California, for example, requires that you pull off the road if there are five or more cars behind you; the same law also applies to slow-moving cars, trucks, etc. (California Vehicle Code section 21656)
I wonder how that would work, I can't see you getting any forward progress with a law like that. I saw a law of that kind in Montana, but there the lack of traffic kind of made it make sense, in CA, the traffic would essentially prevent you from being in the lane for more than a couple of seconds.
I was thinking Ender's Game, Bean's super strong cable he used to orbit a "asteroid". As I recall that didn't work out so well for him, he got pretty badly smacked and he wasn't even moving that fast.
A switching station has exactly nothing to do with a power plant. A switching station failure does not weigh in on the unreliability of any particular source of power.
#2 was dealt with quite well by bws111 above.
So, a planned safe shutdown counts as unreliability? Huh?
Unreliable is when you expect something to product power and nothing comes out. Shutting down a power plant isn't unreliability of the power plant, it is a planned event that happens with every type of plant. If suddenly the nuclear fuel pellets stopped producing heat, that would be unreliable, however, I don't think that has EVER happened.
What I find incredible is this quote from TFS:
"We never anticipated a drop-off in the wind resource as we have witnessed over the past six months," says David Crane.
You never anticipated the drop off on wind asociated with El Nino? El Nino is a cycle, it cycles between El Nino and La Nina on a pretty regular basis:
So, the grid handles a fire pretty well, thanks for that update...
Reliable nuclear?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29058644
Wow...so they found some issues that impacted safety, shutdown the reactors safely, and are now fixing the issues? Oh the humanity! All those lost lives...that didn't happen..
What would be your assessment if the chances of the brain eating amoeba was 1 in a million, but the chances of the pneumonia infecting you was 1 in 10?
That is the case for most broadband connections. This isn't the old days of modems where people disconnected when not in use. There is no reason to have dynamic addresses anymore, everyone stays connected 24/7/365 unless there is a power outage or line outage, so why not make the whole network static, it makes everything easier in the long run.
Or you could not go full retard and try to drag politics into this.
The data is all available at census.gov, you can look at it yourself. The population of the US is growing by less than 1%, and all the growth is due to immigration (illegal and legal). This isn't a political statement, stop trying to drag politics into it.
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California, for example, requires that you pull off the road if there are five or more cars behind you; the same law also applies to slow-moving cars, trucks, etc. (California Vehicle Code section 21656)
I wonder how that would work, I can't see you getting any forward progress with a law like that. I saw a law of that kind in Montana, but there the lack of traffic kind of made it make sense, in CA, the traffic would essentially prevent you from being in the lane for more than a couple of seconds.
If the bullet moved at around a max of 10 mph, sure.
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Quads are damn cheap now. It doesn't have transmit capability, but it is about the same size as the drone in TFA.
Except that isn't the way the gun laws work anywhere in the US.
Work in reality, not in your assumption of how reality works.
It didn't look damaged in the video I saw on CNN, so it must not have "crashed" too bad.
Yes, as by definition a tarantula is harmless to a human. They don't bite us, and even if they did, their bite is not especially harmful to us.
I was thinking Ender's Game, Bean's super strong cable he used to orbit a "asteroid". As I recall that didn't work out so well for him, he got pretty badly smacked and he wasn't even moving that fast.
This would however get YT's seal of approval.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
I wish I got such a sucky salary for acting like an idiot.
http://news.slashdot.org/story...
The climate change group is trying to use this years hurricane season to prove out that claim, it is actually quite laughable.
A switching station has exactly nothing to do with a power plant. A switching station failure does not weigh in on the unreliability of any particular source of power.
#2 was dealt with quite well by bws111 above.
So, a planned safe shutdown counts as unreliability? Huh?
Unreliable is when you expect something to product power and nothing comes out. Shutting down a power plant isn't unreliability of the power plant, it is a planned event that happens with every type of plant. If suddenly the nuclear fuel pellets stopped producing heat, that would be unreliable, however, I don't think that has EVER happened.
What I find incredible is this quote from TFS:
"We never anticipated a drop-off in the wind resource as we have witnessed over the past six months," says David Crane.
You never anticipated the drop off on wind asociated with El Nino? El Nino is a cycle, it cycles between El Nino and La Nina on a pretty regular basis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
How could you not plan for this to happen? Why is it such a surprise that the wind could drop off for 6 months at a time due to seasonal variances?
Reliable hydrocarbon?
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/2015/04/07/power-outage/25411283/
An equipment failure at a switching station? That is your example?
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/10/how-national-grid-keeps-the-lights-on-when-a-large-power-stations-catches-fire/
So, the grid handles a fire pretty well, thanks for that update...
Reliable nuclear?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29058644
Wow...so they found some issues that impacted safety, shutdown the reactors safely, and are now fixing the issues? Oh the humanity! All those lost lives...that didn't happen..
What was your point again?
That makes more sense, I thought you were saying to put this other bacterium in the water supply to kill off this one, which sounded a little insane.
Am I high for thanking a lawyer for injecting actual legal opinions into a discussion of the law between to non lawyers? Not last time i checked.
Do your two year old children usually sleep walk from school?
What would be your assessment if the chances of the brain eating amoeba was 1 in a million, but the chances of the pneumonia infecting you was 1 in 10?
Not sticking tap water up your nose?
Oh, just throw ice in it, it will cool down quick enough like that /sarcasm
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ta...
It happens currently, just not commonly either.
How do you run half duplex over fiber? I don't even...
Found the Comcast marketing director!
That is the case for most broadband connections. This isn't the old days of modems where people disconnected when not in use. There is no reason to have dynamic addresses anymore, everyone stays connected 24/7/365 unless there is a power outage or line outage, so why not make the whole network static, it makes everything easier in the long run.
You missed, call up people's offices to get them fired for being "sexist" for daring to speak against the party line.
Thank you for the well written detailed response.
I wouldn't know. My answer to the future would be O'Neill Cylinders. That would solve the future population problems.
Or you could not go full retard and try to drag politics into this.
The data is all available at census.gov, you can look at it yourself. The population of the US is growing by less than 1%, and all the growth is due to immigration (illegal and legal). This isn't a political statement, stop trying to drag politics into it.