Jack wrote:I'm not so sure the U.S. will be on the hard crash list. The U.S. has quite a lot of wealth...foreign debts can be defaulted upon. So can domestic ones, for that matter.
Jack wrote:The U.S. has an extensive military, and that can be used to soften the blow as well.
Draft all the men, women and children and you're still outnumbered. Think you have nukes? Other people have nukes, too. You have aircraft carriers? They have Exocets. And nuke-capable cruise missiles.
There's this invisible line that's just waiting to be crossed. Once that happens, it's no longer going to be exactly very amusing, even watching from over here.
I wonder if China might consider invading Iran both to focus the population on an external war and to gain a needed resource. If I'm wrong on this, please tell me where my error is.
I wonder if you could provide your thoughts on a question I have about China. I'm under the impression that there are about 20% more young men than young women, and that this creates a possibility of social disorder. Extending this, I wonder if China might consider invading Iran both to focus the population on an external war and to gain a needed resource. If I'm wrong on this, please tell me where my error is.
Viper wrote:
Crossing that invisible line will mean that the US will have admitted to either:
A - Our super advanced bioweapons program.
or
B - The fact that we've been loading nukes onto our satellites for years and can drop one from outerspace in 30 seconds anywhere anytime.
The Russians are no longer even freaking out about our new developments because they've basically given up the game. We are working on a Mach 11 cruise missile which is basically a cruise equivalent of a ballistic missile but without the launch signature. We are working on a fully robotic bomber/fighter which does not even require an on the ground pilot. Israel and the US have made the old battle field totally obsolete with a laser that makes artillery and rocketry useless. If the gloves were really to come off, and we stopped caring who we killed, a world war at this point would look more like a man with a machinegun in the middle of a bunch of sheep that a brawl.
The robot planes are projected to cost up to 65 percent less to build than future versions of fighters and up to 75 percent less to operate than today’s fighters. Advanced computers, software and space navigation satellites would take the place of extensive ground-based control facilities.
Defense planners envision cramming the UCAVs with sophisticated equipment and loading target data into their computers before launch. The robot fleet would then take off and carry out their assignments.
Given your previous comments regarding AI--which were also over the top--the information in this post should also be disregarded.
The Self Module has nodes which continuously monitor the state of the system and record its history. The SelfNodes also predict the future state of the system, and submit queries to the system based on their studies. They give Webmind a high degree of self-awareness or consciousness. The Self Module gives Webmind a high degree of what we humans think of as true intelligence; awareness of itself.
lowem wrote:This was posted on energyresources some time back :
http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/rio/focus/rep ... anking.htm
Worst# Country Avail. ha/cap
1. Singapore -7.1
2. Hong Kong -6.1
3. Belgium -3.7
4. Netherlands -3.6
5. United States -3.6
6. United Kingdom -3.5
7. Germany -3.4
8. Japan -3.4
9. Switzerland -3.2
10. Israel -3.1
11. Italy -2.9
12. Korea, Rep -2.9
13. Greece -2.6
14. Russian Federation -2.3
15. Poland, Rep -2.1
16. South Africa -1.9
17. Jordan -1.8
18. Spain -1.6
19. Thailand -1.6
20. Mexico -1.2
lowem wrote:[This was posted on energyresources some time back :
http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/rio/focus/rep ... anking.htm
Best# Country Avail. ha/cap
1. Iceland 14.3
2. New Zealand 12.8
3. Peru 6.1
4. Australia 5.0
5. Brazil 3.6
6. Finland 2.6
7. Colombia 2.1
8. Canada 1.9
9. Indonesia 1.2
10. Sweden 1.1
11. Argentina 0.7
12. Chile 0.7
13. Ireland 0.6
14. Malaysia 0.4
15. France 0.1
16. Norway 0.1
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