Our whole language in Australia is basically slang, but here are some of my favorites that I often use: Buckley's – equivalent to a snowball’s chance in hell “You’ve got Buckley’s of that happening.” Two chances – Buckley’s and something less likely than Buckley’s “I’ve got two chances to pass this exam.” Cactus - dead, broken “My car is cactus.” Furphy – a rumour or a bold lie “That story about John catching a 25kg Barra was a furphy.” Iffy – questionable, dodgy “That repair is iffy.” Silly as a two bob watch - Intellectually deficient “Mick is as silly as a two bob watch.” Sparrow’s fart – dawn “I have to get up at sparrow fart tomorrow.” Bag of fruit – suit “I’m absolutely melting in this bag of fruit.” Shank’s pony – walking somewhere “If you can’t afford a taxi, take Shank’s pony.”

Tell that to the Japanese citizens, and animie fans everywhere. My captcha for this post was one of my most common used slang: "meh" It's the disinterested or non-commital noise caused by apathy when you're not happy enough or unhappy enough to actually make further effort. Generally I've avoided input from this thread up until now, I've spent a lot of time on /b and urban dictionary, I know much slang, but some people would prefer going the rest of their lives without discovering what "smeltching" is.

I don't like the logo and I would like the web-page to be less bloated and more minimalist. (sadly, I am not fitted for those tasks) I wholeheartedly agree with @Kronos, @Doc.Flay and @Elwe. Edit: I also don't agree with having an account not linked to the Asgardia's official website, we should use the same account for both.

So far I have been enjoying the varied mix, though due to the lack of programming it gets repetitive after a day of listening. I look forward to more variety over time. My own collection veers just as wildly between metal, blues, classical, pop, and mashups of all of the above. I am not sure if Last.fm groups still work since they messed up the site, but we could easily have an Asgardian chart that reflects the music people play on a wide range of devices. Spotify has Last.fm already built in, and the official Last.fm desktop "scrobbler" software has plugins for many media players. There are alternatives to Last.fm such as MusicBrainz and ListenBrainz which may be of use once there is a VOA app or Asgardia app with integrated player. Things like this allow people to click on a like/love button, so that real engagement and satisfaction can be factored very quickly.

Hello, Asgardians... FOR SURE, We need much more advertising and marketing worldwide. We need to appear on tv, radio, internet, magazines, newspapers, schools, colleges etc. That's the only way to have (and gain) visibility and recognition. Greetings, Leonardo.

Before every one makes a blind dash into advertising revenue, you should stop to think why Asgardia has happened. Not to continue the existing problems, but to solve them. Advertising has got out of control, and while here we start with nothing, we have the chance to control it. All advertising within Asgardia should be chosen and inspected before being allowed. Currently people are unwittingly carrying adverts for things they do not support or agree with, and more often it is being used as a vector for hacking via "malvertising". Follow the model of Twit.tv and only have sponsorship deals and partnerships with vendors that you trust, and can "pull the plug" on. We now live in a world where advertising makes more money than making actual products. This is not to the benefit of us organic beings, which live in the real world. At the moment you wrap adverts around anything released under a free licence (eg. Creative Commons), you have a conflict of interest, as the licence often states you cannot use it to create revenue. This means you could only use commercial music and media, which also means you have to pay for it, and which forces you to create more revenue. "Look before you leap"

Ondertussen voor onze franse vrienden ;) Die we zeker niet mogen vergeten SpaceX 16/01/2017 L'asteroide 01/2017 Chine Sonde 27/12/2016 Casinni saturne 30/11/2016 hoop ook dat iemand de tijd neemt om ze in het duits te zoeken :)

Dreams are not only ment to be had only when we are sleeping. Day dreaming are also something we can have when we are thinking of various subjects, during a movie, while listening to music, etc. A dream of a better future, or tech advancement. Dreams, that bring to having a great idea and work on a new invention. Anyway, that being said. I do agree that a section for ideas for the advancement of our nation to be, could be interesting. Somewhere to post a whole bunch of ideas, with a basic description of the concept. It was brang to the admin that could be also interesting to have a data bank, to gather informations into it, and keep it safe for future use or for development of this actual idea. For the moment, it seem that this forum section is the better place where to post these ideas. If a concept goes up to be more feasable, we could refer that idea to one of the section under one of the ministery forum. Like that, people from that section could discuss how to actualy work on this development, even if we are not a nation yet. Just hope some data bank could be done.

When you speak of dreams, this seems vague to me. Do you mean actual dreams while sleeping? Or are you referring to dreams of the future, directions and aspirations, hopes and the like. I ask as both are interesting topics to me. I study sleep dreams and naturally, as an Asgardian, I have dreams for humanity.

