You'll need a lot more areas if you're going to replace something as concentrated as nuclear power with solutions as diffuse as the ones you suggest.
Example: Try campaigning to get the Kennedys to put up offshore wind power as a lasting legacy to Ted. Far enough out in the Atlantic to be barely visible on the horizon on a clear day - and the wind conditions there are quite good. Engineering, renewable power, liberals, topicality - everything is poised to make this the time to proceed with such a worthy project, yes?. Oh wait..
Or, just run the numbers. Kwh/mi^2 for wind, solar, tidal show that if we carpeted the country with these, using *every* available space, we could gin up a big 15% of our energy budget, max. Wanna commute to work using those numbers? Get out your rickshaw...
Yeah, because the Palin-bots are so clever with the 'look-over-there-instead' gambit. No college perfesser type can withstand its subtle twist on the false equivalence fallacy. And it hasn't even been tried in other Internet forums than this one.
Now come back and say "Well, I'm no Sarah fan, but...". That'll really suck 'em in.
Or is there some path I'm missing that "feeds back an error term" to these students that will distinguish between your version and the OP's? If so, please detail it ASAP - we seem to have a lot of upper-crusters that have gone "open-loop".
"With just one more missing piece, I could get energy from sand, and make Saudi Arabia a world power for centuries!
Hmm... here's an interesting idea... oops, it's a woman researcher. Oh well."
No, it means political zealot, just as Democrat does.
If you think there's a difference between the two, look at what they do, not what they say.
Has either party worked to enhance capital formation and hence our prosperity, or do they both exhort us to gorge on debt? Has either party worked to reduce gov't intrusion on citizens' rights, or do they both extend and strengthen the (in)security apparatus?
Homework: Fill in at least five more examples of major categories where they TCO their buds at your expense.
Aren't the devs and ops skilled/professional enough to say "The expertise you hired me for says that in 2011, Flash doesn't work on an iPhone" ?
Development's *job* is to take requirements and say (with some [quantified] uncertainty) "What you want will cost X cash, Y time, and Z trouble".
Marketing/Mgt's *job* is to reply "Oh... well then how about Plan B?" or "Duude, go for it!"
If the peeps in the trenches can't do this, new peeps will fill the trenches (or the trenches will disappear as they fill with crap).
If the peeps on the hill can't/won't do this, they're too expensive (indulging ungrounded fantasies is generally expensive), then find a better team to work for - this one won't exist long before they bankrupt themselves filling the trenches with crap. Devs who can communicate can make this point well enough to trigger the self-interest/CYA scripts in the MBA's and Marketroids.
You can add the "what's in it for me" aspect by noting that an intense environment like a startup gives the programmers experience that's hard to get anywhere else, and he'll have put the resources into that training. Does he really want them to take that value to a competitor?
The 'closer' this points towards is "PAY UP DUDE!", but the pro's leave that implied. (Unless he's a PHB at heart.)
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You'll need a lot more areas if you're going to replace something as concentrated as nuclear power with solutions as diffuse as the ones you suggest.
Example: Try campaigning to get the Kennedys to put up offshore wind power as a lasting legacy to Ted. Far enough out in the Atlantic to be barely visible on the horizon on a clear day - and the wind conditions there are quite good. Engineering, renewable power, liberals, topicality - everything is poised to make this the time to proceed with such a worthy project, yes?. Oh wait..
Or, just run the numbers. Kwh/mi^2 for wind, solar, tidal show that if we carpeted the country with these, using *every* available space, we could gin up a big 15% of our energy budget, max. Wanna commute to work using those numbers? Get out your rickshaw ...
Yeah, because the Palin-bots are so clever with the 'look-over-there-instead' gambit. No college perfesser type can withstand its subtle twist on the false equivalence fallacy. And it hasn't even been tried in other Internet forums than this one.
Now come back and say "Well, I'm no Sarah fan, but ...". That'll really suck 'em in.
Ssh! Don't it give away! See you all at the Farm .... the password is 'mondegreen'.
They'll take care of that remotely - remember, the government is here to help.
FIFY.
Or is there some path I'm missing that "feeds back an error term" to these students that will distinguish between your version and the OP's? If so, please detail it ASAP - we seem to have a lot of upper-crusters that have gone "open-loop".
Erm .... a very small shell script ? (to coin a phrase)
Yeah. Americans 15-20 years old generally can't read, barring lolspeak.
Pass it on down, dude, don't sit there slobbering on the end.
They gossiped among themselves while it was out of the room, until they decided it wasn't their friend anymore.
Take him to Detroit!
How do we know that's true, given your history?
1968 "But what ... is it good for?" Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM commenting on the microchip.
Erm ... he is talking about Excel, right? With a Microsoft product, that'd be a pretty good a priori assumption ...
Unlike these money launderers, who do.
We just don't enforce it on them, even though it involves hundreds of billions.
I'm spending it sulking over a glass of good Scotch, contemplating that date so many years ago - why did I mention her cleavage just then?...
A naive question:
Insurance is for things that may or may not happen.
You are certain to need health care in your lifetime.
So why do you need to buy "insurance" for something you know will happen.
Do you buy 'grocery insurance'? Or 'fuel insurance'?
Just askin' ...
Male Saudi science grad student:
"With just one more missing piece, I could get energy from sand, and make Saudi Arabia a world power for centuries! ... here's an interesting idea ... oops, it's a woman researcher. Oh well."
Hmm
Ever hear of Warren Jeffs?
Best of luck w/your teen years if you're a follower and decide to have "thoughts".
Dr. Evil: "No no no, I'm going to leave them alone and not actually witness them dying, I'm just gonna assume it all went to plan."
Acting like a farcical evil mastermind doesn't excuse life-threatening evil.
No, it means political zealot, just as Democrat does.
If you think there's a difference between the two, look at what they do, not what they say.
Has either party worked to enhance capital formation and hence our prosperity, or do they both exhort us to gorge on debt?
Has either party worked to reduce gov't intrusion on citizens' rights, or do they both extend and strengthen the (in)security apparatus?
Homework: Fill in at least five more examples of major categories where they TCO their buds at your expense.
If you can't resist biting, you're not ready to run with the big troll dogs, hence the difference in mods.
Aren't the devs and ops skilled/professional enough to say "The expertise you hired me for says that in 2011, Flash doesn't work on an iPhone" ?
Development's *job* is to take requirements and say (with some [quantified] uncertainty) "What you want will cost X cash, Y time, and Z trouble".
Marketing/Mgt's *job* is to reply "Oh ... well then how about Plan B?" or "Duude, go for it!"
If the peeps in the trenches can't do this, new peeps will fill the trenches (or the trenches will disappear as they fill with crap).
If the peeps on the hill can't/won't do this, they're too expensive (indulging ungrounded fantasies is generally expensive), then find a better team to work for - this one won't exist long before they bankrupt themselves filling the trenches with crap. Devs who can communicate can make this point well enough to trigger the self-interest/CYA scripts in the MBA's and Marketroids.
Or just not hire them in the first place.
... when banks are involved.
They can help run drugs with impunity.
You can add the "what's in it for me" aspect by noting that an intense environment like a startup gives the programmers experience that's hard to get anywhere else, and he'll have put the resources into that training. Does he really want them to take that value to a competitor?
The 'closer' this points towards is "PAY UP DUDE!", but the pro's leave that implied. (Unless he's a PHB at heart.)