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Drale

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1. I agree but

Reply to LongTomH (Original post)

Mon Aug 27, 2012, 05:16 PM

Aug 2012

if it had not been for the Dark Ages we would be colonizing deep space by now not just the Solar System so its easy to say "well we should have done this". The past is the past and we can't chance it, we can only focus on the future and plan for the future.

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Has everyone here seen the "We should be colonizing the Solar System by now' thread..... [View all] LongTomH Aug 2012 OP

I agree but Drale Aug 2012 #1

Not to nitpick, but popular notions about the "Dark Ages" are mostly myth. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #5

I know that but Drale Aug 2012 #6

Uh, read my post, technology ADVANCED during that time period. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #7

One of the bigger threads I've seen on DU in awhile Posteritatis Aug 2012 #2

I didn't even mean for it to be a grenade, LOL! Odin2005 Aug 2012 #4

Sadly, I got locked out of my own epic thread because of a stupid angry comment I made. Odin2005 Aug 2012 #3

It's now exceeded three quarters of a kilopost. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2012 #8