Howdy,

Yesterday I emailed someone to tell about the benefits of the moon Titan. It came that far that I described the biggest poison on earth: KCN (I hope). It seems when you take it in you're dead within less than half a second.
I hope from the bottom of my heart there'll be no consequences at my telling this anecdote.

Hoore500

Hey "Hoore", what's KCN? Can you smoke it?

When I tell you KCN is the biggest poison on earth then it means you're immediately dead, as soon as you have put the bottle at your lips, long before the fluid reaches your stomach. Never heared about potassium cyanide?
I swear it, if you don't believe me ask it your family doctor.
Please don't help me in troubles, really guys, i already wish I had never subscribed here.
Further I thought you may not smoke overthere.

I don't smoke...tobacco! :P

I just wanted to say to everyone that I really appreciated the gracious accomodation from DippyHippy regarding the closure of the "Be a Millionaire" topic. I also respected his private comments that I may have been too over-the-top silly in how I presented something which could have merit. I did not take into account that through their experience and intelligence, the Forum members could have easily handled a more direct and scientific approach to the serious questions regarding the costs of space research and development. My casual approach is obviously a sign that I have been in Florida, USA for too long!

Thank You, Dippy! :P

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I would like to be a millionaire, Tom2Mars, but I'm not gonna sacrifice 30 years of my life to achieve it! I've always followed the advice, "life is for living" (not saving up). In 30 years' I'll be close to 70...doesn't seem worth it to me.

You got any quicker "get-rich" schemes?

Faulkner, you've been reading my mind.

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[I would like to be a millionaire, Tom2Mars, but I'm not gonna sacrifice 30 years of my life to achieve it!]

I've got your quicker scheme allright. In fact, when I wrote to Dippy I mentioned that it wouldn't take the Forum long to think 30 years was too long to wait. Let's see, that took you a few hours, why, you must have stopped for tea. The "more direct approach" is on it's way! Cause in 30 years, I'll be...uhh...hurry!...Tom...Hurry!


And, could someone puuhleese instruct me on how to put the quotes into those neat little boxes?

Thank You...Tom

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"It's the outriders, the organisms that seem to be maladjusted before the change, which are the only ones that survive these changes...in that way a species continues."

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Hey Tom

I appreciate the sentiment and thank you for it, but at the end of the day I made a mistake. I should have left it open and if I'd had any doubts about it's legality (forum-wise) then I should have asked the other moderators for their opinion. (Which I did, but only after the deed was done)

Anyway, my point is that - surprise - I'm only human, I make mistakes, but I'm not too proud or pig-headed to deny it when I do and I'm glad this mishap hasn't discouraged you.

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That's honest and all hail for your attitude, other people should take up on this; it would make for a much better forum than it already is.

Cheers.

Now then dames and guys... boys and girls... ladies and gentlemen..

Whats in a word..

Well, quite a lot it seems.
As a (hopefully, by now) fully logged on member of the forum I would just like to respectfully point out that there may be differences (mainly spelling) but also some slight variance / misinterpretation in words / parlance.

Please excuse me, I-for the most (of English people-) am civilised. The rest , I cannot vouch for. As for youselves - spelling is easy

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Dr. H W Van Loon

Good on you Dips - a True English Gentleman.

I've been using the forum for 2 days now. I am quite happy of being able to discuss astronomy with others. Finally! People around seem just to look down and do not aknowledge the beautiful universe we were given (probably until the next global extinction...unless we equip ourselves with proper defense systems enabling us to keep going on this marvelous planet amidst an ocean of "voidness" but wonders...

I read the rules, sounds good to me.

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United Earth thread

I really wanted to say some things in this thread.

I think it is in an appropriate area, The UN in particular has come up in two other active threads, explore or industrialise and Prioriety Set, I think there is some political discussion that needs to take place. I think the point with no politics is don't turn the forum into a Party Political free for all.

I am therefore requesting that this thread be opened again. There was no overt political campainging, the discussion was concerned with Governance, not politics, and like with extra sense, I think it is better to have a thread and steer discussion into rather than a plague of political discussions.

Thanks

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Though, United Earth is just a thread...but I don't see anyone supporting the idea of a political forum...

Speaking of forums, on physicsforums.com
there is a thread with Michio Kaku as guest host...we should have something similar to that on UT...provided someone would be willing to give UT members and guests their time...

zeph, I've raised the issue with the other moderators

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Speaking of guests on UT, I wonder if Alan Boyle would like to host a forum devoted to Q&A with himself and UT users. It would be kinda fun :P B)

Even on a forum devoted to space topics, you can't avoid all political discussion. Simply discussing the funding of various missions, the last Hubble servicing mission, and the state of NASA and its relationships with other nation's space programs are all political discussions. I agree with Zephyr that the United Earth thread should not have been closed. The one on the Copernican Model should have been, and I contributed significantly to the political discussion on that one, but the United Earth should be reopened.

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...and we'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent life forms everywhere; and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys...

I have recently become involved with some folks working on Space Governance and am reading their Journals. You wouldn't believe how much they are on the side of devleopment in space and how much consideration to all the fine and subtle points of all space activities is being discussed and planned.

Many of the goals of a United Earth, if conducted from the point of view of a Governance actually located in space, could be accomplished without a disruption to current borders and sovereignties.

In other words, the topic can be discussed without necessarily dealing with politics.

However, if we can't discuss the topic, we won't be able(allowed) to arrive at the non-political solutions.

Yes Dippy, is there something you can do to reopen this?

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"It's the outriders, the organisms that seem to be maladjusted before the change, which are the only ones that survive these changes...in that way a species continues."

Carl Sagan

Well I don't have a problem with it myself, but I can't really re-open it without getting a general consensus of opinion from the other moderators. Give it a few more hours so that the moderators around the globe can post their opinions and we'll see where we go from there

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"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I've watched c-beams glitter in the dark, near the Tanhauser Gate... all those moments will be lost, in time... like tears in the rain..."

Since raising the issue with the other moderators, none of them have expressed any serious concerns about the topic so I've re-opened it.

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"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... I've watched c-beams glitter in the dark, near the Tanhauser Gate... all those moments will be lost, in time... like tears in the rain..."

I've added a new rule, bringing the current total to 10. Here it is:

9. Only one account per person

Don't get a second or third forum username so you can have different personalities and have conversations with yourself. This is not helpful to the forum.

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