I had no specific idea in mind more than "modular" - so it would "work" pretty much "like lego" - easy to configure and reconfigure/upgrade as requirements adjust. There's much more detail required in the planning of such a thing than the scope of the topic rightly permits and the space available in a single forum post allows. I was thinking for more inside the toroid here, building it that big that a few floors of structures are feasible. Multiple toroids could stack on a spindle, the spindle extending over time if required. And multiple examples of. Regardless, the connectivity of things like ingress/exgress, coolant systems, waste disposal systems, air recycling systems, water supply etc requires much planning - but will likely ultimately result in a series of cunning sockets positioned in standard locations that will just push into place and connect/seal. Certainly more than one is essential, IMHO, precise form factor is not. "My way" is hardly original, just a method of getting it done I can see engineering viability of at that scale. Certainly, the cylinder design is equally feasible, and also has it's merits - as previously mentioned, exact form factor is possibly something the source of much contest, I'm not particularly fussed of form, it's the function that's critical. I'd sugest building at least eight to start with, in near Earth orbit. The raw capacity of them, plus the expansive capacity should see the predicted population by the time that's up through for some time - ofc, space is big and I'm sure it'll not take too long to be spitting colonies out to other places. The reason I select 8 is mostly so we can name them after the realms in Norse mythology - midgard is already taken. The precise number isn't overly important, multiple backups are. Spaced about in the same belt, about midway to the moon, launch from floor would get to one easily from almost any launch location with minimal time, with one passing overhead every fifteen, twenty mins. A series of centrafugal launchers can "throw" cargo/people between stations, and moving from station to station could take about 35-45 mins. Could do a full lap in a bout six n ½ hours. Should there be any issues, stations either side could have support there in less than an hour. In case of critical failure requiring mass abandonment, then the population load can split across the the stations either side initially - and distributed more evenly easier if it's not short term.

Oh, so you're thinking more along the lines of a Stanford Torus? I was more thinking along the lines of an O'Neill Cylinder/Citadel from Mass Effect (although there's no reason why we can't use both designs, my design for a more urban feel, your design for more a more suburban feel). Also, I wasn't proposing that we just build one station, I was thinking more like ten or eleven. I was also thinking of buildings being modular, with modules that sort of stacked up/slotted into one another like Lego bricks, with a cavity at one where an elevator/stairwell could be installed. Was that also what you had in mind?

To get the resources together to do that sort of thing, accounting for current population - again, not likely to be lifted from the floor - to realistically have capacity to do that, we'd have the capacity to build more than one. Not putting all our eggs in one basket would maximise success chances. Several dotted about the same orrbital belt could send supplies or assistance and it'd arrive a lot faster than the surface of the earth. Critical failure causing abandonment, there's two either side to go to. The reasons are many - build many. The actual structure would certainly most sensibly be modular internally. Not just for needs as they first exist, to make sure it's easily and rapidly adaptable as needs change. The overall form is something there is likely room for much argument, but I was personally thinking a hollow toroid with an internal hollow diameter of about 55 meters. This can connect to a central static spire, possibly via four hollow "spindles" and spin on collar suspended by fluid bearings. This would give a microgravity and 1G environment. Over time the spire can increase in length and additional toroids added, and possibly "onioned". Multiple of these should take care of population as it will be then, and as it can grow. To slice that donut into a 2D shape, with about 50 meters of lateral space at peak, we can shave a few off for pipes and such use about 20 meters of space for "buildings" 10 meters of "street" - couild easily be communial gardens, paths arberitum etc - and then another roughly 20 meters of building. Then ofc, there's up/down - not as much space on these levels in comparison, but space nonethereless. Plenty of space for hiding the equipements and things like cargo storages can happen in the 0G area to make it easier to manipulate.

SirCedric, Asgardia Community guidelines forbid us to take native community issues to this forum. So with a delighted heart I can tell you, anyone who tries, will be put in place and the post will be deleted.

Hi everyone. I'm also form Belgium, I speak 5 languages, but unfortunately not Dutch. I perfectly understand that Flemish people wants to communicate in they own language, and that's fine, but I propose that for understanding purpose we use English as often as possible. I'm a scientist, working in political assets, actually living in South America. I'd like to try to bring my part in Asgardia project and even put a little more of "Belganism" in it. But I BEG you not to put our paltry communities problem in this... We have to show that really UNITY IS STRENGTH Eendracht maakt macht L'Union fait la Force EINIGKEIT IST STÄRKE

Hallo iedereen! Inderdaad leuk om andere Belgen te ontmoeten die achter Asgardia staan. Hi everyone Indeed joyful to meet other Belgians who support Asgardia.

Hey! Aangenaam jullie te ontmoeten! Welja .. you know what I mean :p Nederlands/Français/English/Deutsch/Espanol How you all doing?

Hi, Oh no ! The only others Belgians here speak Flemish ! (:joke:) Greetings from Charleroi