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I gave to the Red Cross. I don't know if they're the best but i trust them
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He's fine...last I read, he had some missing staff at two of his properties and those properties were pretty much demolished.Originally posted by GePap
On a side note, anyone found anything about, or said by Arthur C. Clarcke? He lives in Colombo IIRC.
Edit: I guess his people are all accounted for now: http://www.clarkefoundation.org/"In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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anyone else read Richter 10? pretty good book.Comment
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No, the loss of property and business from 9/11 dwarfs this tragedy. 9/11 cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Comparing the two tragedies doesn't make sense to me. One is a natural disaster. The other is a planned attack.this is already 25 times worse than 9/11 in loss of human life and probably even more in loss of propertyI came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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The attack itself? A function of vastly different property values. A complex of 7 buildings vs millions of cheap homes- certainly in raw dollar amounts, but not in the actual scope and magnitude of the event- whole towns are gone.Originally posted by DanS
No, the loss of property and business from 9/11 dwarfs this tragedy. 9/11 cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Comparing the two tragedies doesn't make sense to me. Apples and oranges.
I do agree thought, apples and oranges.If you don't like reality, change it! me
"Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
"it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
"Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard ShawComment
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Will 1 billion be enough Ted?Originally posted by Ted Striker
Considering the Iraq war costs 177 million dollars a day, we need to be giving more money
Yes we are being stingy.Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul TighComment
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Certainly not, given the scope of the devastation.Originally posted by Sprayber
Will 1 billion be enough Ted?
But its better than 900 million.If you don't like reality, change it! me
"Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
"it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
"Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard ShawComment
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Originally posted by GePap
Certainly not, given the scope of the devastation.
But its better than 900 million.
Hopefully it will actually be used to help the people.Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul TighComment
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The King needs a replacement palace
If you don't like reality, change it! me
"Oh no! I am bested!" Drake
"it is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong" Voltaire
"Patriotism is a pernecious, psychopathic form of idiocy" George Bernard ShawComment
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Death toll now set to 80 000.
Here in Finland still tens of Finns missing, with 14 already confirmed dead primarily in Thailand, but one also on Sri Lanka. At least 1 000 000¤ already donated to the Red Cross here. Some 100 000 to 150 000¤ donated by Nokia."Kids, don't listen to uncle Solver unless you want your parents to spank you." - SolverComment
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How are they coordinating the relief. Just sending to the diffrent countries directly or is there some sort of organized relief that is spread out across the area. That's something they really need to tackle before they just start sending money over.Which side are we on? We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We are evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that. --Saul TighComment
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Originally posted by DanS
No, the loss of property and business from 9/11 dwarfs this tragedy. 9/11 cost hundreds of billions of dollars. Comparing the two tragedies doesn't make sense to me. One is a natural disaster. The other is a planned attack.
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God? - EpicurusComment
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I came upon a barroom full of bad Salon pictures in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts. ~ Rudyard Kipling, 1891Comment
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with 14 already confirmed dead primarily in Thailand
Well, on the bright side, the world has lost several pedophiles the last couple of days.Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing?
Then why call him God? - EpicurusComment
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Bush put together a coalition of the willing.Originally posted by Sprayber
How are they coordinating the relief. Just sending to the diffrent countries directly or is there some sort of organized relief that is spread out across the area. That's something they really need to tackle before they just start sending money over.
No, really."In the beginning was the Word. Then came the ******* word processor." -Dan Simmons, HyperionComment
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