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You need to go to the Kindle store section to see the "special Kindle price". For example, here is a book for $10 in digital download which goes for $14 in hardcover. Here is another, with similar savings.

I'm not certain if it applies to all or even most books (the above is also just two random clicks), but it did apply to all books which I've purchased so far. Granted, my selection is mostly the classic sci-fi of 60s-70s, and they may be keeping the prices low for that entire category.

You need to go to the Kindle store section to see the "special Kindle price". For example, here is a book for $10 in digital download which goes for $14 in hardcover. Here is another, with similar savings.

I'm not certain if it applies to all or even most books (the above is also just two random clicks), but it did apply to all books which I've purchased so far. Granted, my selection is mostly the classic sci-fi of 60s-70s, and they may be keeping the prices low for that entire category.

You need to go to the Kindle store section to see the "special Kindle price". For example, here is a book for $10 in digital download which goes for $14 in hardcover. Here is another, with similar savings.

I'm not certain if it applies to all or even most books (the above is also just two random clicks), but it did apply to all books which I've purchased so far. Granted, my selection is mostly the classic sci-fi of 60s-70s, and they may be keeping the prices low for that entire category.

Also, science need not be as amoral as most people believe.

This may not be true on other services, but I see it all the time on Amazon where new printed books are slightly or definitively less than the Kindle version. As an example Mike Birbiglia was commenting just the other day that his book was being priced that way. I see it about a quarter of the time in my experience. And in a lot of the ones where the price isn't less for the paper version, the prices are so close that the resale/loan abilities of the regular book make me just get that instead.

My dad occasionally brought us presents after my parents separated. Once he brought my sister a book called The Daddy machine.

After he left my mom opened the book out of curiosity and discovered that the kids in the story had 2 mothers. She read the back cover which indicated that the publisher catered to kids with gay parents. My mom had thought that my dad was trying to subtly say that she was a lesbian and ripped him a new ass over the phone while my sisters and I laughed our asses off at the whole "two mommies" thing, which is funny when you're a kid.

It was an honest mistake, because he picked it up from a big store chain in haste and couldn't tell just from a glance of the cover.

New Hampshire Senate Election Phone Jamming Scandal. There's a book by the perp.

As the accused also went to prison in your example, it actually supports my position. It doesn't appear that anyone got away with anything. So, thanks.

Having rich friends does not make you rich, nor does having rich parents (though that can be more of a help), nor does being lucky.

This didn't really deserve a flamebait moderation (even with the "bullshit" and "kicked you in the nuts" remarks...this isn't exactly a forum limited to refined, polite discussion). Wealth isn't about how much your friends or parents have. It is about what you have and what you do with what you have.

You sounds like you have done very well for yourself, perhaps as a result of aggressive double-digit savings combined with decent double-digit returns (not at all implausible with nearly two decades of work under your belt). Of course, if you switch to an overly lavish lifestyle, fail to protect yourself from disaster (e.g., through adequate medical, disability, house insurance, etc.), or get into copyright infringement fights with aggressive copyright holders able to secure liability-happy jurors, you could eat through your savings very quickly. You sound like you've got a good head on your shoulders when it comes to finance, so you're probably in good shape.

Your age also makes a big difference, as The Millionaire Next Door can attest. $1M when you're 65, looking to stretch your money through a potentially long retirement, isn't nearly as impressive as $1M when you're 40, able to let your money grow so that you have a nice sum available if you decide you're done with being a wage slave.

And everyone---absolutely everyone---has to be careful with money in order to be truly rich or wealthy. As even The Richest Man in Babylon said:

All men are burdened with more desires than they can gratify. Because of my wealth thinkest thou I may gratify every desire? 'Tis a false idea. There are limits to my time. There are limits to my strength. There are limits to the distance I may travel. There are limits to what I may eat. There are limits to the zest with which I may enjoy.

The truth is, just about anyone who, starting early enough, controls spending effectively and manages money with reasonable skill can become independently wealthy. That is, most people could acquire, or at least could have acquired, enough money to afford needs and reasonable desires based on savings alone. For some, that may mean saving $10M. For others, it may mean only saving $250k.

