Possibly far less. Most of it header stuff. The actual video stream could consist of: #ffffff

3 bytes.

One of my favorite sci-fi short stories had a similar premise. Some guy discovers a way to make an inter-dimensional portal. No one knows where the other end is, but it's blazing hot on the other side. Everyone starts building simple heat engines to harvest the energy. And all is well until .... ... the Devil sues the guy. Heat was being drained from Hell and was predicted to cause widespread problems. Epistemological (as opposed to ecological) disaster of biblical proportions.

Funny stuff.

Are you surrounded by chrome and tile? Running water nearby? Odd smells? People stopping by, crapping all over you, then leaving? Do people drop off pieces of paper to you?

You might be in that lavatory you wrote about.

Which is where the debate about the level of funding comes from. But they also aren't included in school performance metrics for public schools, so it's a wash. Public schools go to great lengths to exclude low performing students from school scores.

Nature doesn't have feelings. Doesn't care about you, me, or anything. Doesn't care if the planet is destroyed or we are. Nature doesn't have any thoughts on any subject at all. No more than mathematics or physics or chemistry has thoughts, feelings, motivations, or desires.

Please stop anthropomorphizing.

Studies of charter schools show they do about the same as public schools. Some do better, some do worse. On average, about the same. So, believe it or not, they are delivering the same service and skimming a profit.

There is some debate as to whether charter schools get the same funding per student, or less. NYC estimates saving about 15% per student (about $3k).

The main advantage of charter schools seems to be that bad ones are much much easier to shut down.

Because of so many logical flaws, it's mind boggling.

If it is important to bypass the gut, use an injection.
The gut wall is permeable. those metabolites will be in the gut anyways. But in lower concentration ... leading to higher chance of resistance.
Metabolism is all over the map. Trying to figure out the pharmakinetics of such a drug to achieve proper dosage would be a nightmare.
And finally, it's tough enough finding a drug. Finding a drug that can be created by a metabolic pathway is tough squared.

Yeah, you're going to lose money.

The photopolymer resins are usually UV cured. They contain chemicals that spit out free radicals to initiate polymerization. And you don't get a 100% cure.

The paranoid in me wore double gloves when handling parts with liquid resin. Newer stuff might be safer. But the stuff I used was gene scrambling goo in my mind.

Why stop at Software Engineer? If you expropriating titles, why not take Software Physician? Software Attorney? Software Priest? Software Pilot? Software Mortician?

Yes, it's technical and detailed and takes lots of planning and training. So do other professions. But it's not the same training or methodology. They each have their own professional name. Software people need to create their own professional name.

Code monkey is pretty offensive. But Software Primate might fly. Just get the Software Pope to ordain you first.

Physicists might counter that artists are procedural generated.

Step 1: Stop reading Slashdot

Could be worse. I bought a software upgrade to an oscilloscope. This is what I got:

A UPS package. Inside covered by foam peanuts, was an envelope. Inside was a bubble wrapped box. Inside fancy box was a card. On the back was ... ... a URL.

Ok, and a code. Still, there were only 2 lines. By logging into my account, entering the code, the SN and other information about the scope, I was given a license code for the software upgrade.

Type the code into the scope, and voila! Feature is unlocked.

So, why does it surprise people that we create the very thing we wish to avoid?

Because of the eternal war on dumb stuff.

Being at near ground level gives some options an aircraft doesn't have.

Plenty of air is centimeters away. The only trick is to get to it. Assuming the capsule is intact, and can come to a rest in the 10 minutes emergency air lasts, you just need a way to open a hole to the outside. Just pump all the air you need until rescue arrives.

If cabin pressure is normal, the easiest would be to have a hollow lance pierce the tube. It would take some work to jab though ~1cm of steel. Might as well use a pair of carbide tip lances (with side holes) jabbing at opposite sides of the tube fr counterpressure. An overcenter system (like a car scissor jack when fully extended) can apply massive force. Pop, pop, you have air in and air out.

If the cabin breached, the entire tube needs to be filled. Time to get out something with high energy. A cutting device (friction wheel, cutting torch, etc) can get the job done, but slowly. Faster and more compact would be some thermite charges. Toss 'em fore and aft. Crude, but effective. Shape charge if you are crazy enough.

Or if you want really fast, and independent of the capsule, put vents on the tube. They can be as simple as butterfly valves or as dramatic as explosive bolt hatches. Butterfly valves have the advantage of using inrushing air to slow or move a capsule. Hatches give a way for people to get in and out of tubes for emergencies or maintenance.

No. Robotic surgery is not the clear winner. For many procedures, robot surgery has a higher complication rate than the same procedures done without a robot.

Here's one example: http://www.wsj.com/articles/ro...