Storing nuclear waste on the moon is just moving the problem from one point to another. Who knows we might even encounter problems in the future if we attempt building things on the moon only to find out we have turned it into a radioactive trashcan. Sending it into the Sun will destroy the waste. But the point is mute because we are still using 1940's rocket technology to move things into orbit or beyond. We have about a 6 percent failure rate when launching things into orbit. Most of the failures have payload insurance so a 6 percent failure rate is an acceptable and manageable risk. Nuclear waste payloads are too high of a risk and no one is going to take the risk.
If we put our nuclear waste into space it would be better to launch it towards the Sun. It would just take a while to get there. But as it stands no one is going to risk the nuclear waste payload being scattered across the planet if the rocket blows up or fails to reach orbit and comes crashing back down to Earth.
"All of these groups are speaking for them" They are speaking for them because protesting within China is not allowed. The only protests the Chinese government allows are those aimed at Japan.
Texting while driving is a direct and immediate threat to public safety and the laws are a preventative measure. All moving violations are enforced for the same reason. Right now there is no danger in taking someone's picture in public spaces. The lawsuit got tossed because the people submitting the lawsuit cannot convince the court that taking picture your picture in public are harmful in any way.
This article was talking about a process that works but those studying the process did not know WHY it worked. When the first atom bomb was detonated the people who built it knew how the bomb was supposed to work in theory but there was still some doubt about other possible outcomes.
"9 times the world was at the brink of nuclear war" It is probably been more than 9 times but there are no unknowns or doubts about the damage a nuclear bomb would produce.
The scariest scenario we face today comes from bioweapons. It takes far less resources to create a bioweapon when compared to building a nuclear weapon. And countries around the world are creating bioweapons in order to create countermeasures. We are one laboratory screwup or one demented scientist away from having to battle the walking dead.
The last recorded words of the human civilization will be: "Wonder what happens if we push this button?" We already avoided this fate once. Some of the smartest people in the world worked on creating the atom bomb but even they were a little concerned that the bomb might set off a runaway nuclear chain reaction in the atmosphere on detonation and kill everyone on the planet.
I'm still a little hazy on the "planting seeds to see if anything will grow" part of the mission. And China is hedging it's bet by landing on the dark side so if their probe crashes no body will see it.
It's just a cover story by the UK government to shield the public from the impending Centipede attack. Or maybe they need a large track of land to shoot a beer commercial.
The most impressive thing about the Stuxnet virus was getting it into one of Iran's most secure facilities and loaded into their internal network. A network with no outside connectivity.
It is very relevant to China. Every time they get caught it provides the ammunition the government needs to ban Chinese products entering the US market. It can also lead to sanctions and prohibitions on other technologies that contain Chinese components in the products supply chain. Just ask Kaspersky Labs what happens when the US government decides to declare a company is a national security risk just because they are closely associated with a government hostile to the US.
I am just going to save my money and hold off on experiencing the current iteration of VR tech. I will re-evaluate the technology as soon as someone gets a Holodeck up and running.
The Atlanta airport has had an automated tram for years. Although I think they made a mistake getting rid of the Cylon themed dialect they used for the in-transit announcements. Now it's just another generic female voice.
This is just a common EU shakedown operation used to collect money from any company with deep pockets. And Ireland is appealing the decision rendered by the EU. What's interesting is when Ireland offered Apple various incentives to enlarge it's footprint in the country they were not violating any existing EU rules and regulations at the time.The EU changed the applicable rules and regulations AFTER the Ireland-Apple agreements were formalized. And in this particular case the EU are trying to apply their updated rules and regulations retroactively. Think about the consequences of a governing body being able to create and update laws and regulations and then applying them retroactively.
It included a fairly good list of what facial recognition could be used for if taken to extremes. The big question is whether or not you have the expectation of privacy when walking around in public.
