NationStates Jolt Archive

to fix one problem.......what would it be? how would you do it?

let's say you had unlimited access to anything you would need to solve one problem.......which one would you pick? what would your plan be?

pick one for your local area, one for your country, and one for the world.

local area:

Make the sea a little cleaner.

country:

chav culture, fuck that

world:

hmm thats a hard one. i'd probably try to get rid of extremism, in any form.

Local Area:

Make the Dale Earnhart Sr. obsession go away.

Country:

Get the Libertarian party in the door and have them start winning several seats in both the Senate and House.

World:

Get rid of the Middle East and all of those who inhabitant it so that we may actually have a more peaceful planet.

local area:

Make the sea a little cleaner.

country:

chav culture, fuck that

world:

hmm thats a hard one. i'd probably try to get rid of extremism, in any form.

would you say you were extremely against extremism?

Local:
Housing issues, make more affordable housing, comsidering 2/3 of the people in homeless shelters are working and just can't afford a place to stay.

Country:
Aboriginals, we need to stop screwing them over, give them more land, better education and improve proverty rates among them. They also spend more time in prison when they get arrested then their counterpart. So just fix everything there.

Global:
Any extention of tribalism: nationalism, racism, ethnic nationalism etc.

would you say you were extremely against extremism?

nah only moderately so ;)

Local : Remove all the tourists from Belfast who have turned my town into a tourist location fro Protestants only

Country : Completely eradicate sectarianism

Global : Dunno :confused:

World:

Get rid of the Middle East and all of those who inhabitant it so that we may actually have a more peaceful planet.

You know, you may get a lot of flack for this, but I can't help but agree.

Local : Remove all the tourists from Belfast who have turned my town into a tourist location fro Protestants only
can you elaborate on the problem here? I haven't encountered this specific complaint.

Local: affordable housing and public transportation--I think the two are interrelated. We need to move away from the individual vehicle paradigm as soon as we can.

National: Make policy decisions on rational bases--no more ideology trumping pragmatism.

Global: Fix the climate change problem. That's the greatest immediate problem we face.

Local:
More interesting architecture.

Country:
Decrease military spending and distribute the savings to welfare, healthcare and education.

World:
Me, undisputed Emperor of Sol III.:)

Area: hmm... There is a problem in my city with extremely kitschy buildings being built without any reverence towards historical landmarks etc.

Country: make the highways at last built. Solve the problems with public railway transport. Solve many more problems. Make the 2012 football championship happen without any reasons to do a :headbang:

World: invent cheap and reliant space technology (FTL would also be nice) and start some colonisation, or start and sustain cold fusion.

Local

Give the schools more funding.

Country

Get rid of all the Serios Organized Crime Act and replace it with something more coherant.

World

Ban SUVs, nuclear power. Build wind farms and solar panles. Put a 50% tax on how much corporations earn.

Local:
our economy. fix it so that we are not so reliant on tourism. get our agricultural and technological areas growing.

Country:
Homeless and Unemployment. the two are linked.

World:
too many to pick just one.

edit: changed my mind.

World:
Get terraforming technology up there and terraform Mars. yes, I put this under world because alot of good can be made available to the world with such tecnology.

can you elaborate on the problem here? I haven't encountered this specific complaint.

I live in a town called Millisle on the Ards Peninsula of Northern Ireland (well at least I live here when not at uni) and during the Troubles it became a place where people from Belfast would go to on holiday to escape the worst of it (which is how my dad made his money with caravan sites.) sometimes all year round if the owners allowed it. But since it was during the Troubles it inevitably became for one group only, Protestants. My dad has had such lovely guests as Johnny Adair, etc on the site and they've turned the town into their very own Shankhill by the sea (The Shankhill being a very Protestant road in Belfast). Things are getting gradually better now, as in all of NI, but it still overshadows things a lot.

Edit: To be fair its more of a problem with the overall country but its still an annoyance for me locally

Ban SUVs, nuclear power

Why nuclear power?

Local Area;

My love-life.

Country;

Chav culture/ general stupidity/ macho obsession endemic to Britain.

World;

Materialism.

Local

Give the schools more funding.
which accomplishes what exactly?