Of course, the lifestyle one can afford with $10M is much different than the lifestyle one can afford with $250k. But, if you retire with $10M in the bank, yet spend $1M a year, then you are not as rich as the person who retires with $250k in the bank, yet only spends $12.5k a year.

Having rich friends does not make you rich, nor does having rich parents (though that can be more of a help), nor does being lucky.

This didn't really deserve a flamebait moderation (even with the "bullshit" and "kicked you in the nuts" remarks...this isn't exactly a forum limited to refined, polite discussion). Wealth isn't about how much your friends or parents have. It is about what you have and what you do with what you have.

You sounds like you have done very well for yourself, perhaps as a result of aggressive double-digit savings combined with decent double-digit returns (not at all implausible with nearly two decades of work under your belt). Of course, if you switch to an overly lavish lifestyle, fail to protect yourself from disaster (e.g., through adequate medical, disability, house insurance, etc.), or get into copyright infringement fights with aggressive copyright holders able to secure liability-happy jurors, you could eat through your savings very quickly. You sound like you've got a good head on your shoulders when it comes to finance, so you're probably in good shape.

Your age also makes a big difference, as The Millionaire Next Door can attest. $1M when you're 65, looking to stretch your money through a potentially long retirement, isn't nearly as impressive as $1M when you're 40, able to let your money grow so that you have a nice sum available if you decide you're done with being a wage slave.

And everyone---absolutely everyone---has to be careful with money in order to be truly rich or wealthy. As even The Richest Man in Babylon said:

All men are burdened with more desires than they can gratify. Because of my wealth thinkest thou I may gratify every desire? 'Tis a false idea. There are limits to my time. There are limits to my strength. There are limits to the distance I may travel. There are limits to what I may eat. There are limits to the zest with which I may enjoy.

The truth is, just about anyone who, starting early enough, controls spending effectively and manages money with reasonable skill can become independently wealthy. That is, most people could acquire, or at least could have acquired, enough money to afford needs and reasonable desires based on savings alone. For some, that may mean saving $10M. For others, it may mean only saving $250k.

Of course, the lifestyle one can afford with $10M is much different than the lifestyle one can afford with $250k. But, if you retire with $10M in the bank, yet spend $1M a year, then you are not as rich as the person who retires with $250k in the bank, yet only spends $12.5k a year.

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green: Hardcover, Bargain Price from Amazon: $6.56; New Paperback: $2.99; Kindle: $7.99

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Lavithan: Amazon Paperback: $8.99; Kindle: $10.99

I borrowed a Kindle from work a few weeks ago and while I really like it, some hardcopy books are cheaper NEW from AMAZON than the Kindle ebooks. It may not be the norm, but it definitely exists, and sadly it exists with books I'd like to read.

An Abundance of Katherines by John Green: Hardcover, Bargain Price from Amazon: $6.56; New Paperback: $2.99; Kindle: $7.99

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Lavithan: Amazon Paperback: $8.99; Kindle: $10.99

I borrowed a Kindle from work a few weeks ago and while I really like it, some hardcopy books are cheaper NEW from AMAZON than the Kindle ebooks. It may not be the norm, but it definitely exists, and sadly it exists with books I'd like to read.

Then don't call it a book sale, or selling books or buying books. Here, an example. Do you see right the button with the text "Buy Now with 1-Click" and it's even more expensive than the hard-cover you can buy.

Call it "licensing" or "renting". Anything else it's just false advertisement and untruthful.

