You can't use an ion engine to launch a collector vehicle from earth or to de-orbit safely. Atmospheric braking will only get you small chunks down at a time after you've carved them off the body and put them in a heat-shielded ship of limited size which you've had to build and launch from earth.
When your organization has a fixed budget, there's obviously a cost to giving away an asset you could've sold. That cost is ultimately paid by the license payers.
Is it more moral to make the public (license payers) pay more in order to give these episode away free, or is it better to draw more of their revenue from rich fans who will buy these old episodes? It's not like BBC lawyers are launching lawsuits against downloaders anyway.
Humans will never be able to drive in the winter, because the windshield will be covered in snow so you can't see out. I'm not seeing how this problem is any harder for a machine, especially since you already rely on mechanical wipers to solve it for you.
Most of you don't work weekends, and probably half the homes have somebody home during weekdays (retired people, unemployed people, stay at home parents, latch key kids), and it's hotter during the day than the evening, so you need a lot of daytime power still.
Americans definitely are workaholics, because they're consumerists. They work 60 hour weeks because they put useless junk on their credit cards and need to pay it off. They feel like a big house and the newest car is more important than their freedom, and take out huge loans for that. The median [not mean] household income is over $50K -- unless you have major uncovered health costs or a family of 10, the only reason to not cut back your hours on that income is that you're a workaholic/consumerist (or if you like your work).
If you're as desperate as you sound, take a look at yourself and what you're spending on. Take responsibility for it. There's no reason an individual can't live comfortably on $15K/yr -- I make less than that here in California and I've got a place of my own, a car, broadband, etc.
It's a win-win, helps microsoft and helps the researchers. Nothing wrong with that. There's something to be said for getting people far removed from the project and company looking at it too, they'll catch things that Microsoft employees just never would because of different perspectives and processes and goals.
This is all true -- but in this one case I'm okay with the rich people having their way because retroactive taxes create too much uncertainty, potentially preventing businesses from reinvesting their profits into new projects for fear of needing that money for unexpected retroactive tax.
How does a non-smart watch only get 12 months battery life? My $5 non-smart watch is about 15 years old and still going (I never wear it, but it's still on).
At least 95% of people do buy garbage quality plastic watches which they regularly lose or find eaten by the dog. Luxury watches are very popular with a small number of wealthy people, mainly as status symbols, but if you're trying to make a mass market product out of expensive watches you have to convince masses who are skeptical of that.
Most farmers aren't willing to live in isolation a thousand miles from the nearest city.
Anyway, there's a simple and effective solution for disaster prone areas: mandatory insurance. The government already requires people in flood prone areas to purchase flood insurance. Simply expand that to other types of disaster, and perhaps add a city-level insurance for city property.
Right, lots of problems go away via the magic of large-scale famine and death. Once the poorest half billion people in India die off, all will be well. The bodies can be used for fertilizer to improve food security or burned for heat in the winter.
Consider it a service to help you avoid being shot and killed during the robbery when the robber mistakenly thinks you're out because you have the lights off but doesn't have FB to verify.
The FBI prevented a murder. If they didn't pretend to murder and keep it convincing, someone else would have taken the job and the guy would really be dead.
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The world's first human-powered spacecraft, with a guy in a space suit throwing stuff out the back to make it move.
You can't use an ion engine to launch a collector vehicle from earth or to de-orbit safely. Atmospheric braking will only get you small chunks down at a time after you've carved them off the body and put them in a heat-shielded ship of limited size which you've had to build and launch from earth.
When your organization has a fixed budget, there's obviously a cost to giving away an asset you could've sold. That cost is ultimately paid by the license payers.
If you have a few billion tons of copper, how are you going to get it to earth without unfathomable fuel costs?
The point where your diamond rain turns into a liquid carbon ocean.
I can't transfer files with a cable(MTP crap), it has no SD card
Seems like a really poor job of researching your $600 purchase, since $100 android phones do both.
Is it more moral to make the public (license payers) pay more in order to give these episode away free, or is it better to draw more of their revenue from rich fans who will buy these old episodes? It's not like BBC lawyers are launching lawsuits against downloaders anyway.
Humans will never be able to drive in the winter, because the windshield will be covered in snow so you can't see out. I'm not seeing how this problem is any harder for a machine, especially since you already rely on mechanical wipers to solve it for you.
Most of you don't work weekends, and probably half the homes have somebody home during weekdays (retired people, unemployed people, stay at home parents, latch key kids), and it's hotter during the day than the evening, so you need a lot of daytime power still.
Patents last 20 years. Not 500+.
Americans definitely are workaholics, because they're consumerists. They work 60 hour weeks because they put useless junk on their credit cards and need to pay it off. They feel like a big house and the newest car is more important than their freedom, and take out huge loans for that. The median [not mean] household income is over $50K -- unless you have major uncovered health costs or a family of 10, the only reason to not cut back your hours on that income is that you're a workaholic/consumerist (or if you like your work).
If you're as desperate as you sound, take a look at yourself and what you're spending on. Take responsibility for it. There's no reason an individual can't live comfortably on $15K/yr -- I make less than that here in California and I've got a place of my own, a car, broadband, etc.
Money has to be colored to help blind people?
If you were aware of history, you'd know the USA has been much more totalitarian in the past. Say, the 1950s.
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It's a win-win, helps microsoft and helps the researchers. Nothing wrong with that. There's something to be said for getting people far removed from the project and company looking at it too, they'll catch things that Microsoft employees just never would because of different perspectives and processes and goals.
This is all true -- but in this one case I'm okay with the rich people having their way because retroactive taxes create too much uncertainty, potentially preventing businesses from reinvesting their profits into new projects for fear of needing that money for unexpected retroactive tax.
How does a non-smart watch only get 12 months battery life? My $5 non-smart watch is about 15 years old and still going (I never wear it, but it's still on).
At least 95% of people do buy garbage quality plastic watches which they regularly lose or find eaten by the dog. Luxury watches are very popular with a small number of wealthy people, mainly as status symbols, but if you're trying to make a mass market product out of expensive watches you have to convince masses who are skeptical of that.
Sell the camera on the wall to a third party. Doesn't require a third party human to be present for the photo to be their property.
Most farmers aren't willing to live in isolation a thousand miles from the nearest city.
Anyway, there's a simple and effective solution for disaster prone areas: mandatory insurance. The government already requires people in flood prone areas to purchase flood insurance. Simply expand that to other types of disaster, and perhaps add a city-level insurance for city property.
Hospitals are not residence-sized buildings. Make something huge enough and sure it'll survive.
Right, lots of problems go away via the magic of large-scale famine and death. Once the poorest half billion people in India die off, all will be well. The bodies can be used for fertilizer to improve food security or burned for heat in the winter.
Consider it a service to help you avoid being shot and killed during the robbery when the robber mistakenly thinks you're out because you have the lights off but doesn't have FB to verify.
Getting halfway to space doesn't really help -- gravity is nearly as strong in space as on the surface. You need velocity not height.
The FBI prevented a murder. If they didn't pretend to murder and keep it convincing, someone else would have taken the job and the guy would really be dead.