World

Ban SUVs, nuclear power. Build wind farms and solar panles. Put a 50% tax on how much corporations earn.
how authoritarian of you.

to fix one problem.......what would it be? how would you do it?

let's say you had unlimited access to anything you would need to solve one problem.......which one would you pick? what would your plan be?

pick one for your local area, one for your country, and one for the world.

Local area: The problem that I'm not in charge.

Country: The problem that I'm not in charge.

World: The problem that I'm not in charge.

See what I did thar?

Local:
Make myself undisputed Dictator of Tucson

State:
Make myself undisputed Tyrant of Arizona.

National:
Make myself undisputed King of the United States

World:
Make myself undisputed Emperor of Earth

Putting me in charge of everything would rapidly solve everybodies problems :D

Local: I'd renovate the enitre town that my school is located in.
Country: Healthcare?
World: Enact global warming laws thingies.

Local: Improve my university.

National: Make the country more libertarian.

World: Get rid of some problems that prevent effective market functions.

how authoritarian of you.
You know, Smunkee--you titled the thread "if you had the power." It's kinda bullshit to complain about someone being authoritarian when you've asked them to imagine being authoritarian.

Local area -

I'll second what TBC said. :D

Country -

Full-blown privatization (alongside with redistribution and homesteading of state-owned/-subsidized assets, which includes many modern corporations).

World -

The end of the nation-State and of any impediments to free trade.

Local area: decrease human population by about 80%.
Country: decrease human population by about 80%.
World: decrease human population by about 80%.

That ought to solve most of the worlds problems.

See what I did thar?

http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/c3922e57/i_see_what_you_did_there.jpg

You know, Smunkee--you titled the thread "if you had the power." It's kinda bullshit to complain about someone being authoritarian when you've asked them to imagine being authoritarian.

I wasn't complaining.......I was commenting.

Local area: decrease human population by about 80%.
Country: decrease human population by about 80%.
World: decrease human population by about 80%.

That ought to solve most of the worlds problems.
Not a bad idea, but how do you plan on implementing it? :p

I wasn't complaining.......I was commenting.

To what end? And why single that post out? No, there's something else at play in that reply, and if you don't want to admit it, fine--it's still ridiculous to single someone out as authoritarian when you've asked us to be just that.

Local:
Make myself undisputed Dictator of Tucson

State:
Make myself undisputed Tyrant of Arizona.

National:
Make myself undisputed King of the United States

World:
Make myself undisputed Emperor of Earth

Putting me in charge of everything would rapidly solve everybodies problems :D

Beat ya too it. Also my title is cooler.

To what end? And why single that post out? No, there's something else at play in that reply, and if you don't want to admit it, fine--it's still ridiculous to single someone out as authoritarian when you've asked us to be just that.

you are a little bit cranky today.

I just wanted to question what the more money to schools was supposed to accomplish.......

and also, banning things.......it's interesting to me.

you are a little bit cranky today.

I just wanted to question what the more money to schools was supposed to accomplish.......

and also, banning things.......it's interesting to me.

To be fair, if you would comment on that being authoritarian. Shouldn't you also comment on the removal of the middle east also being rather.... y'know... imperialist?

I really don't know... all I can think of is shouting I GOT THE POWER!!!!!

To be fair, if you would comment on that being authoritarian. Shouldn't you also comment on the removal of the middle east also being rather.... y'know... imperialist?
I might have noticed it more since his post didn't outline problems, only his solutions to problems that I am unable to figure out from his post as far as the others.......I missed them I guess.
sometimes when people are on ignore I don't see their posts.

To all, cure ignorance. Vastly improve education standards the world over.

Local area - get rid of all this gang violence

Country - make healthcare universally accessible for all with lower waiting times and a national drug prescription plan

World - get rid of all the nukes, biological and chemical weapons and make all the world leaders smoke a peace pipe. :)

I'll be honest with you, I'd get sexed. I'd abuse my power for sex. And guns. Lots of guns.

Local

Give the schools more funding.

Country

Get rid of all the Serios Organized Crime Act and replace it with something more coherant.

World

Ban SUVs, nuclear power. Build wind farms and solar panles. Put a 50% tax on how much corporations earn.

Haha... ban nuclear power.

Do you not realize how foolish that would be?

Haha... ban nuclear power.

Do you not realize how foolish that would be?

