Let me pause and adjust to the incredible idea that I debate with one who thinks the earth would be perfectly fine if it was covered with a mile-high metroplex.

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Let me pause and adjust to the incredible idea that I debate with one who thinks the earth would be perfectly fine if it was covered with a mile-high metroplex.

alcaray — 10/11/2007 12:20:19 AM (archived)

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Ok...you anti-human environmentalist psychos... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/10/2007 5:03:59 AM
- What prevents us from turning the entire surface of the earth into a mile-high metroplex? - alcaray - 10/10/2007 8:29:44 PM
  - Nothing to fear. - RobVG - 10/13/2007 4:50:15 PM
  - Heat Dissipation, for one... - nick hoffman - 10/11/2007 3:14:43 PM
    - It's really more of a zoning issue, isn't it? (n/t) - McFly - 10/12/2007 4:28:59 PM
    - I think that man can be pretty clever when we have an obstacle to overcome. - alcaray - 10/11/2007 8:53:09 PM
      - Unfortunately, if you're a planet, you don't have a lot of choices. - TB - 10/12/2007 12:23:41 AM
        
        But if there are engineers involved... - alcaray - 10/12/2007 6:37:58 AM
        
        The key to this whole discussion... - ER - 10/12/2007 12:58:33 PM
        
        You are very attached to the earth. You must be a darned liberal. - alcaray - 10/12/2007 10:20:18 PM
        
        I can't help it. I live here. - ER - 10/13/2007 12:30:50 AM
    - "Do not think about what they do with all the sewage." - TB - 10/11/2007 7:09:09 PM
  - That it isn't sensible, economic, or necessary. (n/t) - TB - 10/11/2007 1:44:21 AM
  - re: What prevents us from turning the entire surface of the earth into a mile-high metroplex? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2007 12:01:45 AM
    - Also engineering issues - TB - 10/11/2007 2:33:25 AM
      - why the hell use a planet that already has a unique ecosystem? - nick hoffman - 10/11/2007 3:37:27 PM
        
        We're actually not doing half-bad. - TB - 10/11/2007 7:02:29 PM
      - I know. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2007 2:53:59 AM
    - Let me pause and adjust to the incredible idea that I debate with one who thinks the earth would be perfectly fine if it was covered with a mile-high metroplex. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/11/2007 12:20:19 AM
      - Please do. Think, calculate and make it very, very real. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2007 12:24:27 AM
        
        Sorry, can't do it. - alcaray - 10/11/2007 1:30:30 AM
        
        It would be lonely - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2007 3:01:18 AM
        
        re: It would be lonely - nick hoffman - 10/11/2007 3:41:20 PM
        
        What other species? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2007 7:11:13 AM
        
        Answer: Spaceships orbiting near Saturn, in dozens of little domes. - TB - 10/11/2007 7:15:05 PM
        
        Not New York, Calcutta. (n/t) - ER - 10/11/2007 1:57:58 AM
        
        From what I hear, that is true. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/11/2007 7:11:23 AM
- Humans, the stupidest species on Earth! - Robert - 10/10/2007 4:33:33 PM
- PS - podrock - 10/10/2007 2:58:34 PM
  - No... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2007 12:22:21 AM
- Don't you know that you can count me in. - ER - 10/10/2007 12:48:25 PM
  - re: Don't you know that you can count me in. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2007 12:36:20 AM
    - below with the black gang - ER - 10/11/2007 2:45:03 AM
      - Now it's racism? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/11/2007 3:34:15 AM
        
        black gang - alcaray - 10/11/2007 7:55:31 PM
        
        ER chose his words carefully. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2007 7:05:35 AM
        
        No, it's a common term. - TB - 10/12/2007 4:40:28 PM
        
        Yeah it's a common term... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/13/2007 8:52:08 AM
        
        Oye, Technoman... - ER - 10/13/2007 9:24:30 PM
        
        Yeah, who would expect ER to use a common naval term? - alcaray - 10/13/2007 9:19:05 AM
        
        re: People 8 or 9 feet tall - TAFKASE - 10/11/2007 4:57:03 PM
        
        But... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2007 7:08:31 AM
        
        I am trying my best! - Jody - 10/11/2007 9:12:06 PM
        
        First we need to get rid of cats... - TAFKASE - 10/11/2007 4:58:50 PM
        
        I think you've pulled enough chains for a while. (n/t) - TB - 10/11/2007 3:53:55 AM
        
        Oh do you? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2007 7:55:59 AM
      - And just one short step from Black Gang to Morlocks... - TB - 10/11/2007 2:53:10 AM
        
        Hmmm... I did not think anyone could make a tempting argument for cannibalism. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/11/2007 7:56:47 PM
- Ironically... - TB - 10/10/2007 5:52:04 AM
  - LOL! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/10/2007 6:19:53 AM
    - Another tragic case of enzyme breakdown. (n/t) - ER - 10/10/2007 12:51:04 PM

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