I remember a few years back it was noticed that the Air Force crashed a higher percentage of its drones than the Army....
It's probably a repeat of the old anti-submarine drone helicopters of a few decades ago. They used pilot trainees that had washed out of training, and although they were competent they had morale issues. It was found out that some were crashing intentionally, which really pissed off the maintainance crews that had to work on them!
I'll bet the Airforce is using washed out pilots, but the Army is training new pilots just for the drones.
I think any nukes sent there would be far past their half-life, and duds, before they ever got there. Even at a large percentage of lightspeed...
It would sort of be like throwing rocks at an aircraft carrier!
It's not that the metal is more valuable, it's that all of the money has lost a lot of value due to governments pushing inflation.
There was a time when a penny would buy a loaf of bread.
Inflation is a secret tax that hurts everyone who has any money, but it hurts the poor the most. They don't have as much, but it means a lot more to them.
The ones on the drawing board that nobody has built yet?
Some have been built, but most not These are not things that you buy off of the shelf, though. Every single one is a custom design, just like other large plants.
That would be different if we start using the small "on sight" reactors that can be carried by a truck or two. But I am not sure any of those are in use yet.
The answer to most questions of this type, is just like when you were in school. When faced with A.B,C,D, the answer is usually: D: All of the Above! 8-)
Dopants for semiconductors are used in very small quantities. Toxic materials can be used safely if people are careful. If people are -not- careful, then they can cause -anything- to be hazardous!
Modern nuclear plants can be much cheaper and safer than the old ones the data comes from. Some of the new small systems are the size of a truck "container" box, and can be brought out on a semi-truck.
Assume that the cost will be less than the oppoonents say, but more than the cheapest sellers say. 8-)
Also assume that the long-term cost of new technologies will be more than anyone thinks, but still workable at least some places.
Many of the alternative suggestions have not been studied much. They may have problems just as bad as CO2.
The inland wind farms are killing migrating birds and might be influencing the ecosystem.
The offshore windfarms might influence the sea ecosystem, but worse might be wind change's impact on sand flow and dune formation. It could cause shorelines to wash away and collapse buildings.
I believe we can make them work. But beware of assuming no data is good news.
... (I'm on the Canadian side)... In other words, there's a good amount of slack and if we have a reason not to be in the office we'll take it.... until I see us relative to our US counterparts. There is a just a pervasive culture there of not getting things done.... I do however consider this might be a southern attitude towards work as well, as most of my interaction is with offices based in the US south (Texas to Florida).
The Southern companies, I have seen, seemed more like what you describe as Canadian. But it does depend on where in the Southern US that you are talking about. Remember, there are still invading "Yankees" here, from "The War Against the South"! 8-)
Way too many workers are too stupid or lack the backbone to tell their boss, "no, I will not give up my life because you are an asshole and refuse to hire the workers needed"
Boss, "Ok, fuck you then. I'll hire someone else. I have 30 resumes on my desk with people desperate to work here. Bye bye!"
Note that, in many industries, people only get a decent raise when they move to a different company. So if your boss fires you, they might be actually doing you a favor (even though they don't think so).
I don't think there is anything marxist in that. It sounds more like free enterprise to me. As in, working as an independant consultant. Of course it would depend on whether you liked the work...
(sarcastic)Unfortunately, the trickle-down model is correct. The rich let enough money trickle down so people don't get desperate enough to kill the rich.( end sarcastic)
Actually, that could be a way to keep the economy stable and avoid the usual alternative: Cyclic revolutions that result in half the population being killed every generation. (Not kidding...)
I was not think of anything along the lines of deporting people. More like send the barely employed burger flipper in NYC to North Dakota to secure well paid work as roughneck or roustabout.
Um... in case you don't know, roughneck and roustabout are high skilled jobs that require training and practice. As are many other non-college level jobs. Even being "the janitor" requires training and knowledge. The stories about "low level jobs" are mostly told by "poor little rich people" that have no idea what the jobs are really about. Or sometimes just repeated because someone heard someone else say it.
Sending unskilled people to the real world outside the cities would be a disaster. Mostly...
It sounds like they are talking two different dialects of "technish"! 8-)
Librarians have a different technical jargon than scientists, and Wickipedia is basically librarians. Or maybe not, by now they may have drifted into their own private dialect.
If you are talking -to- Wickipedia, then you are constained to talk in their dialect. If talking to others, then use what they are used to. And never assume that people define words the same. Most arguments are really just about definitions of words...
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I remember a few years back it was noticed that the Air Force crashed a higher percentage of its drones than the Army. ...
It's probably a repeat of the old anti-submarine drone helicopters of a few decades ago. They used pilot trainees that had washed out of training, and although they were competent they had morale issues. It was found out that some were crashing intentionally, which really pissed off the maintainance crews that had to work on them!
I'll bet the Airforce is using washed out pilots, but the Army is training new pilots just for the drones.
I think any nukes sent there would be far past their half-life, and duds, before they ever got there. Even at a large percentage of lightspeed...
It would sort of be like throwing rocks at an aircraft carrier!
> Grandpa? John Romero is only 48.
48 is plenty old enough to be a grandpa.
Dude has gray hair, FFS!
Yeah... dude is old enough to be my son!
You, on the other hand, are old enough to be my great grandson!!! 8-)
It's not that the metal is more valuable, it's that all of the money has lost a lot of value due to governments pushing inflation.