What I do is usually look them up on Amazon. It can be tedious. Anyways, here are the free Baen books I plan to read:

1632
http://www.amazon.com/1632-Assiti-Shards-Eric-Flint/dp/0671319728/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289101420&sr=8-1

Inherit the Stars
http://www.amazon.com/Inherit-Stars-James-Patrick-Hogan/dp/0345019318/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289101505&sr=1-1

Wizard's Bane
http://www.amazon.com/Wizards-Bane-Rick-Cook/dp/0671698036/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289101173&sr=8-1

What I do is usually look them up on Amazon. It can be tedious. Anyways, here are the free Baen books I plan to read:

1632
http://www.amazon.com/1632-Assiti-Shards-Eric-Flint/dp/0671319728/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289101420&sr=8-1

Inherit the Stars
http://www.amazon.com/Inherit-Stars-James-Patrick-Hogan/dp/0345019318/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289101505&sr=1-1

Wizard's Bane
http://www.amazon.com/Wizards-Bane-Rick-Cook/dp/0671698036/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289101173&sr=8-1

What I do is usually look them up on Amazon. It can be tedious. Anyways, here are the free Baen books I plan to read:

1632
http://www.amazon.com/1632-Assiti-Shards-Eric-Flint/dp/0671319728/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289101420&sr=8-1

Inherit the Stars
http://www.amazon.com/Inherit-Stars-James-Patrick-Hogan/dp/0345019318/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289101505&sr=1-1

Wizard's Bane
http://www.amazon.com/Wizards-Bane-Rick-Cook/dp/0671698036/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289101173&sr=8-1

Where are you seeing these prices for new Sci-Fi? Last I looked they sure as hell weren't $6. All of them I've wanted have been higher with a little love note from Amazon pointing out that the price is now set by the F'ing publisher. Some of them were even more expensive than new paper books. The industry has gone the way of the music industry so far as I'm concerned. Screw 'em.

Here's an example from the action stuff I've been reading lately - check the paper and Kindle pricing. http://www.amazon.com/The-Spy-ebook/dp/B0038BZOYA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1289098451&sr=1-2

Another - http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Empire-Fargo-Adventure-ebook/dp/B003XQEVD0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1289098451&sr=1-1

NYT Bestseller - Hardcover is CHEAPER than eBook -> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZK58WM/ref=s9_al_bw_ir01?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1YNQWHDQP69J4JEHSTCP&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1278657562&pf_rd_i=322189011

Here's one I wanted to read pretty badly - http://www.amazon.com/Spy-Dust-Masters-Disguise-Operations/dp/0743428528/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289098993&sr=8-1-catcorr Note the date it was released.....

Thankfully some authors are taking notice of this guy http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/ and you'll also note that often the highest sellers on the Kindle lists are lower priced - like this guy's work. He even gives away some books on his site. Sadly it's just not my kind of writing but he sure does tell it like it is on his blog! The publishers are screwing us and the authors and piracy is ramping up as a result!

Where are you seeing these prices for new Sci-Fi? Last I looked they sure as hell weren't $6. All of them I've wanted have been higher with a little love note from Amazon pointing out that the price is now set by the F'ing publisher. Some of them were even more expensive than new paper books. The industry has gone the way of the music industry so far as I'm concerned. Screw 'em.

Here's an example from the action stuff I've been reading lately - check the paper and Kindle pricing. http://www.amazon.com/The-Spy-ebook/dp/B0038BZOYA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1289098451&sr=1-2

Another - http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Empire-Fargo-Adventure-ebook/dp/B003XQEVD0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1289098451&sr=1-1

NYT Bestseller - Hardcover is CHEAPER than eBook -> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZK58WM/ref=s9_al_bw_ir01?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1YNQWHDQP69J4JEHSTCP&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1278657562&pf_rd_i=322189011

Here's one I wanted to read pretty badly - http://www.amazon.com/Spy-Dust-Masters-Disguise-Operations/dp/0743428528/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289098993&sr=8-1-catcorr Note the date it was released.....

Thankfully some authors are taking notice of this guy http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/ and you'll also note that often the highest sellers on the Kindle lists are lower priced - like this guy's work. He even gives away some books on his site. Sadly it's just not my kind of writing but he sure does tell it like it is on his blog! The publishers are screwing us and the authors and piracy is ramping up as a result!

Where are you seeing these prices for new Sci-Fi? Last I looked they sure as hell weren't $6. All of them I've wanted have been higher with a little love note from Amazon pointing out that the price is now set by the F'ing publisher. Some of them were even more expensive than new paper books. The industry has gone the way of the music industry so far as I'm concerned. Screw 'em.

