Comments on: 4 Eerie Abandoned Cities http://www.fingel.com/2008/04/abandoned-cities/ All The News Thats Fit But Skipped Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:07:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: BladePHF http://www.fingel.com/2008/04/abandoned-cities/#comment-1070 BladePHF Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:19:52 +0000 http://www.fingel.com/?p=72#comment-1070 The city that was a inspiration for Silent Hill. I forget the name, but goggle it, it´s pretty awesome. The city that was a inspiration for Silent Hill. I forget the name, but goggle it, it´s pretty awesome.

]]> By: XiRE http://www.fingel.com/2008/04/abandoned-cities/#comment-327 XiRE Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:03:25 +0000 http://www.fingel.com/?p=72#comment-327 http://www.flickr.com/photos/cypherone/sets/72157600694356865/ More photos of San Zhi http://www.flickr.com/photos/cypherone/sets/72157600694356865/

More photos of San Zhi

]]> By: Mike http://www.fingel.com/2008/04/abandoned-cities/#comment-162 Mike Wed, 14 May 2008 19:41:25 +0000 http://www.fingel.com/?p=72#comment-162 Uncle B, You are a twit. At best. (Trying to be polite, but far stronger words come to mind.) First, the USA is not in for a major depression -- in spite of Bush's total mismanagement of the economy. You're forgetting that the US rides the leading edge of the tech wave. Everyone (even the Japanese) follow us. Many nations have moved closer in certain technologies (like Taiwan in chip manufacture), but the theoretical edge of physics and engineering has been (and will remain) in the United States since the end of WWII. We are so far ahead of any potential "competitor" that the only thing that could bring us down from the edge would be a fascist or communist regime pulling govt money out of research projects. (Fascists would buy tanks. Communists would try to grow more food and build palaces to the people. We know how well BOTH of those worked, now don't we?) Neither is even vaguely likely. That tech edge makes our economy insurmountable, even with the approximately 100million of us who are carrying the weight of the other 200million Americans. (China is doing a right nice job of figuring out how to harness their wealthy people to carry the destitute. They might be a true competitor in 50 years.) As for "a new paradigm of love and survival for mankind," I can only say, "What the hell kind of cheap weed are you smoking?" War IS the natural state of humans. We have been preparing for, fighting and recovering from war continuously as far back as the archaeological record goes. There has NEVER been a period in which humans were not in conflict with each other. Better to master the preparation stage and ALWAYS be a step ahead. People bemoan the fact that the only hard industries left in the US are military contractors, mostly producing heavy weaponry and light rifles. Guess what? They're the ONLY production that must stay local. As long as we have the ships and guns to keep the sea lanes open, everything else will come to us in due time. Uncle B,
You are a twit. At best. (Trying to be polite, but far stronger words come to mind.)
First, the USA is not in for a major depression — in spite of Bush’s total mismanagement of the economy. You’re forgetting that the US rides the leading edge of the tech wave. Everyone (even the Japanese) follow us. Many nations have moved closer in certain technologies (like Taiwan in chip manufacture), but the theoretical edge of physics and engineering has been (and will remain) in the United States since the end of WWII.
We are so far ahead of any potential “competitor” that the only thing that could bring us down from the edge would be a fascist or communist regime pulling govt money out of research projects. (Fascists would buy tanks. Communists would try to grow more food and build palaces to the people. We know how well BOTH of those worked, now don’t we?) Neither is even vaguely likely. That tech edge makes our economy insurmountable, even with the approximately 100million of us who are carrying the weight of the other 200million Americans. (China is doing a right nice job of figuring out how to harness their wealthy people to carry the destitute. They might be a true competitor in 50 years.)
As for “a new paradigm of love and survival for mankind,” I can only say, “What the hell kind of cheap weed are you smoking?”
War IS the natural state of humans. We have been preparing for, fighting and recovering from war continuously as far back as the archaeological record goes.
There has NEVER been a period in which humans were not in conflict with each other. Better to master the preparation stage and ALWAYS be a step ahead. People bemoan the fact that the only hard industries left in the US are military contractors, mostly producing heavy weaponry and light rifles. Guess what? They’re the ONLY production that must stay local. As long as we have the ships and guns to keep the sea lanes open, everything else will come to us in due time.

]]> By: Douglas Booth http://www.fingel.com/2008/04/abandoned-cities/#comment-75 Douglas Booth Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:10:39 +0000 http://www.fingel.com/?p=72#comment-75 Well put Unde B ... I like the idea of a "Horrendous Disaster" . Well put Unde B …
I like the idea of a “Horrendous Disaster” .

]]> By: Uncle B http://www.fingel.com/2008/04/abandoned-cities/#comment-73 Uncle B Thu, 17 Apr 2008 19:54:16 +0000 http://www.fingel.com/?p=72#comment-73 Environmental disasters we don't learn from! Sustainable, environmentally friendly and well planned stuff takes strong governments? Not so. Humanity wastes energy on war when we should be using it to produce survival units for individuals, commune farms, anything but the disastrous waste of war, and the waste shown here. Maybe the coming depression in the USA, combined with the recent downfall of the Soviet Union will be the thrust for a new paradigm of love and survival for mankind, but not likely without a horrendous disaster for humanity to shock the human psyche. Environmental disasters we don’t learn from! Sustainable, environmentally friendly and well planned stuff takes strong governments? Not so. Humanity wastes energy on war when we should be using it to produce survival units for individuals, commune farms, anything but the disastrous waste of war, and the waste shown here. Maybe the coming depression in the USA, combined with the recent downfall of the Soviet Union will be the thrust for a new paradigm of love and survival for mankind, but not likely without a horrendous disaster for humanity to shock the human psyche.

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