2011-11-25, 10:40 | Link #17841 | |
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2011-11-25, 14:25 | Link #17842 | |||
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Democracy ain't perfect sure, but I'd like any of you to show me something better that has existed previously. Democracy gives us a means to change the people in power without requiring some kind of revolution to do it. |
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2011-11-25, 15:07 | Link #17843 |
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Dunno about what that man says, possible who knows, I know that it needs a pressure that we human can't do right know to make it perfect. I knew we could create diamond but only cheap -low thing-.
Maybe US is more advanced on this, or maybe the smith man sucked. |
2011-11-25, 17:56 | Link #17845 | |
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2011-11-25, 20:19 | Link #17846 | ||
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2011-11-25, 22:41 | Link #17847 |
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Aye. Synthetic Diamonds are still pretty expensive to make though. In fact, if De Beers started selling off their diamond stock, they may be able to under price them.
However at that point they'd have driven down prices so low that Diamonds were no longer a great money maker.... But currently, mining them is still cheaper then making them. Anyway, I wouldn't be buying diamonds right now. |
2011-11-26, 00:14 | Link #17849 |
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F-35 makes headway amid criticism, US budget crunch
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/...7AO1AT20111125
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2011-11-26, 00:22 | Link #17850 | |
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Hell, the amount of time spent in lines even under civil conditions... well, I simply prefer to spend an amiable 4 days with friends/family.
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2011-11-26, 06:36 | Link #17851 | |
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However, when I looked online for info, I couldn't find anything after 2009, so you could be entirely right. My only thinking is that it's often going to be cheaper to just take something out of the ground, rather then to make it artificially. Don't forget that artificial diamond still requires graphite feedstock, which still needs to get mined out of the ground. Anyway, I'd predict in the long run that diamonds will be pretty cheap. People will wonder what the fuss is all about. Another great thing about artificial diamonds is that they're not "bloody". |
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2011-11-26, 13:54 | Link #17852 |
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Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft successfully launch
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html
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2011-11-26, 14:01 | Link #17853 |
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^ Nine months. That's gotta be one hell of wait.
NATO admits Pakistan troop deaths: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15904197
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2011-11-26, 14:31 | Link #17855 | ||
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2011-11-26, 14:51 | Link #17856 |
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Pakistan demands US vacate air base after deadly strikes
Pakistan blames NATO forces for killing up to 28 Pakistani soldiers at military outposts http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45442885..._central_asia/
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2011-11-26, 16:47 | Link #17857 | |
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Wasting good portion of thanksgiving day and spending hours upon hours outside a store standing in line just to have a CHANCE to save a hundred bucks or two isn't totally worth it? You're kidding me! /sarcasm
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2011-11-26, 17:07 | Link #17858 | |
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So, for the moment, Industrial diamonds won't drive mined diamonds out of business, but they will break the monopoly and force them to lower prices. |
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2011-11-26, 17:41 | Link #17860 | |
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or buy up the competition. DeBeers purchase 2 companies that produce Lab Diamonds.
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