Here's an example from the action stuff I've been reading lately - check the paper and Kindle pricing. http://www.amazon.com/The-Spy-ebook/dp/B0038BZOYA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1289098451&sr=1-2

Another - http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Empire-Fargo-Adventure-ebook/dp/B003XQEVD0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1289098451&sr=1-1

NYT Bestseller - Hardcover is CHEAPER than eBook -> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZK58WM/ref=s9_al_bw_ir01?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1YNQWHDQP69J4JEHSTCP&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1278657562&pf_rd_i=322189011

Here's one I wanted to read pretty badly - http://www.amazon.com/Spy-Dust-Masters-Disguise-Operations/dp/0743428528/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289098993&sr=8-1-catcorr Note the date it was released.....

Thankfully some authors are taking notice of this guy http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/ and you'll also note that often the highest sellers on the Kindle lists are lower priced - like this guy's work. He even gives away some books on his site. Sadly it's just not my kind of writing but he sure does tell it like it is on his blog! The publishers are screwing us and the authors and piracy is ramping up as a result!

Where are you seeing these prices for new Sci-Fi? Last I looked they sure as hell weren't $6. All of them I've wanted have been higher with a little love note from Amazon pointing out that the price is now set by the F'ing publisher. Some of them were even more expensive than new paper books. The industry has gone the way of the music industry so far as I'm concerned. Screw 'em.

Here's an example from the action stuff I've been reading lately - check the paper and Kindle pricing. http://www.amazon.com/The-Spy-ebook/dp/B0038BZOYA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1289098451&sr=1-2

Another - http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Empire-Fargo-Adventure-ebook/dp/B003XQEVD0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1289098451&sr=1-1

NYT Bestseller - Hardcover is CHEAPER than eBook -> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003ZK58WM/ref=s9_al_bw_ir01?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=1YNQWHDQP69J4JEHSTCP&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1278657562&pf_rd_i=322189011

Here's one I wanted to read pretty badly - http://www.amazon.com/Spy-Dust-Masters-Disguise-Operations/dp/0743428528/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289098993&sr=8-1-catcorr Note the date it was released.....

Thankfully some authors are taking notice of this guy http://jakonrath.blogspot.com/ and you'll also note that often the highest sellers on the Kindle lists are lower priced - like this guy's work. He even gives away some books on his site. Sadly it's just not my kind of writing but he sure does tell it like it is on his blog! The publishers are screwing us and the authors and piracy is ramping up as a result!

Ripples may not be remembered individually, but each changes the nature of the universe, and also together they can make bigger waves with futher effects. Also, as in the Time Paradox book I cited in another reply, people may have different time focuses -- past present, and the future -- which effect how they value different experiences or expectations. Also, to the extent the universe, or even multiverse, is a mystery, how do we know what is remembered or forgotten for sure across the great mystery...

Plus things can matter a lot to yourself at the time, depending on the roots you have grown -- family, community, friends, hobbies, causes, humor, health, a connection to nature or the infitite, and so on. A depression and carelessness or hurtfulness can also come from physical problems like vitamin D deficiency, lack of Omega-3/DHA, lack of whole foods, lack of sleep, lack of exercise, and so on.

You can also have a practical morality, or one that emerges from local experience or upbringing, whether you have a belief in a specific god or gods. So, there are a lot of assumptions there... See Kai Nielsen:
    http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Without-God-Kai-Nielsen/dp/0879755520

