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Posting just a title line sometimes links to an empty body. RobVG November 5, 2025 1:02 pm (GeekSpeak)

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Muskfinger - and other evil space billionaires BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 10:19 pm (Space/Science)

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Message in a bottle BuckGalaxy October 29, 2025 10:55 am (Off-Topic)

In times of liberal dominance... by FrankC April 23, 2012 3:44 pm

No more Mr Nice Guy by ER 2012-04-24 13:42:31
- Fifty bucks says that guys a liberal. by TB 2012-04-24 15:41:47
  - Yeah, he's one of them country club liberals. Boodles, shaken, not stirred. by ER 2012-04-24 16:32:02
  - Afraid so. If he were drinking wine out of a box he'd be an NRA Conservative. by bowser 2012-04-24 16:10:16
    - Only if he was holding the box over his head and letting it pour into his mouth. by TB 2012-04-24 16:37:23
I'm wondering how "liberal dominance" would be measured. It just doesn't seem that way to me, but I don't ... by bowser 2012-04-23 20:43:40
- Control of the executive and legislative. This is assuming that we consider democrats as usually liberal and republicans not usually ... by FrankC 2012-04-23 21:03:49
- They're the ones who wear leather that isn't necessary for doing a job. by TB 2012-04-23 20:50:02
I think this time the cigar is just a cigar. by TB 2012-04-23 16:04:38

Private asteroid mining? by TB April 19, 2012 3:28 pm

More information now at the Planetary Resources website. by TB 2012-04-24 14:21:03
My guess is that it has to with extraterrestrial energy resources, not rocks. by podrock 2012-04-19 21:30:15
- Orbiting power satellites might be a good bet. I did a lot of work on this concept years ago, too. ... by TB 2012-04-20 20:59:17
In slightly related news, Scaled Composites (SpaceShip Two, Stratolaunch) is hiring. Sigh...to be twenty again. by TB 2012-04-19 19:50:52
I wonder what minerals they expect to find that will make it economically worthwhile to recover and bring back. ... by ER 2012-04-19 16:49:13
- Look at my old "asteroid mining" article. The prices are obsolete (I may update this someday), but the analysis is basically ... by TB 2012-04-19 19:09:42
  - Your figures are impressive, but you haven't really calculated the total cost per kilo of finding and then moving finished ... by ER 2012-04-19 20:35:40
    - There are already answers to many of these questions. by TB 2012-04-20 20:49:41
      - Perhaps your optimism is fueled by your enthusiasm? Or should I say wishful thinking? There is a vast gulf ... by ER 2012-04-21 07:34:45
        
        I won't deny I am enthusiastic, or even a wishful thinker. by TB 2012-04-21 11:10:20
        
        Believe me, if they could do it, I'd go to work for them if they'd have me. I'd even ... by ER 2012-04-21 14:08:03
- I remember when it was thought that conditions in LEO, particularly zero-G, would allow many industrial processes not possible on ... by ER 2012-04-19 17:17:29

Obama announces his annual crackdown on oil market "manipulators" by TB April 21, 2012 1:56 pm

Artificially generated shortages don't count? Pulling refineries off-line so as to drive up the price of refined products isn't ... by bowser 2012-04-23 20:51:47
- Anybody can ask a question. by TB 2012-04-23 21:31:03
  - They are simple "yes" or "no" questions relevant to your post. And I was right. You wouldn't answer, ... by bowser 2012-04-23 22:14:38
    - Okay. Let's go over it again. by TB 2012-04-24 08:02:58
      - "HOVENSA announced earlier this month that it would shut down its St. Croix refinery in the Virgin Islands. Sunoco and ... by bowser 2012-04-24 09:51:56
        
