Sure, the rate of murders and deaths would skyrocket to a point, then level off and eventaully drop. How long is eventually? I'd say no more than a generation.
It's not a matter of "feeling" safer. Some fella once said, "An armed society is a polite society". The logic there was that if being rude was liable to end up with your head being blown off, people would certainly act a lot more polite.
That logic applies here. If every citizen could carry a firearm, a potential criminal would think twice about committing his crime, since his odds of escaping death or injury is the execution of that crime would have dropped to the basement.
It ties in with the stuff of 9/11. How successeful would those hijackers have been if even a small fraction of those passengers had a firearm with them?
No, the purpopse is to take the eBook format and change it to a.PDF so that it can be read on other platforms. The eBook reader is a Mac/Win only program. Furthermore, the eBook reader is tied to a single installation on one computer. You upgrade to a new system, you have to purchase another copy of the eBook Reader. The site clearly states that you need to purchase the orginal eBook file.
The space program is, to date, the first and only goverment program that has completely paid for itself. The cost per citizen (using 1970 currency and pouplation figures) $187 USD, or 5 cents per day for the entire 10 year (Apollo) program.
Another poster mentioned the computer revolution as a side effect of the space program.
NASA has publiclly cited 46 applications of technology created for the space program that were spun of into the mainstream (TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE HANDICAPPED AND AGED, rudy Bell, NASA, July 1979). But that's just the first generation applications. It ignores the 2nd, 34d, even 4th iteneration of technology developed as a result of those applications.
If there is technology that uses any kind of miniatureization, then it ultimately came from the space program. Ditto with long life power sources, and remote manipulators.
How about weather satelites? One can argue that they are the space program. How many thousands would die each year if we couldn't track them?
I think it's obvious the space program is pretty damned useful.
The only difference between us and the dinosaurs, is that the dinosaurs didn't have a space program.
I have complete faith in the overall safety of nuclear power when used in a proper design and manned by competent operators.
For evidence I offer up the United States Navy. For almost 50 years they have operated over two hundred nuclear reactors (submarines, aircraft carriers, cruisers and shore installations) without a single accident that released or had the potential to release radioactive materials into the enviroment.
I spent many years on submarines, and my accumlative total exposure (millirems) is less than I recieve during a day at the beach.
>>I can do whatever I want and you have to accept it.
Ahh, the anti-Anarchy argument. The problem with that argument is that no one ever takes it to it's logical conclusion.
A better way to phrase your quote is to say "You can do whatever you want, and YOU have to accept the consequences"
Sure, you can shoot me, kill me. But then, several of my friends and family are now convinced you are dangerous (presuming I didn't give you a reason to kill me, and well... If I did, then it's my own bloody fault) and will hunt you down.
So, in order to keep yourself safe and secure, you would presumably NOT go around and perform random murders.
The above is titled Rational Anarchy. Do whatever you like to keep yourself safe, just realize you are the one that will bear the consequences.
God? Which one? Odin? Allah? Zeus? Jupiter? There are quite a few to choose from. And even if one set the standard, gods or God are / is a creation of Man. So we should be able to change it as it's needed.
>>More likely they've got the same problems that plagued the US torpedo inventory during the 50's and 60's. Namely, spontaneous arming. One of the US subs was lost in the Atlantic owing to a torpedo that armed itself in the tube.
It sounds like you are refering to the dimise of the USS Scorpion. While the batteries of the Mark 37 were known to overheat, and posssibly set off what is known as a 'low-order' cook off, there is little evidence to show this was what sunk the Scorpion.
Instead, it appears as though the inner door of the Scorpion's Trash Disposal Unit (TDU) failed. The outer door was already listed as out of commision. When it failed, there was approximately a 5 inch hole open to sea. Directly below this compartment are the lead-acid wet cell batteries that provided backup power. When sea water comes in contact with the battery acid, Chlorine and Hydrogen are the byproducts. Not to mention short circuiting the cells themselves. SPARK + HYDROGEN = BOOM.
The hole found in the operations compartment when they located wreck is located right next to where the batteries were located.
There is a bit more data, but I belive it's still classified.
My credentials? I'm a former submariner, and my father (also a submariner) was involved in the Scorpion's investigation.
