This is probably going to be more like 1 billion Euros for Areva. As others have said at least some first world country will be developing the next generation nuclear reactors.
I have found that rescue pets once use to a new home and settled are very loving as so many of them were neglected or abandoned. My mom has had a number of rescue cats over the years (5 over the last 20) and once they realized that they were safe, or going to be fed every day they were very affectionate. Personally I would love to see the dogs bread for show done away with as this has done the most harm as they tend to be such sickly animals as they only select for looks not abilities and health.
That is the difference you are a logical person who can make a decision for yourself, where as these people are either going for the shock value of the statement, or really are crazy and believe that this is a good idea. I have gone to a breeder for a dog, but it wasn't someone who would breed dogs for show. I purchased a gun dog from a breeder that specialized in breeding hunting dogs. They don't go for looks, but for the health of the animal, they don't churn them out, and even have started training them for you. I have never seen a dog as happy as when a gun dog see the blaze orange come out, they want nothing more than to go find the birds.
There is a difference between those who care about animals and the environment and the people proposing this law. Most people believe that inflicting harm, pain, and suffering on animals is something that shouldn't be done. Most of the groups behind this proposed law probably started this way, but once the main goals had been met the groups itself still needs to exist so they start taking on stranger and stranger causes. I have been lectured on evils of hunting by some of my relatives who only eat the organically raised free range critter du jour who's only knowledge of firearms is from the nightly news, and think all hunters are like Elmer Fud.
Too bad I already commented and can't mod in this thread. The only thing of value in your little rant was the last line. There is a difference between the hardcore environmentalists and people who are good stewards of the land. I find it most interesting that I get the most grief from my environmentalists relatives because I hunt as they insist that they only eat organically raised free range critter du jour. I will admit that not all hunters are good stewards as I find an awful lot of trash and beer cans when hunting, as well as some who take very questionable shots, but for the most part hunters are probably better stewards of the land than most. I always remove the trash I find, clean up after my self, take shots that are clean and quick, and avoid private property.
This doesn't surprise me. The tents or building the troops are in probably aren't all that well insulated and they are probably using window ACs as well. Add in breakage and the low efficiency of the setup and it seems to be a reasonable value. I am not saying this is a good thing, but given the waste in government it doesn't surprise me one bit.
I actually own a copy of Splinter of the Mind's Eye that I got for free. Even for Star Wars books it is campy, but that may have been it doesn't fit with the movies. I mostly keep it because I like odd, old, or significant books and this was definitely one of the odder ones I have come across. It is actually in pretty good shape. If you haven't read Splinter of the Mind's Eye it might be worth reading but if you can get a free copy I would suggest it because it doesn't really fit with the rest of the Star Wars universe (even worse than Episodes 1-3).
I wonder how much of that data is redundant. I know that for one of my side projects I have "redundant" data that I got from the Minnesota DNR, various MN counties, the state legislature, and the federal gov. Even after it had been preprocessed and trimmed down so it only has what I care about it is still around 12GB of vector data which is about 1/3 the original size.
I think that is a different technology. I believe that some automakers experimented with similar technology for vehicle muffles a wile back, but basically they cancel out the noise.
This does sound neat, but then I only understood the last sentence. It does make me wonder how applicable this would be to the "invisibility" cloak work?
It is actually called syngas and is something that has been know of for quite some time. The production of syngas is necessary for the Fischer–Tropsch process which is a method of creating synthetic hydrocarbons instead of digging them up from the ground. Yes you can directly burn the syngas, but it faces the same problems as storing and transporting other gases, plus since you are dealing with hydrogen there are issues with embrittlement of certain materials. This isn't that difficult to overcome, but still it would add to the cost of a system that has to transport the fuel. Also coal to liquid fuel has been done on an industrial scale in German (during WWII) and South Africa.
I don't think it would replace the standard coal fired power station as power plants consume so much fuel that even a modest increase in power generation efficiency produces much higher profits. The most efficient plants run at around 60% efficient. You are correct that this probably will be applied to transportation as I would think it would dramatically decrease the cost per mile. The major problem it would face in the consumer market would be the initial upfront cost of a vehicle with one of theses. It may be more applicable for something like long haul trucking, or trains where a higher upfront cost can be amortized over several years and the total vehicle miles are very high.
