Sadly, Six cats are used as parts of the foot(Paw) control mechanism, since feedback from Earth would be too slow to enable the needed precision. While every step has been taken to keep these cats happy and well fed, there are no provisions for these cats to be repatriated Earth...
except that to draw constant power and the voltage falls increases the rate at which the voltage falls, and adds another degree of complexity to the use of ultra caps in place of batteries.
Yes, this way to used lunar regolith or asteroid mined ore as a counterpoise is valid. As to the future, if and when such a space elevator becomes buildable - it will be a long time coming, an initial test cable could be used to lift the next stronger one up, and so on until the final cable is in place.
yes, a change in the orbital plane would cost some energy, but not as much as a fresh launch from the ground. It is just a new stepping stone, with most of the energy to get there coming from electric motors hauling you up to the stationary orbit.
ultracapacitors can beat batteries in speed, but not in capacity. They are inherently inferior to batteries in charge storage because the batteries actually change a bulk material through a chemical state to store/release electrons, and since you cannot release the ones on the bottom before the top ones are changed = a practical limit. You can make batteries with huge surface areas but they suffer from dendritic grown that penetrates the insulation on repeated charge/discharge cycles. Preventing dendritic growth adds other burdens that reduce density. Ultracapacitors with high voltage insulation allow for higher charge density, but they also suffer from the charge equation charge = 1/2 CV2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance, that means that as you draw off charge the voltage falls, it is an analog to a spring running down
There is merit in this, as the Space Elevator concept would allow a low cost per pound into space, once the first cost is paid off. There has been a lot of chatter about this in the past, but until now, no material was ever up to the task. One problem was the inability of strong fine filaments to be bound into bundles and still keep their strength - a problem graphene may also encounter. A more down to earth application is unopenable crisp(potato chip) packets to be used as a diet aid for fatties, providing exercise and denying access...
Get the guy that built Ramsey kits when young, and then made servo controllers from stamp kits from Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar, who gets into trouble with smart practical jokes, in other words who has an inquiring mind. Those toads who memorize reams of text and get high scores are next to worthless. HR departments look at marks and hire those toads. If you want a good coder, be prepared to dig into his/her nature and past
Yes, your points are valid. I did however think there might be another remedy via the treasury - that being the cancellation of shares after the consideration was found to be not valid - at the insistance of a judge. It will be interesting to see how this evolves, once the evidence is examined forensically, then Z might well start frantic wiggling (dealing) and at some point the deal proffered will will lure Ceglia and his lawyers to enter into a deal to settle.
Yes, I see the problem with these statutes of limitation. Is the limit from the time of the fraud or from the discovery of the fraud? As if to say that if you tolerate a fraud, then after the period of the limitation has passed, you are considered to have waived your rights. Then if you are unaware of a fraud and if the fraudster can keep it from your knowledge for the period of the limitation - he gets away with it? This sounds contrary to common law? Possibly someone who knows the law will comment?
Let us say, that Zuckerberg dealt off 100% of facebook to the Winklevossen. If what he sold was later shown to be stolen, then can title be regained? Or is there just a remanent suit against Zuckerberg? or is it like a stolen painting or other article that can be drawn back?
well, I see some of the acts by Zuckerberg being criminal, and there are civil aspects as well. For example is lying a crime when it abets depriving Ceglia of his rightful share?
the dust settles. The learned elder judges (now in law school) who settle this might say that Ceglia indeed has 50% and that Zuckerbergs settlement with the Winklevosses and other share distributions came from Zuckerberg's shares and not Ceglia, who seems to be the genuinely wronged party. It does not matter that Ceglia ended up selling wood pellets and not delivering - possibly due to lack of proper management more than a life of crime starting. In any event, Ceglia and his evidence need court scrutiny and forensic verification. Zuckerberg has all the earmarks of a crook, and if he is indeed crooked in this, deserves a lengthy prison term in a fully integrated federal facility.
So if the parents inflict their stupidity on their kids, then make the parents pay the medical bills if their children become ill as a result of not being vaccinated.(their medical plan should tell them in advance - any self inflicted medical costs - not being vaccinated, (smoking, fatboys etc could be added)) Nothing is worse than kids being forced to suffer by these micro-minds
Pardon me if this has been posted, but a small drone, with a small bomb that is flown at a small target - kamikazi style - can be an assassins weapon. You can use eyeball piloting or have a cam on board to aim it. You could ruin some golf scores by buzzing people as they put LOL. Hell, you can make a flying skunk with some bear spray - the possibilities are endless.
This seems so easy, that important people should be, and maybe are, equipped with those EMP point defense capacitor/explosive generators to stop this kind of attack on the Queen or The Pres? The cost of such an attack could be under $200, and even less if you are a good scrounger.
Yes, in a similar way manufacturing is also grunt work. The automation of manufacturing carries over into lab automation. The grunts in a far away place will not displace the grad students, they are the cheapest form of labor on earth:). When you get full automation as well as very low cost labor all things get cheaper from China/India/etc.
Ultimately the currency exchange mechanisms should right this ship before it turns over, but not this time. China is determined to keep their labor cost very low by keeping their currency artificially low. What happens when we freeze in the dark as oil runs out over the next 100 years? Will better insulation, nukes, fusion, alcohol save the day....I think they will
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yes, the self righting aspect of the cats is critical, how could I have forgotten after reading the buttered toast paper...
Sadly, Six cats are used as parts of the foot(Paw) control mechanism, since feedback from Earth would be too slow to enable the needed precision. While every step has been taken to keep these cats happy and well fed, there are no provisions for these cats to be repatriated Earth...
except that to draw constant power and the voltage falls increases the rate at which the voltage falls, and adds another degree of complexity to the use of ultra caps in place of batteries.
