They had this golden lantern that would burn for a whole year without going out, all because of a very special wick that just wouldn't burn down . So how did they develop this technology?
degree. It's not the Harvards and the MITs. It doesn't mean burn down the existing one.
So in the 16th and 17th century, if a family was moving home, when they would build their first home and then they would go to a new place and build another home, they would actually burn down their first home and then collect up all the nails because the house, the wood was not worth anything to them. But the nails were so precious that they wanted to collect up those nails and use those nails in their new home because it was so expensive to find new nails.
They've been attacked by 50 ships at one time. They were throwing Molotov cocktails to burn down their ship and attack them. And they boarded their ship even and destroyed all their gear and equipment.
"Sorry to just walk in, but we heard--" "You heard right." Limpopo's voice was quieter, but still too shouty. Either the coffium had to burn down so she could control her affect, or she needed to drink a lot more so she could stop giving a shit. She thumped the refill zone and put her cup under the nozzle.
that he couldn't let poor people back into the mission to fight the fires that he'd started because they'd loot. And that's how he came to burn down a quarter of San Francisco. And you know, you really couldn't ask for a better example of how the conviction that the poors are coming for you, and an unwillingness
moon thingies. Um, do you remember there's a Bart Simpson once discovered a comet and was headed towards Earth and then the town's people went to burn down the observatory that had discovered the comet just to sort of
We sent children to work. We locked people inside of factories that might burn down . It was bad, but then we developed these structures-- like labor laws and social benefits--
'Instead of contacts,' Ellen said. It hadn't been difficult for Soren to burn his house down or for Tarik to burn down the newspaper's offices.
year this bridge has to be renewed and for nearby villages all congregate for a three-day festival where they weave a new bridge out of grass burn down the old bridge and string up a new one and it is that cultural tradition that has maintained this bridge for 500 years just a few hundred yards upstream there
With every significant technology there's trade off. Fire? Cook your food with it or burn down your hut. Automobile? People die in car accidents, it pollutes the air.
But this one, which I made, is like the most precious thing to me. Yeah, you also describe in the chapter how people used to burn down their houses to retrieve the nails from them. Yes, so this is where I'm really interested in bringing together humanity, society, history, and all of these incredible things
And then, so you asked about business and technology. And there's different patterns, like some forests will completely burn down and start over again.
They always looked at the place first. Next time I'm out, I'm going to burn down two buildings a week.
The promise of a new house built on the ashes of the old one is a taste of your authentic self." And one of my teachers said that in one lifetime, you probably have to burn down your house at least a half a dozen times. And I think it's metaphorical, of course.
of years-- the African proverb that you saw at the beginning of the film. "If we do not initiate the young, they will burn down the village to feel the heat." It's a beautiful proverb. Indigenous cultures-- in their own way across the globe-- have understood this, have understood this.
It could keep you warm at night. It could cook food in your cave, or you could use it to burn down the village next to yours. It's just how we're using it.
The point is not to kill you, but it will still burn down quite a big part of your living room.
So the fire example in New York City, which identified 300 buildings very likely to burn down , and we went and mitigated those 300.
Like a candle. Is that used as a metaphor that candles burn down and gas lights don't?
This is not new. Fire is like that too. Fire can burn down your house or it can cook your steak. Power is
but making sure that they're protected, that, if they burn down or if something happens to them, that they get replanted, and just protecting them.
And so he'd probably say, yes, and I'd say, well, you don't really think your house is going to burn down do you?
You're paying money now to avert that risk, because you don't actually know if your house is going to burn down or not.
murder you. We must lynch you. We must incarcerate you. We must blow up and burn down your towns because we didn't
But when we visited Tatev, we just needed time for a little snack before continuing-- all right, before I burn down the house.
And in fact, on the 13th of July, 1789, the first act of the revolution was to storm Lavoisier's wall and burn down
Right? The economy could melt down at any moment, or your house could burn down , or you could lose your job.
In Iceland right now, they are crowdsourcing the new constitution. The same Iceland where people were trying to burn down the