You paraphrased out a fairly important part of that being 'American' Capitalism. A natural capitalism wouldn't have things like limited liability or government sponsored corporations for people to hide their failures, yet still reap their benefits. The recently fluttered term "to big to fail" would never be said in a true capitalist economy.
Yea, from scratch, first I'd develop the tools needed to mine the raw materials of silicone, iron, and other needed elements. Then I'd refine them and produce the needed components for memory and processors and storage. as well as develop the new networking, power, form factor etc... Then start working on the boot code and a core kernel, hmm should it be micro/macro or hybrid...? Then I'd start working on interface tools or user space or something along those lines. Once I got this part done I'd start gathering information on what was needed to be monitored. Then develop the required protocols to monitor those things.
On second thought maybe it'd be easier to not start from scratch and build on the tools others have created as a basis and customize from there.
Hidden soft limits to things you can gain. Say the first thing you kill may give 10 gold, maybe even the first 10 things, but then it slowly drops as you grind on in that area.
Once you get say 500G stuff may only drop a couple silver.
"This is why it is often expensive for movie producers to use popular songs in their soundtracks. Did you think they just went to the iTunes store, downloaded a copy for $1, and then used it in their movies, without paying more?"
Funny thing is, they often get paid for doing this. Ever notice how it started getting to the point where every movie has a popular song in it, or is it that every popular movie produces a popular song? Having a song in a popular movie makes that song that much more popular.
Or maybe while trying to do repairs on a frozen planet a tyrannical government attacks and the hero's are forced to flee before repairs are complete. Once in space they find an asteroid field to hide in but are chased by other ships, and must maneuver around and shoot asteroids. Maybe throw in a giant worm to add excitement and danger.
My guess is it's the humors combination of thinking that ants can or will be an overlord, and how they will be easily defeated by something as simple as some duct tape on a door.
Again, is that ironic or just funny?
Sounds like the plot of a M Night Shammalamadingdong movie.
This is why I have more respect for motorsports than the regular athletics. At least in motor sports there is a bit of tech involved. I really wish the battlebots/robotwars fad hadn't passed. Gladiatory combat through technical means I thought would have been an awesome way to help progress robotic development. Sure it was 99% remote control in it's time, but that would have slowly evolved. I had plans of building one and using movement macros/combos, rather than just pure remote control.
There is tech that comes from athletic sports though as well. Sometimes healthy sometimes not. Often in medicine and keeping a body in top shape for the longest possible time even when put under stress. Small things like tech in shoes, pads, and other equipment or large things like architectural achievements are also tech advances from sports.
In the end, curing cancer isn't the only new tech left to discover.
So, lets say you're taking out a lone and have a payment of $300 a mo. Your new solar system reduces your electric bill by $300 a mo. You are paying no more than you would have prior. and in 12 years you will suddenly have another $300 a month of disposable income until the 25-30 year warranty wears out.
If you take out a loan at $300 a month and invest in in the stock market and you get a return average of $500, but yet you are losing $100 a month.
about 5 years ago my AC broke down after 27 years of service. The new AC has a 10 year warranty and the installer pretty much laughed at me when I asked if I could hope to get the same length of service out of my new high end AC unit.
What you are missing is that he is getting rid of the expense of the electric bill. If he dropped his monthly average by $300 then the investment is really only $2k. A payment of $300mo * 10 years is $36k he was not going to be able to invest at all.
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You paraphrased out a fairly important part of that being 'American' Capitalism. A natural capitalism wouldn't have things like limited liability or government sponsored corporations for people to hide their failures, yet still reap their benefits. The recently fluttered term "to big to fail" would never be said in a true capitalist economy.
Seriously, NASA is just welfare for engineers.
Well then building a bridge is just math, baking a cake is just math, jerking it in the shower is just math, and nothing is patentable.
