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Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote: Tom, what kind of science fiction universe do you live in? ;) (...) How many samples would you need from each species? What is a species, for that matter? Would you need samples through time or would just a single period (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Absolutely. Coops are wonderful for lots of things. But then there isn't really a common, since the resource that might have otherwise been common is now owned by the coop. So you're basically solving the ToC issue the same way that the (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'm thinking that's an insult. All I did was express a reasonable idea. :-) (...) I think Shiri suggested that she'd like to see PT subsidized ahead of cars. That is _so_ the wrong way to handle this. We just need to unsubsidize cars: (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Great! I'd prefer to see it done through private works, but if our government wanted to be involved, surely we could offer Mexico stuff in exchange for the land that they would value more. (...) Are there any left? I'm fine with that too, but (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) :-) (...) But to what extent? I don't happen to agree with you, but I understand it. But to what extent? If a cow or a person, but only one, will survive then you pick the person. Fine. What if the person wants to wipe out a species so that (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Alternatively the users of the common could determine what the maximum usage level is. Rather that competing against each other, they could invest in sheep together, via some sort of co-op, and take advantage of the common that way. However, I (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Which facts in particular? The piece seemed largely devoid of facts. (...) He seems to have skyscraper succesion down pat. (...) There's nothing to believe. No. By whom? (...) I don't know about anyone else, but I already knew that kooks were (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) the most disgusting pieces of religious conservative propoganda I've ever read. I'd say more, but it would probably be a TOS violation. ;) (...) Not to mention a basic lack of respect towards other creatures on this planet. To me, he is (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes and no. The standard Libertarian answer applies well to the standard example... sheep overgrazing a commons can be remediated by having someone (or a group of someones) own the formerly common area and controlling how many sheep graze (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The dialogue in The Matrix is classic in this respect, comparing humanity to a virus... . . . WARNING - harsh reality follows, don't read it if you are soft at heart or can't deal with a little adversity.... . . . . <dons flameproof underwear> (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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