Recent content by fsFoster

We are citizens of the information age. Google makes more money without trading in "things" than, I suspect, any mining industry, whether coal, diamonds or peat. If I offer you a balloon you might buy it, but if I offer you an insider tip on the stock market, you'll buy it. (Ignore ethics. We're...

This is “on topic” relative to the string’s title, but “off topic” relative to SpaceX. One way to think about units of measure is to pit imperial versus metric. Another way to think about units of measure is to imagine how they will change in the future. Let’s suppose that among the 10...

I love your lead: Nowhere on Earth is independent . Why isn't this reality sufficient to move war toward obsolescence? And thank you for the import reliance chart. Your response to "Nobody argues that North America's current trade practices exist to support Europe; neither will the future...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's primary objective to develop and promote normal air travel? Remember, the word aeronautics precedes the word space, and I don't think that's only because pronounceable NASA is cooler than non-pronounceable...

Foremost, thank you, everyone, for not quibbling with my use of the word colony. Mr. Fabian, I didn't realize how far you extended the meaning of "available resources," but yes, Phoenix and LA developed as extensions of the American movement to the west and the Mexican movement to the north...

Mr. Fabian, The entire thread interests me and I'm short of time, but I wanted to mention that your idea of colonial successes is a bit dated. While it once held true, today we have: 1. Phoenix, a city with only enough local water to supply a small sheep ranch, which is all that was there...