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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I'm not sure what "justifying" wealth means in this context. What I mean is that many of the people who are rich worked hard to get rich, and therefore being rich, in this manner at least, shouldn't be regarded as something shameful. The fact that they deliberately set out to BE rich is a plus point in my opinion, not a negative point.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Aye, I have the same ideas, like you have.
I tell you, that a few hundred years more, and propably the human race will know the secret of eternal life.
Now it is sounds insane, but trust me, it will be possible, it only needs time to reach that knowledge.
Its all about genetics.

Also I bet that humans will be able to create any lifeform via modified DNA. Time travel? Contact with alien civilizations? etc. The sci-fi movies will become a reality. When? It is hard to tell, but it will happen.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, the deeply research religious tech until you get the “universal religious drive”, which gives similar ouput to quantum engines, but with far less research. That said, some ppl argue that quantum mechanics require just as much faith as religion. At the moment I've no idea how this impacts the tech tree, but I'll work some spreadsheets and let you know.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif

Ouch! Relax, I was just asking a question.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Oh, my apologies, reading it now it is too harsh. Definitely not the spirit I intended to convey. Note to self, never write for BB’s past midnight. Did I at least somewhat get across my concept though? The difference between how we [humans] think things should be and what we make them into.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Well, the deeply research religious tech until you get the “universal religious drive”, which gives similar ouput to quantum engines, but with far less research. That said, some ppl argue that quantum mechanics require just as much faith as religion. At the moment I've no idea how this impacts the tech tree, but I'll work some spreadsheets and let you know.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I believe that it allows for double movement of the ships normal speed once installed. I do recall for sure that it increases that ships maintenance and supply consumption by 25% and is prohibitive for small ships due to its size. I also think it makes the ships crew anal and they will refuse any command that orders them to harm others unless:
1. One million dollars is raised by next week or
2. 50 megatons of makeup is applied to the hull exterior before battle.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Yes you did - and that was actually what I was trying to emphasize. If this life is "all there is", and we evolved into/within it, whence came this idea of "something more"? And why should it have the power that it obviously does in people?

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">1)

You obviously mean an AMERICAN farmer or rancher. No I haven't met an AMERICAN farmer or rancher but I have met African and Chinese (as in mainland China) farmers.

And sorry, but to me, this falls under "no sympathy for people who believes that society owes it to them to maintain the lifestyle and neighborhood they've always known."

Small-scale farming in rich countries is simply uneconomic unless supported by trade-distorting subsidies.

2)

I am relatively well off by Malaysian standards, but I wasn't born that way. Whenever I go back to my old neighborhood to visit, I find that the people who haven't grown out of it are those who are too unambitious, too stupid or too stubborn to make a serious go at changing their lives for the better.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">First, I was refering to Canadian farmers or ranchers, although there may be no real difference. And I concede your point that society does not owe it to people to maintain their lifestyle or neighborhood that they've always known. But as for your next point, I think that small-scale farming/ranching can be economical, even without subsidies. (By small-scale I mean in the 1000-2500 acre size range.) I also believe it is a sad day when all manufacturing, farming, and all other business is controlled by massive corporations, getting rid of the small-scale stuff.

Secondly, I agree with you. Those who have the will, ambition, and openness of mind to succeed usually will, although not always. Some disadvantages are simply too large to overcome.

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Renegade 13: He is a Canadian
I am an American
Best friends but still separate countries. Just look on the map. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Not for lack of effort on our part in the Revoltionary War and the War of 1812. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/tongue.gif

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