Or even Albert Einstein:
    http://www.sacred-texts.com/aor/einstein/einsci.htm
"For the scientific method can teach us nothing else beyond how facts are related to, and conditioned by, each other. The aspiration toward such objective knowledge belongs to the highest of which man is capabIe, and you will certainly not suspect me of wishing to belittle the achievements and the heroic efforts of man in this sphere. Yet it is equally clear that knowledge of what is does not open the door directly to what should be. One can have the clearest and most complete knowledge of what is, and yet not be able to deduct from that what should be the goal of our human aspirations. Objective knowledge provides us with powerful instruments for the achievements of certain ends, but the ultimate goal itself and the longing to reach it must come from another source. And it is hardly necessary to argue for the view that our existence and our activity acquire meaning only by the setting up of such a goal and of corresponding values. The knowledge of truth as such is wonderful, but it is so little capable of acting as a guide that it cannot prove even the justification and the value of the aspiration toward that very knowledge of truth. Here we face, therefore, the limits of the purely rational conception of our existence.
    But it must not be assumed that intelligent thinking can play no part in the formation of the goal and of ethical judgments. When someone realizes that for the achievement of an end certain means would be useful, the means itself becomes thereby an end. Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelation of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations, and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to me precisely the most important function which religion has to perform in the social life of man. And if one asks whence derives the authority of such fundamental ends, since they cannot be stated and justified merely by reason, one can only answer: they exist in a healthy society as powerful traditions, which act upon the conduct and aspirations and judgments of the individuals; they are there, that is, as something living, without its being necessary to find justification for their existence. They come into being not through demonstration but through revelation, through the medium of powerful personalities. One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly. "

New Hampshire Senate Election Phone Jamming Scandal. There's a book by the perp.

Unless you buy absolutely nothing, every, you are paying for advertising. stop kidding yourself.

Your argument boils down to: I would rather get illegally distributed content then pay? well then just say so don't pretend to hide behind some self delusion about ads.

Nash bridges is an enjoyable show.
Can't find Nash Bridges? here let me help you out:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=nash+bridges&x=0&y=0

You can blame Don Johnson for it's lack of availability through Hulu. Old jerk.

February called, they want their news back

Also your link doesn't say a word about pedophiles, and Fisher Price already makes little pink video cameras for toddlers 3 and up and the Nintendo DS has had a camera since 2008. Fisher Price even had a camera for kids 8 and up way back in 1987

If you're worried about children taking inappropriate photos or videos and uploading them it's too late, cameras have been marketed to kids for many years and I haven't heard any stories about young children uploading inappropriate videos. More fear mongering at it's best, what's next souping and trampolining?

and I don't even feel bad about using them because older movies are difficult to get hold of. Try to get Nash Bridges episodes legally to see what I mean.

Yeah it was so hard that it took all of 2 seconds searching on Amazon to find: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=nash+bridges&x=0&y=0

Wait, what was your point?

http://www.amazon.com/Commissar-Vanishes-Falsification-Photographs-Stalins/dp/B00007D037/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1288900689&sr=8-1

The methods used by the Soviets to manipulate and control the information consumed by the populace is pretty widely understood, and I'm sure that need to maintain control drove the use of this relatively sophisticated photo manipulation software.

The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn. Can't think of of a better citation than this. Or search for the NKVD. Their specialty was airbrushing history. Oh, and shooting political enemies of the state in the head.

Authoritarian tyrants are much the same whether their guise is communism, national socialism, or democracy. The best way to make people forget about enemies of the state is to not talk about them.

Come on, Slashdot. This information (and the graph to go with it) is originally by David McCandless and Lee Bryon in this book back in 2008 and was copied by someone. See Peak Break-Up Times On Facebook.

I believe Cannabis Cures Cancer. You should too.

Here is some depressing reading for you: Collapse of Complex Civilizations

If tl;dr - the take home message is that we're going the way of every complex human civilization so far - a downhill slope caused by a number of causes, but basically we need a new energy source that is really too cheap to meter. Otherwise we're in for a rather bumpy ride.

Nothing really to do with Fox, the Tea Party or the Village Idiot of the Month (I'm lookin at YOU, Sarah).

Perhaps the smallest group is the one that believes in the rule of law and that the Constitution is a contract which should be followed based on the meaning of the agreements when ratified, including amendments. Of course this would mean that all first amendment cases would be out of jurisdiction of the federal courts, something those power-grabbing, legislative and executive branch appeasers will never go for.

Congress shall make no law...

And for those who are going to argue that the 14th changed all that, you're simply wrong. If we look at what the amendment meant to the people who passed it, we find no evidence anywhere that the amendment was ever considered to do anything more than give freedmen the right to enter contracts, to sue, and to own property. If you really care about this, read Government by Judiciary by (liberal) Raoul Berger.

