RE: Dollar a gallon gasoline

2008-07-25 Thread Curtis Burisch
I'm a little skeptical on this. There have been so many rosy forecasts over the years for fusion, and they never seem to pan out. Fusion is 30 years away, and always will be. I'm well aware of this statement, and it's held true so far -- but to date people have focused on tokamak fusion devices,

Happy sysadmin day!

2008-07-25 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.sysadminday.com/ -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ I embraced OS X as soon as it was available and have never looked back. - Neal Stephenson ___

Re: Happy sysadmin day!

2008-07-25 Thread Charlie Bell
On 25/07/2008, at 9:13 PM, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.sysadminday.com/ I just took mine out for beer. But not 'til after I'd spent a while telling him he didn't count 'cause he's a Senior sysadmin... hehehehe C. ___

memes, or genes...

2008-07-25 Thread Jon Louis Mann
hkhenson wrote: And there are certain parts of the population doing their best to outbreed everyone else just to skew future demographics. So it's likely to be a hard crash, and not a very well controlled one at that. This would worry me more except I think the age of genes is

Re: memes, or genes...

2008-07-25 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what parts of the population are doing their best to outbreed everyone else, and why? it seems to me that less developed countries are the culprits, partly because children are a source of labor... And children

Re: memes, or genes...

2008-07-25 Thread Charlie Bell
On 26/07/2008, at 5:59 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what parts of the population are doing their best to outbreed everyone else, and why? it seems to me that less developed countries are the culprits, partly

Re: memes, or genes...

2008-07-25 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 26 Jul 2008, Charlie Bell wrote: On 26/07/2008, at 5:59 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what parts of the population are doing their best to outbreed everyone else, and why? it seems to me that less developed

Re: memes, or genes...

2008-07-25 Thread Charlie Bell
On 26/07/2008, at 10:19 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: And children *are* social security for many people of the world. Or lunch. How Swiftly you come to that conclusion. Very good! :) C. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: memes, or genes...

2008-07-25 Thread Wayne Eddy
- Original Message - From: Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 5:57 AM Subject: memes, or genes... what parts of the population are doing their best to outbreed everyone else, and why? it

Re: memes, or genes...

2008-07-25 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jul 25, 2008, at 2:57 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote: hkhenson wrote: And there are certain parts of the population doing their best to outbreed everyone else just to skew future demographics. So it's likely to be a hard crash, and not a very well controlled one at that. This would worry

Re: Brin-l Digest, Vol 391, Issue 5

2008-07-25 Thread hkhenson
At 12:00 PM 7/25/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: On Jul 24, 2008, at 2:27 PM, hkhenson wrote: At 12:00 PM 7/23/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: Pretty sure we're headed for a population crash at least that drastic regardless. it's obvious to me that the earth cannot support 6-7 billion sustainably no