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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