Yes, and wind farms. Who cares if it kills endangered species, it's cheap power!

Haha... ban nuclear power.

Do you not realize how foolish that would be?

Pretty stupid, though I support the ban of nuclear arsenal.

Haha... ban nuclear power.

Do you not realize how foolish that would be?

I was mostly worried about taxing corporations 50% of their earnings.

Local area: The problem that I'm not in charge.

Country: The problem that I'm not in charge.

World: The problem that I'm not in charge.

See what I did thar?
yep... you just set yourself up to recieve the blame for everything that is wrong with your area, country and world.

... have fun! :p

Local area: significantly clean up the riverside of the Clyde with intensive new development of old, abandoned industrial land, attracting new investment, jobs and helping with the often yucky environmental standards of the river itself.

Country: Removing chav/ned culture from Britain.

World: Removing intelligent design/creationism's hold upon the gullible and dangerous of the world.

Local: Make housing afordable.

Nation: Get rid of partisan politics and create a universal health care system.

World: Create a cheap, limitless, environmentally friendly energy source.

I really don't know... all I can think of is shouting I GOT THE POWER!!!!!
LOL I was put in mind of a different song: Watching The Wheels
People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing
Well they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin
When I say that I'm o.k. well they look at me kind of strange
Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game

People say I'm lazy dreaming my life away
Well they give me all kinds of advice designed to enlighten me
When I tell them that I'm doing fine watching shadows on the wall
Don't you miss the big time boy you're no longer on the ball

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go

Ah, people asking questions lost in confusion
Well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions
Well they shake their heads and they look at me as if I've lost my mind
I tell them there's no hurry
I'm just sitting here doing time

I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round
I really love to watch them roll
No longer riding on the merry-go-round
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it go
I just had to let it goBut given that:
Local > Build a graffitti park, kinda like a skateboard park, where kids could spraypaint all they want without repurcussion.

Country > Reformation of the insurance industry (no idea what it would look like though :()

World > Teach it how to sing, in perfect harmony . . .

Local: Reverse the trend of high paying tech jobs moving out of state.

Country: Give the people in the country a way to voice their opinions more individually and eliminate political activist groups that wield more power than their small cores of loud radicals deserve to.

World: I would make everyone on Earth fluent and literate in every language on Earth.

Local area: significantly clean up the riverside of the Clyde with intensive new development of old, abandoned industrial land, attracting new investment, jobs and helping with the often yucky environmental standards of the river itself.

Country: Removing chav/ned culture from Britain.

World: Removing intelligent design/creationism's hold upon the gullible and dangerous of the world.

Local: Reverse the trend of high paying tech jobs moving out of state.

Country: Give the people in the country a way to voice their opinions more individually and eliminate political activist groups that wield more power than their small cores of loud radicals deserve to.

World: I would make everyone on Earth fluent and literate in every language on Earth.

Can I pretend that's what I meant for my world one? :cool:

yep... you just set yourself up to recieve the blame for everything that is wrong with your area, country and world.

... have fun! :p

Those who are discontent will be shipped to the Isle of the Discontent.

Picture Australia made out of nothing but a continuous sheet of flat rock.

Local area: Make sure my flatmate has to leave and someone who is NOT a fucktard moves in. Sorry, this IS a problem!

Country: Make sure electronic voting machines are used in all elections, 'improve' the code so the right party wins highly (the one I am in). This should deal with a lot of national issues, but I claim to do it against the errodation of the constitution :)

Worldwide: hmmm,... so many options... Does nuking Redmond count? :) I mean windows IS a problem. SCNR!

in my area i would put a sound isolation bubble around all the development projects going on all around.

in my country i would implement some sort of unavoidable and continuously effective voter education program so people can actually appreciate with full clarity the real long- and short-term effects of the policies of the people they keep electing to office are.

in the world i would i would cure the entire population of avarice and arrogance.

in my area: I would enact some sort of code or something to make it harder to build strip malls on land that can and has recently been used for something better......also, I would like make those people who have all the vacant strip malls sell them or rent them out or something, they are ugly and then they are just building new ones out on land that we will need in the future and stuff

in my nation: I would work to ensure equal protection for all sorts of people who are being discriminated against now.

in the world: I would like help poor kids and stuff.

