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Listen to some Jesse Jackson speaches :3-laugh3:

I strongly disagree with the idea that space exploration is silly. First, space exploration doesn't decrease the ability to house the homeless, feed the starving, or cure diseases. It's not an either/or proposition, all can be done. Additionally, the engineers at NASA probably can't really do anything to actually cure diseases. They’re not, ya know, disease curers, they're engineers. Second, space exploration in the past has made important contributions to the world as a whole and there are significant reasons that it will continue to do so in the future. Each and every member of this forum enjoys the benefit of these contributions on a daily basis. If it wasn't for government funded space exploration, satellite technologies would be no where near what they are today. Instant world-wide communications wouldn't exist. If it wasn't for government funded space exploration, this forum wouldn't exist, the internet probably wouldn't exist, and the computer industry would be decades behind where it currently is. The Apollo program consumed the vast majority of the computer chips produced in the 60's. This huge demand spurred on technology and created the initial demand that got the suppliers working. This effectively jump-started the computer industry. With out it, it would have years or even decades before the industry grew to the size it was at the end of the Apollo program and today personal computers would still be a rarity. As just a small example of things that we would be with out: Hybrid cars, detailed weather forecasting, well coordinated large scale rescue efforts, and many, many life saving drugs. Future space exploration has the potential to bring just as much or more improvement to everyone’s lives. A moon base, a mars base, and a trip to mars all pose significant technological and scientific challenges. The solutions to these challenges will filter down into everyone's lives, most likely with a very good out come. A significant problem is energy sources. The work done by NASA could improve alternative energy sources or come up with completely new ones. Even further, the solar system has an abundance of raw materials, which could be collected and used with a significantly advanced space program. Over population is a major issue today and will be a desperate problem in the future. Space exploration will lead to making self sustaining habitable locations outside of Earth, easing the population problem. Some of these ideas will come to fruition because of space exploration and some benefits will result that no one even dreamed of. Over all, space exploration is a very good thing.

I got mine too, I love it! Very good quality and a great design.

No, right? I mean, come on Tim, this is a no brainer! :5-scared:

Nice hand!! Too bad you're still way behind in chips. :)

Even older than that, I'm 30 and watched it in my youth.

Happy birthday man!

Happy birthday man! Isn't db english slang for dogs ballucks?

What was the most exciting thing you learned from that experience? What was the most interesting thing you learned from that experience? What is the thing you're wanting to tell us but are being a pain about? :willvspaparazzi:

Hahaha, nice stacks.

Mmmmmm.... Turtle Power.....

It was leaked a while ago when it was nearly finished, causing them to rework it. http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_di...t_id=1002801640

I really like Kick and Push, it has an old school vibe to it. It feels a little like it captures a person instead of a persona. I've listened to his album that was leaked a while back... Kick and Push was my favorite from the album, but I didn't really take time to get into the album as a whole.

I have some questions about what's going on... I read that the Israely soldiers that where captured where on the Lebenon side of the border, is that true? Was Lebenon approached by Israel to have a joint operation to hunt the terrorists? Why hasn't Lebenon itself engaged in the fighting?

Keep your head down man.

It seemed inappropriate to be mixing well wishes for willreign with debate over the fighting, so I moved this to it's own thread, starting with the last post:

In the tradition of such classics as Humpty Dumpty and Jack and Jill, I give you George and Dick! George and Dick Picked up a stick To beat the neighborhood bully When it came time to fight He wasn't in sight So they beat the other kids fully

I'm not sure that I understand why you're calling these new parties "nazi", could you elaborate on that?

Hahahahahaha, that's hilarious!

Great job man!

Interesting read, but I think both sides made pretty bad arguements. The prosecution was seriously generalizing rap. There is a lot of rap that is musically complex, much more so than drum machines. And there is rap that has "positive" lyrics. But he does have a point, a whole lot of modern rap is how he describes it, at least lyrically. The defense did have a good point that all media is moving in a more violent, sexist, and lude direction. However, most artists that the prosecution lifted up as examples of how bad rap is are from the current generation of rappers, while most of the artists that the defense showed of the positive side of rap are from quite some time ago. Not exactly comparing apples to apples. Further, the defense jumped all over the prosecution for just complaining and not doing anything and not having any answers. That's flat wrong, the defense was doing something (in writing an article to draw peoples attention to it) and did provide some avenues for counter-acting rap. Community action, picketing records companies, boycotting rap, and organizing a "rap sucks" movement.

Ahahahahahaha! That's great!

What would you do if you where given a guaranteed yearly stipend for the rest of your life that would put you firmly in the middle class of where ever you live. You wouldn't be rich, but you could live comfortably for the rest of your life with out ever working. For arguments sake, let's say that this stipend is absolutely guaranteed, regardless of what happens in the world, and you always would have a comfortable, but not rich lifestyle, regardless of what happens in the world. Would you work, travel, relax, something else? Why?

Welcome back to the 80's... and 70's.... and 60's....etc etc. Folks have been saying this stuff for years and they're sorta right and sorta wrong. They're right in that humanity is frequently on the path of self destruction, but they're wrong because they discount human ingenuity, intelligence, passion, and compassion. People like Doc Hawking need to be saying what they're saying because it helps encite people to act to get us off our current collision course with extinction. But then again, we always manage to get off that course anyway. If you're really worried about it, do something about it. Become a scientist and fix some problem. Become a teacher and educate a flock of scientists so that they can fix many problems. Become a politician so you can pass laws requiring most of the problems get fixed. Become a business person and hire all of the scientists to fix all of the problems.

I'm not affiliated with this site at all, but I'm interested in politics, and judging from some discussions on this board, so are some of ya'll, so I thought I'd share. The founder of the wikipedia just launched a new website Campaigns Wikia and it looks like it could be interesting. It appears that it's trying to be an all in one information site, with information for all sides of any given political issue. I have no idea how it'll shape up, but it could be good. Just thought I'd share.