To me a lot of it depends on how much current the superconductor can hold and what magnetic fields it can endure before losing superconductivity. And how expensive it is.
If things are ideal you can use it to store large amounts of energy indefinitely (of course if stuff happens it could explode). Such a energy storing method could change things a lot.
All the other conductivity stuff isn't a big deal- existing technology can already achieve small losses over great distances.
This sort of energy storage and "fancy magnetic stuff" require the electric current to travel "infinite" distances without loss and hence superconductivity.
Drivers should be able to handle seeing stuff moving about without being distracted - otherwise they wouldn't able to drive (nor should they be allowed to drive). Using their logic they should ban all animated/video advertisements near roads.
I think many drivers can cope with these moving displays and even talking on the phone - just takes enough practice and proper training[1] (pilots and others manage fine). The problem is when drivers do it on public roads when they haven't reached that level of skill.
[1] One of the tests to pass might be being required to drive from A to B on a simulator through difficult traffic conditions, while answering hearing comprehension questions and doing mental problems (e.g. you hear a sequence of random numbers, you are supposed to say the 5th one each time you get a new number). With time limits for both. If you pass such a test, you'd be a better driver than 99% on the road, the rest would be a danger to you not vice-versa and if we ever meet by accident it would likely be my fault;).
For example say you do that change in a rest room and there are cameras monitoring the corridor outside the restroom. The system will know that Mr X, Mr Y and Mr Silicone went in. But Mr Y, Mr X, and you came out.
Doing silly/strange stuff in front of cameras increases your chances of ending up on youtube. Then someone downloads it, edits it and uploads the new version with music and effects...
The upcoming generation better have thick skin- their peers seem ever ready to record and upload. Once while driving I saw someone peeing in public, no big deal to me, but one of his friends(?) was using a phone to record it (without his knowledge presumably)!
Not all IOS App devs are under US jurisdiction (officially at least). If Congress wants those devs to actually care they should convince Apple to convince them.
I'm curious what the field strength near a micro blackhole would be like. Would a micro-blackhole be able to significantly slow its fall in Earth's magnetic field?
Yeah, blocking stolen phone IMEIs reduces the fence value of the item. The smack head also has to know where he can fence the item. He can't sell it as easily anymore. So the smack head may choose to steal something else.
So what do you mean by equal opportunity? There being an NBA and WNBA is equal opportunity or not? If there really was equal opportunity by pure merit women wouldn't qualify for many things - so if you want equal opportunity by "chance to win" then you have to create a "women-only category" for some stuff.
As for statistics. For many things (not all) the average doesn't matter that much. For "Star" fields, the top matters. The average doesn't. Nobody cares if the average woman runs 100m faster than the average man - or the other way round. What matters is the top 3 fastest in the world. Nobody cares if the average woman is better than the average man when it comes to "rocket science/nuclear science/chess/go[1]". What matters is the top.
For other fields - accountants, engineers, lawyers, you can do fine even if you aren't the top.
As for SEAL training if the tests are a fair reflection of what the job requires, I'm fine with giving women the chance, but they MUST pass the same tests. Otherwise it'd be like firemen and firewomen not having the same tests (which happens in some stupid places). If the test is fine but fewer women, or men or whatever ethnic group pass, the solution is not to have separate or easier tests, the solution is for the men/women/whatever to become good enough to pass.
[1] FWIW I think the top women are competitive in Go and bowling.
Trees aren't equal. Fast-growing trees drain nutrients but absorb little CO2,
Citation needed.
1) One would think a fast growing tree would have to absorb CO2 (and nutrients) in order to build all that cellulose quickly.
2) If that tree is subsequently harvested (and a new one replanted) and converted into timber, or paper that ends up in archives or landfills it means more CO2 locked up for years (yes paper manufacturing is normally environmentally unfriendly but it doesn't have to be so)
Once you get to the point where you are installing ferromagnetic ink under a person's skin, there are much, much easier ways to inflict pain
One should also realize that modern medical technology can keep people alive long after they would rather be dead. At least back in the old days there was a significant chance you would die during torture.
The mind can shut out pain, but shutting out horror and despair might be harder.
BTW for a similar reason being one of those "highlander" immortals would be terrible in some scenarios since you cannot die. Imagine if one day you were trapped by a sadist who finds out that you can't die...
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Never finding out is not a problem. "Finally finding out" might be a problem... Or if you can take it, your chance of fame ;).
Example of what I was mentioned before:
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPPj6viIBmU
Remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kR3PT5E0XDo&feature=related
Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti3UL_mVHHI
Remix: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s_40rM_L0s
To me a lot of it depends on how much current the superconductor can hold and what magnetic fields it can endure before losing superconductivity. And how expensive it is.
If things are ideal you can use it to store large amounts of energy indefinitely (of course if stuff happens it could explode). Such a energy storing method could change things a lot.
All the other conductivity stuff isn't a big deal- existing technology can already achieve small losses over great distances.
This sort of energy storage and "fancy magnetic stuff" require the electric current to travel "infinite" distances without loss and hence superconductivity.
Drivers should be able to handle seeing stuff moving about without being distracted - otherwise they wouldn't able to drive (nor should they be allowed to drive). Using their logic they should ban all animated/video advertisements near roads.
;).
I think many drivers can cope with these moving displays and even talking on the phone - just takes enough practice and proper training[1] (pilots and others manage fine). The problem is when drivers do it on public roads when they haven't reached that level of skill.
