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Gregory Bateson via Stewart Brand New College, Oxford, is of rather late foundation, hence the name. It was founded around the late 14th century. It has, like other colleges, a great dining hall with big oak beams across the top, yes? These might be two feet square, forty-five feet long. A...

I guess this is possible if they don't implode under their own weight.

1 and 3 are practically self-evident, but I can't say I follow 2 and 4; can you please elaborate? Ultimately though, I think we've listened to economists enough already.

Let's play energy mad-libs: Assuming we've already found all the mineable oil deposits worldwide? Oil isn't scarce. You might even have some in your backyard. But in order to mine it, oil must be found in large concentrations. And only a small number of these concentrated deposits have been...

My understanding was that the issue was controlling the reaction and being able to harness the energy released. Not so much that it's a trouble to get started. Consensus is that 'some more time' is more time than we have before things get ugly... energetically speaking at least.

Fusion or fission? We are not even close to being able to harness the energy released by fusion. So it won't be an option for quite a while. The viability of fission, on the other hand, is limited to the amount of Uranium that is out there. Assuming that the couple billion of people still...

No, actually the capitalists have already taken over the world. And destroyed most of it. You're a fool if you plan to claim that the climate isn't changing, that peak oil is something to scoff at, that antibiotics aren't losing their efficacy.

This is unprecedented; beautydigger and I agree on something. :) Is there anything that can be done about it?

Again, what energy will you use, and how will you acquire it?

I'm well aware of my logical fallacy. I was attempting to 'decline' the compliment in a manly way. ;)

Noble? Are you sure? :confused: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa's grandson Gaius is more commonly known as Emperor Caligula, and his great-grandson Luciusas, Emperor Nero. :p

What energy will you use, and how will you acquire it, to power the flying cars?

This is precisely what is next, amongst other things...

Wouldn't you say that the mad rush of events in the last 6,000 years starring the human race has been action packed? Everything from Mesopotamia, through the Roman Empire, through the Enlightenment to the Twin Towers, with a cast of billions--emperors, slaves, saviours, kinds, queens, armies...

Is this a joke?!

Indeed I find this concept peculiar. :D Lucky guy... The fact of the matter is that http://www.steakandbjday.com/ is on March 14th. A month after V day. The idea is that Men cater to women's needs in February and vice-versa in March. Some have argued that even with the creation of...

Glad it made you ROFLYAO! :) But credit must be given where it is due... I remind you that rumpleforeskiin coined the expression... I think Ziggy`s posts deserve the ROFLMAO award though!

El Michels Affair - Sounding Out the City I picked up El Michels Affair's Sounding Out the City back in 2005 when it came out and it has not left my 'currently listening to' pile since! It's instrumental soul/funk with a cinematographic quality to it. It could be the soundtrack to a drive...

You could have gotten seats, rather than tickets on the floor... I didn't go since I can't be bothered to go see/hear anything at the Bell Centre anymore. It just plain sucks as a venue! Though I would make an exception if Led Zeppelin were to drop by...

Indeed. Not particularly recently, but the last time I did, I had already come to the conclusion that she was past her prime.