Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 And the opposition? 719266[/snapback] Yes, and yes. So !@#$ing what? Is there a point to asking this, or is this just some sort of verbal masturbation on your part intended to waste everyone's time considering random stupid questions again?
Rubes Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Yes, and yes. So !@#$ing what? Is there a point to asking this, or is this just some sort of verbal masturbation on your part intended to waste everyone's time considering random stupid questions again? 719268[/snapback] Wow.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Wow. 719274[/snapback] Then explain to me the point of his questions. Please. I really, really want to know what the !@#$ the point was of asking. May as well post "Do you like cheese? How about swiss?", as meaningless as his questions were...
Rubes Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Then explain to me the point of his questions. Please. I really, really want to know what the !@#$ the point was of asking. May as well post "Do you like cheese? How about swiss?", as meaningless as his questions were... 719277[/snapback] Oh, I don't disagree. I'm just admiring the raw emotion. We do have meds for that, you know...
Jon in Pasadena Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Then explain to me the point of his questions. Please. I really, really want to know what the !@#$ the point was of asking. Oh you know. If it wasn't for all those pinko anti-"Ronnie Ray-gun" haters in the 80's, we could have fully funded star wars. And now we'd be sitting pretty here in 2006 with Constitution-class heavy cruisers armed with photon torpedos that could take out those precision-guided taepodong2's before they crash into the ocean and scare the fish.
GG Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 And now we'd be sitting pretty here in 2006 with Constitution-class heavy cruisers armed with photon torpedos that could take out those precision-guided taepodong2's before they crash into the ocean and scare the fish. 719347[/snapback] Well, where the hell is Greenpeace, then? Fish don't deserve to be scared by the supreme leader.
Jon in Pasadena Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Well, where the hell is Greenpeace, then? Fish don't deserve to be scared by the supreme leader. 719359[/snapback] It takes a while to row across the Pacific. (GP can't use motorboats anymore, because those can leak fuel & oil into the water.)
Chef Jim Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Then explain to me the point of his questions. Please. I really, really want to know what the !@#$ the point was of asking. May as well post "Do you like cheese? How about swiss?", as meaningless as his questions were... 719277[/snapback] Mmmmmmm, cheese. Now that's a thread topic I could really sink my teeth into.
X. Benedict Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Mmmmmmm, cheese. Now that's a thread topic I could really sink my teeth into. 719415[/snapback] Velveeta! Any opposition to Velveeta?
Chef Jim Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Velveeta! Any opposition to Velveeta? 719419[/snapback] It's cheese ain't it? No, wait, what the hell is that stuff?
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Velveeta! Any opposition to Velveeta? 719419[/snapback] I remember Velveeta. And the opposition, too.
EC-Bills Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 I remember Velveeta. And the opposition, too. 719437[/snapback] So what's your point?
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 So what's your point? 719444[/snapback] It's all about SDI, man...SDI and Antarctic-based Chinese anti-satellite lasers...
EC-Bills Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 It's all about SDI, man...SDI and Antarctic-based Chinese anti-satellite lasers... 719445[/snapback] Ahh. I remember those. Was there a point to those as well?
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 Ahh. I remember those. Was there a point to those as well? 719453[/snapback] I think the Antarctic laser discussion was the first domino in the chain that led to Newbie being banned...so yeah, there was a point...
Kevbeau Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 I think the Antarctic laser discussion was the first domino in the chain that led to Newbie being banned...so yeah, there was a point... 719456[/snapback] Newbie got banned? I'll bet the Chinese are behind it.
cromagnum Posted July 7, 2006 Posted July 7, 2006 Newbie got banned? I'll bet the Chinese are behind it. 719735[/snapback] Would that be proactive or reactive.
Orton's Arm Posted July 17, 2006 Posted July 17, 2006 Oh you know. If it wasn't for all those pinko anti-"Ronnie Ray-gun" haters in the 80's, we could have fully funded star wars. And now we'd be sitting pretty here in 2006 with Constitution-class heavy cruisers armed with photon torpedos that could take out those precision-guided taepodong2's before they crash into the ocean and scare the fish. I know many people like to ridicule military spending, especially forward-looking military spending such as SDI. So I'll remind you of another futuristic military project that involved preparing for nuclear war. The fear was that a Soviet nuclear attack could knock out our communications system. To prevent this, computers at various points were networked together. Because a hub-and-spoke system would be vulnerable to attack, a net patern was used. The resulting ARPANET was the beginning of the Internet. Maybe an SDI system would also have produced great, unforeseen benefits. We'll never know, because that particular project only received a little pocket change.
RuntheDamnBall Posted July 17, 2006 Posted July 17, 2006 Maybe an SDI system would also have produced great, unforeseen benefits. We'll never know, because that particular project only received a little pocket change. 724105[/snapback] Yeah, really. Why, I just emptied $44 billion out of my couch this morning. Surely we could have sent more of the taxpayers' money to this particular graveyard.
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