but the person in Chicago, if they can't reach you inside the disaster area, may assume that you are in trouble, and try to travel to your location to save/rescue you. A cheap message from a HAM could prevent huge expenditures of time and money for first responders who now have to worry about the person from Chicago being in the disaster zone, too.
No, the spectrum needs to be protected. We in the US are not the only users of it. HAM's are a very valuable technical resource that can be sent anywhere in the world where there is a problem and provide communications, even under adverse conditions. The FCC must enforce it's own rules and abide by international treaties so that HAM's can more easily communicate, not make it harder for them. The spectrum must not be polluted by evil corporations, just like your river must be protected from evil corporations who would dump their waste chemicals into it until it catches on fire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_River Profits are more important to the corp owners who don't live in fly-over states, then clean drinking water for the locals.
DEFEND THE SPECTRUM! Don't let the corps pollute it just because it's cheaper to do that then to build a BPL device that doesn't leak garbage into the worldwide physical spectrum.
Or, maybe because if you knew what the normal concentrations were, and you were able to compare, you would soon realize that BPA from plastic bottles is just the tip-of-the-iceburg, and that there are many other sources that should also be banned. Banning them all could put China out of business.
It could monitor the war in Mexico, and let us know when those who have killed 7000 or so people have come across the border to the north.
It could be combined with the technology to duplicate you car/house keys from a distance, just by taking a picture, and the technology to duplicate your fingerprints, and fill a database with everyone in it.
It could sit above coastlines and monitor for Tsuanami's, and warn everyone immediately by setting off flares visible to people on the ground, as well as broadcasting on radio, tv, and reverse 911 calls.
Drop these into places that just got hit by a hurricane, tornado, tsunami, wild fire, earthquake, or Godzilla attack, and people can be saved.
It'll need some batteries and some solar cells to go along with it. I wonder if it can run directly from batteries with Direct Current, or if it requires 110VAC with an inverter?
You could have it soak up water at night and early morning taking power off the batteries, and let the batteries recharge in the afternoon with the water maker turned off.
The size of the battery bank would be determined by the amount of sunshine you get on an average day and the power draw of the unit.
After initial install, when the batteries are dead, you could charge them up with a little generator. Once they are charged up, the cycle could continue on it's own with no additional outside energy.
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but the person in Chicago, if they can't reach you inside the disaster area, may assume that you are in trouble, and try to travel to your location to save/rescue you. A cheap message from a HAM could prevent huge expenditures of time and money for first responders who now have to worry about the person from Chicago being in the disaster zone, too.
No, the spectrum needs to be protected. We in the US are not the only users of it. HAM's are a very valuable technical resource that can be sent anywhere in the world where there is a problem and provide communications, even under adverse conditions. The FCC must enforce it's own rules and abide by international treaties so that HAM's can more easily communicate, not make it harder for them. The spectrum must not be polluted by evil corporations, just like your river must be protected from evil corporations who would dump their waste chemicals into it until it catches on fire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuyahoga_River
Profits are more important to the corp owners who don't live in fly-over states, then clean drinking water for the locals.
DEFEND THE SPECTRUM! Don't let the corps pollute it just because it's cheaper to do that then to build a BPL device that doesn't leak garbage into the worldwide physical spectrum.
As someone else has already remarked, he meant the word, not the thing it names. For lispers, he meant (use 'microsoft) and not (use microsoft). ;-)
now I get it!
Or, maybe because if you knew what the normal concentrations were, and you were able to compare, you would soon realize that BPA from plastic bottles is just the tip-of-the-iceburg, and that there are many other sources that should also be banned. Banning them all could put China out of business.
and it could sit and monitor your CO2 and methane emissions and send you an eco-bill.
It could monitor the war in Mexico, and let us know
when those who have killed 7000 or so people have come across the border to the north.
It could be combined with the technology to duplicate you car/house keys from a distance, just by taking a picture, and the technology to duplicate your fingerprints, and fill a database with everyone in it.
It could sit above coastlines and monitor for Tsuanami's, and warn everyone immediately by setting off flares visible to people on the ground, as well as broadcasting on radio, tv, and reverse 911 calls.
Drop these into places that just got hit by a hurricane, tornado, tsunami, wild fire, earthquake, or Godzilla attack, and people can be saved.
It'll need some batteries and some solar cells to go along with it. I wonder if it can run directly from batteries with Direct Current, or if it requires 110VAC with an inverter?
You could have it soak up water at night and early morning taking power off the batteries, and let the batteries recharge in the afternoon with the water maker turned off.
The size of the battery bank would be determined by the amount of sunshine you get on an average day and the power draw of the unit.
After initial install, when the batteries are dead, you could charge them up with a little generator. Once they are charged up, the cycle could continue on it's own with no additional outside energy.
What am I forgetting?