Yea, from scratch, first I'd develop the tools needed to mine the raw materials of silicone, iron, and other needed elements. Then I'd refine them and produce the needed components for memory and processors and storage. as well as develop the new networking, power, form factor etc... Then start working on the boot code and a core kernel, hmm should it be micro/macro or hybrid...? Then I'd start working on interface tools or user space or something along those lines. Once I got this part done I'd start gathering information on what was needed to be monitored. Then develop the required protocols to monitor those things.
On second thought maybe it'd be easier to not start from scratch and build on the tools others have created as a basis and customize from there.
Hidden soft limits to things you can gain. Say the first thing you kill may give 10 gold, maybe even the first 10 things, but then it slowly drops as you grind on in that area.
Once you get say 500G stuff may only drop a couple silver.
Three cars are jumping rope when one breaks down, the other two look at each other; shrug; and then Tuesday starts.
No, users LOVE "new" they just hate "different"
"This is why it is often expensive for movie producers to use popular songs in their soundtracks. Did you think they just went to the iTunes store, downloaded a copy for $1, and then used it in their movies, without paying more?"
Funny thing is, they often get paid for doing this. Ever notice how it started getting to the point where every movie has a popular song in it, or is it that every popular movie produces a popular song? Having a song in a popular movie makes that song that much more popular.
you must be using an open source spelling and grammar checker.
Or maybe while trying to do repairs on a frozen planet a tyrannical government attacks and the hero's are forced to flee before repairs are complete. Once in space they find an asteroid field to hide in but are chased by other ships, and must maneuver around and shoot asteroids. Maybe throw in a giant worm to add excitement and danger.
Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back???
I mean even the ship was the same shape, and you had the little ship that you were trying to find?
I like the idea of universal land rights on asteroids. Though I think an educational movie explaining it my be a little boring.
"ehope" "inot" I don't understand these internet slang terms? (eSlang?)
I dropped a loaf in my jeans laughing at that one.
My guess is it's the humors combination of thinking that ants can or will be an overlord, and how they will be easily defeated by something as simple as some duct tape on a door.
Again, is that ironic or just funny?
Sounds like the plot of a M Night Shammalamadingdong movie.
""19273g"? What the hell kind of tattoo is that? "
A noob tattoo
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So you are now doubling the TCO of windows?
As proven by the Challenger explosion.
Don't try to tell me it's too soon...
This is why I have more respect for motorsports than the regular athletics. At least in motor sports there is a bit of tech involved. I really wish the battlebots/robotwars fad hadn't passed. Gladiatory combat through technical means I thought would have been an awesome way to help progress robotic development. Sure it was 99% remote control in it's time, but that would have slowly evolved. I had plans of building one and using movement macros/combos, rather than just pure remote control.
There is tech that comes from athletic sports though as well. Sometimes healthy sometimes not. Often in medicine and keeping a body in top shape for the longest possible time even when put under stress. Small things like tech in shoes, pads, and other equipment or large things like architectural achievements are also tech advances from sports.
In the end, curing cancer isn't the only new tech left to discover.
Your mutter is so fat it requires 3d to render 2d objects.
If there implanting laser beams on heads, shouldn't Sharks be involved at least?
Great idea, we could all convert to metric.
In stead of, "Hand me that 1/2 inch wrench."
you just say, "Hand me that 1.27 Centimeter wrench."
And we're all metric.
So, lets say you're taking out a lone and have a payment of $300 a mo. Your new solar system reduces your electric bill by $300 a mo. You are paying no more than you would have prior. and in 12 years you will suddenly have another $300 a month of disposable income until the 25-30 year warranty wears out.
If you take out a loan at $300 a month and invest in in the stock market and you get a return average of $500, but yet you are losing $100 a month.
about 5 years ago my AC broke down after 27 years of service. The new AC has a 10 year warranty and the installer pretty much laughed at me when I asked if I could hope to get the same length of service out of my new high end AC unit.
What you are missing is that he is getting rid of the expense of the electric bill. If he dropped his monthly average by $300 then the investment is really only $2k. A payment of $300mo * 10 years is $36k he was not going to be able to invest at all.