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    News The Polanski dilemma

    There's not really a difference that I recognize. I'm not sure exactly what you mean by "managing" freedom, but securing citizens ("safety" is perhaps not a satisfactorily descriptive choice of words), includes securing their freedom - which means that people are free to do what they want...
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    News The Polanski dilemma

    BTW, the pertinent terminology is statute of limitations. That's a good reason, but it's not the principal reason. The principal reason is that the purpose of a government (including the criminal justice system, particularly) is to secure citizens, generally - not to serve the particular...
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    Humor Random Comments Thread

    What is "stupid"? I bought a new heater. The instruction booklet is dense text, printed on both sides of virtually transparent paper (actually, a sort of plasticky material). It is therefore not possible to read it (although the instructions are thoughtfully presented as being illegible in...
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    Cassini pictures of Saturn system

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1172205/Saturn-close-Sensational-cosmic-images-bring-ringed-planet-life.html
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    Request Radar MFD

    Wow! Thank you very much!
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    refueling?

    You can include a line, in the config file for your ISS (found in the "[MainOrbiterDirectoryName]\config\Vessels" subdirectory): Maxfuel = x (where "x" = number of kilograms of propellant, to be carried by ISS) Your ISS will then always have that much fuel (available to be transferred to...
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    RIP Brian the Space Bat

    Hey, BigJimW! Welcome back!
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    Question Total Immersion suggestions

    YES, please!!!
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    Guess this guy never played orbiter

    Actually, a plot of gravitational potential (if it were practical to implement) would be hugely welcome - especially for illustrating Lagrange Point stability, and maybe some other stuff.
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    Two suns?

    @s2k1 - Thanks!
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    Two suns?

    @Hartmann - Thanks for the cool video. I LOVE the music; can anyone identify it?
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    Remember me?

    Nice of you to finally show up.;) Welcome back!
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    Guess this guy never played orbiter

    Having read all of the above criticisms, I am now troubled by a concern that I may be the only one who wants the next version of Orbiter to include a hotkey that will make the spacegrooves visible, for ease of navigation.
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    Units of Space Measurement

    The unit of distance measurement, in Orbiter, is the meter (and, in fact, the units are in general those of the metric system [S.I.]). Additional notations such as you describe, represent the usual power-of-ten metric prefixes, including: k (kilo) = *10^3 (= *1,000) M (mega) = *10^6 (=...
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    Global Warming 2.0 (thread reopened; let's keep it civil)

    This is a good question, and I recognize that "services" are included in "economic production." I do not know the details of how they are evaluated as a contribution to an economy. If you pay someone to cut your hair, then the "product" is an (allegedly) prettier head, which would be valuable...
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    Global Warming 2.0 (thread reopened; let's keep it civil)

    I think that we kinda had a similar discussion, a while ago (then, pertaining to the significance and methodology of "Gross Domestic Product"). What you describe, seems to me to be a pretty bizarre description of "economic growth;" if it were conceptualized as merely a set of exchanges, then a...
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    Question Your Favorite Movies

    2001: A Space Odyssey Apocalypse Now Fantastic Planet are among my most favorites
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    Phases of moons

    The phases of a moon (or other body) result from the positional relationship between the light source (Sun) and the observer (e.g. - Earth). The light source illuminates half of the sphere (assuming) of the moon, and the observer sees that part of the illuminated half, that is toward him. If...
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    News Recession: NBER says what all Americans knew

    I am astonished that you have overlooked the obvious solution! It's so simple: Start a company Hire everybody 100% employment achieved Market perfected And yet, instead of saving the U.S. economy, by this easy method, you persist in merely complaining to Orbiter-Forum members. Please...
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    McCain or Obama?

    Now Google "favors" them, too: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=joint+resolution+to+authorize+the+use+of+united+states+armed+forces+against+iraq&aq=1&oq=joint+resolution+to+authorize
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