I would like to be able to voice my opinion on how my tax dollars are spent. Suppose that I oppose the money being spent on defense and would rather my tax revenue went towards space research - I feel that I should have an option to divert some of my taxes, at least a part above the prescribed percentage, towards scientific R&D rather than programs that I don't agree with, such as subsidizing war. Not only would I feel better paying higher tax rate were I given the option to choose the recipient, I (we) could voice my (our) political preferences based on what we prefer to fund and what I (we) don't.
but it should not adversely affect the ability of these boats to do a trans Atlantic crossing. Modern designs of sailboats are self righting, and there are several historical examples of small boats crossing large area's of water. Lt. Bligh of the Mutiny on the Bounty fame sailed about 3600 nautical miles in an open boat, the Polynesian Islanders have been doing this for centuries, and some guy recently crossed the Atlantic in a boat the size of a bath tub. Here is a pretty good list of small boats going long distances in open ocean.
As for these boats being robotic, I think it is a great test of ingenuity, combining modern technology with the oldest and most time tested form of long distance travel. I would only worry about one of these things being run down by a freighter or similarly large vessel, as a human presence on board is the best way to avoid collisions at sea...
Wouldn't 150 kg be easier to move on the moon than on earth? The gravity on the moon is only 1.6 m/s^2, so it should require significantly less work to move a given mass on the moon.
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Does Verizon feel that these fines obviate their responsibility to act? Is it cheaper to pay the fines than fix the problem?
Well put
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.) Walt Whitman
Watching it on mute gives it an eerie and much more realistic experience. The silence is chilling.
I would like to be able to voice my opinion on how my tax dollars are spent. Suppose that I oppose the money being spent on defense and would rather my tax revenue went towards space research - I feel that I should have an option to divert some of my taxes, at least a part above the prescribed percentage, towards scientific R&D rather than programs that I don't agree with, such as subsidizing war. Not only would I feel better paying higher tax rate were I given the option to choose the recipient, I (we) could voice my (our) political preferences based on what we prefer to fund and what I (we) don't.
see mona lisa overdrive by william gibson for an interesting fiction involving such goggles.
As for these boats being robotic, I think it is a great test of ingenuity, combining modern technology with the oldest and most time tested form of long distance travel. I would only worry about one of these things being run down by a freighter or similarly large vessel, as a human presence on board is the best way to avoid collisions at sea...
Why isn't this tagged with millennium falcon?
Wouldn't a Maser be more appropriate for this task?
'Hooters cancer' funny? I know a couple owls that would disagree.
I for one would enjoy Terry Gross trying to sell me penis enlargement pills. In other news...
...as "researchers reference f*cking birds to improve swarmbots"? It puts a whole new spin on TFA.
Wouldn't 150 kg be easier to move on the moon than on earth? The gravity on the moon is only 1.6 m/s^2, so it should require significantly less work to move a given mass on the moon.