Posts by EarthCitizen

Re: Knowing our luck

Yup, all of these scattered all over the world will go up simultaneously. No.

Re: $deities have a sense of humor

You've focussed on the finance, what about the energy, do they not reduce your dependence on fossil fuels, even slightly? Surely it must be worth it from that point of view? Perhaps your predecessor was selfless and farsighted.

Re: How entanglement really works, how to prove it

You fail. People are entitled to their opinions, even if they are flat earthers or brexiteers. This is the register not a science journal.

Re: Artist's concept of a comet travelling towards the inner Solar System.

And you need to learn/understand the practicalities of drawing astronomical objects and distances to scale. Your screen would need to be the size of 100 football fields. So, get real! It's only an artistic impression.

Re: You can pry my password from my cold, dead lips.

"or any other thingie that requires an Internet connection to be useful" (sic)

mmm... so how exactly did you write that comment without using a "thingie to access the internet"? please do tell!

Re: Atheist vs. Bigot?

New born babies, whatever their "theist" beliefs, rarely have an intelligent conversation with college students. So your point is rather inaccurate. Maybe the OP lead a very sheltered life and didn't go out much beyond the monastery walls prior to going to college? ;-)

Re: Alice

Surely the only "alien probes" would be those aimed at Uranus (allegedly, according to popular Hollywood mythology).

Re: As you might expect...

So his brother had dementia and forgot to take the teapot off the stove.... It happens. Doesn't make good tea though.

Re: Unconvinced

I've seen Men in Black and have seen how innocuous looking janitors can really be Aliens in disguise armed to their alien teeth... 4 puny human agents will be nothing to them.