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In the thread about hydrogen powered cars use of nuclear power to generate electricity (and then hydrogen) has been mentioned briefly. Here are my thoughts. Nuclear power will be an important source of energy over the next 100 years or so. However, early attempts to tap nuclear power were...

I was looking for the philosophical term for someone who prizes physical or psychological strength above all else. I thought it was "Fascism" but that just deals with authoritarian government. But I'm looking for words that apply to a person or a belief system where physical strength is...

I have been watching the performance of our elected officials for some time now. It is becoming grossly obvious to me that they will compromise anything, even the security of our country, in order to get elected. Whist some may argue, it seems pretty clear to me that the Republicans have an...

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/02/national/02life.web.html?hp&ex=1128312000&en=17172d95c2609b85&ei=5094&partner=homepage The thrust of this story is that various people who get life as a sentence are actually serving "life". The poster child who is the subject of the opening sentence The...

Here's a little piece I am working on, what do ya think? --- The Term "Enemy Combatant" If a 'fighter', 'warrior', or otherwise 'criminal element' decides to willingly lay down their arms and stop resisting our rule, then they are deserving of certain rights. The very least of which is to...

Simple question: just as acceleration describes a change of velocity over time, is there a term for a change of acceleration over time? Physicists being a parsimonious bunch, it feels like there ought to be, but I couldn't come up with one. (this from a purely use-of-language discussion with no...

What is 2d?; a photo? Isn't even a photo made of molecules that are 3d? So is my argument one basically of semantics? You know; where someone says, "You Knowwwwww. Come on. A photo is really 2d. What you are looking at is 2d." Well, if the photo were put under a microscope, it be 3d, wouldn't...

A Greek football reporter who spends much time in the UK and knows a lot about football there said there are some objections among Irish people about the use of the term. Is there any grain of truth in that ?

Clinton and GWB, 2nd term, both overhaul cabinets... what are the spin-free reasons? conflicts with the prez? more profitable to be in the private sector? just seems odd when someone is running for a second term they say how great they did the first time around then they change everthing when...

I think of E85 as a possible short term solution. Hydrogen might be a decent long term solution, but that's at least a decade away from beginning to be practical for mass consumption in the US. Electric cars have sort of died as a solution. Until the US treats trucks and SUVs the same as cars...

Rummy? Powell? Makes your arguements.

Its true that in the short term, OBL gets some additional recruits because of the whole muslim obsession with "infidel" troops in a muslim nation. Nevermind the fact that if these troops were muslims to begin with, they wouldnt give a damn about it. At any rate, long term the Iraqi war will...

What do the most recent studies suggest about the long term effects of LSD? I've always heard the urban myth about flashbacks and being considered insane after a certain number of uses. I'm looking for something more grounded in fact and empirical observation.

Am I the only one who finds it comical to hear so many people use the term "flip flop" and "flip flopper". It so rediculous! To think that well educated well dressed adults discussing serious politics toss around "flip flopper" like they were 7 year olds. Some more lines I'd like to hear...

I have myself struggled with the question of how to refer to blacks politely. I tend to try to use whatever term is preferred by the person I'm speaking to, but I admit in my head what I think is "black" and it carries no positive or negative baggage with it. Is that actually considered...

In my short time here I have seen a number of post including statements about miracles. In reading them, have come to wonder how exactly we are defining the term. What is our working definition of a miracle? My dictionary says "An extraordinary event manifesting divine intervention in human...

http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/04/23/1082616327809.html Sounds like a good reason for Powell not to sign on for a second term, (although if you ask me, the question is academic now, for Bush won't be getting a second term). Powell was excluded from the planning for the war because he...

We no longer live in the dark ages. People world-wide know what we say. They know how we live, and they know of our opinions. Doesn't the term (of this thread) sound like we are up here (raising my hand over my head), while they are down there (putting my hand down as far as it can hang)? Or...