There wouldn't be a collision so long as all vehicles can slow down quickly enough. (the entire train would begin braking at the same time as the lead car) If the lead car collides, then the entire train could automatically attempt evasive action, such as diverting to the shoulder if possible. But certainly accidents could happen, just as they do today. People will come to grips with the risk, just as they do for other forms of travel where they are not in control, such as trains and aircraft.
by rehashing projects that others have worked on for decades.
So what? Most inventions are just a novel mix/rehash of previous work that together works better than prior art. Electric cars have been around for a hundred years, but a practical electric car that compares favorably to existing internal combustion engine cars is novel, even if it does require a six figure salary to buy one. Rockets have been around in some form for centuries, but the falcon 9 is one of the most efficient (in terms of cost per kg) rockets ever built, and he's still working on making it significantly more efficient than that.
Besides, inventions are almost always obvious in retrospect and are built upon years of effort by others. It's rare that a single person comes up with an idea that's truly novel.
The think about Musk is that he has an opinion, such as: "We should have a human presence on Mars", and then he actually starts a successful aerospace company to work toward making that happen. Not that many people have the right combination of characteristics to do something like that.
So 0.000001435 people can afford his products? That would be something like a sliver of a fingernail of one person. I'm pretty sure it's not quite that bad.
We know a lot more about building reactors now than when those were built. Even if we do have some more accidents, we release more radioactive material into the air from burning coal than what was released in those three incidents. We would still be better off.
A lot of people drive 40 or so miles each way to get to work. Driving a car costs around $0.50 per mile when you add everything up. That's the same $20 each that Musk thinks would be the cost of a ride on the hyperloop. If it were built, it definitely would be used for commuting.
Why would we have to go back to the middle ages??? Build nuclear reactors! Lots of them. Make personal vehicles electric, or produce gasoline from atmospheric CO2. There are already processes developed that can do this, though it has not been implemented at an industrial scale due to energy cost, if we have plentiful power from nuclear reactors, we could use off-peak power to generate fuel. Stop shipping products across the planet when we can produce them locally. This handful of items would eliminate the vast majority of carbon positive CO2 output and could be started today if we chose to do so.
The Sun will likely remain much as it is for the next 5 billion years or so (when the hydrogen begins to run out). So we don't have too much to worry about there, unless you're concerned for your descendants 250 million generations into the future. I figure that if we've managed to stick around that long, it's unlikely that the sun going red giant is going to be much of an issue.
I think our most imminent threat is biological. It won't be all that long before some wacko can engineer a virus in his/her basement that could potentially end humanity. Or something new could pop up naturally and spread around the world before we have a chance to react. Maybe it wouldn't wipe out everyone... after all, there are people that live in pretty remote places, but it could easily end civilization as we know it.
You're the one that's calling him the Holy One. I regard him as a successful businessman that is accomplishing things that I'm glad to see accomplished.
Regarding facts, you wouldn't have brought up the fact that Musk accepted government money if you weren't trying to make a point about it. While facts are neutral, you cannot claim to be (and nor do I). Also, you weren't making a generalization about government subsidies in general, you were talking specifically about SpaceX and Tesla. How is that not targeting?
It's clear that Musk sees a lot of potential for the Hyperloop, but it would tie up a LOT of money for a LONG time. Large transportation projects like this cost on the order of billions of dollars and can take over a decade to complete. Musk may have quite a bit of money, but almost all of it is already tied up in his existing enterprises, which he intends to grow far beyond where they are now. I'm sure his attention is also stretched pretty thin between running two companies, chairing a third, and raising a family. Starting a major fourth venture probably would be difficult to manage, even with good people.
You got moderated troll because though Musk has received government loans/subsidies, he is a shining example of positive use of such loans/subsidies. SpaceX is wildly successful (already have several years worth of launch contracts, far beyond trips to the ISS), and Tesla is outperforming expectations left and right. If you want to complain about government loans/subsidies, Musk's enterprises don't make a good target.
You don't have a solid statistic on whether the specific food you buy at the store is contaminated with e-coli... are you paralyzed with dread every time you eat a meal? In any given instance, it's highly unlikely that you are going to get food poisoning from your salad. Likewise, it's highly unlikely that a given vaccine will cause anything other than a mild temporary reaction. Is there a non-zero risk that something worse could happen? Yes. But living your life fearing all of these small risks isn't living at all.
A checked firearm is treated differently than regular checked baggage. The important part is that if you are checking baggage containing a firearm, the security screening takes place in public view and then the case is sealed. Nobody else in the airport has authority to open the case after that. Regular checked baggage can be opened and searched at more or less any point after it leaves your sight.
Real leather, however is much better than faux leather in that respect. Not as hot on a hot day, nor as cold on a cold day. It also breathes better, so your back doesn't get sweaty as easily.
Worth the option, if a a available.
I understood that the high mortality is because most pancreatic cancers are not detected until the cancer has already spread. At which point it usually has already mutated enough to pick up a number of tricks that make it harder to kill, and thus less responsive to chemotherapy.
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There wouldn't be a collision so long as all vehicles can slow down quickly enough. (the entire train would begin braking at the same time as the lead car) If the lead car collides, then the entire train could automatically attempt evasive action, such as diverting to the shoulder if possible. But certainly accidents could happen, just as they do today. People will come to grips with the risk, just as they do for other forms of travel where they are not in control, such as trains and aircraft.
