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#106
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on January 05, 2011, 04:48:26 PM

Reduce our nuclear arsenal to 1000 bombs from 6400.  1000 guarantees the destruction of all surface life on Earth, why the hell would you need more than that?
We need to stockpile so that if we discover intelligent life anywhere else, we can wipe all life out on their planet, too.

On a serious note, what do we do with the excess missiles? What has the US done in the past to dispose of weapons-grade nuclear material- is it stored in the same facilities as reactor waste, or are there special precautions for it?
#107
If you're handling the family finances, what happens when you finish high school and go to college or whatever it is you're doing then? Is there much of a nursing/retirement home system in Bulgaria?
#108
I actually intentionally placebo myself with some regularity, normally when I have a stuffy nose and I've run out of decongestant. Normally this takes the form of drinking something, normally tea or water, that I normally drink along with taking pills when my nose is stuffed up, though sometimes I'll take other pills I happen to have (aspirin or something similar, nothing very powerful, but I don't keep a stock of sugar pills). I've found that it helps me feel better to pretend to do something about the illness than to do nothing.
#109
Every time I see this thread title, I keep thinking it is somehow about spiral cut ham.
#110
So, any updates on the survey results? What color does it look like the shirts will be?
#111
Looking into it more, I will concede the point about Nero, but Claudius doesn't seem to have been entirely unwilling, if only because he wanted to get the throne out of Caligula's hands. He did pardon Caligula's assassins, and change his name to legitimize his role as emperor. Though my refutation of Claudius was actually based on the line
QuoteThat might be a good strategy;  Find some kid who just wants to mind his own business, then force them into monarchy.
He may have been the Gerald Ford of Roman Emperors, but he was certainly not a kid.
#112
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 21, 2010, 08:59:04 PM
Quote from: Vartox on December 21, 2010, 08:56:58 PM
This seems to be a hit or miss strategy- that's also how Rome ended up with Nero.

Claudius.  Nero killed Britanicus for the job.
Nero killed him after he already had the job, though. I thought he was mostly trust into the position of emperor because his mother thought she could manipulate him. Claudius was not a child at his ascension, and succeeded his own nephew (over 20 years his junior) to the throne.
#113
Quote from: Sigmatic on December 21, 2010, 08:50:28 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on December 21, 2010, 07:34:20 PM
Quote from: PopeTom on December 21, 2010, 07:33:42 PM
Quote from: Douglas Adams
The major problem — one of the major problems, for there are several — one of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them.
To summarize: it is a well known fact that those people who most want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.
This seems to be a hit or miss strategy- that's also how Rome ended up with Nero.
He got stuck with the job at age 5.  He wanted to be a scientist.

That might be a good strategy;  Find some kid who just wants to mind his own business, then force them into monarchy.
#114
I got to see the moon lose the first chunk of its face before the loathsome skywaters converged to cover it.
#115
Quote from: Epi on December 21, 2010, 03:58:32 AM
Quote from: Risus on December 21, 2010, 01:25:56 AM
No clouds. I've made an event out of this. I'll be sure to enjoy it enough for the rest of you kids that didn't make your proper weather god sacrifices.

I did, but to the rain gods for rain.  :sad:
If you had been making your sacrifices to the gods of the sun and moon for sunshine and moonshine, you would be able to see the eclipse tonight (if you could still see anything at all, that is).
#116
Echinoderms, Cnidarians, and molluscs? Oh my!
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#117
Quote from: ϗ on December 15, 2010, 03:25:14 PM
Just wanted to point out that "Crustacea" is a paraphyletic grouping of species, in the same way Theropoda is without the inclusion of Aves. Insects are more or less terrestrial "crustaceans".
I remember your thread about this from a few months back. This does not change that crabs are AWESOME. Perhaps we should rename this as a decapod thread, specifically?
#119
Literate Chaotic / Re: THE GREAT BOOK SLAUGHTER
December 15, 2010, 12:32:27 AM
Quote from: Rumckle on December 14, 2010, 11:30:38 PM
Well, I really liked American Gods, but I also don't like have doubles of the same author on lists like this, and I haven't read Sandman, so I can't really compare the two.
I would definitely agree with whomever said earlier in the thread that the Sandman is the better piece of his work.
#120
Quote from: Triple Zero on December 14, 2010, 10:06:23 PM
I wonder if setting up a poop-donation-bank is a fruitful business plan ...
Possibly. Depending on the diet of your donors, it might also be veggieful.