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Topic: Iceland on the rocks. |
Ayame
Replies: 35
Views: 1541
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Forum: Europe Discussion Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:41 am Subject: Re: Iceland on the rocks. |
Well Landsbanki just got nationalised today in Iceland and the Icesave website went offline so thousands of UK people who saved with the bank can't transfer or access their money.
Dum Dum Dum
Ano ... |
Topic: Killing Spree Over Money Woes |
Ayame
Replies: 20
Views: 865
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Forum: Economics & Finance Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:47 am Subject: Re: Killing Spree Over Money Woes |
Better to struggle, fight, survive, and outlive or die trying; than to surrender meekly and opt out. People have survived far worse than what is coming in our lifetimes; and have had lives, and l ... |
Topic: Capitalism is dead, long live ...? |
Ayame
Replies: 10
Views: 854
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 10:11 am Subject: Re: Capitalism is dead, long live ...? |
OMG! I am astounded that there was a customised answer for me out of the options: Fick dich, Ich bin einen Nihilist!!
Too bad the Hadron collider won't be up and ready to smash those particles for ... |
Topic: Lula: Brazil to become granary of the world |
Ayame
Replies: 37
Views: 1538
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:55 am Subject: Re: Lula: Brazil to become granary of the world |
No, the goal is to slow population growth. You do this by feeding people.
A complete oxymoron if ever I heard one. |
Topic: Post peak Goddess |
Ayame
Replies: 19
Views: 1564
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:30 pm Subject: Re: Post peak Goddess |
10 days later and she finally manages to accomplish what her tractor would have in a couple of hours. Bravo!
We're so screwed. |
Topic: Airline Bankruptcy/Merger/Layoffs Thread |
Ayame
Replies: 352
Views: 30178
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Forum: Current Events Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:24 pm Subject: Re: Airline Bankruptcy/Merger/Layoffs Thread |
Another one goes bump:
Zoom heads towards administration
Transatlantic budget carrier Zoom Airlines has admitted it is applying to go into administration. The announcement came after one of its ... |
Topic: Preparation nearly impossible |
Ayame
Replies: 88
Views: 6279
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:10 am Subject: Re: Preparation nearly impossible |
And don't forget the zombie hordes.
Whatever you've prepared, they'll want, and enough of them will be happy enough to prise your preps out of your cold dead hands. |
Topic: New goal for humans--self limitation |
Ayame
Replies: 36
Views: 1829
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:44 pm Subject: Re: New goal for humans--self limitation |
As I recall were these not the same people who where exterminated by the Mori when they discovered them?
It is quite interesting. The Moriori were originally Maoris who left the mainland and disco ... |
Topic: New goal for humans--self limitation |
Ayame
Replies: 36
Views: 1829
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:18 am Subject: Re: New goal for humans--self limitation |
I will try and offer some hope.
Evolution tends to run faster or funnier on islands (you get miniature elephants etc.).
There have been reports that the Moriori, living on the small archipelago ... |
Topic: New goal for humans--self limitation |
Ayame
Replies: 36
Views: 1829
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:27 pm Subject: Re: New goal for humans--self limitation |
And yet virtually every non-civilized culture of humans limited their populations deliberately, remaining within the carrying capacity of their territories for thousands of years.
If they were so h ... |
Topic: New goal for humans--self limitation |
Ayame
Replies: 36
Views: 1829
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:38 am Subject: Re: New goal for humans--self limitation |
In fact, our dear mother nature, who so many of us want to so quickly default to...etc
Believe me if I thought there was any other foolproof way of limiting consumption/population over time in a gro ... |
Topic: New goal for humans--self limitation |
Ayame
Replies: 36
Views: 1829
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Forum: Population & Carrying Capacity Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:07 am Subject: Re: New goal for humans--self limitation |
| Sadly I do not think we will ever be able to achieve a self-limiting society. Firstly, because unless it was global in nature any group/county/society who adopted such would be wiped out and assimulat ... |
Topic: Saw a (probable) suicide tonight |
Ayame
Replies: 30
Views: 2133
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Forum: Psychology Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:43 am Subject: Re: Saw a (probable) suicide tonight |
you're proud to be a human? proud to be the destroyer of half the species on the planet?
Yes, we are even quite literally eating the competition.
In many places, primates are quite literally bei ... |
Topic: Terrifying TV drama on BBC in UK |
Ayame
Replies: 27
Views: 2929
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:05 am Subject: Re: Terrifying TV drama on BBC in UK |
I watched part 2 of 'Burn Up' and here is my summary for anyone possible interested.
I forgot to mention in the first part there was a guy called Mahud running around being chased by the Americans ... |
Topic: Terrifying TV drama on BBC in UK |
Ayame
Replies: 27
Views: 2929
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Forum: Planning For The Future Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:33 pm Subject: Re: Terrifying TV drama on BBC in UK |
| Well I stayed up and watched the first half, mostly because my mother wanted to watch it - she just loves conspiracy stuff. To my surprise Neve Campbell was in it, last time I saw her was in scream. I ... |
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