Ebola is a rather inefficient killer of humans as such things go. The current outbreak, if it is allowed to run its course, won't kill as many people as die of natural causes in California this year....
So, does that mean we should move more people to California and let the earthquakes and brush fires take them out?
Heck, Al Gore probably consumes 70% by himself!
One of my gripes with OS/2 is that Windows software was even more unstable under OS/2 than under pure Windows. They didn't trash the whole system, but they did take down every Windows program when they crashed. OS/2 was rock solid running its native apps. Both of them.
I keep hearing that the reason it's so bad in Africa is that they are incompetent in handling it. Surely we're more competent at such things.
Oh crap, now I'm worried!
Well, I figure, any aliens able to get to Earth from who knows how many light-years away would regard us as an interesting species to study. Kind of like we might study some animals or primitive natives on an isolated island. An "arms race" would be like those natives harvesting more spears, and the ETs would probably get a few laughs out of it.
That brings up the question of when does a religion become different. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are considered different even though they worship the same God. Sunnis and Shiites are both Muslims, but are they really the same religion? They obviously are different enough to want to kill each other.
As an American, I'm tougher than the Europeans, and I can prove it. I can take heat up to 104 degrees. The Europeans are in trouble when it's only 40!
I live in the Midwest, and I know what sub zero and over 100 feel like. I would classify those temps as unlivable, even if they do happen routinely.
I think they should go back to year versioning. It's simple and easy to understand. It works for Office, Quicken, and my car.
Yeah, I guess they're worried it will mess up their cloud or phone calls or something.
The problem isn't that some idiot walked past security staring at his iPad. The problem is that some idiots in security let a fool walk past them (were they staring at iPads too?).
But I know I can trust them! They told me so, and trustworthy people don't lie.
Frankly, I have no wish to see Scientist A naked. We really need scientists who are as hot as Celebrity M. I would totally trust them in that case.
The obvious solution is to elect a President who will appoint a law-abiding AG. The obvious problem with that is, most candidates don't admit that they'll violate your rights while campaigning.
Most of the ones we've seen. But, maybe there's a whole bunch that don't. Either of Spock's parents would have had trouble, medical intervention notwithstanding, making it with a Horta.
Genetics explains why you look like your father, and if you don't, why you should.