        These refineries are not being permanently shut down. by TB 2012-04-24 11:30:00
        
        Economics 50: A functional monopoly artificially restricting supply is a tactic designed to increase profits. In the oil ... by bowser 2012-04-24 13:38:46
So the futures market is not a problem? by RobVG 2012-04-22 09:41:04
- Okay, we'll investigate it for another four years. by TB 2012-04-22 12:57:51
  - I had a reply but I lost it. [Edit] by RobVG 2012-04-23 07:59:37
    - Update on that Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group here. by TB 2012-04-23 09:05:00
      - Well, there might be a difference between an actual supply problem and an anticipated drop in supply that's never realized? by RobVG 2012-04-23 17:38:45
- Way to go, Rob! by ER 2012-04-22 10:06:09
  - "Hmmm. While we’re talking about speculation, maybe we can speculate that this unexplainable spike in gas prices is deliberately engineered ... by TB 2012-04-22 16:56:19
    - 2008? Oh that was obviously Democratic skullduggery, taking advantage of their great influence with the oil companies, and the Texas ... by ER 2012-04-22 17:25:45
      - Or the simplest conclusion that fits both cases: your "deliberately engineered" theory was a load of pants. :) by TB 2012-04-22 19:11:39
        
        I've mentioned here before that I think prices are set by individual speculators, and (sometimes) market forces, but since ... by ER 2012-04-22 21:17:22

Careful about disposing of that old smartphone by TB April 21, 2012 6:04 pm

A word to the wise. The safest phone is a Nokia 800. You won't be able to get ... by bowser 2012-04-24 09:31:04
I figure I'll just smash mine after the contract runs out. Also, this reminds me of the time I was walking ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-21 19:10:27

The Speed of Technology by TB April 23, 2012 8:34 pm

Just noticed: How come most of the technologies slow down right before they hit %100? Some of them ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-04-24 01:51:23

What the public knows about political parties by TB April 23, 2012 10:14 am

Clearly the results divulge a truth. WE ARE SCREWED by Jody 2012-04-23 13:26:28
By the way: Don't knock capuchin monkeys. They're a bit smarter than your average - - - . ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:20:25
- "...on the ability of capuchins to use money..." by ER 2012-04-23 12:37:54
I thought some of the questions were phrased a bit oddly, and that someone doing a quick read would get ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:14:36
Funny, I interpreted the exact same data in a totally different way. by ER 2012-04-23 11:00:55
- Did you read the whole news story? by TB 2012-04-23 11:04:58
  - Yes. Why, Is that supposed to make a difference in my conclusion? by ER 2012-04-23 11:18:20
    - No, you concluded this was why people voted Republican. The results and demographics seem to indicate otherwise. by TB 2012-04-23 11:35:19
      - I don't see it. This is what I saw. "The partisan gaps in knowledge are at least partly a consequence of demographic ... by ER 2012-04-23 12:06:36
        
        Remarkable. by TB 2012-04-23 12:44:40
        
        I think you spend an awful lot of effort trying to change the way I think. Think about that. by ER 2012-04-23 12:57:31
        
        Have you ever thought about why I bother? by TB 2012-04-23 13:06:57
        
        We've always known you were a partisan propagandist Tom. We've told you as much. But I have to admit, ... by ER 2012-04-23 13:17:09
        
        Ah, that's a load of horseapples. by TB 2012-04-23 13:34:22
        
        Tom, your "pick the group" gotcha is not really all that extreme. That's really middle of the road stuff. ... by ER 2012-04-23 13:56:08
        
        "Middle of the road?" No wonder you think I'm in deep right field. Check your GPS. by TB 2012-04-23 14:01:37
Same here Tom by Jody 2012-04-23 10:49:03

What's happening May 1st by TB April 23, 2012 1:46 pm

Kodachrome by ER April 23, 2012 7:41 am

It takes a hell of a good digital camera to do the kind of things film cameras did routinely. by TB 2012-04-23 08:54:43
- Any jerk can take a picture, as I suspect that gentleman was trying to tell me. The real skill comes ... by ER 2012-04-23 10:28:00
  - Some of it is, so help me, personal. I have a friend I've hiked and climbed with a lot. ... by bowser 2012-04-23 12:31:36
    - The trick to taking good photographs is to take a lot of them. Clap a high capacity motorized film ... by ER 2012-04-23 12:54:34

Cause of Falcon hypersonic scramjet crash revealed by RobVG April 23, 2012 7:20 am

9 minutes at Mach 20 and then lost signal? It simply outran the signal. by bowser 2012-04-23 12:51:16

The SCP Foundation by TB April 23, 2012 12:24 pm

Bah. Research. (Moved to SF) by TB April 22, 2012 7:28 pm

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