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Can we say "duh"? It's only been a topic of discussion here since . . . ohh, the last three months. There are a multitude of threads discussing these very two topics in the Pure Star Wars and Pure Star Trek forums. A mod can kill it if they want. It's just been all over the news, and hit ...

Well folks the irony of it all especially for StarDestoryer.net. StarTrek ends its 18 year run next Friday and Star Wars the final chapter comes to the big screen. They both made the news today, and have this week as noted below. I'm posting it here, well because it is news. I'm sad, glad, and excit...

Hey Tommy J, the next time you start an arguement on your little anti-Trek crusade, try and come up with your own arguement instead of rephrasing from someone else and claiming it as your own . ;) huh? That is a strange coincidence. But that's all it was. I got the idea for this after re-watching P...

Growing up as a Catholic I never muddled through these. I googled it and it's interesting to read about the 7-Seals being opened. Now as an Atheist it's kind of funny, especially the part how the sky is going to 'roll up.' As an adult and an atheist reading through these, I understand better why EVE...

3D television Out of this world Nov 11th 2004 From The Economist print edition Researchers can now broadcast moving holograms IT IS not merely tractor beams that have a counterpart in the real world (see article). Some recent work by NASA, America's space agency, has produced and broadcast a protot...

oh, this piece of shit again. it's amazing how shows like these usually manage to portray scientifically minded individuals as being completely ignorant of things like faith, religion, etc. I love how they say, "all wordly events [by the scientist] can be explained by science," only later...

I don't see a problem with this. English is the language just about everybody uses, has a long history in the region, so why not make it official? The only people opposed would be those who want to replace the common language with something else. The meaning of the laws would apply to everybody reg...

Col. Crackpot wrote:holy shit, this thread has gone off on more tangents than a graphing calculator in freshman trig class...

High Gas Prices = Urban Planning = Public Transportation = Home Ownership [huh] =Hybrid Cars = Why cannot we re-build rail lines in West Virgina = Bullet Trains

Tonight on NBC is the new mini series 'Revelations.' I suppose if I was an NBC programming executive based on the currently our religiously focused society we live in, it's a smart ratings move. It's just damn, I've had enough. A series based on science versus religion in which undoubtly religion wi...

I'll use a hybrid car when it has the same cargo and passenger space as my Grand Marquis, and enough power to hit 120 km/h by the end of the merging lane on the highway. I looked at the below 2005 Accord before buying a car last year. But like you, no one is going to pry the keys out of my hands to...

And more of Axis not reading English... Are any of us suprised? Here's a little reading for you Axi, maybe your stressed out tiger can translate it into whatever it is that you actually speak... That study was conducted in 1998, pre George W Bush and pre the big expansion of Fox. It would be intere...

If it's refinement capacity please explain the below.

This represents a 60% increase in the price per barrel. Not hardly surprising when the Chinese economy is buying up everything; IIRC something like half of the world's concrete production is going to China these days, don't quote me on the exact numbers, but a lot more energy and raw resources are ...

Chart won't post. Suffice to say, that the averages on price per gallon have increaed from in the mid $30's/Barrel to the $50's/Barrel.

http://futures.tradingcharts.com/chart/CO/M

This represents a 60% increase in the price per barrel.

Shep, are you saying that the below has had NOTHING to do with it? Come on.

I don't doubt it and I don't want anyone to think it's just a 'poor American' thing. But alot of people jump on the 'Quit bitching, American' bandwagon too. High gas prices fuck everyone. Personally, I blame politicians for the mess but.... Knife, how to politicians control supply and demand of a f...

I think the entire news media is guilty of your characteristic "golden mean" style of thinking. ALL of them are a part of the problem, and that problem is not bias toward one side or another. The problem is presenting two extreme viewpoints, declaring the true answer to be "somewhere...

Again, the Cowboys Cheerleaders are why this will never happen and they recruit from Texas colleges. Of topic: too bad I'm not into women to appreciate the beauty of these.

Part of the problem is our lifestyle choices. When you choose to live 50 km away from where you work and then commute to work every day, you choose waste . No matter what kind of car you drive, the choice of living so far away from where you work is inherently wasteful. The entire suburban lifestyl...

You know what's interesting about this article is Marina Sirtis seems to be the common leak going way back on plots. I wonder if this is a way to stick it to them or is she just dense?

I won't defend 'super soccer mom' and her 80 thousand dollar Hummer II. But a reasonable SUV (like my before mentioned Jimmy) and it's 4X4 action is a handy dandy thing when you live in the Rocky Mountains in winter. I don't think anyone is saying that if you've got the money don't buy an expensive...

Red, you hate those Titanic like SUV's in Jersey? Imagine those fucking beasts on the streets of NYC. Godawful. They take two parking spots and they manuever like war elephants with arthritis through the narrow side streets and their drivers have somehow forgotten that there are such things as pede...

The Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders are part of Texas pride. I doubt that this will go far.

I'm also tired of the conspiracy theorists with regard to why gasoline prices are so high. The rich oil companies. The rich gas station owners. etc. This is simply a supply and demand issue. The Saudi's are pumping the oil out of the ground at nearly capacity. The whole supply chain with regard to t...

The President in the Day after Tomorrow decides upon an evacuation plan, on his say so (although he does listen to about 3 minutes of advice from various people he makes the call). The President in Independence Day decides what the US response to the invaders will be off his own back (first to not ...