The Off Topic Topic

[Valmy]

You guys are kind of making me think putting people in Space means our planet's days are numbered.

[lustindarkness]

You guys are kind of making me think that having people in on earth means our planet's days are numbered.

[Valmy]

You guys are kind of making me think that having people in on earth means our planet's days are numbered.

Damned if we do, damned if we don't. Typical.

[Razgovory]

You guys are kind of making me think putting people in Space means our planet's days are numbered.

It's really a scary proposition.  Maybe that's why we've never seen a creature from another planet.  They destroy themselves in war and industrial accidents as soon as they can reliably reach asteroids.  When you start moving at relativistic speeds it really gets scary.  I think that's why lots of Sci-fi have things like "hyperspace".  It would really put a damper on Star Wars if Han Solo confused the gas for the brake and wiped out an entire planet.

[lustindarkness]

You guys are kind of making me think that having people in on earth means our planet's days are numbered.

Damned if we do, damned if we don't. Typical.

I think the planet's best chance is to get rid of humans, we are back to nuking from orbit, only way to make sure.

[crazy canuck]

They have a point.

Yes, that people who don't see a difference between taking off a helmet and taking off a Burka have some serious issues.

[Razgovory]

Maybe we can pass a law that says you don't have to wear a helmet on a bike song long a you wear a burka.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Presumably accelerating is not a problem since they fly from star system to star system.

Yes, but a nuclear weapon is a far smaller and cheaper alternative to turning an asteroid into a kamikaze spaceship.  With nuclear weapons, a single spaceship the size of the Nimitz could carry enough firepower to level everything on the surface of a planet.

Maybe I wasn't being clear earlier.  I'm not saying it isn't possible, I'm saying it isn't cost-effective given the existence of nuclear weapons.

[alfred russel]

They have a point.

Yes, that people who don't see a difference between taking off a helmet and taking off a Burka have some serious issues.

Yeah, a helmet protects against head injuries. A burka; not so much.

[Valmy]

They have a point.

Yes, that people who don't see a difference between taking off a helmet and taking off a Burka have some serious issues.

Yes a burka covers the entire body whereas a helmet just obscures the face. But it may be possible those guys do not actually know what a burka is.

[Grey Fox]

They have a point.

Yes, that people who don't see a difference between taking off a helmet and taking off a Burka have some serious issues.

Why? because some religious asshole hasn't yet commanded (and got very popular) that bike helmets must be worn all the time?

[Razgovory]

Presumably accelerating is not a problem since they fly from star system to star system.

Yes, but a nuclear weapon is a far smaller and cheaper alternative to turning an asteroid into a kamikaze spaceship.  With nuclear weapons, a single spaceship the size of the Nimitz could carry enough firepower to level everything on the surface of a planet.

Maybe I wasn't being clear earlier.  I'm not saying it isn't possible, I'm saying it isn't cost-effective given the existence of nuclear weapons.

I'm thinking Nukes are kind of expensive.  I don't know how mass production is done with them, but there use rare materials and must be made to exact specifications.  With a big rock you can kill everything on the planet.  I don't know how many nukes would be necessary to do that.

[Razgovory]

They have a point.

Yes, that people who don't see a difference between taking off a helmet and taking off a Burka have some serious issues.

Why? because some religious asshole hasn't yet commanded (and got very popular) that bike helmets must be worn all the time?

Cause they are sometimes used as masks in armed robberies.

[Liep]

They have a point.

Yes, that people who don't see a difference between taking off a helmet and taking off a Burka have some serious issues.

Why? because some religious asshole hasn't yet commanded (and got very popular) that bike helmets must be worn all the time?

Cause they are sometimes used as masks in armed robberies.

Huh, I didn't think he was serious, but seems like he really didn't make that association.

[Valmy]

A burka = not required by Islam. In fact in Iran the Revolutionary Guards would arrest women for wearing them (because they were not Iranian and thus kind of unsettling and foreign and icky).

Is there really no Islamic legalistic loophole around taking a photograph without your head stuff on? The Jews are so much better at this stuff.