.953-07:002009-08-10T16:47:42.953-07:00All the more reason my cheat is so golden. I can b...All the more reason my cheat is so golden. I can break as many rules as I please.<br /><br />"We won't be travelling above the speed of light, ever. We won't even be coming close for decades, if not centuries."<br /><br />Sounds kind of familiar... like those 1890s folks who huffed that "if man was meant to fly he would have had wings!"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902187799552292369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-26518982156036615462009-08-10T16:42:35.832-07:002009-08-10T16:42:35.832-07:00That said, I generally prefer realism, even in sci...That said, I generally prefer realism, even in sci-fi--<br /><br /><br />We won't be travelling above the speed of light, ever. We won't even be coming close for decades, if not centuries. <br /><br />Even if some massive Orion-like star-craft project got going, it would probably require like some massive police state to get it up and running--similar for manned Mars expedition. And the Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-73605036547384701282009-08-10T16:28:41.221-07:002009-08-10T16:28:41.221-07:00I escape so many issues by placing this in a compl...I escape so many issues by placing this in a completely imaginary time and place, it's almost not fair. I can assume that the scientists of this race are uniformly enlightened and heroic and would never create monsters and such. Of course, that might be boring, so maybe I'll have to create my own alter-Mengele at some point. So many possibilities...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902187799552292369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-81977594150932806042009-08-10T16:13:47.314-07:002009-08-10T16:13:47.314-07:00BTW- the CS's "targeting the natives for ...BTW- the CS's "targeting the natives for genetic enhancement" is his way of favoring their development over the off-world species he's intermixing. May be criticized as affirmative action in a sense, but hardly Mengelian. The real victims are the off-worlders who are being used to supercharge the biosphere but will most likely eventually be killed off by the favored natives. DogUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902187799552292369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-27014897088842243262009-08-10T16:12:28.382-07:002009-08-10T16:12:28.382-07:00OK.
The reason for the post was your implicit a...OK. <br /><br />The reason for the post was your implicit approval of an genetic engineer who "plays God," more or less. That's in keeping with a theme I have focused on for a few months--the "ideology of science" , which is not to be mistaken for Luddite-ism, or marxism, or any ism, but about bad applications of Science.<br /><br />Dr. Mengele's nightmares did Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-39257818314716240732009-08-10T15:33:02.175-07:002009-08-10T15:33:02.175-07:00There are, I hope, some thoughtful aspects to the ...There are, I hope, some thoughtful aspects to the plot of my little epic. It can be summarized as a celebration of science and engineering wrapped around a romantic creation myth. Out there, I know.<br /><br />There would definitely be controversy regarding my Chief Scientist's agenda, which is rather Utopian, but also a little like playing God. He's helping to rescue this dying world andUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902187799552292369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-12201755766094941952009-08-10T14:54:37.991-07:002009-08-10T14:54:37.991-07:00The point still holds (though your explanation mak...The point still holds (though your explanation makes your phrasing seem even more vague--natives are human. bacteria are not, even in some wild fictional or metaphorical sense). And anyway the line serves to illustrate the point on the potential danger of genetic determinism (which is to say, read the entire essay, especially material from Dr. Lewontin, which serves as an effective counter Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5592514.post-856773838384439552009-08-10T14:42:42.579-07:002009-08-10T14:42:42.579-07:00Hate to burst your bubble, but the "natives&q...Hate to burst your bubble, but the "natives" in question are bacteria recently awakened on an imaginary planet after having lain dormant for billions of years. If you want to consider this Mengelian racism, why I suppose that's your prerogative. Nice to see it's thought provoking... I guess.<br /><br />I rather like that particular lyric myself.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01902187799552292369noreply@blogger.com