Thank you. Yes it was sarcasm. I was going to throw in some stuff about all the innocent people he has killed, but decided to leave it out in a bow to subtlety. I guess it was too subtle for some.
If the drone strike won't work, he can be imprisoned indefinitely without trial. Considering his war crimes and terroristic actions could we expect any less?
It is certainly possible to create a flying car, but you would get a bad airplane and a horrible car. Planes need to be light, and there is little thought given to crash survival. There are no airbags or energy absorbing structures. In a crash you usually have little bits of aluminum and pieces of the occupants spread over the crash site. In a car, weight isn't critical so you can have the luxury of crumple zones, air bags, and lots of sound deadening materials. You have the luxury of building sturdy seats out of steel that will withstand a crash. Cars even have spare tires, but planes don't.
A light two seater airplane might weigh in at 450 pounds. A light two seater car is close to 2000 pounds without any wings, instruments, propellers, or control surfaces. You can make a flying car, but it would not fly well, and it certainly wouldn't pass current US crash standards. It would be a very expensive, and nearly unusable novelty.
I have no idea what you are talking about. It is cold and rainy here and has been all through 2012 so far. The tomatoes are rotting, the windows are still closed, and I wouldn't need air-conditioning even if I had it. It looks like it might warm up next week.
I realize slashdot might not be the best place to post this, but there is an elephant in the room. The space station has cost a huge pile of money and has provided little more than a presence in space. No missions to mars or the moon have been launched from the space station as science fiction writers of the 50s envisioned. It has been an expensive and mostly pointless exercise. We did learn a few things about how hard it is to maintain a space station, and we did improve the technology for supporting a space station, but the external benefits are hard to see.
So, maybe ending the ISS is a good thing. We can use the cash (that we don't actually have anyway) here on earth for maintaining some of our crumbling infrastructure. Maybe in a few decades we can think of a new good reason to put up a new space station.
OK, let me have it. Really, what is so great about the ISS?
Forty or so years ago there was this grand plan to change the USA over to the metric system. They put up new highway signs and everything. But, it turns out that the general public was too dull to see what a great idea this was, so they protested. The government backed down. End of metric for USA. The problem was the metric system was different, and people don't like that, even when it makes total sense to change. I don't think people have changed much since then. Time zones are here to stay. You can change your watch to UTM if you want, but you will soon learn to say "I don't know" if anyone asks the time, because 90% of the time the person won't even know what UTM is.
An eye controlled firearm might make more sense. It sights where you look. And it could fire every time you blink. Now we are talking. If you blinked every time a weapon fired it would be fully automatic fire. It would make a great hunting weapon.
Why would anyone take the time to design a device like this without having any understanding of what a normal driver does with their eyes in the course of operating a motor vehicle? Could the designer possibly be such a bad driver that they only look ahead where they are going? Why would anyone fund a design program run by someone that doesn't even know how to drive? That would be like hiring Sarah Palin to be president.
What would be the point of identifying the sounds? Would the phone do anything useful with the info? And, why would anyone put useless software on a phone? OK, I know most of the software people use is useless, but this sounds unbelievably useless.
My first reaction was YIKES, what are the Canadians doing. Then I realized that their law is very similar to the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Basically under FISA the US Government can request and get any information they want if they think it might cross any international border. No one is keeping tabs on what information the US collects because it is a "secret", so basically they can collect whatever they want with no warrant.
As long as water costs are subsidized, there will be users that will abuse it. If the data centers had to pay the true cost of their water, including environmental costs, they might find a cheaper way to cool the equipment. As it is, the water is so cheap they can use it for a heat sink and throw it away. If they had to pay the whole cost, other means of dumping heat would look pretty good.
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Thank you. Yes it was sarcasm. I was going to throw in some stuff about all the innocent people he has killed, but decided to leave it out in a bow to subtlety. I guess it was too subtle for some.
If the drone strike won't work, he can be imprisoned indefinitely without trial. Considering his war crimes and terroristic actions could we expect any less?
It is certainly possible to create a flying car, but you would get a bad airplane and a horrible car. Planes need to be light, and there is little thought given to crash survival. There are no airbags or energy absorbing structures. In a crash you usually have little bits of aluminum and pieces of the occupants spread over the crash site. In a car, weight isn't critical so you can have the luxury of crumple zones, air bags, and lots of sound deadening materials. You have the luxury of building sturdy seats out of steel that will withstand a crash. Cars even have spare tires, but planes don't. A light two seater airplane might weigh in at 450 pounds. A light two seater car is close to 2000 pounds without any wings, instruments, propellers, or control surfaces. You can make a flying car, but it would not fly well, and it certainly wouldn't pass current US crash standards. It would be a very expensive, and nearly unusable novelty.
I have no idea what you are talking about. It is cold and rainy here and has been all through 2012 so far. The tomatoes are rotting, the windows are still closed, and I wouldn't need air-conditioning even if I had it. It looks like it might warm up next week.
Great idea. Do you think Perry and Cain haven't provided enough laughs?
Has the Afghan war been worth the shattered lives and the bankruptcy of the economy?
I realize slashdot might not be the best place to post this, but there is an elephant in the room. The space station has cost a huge pile of money and has provided little more than a presence in space. No missions to mars or the moon have been launched from the space station as science fiction writers of the 50s envisioned. It has been an expensive and mostly pointless exercise. We did learn a few things about how hard it is to maintain a space station, and we did improve the technology for supporting a space station, but the external benefits are hard to see. So, maybe ending the ISS is a good thing. We can use the cash (that we don't actually have anyway) here on earth for maintaining some of our crumbling infrastructure. Maybe in a few decades we can think of a new good reason to put up a new space station. OK, let me have it. Really, what is so great about the ISS?
Forty or so years ago there was this grand plan to change the USA over to the metric system. They put up new highway signs and everything. But, it turns out that the general public was too dull to see what a great idea this was, so they protested. The government backed down. End of metric for USA. The problem was the metric system was different, and people don't like that, even when it makes total sense to change. I don't think people have changed much since then. Time zones are here to stay. You can change your watch to UTM if you want, but you will soon learn to say "I don't know" if anyone asks the time, because 90% of the time the person won't even know what UTM is.
The war in Afghanistan costs ten billion dollars a month. Let's cut that. End the war. Bring the troops home. Go to youcut and suggest that.
An eye controlled firearm might make more sense. It sights where you look. And it could fire every time you blink. Now we are talking. If you blinked every time a weapon fired it would be fully automatic fire. It would make a great hunting weapon.
Why would anyone take the time to design a device like this without having any understanding of what a normal driver does with their eyes in the course of operating a motor vehicle? Could the designer possibly be such a bad driver that they only look ahead where they are going? Why would anyone fund a design program run by someone that doesn't even know how to drive? That would be like hiring Sarah Palin to be president.
What would be the point of identifying the sounds? Would the phone do anything useful with the info? And, why would anyone put useless software on a phone? OK, I know most of the software people use is useless, but this sounds unbelievably useless.
My first reaction was YIKES, what are the Canadians doing. Then I realized that their law is very similar to the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Basically under FISA the US Government can request and get any information they want if they think it might cross any international border. No one is keeping tabs on what information the US collects because it is a "secret", so basically they can collect whatever they want with no warrant.
As long as water costs are subsidized, there will be users that will abuse it. If the data centers had to pay the true cost of their water, including environmental costs, they might find a cheaper way to cool the equipment. As it is, the water is so cheap they can use it for a heat sink and throw it away. If they had to pay the whole cost, other means of dumping heat would look pretty good.