it's a tool, and the tool is only as good as the person using it.
I love it since it helps me examine the problems before trying a solution.
is it and endpoint solution for the masses
is it a good tool for the IT department to have on the flash drive at all times
Happen to agree with you on some of this... let me see, whom I could sell the data to
out side the box :
a) insurance firms, the father of the girl whom is preggo might want to get his daughter healthcare.
b) Publishing companies that target weddings ( Dad might want to get his shotgun and the boy to the alter )
c) fitness type sales ( maybe even publishing companies that target it )
d) car companies : they might want to sell a 'safe' car or a roomy car.
You seem to have the same problem that my partner has, the ability to be real smart consistently and not see the reality of the situation from the street point of view.
Most largest voting group in the US is made up of 44 years old plus (source http://www.census.gov/prod/2010pubs/p20-562.pdf )
that group is also the one, where we knew and or saw 3 mile accident, Chernobyl and other things like Bhopal toxic cloud.
So there is a simple fear that if it's in the backyard it could happen. No tradeoff acceptable
Go figure
Chernobyl
Bhopal toxic cloud reminded us of just how scary the world was.
Go take a look in your area where you live, I bet there is a line of demarcation that is proof of NIMBY, in upper Miami Florida it's Biscayne blvd. the poor live west of it and the rich live east of it. pure 3 miles + of this type of crap. ( given it's changing, but it's still mentioned by many people over the age of 35. )
the only way Americans will deal with tradeoffs is via education and tolerance.
How I love my old issues of Analog Magazine, they somehow have predicted the future more than once.
this was covered back in the day and I have been wondering when it was going to come about.
If the pattern keeps up, in 12 years we will see the trial runs of this, and cancer reduction across the entire
world population. it would seem that it viable, just a lot of testing needs to be done.
Analog gave (me) hope to the future, a future where knowledge and being a good DIY can advance the world.
Onepoint
sorry you need to validate your claim, here is the my data on the federal debit,
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/HistoricalTables.pdf
this was about a budgeting issue and having a surplus, that would in effect have a canceling out of more bonds being issued ( bonds hit maturity, paid off, no re-financing of the pre-established debit )
as a note I see you are talking about debt ( which would cover treasury notes and bonds and all outstanding obligation if they were cashed in at once )
then your are correct http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo4.htm
with the years of 1951 and 57 being the years of reduction.
I take that your comment of supporting the US empire is lacking research
till the Jr. Bush administration, the US Treasury and Government was on target for a ZERO debit, in fact the issues was so alarming that countless research was done on how to handle it ( it's rather interesting thinking that Bush Senior and Clinton were on the track to reduce the federal debit ) http://www.factcheck.org/2008/02/the-budget-and-deficit-under-clinton/
As for whom has supporting the debit as foreign powers, prior to the 90's it was Japan and Britain as the biggest investors and purchases of US debit. ( sorry don't have the data for that from 90's till 2005
Onepoint
Composting is one of the easiest things to do. Problem is space.
here is a link http://www.doityourself.com/stry/h2composting
easiest way to start
with your garden, pick out a spot in the back not to visible, where you don't get good production of your fruits and veggies.
get some chicken wire ( about 6 linear feet ) make it into a tube and stake it into the ground
load a ton of leaves ( half way up ), add about 4 inches of dirt and then top off with more leaves, wait a week and add more dirt
in about 1 month you'll have a good solid base of composting material.
then you can start adding all sorts of organic waste, mix well.
every year move the chick wire to a new spot and start over.
when I lived in NJ, I had a compost pile that was about 4' x 10' and depending on what part of the year it was it was from
3 feet high to 6 feet high. every fall I would drag ALL the leaves to the spot, 2 feet of leaves, 4 inches of dirt, over and over
again until it was about 6 feet high. Leaves compress real nicely, and snow melts on the pile. come early spring, get your
shovel, and rotate the pile, it's hard work but it's good to do, by the time you are ready for planting, you tilled the soil,
added about 3 inches of compost into the tilling and you have half of your compost.
you rebuild your compost pile by using your yard clippings, grass, leaves, branches and your basic organic matter that you
toss into your pile.
Rotate your pile, it's hard work but try doing it every 2 weeks, it rotates the nutrients and add's new fresh air into the pile
ALSO, anything growing out of your pile is most likely very tasty ( once identified properly ). I had a ton of eggplants
( I don't eat it ) growing out of the pile, the ladies next door loved them ( and the flowers ).
sometimes ant's get in your pile, don't worry, they are helping, just work on a different section of the pile that month
then you can rotate there little home.
Don't put meat into your pile until you got 3 solid feet of compost. you want to bury cooked meat deeply otherwise you'll
end up with a rodent problem ( or possum or raccoons )
I liked to add sand to my pile so every year I would add about 2 bags.
Thank you for the information
here is the link for astronomical interferometry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_interferometer
it seems that the application for this is amazingly great for light year distances and beyond, I am just wondering if on the smaller scale ( with smaller telescopes ) would it work on a solar system scale.
but hey this is a start
Onepoint
Since I don't know I'll ask...
Can this scale up to multiple scopes, and does this need a minimum size scope ?
I'm asking for the following reason:
I think it would be a great service to mankind if, people that own telescopes could hook up the telescopes every now and then to a central platform and let the computers observe the local solar system for possible unknown items in space. given, I think that I think the idea is years away, I would like to start tinkering with the idea.
Heck, we now have DIY CNC machines, people whom will help ( for reasonable prices ) design circuit boards, and places to swap equipment, I think this might be something I could start working on for the next 5 to 10 years.
what I picture is a centralized server receiving images from 100 or 200 scopes from all over the world, and just cataloging them, then they run the comparison via a seti@home type platform. the centralized server send location data of where to look...
Again I am just dreaming out loud, but if could even work with 12 inch platforms, it just might be a wonderful tool for local discovery.
Funny, but you might be on to something. Knowing the right wavelength of the emitter you can then paint phony targets LOL
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