? quoting Gwil

Numerous things Tracer Bullet - but it's not entirely make believe for a criminal these days (lets say, a man who stabbed a pensioner on the street for her bag, as an example) to argue that according to his human rights - he shouldn't be locked in a cell, should be able to travel away after being released from questioning etc etc.

Perhaps not as serious as that, but now it seems the EU has transformed us into something that mirrors the lawsuit culture of America (this isnt meant as a jibe btw anyone ) - but with human rights being the stop gap for people to sue the police for giving them bruising from handcuffs.

The worst thing being, they can actually win these cases as well. Extreme liberalism and imposed bureacracy are causing situations like this to arise far too often...

Gwil, I agree completely, I HATE the "lawsuit culture" of america, and I am strating to dislike LOTS of things about america.

What if We are just like the tree that falls in the forest for no one to hear? What if people are are just like waves of compressed air like sond and we don't even exist until someone else percieves us.

? quoting Nickelplate

? quoting Gwil

Numerous things Tracer Bullet - but it's not entirely make believe for a criminal these days (lets say, a man who stabbed a pensioner on the street for her bag, as an example) to argue that according to his human rights - he shouldn't be locked in a cell, should be able to travel away after being released from questioning etc etc.

Perhaps not as serious as that, but now it seems the EU has transformed us into something that mirrors the lawsuit culture of America (this isnt meant as a jibe btw anyone ) - but with human rights being the stop gap for people to sue the police for giving them bruising from handcuffs.

The worst thing being, they can actually win these cases as well. Extreme liberalism and imposed bureacracy are causing situations like this to arise far too often...

Gwil, I agree completely, I HATE the "lawsuit culture" of america, and I am strating to dislike LOTS of things about america.

I hadn't realized that there were fewer lawsuits in Europe (until now?). It is a pain.

-Orph- On reason I've never made any explosives is I wouldn't know what to do with them. I could calculate the energy released, maybe even approximate the time span of the detonation, but it wouldn't give me any conception of how destructive any given amount of material is likely to be. I envy your experience. A class in booby traps? *drools*

Now that I think about it, I might be able to figure out how much explosive you need to create a shock wave... Or do high explosives always do that? *wonders off thinking*

That's so true. You know the 10% matter we can see we can so only because light reflects off it. The remaining 80% is unobservable dark matter which light cannot reflect off. This means there are galaxies and star systems we cant even see with the human eye. When people think 'it doesn?t exist because I haven?t seen it', it might exist because you cant see it.>>

True

Giuliana Conforto: Man's Cosmic Game

That's a book that talks about this subject in depth, recommended.

I used to make my own gunpowder. Bought saltpeter ( potassium nitrate ) from a drugstore, made the carbon myself and borrowed some sulphur from the chemistry lab. Mixed it with caution, keeping some of the raw materials wet, in the appropriate proportions and made myself some nice bombs. Loud bang, large flame, dense black smoke and lots of heat. Should switch to willow wood when making the carbon, though...

As for the weedkiller and sugar explosive, i've never made such a thing. What type of weedkiller did you use and how did you mix it?

mine is a matter of public record, but i was thinking the same thing. since 911, its not been a good idea to discuss this stuff. at least no one said the word president and bomb in the same sentanc*knock at front door*

hold on a sec, i gotta get that.

"Dark" is an absence of light, so if you think about nothing is actually travelling anywhere at any speed According to the late Douglas Adams, the only thing which travels faster than the light is bad news, which you can't use for propulsion as no-one will appreciate you arriving

First of all, 10 + 80 = 90 Secondly, if it does exist then it's certainly won't form galaxies or stars as we know them. Thirdly, you don't say "it doesn't reflect light", but "it doesn't interact with light" as it doesn't seem to give off any radiation itself. The main way in which we know its there is because it has mass; of course, whatever else it interacts with depends on what it actually is (e.g. neutrinos- main WIMP candidate- interact via the weak nuclear and gravitational forces only, the former of which operates only on subatomic scales) so potentially we will never know until we go find some of the stuff!

Orthodox or not, they are still Christians, yes? If you meet this chap again tell him about all the christians who would have been washed away, along with all the other people who have never heard about Jesus. Either he has little understanding of his own religion or his god is some bitter little man :/

go ahead, make fun.. i bet fundamentally i am correct.. they laughed at the guy who said he would invent a portaloo with water in the bottom. i bet he is rich now