>> ^Truckchase:
Why is Google Fiber only available in a pointless state? Interesting, what more can you tell us about your travels to Kansas City?


Your sarcasm hasn't yielded anything yet you very very unfunny man.

>> ^Yogi:

>> ^Truckchase:
>> ^Yogi:
Why is Google Fiber only available in a pointless state? Why can't they do it somewhere where people matter?

Did VS just roll out a trolling badge?

I've been here for quite awhile being a douche thank you. And I'm serious, this is bullshit I want Google Fiber, I don't want horrible Kansas to have it, they'll just use it to make christian websites that fight gay marriage.
Interesting, what more can you tell us about your travels to Kansas City?

>> ^Truckchase:

>> ^Yogi:
Why is Google Fiber only available in a pointless state? Why can't they do it somewhere where people matter?

Did VS just roll out a trolling badge?


I've been here for quite awhile being a douche thank you. And I'm serious, this is bullshit I want Google Fiber, I don't want horrible Kansas to have it, they'll just use it to make christian websites that fight gay marriage.

I was at a bar called Gustos in Kansas city last week. Twenty minutes later I look to my right, sitting next to me was Donald Glover! I was shocked, because I love Community, and Troy is the funniest guy in the show. Too bad I couldn't get a picture with him since all the ladies surrounded him, plus his 2 body guards lol.

This is awesome. If you live in Kansas City.

I do not live in Kansas City, so thanks a lot Google for pissing me off by inviting me to sign up for something I'd really like to have that you can't give.

This guy is an idiot.

His explanations are as logical as Bobby Henderson's linking of average global temperature to the number of pirates in his Open Letter to Kansas School Board.

"Carry on my Wayward Son" by the band Kansas.

Just thought it should be in there somewhere.

>> ^RadHazG:

Naturally its a large pod. Plenty of room for compressed slow release breathable air tanks. We send air with men on spacewalks, we can surely keep a large capsule with 6 people filled for a while.
>> ^saber2x:
what happens when the oxygen in your pod runs out over Kansas seeing your in a vacuum tube?



And they kind of need air in the vehicle too..... like, a lot of it? Never mind the spacewalks. As in, that's of no concern.

Fair enough. I can imagine a number of safety/emergency protocols but I've no idea how cost effective they would be. Given the simplicity of the system I can't imagine it would be to difficult though. Hell we send people through the sky in an aluminum tube over 10,000 feet in the air all the time, I can't imagine this would be any more dangerous. The first several years will undoubtedly have some accidents, every new tech does. If we never tried new things though we'd never go anywhere.
>> ^saber2x:

I know we can do it, but it wont be NASA prepping your pod, it will be some jackass that use to work at McDonalds. All im asking is what do they do if you do have a emergency or mechanical failure?
>> ^RadHazG:
Naturally its a large pod. Plenty of room for compressed slow release breathable air tanks. We send air with men on spacewalks, we can surely keep a large capsule with 6 people filled for a while.
>> ^saber2x:
what happens when the oxygen in your pod runs out over Kansas seeing your in a vacuum tube?

I know we can do it, but it wont be NASA prepping your pod, it will be some jackass that use to work at McDonalds. All im asking is what do they do if you do have a emergency or mechanical failure?

>> ^RadHazG:

Naturally its a large pod. Plenty of room for compressed slow release breathable air tanks. We send air with men on spacewalks, we can surely keep a large capsule with 6 people filled for a while.
>> ^saber2x:
what happens when the oxygen in your pod runs out over Kansas seeing your in a vacuum tube?

Naturally its a large pod. Plenty of room for compressed slow release breathable air tanks. We send air with men on spacewalks, we can surely keep a large capsule with 6 people filled for a while.
>> ^saber2x:

what happens when the oxygen in your pod runs out over Kansas seeing your in a vacuum tube?

what happens when the oxygen in your pod runs out over Kansas seeing your in a vacuum tube?

Hmm. I'm an atheist, but I kinda disagree with them on this one.

It is an elective course. Don't like it, don't take it -- just like they said. And yes, I would say the same thing if it was an elective course about the Quran or Sharia law.

I took an elective "World Religions" class in my public High School. It was very cool -- we talked about comparative numbers of adherents of various religions and non-religious people, regional and national religious trends, religious shifts over time and what caused them, etc. etc. This was in Kansas, so it could easily have been some conservative Christian right-wing nut just trying to push an agenda, but it wasn't. In my opinion, it was interesting and objective.

However, even if it wasn't, it still would have been an elective class. Hell, even in required classes, I had people pushing subjective opinions down my throat as though they were facts. "Shakespeare was the greatest Western writer in history." The best thing that I learned from classes like that was that sometimes opinions differ, and that is OK -- don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise.

>> ^MilkmanDan:

>> ^brycewi19:
>> ^blahpook:
The amount of manual labor here was surprising.

Yet refreshing.

To each his own, but ... why?
I grew up on a large family farm for wheat and corn in Kansas. My father talks about how from the time he was born till the time I was born, the farm operations went from being handled by about 10-15 full-time family member workers plus maybe 60+ seasonal harvest workers to having roughly 4 full-time workers and an additional 8 or so harvest part-timers. 75 plus down to 12.
First they got tractors for tilling. Then planter attachments for the tractors. Then the first harvester machines, etc. etc. on down to today, where we've got 2 massive combines running during harvest, 1 or 2 tractors with grain hoppers (serve other purposes outside of harvest season), 4-6 semi trucks with grain hopper trailers, and a central location with a set of large grain storage bins.
With the machines, we get higher yields per acre and less loss due to human error mistakes. We harvest over twice as much land in significantly less time. In the past 60 years, grain prices have crept up at a rate way lower than inflation, while prices for labor-intensive crops like fruit actually outpace inflation.
I am most definitely a biased source, but from my perspective more mechanization equals more food to go around, and lower food prices for everyone. I'd say that is pretty refreshing too!
No offense meant, just a different perspective.


I see both sides of the argument. I fully understand the advantages of automation, but how do you feel about there being fewer jobs for people?

Serious question, I'm not trolling. There are again arguments each way. The jobs are seasonal and I'm guessing the people helping with harvests aren't paid very well, so it's not about high quality work. But in a country where there is a lot of unemployment do you think it would be worth cutting back on the automation to help out or would this just price you out the market?

Personally I don't know, but I'm interested in your opinion.

>> ^Payback:

Pandora XXX: "You're not in Candace anymore."
CLASSIC.


Pandora will shit you out!