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If there's going to be anything like a permanent colony? Yes. Yes it is. The recycling processes aren't perfect, either, so maybe you'll only capture 95% of the water going in. That means you either need regular shipments of water coming in, or a purification plant.
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All this talk about Mars has me wondering... who was the first person to masturbate in space? The first couple in space was N. Jan Davis and Mark C. Lee,
Not exactly news here... but it's semi-related to the discussion at hand.
All this talk about Mars has me wondering... who was the first person to masturbate in space? The first couple in space was N. Jan Davis and Mark C. Lee,
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, which also suggests that multiple astronauts have done some astronaughty things in their solo time up there. Has someone masturbated on the moon? Who will be the first person to masturbate on Mars?Not exactly news here... but it's semi-related to the discussion at hand.
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That said, desalinisation stuff isn't even profitable to deploy everywhere on earth. I'd say we won't have a mars base for a while until we make this tech a lot cheaper
Edit: Also, Russian boots on the ground in Syria Soon(tm)
Well, for one, our immune systems are surprisingly robust, white cells will wreck all the foreign bodies they can find(In before bad rep of BODY FOR WHITE CELLS YES YES), to the point where organ transplants are dangerous and need immune system suppressant pills for life. Unless there's already virusses and parasitic bacteria out there who can defend against our own body's defence, we should be fine.
That said, desalinisation stuff isn't even profitable to deploy everywhere on earth. I'd say we won't have a mars base for a while until we make this tech a lot cheaper
Edit: Also, Russian boots on the ground in Syria Soon(tm)
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Just to stay on topic, the ridiculous amount of election polls in Canada indicate a three-way tie for the NDP, Liberals and Conservatives. Hopefully whoever wins will change our broken first-past-the-post system (the Tories got a majority with about 25% of the votes... why...
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Don't even mention that, it'd be sad if the first attempt to colonize ended like that... Although I think it did spur human expansion.
Just to stay on topic, the ridiculous amount of election polls in Canada indicate a three-way tie for the NDP, Liberals and Conservatives. Hopefully whoever wins will change our broken first-past-the-post system (the Tories got a majority with about 25% of the votes... why...
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The in-game justification for not having replicators, is that it makes sense to have such a thing on a spaceship, where conserving mass is preferable to slogging around with tons and tons of food, but on a planetary base, there isn't that need, so you can quite easily set up much, much cheaper farms.
Generally speaking, those lifeforms that partake in the largest ecosystem and biosphere tend to be better suited (because natural selection) to withstand viral or bacterial invasions. In the case of Mars, their microbes would have little to no adaptation for invading complex, multicellular lifeforms. Well, one assumes. Perhaps there's a more sinister reason there are no small green men walking about there.
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Yeah. This reminds me of a strategy game based in the Star Trek universe, where as part of your base, you build hydroponics farms.
The in-game justification for not having replicators, is that it makes sense to have such a thing on a spaceship, where conserving mass is preferable to slogging around with tons and tons of food, but on a planetary base, there isn't that need, so you can quite easily set up much, much cheaper farms.
Well, it wouldn't be the first time, European discovery of the Americas was disastrous for many native lifeforms, not the least of which was the people.
Generally speaking, those lifeforms that partake in the largest ecosystem and biosphere tend to be better suited (because natural selection) to withstand viral or bacterial invasions. In the case of Mars, their microbes would have little to no adaptation for invading complex, multicellular lifeforms. Well, one assumes. Perhaps there's a more sinister reason there are no small green men walking about there.
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I don't know, I wouldn't under-estimate a life-form that can survive in the conditions currently present on mars. Even though the water's liquid, it's still extremely cold (lol, probably all you'd have to do to kill them off is bring the temp to human norms).
Though now that I'm thinking about it, I don't trust mars. Doesn't it seem a little too easy? In terms of terraforming it really only needs a nudge or two (In comparison to planets with no atmosphere at all, completely toxic atmoshpere, no water at all, severe weather). Almost as if it's there just waiting for us...