Why is SanFranciso or any other city wanting to tax their citizens to fund the fiber upgrades and other communication infrastructure upgrades? California is home to the wealthiest technology companies in the world. Tax them. Google could fund fiber upgrades for the entire state of California with their petty cash. Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple, MS, Comcast, and every other billion dollar technology company should be required by law to fund the technological infrastructure they depend on to rake in their billions of dollars in profit. If they want to put that type of initiative on any ballot I am pretty sure it would pass by a spectacular margin. If the politicians resist then start looking at the campaign donors for those politicians causing the problem.
The US just needs to use the Chinese playbook when it comes to bending the multi-billion dollar corporations to their will. US companies wanting access to the Chinese markets are required to take on a Chinese partner if they intend to build a presence inside of China. This allows China unfettered access to any IP the corporation uses in their products and services. China isn't stealing IP the corporations are handing their IP over freely all for a chance to sell their products and services in the Chinese market.
The easiest way to create a "Space Force" is to separate the Airforce's US Space Command into it's own entity. The current US Space Command run by the Airforce already tracks 20,000+ objects in orbit trying to head off trouble. The Airforce also runs the current X-37B missions program. Missions the Airforce has been unusually successful in keeping the mission details to themselves. A highly maneuverable and reusable stealthed space drone which would serve as a good orbital ASAT weapons platform.
That sharp knife or "box cutter" threat was a one trick pony. The next person trying that trick will most likely be dog piled by every passenger on the plane. There will probably be a secondary scuffle over who gets to pound on the "terrorist" first. If there is an air marshal present he can sort the secondary brawl out while the rest of passengers can break out their phones and record their own in-flight entertainment and market it as UFC-747.
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Storing nuclear waste on the moon is just moving the problem from one point to another. Who knows we might even encounter problems in the future if we attempt building things on the moon only to find out we have turned it into a radioactive trashcan. Sending it into the Sun will destroy the waste. But the point is mute because we are still using 1940's rocket technology to move things into orbit or beyond. We have about a 6 percent failure rate when launching things into orbit. Most of the failures have payload insurance so a 6 percent failure rate is an acceptable and manageable risk. Nuclear waste payloads are too high of a risk and no one is going to take the risk.
If we put our nuclear waste into space it would be better to launch it towards the Sun. It would just take a while to get there. But as it stands no one is going to risk the nuclear waste payload being scattered across the planet if the rocket blows up or fails to reach orbit and comes crashing back down to Earth.
I weep for the future. "learn to code" is just good career advice. It's good advice for those already coding and those wanting to start coding.
One reason? FDIC Second Reason? Fraud protection.
"All of these groups are speaking for them"
They are speaking for them because protesting within China is not allowed. The only protests the Chinese government allows are those aimed at Japan.
Texting while driving is a direct and immediate threat to public safety and the laws are a preventative measure. All moving violations are enforced for the same reason. Right now there is no danger in taking someone's picture in public spaces. The lawsuit got tossed because the people submitting the lawsuit cannot convince the court that taking picture your picture in public are harmful in any way.
This article was talking about a process that works but those studying the process did not know WHY it worked. When the first atom bomb was detonated the people who built it knew how the bomb was supposed to work in theory but there was still some doubt about other possible outcomes.
"9 times the world was at the brink of nuclear war" It is probably been more than 9 times but there are no unknowns or doubts about the damage a nuclear bomb would produce.
The scariest scenario we face today comes from bioweapons. It takes far less resources to create a bioweapon when compared to building a nuclear weapon. And countries around the world are creating bioweapons in order to create countermeasures. We are one laboratory screwup or one demented scientist away from having to battle the walking dead.
The last recorded words of the human civilization will be: "Wonder what happens if we push this button?"
We already avoided this fate once. Some of the smartest people in the world worked on creating the atom bomb but even they were a little concerned that the bomb might set off a runaway nuclear chain reaction in the atmosphere on detonation and kill everyone on the planet.
I'm still a little hazy on the "planting seeds to see if anything will grow" part of the mission. And China is hedging it's bet by landing on the dark side so if their probe crashes no body will see it.
