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dsgtdave, on 09 September 2010 - 08:27 PM, said:

Totally agree. I still don't get that one.

The GOP is set to make a comeback in November thanks to two lack luster years by the Dems.

I wish I could disagree, but I can't; the Republicans will retake the majority because people vote with their fears, not their intellects.



Politics in the United States have reached an unbreakable, unworkable impasse with no foreseeable way through it.
Like Lewis Black says, "you have a choice between two bowls of s**t..."

[dsgtdave]

Agree. Politics is a bargain between beggars.

Within the next 50 years resources will come from the moon.

[maneth]

Partly agree. Only for a permanent lunar colony.

Humanity will go to Mars within the next 30 years.

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maneth, on 10 September 2010 - 06:23 AM, said:

Partly agree. Only for a permanent lunar colony.

Humanity will go to Mars within the next 30 years.

I soooo wish I could agree (I've spent 15 years with the Planetary Society on that very dream), but sadly, as the years roll on, I see that dream getting further away from us (largely through a lack of international will and desire).
So, as much as I hate to say this, I disagree (although I would SO LOVE to be wrong and I hope I am ).




Faster than light travel is simply impossible, and human beings will NEVER do so.

[Locky Log]

obsolete toaster, on 10 September 2010 - 06:55 AM, said:

Faster than light travel is simply impossible, and human beings will NEVER do so.

That is a two-part question ...

1 - Faster than light travel is simply impossible - disagree, tunneling and entanglement make it possible for information, but also to a lesser degree for matter, to travel faster than light.

2 - human beings will NEVER do so - agree it just does not seem likely at the moment, but who knows how we will outfox the laws of nature in the future.

Statement:
Scifi works better in books as opposed to movies

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Locky Log, on 10 September 2010 - 08:01 AM, said:

That is a two-part question ...

1 - Faster than light travel is simply impossible - disagree, tunneling and entanglement make it possible for information, but also to a lesser degree for matter, to travel faster than light.

2 - human beings will NEVER do so - agree it just does not seem likely at the moment, but who knows how we will outfox the laws of nature in the future.

Statement:
Scifi works better in books as opposed to movies

Agreed.
Books are not limited by arbitrary budgets, malfunctioning props, unreliable actors or expensive CGI effects. Not to mention you can really get into character's souls in a book; it's much harder to do so in films (not that I don't enjoy sci-fi films; I just think the genre has an easier time of it in print form).



Space Opera ("Star Wars" "Star Trek" etc) should be a separate genre from Science Fiction; just as fantasy is ("Lord of the Rings" for example).

[dsgtdave]

Disagree. Drama belongs in some sci-fi

The 1971 Pinto is a classic.

[sean]

dsgtdave, on 10 September 2010 - 05:02 PM, said:

Disagree. Drama belongs in some sci-fi

The 1971 Pinto is a classic.

classic death trap I will agree on....








If one truly loved this big blue marble of ours called earth.It would be much better off without humans on it none.....

[Rowskid86]

Disagree, without humans, it would be nothing special. plus if humans didn't exist another race would have evolved to be in our place and who says they would be any better or worse.




Do you agree or disagree that peace can be obtained through superior firepower?

[sean]

disagree.. peace will only come with all people putting down there petty disagreements and compromise and talk with each other.every one want.s the same basic things in life..but why that can't be I am at a loss.but also I like to have the bigger getter gun at hand.....





same Q

[dsgtdave]

disagree. Hasn't worked up to this point.

There is validity to reincarnation.

[sean]

agree








there is a soul.....

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dsgtdave, on 10 September 2010 - 06:55 PM, said:

disagree. Hasn't worked up to this point.

There is validity to reincarnation.

Disagree. I think reincarnation 'memories' are self-generated from the imagination.



UFO "alien abductions" are either flat-out lies, remembered nightmares, hoaxes or repressed memories of sexual molestation; nothing more.

[sean]

Can't say one way or another.as far as I know I've never had an alien want to stick something in my nether regions.








the end times are coming....

[dsgtdave]

sean, on 10 September 2010 - 06:58 PM, said:

there is a soul.....

Yes there is a soul. That is as far as I will go.

obsolete toaster, on 10 September 2010 - 07:00 PM, said:

UFO "alien abductions" are either flat-out lies, remembered nightmares, hoaxes or repressed memories of sexual molestation; nothing more.

For the most part I agree. A little bit in me wants to think there is something to it, but I think it is collective memory stimulation.

NS: Sometimes it is hard to think of a good question

[Locky Log]

obsolete toaster, on 10 September 2010 - 07:00 PM, said:

UFO "alien abductions" are either flat-out lies, remembered nightmares, hoaxes or repressed memories of sexual molestation; nothing more.

agree - as long as aliens do not enjoy making fun of us, their targets make little to no sense, let alon their procedures ... they are smart enough to travel to the stars but display the medical technology of the middle ages

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NS: Sometimes it is hard to think of a good question

agree - it can take that long, so others are faster in answering

Statement:
"War is a continuation of diplomacy using other means." [Carl von Clausewitz]

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dsgtdave, on 10 September 2010 - 07:05 PM, said:

Yes there is a soul. That is as far as I will go.



For the most part I agree. A little bit in me wants to think there is something to it, but I think it is collective memory stimulation.

NS: Sometimes it is hard to think of a good question

Agreed. But you started it...



Can't wait for Halloween; it is easily my favorite time of the year!

[sean]

derail..can't wait to see what you do at your place this time.OT loves Halloween like me.....

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sean, on 10 September 2010 - 07:28 PM, said:

derail..can't wait to see what you do at your place this time.OT loves Halloween like me.....

Agreed. No derail, mon ami. That WAS my statement!


So here's another;
Christmas can be a depressing, overly commercial, expensive bore (nothing against Jesus; just the holiday), but Halloween rocks!

[sean]

obsolete toaster, on 10 September 2010 - 07:31 PM, said:

Agreed. No derail, mon ami. That WAS my statement!


So here's another;
Christmas can be a depressing, overly commercial, expensive bore (nothing against Jesus; just the holiday), but Halloween rocks!

Total and utter agreement.it.s a day of god not retail......




same Q