Medical science is one of the worst offenders for variety of reasons. There is an excellent critique of the modern science "system":

http://www.amazon.com/Betrayers-truth-William-Broad/dp/0671447696

It's out of print, being almost 30 years old, but it's as relevant today as ever.

I am compelled to demand that you read, or at least enjoy, this comic about animation shops in North Korea:
http://www.amazon.com/Pyongyang-Journey-North-Guy-Delisle/dp/1896597890

C'mon dude, it's not that hard to throw in an amazon link.

'All the mathematics one needs in real life can be learned in early years without much fuss,' writes Ramanathan. 'Most adults have no contact with math at work, nor do they curl up with an algebra book for relaxation.'

They're just wasting their time and government resources. And don't forget to point out that experts have determined that Information Technology doesn't matter..

Please see: http://www.amazon.com/Aftermath-LeVar-Burton/dp/0446519936

What are the parents supposed to do, keep them on a leash?

There are some parents who do just that.

The man you refer to is Rob Hall who at the time had climbed Everest more times than any other non-Sherpa. He was leading a group of paying climbers that he wouldn't abandon to save his own life. I recommend reading the Jon Krakenauer book Into Thin Air which covers the biggest tradgey on Everest that occured whilst the IMAX team were filming. Ed Shears and David Breshers part of the IMAX team were part of the rescue effort. From the outside the world of high altitude climbing does appear to be about thrill seeking but like most things we don't truely understand there is so much more to it.

I'll one-click purchase you this

The only reason for the discrepancy is that you have been using the wrong kind of cables. You need to use these instead: http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/dp/B000I1X6PM (only $9999.00 each)

Oh, I see, you were suggesting the capacitor goes in the charger to spread the load on the house's or charging station's wiring and local power grid. I get it now. Sorry. On a related note, a distributed array of capacitor banks would also potentially allow for better load balancing on the grid in general, if the charging station could also drain back into the grid. That could help us move toward sizing power plants closer to average load, rather than peak load.

I had been thinking of something else: Integrating some amount of capacitor storage in the vehicle to allow quick charge transfer from the grid to the vehicle, to hide the longer inherent charge time of the battery. For example, if the battery actually requires 3 hours to perform all of the chemical conversion associated with charging, but capacitors buffer some of the charge in the meantime, then to the user it looks like the batteries charged in minutes. Really, it was just buffered. But, to turn 3 hours into 6 minutes would require unrealistically huge capacitors, as you point out.

A more realistic use of ultracapacitors in an EV would be to buffer the much smaller amounts of charge associated with regenerative braking and the like. The capacity required there, though, would be much lower.

Anyway, it seems like you could charge a large battery array quickly by treating it as a bunch of smaller batteries charging in parallel. Still though, the rate just seems mind boggling, and the heat issues are what really get me wondering. Suppose you dump half a megawatt over 6 minutes into the car at even 99% efficiency--ie. only 1% of the energy converts to heat. That's 0.1 hours * 500 kW * 1% = 500Wh in heat energy. That would be about like running this guy on low for an hour, except it's compressed into 6 minutes. Toasty!

"$664-billion defense budget"

The U.S. government has invaded or bombed or interfered with at least 24 countries since the end of the 2nd world war. The U.S. government has killed or caused the death of an estimated 11,000,000 people during that time.

"Defense" allows extreme corruption, because the affairs and the budget is easily hidden. For examples from just one war, see Grand Theft Pentagon

You will not find any Visual Studio screenshots in this book.

Nor will you find any in this book either.

C# is a *language*, not a platform.. yes, the most common platform is a windows platform, but there are projects that, for example, will compile C# to native code that runs on Linux.

Now, granted, most of those projects are experimental, but look at dotgnu (an official FSF project) or LLVM#

You will not find any Visual Studio screenshots in this book.

Nor will you find any in this book either.

C# is a *language*, not a platform.. yes, the most common platform is a windows platform, but there are projects that, for example, will compile C# to native code that runs on Linux.