Local area : More people of French origin, please. The women are nice-looking and good company, the men are sound to have a drink and a bit of a smoke with whilst talking about complete rubbish.

Mein Land : Fascists put somewhere nowhere likes, like Hull or something, and with no media coverage. A great many problems solved.

Le Monde : The de-desertification of the Sahara, along with a cure for malaria. It'd save a lot of lives, I tells ya.

Local: Housing. Property here is unbelievably expensive. I'd like to fix that.

National: Money. No, not more of it, just get rid of the damned stuff. There are more than enough resources to go around.

Global: Eliminating technophobia. Machines can help us solve our problems; don't be afraid of them just because they mean we'll need to change.

I live in a town called Millisle on the Ards Peninsula of Northern Ireland (well at least I live here when not at uni) and during the Troubles it became a place where people from Belfast would go to on holiday to escape the worst of it (which is how my dad made his money with caravan sites.) sometimes all year round if the owners allowed it. But since it was during the Troubles it inevitably became for one group only, Protestants. My dad has had such lovely guests as Johnny Adair, etc on the site and they've turned the town into their very own Shankhill by the sea (The Shankhill being a very Protestant road in Belfast). Things are getting gradually better now, as in all of NI, but it still overshadows things a lot.

Edit: To be fair its more of a problem with the overall country but its still an annoyance for me locally

I've never been to Millisle, although my Dad's said before that he used to go in the summer with my grandparents when he was a kid. That would be before the Troubles kicked off, though.

We always did Portstewart in the summer. Great place.

Can I pretend that's what I meant for my world one? :cool:

Sure. Why not? :)

Local Area:

Get rid of all gun laws.

Country:

Get the Libertarian party in the door and have them start winning several seats in both the Senate and House. (this is also someone else's idea above)

World:

Get rid of the Middle East and all of those who inhabit it so that we may actually have a more peaceful planet. (this is also someone else's idea above). I would also include in this the entire religion of Islam, every Islamic believer (just pop out of existence with a quiet dissolution of quarks), and every Islamic nation.

I've never been to Millisle, although my Dad's said before that he used to go in the summer with my grandparents when he was a kid. That would be before the Troubles kicked off, though.

We always did Portstewart in the summer. Great place.

Portstewart would be my choice between the two. Closer to Barrys Amusements and all that. We used to have amusements that played non-stop 70s music during the summer. It was like the soundtrack to my life then I heard it so much lol

Local Area:

Get rid of all gun laws.

Country:

Get the Libertarian party in the door and have them start winning several seats in both the Senate and House. (this is also someone else's idea above)

World:

Get rid of the Middle East and all of those who inhabit it so that we may actually have a more peaceful planet. (this is also someone else's idea above). I would also include in this the entire religion of Islam, every Islamic believer (just pop out of existence with a quiet dissolution of quarks), and every Islamic nation.
Nice. Glad you don't have that power.

:)

Yeah. I'm in one of those moods. It's probably better that I've just been popping in and out today instead of hanging around.

Nice. Glad you don't have that power.

:)

Nice. Glad you don't have that power.

and considering that he's gotten his ideas from someone else... glad they also don't have that power.

and considering that he's gotten his ideas from someone else... glad they also don't have that power.

I am super glad that nobody in this thread thus far (me included) has that power.

I am super glad that nobody in this thread thus far (me included) has that power.

I think that participation in NS General should be a disqualifier for a career in politics

Local:Affordable housing and other important services provided locally that do the most towards combating poverty.

National:Democracy. Toss out our dysfunctional political system that is so abused by our parties. I'd start with introducing a written constitution ensuring choice voting, direct democracy and devolution for all the UK, and other shizzle. And then ensure everybody knows that human rights =/= OMFG polish economic migrants! Evil asylum seekers! Political correctness! And the other strawmen that pervade the Human Rights Act and political correctness.

International:Climate Change, hands down.

I am super glad that nobody in this thread thus far (me included) has that power.
Don't you like my graffitti-park idea? :(

Local: uhh..nothing really...


Country:
Aboriginals, we need to stop screwing them over, give them more land, better education and improve proverty rates among them. They also spend more time in prison when they get arrested then their counterpart. So just fix everything there.


I guess the same...although for every group that is screwed over by the gov't

World: End world hunger or poverty....

