Power requirements

posted on December 4th, 2009, 11:03 pm

Ugh, let's please take no lessons from BSG. There clearly was turning back, as they just repeated the cycle 

posted on December 4th, 2009, 11:11 pm

next,  we are all going to use the Metric system and like it.
(no one in america knows what kilograms are except drug dealers)

1 pound = 0.45359237 kilograms

And we don't have drug dealers in America

and maybe some day we will all speak the same language.  again, i dont care whos language, so long as everyone can speak it.

  Get started on your Chinese then..    I hear it's difficult.

communication is the first step towards world peace.  (wow, that sounded preachy,  sorry

No, no!  You're quite right.  There will never be world peace.  EVER.  BUT .... common language is one of the most distinctly unifying factors of a civilization or a community.  World peace is asking people to deny certain survival impulses we have that build up and manifest over time.  Simply doesn't work.  It's like telling poor people to stop being poor, rich people to stop hogging all the money, or telling another culture to speak only 1 language.  It ain't gonna happen.

   Things happen out of necessity, not choice


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posted on December 4th, 2009, 11:15 pm

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And we don't have drug dealers in America

...If that's true, then Hello Kitty isn't terrifying.

Get started on your Chinese then..    I hear it's difficult.

Ah, to hell with Chinese. Klingon is what we're all gonna speak... it is an existing language, after all.

posted on December 4th, 2009, 11:48 pm

Ah, to hell with Chinese. Klingon is what we're all gonna speak... it is an existing language, after all.

You know this might be the most viable solution. Because there would be No National Pride issues involved. Klingon is a truly non-geographic and non-denomination based language.

posted on December 5th, 2009, 12:11 am

It's also a very secular language too

posted on December 5th, 2009, 12:49 am

On topic: I'm preeeety sure everything runs on 240v ac @ 50hz here. Your stuff'll work fine with the right adapter which is are usually pretty easy to find.... Especially in an airport >_<

posted on December 5th, 2009, 4:01 am

next,  we are all going to use the Metric system and like it.
(no one in america knows what kilograms are except drug dealers)

good luck with that the day i use metric is the day i die (unless its to pass a chemisty class)

and maybe some day we will all speak the same language.  again, i dont care whos language, so long as everyone can speak it.  communication is the first step towards world peace.  (wow, that sounded preachy,  sorry )

yall can come ova here and ill have my ma wup up some fried chicken and ill learn you some english.
lol because you all know how retarded english is so it should be the only language. I mean it is in star trek, thats what everyone speaks.

posted on December 5th, 2009, 5:19 am

Well, at least it's a lot more standardized than "Chinese". Seriously, the "dialects" are not even close to what we'd consider dialects in romance languages... "I don't know" in Mandarin  sounds like "don't kill the goat" in "Taiwanese" (forgot the real dialect name). No dialect is mutually intelligible... which makes it a royal pain in the arse unless you have someone skilled in several dialects... grr Cantonese!

posted on December 5th, 2009, 5:06 pm

acutally, i've seen some episodes of star trek in German,  it was unique to say the least.  Michael Dorn (worf) had a deep voice with a lot of bass and the german voice over actor had a wimpy voice in comparison.  when your accustome to the real actors voices, it was  - odd  -  to hear someone else voice them.  not to mention the language barrier


blah blah blah ba ba blah -- port phased inducer  --  bla bla.



funny to me anyways

posted on December 5th, 2009, 5:16 pm

i watched stargate SG1 in french in paris once, teal'c sounded less intimidating also.

posted on December 5th, 2009, 5:34 pm

acutally, i've seen some episodes of star trek in German,  it was unique to say the least.  Michael Dorn (worf) had a deep voice with a lot of bass and the german voice over actor had a wimpy voice in comparison.  when your accustome to the real actors voices, it was  - odd  -  to hear someone else voice them.  not to mention the language barrier


blah blah blah ba ba blah -- port phased inducer  --  bla bla.



funny to me anyways

That's cuz Worf's voice is computer augmented

posted on December 5th, 2009, 5:59 pm

i watched stargate SG1 in french in paris once, teal'c sounded less intimidating also.

teal'c doesn't have to sound intimidating to be a boss, he just is.

posted on December 8th, 2009, 8:24 pm

i swear to god, once i take over the world,  we are going to start standardizing a hella lota stuff.

are you a white mouse with big head by any chance?

posted on December 8th, 2009, 9:19 pm

I love animaniacs!  Pinky and the Brain, especially.   Interestingly, I finished reading "Of Mice and Men", an old short story that I think Pinky on the Brain is based off of.

"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"

"Sure Brain, but where are we going to get rubber pants our size?"

posted on December 8th, 2009, 9:32 pm

I love animaniacs!  Pinky and the Brain, especially.   Interestingly, I finished reading "Of Mice and Men", an old short story that I think Pinky on the Brain is based off of.

"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?"

"Sure Brain, but where are we going to get rubber pants our size?"

actually looney tunes did the george vs lennie/idiot vs smart partner upon whom the idiot is almost completely reliant thing years before pinky and the brain. remember when sylvester the cat was george and the big green cat was lennie?