Now, granted, most of those projects are experimental, but look at dotgnu (an official FSF project) or LLVM#

While I agree with most of your post, keep in mind Richard A. Clarke was the National Coordinator for Security and the chief counter-terrorism adviser on the National Security Council for something like 30 years. He may know a little bit about what he's talking about.

By the way, he wrote a really good book called Against All Enemies, a good look at his perspective during the rise of al Qaeda. A thoroughly interesting read.

Actually it could get pretty bad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_start

Almost all of our power stations apparently rely on outside power to start and have contracts with other power plants to supply this cold start power. There's a power plant in Palestine that is actually a pretty good study in this since obviously resources to keep that plant running are pretty restricted. I read about a black start for that plant done after an air strike damaged it that was done by basically finding as many car batteries as they could to get a smaller generator running to then finally get part of the main facility running to then get the rest sort of back online. Rube Goldberg would be proud, those guys have kept that plant running in pretty trying circumstances. A bit of a stretch to think we'd be in that position but a cascading failure - stupidly discounted in this article - could certainly take out far more than an isolated piece of infrastructure. The idiots that wrote this article make it sound like our grid is a bunch of islands when in fact it's ALL connected together and I'd bet that our adversaries have spent more time understanding that than we have - to include the weak points. Just as we probably have dissected their grids... I've seen some stories on how cascading failures in the past have occurred and as I recall the last one damaged a power plant in NYC pretty badly from an overload, why does everyone think things have gotten very much better?

There's an interesting book named One Second After http://www.amazon.com/One-Second-After-William-Forstchen/dp/0765317583/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288356308&sr=1-1 That discusses what it's like living after a fairly straightforward EMP attack. Now obviously an EMP attack actually destroys infrastructure but the difficulties in surviving without electricity are pretty clear in this book and done correctly a "cyber attack" could damage some hardware.

Mind you - "resources to build other technologies" would likely require electricity. Chicken and egg I'm afraid if you wish to do this post attack. This is part of why people are banging the drum NOW.

Yeah, I've always thought that a people capable of time travel would also develop what I see as final evolution of the cell phone: C.A.C.T.U.S. (Colonic Audio Conduction Technology, Ultimately Sadomasochistic), an inter-chronologic audio communication device, in convenient suppository form. It vibrates your colon such a manner that sound waves travel up your spine, resonating the inner ear. It is, unfortunately, quite uncomfortable to wear.

Not exactly the same thing, but the opening of John Scalzi's The Android's Dream starts out with a guy farting his way into creating an interstellar incident. The aliens communicate among themselves partially with scent and he had a device installed in his colon to allow him to dial up insults and such and have the odors emitted. Hilarious book actually.

Dude, it's selling right now from major retailers. Ships today.
I got this after 5 seconds of googling:
Google Shopping

Amazon

Now "they" will be able to make a drug to counter-act the receptor and cure liberalness. Just what we need, a pharmacated electorate.

That's exactly what I thought. Never thought I would see the day with Micheal Savage was right. http://www.amazon.com/Liberalism-Mental-Disorder-Savage-Solutions/dp/1595550062 Its an actual book by Michael Savage.

http://www.northcountrygazette.org/category/adirondacks/
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/advertise/
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/investigative-reports/
http://www.northcountrygazette.org/letters-to-the-editor/
Maybe this will be more interesting
I noticed the only name that keeps popping up is June Maxims.
Sounds to me like it might be a 1 horse show. Some blogger with dreams of world domination.
If its an actual paper then Instead of complaining to them Call the people who use them for advertising. Say you wont do business with any company that does business with a company like this one.

Heres a list of some of the adds I saw on the site.

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Shop The Adirondacks
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(310) 480-3737

The Sierra Club
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415-977-5500

Purrs and Paws
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Handtrux Toys
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Amazon
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Dollar Days .com
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And Ironically (to me anyway)

Cyberbullying
http://www.cyberbullying.us/

Call all of the people paying them to advertise for them and let them know how you feel.

It's also available used, starting at $199.47.