The whole purpose of this was to convince South Korea that they don't need to build nuclear weapons of their own - a move that has overwhelming domestic support in South Korea.
While such a thing would be child's play for South Korea, such a move would more than likely lead to Japan developing a nuclear arsenal (don't let the hype fool you: the Japanese aversion to nuclear weapons is mostly generational and dying off fast, and Japan is considered a de facto nuclear state as they could produce over 1000 weapons in the under a year). China then increases their arsenal to compensate... you can see where it goes from there.
So the message is, "South Korea: we know you hate the US... but we will protect you anyway." Please resist the temptation to develop nuclear weapons... because then we might have to target you as well. And allies, even erstwhile allies such as yourself, are hard to come by.
Hold on there partner - I have deployed many Class IV and IIIb lasers on various aircraft mounted LIDAR systems... I would believe a mile or so for a powerful 532 nm laser from a plane flying at about 8000 ft. 20 miles? No way.
Additionally, such a powerful laser in the hands of amateurs is enough to give any photonics safety officer a shudder.
Oh PS as far as the 1% goes... that is just a guess... straight from the bung hole. Which of course means the 20.5 figure is no better.
Statistically speaking there is no way for us to know what the figure of merit is, so 50% would be the only appropriate guess. I just intentionally low-balled it.
Their role is to gather intelligence and secure sensitive government information.
That is it.
By developing these capabilities they make themselves a target, which can only negatively impact their primary mission. Maybe another IC member can pick up the SIGINT and crypto role that NSA seems to be abandoning.
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>> Would you really want to drive a minivan that seats two people just to have a cheap fuel cell?
Yes.
The whole purpose of this was to convince South Korea that they don't need to build nuclear weapons of their own - a move that has overwhelming domestic support in South Korea.
While such a thing would be child's play for South Korea, such a move would more than likely lead to Japan developing a nuclear arsenal (don't let the hype fool you: the Japanese aversion to nuclear weapons is mostly generational and dying off fast, and Japan is considered a de facto nuclear state as they could produce over 1000 weapons in the under a year). China then increases their arsenal to compensate... you can see where it goes from there.
So the message is, "South Korea: we know you hate the US... but we will protect you anyway." Please resist the temptation to develop nuclear weapons... because then we might have to target you as well. And allies, even erstwhile allies such as yourself, are hard to come by.
A Korean penis (approx 2.1 cm) vs a black man penis (approx 17 cm). Not very fair.
Seems that is just a big problem as beef.
Back in my day, we programmed with one bit... uphill... both ways.
Is not much of what the OP complaining about an attempt to preserve the phones battery life?
Hold on there partner - I have deployed many Class IV and IIIb lasers on various aircraft mounted LIDAR systems... I would believe a mile or so for a powerful 532 nm laser from a plane flying at about 8000 ft. 20 miles? No way.
Additionally, such a powerful laser in the hands of amateurs is enough to give any photonics safety officer a shudder.
..until it becomes actual money.
At that point the suits take control, and there is absolutely nothing you can do about it.
To be fair, the label "predator" is a bit strong on this case. "Pig" is more appropriate.
After all, he will only make $20 billion as opposed to $30 billion.
What a tragedy.
...that store solar energy. There is inefficiency and energy loss at every step of harnessing their energy. TIme to cut out the middle men?
I don't mind a successful person. I just wish they didn't flaunt it about so often.
>> West Virginia's wireless coverage maps looked like that nighttime photo of North Korea.
That alone is enough to make me move there (it is actually quite beautiful in the mountains as well).
Also, there is a fairly large RF quiet zone surrounding Greenbriar Radio Telescope.
Being asked to resign is being fired. Just in case you didn't get the memo.
...that debt is to be avoided.
...and getting over $100K a year.
But if $16K floats your boat... by all means take the job.
Oh PS as far as the 1% goes... that is just a guess... straight from the bung hole. Which of course means the 20.5 figure is no better.
Statistically speaking there is no way for us to know what the figure of merit is, so 50% would be the only appropriate guess. I just intentionally low-balled it.
Based on the fact that there are approximately 512 G and 1540 K class stars within 100 LY of earth. (You can of course Google for yourself).
512 + 1540 = 2052 *.01 = 20
You mean your two cent, I think.
In 30 years we will be able to detect planetesimals smaller than the moon orbiting stars out to 300 LY. This is of course just a guess.
I will guess 1 % of K and G type stars. Which means within 100 LY there would be about 20 such worlds.
Plenty of bears I am sure. Hopefully we are the biggest and meanest of them.
Oh well.
Their role is to gather intelligence and secure sensitive government information.
That is it.
By developing these capabilities they make themselves a target, which can only negatively impact their primary mission. Maybe another IC member can pick up the SIGINT and crypto role that NSA seems to be abandoning.
Pink Floyd and Phish tapestries, to be more precise.