There was a time when a penny would buy a loaf of bread.
Inflation is a secret tax that hurts everyone who has any money, but it hurts the poor the most. They don't have as much, but it means a lot more to them.
The ones on the drawing board that nobody has built yet?
Some have been built, but most not
These are not things that you buy off of the shelf, though. Every single one is a custom design, just like other large plants.
That would be different if we start using the small "on sight" reactors that can be carried by a truck or two. But I am not sure any of those are in use yet.
... If the game is cracked after that then the lost sales are minimal. If the DRM lasts six months that counts as total victory for them.
And some game makers, such as Egosoft, have sometimes released patches a year later that removed all DRM. And that also resulted in a boost in sales!
But those games last a bit longer than simple fps types.
If we build a large number of reactors we certainly must have a much safer type than currently exist. ...
"Currently exist" means reactors from 30 years ago, or even longer. Several designs are available now that are very much safer.
Count on China not to remake our misakes #TMI
Stealing other people's designs gives one that advantage. Just look at Microsoft and other companies. 8-)
The answer to most questions of this type, is just like when you were in school.
When faced with A.B,C,D, the answer is usually: D: All of the Above! 8-)
Dopants for semiconductors are used in very small quantities. Toxic materials can be used safely if people are careful.
If people are -not- careful, then they can cause -anything- to be hazardous!
Modern nuclear plants can be much cheaper and safer than the old ones the data comes from. Some of the new small systems are the size of a truck "container" box, and can be brought out on a semi-truck.
Assume that the cost will be less than the oppoonents say, but more than the cheapest sellers say. 8-)
Also assume that the long-term cost of new technologies will be more than anyone thinks, but still workable at least some places.
Been there, seen that...
Many of the alternative suggestions have not been studied much. They may have problems just as bad as CO2.
The inland wind farms are killing migrating birds and might be influencing the ecosystem.
The offshore windfarms might influence the sea ecosystem, but worse might be wind change's impact on sand flow and dune formation. It could cause shorelines to wash away and collapse buildings.
I believe we can make them work. But beware of assuming no data is good news.
... (I'm on the Canadian side)... In other words, there's a good amount of slack and if we have a reason not to be in the office we'll take it. ... until I see us relative to our US counterparts. There is a just a pervasive culture there of not getting things done. ... I do however consider this might be a southern attitude towards work as well, as most of my interaction is with offices based in the US south (Texas to Florida).
The Southern companies, I have seen, seemed more like what you describe as Canadian. But it does depend on where in the Southern US that you are talking about. Remember, there are still invading "Yankees" here, from "The War Against the South"! 8-)
“A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury."
Not necessarily certain, but certainly a danger...
Way too many workers are too stupid or lack the backbone to tell their boss, "no, I will not give up my life because you are an asshole and refuse to hire the workers needed"
Boss, "Ok, fuck you then. I'll hire someone else. I have 30 resumes on my desk with people desperate to work here. Bye bye!"
Note that, in many industries, people only get a decent raise when they move to a different company. So if your boss fires you, they might be actually doing you a favor (even though they don't think so).
I don't think there is anything marxist in that. It sounds more like free enterprise to me. As in, working as an independant consultant.
Of course it would depend on whether you liked the work...
(sarcastic)Unfortunately, the trickle-down model is correct. The rich let enough money trickle down so people don't get desperate enough to kill the rich.( end sarcastic)
Actually, that could be a way to keep the economy stable and avoid the usual alternative: Cyclic revolutions that result in half the population being killed every generation. (Not kidding...)
I was not think of anything along the lines of deporting people. More like send the barely employed burger flipper in NYC to North Dakota to secure well paid work as roughneck or roustabout.
Um... in case you don't know, roughneck and roustabout are high skilled jobs that require training and practice. As are many other non-college level jobs. Even being "the janitor" requires training and knowledge. The stories about "low level jobs" are mostly told by "poor little rich people" that have no idea what the jobs are really about. Or sometimes just repeated because someone heard someone else say it.
Sending unskilled people to the real world outside the cities would be a disaster. Mostly...
You need a different job. Whether you get a new job is up to you, but if you stay that is a choice, too.
If other people can't understand what you say, what chance does a computer have?
Worse than a person, not better.
And probably slower than typing.
Wikipedia's mission is not to reflect truth as much as the consensus narrative of reliable sources.
Correct. Wickipedia is not History, it is more like a daily newspaper. But with a better index. 8-)
It sounds like they are talking two different dialects of "technish"! 8-)
Librarians have a different technical jargon than scientists, and Wickipedia is basically librarians. Or maybe not, by now they may have drifted into their own private dialect.
If you are talking -to- Wickipedia, then you are constained to talk in their dialect. If talking to others, then use what they are used to. And never assume that people define words the same. Most arguments are really just about definitions of words...
Bullshit. No one puts a kid in jail for 3 months for reporting security issues. ...
I don't know about this particular story, but during the "over-reaction" period there were some kids that got put in jail.
Never underestimate the stupidity of bureaucrats.
The "Halting Problem" is mathemetician's finger twiddling, and has nothing to do with real Engineering...
Why? Because the authors had an agenda -- sell more books. You don't sell CRC by being wrong. ...
And, the CRC Handbook is not exactly cheap! But it does have a -lot- of pages.
By the way, calculators -do- somethimes have built-in errors. Look it up...