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Comment Yay imperialism! (Score 1) 692

‘Cecil Rhodes founded the De Beers Mining Company, owned the British South Africa Company, and had his name given to what became the state of Rhodesia.
He liked to "paint the map British red" and declared, "all of these stars ... these vast worlds that remain out of reach. If I could, I would annex other planets".’ (Wikipedia)

Comment Re:Tubes (Score 1) 226

OK so the correct answer to my question, which imposes a tube moving at the speed of light whether there be a means of getting it there or not, is b) some physical phenomenon prevents me moving forward, that physical phenomenon being my outrageous mass, since to move anywhere at all I would have to accelerate or decelerate that mass.
Thank you.

Comment Re:Tubes (Score 1) 226

Well I realize the OP wasn't attempting to be serious, but I'll ask a serious question anyway.
A long, 3m diameter tube is moving at c. You set out to propel yourself from the aft of the tube to the fore, maybe with a power winch. What happens?
Does the tube disintegrate?
Does some physical phenomenon prevent you moving forward?
If you can move forward, by what magic are you still not travelling any faster than the tube?
Or are you indeed travelling faster then the tube but somehow not faster than light? If so please explain.

Comment Geographical Errors (Score 1) 100

Re: TFA
1) Mont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps, not Europe. The Caucusus range reaches higher.
2) It is not the 11th highest mountain in the world. Not even hundred-and-11th. It is the eleventh most prominent. Prominence is a contrived value that basically says how much the the mountain juts out from its surroundings. "The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowest point on that route is the col."
Thus Mount McKinley's prominence is measured with respect to Anconcagua in Argentina. Very meaningful, hmm?

Comment Re:Greece can pull out Re:Soverign debt (Score 1) 743

They'll possibly pass laws making it hard for their citizens and companies to do business with Greece or its citizens and companies.

No they won't. The Eurozone is not the EU. The EU does not and can not allow that kind of behaviour among its members. It goes against the whole purpose of the EEC.

Comment Re:Open voting logs is the solution (Score 1) 103

You make it so that changing something needs substantially more than 50% acceptance. If the vote is close, say between 45%–55%, the law gets sent back to the politicians for revision and revote. Then if it's still close to 50%, status quo reigns. This is how voting works in many specific cases.

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