Who cares if the first 10 groups die off? Mankind should expand to multiple planets. Systems, Galaxies and Clusters, too. But planets is a good start. We'll need to bring a fabrication chain online to have any chance of survival on other planets. Flying out spare parts from Earth isn't a reasonable option.

What else do we have to do? People will sit around on Earth squabbling over it's control and resources whether or not we send out colonies to squabble over control and resources on other planets as well.

Do insurance policies pay out for death due to acts of war god?

Lawyers don't bring any claims on their own. They don't create legal issues that didn't exist.

Unless they see they can make more gaming the system than facilitating it

Doom and Doom II never tried to "scare the user". They tried to "be awesome". Evil, broken, melting, fireball belching, rocket spewing, half-machine half-demon hybrids, crushing ceilings, innumerable vats of toxic waste, erratic lights, and tons of bad guys. Everywhere. And when all of them were finally vanquished, and you got to finally climb the steps and pick up your key, the walls dropped, and there was a whole other wave ready with fireballs flying. Cue Beethoven's E1M1.mid

You underestimate the effect that hats will have on the linux economy.

While I'd never wish to submit to the invisible hand of a free eldritch abomination, the idea of a regulated abomination, it's hands carefully controlled, might be something I'd be interested in entertaining.

I was wondering how to pronounce that until I realized it's just a clever bit of german with an outrageous french accent.

All these comments and not a mention of Alpha Centauri's beef vats? For shame, nerds. For shame.

They're at work right now. You'll hear about their accomplishments when some historian writes a popular novel detailing the incredible inventor of X, savior of mankind. The titles a work in progress of course.

Psychopathy, or diagnosed psychopathy? Perhaps most of them do well enough to avoid such situations.

It's not on your lawn. It's just over it.

I assure you people killed any puppies that were malformed, disobedient or dangerous to their owners. _We_ were the environment the animals had to adapt to. That said, I do not think this was wrong of us, nor do I think we need to forgo our animal husbanding ways. Except Mr Perens of course. Your dog is not a love slave, Mr Perens.

When priests figure out how to miracle me some robotic prosthesis on demand we'll talk. Third hand stories ending in "but if you ask its testing god so fuck off" don't really cut it.

When you're in the military, you're always on call. Being on vacation in another state means you aren't available. Hence, the requirement to spend your vacation time for weekends.

Fucking shrink wrapped supercomputer apps.