[quote who="wbino49" reply="40" id="3423948"]So no one likes my antimatter as a resource idea? [/quote] TBH I don't really understand what you wanted to say with that antimatter fountain stuff.. It is a bit unclear. Whatt do you want o do with the antimatter?
[quote who="Jafo" reply="1445" id="3423928"]I predict this endless 'debate' will continue long after one 'side' or other is vindicated.[/quote] There cannot be debate when the other side simply calls the data fake, and the evidence based on those data. Without data you cannot prove or disprove anything, and the observations of 1-2 decades are not enough to predict trends, as they show regional diversity and fluctuation.
[quote who="WOEaintME" reply="38" id="3423926"]turns out it was a Mad Vasari Titan destroying their starbase and bombing their planet.[/quote] A lone Vorastra (level 1) against a starbase is only enough if your ally is incompetent and did not improve anything on that base. If it was AI than it is no surprise :D I can build a big enough fleet in early game so a lonely titan won't be enough to stop me even when I have to defend against unfair AI as well. I think this is a re
[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="33" id="3423812"]I actually haven't gotten it myself yet, but I hear it is a level 1 Vorastra. And yes, there is a certain waiting period before it can spawn.[/quote] [quote who="VladislavStoilov" reply="34" id="3423830"]I was going to attack the pirate base, when I arrived there, I saw at the last moment how one Mad Titan die. That's one and only time when I got the luck to see this random event. [/quote] It is not this rare
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="1391" id="3422785"]Nothing rude about it. Same is true of education in the US.[/quote] Then I revoke my previous comment about being rude. [quote who="Daiwa" reply="1388" id="3422770"]statist solutions. Can't imagine anything outside that box it appears.[/quote] I thought today state-free economy is the mainstream way of thinking in the developed world. It seems I was wrong.
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="1391" id="3422785"]Believe you said in another comment that you are 22, Geo. There will be a time when 'not young' will mean something else entirely to you. Please correct me if I got the age wrong.[/quote] That was me.. I said I am 22, not Geoman.
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="1388" id="3422770"]What a sham education in NL has apparently become. Got the youngun's thinking the only solutions are statist solutions. Can't imagine anything outside that box it appears.[/quote] Well this is rude. Everyone has the freedom to believe in something. Just because you think state influence in economy is bad, it does not mean those who think the opposit are all stupid, and their country's education system is a shame because of it. T
[quote who="Ekko_Tek" reply="1385" id="3422642"]Hopefully the university tuition is at least free like many other EU countries with taxes that high...to pay those tax rates and have student loans would be crippling...[/quote] Yes it is free unless you are a total idiot (several courses require ridiculously low poins to get in free) or applying for a course that is prohibited to provide free places (like law and economics). [quote who="Ekko_Tek" reply="1383" id="3422622"]Since
[quote who="Ekko_Tek" reply="1375" id="3422584"]I don't know what he meant either. My guess was something to do with welfare or subsidies or something...[/quote] I have a guess, maybe he was talking about corruption.
[quote who="Jafo" reply="1374" id="3422569"]I imagine what he 'might' be saying is that alternative energy adoption requires unilateral support....one person taking it up is next to pointless....but if the entire planet would/could then there would be a change for the better.[/quote] EDIT: is it about Daiwa? then nothing here [quote who="Jafo" reply="1374" id="3422569"]Since probably 90% of the planet cannot [for all sorts of reasons] the other 10% WILL NOT - particula
[quote who="Ekko_Tek" reply="1372" id="3422566"]Not everyone's native language is English...and idioms/colloquialisms with vague inferences makes it even harder.[/quote] QFT.. We here in Hungary do not have this idiom, so if someone would be so kind to tell me what it means.. Google is not really helpful, nor dictionaries.
[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1368" id="3422551"]Maybe we could shift to a hydrogen-based economy then. But maybe it's a bit impractical, since it's so volatile and even corrosive to metals used in transportation grids. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_pipeline_transport Or maybe we could shift to a CH4 based economy. There are some ways to create CH4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabatier_reaction http://www.zdnet.com/blog/green/h2o-co2
[quote who="Daiwa" reply="1366" id="3422543"]Problem is 'state support' = 'neighbor support'.[/quote] What does this mean? Sorry if it's an obvious thing.
[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1363" id="3422531"]To me, it sounds like a terrible thing to be building thousands of new nuclear plants on the world.[/quote] But better than using fossil energy.. [quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1363" id="3422531"]So I think it would be better to take the chance we get and to do it right from the start! What do you say people [/quote] I support your plan, but.. Without state support I will not be able to invest in solar panels or make my (fu
[quote who="Ekko_Tek" reply="1360" id="3422518"]Plus the (off) topic was "recent inventions/disoveries that improved our lives" and there's plenty of examples within scientific research. But that's for another topic...[/quote] That's why I said we should get back to the original topic. [quote who="Kantok" reply="1359" id="3422512"]I never said we should keep using petroleum based fuels until the end of time. Never implied it, never suggested it and certainly unders
[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1356" id="3422505"]The entire DNA of humans (and other species) were mapped. I think that's huge. The function of different genes are mapped... pretty amazing stuff imo. This technology and understanding of the genes can help to produce crops that are more resistant to heat and drought.[/quote] Mapping genes is a nice thing, but the ethical part is greatly questionable, and it haven't really changed my life to be honest. [quote who="GeomanN
[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1354" id="3422492"]Digital memory and Flash memory, better than a CD.[/quote] Just an improved device to store data, nothing radically new. [quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1354" id="3422492"]Digital TV. Flat-screen TV.[/quote] These are just improved televisions, nothing more. [quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1354" id="3422492"]Better software and software development tools. Those are really a lot better than 20 years ago.[/quot
[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="1352" id="3422465"]^ Probably microfiber.[/quote] Oooh thanks, that's an important invention yes, though still not that life-changing..
[quote who="GeomanNL" reply="1350" id="3422455"]12 nm computer chips and parallel computing (graphics cards)! Just 12 atoms per transistor!!! Fleece fabric !! Nice and warm. LED lights.[/quote] Are they radical? Something that changed your life as much as computers did? EDIT: what is fleece fabric? I don't know what it means and dictionary fails to help much..
[quote who="Kantok" reply="1341" id="3422290"]but pretending that if money went away tomorrow the world would be better off is ludicrous. [/quote] Where did I say that money should disappear? I only said that money should not be the new god of mankind, and I have severe doubts about the rightness of capitalism and that pure capitalism will save the world. [quote who="Kantok" reply="1341" id="3422290"]Please avoid trying to tell me what I do and don't understand. It just ma
[quote who="Kantok" reply="111" id="3422227"]Capitalism ONLY works when everyone plays by the same rules.[/quote] Capitalism is not the best choice in every field of life. It cannot really handle things that are not that profitable, like infrastructure, social institutions, etc. And sparing money on these is not the best thing to happen to the society..
[quote who="Kantok" reply="1324" id="3422244"]I absolutely do not think that being environmentally friendly is bad. I have solar panels getting installed on my house in the coming months. My wife takes public transportation to work and I work from home. We don't have AC and we recycle. All fine things and some of them contributing to the fight against AGW (if it exists). [/quote] Glad to hear :) [quote who="Kantok" reply="1324" id="3422244"]My
[quote who="Kantok" reply="1318" id="3422220"]It's been my point all along that even if the AGW folks turn out to be right, there is still plenty of reason to be skeptical at the current moment especially given how huge and life altering any real solution would need to be.[/quote] But if mankind really causes global warming and it only becomes a true fact near 2040, wouldn't it be already too late to think about what should be done? We don't even know what are the limits o
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