Ahhh... a moderate "libertarian" would in Europe identify with the liberals; seeing as how only in America does "liberal" in fact mean "socialist."
And, as a side-note: I would truly like to see where it is 'proven' -- rather than debated ad infinitum -- that socialized medical care is "better" than "capitalist" medical healthcare. I ask this for simply one reason: there is nowhere in the world where "capitalist" healthcare is practiced. American healthcare is fascist -- a.k.a.; "corporatist". Folks -- repeat after me: There is A Difference Between "Capitalism", "Mercantilism", and "Corporatism". "Market Exchange Economy" != "Free Market Economy". Let's please get our damned terms right?
Please explain or provide instances where there is a difference -- let alone one that is preferential to the public school system -- between "no education" and "publicly funded education" in any area other than its cost . Please note I am not referring to "home schooling" -- but rather the "fallow child left to run the streets". The average newspaper, for example, attempts to write to a 9th-grade reading level. And the average American fails to comprehend said newspaper's writing style -- as it is too "intellectual". Considering that most kids enter into school with about the level of mathematical and linguistic skill as they exit with, I seriously am left asking: What the hell are we spending so damned much money on?
Once we get past this stumbling point, then we can discuss little things like Washington, DC, spending more than 3x/student (when compared to the expensive private schools) and acheiving average scores 10-15 percentage points lower than the Washington DC's (lower-cost) private schools.
The answer is clear, here: if you care about education you'd wish to abolish the public education system. It is beyond repair.
It gets even better when you consider the implications of this in the light of Creationists' "Genesis Kinds" argument. If hybridization is so absolute between radically different species, with bacteria acknowledgedly and fundamentally evolving in 'real time' -- then you put two and two together and you get: "So sorry, you're just plain stupid, Mr. Creation Scientist." I would normally call comments like this 'flamebait' -- but this time I just had to get it out there. lol
You know, being smart and all that doesn't make life better.
Why don't you try telling that to the fact that the sun is eventually going to simply burn out, eliminating all solar-dependent life on this rock? Human-level or greater intelligence is the only way to avoid such existential risks as this, and giant rocks falling out of the sky.
Because the happy little dinosaurs did so well when that happened to them, too. A happy life is not necessarily a better life. Hedonism is only one philosophical value set, of many.
There are, in my experience, two fundamental 'directions' the title "manager" can go in -- one requires "people skills", the other requires the ability to track data. What advice you would need would depend strongly on which of these two directions you're going in. If it's the latter, there's a strong possibility you won't be that uncomfortable in the transition. In any case -- don't be afraid to play the "ignorance" card; rely on other members of staff -- both below and lateral to your position. Honest workers have more respect for someone who is willing to admit what he doesn't know rather than trying to bluster through.
crud = shit, crap, useless detritus. laden = encrusted, coated, burdened with.
"I woke up with my eyes crud laden; when I wiped the 'sleep' out of my eyes, I felt much more awake."
A 60% increase in photovoltaic conversion efficiency -- assuming the process as a $0.00 cost, which it will not -- that would represent a roughly 37.5% reduction in cost. Given that this process is, as yet, not self-assembling, the cost is likely to be well into the thousands as-is -- precision alignment of forcibly assembled nanoparticles is expensive ; then you also have to consider the durability issues and the like; any medium of protection for the coating, in the interests of durability for anything resembling a reasonable life-span, will likely again further increase costs.
All in all, this is not a solution. We're likely to get more out of the use of self-assembling chlorophyll-based photovoltaic polymers.
All that being said, what would make a technology like this almost utopian in aspect would be the creation of a feedstock that can be grown on the surface of the ocean.
Got you one better. Ever heard of skyscraper farms? Dubai is in the process of building one "from scratch" -- they plan to have it operating by the end of next year, and its capital investors expect to make a profit from it within 15 years. I figure, if strawberry farmers can use greenhouses to grow on one acre what they otherwise could have on 30, then yes -- we have a great deal of "compaction" (it's fun to neologize -- or at least neologize usages) left to work with in terms of food production.
Besides -- why bother with the sea floor when you could just use algae or kelp? Turn the Sargasso sea into one massive petroleum resource. (Just keep re'seeding' it...)
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And, as a side-note: I would truly like to see where it is 'proven' -- rather than debated ad infinitum -- that socialized medical care is "better" than "capitalist" medical healthcare. I ask this for simply one reason: there is nowhere in the world where "capitalist" healthcare is practiced. American healthcare is fascist -- a.k.a.; "corporatist". Folks -- repeat after me: There is A Difference Between "Capitalism", "Mercantilism", and "Corporatism". "Market Exchange Economy" != "Free Market Economy". Let's please get our damned terms right?
Please explain or provide instances where there is a difference -- let alone one that is preferential to the public school system -- between "no education" and "publicly funded education" in any area other than its cost . Please note I am not referring to "home schooling" -- but rather the "fallow child left to run the streets". The average newspaper, for example, attempts to write to a 9th-grade reading level. And the average American fails to comprehend said newspaper's writing style -- as it is too "intellectual". Considering that most kids enter into school with about the level of mathematical and linguistic skill as they exit with, I seriously am left asking: What the hell are we spending so damned much money on? Once we get past this stumbling point, then we can discuss little things like Washington, DC, spending more than 3x/student (when compared to the expensive private schools) and acheiving average scores 10-15 percentage points lower than the Washington DC's (lower-cost) private schools. The answer is clear, here: if you care about education you'd wish to abolish the public education system. It is beyond repair.
It gets even better when you consider the implications of this in the light of Creationists' "Genesis Kinds" argument. If hybridization is so absolute between radically different species, with bacteria acknowledgedly and fundamentally evolving in 'real time' -- then you put two and two together and you get: "So sorry, you're just plain stupid, Mr. Creation Scientist." I would normally call comments like this 'flamebait' -- but this time I just had to get it out there. lol
Great. Now my room-mate's head just exploded. Thanks. Do you know what it costs to get blood out of a hard-drive??
There are, in my experience, two fundamental 'directions' the title "manager" can go in -- one requires "people skills", the other requires the ability to track data. What advice you would need would depend strongly on which of these two directions you're going in. If it's the latter, there's a strong possibility you won't be that uncomfortable in the transition. In any case -- don't be afraid to play the "ignorance" card; rely on other members of staff -- both below and lateral to your position. Honest workers have more respect for someone who is willing to admit what he doesn't know rather than trying to bluster through.
"What is the sound of one hand clapping, young Science?"
"Pshaw! What is the image of a hole inside of emptiness?" |pointing to said photograph|
crud = shit, crap, useless detritus. laden = encrusted, coated, burdened with. "I woke up with my eyes crud laden; when I wiped the 'sleep' out of my eyes, I felt much more awake."
A 60% increase in photovoltaic conversion efficiency -- assuming the process as a $0.00 cost, which it will not -- that would represent a roughly 37.5% reduction in cost. Given that this process is, as yet, not self-assembling, the cost is likely to be well into the thousands as-is -- precision alignment of forcibly assembled nanoparticles is expensive ; then you also have to consider the durability issues and the like; any medium of protection for the coating, in the interests of durability for anything resembling a reasonable life-span, will likely again further increase costs. All in all, this is not a solution. We're likely to get more out of the use of self-assembling chlorophyll-based photovoltaic polymers.
If it's a viral infection this time, fuck yes! :)