Comment Re:not in use? (Score 1) 921
soon we will see signs posting that say something like " no filming, and no recording devices ".
Which means, no cell phones. No bar owner would dare post that.
soon we will see signs posting that say something like " no filming, and no recording devices ".
Which means, no cell phones. No bar owner would dare post that.
No they have made mistakes but they try to not be evil more often then not, and that is far more than I can say about most other companies in their line(s) of business.
They might not be so evil at present. But what happens years down the road when they decide to be evil? They'll have this enormous treasure trove of data, and widespread control of information infrastructure. You know it's inevitable, right? They will not have this anti-evil philosophy forever...and in the meantime they chum the water...we eat happily...they begin pulling the net in around us.
You're ignoring too many social forces at play - especially religion. Despite the growth of atheism in the USA, a large majority of people in the US still turn to God as a last resort when really pressed by a life or death crisis. If the country actually fractured, it would likely be on those cultural/social lines.
This is one of the problems with Christianity in America. You seem to think atheism is some kind of powerful growing cult opposed to Christianity. Atheists are not organizing against anyone. You guys blow these Festivus Pole next to your Nativity incidents way out of proportion. They get publicized by the national media because you guys love that stuff
it will probably take future historians decades to realize that the real USA (as it was - "one nation, under God, indivisible"...
Oh please. Really? The only ammunition atheists have against the American Christian political juggernaut, is the First Amendment...created by the same people who apparently designed this to be "on nation, under God".
Not sure how such an economy, so separated from Earth's would even start.
We start by mining the moon with robots. Refining on the moon with robots. Then finally building human habitats with robots.
I predict that other countries, companies, will mine the moon and we'll have like one company that will be doing exploration of some barren piece of non mine-able area
Okay, fine. Did it really need to be buried in all that insult? Well, here's what I think about that. There's nothing to find on the moon except resources that may one day be useful for colonizing space. Maybe we can find a use for the Helium-3...maybe not. What do you think we'll find when we explore? Certainly not life or alien artifacts.
I love the fact that the USA thinks we own the universe
What about this article implies this?
Shouldn't we encourage a gold rush to the moon? I have no idea what you're getting at here. If we allow this model I predict that other countries, companies, will mine the moon and we'll have like one company that will be doing exploration of some barren piece of non mine-able area.
Who cares if other countries mine the moon? What "model" are you referring to here, and why do "we" have any authority over it?
The USA really needs to get rid of this elitist attitude that we are the best and control everything
What about this article implies an elitist attitude? NASA is taking applications for ideas to work with NASA. Not selling permission to go to the moon.
because we are falling behind other countries on everything... I think the love of our country is clouding reality.
Certainly not on space exploration. NASAs accomplishments have not been reproduced by anyone else. Besides it's a scientific endeavor, not an international dick waving contest. It's worth doing for the science, not national pride. If we don't do it, there's nobody else to fill NASAs shoes completely. There are smaller successful space programs in other countries, but they're not as well funded as NASA.
We don't have a monopoly on ideas and other countries have exploited some of our finest values and leveraged them to their benefit. We need to do the same and look at what other countries are doing and take advantage of their experiences.
What monopoly on ideas are we assuming? Certainly nothing was implied in the article. What are other countries doing in space that we should be doing?
Your post just sounded like a childish troll, and I was treating you like one. If you want to participate in the discussion then write something coherent.
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