Random Thought of the Day

Quote: rxwine

How many days away are we from shooting fish in a barrel on a regular basis? By fish, I mean the people trying to make excuses for Trump's fruitcake responses?

What a job. I don't envy them. You better hope it's all a big act, and Trump is just a normal person.

For the sake of the country, I hope it is an act.

Its already started
He is going to bill the American People for that ridiculous wall?
Mexico aint paying jack
lol

Would modern humans survive any of the bigger cataclysmic events of the past, even if they were taken completely by surprise? Some people would be inside missile silo's and other areas, for instance at the time of large object hitting the Earth. Would there be enough sun to grow anything? People can eat garbage just like dogs if they have to. Tidal wave drownings, earthquakes, wind storms, fires would threaten everyone even in the safest places. Although, I imagine just like any disaster, there are always the odd patch that doesn't suffer much damage.

The Antarctica event (if it happened) was said to be bad enough, it killed most of the insects. I'm thinking even the worst event, some larger animals survived initially, they just had no means to instantly adapt, so died soon after.

Quote: rxwine

Would modern humans survive any of the bigger cataclysmic events of the past, even if they were taken completely by surprise?

It depends on the kind of cataclysm.

If the Yellowstone caldera blew, it would do a number on North America and affect the whole world. it would be disastrous, but over 3/4 of the world population should survive with some major hardships.

If an asteroid the size of the one that killed the dinosaurs hit, some people would survive. Outside the impact area and surroundings, most people would survive the immediate strike, but many would die in the aftermath.

A major dose of gamma rays from a nearby nova would kill even bacteria.

Quote: rxwine

Would modern humans survive any of the bigger cataclysmic events of the past, even if they were taken completely by surprise? Some people would be inside missile silo's and other areas, for instance at the time of large object hitting the Earth. Would there be enough sun to grow anything? People can eat garbage just like dogs if they have to. Tidal wave drownings, earthquakes, wind storms, fires would threaten everyone even in the safest places. Although, I imagine just like any disaster, there are always the odd patch that doesn't suffer much damage.

The Antarctica event (if it happened) was said to be bad enough, it killed most of the insects. I'm thinking even the worst event, some larger animals survived initially, they just had no means to instantly adapt, so died soon after.

I think some humans would survive. There are already people scraping by on almost nothing, so with no competition from other large predators, and not many other survivors to take care of or compete with, small tribes should be able to make a "stone age" living.

I think this is what I ran across tonight. See that light bar in the middle. Came across two different vehicles with those damn things. It's ridiculous and blinding.

Must be a year ago, on one of these car threads, I mentioned that LED bars were gonna be the new "blue headlights" that tw@s put on their cars to incite everyone into rage.

With ya. Hate those things.

Quote: Face

Must be a year ago, on one of these car threads, I mentioned that LED bars were gonna be the new "blue headlights" that tw@s put on their cars to incite everyone into rage.

With ya. Hate those things.

Seems like jealously to me. Maybe one day they will make one for your Geo Metro.

I think this was suppose to be a guitar playing question and not quite the answer they were looking for..

Quote:

Q: How large were Jimi Hendrix's hands?

A: Apparently big enough to do this:

"Well, I stand up next to a mountain
And I chop it down with the edge of my hand"

(Lyrics to Voodoo Child)

There's a list of longest prison sentences.

Quote:

Dudley Wayne Kyzer
1981
3 life sentences plus 10,000 years
 United States

10,000 years!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_prison_sentences

Quote: rxwine

There's a list of longest prison sentences.




10,000 years!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_prison_sentences

Hmmm, at what point does the "unusual" in "cruel or unusual punishment" kick in?