If these LNG cars also happen to be pluggable hybrids, then he makes money both ways: He sells you the electricity for the nightly plug in, & the LNG for those longer trips or convenience of not having to plug in at all. I suspect he is serious, if the article is correct, and Pickens is void of hyperbole:
"We're going to build a 4,000-megawatt farm in Pampa, and we've already bought the turbines for the first 1,000 megawatts".
Pre-teen? TryThe Proteus Operation. It's not too heavy on the violence, & they might learn something about "history" (in this novel, history is negotiable).
why would the alien that makes first contact have the cook book with them? None of the Earth-bound aliens would need that. Why didn't the alien try to get the book back?
My impression is that it was an arrogance driven head game: They knew that we wouldn't automatically assume that the book was a cookbook (why would we? They seemed benevolent!)
It seems the Kanimits like to play with their food.
Yes, that's right, excessive profits are actually theft.
No, if I give someone something - say, my money - that's not stealing. If I don't like the price (or the person/entity), then I will give the money to someone else. However, if I am required by law to give them my money, and there is a limited competitive environment (car insurance? phone company, cable etc.), and if I suspect collusion (price fixing) among the "competitors", then I will gripe/vote. Or usually, to be honest I will seek an alternative, if possible - often it is.
It annoyed me for a few seconds too, until it learned, e.g. that "sl" should autocomplete/suggest to just slashdot.org, & not the scores of other things that begin with "sl".
Edmund Scientific used to carry a pair of "glasses" that did something like that: Each "lens" was opaque, & had a series of pinholes, like a cluster of camera obscura/pinhole cameras put together.
I believe it was "Spock's Brain", but there may well have been another episode with ion power.... (Either it was ions, Scotty surmised or a nuclear pile 100 Km in diameter - yes, you do have to love them 'Trek scripts).
Or, being Titan it may not be water, but perhaps a slushy hydrocarbon mix. Ganymede may be a better candidate for a water ocean (we won't know til we go there-hint hint to NASA/gov/short-sighted bureacrats!).
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Walking. Then we came out west in wagon trains: We didn't like it (especially the Donnors). So we bought cars. :)
wut?
You mean one Batweek: Then he would have returned, same Battime, same Batchannel.
Make little mittins for other kittens.
Thank you, I sit corrected!
"We're going to build a 4,000-megawatt farm in Pampa, and we've already bought the turbines for the first 1,000 megawatts".
This is the first robotic overlord meme joke that has ever made me laugh out loud. Usually, I just chuckle. It was a weird feeling.
Only if they're fembots - ooooh
Pre-teen? Try The Proteus Operation . It's not too heavy on the violence, & they might learn something about "history" (in this novel, history is negotiable).
OOooooohhhhhh...
My impression is that it was an arrogance driven head game: They knew that we wouldn't automatically assume that the book was a cookbook (why would we? They seemed benevolent!) It seems the Kanimits like to play with their food.
Like the song says: "Up on the Roof". He was a Frisbeetarianist.
No, if I give someone something - say, my money - that's not stealing. If I don't like the price (or the person/entity), then I will give the money to someone else. However, if I am required by law to give them my money, and there is a limited competitive environment (car insurance? phone company, cable etc.), and if I suspect collusion (price fixing) among the "competitors", then I will gripe/vote. Or usually, to be honest I will seek an alternative, if possible - often it is.
It annoyed me for a few seconds too, until it learned, e.g. that "sl" should autocomplete/suggest to just slashdot.org, & not the scores of other things that begin with "sl".
You should write a screenplay, the marketing will make sure the movie sells itself - hell I'd watch, even though I'm a Trekkie.
Or,a lot of cooks can lower the price, & offer more options; still, I'd rather see Google take the lead on this (and/or public libraries).
Or Raimi's M.A.N.T.I.S. (coincidentally(?) coming out on DVD this year).
Edmund Scientific used to carry a pair of "glasses" that did something like that: Each "lens" was opaque, & had a series of pinholes, like a cluster of camera obscura/pinhole cameras put together.
And as I recall, they referred to John Spartan as a "Caveman" (as in, "So easy that a...:))
Sounds like a predecessor to "Demolition Man"
I believe it was "Spock's Brain", but there may well have been another episode with ion power.... (Either it was ions, Scotty surmised or a nuclear pile 100 Km in diameter - yes, you do have to love them 'Trek scripts).
So is this older than the Kessel Run, or simply faster?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonautogram#The_phonautograph/ Poor quality, but interesting.
Or, being Titan it may not be water, but perhaps a slushy hydrocarbon mix. Ganymede may be a better candidate for a water ocean (we won't know til we go there-hint hint to NASA/gov/short-sighted bureacrats!).
And if no one in the congregation is, or will be connected to a ratings box, then no revenues will be lost, and no harm done.