I don't know, I wouldn't under-estimate a life-form that can survive in the conditions currently present on mars. Even though the water's liquid, it's still extremely cold (lol, probably all you'd have to do to kill them off is bring the temp to human norms).
Though now that I'm thinking about it, I don't trust mars. Doesn't it seem a little too easy? In terms of terraforming it really only needs a nudge or two (In comparison to planets with no atmosphere at all, completely toxic atmoshpere, no water at all, severe weather). Almost as if it's there just waiting for us...
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Well, there are some serious problems with terraforming Mars, and that's that Mars has a much weaker magnetic field (probably due to there being less movement in its core, due to it being more solid than ours) - the weaker magnetic field means that more harmful cosmic radiation hits the surface, which can be severely negative for potential lifeforms on the suface (ie. plants, etc.) (Fun fact: this means that old-fashioned compasses are useless on Mars.)
It might also mean troubles for creating a stable Earth-like atmosphere, which is a lot more dense than Mars', although I don't know too much about this, so I might be wrong.
Well, there are some serious problems with terraforming Mars, and that's that Mars has a much weaker magnetic field (probably due to there being less movement in its core, due to it being more solid than ours) - the weaker magnetic field means that more harmful cosmic radiation hits the surface, which can be severely negative for potential lifeforms on the suface (ie. plants, etc.) (Fun fact: this means that old-fashioned compasses are useless on Mars.)
It might also mean troubles for creating a stable Earth-like atmosphere, which is a lot more dense than Mars', although I don't know too much about this, so I might be wrong.
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While some European leaders are debating working together with Assad to defeat ISIS (including dear Angie, for whom, I'd like to say at this point, I never once voted for), France went into the opposing direction and has opened investigations against the Syrian dictator for crimes against humanity. Its evidence is tens of thousand pictures of torture victims taken by a Syrian defector.
While some European leaders are debating working together with Assad to defeat ISIS (including dear Angie, for whom, I'd like to say at this point, I never once voted for), France went into the opposing direction and has opened investigations against the Syrian dictator for crimes against humanity. Its evidence is tens of thousand pictures of torture victims taken by a Syrian defector.
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All that is needed is the mobile number of the person you want to rate. From what I've gathered so far, this person will be notified via SMS, but cannot opt-out. The app could be available as early as November.
Rating people by giving them stars isn't entirely new though, we Germans invented it. Didn't work out.
edit: Apparently somewhere in the guidelines for what kind of apps will make it into the apple store, it says:
"Any App that is defamatory, offensive, mean-spirited, or likely to place the targeted individual or group in harm's way will be rejected".
Assuming similar reasoning applies to other app stores (what different kinds are there besides google play? I have 12 y/o dumb phone and wouldn't know),
this may just be some kind of PR thingy to hype and polarize before the app is actually being sold in a modified form.
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lets you rate other people on the internet.All that is needed is the mobile number of the person you want to rate. From what I've gathered so far, this person will be notified via SMS, but cannot opt-out. The app could be available as early as November.
Rating people by giving them stars isn't entirely new though, we Germans invented it. Didn't work out.
edit: Apparently somewhere in the guidelines for what kind of apps will make it into the apple store, it says:
"Any App that is defamatory, offensive, mean-spirited, or likely to place the targeted individual or group in harm's way will be rejected".
Assuming similar reasoning applies to other app stores (what different kinds are there besides google play? I have 12 y/o dumb phone and wouldn't know),
this may just be some kind of PR thingy to hype and polarize before the app is actually being sold in a modified form.
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The culture of perpetuating cuckolds and then leeching them for money has to stop, and if the French are any indication, outrageous laws making them still obligated to take care of other people's children could be seen to be the way of the future.
I found out about it on 8chan, people on twitter are shitting all over it so hopefully the PR storm will strike them out the very bowels of the internet. The "most means right" mentality will kill opinion and turn American/UK society fascist if this shit carries on, politics needs to stop being lead by the nose by extremist feminists and mental cases of other kinds if we want to achieve any kind egalitarianism, or masculine men will die out/rebel in a bloody fury the likes of which has yet to be seen in history.
