Comment Re:It should stand two degrees, for sure! (Score 3, Interesting) 253
Micro meteor is an option. So is a laser - the chinese have already been testing them. Where was the satellite over geographically when it exploded?
Micro meteor is an option. So is a laser - the chinese have already been testing them. Where was the satellite over geographically when it exploded?
You are correct. DC runs by lobbyists because voters don't make intelligent decisions. If you want any influence then the $ is the only real vote.
Global warming is a great thing - just ask Canada, especially the places that are currently -40 degrees.
Scientists need someone that knows marketing. We don't care about what they talk about... link the argument to our pay or something useful.
Final thought... comparisons are to rebuilding today's infrastructure as if it wasn't constantly changing already. We have decades and perhaps centuries to adjust - ever hear of constant improvement?
A well defined project can be estimated. Change Orders estimating needs to be done properly and BILLED - the cost of re-analyzing is a real cost and the business needs to see it. Once you get that across the number of change requests decreases dramatically.
Software engineering is Engineering... some of the costs are inverted, but otherwise it's the same project management as other engineering projects.
I blame the people that voted him in. Politicians are the result, voters are the cause.
Wrong on all accounts. And BTW, most my family are police so I see all sides of that - not just the misinfotainment on TV.
They've saved far more lives than they've taken.
A robot will be assumed to have much greater leeway to determine NOT to fire, versus today's trip wires and pressure plates.
So you've read the old Shadowrun books and saw the references to Desert Wars?
Expanding bullets cause a larger wound channel but retain 95% to 99%+ of their mass. Fragmenting bullets shatter and keep traveling in all directions (typically smaller bullets with higher velocity). Both are more deadly than standard non-deforming military bullets (designed for more reliable feeding in machine guns). Personally I never use fragmenting bullets for hunting because I don't want to bite down on a piece of lead in a steak.
Show us the math that got you there. Otherwise 78% of statistics are made up on the spot...
What subsidies? I keep hearing about them but never details. Are you talking about the ones like R&D and capital building that every company gets?
Well, subsidies besides trillions spent on useless middle east wars based on lies.
ding ding ding we have a winner!
Everything comes down to economics - and government subsidies are not economics, they hide economics.
Even the Prius isn't economical unless you life in stop-n-go traffic and gas is $5/gallon. Current electric car costs are even worse. The numbers simply don't work out - and electric cars (and solar, and wind) will continue to fail until they are more economical than the current alternatives.
I think this fails to take into account the indirect job creation that this operation permits. For instance, the building maintenance and construction had to be done by locals. Any time the A/C breaks down, it has to be repaired by locals. If a server fries, there has to be someone to build that machine and swap it out. There is a lot of consumption of infrastructure resources, like power and water, that also feeds into the economy. There are a lot of DC jobs that you can't see. Granted, they aren't the same number of people as a factory might employ, but there are a lot of unseen positions that these data centres create.
Not really. Most of the materials are imported and configuring them is very quick. Your "lots of jobs" = not local.
I'd prefer just eliminating the subsidies so that my taxes go down.
Exactly.
As for "topping off" during the day, why not just use a regular outlet? A special outlet isn't economical.
The target for electric cars is as a 2nd or 3rd car for a family. They'd still have a primary gas car for long trips.
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