You need to maintain your car's brakes so that they do not break.
by rehashing projects that others have worked on for decades.
So what? Most inventions are just a novel mix/rehash of previous work that together works better than prior art. Electric cars have been around for a hundred years, but a practical electric car that compares favorably to existing internal combustion engine cars is novel, even if it does require a six figure salary to buy one. Rockets have been around in some form for centuries, but the falcon 9 is one of the most efficient (in terms of cost per kg) rockets ever built, and he's still working on making it significantly more efficient than that.
Besides, inventions are almost always obvious in retrospect and are built upon years of effort by others. It's rare that a single person comes up with an idea that's truly novel.
The think about Musk is that he has an opinion, such as: "We should have a human presence on Mars", and then he actually starts a successful aerospace company to work toward making that happen. Not that many people have the right combination of characteristics to do something like that.
So 0.000001435 people can afford his products? That would be something like a sliver of a fingernail of one person. I'm pretty sure it's not quite that bad.
We know a lot more about building reactors now than when those were built. Even if we do have some more accidents, we release more radioactive material into the air from burning coal than what was released in those three incidents. We would still be better off.
At .8 inches thick, the redneck would need a pretty powerful rifle to do any damage, but it's still a fair point.
A lot of people drive 40 or so miles each way to get to work. Driving a car costs around $0.50 per mile when you add everything up. That's the same $20 each that Musk thinks would be the cost of a ride on the hyperloop. If it were built, it definitely would be used for commuting.
Then the habitat could duplicate itself by making more seeds.
Uh oh... sounds like the greenfly.
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Why would we have to go back to the middle ages??? Build nuclear reactors! Lots of them. Make personal vehicles electric, or produce gasoline from atmospheric CO2. There are already processes developed that can do this, though it has not been implemented at an industrial scale due to energy cost, if we have plentiful power from nuclear reactors, we could use off-peak power to generate fuel. Stop shipping products across the planet when we can produce them locally. This handful of items would eliminate the vast majority of carbon positive CO2 output and could be started today if we chose to do so.
This is obviously not possible.
It could theoretically be done with a nuclear pulse ship: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pulse_propulsion
The Sun will likely remain much as it is for the next 5 billion years or so (when the hydrogen begins to run out). So we don't have too much to worry about there, unless you're concerned for your descendants 250 million generations into the future. I figure that if we've managed to stick around that long, it's unlikely that the sun going red giant is going to be much of an issue.
I think our most imminent threat is biological. It won't be all that long before some wacko can engineer a virus in his/her basement that could potentially end humanity. Or something new could pop up naturally and spread around the world before we have a chance to react. Maybe it wouldn't wipe out everyone... after all, there are people that live in pretty remote places, but it could easily end civilization as we know it.
How about they each just put $1 in a car and send that instead?
You're the one that's calling him the Holy One. I regard him as a successful businessman that is accomplishing things that I'm glad to see accomplished.
Regarding facts, you wouldn't have brought up the fact that Musk accepted government money if you weren't trying to make a point about it. While facts are neutral, you cannot claim to be (and nor do I). Also, you weren't making a generalization about government subsidies in general, you were talking specifically about SpaceX and Tesla. How is that not targeting?
It's clear that Musk sees a lot of potential for the Hyperloop, but it would tie up a LOT of money for a LONG time. Large transportation projects like this cost on the order of billions of dollars and can take over a decade to complete. Musk may have quite a bit of money, but almost all of it is already tied up in his existing enterprises, which he intends to grow far beyond where they are now. I'm sure his attention is also stretched pretty thin between running two companies, chairing a third, and raising a family. Starting a major fourth venture probably would be difficult to manage, even with good people.
Robert Downey Jr. stated that Musk was the inspiration for the character Tony Stark. So in a way, Musk really is Iron Man.
You got moderated troll because though Musk has received government loans/subsidies, he is a shining example of positive use of such loans/subsidies. SpaceX is wildly successful (already have several years worth of launch contracts, far beyond trips to the ISS), and Tesla is outperforming expectations left and right. If you want to complain about government loans/subsidies, Musk's enterprises don't make a good target.
You don't have a solid statistic on whether the specific food you buy at the store is contaminated with e-coli... are you paralyzed with dread every time you eat a meal? In any given instance, it's highly unlikely that you are going to get food poisoning from your salad. Likewise, it's highly unlikely that a given vaccine will cause anything other than a mild temporary reaction. Is there a non-zero risk that something worse could happen? Yes. But living your life fearing all of these small risks isn't living at all.
A checked firearm is treated differently than regular checked baggage. The important part is that if you are checking baggage containing a firearm, the security screening takes place in public view and then the case is sealed. Nobody else in the airport has authority to open the case after that. Regular checked baggage can be opened and searched at more or less any point after it leaves your sight.
They actually handle pretty decent in the snow due to the low center of gravity.
Somebody has to buy new, otherwise there wouldn't be any good deals on uses cars...
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Real leather, however is much better than faux leather in that respect. Not as hot on a hot day, nor as cold on a cold day. It also breathes better, so your back doesn't get sweaty as easily. Worth the option, if a a available.
You're only thinking about cars. What about motorcycles?
I understood that the high mortality is because most pancreatic cancers are not detected until the cancer has already spread. At which point it usually has already mutated enough to pick up a number of tricks that make it harder to kill, and thus less responsive to chemotherapy.