Gorgon

In a perfect world nuclear is preferable, but the problem there is proliferation. If we start depending wholesale on nuclear power the security implications would be enormous. Nuclear power has a bad rep because when things go wrong it really is one of the most scary things you can imagine, and because the industry has a history of being untrustworthy, but honestly if it can bring me cheap power I say build one here, yesterday. I won't be waving any protest flags.

If it's a scam, who's getting paid. No one doubts that climate change is happening, not many people disagree that greenhouse gasses are a contributor, but how much of a contributor that's the question, Further, can we do anything that would make a difference. Half measures really are pointless and that's all anyone can ever seem to agree on. I say spend the money on reducing poverty instead at least that way you know you are getting something back on the investment.

'Fallen' infers a state change. Logically if it is the act itself and not an ideal it doesn't matter if his motivation for going to war was to rape cows and machine-gun orphans. If he saves his fellow war criminals at great personal risk, he is a hero.

Heroism is tactical... So, wiping out a village of partisans, raping the cows and killing the women, is heroic, as long as they put up a good fight and your side looks out for one another, sacrificing personal safety in order to prevail against the odds. What if our hero knew beforehand that he was going to machine-gun ever orphan he could get his hands on.

I don't think there is much in the way of respectability to serving your country in war time if you are part of the problem. However, many of them may not have been fully aware of what Hitler was all about before it was too late, and it's not like you can just leave the army.

This could be quite a show if they cut down on the Keno confessions and the earth dialing stones.

I don't know if Rommel was a hero, I mean he was on the wrong side, more like 'not completely evil'. Even his enemies spoke for his treatment of prisoners of war and the professionalism of all the men under his command in the Africa campaign.

I think it was this fellow, or it was a Wehrmacht officer, anyway the story seems to be prevalent. Made into a movie which I cant remember the name of, the Jews stuck his name on a memorial. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Plagge

Three again, I gave up.

If I remember from the news it's porn targeting teenage girls.

What about whatshisface the death camp commandant who saved as many Jews as he could for as long as he was able.

At least they grasped the basic concept of ducking.

Whats really strange is that they still fought in formations at a time where firepower and accuracy ought to have rendered them obsolete.

Would capturing the capitol have had a difference, of would Lincoln have gotten on a stagecoach and proceeded to surround the invaders, who necessarily had long lines of supply. Symbolism is important, but it's not all important. Capturing Stalingrad would have done little for the Germans as it was by that time a pile of rubble. In order to be sure of victory The South would have to disrupt the North's manufacturing base, which was always vastly superior to their own.

Isn't the main reason why an old windows installation runs like crap that there are too many processes being loaded into memory at start up, and you can't configure them all to go away

They like to talk about it because it's about them. Go figure. In other news Icelandic history appears to be gaining popularity in Iceland.

You and me both. Due monday, 15 pages with notes. done about four. I'm counting on the appearance of a miracle of inspiration some time soon.

The declaration of independence and the constitution, including state constitutions, are secular documents, but in their psychological impact one might regard them as sacred text to which an authority adheres, thou shalt not change scripture, you can only interpret it. This is because, in my opinion, they have been inextricably linked with a definition of independence and self reliance that makes up the core of American subjectivity, how they define themselves. Reformers battle against a perception of committing heresy.

He's a figurehead, everybody says so. No power in the position. It is a bit strange that they chose a nobody to be a figurehead, but this is the stuff of political compromise.

I'm not entirely sure what a registry does, just that every time you install something windows writes loads of crap into it, and that it doesn't necessarily go away after you uninstall. Other operating systems seem to manage fine without one. After X amount of years there is so much dusty old code in the registry it slows everything to a crawl.

I wonder if you can get a discount on liposuction if you sell the blubber back to the clinic.

Meh, minorities are people too, meaning they are rotten bastards or not to the same degree as everyone else. Their experience of discrimination on the sharp end of the stick doesn't change anything, it could just as easy make them more likely to return the favor.

I vote Gromnir also.

It seems to me that an official stamp of approval from the state would be a good thing, as it would help alleviate prejudice. The state doesn't need to tell people what to think, but it has to formulate some kind of response to discrimination. It seems to me that it is the conservative Christians, of the sort which are against homosexuality, that is hijacking the apparatus of the state, not the other way around. I can't understand why they feel threatened by gays wanting to get married, why don't they just get on with their lives ?.

http://cooltown.dk/mms/bent.JPG I raise you Bent Stuckert. Calling him the Danish Walter Cronkite would be an overstatement as he doesn't really have much in the way of screen presence. He's been the face of giving updates on the most boring aspects of block politics for as long as anyone can remember though. ... And he's got a pot stew named after him, I think it's a curry dish. Never actually tasted it but it's supposed to be good.