If your new error correction technology eliminates lost packets, and you lose 5% normally, then using this you gain 5% back not 10x.
What they actually invented is data compression, and it's been around for decades.
We really need to send rovers to more planets. The gas giants should be easy, you can use aero-braking and balloons to land and explore. We can send probes to the bottom of the ocean, the pressure on a gas giant should be easy.
make your router and computers with directional antennas so your gear can just ignore interference. using a phased array antenna (one on each side) and you'd not even see the guy in the next apartment.
semiconductors are known to degrade if run hot. home routers don't have fans or heat sinks. budget devices often run hot to save on heat sinks and fans.
trade doesn't go by high speed rail, it costs too much.
An ocean going cargo ship is very cheap. The only way rail can compete with that is if it is a much shorter path or if oil prices go really high.
Oh yes you can feed everyone organically. For many centuries we have been feeding humanity organically. If you are willing to use high density agriculture using all available land then you still can feed everyone, without the chemicals. Of course that would mean no wilderness.
Have mandatory notification 60 days after they access your data, unless they get a court order blocking it. The random fishing expeditions get embarrassing, the actual criminal investigations are unaffected.
And how do you know you aren't looking at a shadow vote when you go to verify your vote? What benefit is there to verifying your vote if you can't trust the answer?
The US government is looking for a war with Iran right now, this could easily be their way to trigger an attack they could "react to". Or it could be the Israeli government trying to get a reaction that will push the US gov to support a war. Or it could be the Muslims trying to kick the US out of the middle east by starting something, or it could be China trying to bring down the USA so they become the super power...
If both candidates have half the votes then they should get half the seats each. Instead of letting statistics and chance decide if we get a minority government or a massive majority (and yes both can happen with a tight race). This also means that fringe parties can get a seat or two on focused issues by pooling their votes from across the country.
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If your new error correction technology eliminates lost packets, and you lose 5% normally, then using this you gain 5% back not 10x. What they actually invented is data compression, and it's been around for decades.
We really need to send rovers to more planets. The gas giants should be easy, you can use aero-braking and balloons to land and explore. We can send probes to the bottom of the ocean, the pressure on a gas giant should be easy.
make your router and computers with directional antennas so your gear can just ignore interference. using a phased array antenna (one on each side) and you'd not even see the guy in the next apartment.
semiconductors are known to degrade if run hot. home routers don't have fans or heat sinks. budget devices often run hot to save on heat sinks and fans.
Two competitors in the US political arena looks to be leading the country to ruin.
trade doesn't go by high speed rail, it costs too much. An ocean going cargo ship is very cheap. The only way rail can compete with that is if it is a much shorter path or if oil prices go really high.
Steam engines. A normal gas engine is 25% efficient, a steam engine is 75% efficient. Drop a steam engine in a common econo-box and you get 100 MPG.
If I buy a (patented) bag of roundup-ready wheat I am allowed to grow it, it's the intended use of the product.
I like this idea! If you have a talent show, at lest the rich don't get undue influence over the process.
With this level of bandwidth you could network a city (router to router directly, no ISP) and still get usable network speed.
Oh yes you can feed everyone organically. For many centuries we have been feeding humanity organically. If you are willing to use high density agriculture using all available land then you still can feed everyone, without the chemicals. Of course that would mean no wilderness.
When you have all communications running through your special rooms at all the telco's and ISP's you don't need to ask.
Have mandatory notification 60 days after they access your data, unless they get a court order blocking it. The random fishing expeditions get embarrassing, the actual criminal investigations are unaffected.
Give out a tax rebate to everyone who votes. $100 should suffice.
And how do you know you aren't looking at a shadow vote when you go to verify your vote? What benefit is there to verifying your vote if you can't trust the answer?
Then the USA isn't democratic as there is no way to remove big business from power.
The people who rule America haven't changed (big business), so the politics and methods haven't either.
Reusable rockets cost more. You have to rebuild everything after every flight, and that costs more than just building new.
The minimum cost of sending humans into space is set by the laws of physics and the method used. For chemical rockets we're not getting any cheaper.
The US government is looking for a war with Iran right now, this could easily be their way to trigger an attack they could "react to". Or it could be the Israeli government trying to get a reaction that will push the US gov to support a war. Or it could be the Muslims trying to kick the US out of the middle east by starting something, or it could be China trying to bring down the USA so they become the super power...
In the USA they can arrest you for taking pictures of a courthouse. http://www.pixiq.com/article/cop-detains-man-for-photographing-federal-courthouse In the USA your rights are "god given", in the rest of the world they are given out by government or taken away as they want.
It's much harder to avoid a sales tax than an income tax. Big companies have managed to hide so much of their money they now get refunds.
If both candidates have half the votes then they should get half the seats each. Instead of letting statistics and chance decide if we get a minority government or a massive majority (and yes both can happen with a tight race). This also means that fringe parties can get a seat or two on focused issues by pooling their votes from across the country.
There is a difference from "exact match" and "best match". Getting arrested because you're the only guy with the same colour hair sucks.
They probably do that in the middle east first to test it out. Then when the expected bi-kill rate is low enough they bring it here.