Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can't help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity. RAH
Governments do not want a critically thinking populace. Just suck up the bullshit they, the bought dogs of the corporate states of America, want you to think and believe. Science and math require a solid foundation in the basics. With a solid foundation, politicians, corporate thugs and banksters cannot sway the public. Bread and circuses brought down the Roman Empire in approximately 200 years. This country is next.
The main sign of failure in pre-WW1 and pre-WW2 Europe has been copyright crackdown, while New World has been blatantly copying and pirating everything.
Look at how that story ended up. Truly history keeps repeating itself, and every time we do not learn.
The true parasites are the corporate banksters and their bought dog lackeys in government. It is said of the mafia that it is like an artichoke, attack any part and the whole will continue to grow. However, salt the whole ground and the plant will die. The time to make the environment between corporate and state so toxic that it can no longer flourish is fast approaching.The 99% have a voice, yet, the ears that need to listen only hear the jingling of thirty pieces of silver.
The physical materials are cheap, but the fuel required to orbit them is not. There is some value in the "real estate" as you say, but if you just move the existing satellites out of the way to make room for new ones launched from Earth, you still have to pay to get all that mass into orbit. If you can reuse some of that mass, then you can save a lot of fuel.
The whole satellite is greater than the sum of its parts. Yet, when a $150 circuit board screws up a 200 million dollar satellite network the cost of recovery and repair is less expensive due to re-usability factors.
The greatest cost is the installation of facilities. Once in orbit, costs drop when insurance recovery fees are factored in, as well as salvage rights.
This sounds like one of those brilliant ideas on paper, but one that will prove infinitely harder in reality. Re-use satelites, great idea, good luck doing it though.
Odd thing is, my decades long study of the debris in orbit focuses one aspect on this very issue. Am I an engineer? No. Have I published any papers on this subject? No. Are my ideas valid? As valid as anybody elses.
Well you can continue to slack off. So the rest of us can get your job.
Hard work is part of the path that leads to wealth. But there isn't one simple rule for wealth. Hard Work is part of it, and an important part.
Typical bought-dog. Some people work hard and some people work smart. The smartest work the hardest in the smartest fashion possible.
Germany didn't start WW1, it started pretty much by itself. One guy got murdered and a ton of automatic defense treaties triggered so suddenly Europe was at war.
We can put man on the moon, so they say. We can see to the edges of the universe, yet, NORAD can't detect nor track a satellite? Is this the beginning of another false flag?
Think of all the Chinese children that out-number every man, woman and child in the Corporate States of America. It's their patriotic duty! If the Chinese don't win, the terrorists do. Yada yada yada blah blah blah.
Yep, the bad rap the government gets is usually pretty easy to dispel when simply comparing it to its private business counterparts. It's too easy to demonize the government and ignore the hell of the private workplace.
When the government reps ARE the business reps, it's easy to be confused. You can't tell the "playahs" without a list of off-shore bankster accounts.
Yet again, the US bogeyman is used as an excuse for censorship by brutal and repressive governments.
No, the US isn't perfect.
That doesn't excuse mass censorship. Ever.
Just because America is the best country on this planet, it doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement.
It's not like the US government isn't trying to subvert foreign governments worldwide. It's a reasonable concern. On the other hand, banning things like twitter isn't going to fix the problem.
Yeah right, like China is the last bastion of freedom and free speech.
Since the US no longer has the capability to send people to the ISS, Russia can't get their rockets to fly, thereby leaving the ISS to be abandoned. The problem is self-resolving.
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law does not define truth.
Stupidity cannot be cured with money, or through education, or by legislation. Stupidity is not a sin, the victim can't help being stupid. But stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death, there is no appeal, and execution is carried out automatically and without pity. RAH
Crab fishing? Ice road trucking? Paranormal investigation?
Governments do not want a critically thinking populace. Just suck up the bullshit they, the bought dogs of the corporate states of America, want you to think and believe.
Science and math require a solid foundation in the basics. With a solid foundation, politicians, corporate thugs and banksters cannot sway the public. Bread and circuses brought down the Roman Empire in approximately 200 years. This country is next.
The true parasites are... banksters... dog lackeys... like an artichoke... ears that need to listen... jingling of thirty pieces of silver.
I for one salute our dog-artichoke-gangster-ear mutant chimera underlords, as long as they don't leak too many toxic fluids onto the carpet.
They sure made a mess of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Royal Society has been publishing since 1655. They published papers from the earliest sorts of scientific discovery and exploration.
Add to that, 300 years of the HRE refusing to accept that the Earth wasn't the center of the universe; net sum, 0 + or - 50 years, or so.
One rumor was that China would detain Internet users for spreading rumors.