Local: Get the people to stop freaking worshipping the Gators (football team)

Country: Spend less resources on the useless ISS and more on other wothy NASA projects

World: Develop cold fusion and distribute the technology to the world.

local: improve infrastructure for bicycles, horse drawn carriages and public transit, while making public transit free.

national: provide the space, time and resources required for First Nations people to come up with, and implement, the solutions they need to all the problems that are currently burdening them.

world. I would ensure that everyone in the world had free access to potable water. Though I like LG's idea too.

Don't you like my graffitti-park idea? :(

actually I missed that one, I really do like that idea........but I would worry about someone getting mad that someone else painted over their stuff that they painted, maybe you could have a rule that it would all be painted over every two weeks or something and then make the kids who get caught graffiti-ing outside the park (illegally) paint it over as community service, that way they can see how hard it is to cover up. :p

to fix one problem.......what would it be? how would you do it?

let's say you had unlimited access to anything you would need to solve one problem.......which one would you pick? what would your plan be?

pick one for your local area, one for your country, and one for the world.

Local: Stop people from obsessing over this random guy named Ryan Leddy.

Country: Gangsta culture.

World: The violence in the Middle East.

I'd say "cure people of their stupid, irrational, selfish mental states", for all of them. Is that too much? It seems like a small thing to me, but obviously not for a lot of people, or they would already have fixed themselves.

i would give that power to someone far more level-headed, thoughtful and knowledgeable than myself.

i would give that power to someone far more level-headed, thoughtful and knowledgeable than myself.
Someone who prefers cake and lager perhaps?

Local area: I would somehow create an industry that will make-up for the jobs lost in the automotive sector, and get rid of automotive nationalism.

Country: I'm split on whether to fix our healthcare system so that the baby boomers will get the meds/care they need with out bankrupting us all or fixing our foreign policy, allowing for more diplomacy.

World: Probably stop the cycle of war in the middle east, it's become a major thorn in the side for almost every nation in the world.

Local Area:

Get rid of all gun laws.

Country:

Get the Libertarian party in the door and have them start winning several seats in both the Senate and House. (this is also someone else's idea above)

World:

Get rid of the Middle East and all of those who inhabit it so that we may actually have a more peaceful planet. (this is also someone else's idea above). I would also include in this the entire religion of Islam, every Islamic believer (just pop out of existence with a quiet dissolution of quarks), and every Islamic nation.


creepy!

can i have an ocean front lot in the now uninhabited land of indonesia?

hmmm

locally: i would make new mexico a drug free zone so that all the drug trafficking would have to go around us and the hard core drug users would have to move to another state.

nationally: i would have the motto of the United States be changed from "in god we trust" to "dont be evil" and have our national leaders take that seriously.

globally: i would deshithole-ify africa and make it the very nice place it would be without so much poverty, disease and violence.

Someone who prefers cake and lager perhaps?

oh, hell no! i'd give it to my puppet master :p ;)

Local: Put in place an extensive, comprehensive mass transit system where no city around the DFW area is left unserviced and rail reaches more areas.

Country: Drastic overhaul of the FCC, and massive deregulation of the airwaves, with basic, bare-minimum rules back in place (family-friendly from 5 am to 10 pm - radio, just no "7 dirty words" & TV, no bloody violence or full-frontal nudity; anything goes outside of those hours).

World: Implement a global, full-scale ethanol, biodiesel & other renewable energy initiative to render oil obsolete in 5-7 years.

I'd throw the problem of 'scarcity' right out the window.

Local: The GTA needs a proper subway system.

National: No more equalization payments

Global: No more fat people in bathing suits.

Local: fix the homicide rate in Philly

National: figure out the right plan for Iraq and Immigration

World: End extremism and sectarianism everywhere period

For all three areas: Get rid of selfishness.

Local: Make my headphones indestructible.


National: Get rid of all the fuck*** neo-nazis and all the other right-wing idiots that make me ashemd of being swedish.


Global: Ruler of earth. I have some big plans for mankind. Very. Big. Plans...

Local
Create more jobs

Country
Stop giving the aboriginals everything that they ask for. Sure they were here first and we took their land, but now they are getting free education, they have all the land they want and they don't pay taxes. I think that is more than enough

World
Stop being such greedy bastards and do whatever we can to contain Aids and make it a thing of the past.

