Mildly amusing idea

(Inspired by a recent post in rasfs, in which someone's wormhole network links the interior of stars)

As in books like Galactic Derelict and Gateway, humanity stumbles over a long abandoned transportation network that offers the possibility of extremely fast access to the stars. Unfortunately the builders were very alien. They weren't even at the right temperatures for chemistry to be a factor. Conditions that were shirt-sleeve for them are like dancing naked in a blast furnace for us. The two species have very different criteria by which they judge interestingness for network nodes.

Mildly amusing idea

(Inspired by a recent post in rasfs, in which someone's wormhole network links the interior of stars)

As in books like Galactic Derelict and Gateway, humanity stumbles over a long abandoned transportation network that offers the possibility of extremely fast access to the stars. Unfortunately the builders were very alien. They weren't even at the right temperatures for chemistry to be a factor. Conditions that were shirt-sleeve for them are like dancing naked in a blast furnace for us. The two species have very different criteria by which they judge interestingness for network nodes.

Mildly amusing idea

(Inspired by a recent post in rasfs, in which someone's wormhole network links the interior of stars)

As in books like Galactic Derelict and Gateway, humanity stumbles over a long abandoned transportation network that offers the possibility of extremely fast access to the stars. Unfortunately the builders were very alien. They weren't even at the right temperatures for chemistry to be a factor. Conditions that were shirt-sleeve for them are like dancing naked in a blast furnace for us. The two species have very different criteria by which they judge interestingness for network nodes.

Speaking of the Raj Eternal

Does anyone have a good source for the economic growth rates across the subcontinent between, oh, 1756 and the present day?

One of the things the British Empire managed to pull off was to convert India from one of the richest regions on Earth to one of the poorest. As I understand it, what happened was that economic growth in India basically ground to a near-halt while the British were running things [1] while growth rates in portions of the rest of the planet increased. Is my understanding correct?

1: Ritual admission that the Indians also managed dismal growth for the first few decades of independence, although this has changed.

Speaking of the Raj Eternal

Does anyone have a good source for the economic growth rates across the subcontinent between, oh, 1756 and the present day?

One of the things the British Empire managed to pull off was to convert India from one of the richest regions on Earth to one of the poorest. As I understand it, what happened was that economic growth in India basically ground to a near-halt while the British were running things [1] while growth rates in portions of the rest of the planet increased. Is my understanding correct?

1: Ritual admission that the Indians also managed dismal growth for the first few decades of independence, although this has changed.

Speaking of the Raj Eternal

Does anyone have a good source for the economic growth rates across the subcontinent between, oh, 1756 and the present day?

One of the things the British Empire managed to pull off was to convert India from one of the richest regions on Earth to one of the poorest. As I understand it, what happened was that economic growth in India basically ground to a near-halt while the British were running things [1] while growth rates in portions of the rest of the planet increased. Is my understanding correct?

1: Ritual admission that the Indians also managed dismal growth for the first few decades of independence, although this has changed.

Old times there are not forgotten (Now with added appeals to the late Roman Republic)

Conservatives wistful over the days when genocide was an accepted part of national policy come out in favour of an American dictatorship.

Seen in various places

Old times there are not forgotten (Now with added appeals to the late Roman Republic)

Conservatives wistful over the days when genocide was an accepted part of national policy come out in favour of an American dictatorship.

Seen in various places

Old times there are not forgotten (Now with added appeals to the late Roman Republic)

Conservatives wistful over the days when genocide was an accepted part of national policy come out in favour of an American dictatorship.

Seen in various places

How droll

The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement has its own LJ community.

What kind of people post to it, you ask?

Hey, I just found about VHEMT and thought it was a really great idea. I'm 19 years old [...]

How droll

The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement has its own LJ community.

What kind of people post to it, you ask?

Hey, I just found about VHEMT and thought it was a really great idea. I'm 19 years old [...]

How droll

The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement has its own LJ community.

What kind of people post to it, you ask?

Hey, I just found about VHEMT and thought it was a really great idea. I'm 19 years old [...]

Canadian astronaut and Canadarm return safely to Earth

Non-Canadian assets also return safely.

Canadian astronaut and Canadarm return safely to Earth

Non-Canadian assets also return safely.

Canadian astronaut and Canadarm return safely to Earth

Non-Canadian assets also return safely.

I keep meaning to mention this

That UN projection of population through AD 2300 I keep playing with? Doesn't include immigration or emigration as part of its models, as far as I can tell.

I keep meaning to mention this

That UN projection of population through AD 2300 I keep playing with? Doesn't include immigration or emigration as part of its models, as far as I can tell.

I keep meaning to mention this

That UN projection of population through AD 2300 I keep playing with? Doesn't include immigration or emigration as part of its models, as far as I can tell.