Yeah, but you can print an awful lot of things if you have that much power available...
Remember: Some 3d printers print in metal, concrete, tissue cultures, etc... Some of these require rather more power to run the 'print head'.
Well, assuming the article saying that the consumer can "design" it really means design, and not just select from a few options to make it custom.
If the manufactured number is small enough, no crash safety testing needs to be done.
Depending on the number they're anticipating on selling and the amount of modification the individuals are doing, they could come under the line because they're just not selling enough of them or even, by legal trickery like 'renting' the machine to the customer who uses it to build his car(with help) and the amount of customization/design work the buyer does, every car each customer makes could be 'unique' enough to count separately and come under the limit.
Printed plastic isn't strong enough, but I wonder if this might find business applications? Vehicles with customized shells to accommodate specialized equipment? I'm thinking of everything from a slot for a generator on vans/trucks used on construction sites to a custom shell designed for a pizza oven to be inserted into a delivery vehicle for the ultimate in freshness.
Consider that Local Motors themselves said the cars are not street legal.
'Street Legal' can mean many different things. In many cases this would effectively be a 'hobby car' - IE built by the owner, one-off, etc... In many states making one street legal is around a 10 item checklist - does it have brakes? Does it have functional brake lights? Can it turn? Functional turn signals? Windscreen, headlights?
Safety of the occupants of said vehicle is not really addressed, just that they aren't a rampant danger to the other people on the road.
Emissions can be tougher.
It ends up on the definition of 'manufactured', they may be utilizing a loophole which even auto makers exploit for things like their concept cars - one off cars are crafted, not manufactured. Ergo exempt from everything, but they have to actually be 'crafted', IE hand built in a one-off fashion.
With the 3D printer system they could be leasing the equipment and assistance to the buyer, who actually triggers the machine. Since his modifications make the vehicle one-off, built by him(technically), it's not 'manufactured' under the definitions.
Much like how you can buy a complete kit car that's also exempt. You just have to put it together.
I seem to recall our tax money going to these companies to pay for a fiber infrastructure. It's more like the landscaper you hired and paid for mowed the neighbor's lawn but not yours.
Fascinating! So you can point to legislation that levied taxes to pay Verizon to put down fiber in places where they've chosen not to? If those appropriations actually specify deliverable services that they're not providing, that should be super easy for you to point out. Maybe not as easy as making up some "insightful" but completely misleading stuff about how it was taxes that Verizon funded FiOS and that they promised service at specific addresses that they've abandoned. Looking forward to your links.
but when wires are just sitting there, what exactly does it cost them to allow more data to "flow"?
Because, of course, the entire infrastructure of the carrier's network, peering connections, management, power, data centers, and all the rest is just "some wires."
There is no evidence in politics. And economics is a social science. Don't expect the same kind of evidence as in physics or biology.
These are non sequiturs. There is evidence in climatology. And economics is a science, should we choose to treat it as such.
So waiting to be 100% sure that global warming is happening can mean it will be too late (more expensive), and is just as stupid as waiting to be 100% sure the comet will it the earth.
I think there's a better chance of a good outcome waiting on a demonstration of the supposed dire nature of global warming. Keep in mind that there's plenty of evidence indicating that the effects of global warming are long in coming, slow to occur, and moderate in effect. It is near trivial for a human civilization to adapt under those circumstances. I don't see the compelling reason to act that a significant, likely asteroid impact would have.
If your circumstances prevent you from taking an opportunity that you would otherwise take, that is not a "choice".
Sure, it is, if they're willing to go through the effort. I don't buy at all the claim that one can't improve their circumstances. I can buy that they aren't sufficient interested in improving their circumstances to go through the effort.
I'm an IT guy. If I am looking for work, then I am looking for work in IT
That's moderately unconventional, actually. I doubt most IT people still work in IT. It's a tough field with tough work conditions which is not for most people.
Instead what happens is you create drug resistant virus that are 50-60 more likely to infect, so cutting it down by 30-40 percent is still higher than it was before you started. Net Loss.
...So much wrong with your statement.
1. Vaccines are technically not a drug.
2. The vaccine is, ideally, not present by the time you're exposed to a disease.
3. Vaccines are really 'training' for your immune system. It's like having soldiers shoot at silhouettes as part of their training, doing reaction drills, showing them example IEDs, etc... That way they'll be more effective in the field.
4. Viruses mutate quite naturally. By giving them fewer hosts you can actually slow the mutation rate.
5. Infection rate doesn't change much.
If all you have is the 'sniffles for a few days' I like to say you didn't have the flu, you had a cold.
Considering recent studies show that cancer is more likely to be caused by genetics than smoking
Do you have a link to one of these studies? Does it take into account reduced smoking rates? Is it looking at the chances of an individual getting cancer, or how many get cancer from X source in the USA?
Another thought I had was this: The types of cancer are different. Survive long enough you'll get cancer. Most types at that late of a stage are unlikely to kill you before you die of something else. You're far more likely to get lung cancer from smoking. Odd fact: ALL of my grandparents have had cancer. The only death was my grandmother, the smoker. Anecdotal, but I've heard that lung cancer tends to be particularly lethal.
As a rule of thumb, with a flu shot you are immune to 80% of the current flu viruses going around. This number may change if a previously unimportant strain mutates to be more virulent.
Also, getting the flu shot every year helps as well. Because then you're generally immune to not only this year's strains, but those of the 2-3 previous years as well, which may still be lingering.
They should not even KNOW if I take vaccinations or not.
As a very libertarian leaning individual, I 'somewhat' disagree with this because disease is freaking scary and vaccination is a simple method to ensure that you're not a carrier that can potentially infect others(an offense against them).
Perhaps a doctor's note saying that you've been verified to have a low chance of being a carrier against XYZ diseases? IE you're either naturally immune or vaccinated.
And those are mainly directed towards the safety of the individual, not of the company.
Sleeping time for drivers isn't about safety for the driver so much as everybody else on the road. Vaccination doubles for both the safety of the individual AND the public. A vaccinated individual is less likely to get sick(self-harm), get other employees sick(lots of lost work hours), or customers/public sick.
Note: The exact ratios of protection depends on the job. A park ranger in a remote area isn't as much of a concern as somebody who works in a restaurant.
I think that Lucas's plots aren't bad. I think the problem became one of what many extremely successful writers and directors suffer from - lack of effective editorial control.
Robert Jordan's books declined when he switched to having his wife be his primary editor - she just wasn't mean enough, if that makes sense. During the prequels Lucas ended up with a bunch of yes-men that agreed with every inane idea he had. Without that he'd have a better product.
To be clear, I have been gainfully employed for 25 years and have never had problems finding work or moving from one job to the next. But I am not so naive as to think that the right work is available to anyone who wants it at any time.
The "right work"? That sounds pretty naive to me right there. My view is merely that you can shop for a better job or merely a different job. Even if you're looking for a characteristic which can't completely go away (such as absence of stress or doing work as you feel like doing it), you still can look for work that is more suited to your desires.
Finally, my observation is based on the bald fact that the developed world, despite the problems it has created for employers, is still a pretty open market for workers. If your current job sucks a lot, you have ready means to look for better work.
Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue. - Seneca