The culture of perpetuating cuckolds and then leeching them for money has to stop, and if the French are any indication, outrageous laws making them still obligated to take care of other people's children could be seen to be the way of the future.
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At that point, I fully expect the French men to just take two Swiss vacations at some point. Once to personally deliver the samples so they can get the test started
And once more later on to collect them personally.
Sounds kinda like you have to dodge the gestapo in WW2 germany while pretending not to be jewish, but sadly that's how it goes with many bans on things that shouldn't be banned
I sure know that if I'm married and the kid isn't mine, they're not getting a cent out of me. I'd sell everything and donate it all to charity, then go live as a hermit. They can go ask the real father for support
Anyone who willingly cheats on their partner after full on swearing not to in a huge ceremony is the lowest scum anyway, and deserve every bit of poverty and sadness they get
At that point, I fully expect the French men to just take two Swiss vacations at some point. Once to personally deliver the samples so they can get the test started
And once more later on to collect them personally.
Sounds kinda like you have to dodge the gestapo in WW2 germany while pretending not to be jewish, but sadly that's how it goes with many bans on things that shouldn't be banned
I sure know that if I'm married and the kid isn't mine, they're not getting a cent out of me. I'd sell everything and donate it all to charity, then go live as a hermit. They can go ask the real father for support
Anyone who willingly cheats on their partner after full on swearing not to in a huge ceremony is the lowest scum anyway, and deserve every bit of poverty and sadness they get
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I'd happily pay for a child that isn't mine, assuming I could actually get custody (fat chance), I'd feel sorry for the poor child being raised by a woman who's clearly immoral and doesn't care for men. I can even maybe understand if you dislike me enough to cheat on me, but barring criminal levels of action on my part you should at least respect me enough to break up with me rather than dishonestly *steal* my cash in order so support some sap's kid and continue on to mislead me about it. Only somebody completely selfish or man-hating would do something like that, unless they literally had no other choice in order to provide for the child, although in that case it's still their fault, just even more irresponsible than before and leaving a decent man no other choice but to willingly give away their cash to support a poor child with nowhere else to turn that isn't their responsibility.
People like that don't deserve to have sexual partners, LET ALONE THE MIRACULOUS GIFT OF A CHILD, LMAO. Man, people give the French shit all the time, but if you really want to get under their skin just tell them a factual truth. France is THE OFFICIAL COUNTRY OF CUCKS. Who the fuck would want to hail from a place like that you ask? Only the most vicious and sadistic of bitches, or the most pathetic and depraved of cucks. Sorry to any French people who hate their Government and wish it would change, you guys are cool with me, as you clearly aren't pathetic or selfish as earlier implied, in fact, I have French heritage myself, making this quite close to home in it's own way.
I'd happily pay for a child that isn't mine, assuming I could actually get custody (fat chance), I'd feel sorry for the poor child being raised by a woman who's clearly immoral and doesn't care for men. I can even maybe understand if you dislike me enough to cheat on me, but barring criminal levels of action on my part you should at least respect me enough to break up with me rather than dishonestly *steal* my cash in order so support some sap's kid and continue on to mislead me about it. Only somebody completely selfish or man-hating would do something like that, unless they literally had no other choice in order to provide for the child, although in that case it's still their fault, just even more irresponsible than before and leaving a decent man no other choice but to willingly give away their cash to support a poor child with nowhere else to turn that isn't their responsibility.
People like that don't deserve to have sexual partners, LET ALONE THE MIRACULOUS GIFT OF A CHILD, LMAO. Man, people give the French shit all the time, but if you really want to get under their skin just tell them a factual truth. France is THE OFFICIAL COUNTRY OF CUCKS. Who the fuck would want to hail from a place like that you ask? Only the most vicious and sadistic of bitches, or the most pathetic and depraved of cucks. Sorry to any French people who hate their Government and wish it would change, you guys are cool with me, as you clearly aren't pathetic or selfish as earlier implied, in fact, I have French heritage myself, making this quite close to home in it's own way.
