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Speck Tater

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9. Interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 07:23 PM

Apr 2012

I don't see that it has any bearing on the historical fact that civilizations eventually overextend and fall, however. And ours will not be the first civilization with toilets and sewer systems to fall. The Indus Valley Civilizations, e.g., Harappa and Mohenjo-daro and the Romans and Egyptians had toilets and sewer systems and they fell. And I'll bet they also thought they were too clever to ever fail.

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Can 'Hackstability' Save Civilization? [View all] OKIsItJustMe Apr 2012 OP

Sounds pretty shaky to me. Speck Tater Apr 2012 #1

The Third Future OKIsItJustMe Apr 2012 #3

"big old cities seem to miraculously survive" Speck Tater Apr 2012 #5

I don't see that OKIsItJustMe Apr 2012 #8

Interesting video. Thanks for sharing. Speck Tater Apr 2012 #9

Do all civilizations eventually overextend and fail? OKIsItJustMe Apr 2012 #11

So far no civilization has lasted forever. ;) Speck Tater Apr 2012 #13

No civilization which has survived to the present day has collapsed OKIsItJustMe Apr 2012 #14

No human that his lived to the present day has died. Speck Tater Apr 2012 #15

I'm content to sit back and wait for it� OKIsItJustMe Apr 2012 #16

Your crystal ball is wrong. nt TheWraith Apr 2012 #4

WoW! How can I argue with that logic?!? nt Speck Tater Apr 2012 #6

I don't see what the civilization saving concept is. drm604 Apr 2012 #2

Hacking is all about sharing information longship Apr 2012 #7

As someone who got into computers back when hacking was still a respectable term GliderGuider Apr 2012 #10

I would argue that scripting languages are (by nature) hacks OKIsItJustMe Apr 2012 #12