Comment Re:Why? (Score 1) 311
What about if we pay for it with space cash?
What about if we pay for it with space cash?
Very little.
They will fail long before that.
It costs far more than ANY form of road (except maybe suspension bridges) and it is far harder to maintain WHILE it is far less durable.
And on top of that the quantity of electricity it produces is negligible.
It seems by approaching an optimistic (hopeful) and uneducated public they found a million dollars worth of sucker money
That's a BINGO!
Someone needs to take steps to save the planet.
HAD they made this to be installable as easily as a macadam road, and as robust and scalable, there is a VERY slight chance that somewhere down the very long road this would actually benefit the environment.
Mainly because something like that is pure science fiction.
Instead, they made this in such a way that it must sit on a HUGE foundation of concrete, with both access shafts along the whole thing AND storm-drain channels (storm-water is apparently a pollutant according to their video) AND every tile has LEDs and heaters so the road would stay dry in the winter.
Except... concrete leaches CO2.
And tiles can't heat up if there is no sun - so they will suck coal/oil/gas/nuclear during the winter in hopes of heating up enough to catch meager couple of hours of sunlight as that's the time when days are the shortest.
And since it is envisioned that ALL markings will be presented with LEDs instead of simply painted on (yeah... good luck with that) - these babies would be sucking on the coal titty the rest of the year as well.
This is a case of a couple of delusional hippies with a "dream" and egos big enough that they've just kept on stacking more and more on the project needlessly trying to reinvent the wheel.
The wheel being - "You want solar parking lots and roads? Put the panels on the side of the road and on top of the parking spaces. Park in the shade. Drive in the shade. There! Where's my million dollars?"
And that there is no reason to believe that pedophilia is a rare mental illness any more than we once believed homosexuality was a rare mental illness.
So you ARE arguing that homosexuality IS a mental illness?
It's just that we once wrongly thought that it was rare?
False, the solar roadway is part of the power grid, it means for a limited time it will draw additional power from the grid in winter to melt the snow and then it switches back to normal operation.
Well, I guess winter IS a limited period of time.
essentially combines the labor-intensiveness of a cobblestone road with the specialized labor requirements of a hardwood floor
IF ONLY!
The plan is to have large concrete access channels underneath the hexes.
Big enough for a man (or a wild dog, or a bear, or a nest of snakes, or wasps...) to crawl through.
Cobblestone roads?
These are concrete crawlspaces filled with easily harvestable copper and covered with electronics with built-in heating elements.
You know how roads tend not to spontaneously catch fire then burn for miles underground and you can't put them out with water cause they are electrified?
Well if this ever makes it off the parking lot you will.
Sure.
There weren't any gay men or women prior to 1974.
Also, are you really arguing that homosexuality actually IS a mental disease?
...for not phrasing his loaded question in a form of a question.
So maybe Mr. Chu can tell us where exactly where this "rape culture" is, because it sure as fuck isn't anywhere where I've ever been. But maybe he hangs with a different crowd.
You said fuck in the same way someone might say "hell".
Hell is a place of torture.
You obviously subconsciously equate sexual intercourse with torture.
Rape is a form of torture.
Ergo, what you see as only sex is actually rape.
Ta-DAH!
Or... You referred to fucking as an insult.
Insult is a verbal form of violence.
Rape is violence.
Ergo, what you see as only sex is actually rape.
OR...
You live in a culture which assumes that it is perfectly normal to treat "fuck" as an insult - which is a verbal form of violence.
Swearing is also a culturally forbidden act which implies power to the very act of swearing. Same goes for sex.
All the things that adults forbid you to do, see, read or think about - are REALLY big things in adult world.
Sex, guns, drugs, money...
Which instructs the more aggressive individuals (men and boys - because of all the testosterone there) through positive feedback (heroes in our culture tend to be both physically fit and sexually attractive) to equate sex with violence and power and strength.
Ergo, you live in a culture which promotes proving one's power and strength through the combination of sex and violence.
I.e. Through raping.
I could probably spin some even finer bullshit but I hope this will do.
Well... maybe of a very thinly spread argument... on your part.
As for proof of a widespread pedophilia culture, I suggest you read this article analyzing the topic as it is treated in the DSM-V
That article describes a slight change in definition of pedophilia AS A MENTAL DISORDER.
Which "proves" a "widespread pedophilia culture" about as much as a redefinition of a unicorn as "naturally occurring horse-like creature with a single horn in its forehead, possessing as of present date scientifically unexplained powers" - proves a widespread existence of unicorns.
It's a redefinition trying to address the question "If and adult does NOT have a sexual intercourse with a child in the forest, though he or she MAY feel a desire to, and nobody else is there to NOT see or hear it - does that person actually have a mental disorder that needs treatment?"
It's a proof of someone realizing that, whodathunkit, some people manage to control their urges.
"Malignant - Or Just Plain Evil" is asking if Jeff Bezos is still beating his wife.
From TFA:
In this process, the liquid or puree from the fruit is mixed with a very small amount of a substance called sodium alginate, then quickly placed into a bowl of soluble calcium salt. At this point the liquid or puree forms tiny spheres, almost like caviar, in which a thin skin holds the shape of the liquid inside.
Apple Juice After Spherification
Apple Juice After Spherification
What the 3D printer does is combine these little spheres of flavor with other spheres of the same or varying flavor, to form customized âfruitsâ(TM), which can taste and look however the the user desires.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...
As a food additive, sodium alginate is used especially in the production of gel-like foods. For example, bakers' "Chellies" are often gelled alginate "jam." Also, the pimento stuffing in prepared cocktail olives is usually injected as a slurry at the same time that the stone is ejected; the slurry is subsequently set by immersing the olive in a solution of a calcium salt, which causes rapid gelation by electrostatic cross-linking. [citation needed] A similar process can be used to make "chunks" of everything from cat food through "reformed" ham or fish to "fruit" pieces for pies. It has the E-number 401.
This should have far reaching ramifications when it comes to copyright law.
It is German law.
And as such, it is civil law and not common law.
There are many fine points to compare but the main one is - civil law does not care much for precedents.
It's case by case basis, each to be trialed on its own terms, following a set of established codes.
I.e. Just because ONE judge decides something in one case, does not suddenly mean that all judges in the future should just follow his/her example.
So... the decision made in this case has no further ramifications beyond this single case.
Maybe his microwave has a "30 seconds" button, and a rotating +/- dial instead of buttons 1 to 9?
Put the bag in, turn microwave on. Wait 3 minutes.
Add/subtract ~10 seconds depending on the season and microwave's power rating.
750-800 W in the summer - ~3 minutes.
750-800 W in the winter - ~3 minutes 10 seconds.
Also... Not every single kernel is supposed to pop. That's why you get a bag of them instead of an EXACT number of kernels.
If you're refilling your bags with popcorn bought by a pound...
Pour the corn in a glass or cup first, pour a little oil over it (teaspoon or so will do for ~100 grams of corn), add spices you use, cover the glass/cup with a saucer/small plate and shake it for about 10 seconds to spread the oil and spices over the kernels.
Pour the contents of the cup/glass into the paper bag you're using, close the bag with a toothpick.
"It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God but to create him." -Arthur C. Clarke