An axiom, not a rumor, the tighter you hold onto something, the greater the chance of losing it.
It is better to hold something with an open hand.
The main sign of failure in pre-WW1 and pre-WW2 Europe has been copyright crackdown, while New World has been blatantly copying and pirating everything.
Look at how that story ended up. Truly history keeps repeating itself, and every time we do not learn.
The true parasites are the corporate banksters and their bought dog lackeys in government. It is said of the mafia that it is like an artichoke, attack any part and the whole will continue to grow. However, salt the whole ground and the plant will die.
The time to make the environment between corporate and state so toxic that it can no longer flourish is fast approaching.The 99% have a voice, yet, the ears that need to listen only hear the jingling of thirty pieces of silver.
The physical materials are cheap, but the fuel required to orbit them is not. There is some value in the "real estate" as you say, but if you just move the existing satellites out of the way to make room for new ones launched from Earth, you still have to pay to get all that mass into orbit. If you can reuse some of that mass, then you can save a lot of fuel.
The whole satellite is greater than the sum of its parts. Yet, when a $150 circuit board screws up a 200 million dollar satellite network the cost of recovery and repair is less expensive due to re-usability factors.
The greatest cost is the installation of facilities. Once in orbit, costs drop when insurance recovery fees are factored in, as well as salvage rights.
The cost of translations are less than those of launches and the subsequent failures.
Except that moving the birds from their widely differing orbits is a major expense.
Not really. A lot of the valuable satellites will be in GEO or the geostationary graveyard orbits. Moving them around takes very little energy.
Don't forget the insurance recovery fees, 10%, I believe.
This sounds like one of those brilliant ideas on paper, but one that will prove infinitely harder in reality. Re-use satelites, great idea, good luck doing it though.
Odd thing is, my decades long study of the debris in orbit focuses one aspect on this very issue. Am I an engineer? No. Have I published any papers on this subject? No. Are my ideas valid? As valid as anybody elses.
Ahhh~~~ man! I was gonna post that :(
And the congress plans to continue to function in a vacuum. Talk about zero-pointless energy.
Well you can continue to slack off. So the rest of us can get your job. Hard work is part of the path that leads to wealth. But there isn't one simple rule for wealth. Hard Work is part of it, and an important part.
Typical bought-dog. Some people work hard and some people work smart. The smartest work the hardest in the smartest fashion possible.
I'm not dead yet!
When we weaponize it, you will be.
Germany didn't start WW1, it started pretty much by itself. One guy got murdered and a ton of automatic defense treaties triggered so suddenly Europe was at war.
And the banksters keep getting richer.
I just can't believe that *Germans* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
Seriously, is there a nationality you could sub in there that would not make this funny?
I just can't believe that *French* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *British* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Americans* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Russians* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Chinese* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Canadians* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
Even that last one works.
Yes, change it to any Islamic regime and the liberals will have a field day telling you how unfunny it is.
I just can't believe that *Iranians* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Pakistanis* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
I just can't believe that *Corporations* would engage in such heavy-handed government repression.
FTFY
We don't have to tell you. The PATRIOT act is our shield.
The Constitution is MY "patriot" act, obey it!
1. Bid for large military project
2. Use Windows as the primary platform.
3. Everyone Profits!
Especially Lord Darth Gates.
We can put man on the moon, so they say. We can see to the edges of the universe, yet, NORAD can't detect nor track a satellite?
Is this the beginning of another false flag?
What are you smoting? I'm completely unabel to understand what you mean.
What are you smiting? I'm completely unabel to understand what you mean.
FTFY
American infrastructure instead.
Think of all the Chinese children that out-number every man, woman and child in the Corporate States of America. It's their patriotic duty! If the Chinese don't win, the terrorists do. Yada yada yada blah blah blah.
Yep, the bad rap the government gets is usually pretty easy to dispel when simply comparing it to its private business counterparts. It's too easy to demonize the government and ignore the hell of the private workplace.
When the government reps ARE the business reps, it's easy to be confused. You can't tell the "playahs" without a list of off-shore bankster accounts.
Yet again, the US bogeyman is used as an excuse for censorship by brutal and repressive governments. No, the US isn't perfect. That doesn't excuse mass censorship. Ever.
Just because America is the best country on this planet, it doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement.
It's not like the US government isn't trying to subvert foreign governments worldwide. It's a reasonable concern. On the other hand, banning things like twitter isn't going to fix the problem.
Yeah right, like China is the last bastion of freedom and free speech.
Since the US no longer has the capability to send people to the ISS, Russia can't get their rockets to fly, thereby leaving the ISS to be abandoned. The problem is self-resolving.