Early on when we were becoming a litigious society (mid 80's) my dad purchased a new fan belt for his car. It didn't have a warning but instruction #1 was:
"Shut off engine before removing old belt"
Given the time it may have been an early C.Y.A. thing or maybe someone lost a few fingers.
Another personal favorite one I have seen a few times, most recently in the instruction manual for my Lawn Boy mower I bought last year:
"Do not use mower to trim hedges"
This is an early 80's smog motor and in a large car, compare it to US cars of the same vintage and size (Olds 98, Ford Crown Vic, Lincoln Town Car) and it gets really good mileage.
I see most of them a just being 2 sides of the same coin. The "conservatives" tend to favor the corporations more and the government when it comes things that relate to the military industrial complex, where as the "liberals" tend to favor the government more and the corporations if they are the right type. In both cases neither one favors the individual. I hated the Kelo v. New London case as well as the Citizens United case. I feel Kelo v. New London was just decided wrongly, where as I feel that Citizens United was decided too broadly. Then again am I not a legal scholar nor do I pretend to play on on./.
Now what I wonder is how this impacts the Roe V Wade decision as I am not a legal scholar nor do I pretend to be one on/. but to me it seems that this ruling clashes because of the right to privacy which was found in that decision. The Vermont law wasn't outside that right, but supposedly violated the free speech rights of the corporations. It is rather sad commentary that it seems corporations now have more rights than individuals. I am not trying to troll but if one really wanted to stir the pot with this ruling just mention that it would allow data mining of individuals who have taken the morning after pill or other similar ones (I don't know if they exist).
I find the law to be fascinating being that I am engineer. this is mostly due to how it seem the law claims to be fair, and only concerned with the facts, but never seems to be. Additionally I get the impression that there really isn't much logic in how justice is handed out as there are very different ruling from different courts on the same issue.Maybe I should submit my resume the next time a spot opens up on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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I am not that impressed, It is just a big controllable lens.
This is probably going to be more like 1 billion Euros for Areva. As others have said at least some first world country will be developing the next generation nuclear reactors.
I have found that rescue pets once use to a new home and settled are very loving as so many of them were neglected or abandoned. My mom has had a number of rescue cats over the years (5 over the last 20) and once they realized that they were safe, or going to be fed every day they were very affectionate. Personally I would love to see the dogs bread for show done away with as this has done the most harm as they tend to be such sickly animals as they only select for looks not abilities and health.
That is the difference you are a logical person who can make a decision for yourself, where as these people are either going for the shock value of the statement, or really are crazy and believe that this is a good idea. I have gone to a breeder for a dog, but it wasn't someone who would breed dogs for show. I purchased a gun dog from a breeder that specialized in breeding hunting dogs. They don't go for looks, but for the health of the animal, they don't churn them out, and even have started training them for you. I have never seen a dog as happy as when a gun dog see the blaze orange come out, they want nothing more than to go find the birds.
There is a difference between those who care about animals and the environment and the people proposing this law. Most people believe that inflicting harm, pain, and suffering on animals is something that shouldn't be done. Most of the groups behind this proposed law probably started this way, but once the main goals had been met the groups itself still needs to exist so they start taking on stranger and stranger causes. I have been lectured on evils of hunting by some of my relatives who only eat the organically raised free range critter du jour who's only knowledge of firearms is from the nightly news, and think all hunters are like Elmer Fud.
Too bad I already commented and can't mod in this thread. The only thing of value in your little rant was the last line. There is a difference between the hardcore environmentalists and people who are good stewards of the land. I find it most interesting that I get the most grief from my environmentalists relatives because I hunt as they insist that they only eat organically raised free range critter du jour. I will admit that not all hunters are good stewards as I find an awful lot of trash and beer cans when hunting, as well as some who take very questionable shots, but for the most part hunters are probably better stewards of the land than most. I always remove the trash I find, clean up after my self, take shots that are clean and quick, and avoid private property.
Probably not, too many PETA and ELF members in San Francisco.
I disagree, it is a good combo, now we might know what goes on the those back room meetings.
Well that would be a good thing. It would be nice to know the backroom deals that our congress critters make.
I guess I will have to go down to Bakers Square and get 2 pies today.
