Comment Re:So.... (Score 1) 265
I was just explaining how the supply of insects will not be significantly decreased by decimating one vector species.
I was just explaining how the supply of insects will not be significantly decreased by decimating one vector species.
Sorry but sterile means "incapable of producing offspring". It has nothing to do with whether or not the offspring reach maturity. If you have a reference that supports your definition I would love to see it.
While the outcome may be the same the way to get there is completely different than the quoted article.
Not sterile insects.
The modified males then mate with wild females whose offspring die, reducing the population.
Sterile insects do not produce offspring.
This technique does not sterilize the male. Offspring are still created but they die quickly. This is a different process.
The modified males then mate with wild females whose offspring die, reducing the population.
If the males can mate and produce offspring they are not sterile.
There are over 80 different species of mosquitos in Florida. This method only targets one of those species. There will still be plenty of mosquitos.
This is not sterilization. These mosquitos reproduce but their you die quickly.
Where is the link to the actual study?
The number of drives seems to be large. The calculations are exponential therefore as the cluster gets bugger the number of spare disks get much bigger.
Drives spares Total
5, 15, 20
10, 55, 65
30, 465, 495
That's a lot of disks. There is a point that space and power overcomes the human cost.
5s later the various systems have correlated the data and stated that you're an AA member and thus likely to be drunk - no warning should be given.
You have been watching too much Criminal Minds and CSI.
Actually, the social shunning/shaming of those who advocate positions that are detrimental to society
Name calling is not shunning or shaming. It is attaching the person and not the argument and therefore has no place on civil discourse.
All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
Today, all one needs to do is say the government wants it and many will assume it is bad. It is the flip side of the same coin.
You made some good points and I will think about them.
On a one for one basis I can see your point. The calculations get different when you can replace banks of elevators with a couple of shafts. It also reduce the floors pace on each floor taken up by shafts. A LSM elevator can cost many times the cost of a rope elevator but still come out less expensive in the long run. Then there is the issue of vary tall building that even the new rope can not handle. Neither of us have the numbers so we have no idea where the break even point is.
The main deterrent is knowing the police are in an area. Otherwise it falls into the category of being anywhere, so why not commit crime x here?
I live in a relatively small town and know how many police officers are on duty at one time. If I know where all those police offices are I also know where they are not.
Sorry but your "scenario" misses a huge piece. People do not go to jail for having beer spilled on their shirt. If the police can not prove alcohol over the limit in the person's body they do not go to jail.
You're innocent? Prove it.
It is called a breathalyzer/blood test that the police will perform.
You also completely missed the point that even if someone gets tracked an pulled over the general public was not privy to the exact location of that person.
Finally, do you realize the manpower needed to put that chain of events together? Sorry but a DWI charge is not enough to justify that amount of manpower to any police force.
If sliding contacts are such an issue then how do electric trains overcome it?
BLISS is ignorance.
