alternatively we could just invent another pretext to invade Syria so we can grab up the land and finish the Qatar gas pipeline.Then oil can do what it wants and Russia can go fuck itself since Eastern Europe will then have another source of natural gas.

Colour me cynical.

In tribute to the late, great Robin Williams:

Ask Dr. Ruth. No, not the short Jewish woman, the big black mama called Doctor ROOF!

"Ya can't make butter wid' a toothpick!"

anecdote disproves theory != anomaly.

oh, to have mod points, Miri is my favourite episode.

didn't they do that in TNG with a seed species that spawned every other humanoid race in the Galaxy?

(checking, and yes. episode #146, S6E20 "The Chase", written by J. Monosky and RDM, directed by J. Frakes. Very enjoyable episode that yet again shows Frakes' skill as a director far outshines his lack of skill as an actor).

Not an AC here. It's still at -1, and I agree, there's a bit of rage moderation going on in here. There are tells on styles of writing that experienced readers will be able to read and say "Oh, that AC is that registered user", which is particularly troublesome when downmodded comments turn out to be the most insightful, on topic gems and very often the least offensive, that get modded to oblivion just because someone's been made to look like an idiot on a forum.

when you can run down the entire periodic table in a relatively miniscule thermonuclear explosion here on Earth, what makes you think a 5Ms exploding ball of plasma can't do exactly the same on a proportionately massive scale?

Turning ingame chat OFF does a lot of favours for the game - I don't even see what other players are typing while I'm shooting the snot out of them from clear across the map.

my bad, 1 minute of arc. The numbers are the same for the extrapolation though.

and judgemental cunts like to post AC and troll forums making out they're some sort of fucking saint. FOAD you sanctimonious prick. I bet parent is... no, I'll fucking guarantee Parent doesn't know who his father was.

yes. You should floor it and plow into a fucking wall, you pedantic fucking prick.

"To Serve and Protect" does NOT infer "Take a bullet for Joe Sixpack". Their OATH is to SERVE the Public Trust and to PROTECT the Sanctity of the Constitution of the United States.

From the Utah State Police Oath of Office, Article IV Section X of the Utah Constitution:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, obey and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this State, and that I will discharge the duties of my office with fidelity.”

The International Association of Chiefs of Police goes further in actually defining terms with its own Oath of Office:

"On my honour,
I will never betray my badge,
my integrity, my character,
or the public trust.
I will always have
the courage to hold myself
and others accountable for our actions.
I will always uphold the constitution
my community and the agency I serve."

Before any officer takes the Law Enforcement Oath of Honor, it is important that he/she understands what it means. An oath is a solemn pledge someone makes when he/she sincerely intends to do what he/she says.

Honor means that one's word is given as a guarantee.
Betray is defined as breaking faith with the public trust.
Badge is the symbol of your office.
Integrity is being the same person in both private and public life.
Character means the qualities that distinguish an individual.
Public trust is a charge of duty imposed in faith toward those you serve.
Courage is having the strength to withstand unethical pressure, fear or danger.
Accountability means that you are answerable and responsible to your oath of office.
Community is the jurisdiction and citizens served.

From those two examples alone, it can be seen that the police Oath is not to protect persons or property, but to protect the letter and spirit of the Law as it is intended. The ONLY personal pledge made by any LEO is that made by British Constables who swear allegiance to the Head of State (currently Elizabeth Windsor, AKA, Re. II), which means at any time any Constable may be called to attend Her Royal Personage and by his Oath he MUST obey. That does NOT mean he takes a bullet for her. She has her own private army for that and they get paid an OBSCENE amount of money. She takes her own personal safety and takes personal responsibility for it, same as everybody else. It is only by accident of birth that her protection gets to run around with guns.

interesting, the L1 Lagrange point is full of dust though, that might kill the optics very quickly.

and several times further away.

The ISS is shy of half a million kilogrammes and 108m on it's longest side. At an orbital height of ~430km it's visible to the naked eye, but only discernible to the naked eye for those with 20/20 visual acuity, since its angular diameter is at the limit (1 second of arc). For something at GSO to have the same angular diameter it would have to be 83 times larger (be 9km wide).

1 mile=1.6km

So you're way off the mark.