[1] One of the tests to pass might be being required to drive from A to B on a simulator through difficult traffic conditions, while answering hearing comprehension questions and doing mental problems (e.g. you hear a sequence of random numbers, you are supposed to say the 5th one each time you get a new number). With time limits for both. If you pass such a test, you'd be a better driver than 99% on the road, the rest would be a danger to you not vice-versa and if we ever meet by accident it would likely be my fault
Gets harder if there are cameras "everywhere".
For example say you do that change in a rest room and there are cameras monitoring the corridor outside the restroom. The system will know that Mr X, Mr Y and Mr Silicone went in. But Mr Y, Mr X, and you came out.
Doing silly/strange stuff in front of cameras increases your chances of ending up on youtube. Then someone downloads it, edits it and uploads the new version with music and effects...
The upcoming generation better have thick skin- their peers seem ever ready to record and upload. Once while driving I saw someone peeing in public, no big deal to me, but one of his friends(?) was using a phone to record it (without his knowledge presumably)!
Not all IOS App devs are under US jurisdiction (officially at least). If Congress wants those devs to actually care they should convince Apple to convince them.
I'm curious what the field strength near a micro blackhole would be like. Would a micro-blackhole be able to significantly slow its fall in Earth's magnetic field?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_black_hole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning#Black_hole_hypothesis
Yep soil bacteria can even improve mood:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18082129/ns/health-livescience/t/soil-bacteria-can-boost-immune-system/
And increase learning ability... in mice ;) http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=soil-bacteria-might-increase-learni-10-05-24
Many like the smell after rain which partly results from bacteria: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geosmin
That's more of a result than a cause. Most other mammals don't have a menopause.
Only a few: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100701103405.htm
Yeah, blocking stolen phone IMEIs reduces the fence value of the item. The smack head also has to know where he can fence the item. He can't sell it as easily anymore. So the smack head may choose to steal something else.
I thought he said a character inside the spaceship.
In which case it might be more like: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunDog:_Frozen_Legacy
FWIW I heard rumours that Eve Online might start to have pilots wandering inside ships too.
If it ever happens they'll just use it as an opportunity to introduce even more draconian laws to "protect the people".
Is the answer "How much more $$$$ will you give me per month?".
;).
Sell out if you will, but don't sell out too cheap
So what do you mean by equal opportunity? There being an NBA and WNBA is equal opportunity or not? If there really was equal opportunity by pure merit women wouldn't qualify for many things - so if you want equal opportunity by "chance to win" then you have to create a "women-only category" for some stuff.
As for statistics. For many things (not all) the average doesn't matter that much. For "Star" fields, the top matters. The average doesn't. Nobody cares if the average woman runs 100m faster than the average man - or the other way round. What matters is the top 3 fastest in the world. Nobody cares if the average woman is better than the average man when it comes to "rocket science/nuclear science/chess/go[1]". What matters is the top.
For other fields - accountants, engineers, lawyers, you can do fine even if you aren't the top.
As for SEAL training if the tests are a fair reflection of what the job requires, I'm fine with giving women the chance, but they MUST pass the same tests. Otherwise it'd be like firemen and firewomen not having the same tests (which happens in some stupid places). If the test is fine but fewer women, or men or whatever ethnic group pass, the solution is not to have separate or easier tests, the solution is for the men/women/whatever to become good enough to pass.
[1] FWIW I think the top women are competitive in Go and bowling.
Maybe she left Seattle for Austin or vice versa? ;)
That's where the landfill part comes in ;). You can get well preserved newspapers from many decades ago.
You could use a zillion things to subvert airport security.
Or use a private plane. Those stars don't seem to have trouble loading up private planes with all sorts of stuff.
The point is do they really drain more compared to the alternative slower growing trees per amount of CO2 absorbed?
Trees aren't equal. Fast-growing trees drain nutrients but absorb little CO2,
Citation needed.
1) One would think a fast growing tree would have to absorb CO2 (and nutrients) in order to build all that cellulose quickly.
2) If that tree is subsequently harvested (and a new one replanted) and converted into timber, or paper that ends up in archives or landfills it means more CO2 locked up for years (yes paper manufacturing is normally environmentally unfriendly but it doesn't have to be so)
I use wolfram alpha for stuff like that - tides, moon rise times, moon phase, getting derivatives/integrals of math formulas for laughs.
Was just wondering whether the machine is sensitive enough to detect the regular changes in the moon's position.
What I'd be interested to know is if it can help you figure out the phase of the moon ;).
In theory a fancy scale could include high precision standard weights for automatic calibration.
Then the user can press the calibrate button and the scale calibrates itself.
Cost a lot more of course, but sometimes that's a plus for the seller.
You need a better evidence than that to show that bitcoin is illegal in the USA.
Just because the dollar is the only legal tender doesn't make it illegal for people to use tokens and casino chips.
They're not selling "Linux", they're selling Ubuntu. Mentioning Linux won't make most people go "I want to use Ubuntu and/or give them money".
Apple doesn't make that many references to Foxconn, Samsung, Darwin or the S5L8940X/S5L8945X on their main pages either.
Perhaps Ubuntu could have a section for Linux similar to what McDonald's has for their ingredients and suppliers: http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/food_quality/see_what_we_are_made_of.html
Once you get to the point where you are installing ferromagnetic ink under a person's skin, there are much, much easier ways to inflict pain
One should also realize that modern medical technology can keep people alive long after they would rather be dead. At least back in the old days there was a significant chance you would die during torture.
The mind can shut out pain, but shutting out horror and despair might be harder.
BTW for a similar reason being one of those "highlander" immortals would be terrible in some scenarios since you cannot die. Imagine if one day you were trapped by a sadist who finds out that you can't die...