Re: [Vo]:Omen or no?

2010-12-20 Thread Mauro Lacy
On 12/19/2010 05:01 PM, Mauro Lacy wrote: On 12/19/2010 04:44 PM, Mauro Lacy wrote: On 12/19/2010 01:28 PM, Mauro Lacy wrote: Here's an open version of the same database: http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/when_search.shtml I've downloaded the raw file, and after searching for total lunar

Re: [Vo]:Omen or no?

2010-12-20 Thread Esa Ruoho
it gets better. as in, Newgrange. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1220/1224285916320.html what if this is what Newgrange was designed to do? what will appear in the 3 basins that receive the light?

Re: [Vo]:Omen or no?

2010-12-20 Thread Mauro Lacy
On 12/20/2010 09:57 AM, Mauro Lacy wrote: On 12/19/2010 05:01 PM, Mauro Lacy wrote: On 12/19/2010 04:44 PM, Mauro Lacy wrote: On 12/19/2010 01:28 PM, Mauro Lacy wrote: Here's an open version of the same database: http://www.hermit.org/Eclipse/when_search.shtml I've downloaded the raw file,

[Vo]:Web site and book about robots rendering human labor obsolete

2010-12-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
The topic of human labor being rendered obsolete by robots has come up here from time to time. I discovered a web site and book about this by someone named Martin Ford: http://www.thelightsinthetunnel.com http://www.thelightsinthetunnel.com/LIGHTSTUNNEL.PDF Ford founded a silicon valley

Re: [Vo]:Web site and book about robots rendering human labor obsolete

2010-12-20 Thread Jed Rothwell
Here's a good quote from book, p. 220, in the QA section: [OBJECTION TO THESIS] If technology resulted in unemployment, everyone would already be out of a job because technological progress has been going on for hundreds of years. [REBUTTAL] This really just amounts to saying “it hasn’t

Re: [Vo]:Web site and book about robots rendering human labor obsolete

2010-12-20 Thread Harry Veeder
An unconditional basic movement is gaining traction in Germany and Brazil. Link to 6 min. trailer with English subtitles to a movie about Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen(unconditional basic income) http://dotsub.com/view/1689fc6f-bade-4482-8829-04c0635f4731 The Basic Income Earth Network:

Re: [Vo]:OT: Virtual Currency - The future of currency in the 21st century and beyond.

2010-12-20 Thread Harry Veeder
He is proposing a system to ensure a more equitable distribution of wealth.This is different from giving everyone the same access to wealth. The system of payment he is proposing does not depend on more taxation (or what you call theft). I hope it also does not depend on generating more debt.