It's hard to get funding for an experiment that takes two identical planets and changes the global CO2 concentration on one.
Climatology is an observational science like geology or astronomy. Models can be checked. It's not just curve fitting to the temperature record: climatologists figure they're on the right track when their models predict phenomena like El Nino.
People in rural areas burn things for artificial light. Mightn't there be some attraction to a source of energy that doesn't require hauling fuel and having smoke in the house?
He says o excessive testing o insurance company overhead o drug prices
That last is not explained by R&D expenses, high as those are. Drug companies spend more on marketing than on R&D. Further, he's seen a drug company take a drug that's already been developed and double the price on it.
That was indeed the primary design goal of the Prius.
GP is getting the advertised mileage because of the long trips. To get good mileage from a Prius it is critical to give it a full warmup, which takes a surprising amount of time.
There is precedent for companies contractually requiring better security from other companies. That's what PCI DSS is, for example. I'm no fan of "check the box" security, but it has a use in preventing obvious stupidity.
The insurance industry seems to be treating ISO 27001 as the standard to use.
"The two-month version's $33 billion cost will be covered by a.1 percentage point increase on guarantee fees on new home loans backed by mortgage giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae"
That's the key difference between Asimov's robots and ours, and the reason the Three Laws were needed.
Susan Calvin explained once that robots knew at some level that they were superior to humans, and that without the First Law, the first time a human gave a robot an order, the robot would kill out of resentment.
It might also be necessary to abolish poverty, drug addiction, and child abuse that forces kids to run away from home, in order to make sure it's actually consensual.
If they were legal, the money wouldn't be going to violent criminal gangs that terrorize whole cities.
One of the most addictive drugs on earth, nicotine, is legal. My mother smoked. She died quietly, in a hospital, with pain medication. No bloggers got beheaded by the companies who sold her the tobacco.
The right to keep your property unless there's due process: under "civill forfeiture" laws, police can and do seize cash from people without even filing charges and keep it for themselves.
In one notorious case, the first item in the "investigation" folder for a "drug" case was an appraisal of the person's house.
Yes, you can theoretically sue to get your property back. But there are also cases where the government has seized lawyer's fees after they've been paid, alleging that they were proceeds of criminal activity.
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Science will still be a threat to their ability to control their followers by monopolizing the flow of "information".
It's hard to get funding for an experiment that takes two identical planets and changes the global CO2 concentration on one.
Climatology is an observational science like geology or astronomy. Models can be checked. It's not just curve fitting to the temperature record: climatologists figure they're on the right track when their models predict phenomena like El Nino.
Some include location information, which has surprised people.
People in rural areas burn things for artificial light. Mightn't there be some attraction to a source of energy that doesn't require hauling fuel and having smoke in the house?
http://xkcd.com/828/
Stephen Jay Gould, but I have trouble thinking of others.
I've known some people on Medicaid.
Perhaps when you said "easier" you meant that it's easier than to get health insurance with a working-class or lower-middle-class job?
>equally astounding that his will to continue working in the face of losing all motor control has not been fazed.
For people like him, their work is their life.
My doctor's opinion overlaps with your post.
He says
o excessive testing
o insurance company overhead
o drug prices
That last is not explained by R&D expenses, high as those are. Drug companies spend more on marketing than on R&D. Further, he's seen a drug company take a drug that's already been developed and double the price on it.
He wants single payer.
Radiation-hardened robots would be useful in routine plant maintenance, for areas where humans can only stay for minutes at a time.
There's plenty of safety-related hardware at a nuclear plant that may never get used: a lot of it is more expensive than a few robots.
> The private sector STILL can't get a man into space.
Perhaps you mean "can't get a man into orbit"? Suborbital flights above the altitude defined as the edge of space have happened.
That was indeed the primary design goal of the Prius.
GP is getting the advertised mileage because of the long trips. To get good mileage from a Prius it is critical to give it a full warmup, which takes a surprising amount of time.
> It may be that extreme measures are appropriate for security at an airport.
Reinforcing the cockpit doors was pretty effective at addressing the threat of airplanes being used as weapons.
http://xkcd.com/399/
>Home and Car locks have been stagnant technology for 50+ years
What? 50 years ago you could hot-wire a car. Today we have immobilizers that won't let the engine start without cryptographic authentication.
The "shadow banking system" took huge deposits from institutions and wasn't subject to FDIC regulation or insurance.
There was a real risk of a domino effect. Look at the near-collapse that followed the Lehman bankruptcy.
There is precedent for companies contractually requiring better security from other companies. That's what PCI DSS is, for example. I'm no fan of "check the box" security, but it has a use in preventing obvious stupidity.
The insurance industry seems to be treating ISO 27001 as the standard to use.
"The two-month version's $33 billion cost will be covered by a .1 percentage point increase on guarantee fees on new home loans backed by mortgage giants Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae"
Causing trouble abroad is a classic way to cement power at home: "Busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels".
That's the key difference between Asimov's robots and ours, and the reason the Three Laws were needed.
Susan Calvin explained once that robots knew at some level that they were superior to humans, and that without the First Law, the first time a human gave a robot an order, the robot would kill out of resentment.
It might also be necessary to abolish poverty, drug addiction, and child abuse that forces kids to run away from home, in order to make sure it's actually consensual.
If they were legal, the money wouldn't be going to violent criminal gangs that terrorize whole cities.
One of the most addictive drugs on earth, nicotine, is legal. My mother smoked. She died quietly, in a hospital, with pain medication. No bloggers got beheaded by the companies who sold her the tobacco.
Don't forget racists. Look up the figures on relative drug use between blacks and whites, then look up relative imprisonment on drug convictions.
The right to keep your property unless there's due process: under "civill forfeiture" laws, police can and do seize cash from people without even filing charges and keep it for themselves.
In one notorious case, the first item in the "investigation" folder for a "drug" case was an appraisal of the person's house.
Yes, you can theoretically sue to get your property back. But there are also cases where the government has seized lawyer's fees after they've been paid, alleging that they were proceeds of criminal activity.
http://www.forbes.com/asap/2002/0624/044.html
IBM using their patent portfolio.