Family /S

If one reads Seveneves, it includes a Skyhook as a method of getting to orbit and changing orbits 5,000 years from now. Hopefully we don’t have to wait so long.

It’s pretty challenging to pull together thousands of tons of space junk, even assuming you can do it without spending tons of propellant in the process. A rotating skyhook also means you need to firmly lash all that stuff together, or it’s going to get accelerated apart at one end of the skyhook.

I agree with the sentiment, but I wouldn’t go so far to call it “the beauty of market.” Rather, it’s just least bad of all the other options.

“You can just let people express their preferences with their spending”

Lumberjack became attractive in 1969.

<celebrity > generates more emissions on one vacation than I do in a year but I have to sacrifice my air conditioner to save the planet.

100% correct. But should all energy cost/be taxed the same? Should trucks carrying food from farms to grocery stores be charged the same taxes for fuel as trucks carrying spotlights to Taylor Swift shows? Should the electricity supplied to hospitals and schools be the same rate as the electricity used to power the…

Real reason: if you tell them something in response to that question it’s admissible in court.

They ought to already. Surely that is a prerequisite of their job, telling someone the reason they are being questioned? It seems like a really super fucking basic part of law enforcement. I bet cops are up in arms about having to meet the minimum requirements of their job.

There goes the only fun part of being pulled over. I love a good guessing game.

While I guess I would agree that between the British and the Luftwaffe (and that is what we are talking about here, so, fair enough) there was a deep level of respect, viewing themselves as knights of the air - it definitely did not extend to the rest of the allied forces. After reading some memoirs of Luftwaffe…

Yeah...about that. “Enemy aircraft bearing civil markings and marked with the Red Cross have recently flown over British ships at sea and in the vicinity of the British coast, and they are being employed for purposes which His Majesty’s Government cannot regard as being consistent with the privileges generally…

This is very true, in Norway they won't even drive after a single drink.  Work gatherings with alcohol had a shuttle to pick up and drop everyone off, just a completely different mentality 

Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffle...

Every day and every night

The sad part is jail likely won’t stop him. He will get right behind the wheel drunk. License or no license.

The 47-year-old Farmer has been charged with four counts of homicide by intoxicated use of vehicle, operating a vehicle while intoxicated and operating a vehicle while revoked causing death, The Star reports.

While we’re reminiscing about planet-named car makers, give me Mercury back. Specifically, the Mercury Lynx. 4-speed manual, no A/C, no power steering, no FM radio.