This doesn't surprise me. The tents or building the troops are in probably aren't all that well insulated and they are probably using window ACs as well. Add in breakage and the low efficiency of the setup and it seems to be a reasonable value. I am not saying this is a good thing, but given the waste in government it doesn't surprise me one bit.
I actually own a copy of Splinter of the Mind's Eye that I got for free. Even for Star Wars books it is campy, but that may have been it doesn't fit with the movies. I mostly keep it because I like odd, old, or significant books and this was definitely one of the odder ones I have come across. It is actually in pretty good shape. If you haven't read Splinter of the Mind's Eye it might be worth reading but if you can get a free copy I would suggest it because it doesn't really fit with the rest of the Star Wars universe (even worse than Episodes 1-3).
I wonder how much of that data is redundant. I know that for one of my side projects I have "redundant" data that I got from the Minnesota DNR, various MN counties, the state legislature, and the federal gov. Even after it had been preprocessed and trimmed down so it only has what I care about it is still around 12GB of vector data which is about 1/3 the original size.
Can we get that in a proper measurement like Libraries of Congress.
Here is what I was thinking of.
I think that is a different technology. I believe that some automakers experimented with similar technology for vehicle muffles a wile back, but basically they cancel out the noise.
This does sound neat, but then I only understood the last sentence. It does make me wonder how applicable this would be to the "invisibility" cloak work?
It is actually called syngas and is something that has been know of for quite some time. The production of syngas is necessary for the Fischer–Tropsch process which is a method of creating synthetic hydrocarbons instead of digging them up from the ground. Yes you can directly burn the syngas, but it faces the same problems as storing and transporting other gases, plus since you are dealing with hydrogen there are issues with embrittlement of certain materials. This isn't that difficult to overcome, but still it would add to the cost of a system that has to transport the fuel. Also coal to liquid fuel has been done on an industrial scale in German (during WWII) and South Africa.
I don't think it would replace the standard coal fired power station as power plants consume so much fuel that even a modest increase in power generation efficiency produces much higher profits. The most efficient plants run at around 60% efficient. You are correct that this probably will be applied to transportation as I would think it would dramatically decrease the cost per mile. The major problem it would face in the consumer market would be the initial upfront cost of a vehicle with one of theses. It may be more applicable for something like long haul trucking, or trains where a higher upfront cost can be amortized over several years and the total vehicle miles are very high.
Early on when we were becoming a litigious society (mid 80's) my dad purchased a new fan belt for his car. It didn't have a warning but instruction #1 was:
"Shut off engine before removing old belt"
Given the time it may have been an early C.Y.A. thing or maybe someone lost a few fingers.
Another personal favorite one I have seen a few times, most recently in the instruction manual for my Lawn Boy mower I bought last year:
"Do not use mower to trim hedges"
I think it is liek 40v so it is a decent jolt.
This is an early 80's smog motor and in a large car, compare it to US cars of the same vintage and size (Olds 98, Ford Crown Vic, Lincoln Town Car) and it gets really good mileage.
Or a steam roller.
I see most of them a just being 2 sides of the same coin. The "conservatives" tend to favor the corporations more and the government when it comes things that relate to the military industrial complex, where as the "liberals" tend to favor the government more and the corporations if they are the right type. In both cases neither one favors the individual. I hated the Kelo v. New London case as well as the Citizens United case. I feel Kelo v. New London was just decided wrongly, where as I feel that Citizens United was decided too broadly. Then again am I not a legal scholar nor do I pretend to play on on ./.
Now what I wonder is how this impacts the Roe V Wade decision as I am not a legal scholar nor do I pretend to be one on /. but to me it seems that this ruling clashes because of the right to privacy which was found in that decision. The Vermont law wasn't outside that right, but supposedly violated the free speech rights of the corporations. It is rather sad commentary that it seems corporations now have more rights than individuals. I am not trying to troll but if one really wanted to stir the pot with this ruling just mention that it would allow data mining of individuals who have taken the morning after pill or other similar ones (I don't know if they exist).
I find the law to be fascinating being that I am engineer. this is mostly due to how it seem the law claims to be fair, and only concerned with the facts, but never seems to be. Additionally I get the impression that there really isn't much logic in how justice is handed out as there are very different ruling from different courts on the same issue.Maybe I should submit my resume the next time a spot opens up on the U.S. Supreme Court.