Local: Make my headphones indestructible.

I would make everyone's headphones indestructible, and from that I would become the most universally loved leader this world has even seen.

No… I'm not on my 4th pair of iPod headphones… what would make you think that?

Local: I'm torn. Either reduce the price of a two bedroom house to something reasonable, say $250,000 (they currently run from $500,000-$600,000). Implementation plan: Smuggle a bunch of Mexicans into the country, put them in camp, and tell them to build houses. OR Make it so this town has something to do. Implementation plan: Lower business tax and smuggle a bunch of Mexicans into the country, put them in camp, and tell them to build businesses. Either way, it will be the illegal Mexicans that do most of the work solving the problem.

Country: One name: Bloc British Columbian. Implementation plan: rig the election.

World: Make Norway a world superpower. Plan: start killing people who aren't Norwegian.

Local: Better transit systems.

National: An actually fair and representative government.

Global: Remove greed and desire for domination and subjugation, be it commercially, politically or militarily.

to fix one problem.......what would it be? how would you do it?

let's say you had unlimited access to anything you would need to solve one problem.......which one would you pick? what would your plan be?

pick one for your local area, one for your country, and one for the world.

*lobbies to have Smunkee unbanned*

*lobbies to have Smunkee unbanned*

*rocks back and forth*
Two... days... only... two... days...

to fix one problem.......what would it be? how would you do it?

let's say you had unlimited access to anything you would need to solve one problem.......which one would you pick? what would your plan be?

pick one for your local area, one for your country, and one for the world.
For my local area, I'd fix the educational system of Platte Canyon High School. For an American high school, it's good, but in truth it is only 1/10th as good as what all schools should be at MINIMUM.

For the country, I'd fix the rest of the educational system.

For the world, I'd fix whatever instinct it is in humanity that causes us to be so distrusting and hateful towards one another so everyone would start cooporating more and seeing others as human, or at least more human than they see them as now.

*rocks back and forth*
Two... days... only... two... days...

That's a lot of finger tapping, I suppose...

*rocks back and forth*
Two... days... only... two... days...

She spammed up a thread in General with images. She deserved the ban for breaking the rules, as that's the punishment meted out to her by those who can decide such a thing. Hopefully she'll learn her lesson.

*rocks back and forth*
Two... days... only... two... days...

Smunks is banned? For what?

to fix one problem.......what would it be? how would you do it?

let's say you had unlimited access to anything you would need to solve one problem.......which one would you pick? what would your plan be?

pick one for your local area, one for your country, and one for the world.

Local Area-Get me a girl. Lots of money, fast car, and nice duds should suffice(Hehe you didn't say how local).

Country-Get me to be President. Lots of money, fast car, and nice duds should suffice(This counts as a country problem, trust me-not having me as president is just asinine)

World-Get me... Kidding. I don't know. Not sure.

Smunks is banned? For what?

"Image spamming," as I was told, along with Ifreann, Yootopia, Steelwall, and Fleckenstein.

you know what:

*lobbies to have Ifreann, Smunkeeville, Yootopia, Steelwall, and Fleckenstein unbanned*

"Image spamming," as I was told, along with Ifreann, Yootopia, Steelwall, and Fleckenstein.

Image spamming? What the hell is that? What was the image?

you know what:

*lobbies to have Ifreann, Smunkeeville, Yootopia, Steelwall, and Fleckenstein unbanned*

Why? They took a thread and started posting image after image with no other substance. The thread, admittedly, did not have much in the way of content, but their actions were in direct violation of the rules, and as such, the punishment meted out to them was just, whether you or I think it otherwise, and nothing we say is going to change it either.

Image spamming? What the hell is that? What was the image?

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=529976

Take a look at the thread. You'll see what it is.

Local: Do away with government

National: Do away with government

Global: Do away with government

Why? They took a thread and started posting image after image with no other substance. The thread, admittedly, did not have much in the way of content, but their actions were in direct violation of the rules, and as such, the punishment meted out to them was just, whether you or I think it otherwise, and nothing we say is going to change it either.

Yes, but that harkens back to the whole spirit of the law debate...

eh, screw it... words were wasted there.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=529976

Take a look at the thread. You'll see what it is.

