Talk-Polywell.org

I have participated in those debates on this forum but find further participation here not to my taste. In the real world, I have argued for years against almost all of the Prohibitions in which we engage, mostly because of the near-impossibility from stopping people from doing what they really want...

No. Androids...Which Dream of Electric Sheep.

But Skynet might use these:

Kilobots Are Leaving the Nest: Swarm of Tiny, Collaborative Robots Will Be Made Available to Researchers, Educators, and Enthusiasts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 112020.htm

...for its own purposes.

"Pain was a valuable teacher; the universe whispered to you in pleasure, talked to you in reason, but with pain, it shouted." - S. M. Stirling "Drakon" A coincidental part of that book to this thread was the antagonist sneering at "steam" technology for getting power out of fusion reactor and intend...

Please accept my congratulations...yet another thread jacked for the Great Drug Debate.

"Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?" because pursuing one such case "would divert resources away from the investigation of other frauds and the recovery of losses suffered by other investors." Read: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-1129-citigroup-sec-20111129,0,4917449.story Cheer Judge Jed Rakoff....

While I was raking and sweeping off the roof this morning ( lots of pine needles in South Carolina) I was reflecting on the things for which I am or should be grateful. Among those for whom I am thankful are the people I have virtually met on this forum. All of you have enlightened the last several ...

Of course it is. The Chinese wish to make this technology as widely available as possible, in China, and where can one find a better archive than this site?

Diogenes wrote:...It is probably number 26th on the list of things facing our nation which I worry about.

You have a list? May we see it?

...but things gets quite different when you go in places like Sudan, Nigeria, and similar were access to basic needs like food and water is many time conditioned to the acceptance of a particular faith. If one can impose the outward form which is externally indistinguishable from true faith, others...

"And as long as God does not intervene in the contemporary universe in such a way as to violate physical laws, science has no way of knowing whether God exists or not."

Is a quotation from the article I cited. Please, no putting words in my mouth! I say enough stupid stuff on my own!

Has there ever been a successful reentry of a cylindrical body, as opposed to the typical cones or complex lifting body design of the Shuttle?Dan Tibbets The Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) didn't go through a full re-entry, but encountered much of the same dynamics. In general, bodies of revo...

I've looked at the Shapeways forum (but stayed out of the General section!) and it looks like wet polishing is the way to go. The model I have is never going to the platonic ideal of crystallanity I imagined because I won't be able to get inside to smooth the inside edges and corners very well. Thou...

Giorgio, Well...I don't think we get to choose whether it is possible to prove a negative. But we do get to choose whether to like it. BTW, I don't think it is possible to impose faith (something which is completely within your own mind*) upon another person, but it is certainly possible to impose t...

Back on this topic: Religion is based on faith, Engineering is mainly based on verified knowledge. I always considered the two as being on diverging roads. I have never been able to understand how some engineers can reconcile both. Maybe someone can share his experience, it could be an interesting d...

He's just being a troll. I suggest we ignore him.

The only thing missing so far is a suggestion the Lawrenceville group properly learn about electromagnetic theory.