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Well, shit. And here I was thinking that all those people insulting the French were just being assholes...
I mean, that guy you linked comes off just about as bad as the various misandrists out there, just in the opposing direction. However he does raise a valid point, most sex crimes do not actually belong to a sex and can be perpetrated by men or women. Paternity fraud (intentional or not) can only be committed by women.
As far as masculine men rising up... damn what are we actually going to do once we've won? I don't want to live in a world with no women, and I really don't want to go back to a time when it would be okay for someone to treat women like shit based solely on their genitals.
I think the goal we should be aiming for is a society where everyone is actually treated equally, one where justice can be served to the guilty without forcing victims to stand in open court and announce in detail the humiliation and degradation they've suffered? Somehow I don't see us achieving that by way of open warfare.
That said, I won't be tolerating bullshit treatment from women any more than I would from men.
Well, shit. And here I was thinking that all those people insulting the French were just being assholes...
I mean, that guy you linked comes off just about as bad as the various misandrists out there, just in the opposing direction. However he does raise a valid point, most sex crimes do not actually belong to a sex and can be perpetrated by men or women. Paternity fraud (intentional or not) can only be committed by women.
As far as masculine men rising up... damn what are we actually going to do once we've won? I don't want to live in a world with no women, and I really don't want to go back to a time when it would be okay for someone to treat women like shit based solely on their genitals.
I think the goal we should be aiming for is a society where everyone is actually treated equally, one where justice can be served to the guilty without forcing victims to stand in open court and announce in detail the humiliation and degradation they've suffered? Somehow I don't see us achieving that by way of open warfare.
That said, I won't be tolerating bullshit treatment from women any more than I would from men.
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I literally just posted the first result on google relating to the subject, I don't necessarily endorse that particular reporter's opinions. Still pretty pissed about the law and the suspicious lack of coverage it gets.
I literally just posted the first result on google relating to the subject, I don't necessarily endorse that particular reporter's opinions. Still pretty pissed about the law and the suspicious lack of coverage it gets.
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Yeah, because women dominate politics in so many countries. Oh wait, no they don't. There's only two countries in the world with over 50% female legislators and only three countries with over 45%. Interestingly, Rwanda has the highest percent. I don't know much about Rwanda lately, but they seem to be doing a lot better than they were 25 years ago at least.
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The reasoning for France's tight lid on paternity tests seems to be the argument that they're protecting "the family peace", and argument I feel looks suspiciously puritan and pre-modern. It fails completely, it seems, to realize that many who'd want paternity tests, are not "families" to begin with.
I agree that it seems to be highly disadvantageous to men - but the other aspect is that - and correct me if I'm wrong where - if an unmarried woman wants to have a paternity test to see if a man is the father of her child, then he can dodge that bullet by simply refusing, right?
It's been argued that France is the country of cuckolds, but I'd argue that it's in a greater degree a country where systematic cheating by men seems to have a kind of cultural tolerance. When Francois Hollande was caught cheating - first with one woman, then on the second woman with a third one - his popularity actually went up a bit.
So I guess cuckqueaning (ie a woman whose man cheats on her) has a long history there too. *shrug*
The reasoning for France's tight lid on paternity tests seems to be the argument that they're protecting "the family peace", and argument I feel looks suspiciously puritan and pre-modern. It fails completely, it seems, to realize that many who'd want paternity tests, are not "families" to begin with.
I agree that it seems to be highly disadvantageous to men - but the other aspect is that - and correct me if I'm wrong where - if an unmarried woman wants to have a paternity test to see if a man is the father of her child, then he can dodge that bullet by simply refusing, right?
It's been argued that France is the country of cuckolds, but I'd argue that it's in a greater degree a country where systematic cheating by men seems to have a kind of cultural tolerance. When Francois Hollande was caught cheating - first with one woman, then on the second woman with a third one - his popularity actually went up a bit.
So I guess cuckqueaning (ie a woman whose man cheats on her) has a long history there too. *shrug*
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