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Sure, the rate of murders and deaths would skyrocket to a point, then level off and eventaully drop. How long is eventually? I'd say no more than a generation.
Think of it as evolution in action.
It's not a matter of "feeling" safer. Some fella once said, "An armed society is a polite society". The logic there was that if being rude was liable to end up with your head being blown off, people would certainly act a lot more polite.
That logic applies here. If every citizen could carry a firearm, a potential criminal would think twice about committing his crime, since his odds of escaping death or injury is the execution of that crime would have dropped to the basement.
It ties in with the stuff of 9/11. How successeful would those hijackers have been if even a small fraction of those passengers had a firearm with them?
No, the purpopse is to take the eBook format and change it to a .PDF so that it can be read on other platforms. The eBook reader is a Mac/Win only program. Furthermore, the eBook reader is tied to a single installation on one computer. You upgrade to a new system, you have to purchase another copy of the eBook Reader. The site clearly states that you need to purchase the orginal eBook file.
The space program is, to date, the first and only goverment program that has completely paid for itself. The cost per citizen (using 1970 currency and pouplation figures) $187 USD, or 5 cents per day for the entire 10 year (Apollo) program.
Another poster mentioned the computer revolution as a side effect of the space program.
NASA has publiclly cited 46 applications of technology created for the space program that were spun of into the mainstream (TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE HANDICAPPED AND AGED, rudy Bell, NASA, July 1979). But that's just the first generation applications. It ignores the 2nd, 34d, even 4th iteneration of technology developed as a result of those applications.
If there is technology that uses any kind of miniatureization, then it ultimately came from the space program. Ditto with long life power sources, and remote manipulators.
How about weather satelites? One can argue that they are the space program. How many thousands would die each year if we couldn't track them?
I think it's obvious the space program is pretty damned useful.
The only difference between us and the dinosaurs, is that the dinosaurs didn't have a space program.
See my comment posted here
I have complete faith in the overall safety of nuclear power when used in a proper design and manned by competent operators.
For evidence I offer up the United States Navy. For almost 50 years they have operated over two hundred nuclear reactors (submarines, aircraft carriers, cruisers and shore installations) without a single accident that released or had the potential to release radioactive materials into the enviroment.
I spent many years on submarines, and my accumlative total exposure (millirems) is less than I recieve during a day at the beach.
>>I can do whatever I want and you have to accept it.
Ahh, the anti-Anarchy argument. The problem with that argument is that no one ever takes it to it's logical conclusion.
A better way to phrase your quote is to say "You can do whatever you want, and YOU have to accept the consequences"
Sure, you can shoot me, kill me. But then, several of my friends and family are now convinced you are dangerous (presuming I didn't give you a reason to kill me, and well... If I did, then it's my own bloody fault) and will hunt you down.
So, in order to keep yourself safe and secure, you would presumably NOT go around and perform random murders.
The above is titled Rational Anarchy. Do whatever you like to keep yourself safe, just realize you are the one that will bear the consequences.
God? Which one? Odin? Allah? Zeus? Jupiter? There are quite a few to choose from. And even if one set the standard, gods or God are / is a creation of Man. So we should be able to change it as it's needed.
>>More likely they've got the same problems that plagued the US torpedo inventory during the 50's and 60's. Namely, spontaneous arming. One of the US subs was lost in the Atlantic owing to a torpedo that armed itself in the tube.
It sounds like you are refering to the dimise of the USS Scorpion. While the batteries of the Mark 37 were known to overheat, and posssibly set off what is known as a 'low-order' cook off, there is little evidence to show this was what sunk the Scorpion.
Instead, it appears as though the inner door of the Scorpion's Trash Disposal Unit (TDU) failed. The outer door was already listed as out of commision. When it failed, there was approximately a 5 inch hole open to sea. Directly below this compartment are the lead-acid wet cell batteries that provided backup power. When sea water comes in contact with the battery acid, Chlorine and Hydrogen are the byproducts. Not to mention short circuiting the cells themselves. SPARK + HYDROGEN = BOOM.
The hole found in the operations compartment when they located wreck is located right next to where the batteries were located.
There is a bit more data, but I belive it's still classified.
My credentials? I'm a former submariner, and my father (also a submariner) was involved in the Scorpion's investigation.