Yes, this way to used lunar regolith or asteroid mined ore as a counterpoise is valid. As to the future, if and when such a space elevator becomes buildable - it will be a long time coming, an initial test cable could be used to lift the next stronger one up, and so on until the final cable is in place.
Yes, I see, it is a complex beast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_inclination_change
yes, a change in the orbital plane would cost some energy, but not as much as a fresh launch from the ground.
It is just a new stepping stone, with most of the energy to get there coming from electric motors hauling you up to the stationary orbit.
true, the feeding has a net negative energy cost, the more you try and eat, the thinner you get.
ultracapacitors can beat batteries in speed, but not in capacity. They are inherently inferior to batteries in charge storage because the batteries actually change a bulk material through a chemical state to store/release electrons, and since you cannot release the ones on the bottom before the top ones are changed = a practical limit. You can make batteries with huge surface areas but they suffer from dendritic grown that penetrates the insulation on repeated charge/discharge cycles. Preventing dendritic growth adds other burdens that reduce density.
Ultracapacitors with high voltage insulation allow for higher charge density, but they also suffer from the charge equation charge = 1/2 CV2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance, that means that as you draw off charge the voltage falls, it is an analog to a spring running down
There is merit in this, as the Space Elevator concept would allow a low cost per pound into space, once the first cost is paid off. There has been a lot of chatter about this in the past, but until now, no material was ever up to the task. One problem was the inability of strong fine filaments to be bound into bundles and still keep their strength - a problem graphene may also encounter. A more down to earth application is unopenable crisp(potato chip) packets to be used as a diet aid for fatties, providing exercise and denying access...
Get the guy that built Ramsey kits when young, and then made servo controllers from stamp kits from Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar, who gets into trouble with smart practical jokes, in other words who has an inquiring mind.
Those toads who memorize reams of text and get high scores are next to worthless. HR departments look at marks and hire those toads. If you want a good coder, be prepared to dig into his/her nature and past
They smell of Old Spize now...
Spize are everywhere...
Yes, your points are valid. I did however think there might be another remedy via the treasury - that being the cancellation of shares after the consideration was found to be not valid - at the insistance of a judge. It will be interesting to see how this evolves, once the evidence is examined forensically, then Z might well start frantic wiggling (dealing) and at some point the deal proffered will will lure Ceglia and his lawyers to enter into a deal to settle.
Yes, I see the problem with these statutes of limitation. Is the limit from the time of the fraud or from the discovery of the fraud? As if to say that if you tolerate a fraud, then after the period of the limitation has passed, you are considered to have waived your rights. Then if you are unaware of a fraud and if the fraudster can keep it from your knowledge for the period of the limitation - he gets away with it? This sounds contrary to common law? Possibly someone who knows the law will comment?
Let us say, that Zuckerberg dealt off 100% of facebook to the Winklevossen. If what he sold was later shown to be stolen, then can title be regained? Or is there just a remanent suit against Zuckerberg? or is it like a stolen painting or other article that can be drawn back?
well, I see some of the acts by Zuckerberg being criminal, and there are civil aspects as well. For example is lying a crime when it abets depriving Ceglia of his rightful share?
Yes, I agree. I did not see that Ceglia sold $200,000 worth of pellets and did not deliver. Google to the rescue http://www.businessinsider.com/paul-ceglia-allegany-pellets-sued-2010-7. That certainly shows him in a different light and might indeed help the judges
LOL.I held back so the poor child might be shielded from such thoughts...
the dust settles. The learned elder judges (now in law school) who settle this might say that Ceglia indeed has 50% and that Zuckerbergs settlement with the Winklevosses and other share distributions came from Zuckerberg's shares and not Ceglia, who seems to be the genuinely wronged party. It does not matter that Ceglia ended up selling wood pellets and not delivering - possibly due to lack of proper management more than a life of crime starting.
In any event, Ceglia and his evidence need court scrutiny and forensic verification. Zuckerberg has all the earmarks of a crook, and if he is indeed crooked in this, deserves a lengthy prison term in a fully integrated federal facility.
So if the parents inflict their stupidity on their kids, then make the parents pay the medical bills if their children become ill as a result of not being vaccinated.(their medical plan should tell them in advance - any self inflicted medical costs - not being vaccinated, (smoking, fatboys etc could be added))
Nothing is worse than kids being forced to suffer by these micro-minds
Pardon me if this has been posted, but a small drone, with a small bomb that is flown at a small target - kamikazi style - can be an assassins weapon. You can use eyeball piloting or have a cam on board to aim it. You could ruin some golf scores by buzzing people as they put LOL.
Hell, you can make a flying skunk with some bear spray - the possibilities are endless.
This seems so easy, that important people should be, and maybe are, equipped with those EMP point defense capacitor/explosive generators to stop this kind of attack on the Queen or The Pres?
The cost of such an attack could be under $200, and even less if you are a good scrounger.
Yes, an AI that can grade, perhaps write papers?
Nah, the profs and grad students would burn it...
What if they make a boostrapping AI and it assembles a better AI, and so on ad infinitum...that reaches an IQ of 27,000,000
well said!, it works in all ways...
Lincoln failed to free the Grad Stoonts, the last remaining underclass, whose tireless drudgery keeps the light on in America, what prescience...
Yes, in a similar way manufacturing is also grunt work. The automation of manufacturing carries over into lab automation. The grunts in a far away place will not displace the grad students, they are the cheapest form of labor on earth :). When you get full automation as well as very low cost labor all things get cheaper from China/India/etc.
Ultimately the currency exchange mechanisms should right this ship before it turns over, but not this time. China is determined to keep their labor cost very low by keeping their currency artificially low. What happens when we freeze in the dark as oil runs out over the next 100 years? Will better insulation, nukes, fusion, alcohol save the day....I think they will