It's just a cover story by the UK government to shield the public from the impending Centipede attack. Or maybe they need a large track of land to shoot a beer commercial.
The most impressive thing about the Stuxnet virus was getting it into one of Iran's most secure facilities and loaded into their internal network. A network with no outside connectivity.
It is very relevant to China. Every time they get caught it provides the ammunition the government needs to ban Chinese products entering the US market. It can also lead to sanctions and prohibitions on other technologies that contain Chinese components in the products supply chain. Just ask Kaspersky Labs what happens when the US government decides to declare a company is a national security risk just because they are closely associated with a government hostile to the US.
I am just going to save my money and hold off on experiencing the current iteration of VR tech. I will re-evaluate the technology as soon as someone gets a Holodeck up and running.
The Atlanta airport has had an automated tram for years. Although I think they made a mistake getting rid of the Cylon themed dialect they used for the in-transit announcements. Now it's just another generic female voice.
This is just a common EU shakedown operation used to collect money from any company with deep pockets. And Ireland is appealing the decision rendered by the EU. What's interesting is when Ireland offered Apple various incentives to enlarge it's footprint in the country they were not violating any existing EU rules and regulations at the time.The EU changed the applicable rules and regulations AFTER the Ireland-Apple agreements were formalized. And in this particular case the EU are trying to apply their updated rules and regulations retroactively. Think about the consequences of a governing body being able to create and update laws and regulations and then applying them retroactively.
While it hasn't happened yet I hear Jeff Bezos is well on his way achieving the "all the money in just one pot" goal.
If duct tape doesn't fix your problem then you are not using enough duct tape.
The US has been nickel and dimed by it's trading partners since WW2. Why is it fair for the EU to impose 6% while the US is only imposing 4%?
It included a fairly good list of what facial recognition could be used for if taken to extremes. The big question is whether or not you have the expectation of privacy when walking around in public.
"no plausible mechanism for this to work on type 2"
A few years ago the same thing could have been said about type 1.
Why is SanFranciso or any other city wanting to tax their citizens to fund the fiber upgrades and other communication infrastructure upgrades? California is home to the wealthiest technology companies in the world. Tax them. Google could fund fiber upgrades for the entire state of California with their petty cash. Facebook, Twitter, Google, Apple, MS, Comcast, and every other billion dollar technology company should be required by law to fund the technological infrastructure they depend on to rake in their billions of dollars in profit. If they want to put that type of initiative on any ballot I am pretty sure it would pass by a spectacular margin. If the politicians resist then start looking at the campaign donors for those politicians causing the problem.
The US just needs to use the Chinese playbook when it comes to bending the multi-billion dollar corporations to their will. US companies wanting access to the Chinese markets are required to take on a Chinese partner if they intend to build a presence inside of China. This allows China unfettered access to any IP the corporation uses in their products and services. China isn't stealing IP the corporations are handing their IP over freely all for a chance to sell their products and services in the Chinese market.
The easiest way to create a "Space Force" is to separate the Airforce's US Space Command into it's own entity. The current US Space Command run by the Airforce already tracks 20,000+ objects in orbit trying to head off trouble. The Airforce also runs the current X-37B missions program. Missions the Airforce has been unusually successful in keeping the mission details to themselves. A highly maneuverable and reusable stealthed space drone which would serve as a good orbital ASAT weapons platform.
That sharp knife or "box cutter" threat was a one trick pony. The next person trying that trick will most likely be dog piled by every passenger on the plane. There will probably be a secondary scuffle over who gets to pound on the "terrorist" first. If there is an air marshal present he can sort the secondary brawl out while the rest of passengers can break out their phones and record their own in-flight entertainment and market it as UFC-747.
People can "claim" a lot of things but where is the proof to backup their claims?
When you are stuck in jail you will pretty much pay anything to get out ASAP. You can worry about the financial details from outside a jail cell.