Boeing 787 Aerodynamic Report

[gone-ot]

...so, the next "total extinction" will be happy, prosperous and final?

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by niky

Dengue kills more people every year. The "regular" flu and AIDS kill more people every day.

I never heard of this before.

Dengue fever - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Makes me want to stay at home.

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by kingsway

One thought - I live in Cambridge UK, where we see a huge number of asian students. I once read that if 10% of kids in China are 'Gifted', then there are more 'gifted' children in China, than there are kids in the USA!

Maybe the next generation will have the vision and foresight to see and do what we can't even imagine?

Great statement, I'm going to be quoting you at some time in the future.

[RunningStrong]

Originally Posted by Old Tele man

...I was just remembering such current-events as Desert Storm, Desert Shield,

...20 years ago...

Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom,

...Generally range from 100,000 region to 1,000,000 (with the larger figure from asking civilians if they knew anyone that died in a relatively small sample)

the genocide in Dufar,

Again, results vary greatly from 20,000-430,000 with the larger figure said to result from associated diseases.

the Avian Bird-Flu, SARS

Which were simple global hysteria compared to their actual mortality rates. With 355 deaths from H5N1 and 775 from SARS.

Natural disasters hitting densely populated areas are probably a far greater threat to humanity than what humans can actually do. Imagine a Tsunami hitting the east coast of the USA.

[PaleMelanesian]

Originally Posted by kingsway

One thought - I live in Cambridge UK, where we see a huge number of asian students. I once read that if 10% of kids in China are 'Gifted', then there are more 'gifted' children in China, than there are kids in the USA!

Originally Posted by kach22i

Great statement, I'm going to be quoting you at some time in the future.

Not quite true, though. China has 322 million under 18, USA has 75 million. That's 25%, not 10%.
UNICEF - China - Statistics
UNICEF - At a glance: United States of America - Statistics

[kingsway]

Here's an idea that sounds like it should keep the US going for quite a while...

T. Boone Pickens: Let's transform energy -- with natural gas | Video on TED.com

[IamIan]

Originally Posted by RunningStrong

Natural disasters hitting densely populated areas are probably a far greater threat to humanity than what humans can actually do. Imagine a Tsunami hitting the east coast of the USA.

As long as you are using terminology like ... what humans can actually do ... I'm going to disagree ... I'll take that Tsunami of yours ... and raise you a global nuclear strike on every major populated area on the planet ... and that isn't even as bad as what we ... 'Can' do ... if we actually put an active effort into it to try to be self destructive on purpose ... what we 'can' do is a very great deal.

[UFO]

Originally Posted by kingsway

Here's an idea that sounds like it should keep the US going for quite a while...

T. Boone Pickens: Let's transform energy -- with natural gas | Video on TED.com

Sure, if you can tolerate poisoned water and air, and perpetuated climate change.