It says invalid thread. Oh well, it's not important, I was just curious.

It says invalid thread. Oh well, it's not important, I was just curious.

Oh? I guess Fribee deleted the thread. Huh. Well, basically, it was a thread with a whole bunch of "amusing" horoscopes, and because no one found them funny or interesting, they all started spamming it up with image after image after image, with naught else in their posts.

Oh? I guess Fribee deleted the thread. Huh. Well, basically, it was a thread with a whole bunch of "amusing" horoscopes, and because no one found them funny or interesting, they all started spamming it up with image after image after image, with naught else in their posts.

Ah, makes sense.

The power to change one thing...

How about the power to change the fact that only one thing can be changed? ;)

The power to change one thing...

How about the power to change the fact that only one thing can be changed? ;)

That, I presume, would invalidate the whole point, as it is an intellectual exercise, and a survey of sorts to judge character.

creepy!

can i have an ocean front lot in the now uninhabited land of indonesia?

It's all yours.

Yes, and wind farms. Who cares if it kills endangered species, it's cheap power!

Someone may have said this already, but oh well.

1. Wind farms are expensive. And their payback time isn't too good.
They're a good idea, but at the moment they're too inefficient to supply cheap power, simply because you have to have the price of the power high enough to pay for building it in the first place.

Kills endangered species? I assume you mean birds?
How many birds that are of an endangered species are going to be flying into wind turbines? You've got to consider the unlikeliness: not many birds of one type = not much chance of one of those birds crashing into a great big spinny thing which is relatively noisy anyway.

2. Nuclear power != kill animals or people.
I mean, seriously: do you have any idea how safe nuclear power is? Much of the waste is recycled in breeder reactors; up to 90% or so is converted into more fuel for the reactors. And they use so little fuel anyway!
It'd take a fair amount of time before dangerous amounts of waste built up anywhere significant, and some scientists are even looking at the possibility of speeding up nuclear decay, thus shortening the half-lives (New Scientist; Half-life Heresy. You can see the introduction on their site, but the full article requires you to pay).

And the chance of any sort of problem is virtually nil. Western power stations, in the UK in particular, are incredibly safe; not only is the containment chamber designed to withstand the force of a Boeing 747 crashing into it (i.e. it won't take nearly enough damage to leak any radiation) but there are so many safety mechanisms, both active and passive, safeguarding against the possibility of anything going wrong that the figures stand for themselves.

Per Terawatt-year of electricity generated there are an average of 342 deaths for coal, 885 deaths for hydro, 85 deaths from natural gas and only 8 for nuclear.

On topic:

Local: the decline of Grimsby.
National: the state of education.
Global: the horrendously poor standard of understanding of the theory of anthropogenic climate change by most of the world's population.

local area:

Make the sea a little cleaner.

country:

chav culture, fuck that

world:

hmm thats a hard one. i'd probably try to get rid of extremism, in any form.

I agree with the last one

Per Terawatt-year of electricity generated there are an average of 342 deaths for coal, 885 deaths for hydro, 85 deaths from natural gas and only 8 for nuclear.

Wow. Where do the hydro deaths come form?

Wow. Where do the hydro deaths come form?

Flooding? Fish? But that's almost all from old-style hydroelectric plants and not the newer ones that use the river's current itself to produce power.

Local: Kick the crap out of everybody. So many arrogant rednecks here, who deserve it.

Country: see local.

Global: see local.

Local: Combine City & County Government

Country: Develpe alternative fuel source to replace gasoline/ oil

Global: Alternative fuel source as above. This would solve a lot of problems. For example, some of the extermist governments in the Far East and South America would see a drastic reduction in their petro dollars and their political influence.

Flooding? Fish? But that's almost all from old-style hydroelectric plants and not the newer ones that use the river's current itself to produce power.

No-one dies of fish. Unless it's… wait for it… salmonella poisoning! :p

No-one dies of fish. Unless it's… wait for it… salmonella poisoning! :p

*ba-dum tish*

Local: Kick the crap out of everybody. So many arrogant rednecks here, who deserve it.

Country: see local.

Global: see local.

i just lose myself in the bush and see if you can find me :p

*ba-dum tish*

:D I'm proud of myself.