Comment: Re:Why build one (Score 1) 76
Politics is involved. That makes uncertainty infinite. Triple infinity is still infinity.
Comment: Re:You know negotiations succeeded when... (Score 1) 76
I doubt they'll be unhappy. The wider area means a larger virtual dish and therefore higher accuracy for the scientists. The higher total cost means that the vendors stand to make more money from this, not less. The distribution over two continents means you've twice as many science budgets (so lower cost to each individual tax payer).
Journal: Gov't destroying a possible solution to the problem of dying bees
Interview starts at 1:01:00 - a small time bee keeper figures out that the real reason why his bees are dying is Monsanto's 'Roundup' and gov't destroys the research and a possibly immune bee queen without any court order or any reason rather than probably the most nefarious one.
Comment: Re:What's the problem with building self-sustainin (Score -1, Troll) 235
including tax cuts for people who don't need tax cuts
- I agree. 50% of population only pays 3% of the income taxes, to have a more fair system they shouldn't be getting tax cuts, they should be getting tax increases.
Comment: Re:What's the problem with building self-sustainin (Score 1) 235
If they can raise the money and do it themselves, then who would object? At any moment in time whoever wants to run a project can ask for donations or release token bonds to be bought and advertise this and if there are enough people who want to see a moonbase and they pay for it, then it wouldn't be a problem for anybody who doesn't want to see gov't spend money this way.
As to voting: those who don't pay taxes to government shouldn't be able to vote. Those who pay more taxes than others should get extra votes.
Comment: Re:Beauacracy (Score 1) 319
Your daughter is not anybody else's problem, it is your problem, not mine, never was, never will be. Same thing in reverse - my daughter is only my problem, has nothing to do with you and caring about her should never be forced upon you by the threat of violence.
Comment: Re:I don't get it. (Score 1) 290
Yes, but the platters are round, not square.
Comment: Re:WOW (Score 1) 290
Since density is mass per unit volume, the only two ways to increase density are to either replace the atoms in the models' bodies with heavier, highly unstable ones, or push them into a compacter. The first might cause problems due to the cameras suffering radiation damage. The latter would cut into the celebrities they have at those adult expos.
Comment: Re:For depressed people (Score 1) 290
That only helps in Britain, as prescription charges are fixed. In the US, all the insurance companies need to say is that data storage requirements are a pre-existing condition.