Okay, we found out obvious priorities in interstellar travel (thank you, thank you captain Obvious), so let's see what technologies we have nowadays at our disposal ( Read more... )

Thinking about design tradeoffs at my work and at some of my hobbies lead me to a strange idea... Let's say we want to build a manned interstellar spaceship meant to reach nearest star systems without any faster-than-light cosmo-fantasy technologies. What will be the key characteristics of it's construction? Which goals we must seek the most while ( Read more... )

A week ago I received following SMS on my phone:


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"Only those who are ready to
be shot at should point a gun to the other people."
Red haired Shanks, One Piece manga
rough translation

For you old* ones of the digital era

If you like to laugh loudly with your pals at somebody's first attempts to socialize in some internet community, you should sometimes do a little exercise:
- Find your own first ( Read more... )

Studying some fundamental works for my future examination I found out some very interesting thoughts.
So ...

Pick the best answer. The guiding principle of ethics is do nothing
1) illegal.
2) harmful.
3) untruthful.
4) untrusting.