But it's fun to watch the iLemmings stand in line in the cold to get their latest fix.
. ..now, if I could only re-brand granola bars as "iChow", and sell them for $14.95 each to the Slaves of Jobs waiting on line for their fix of the latest shiny.
What is the problem with "4-year-old tech" ??
The bottom line is: "Does it fill your requirements adequately?" If so, no need to buy the latest plastic fantastic and pay the Bleeding Edge Tax. I'm quite happy with my 4-year-old Galaxy S3, simply because it meets my current needs, and was relatively inexpensive to purchase (thank you, Ebay. ..)
When I need something more powerful, or with more storage than it can handle, or a capability it doesn't have. . . I'll examine the non-bleeding-edge tech available at the time. In the meantime, I'll make sure my software and OS are updated regularly. . .
Well, except ICAO, which sets aviation standards, measures altitude in feet, airspeed in knots-per-hour, and you even set your altimeter in INCHES of Mercury.
Ah, but a good job of cock-blocking a FOIA request WILL often get you promoted. . . Lord knows, it explains far too much about Washington. And I suspect the other national capitals are pretty much the same, or worse. . .
. . . even here on Slashdot, we have people who see the word "nuclear" and automatically attach "weapon" as a suffix.
While the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 does specifically ban nuclear WEAPONS in Article IV, as mentioned elsewhere, nuclear power, either as a power source or propulsion source is not banned.
This could become interesting if someone built an ORION-drive spacecraft. Even so, calling the bombs in question "impulse devices" would technically make them allowable under the Outer Space Treaty. . .
. . ..Top men, I tell you. . . . (grin)
Mind you, even a layman can see what a clown car it usually is. . . . The fact that MOST of the evidence that Snowden was the target was redacted, probably got some Fed promoted to GS-15, and a nice performance bonus.
. ..really ? Cities are constantly changing, and track. . . doesn't.
Adaptability to changing needs is a must.
Take the example of the Washington DC "Metro" system, in Virginia. Until the advent of the Silver Line (i.e. the Dulles Corridor line. . ), a huge part of the jobs (especially in Tech) simply weren't on the rail-lines. It's still that way on the outer 270 corridor, the Biotech corridor, STILL doesn't have rail. . .
Buses are far more flexible than rail, for the simple fact that you can re-allocate buses, and create new routes anywhere you have a road. Laying rail does not have that flexibility.
And that doesn't even consider the capital costs of acquiring real estate and building the appropriate rail infrastructure on it. . .
I suspect the time will be sooner, rather than later. The example of Eatsa, is still only on the ordering and delivery end. The production end has already shown to be automatable for an increasingly affordable price for businesses. The example of Momentum Machinescustom burger production system is 4 years old, I'm surprised it hasn't been rolled to production somewhere already. . .
We've had especially bad traffic days.
The day the jumper showed up on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. . . and stayed there for 6 hours until they shot him with a beanbag round, and knocked him off into a net underneath.
A particularly bad day on I-95, back in 1996. ~25 major truck wrecks on I-95 between Richmond and the Pennsylvania Line. I was stuck in that for 9 hours.
And there have been some particularly bad snowstorm/drivetime mixes. I think it was 1993. . . it got so bad that people abandoned their cars on I-395 (i.e. the road from the Beltway to DC in Virginia). . .
Hence the hoary old DC joke of a massive traffic jam on the Beltway, because terrorists have attacked the Capitol, and want 10 billion dollars, or they'll burn Congress alive. .
A guy is going between stuck cars, asking for donations. When a driver asks what the average donation is. . ..the guy replies. ..
". . ..about two gallons. . . "
Actually, depending on what variety of coal is used, and the specific origin of that coal, the mass of coal required for a power plant of a given size puts out between 5 and 10 times the mass of radioactive particles that a nuclear plant of the same output would, if it melted down entirely and completely vented. Similarly, on energetics of the particles, we're again talking roughly an order of magnitude of energy released by those particles, over a year.
It's merely diffused over space and time from a point even like a reactor accident, and much is stored as fly ash. Which would have gone to the Yucca Mountain storage facility, but instead, sits in drums outside of coal power plants.
Indeed. Coal Ash is more radioactive than actual nuclear waste.. In fact, significant amounts of both uranium and thorium are found in coal fly ash, to the point, in some cases, Thorium Reactor advocates have suggested there's more generate-able power if the Thorium was used in a reactor, than was generated by burning the coal. I've seen no numbers to back that up, but it seems plausible, based on back-of-the envelope numbers. . .
You seem to forget that with rights, come responsibilities. Like being able to pay for food and lodging. Otherwise, it's called "vagrancy". Otherwise, you're trespassing on the property of others, and violating THEIR rights. . .
Incorrect. Nukes are terror weapons, when used in a counter-value (i.e. city) mode. Any city contains a fortune in useable resources. Nuking it destroys them. Killing only the population preserves those resources.
However, grenade-drones aren't what you would even VAGUELY consider cost-effective. If you want to kill the population and keep the resources mostly intact, the weapon of choice is either a fast-acting/short duration chemical agent or an enhanced-radiation weapon (i.e. a "neutron bomb").
And before you start quoting the Geneva Conventions, if the decision was made to depopulate a city, they're not concerned about the relatively trivial issue of International Law.
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(1) Home and student users are immune to macro viruses, or
(2) Microsoft is only worried about the security of its' corporate clients. . .
But it's fun to watch the iLemmings stand in line in the cold to get their latest fix.
. . .now, if I could only re-brand granola bars as "iChow", and sell them for $14.95 each to the Slaves of Jobs waiting on line for their fix of the latest shiny.
What is the problem with "4-year-old tech" ?? The bottom line is: "Does it fill your requirements adequately?" If so, no need to buy the latest plastic fantastic and pay the Bleeding Edge Tax. I'm quite happy with my 4-year-old Galaxy S3, simply because it meets my current needs, and was relatively inexpensive to purchase (thank you, Ebay. . .)
When I need something more powerful, or with more storage than it can handle, or a capability it doesn't have. . . I'll examine the non-bleeding-edge tech available at the time. In the meantime, I'll make sure my software and OS are updated regularly. . .
Well, except ICAO, which sets aviation standards, measures altitude in feet, airspeed in knots-per-hour, and you even set your altimeter in INCHES of Mercury.
Ah, but a good job of cock-blocking a FOIA request WILL often get you promoted. . . Lord knows, it explains far too much about Washington. And I suspect the other national capitals are pretty much the same, or worse. . .
I, for one, welcome our new Corporate Masters, and await the ultimate fusion, when we worship the fuzed heads of Bezos and Gates as our God. . .
While the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 does specifically ban nuclear WEAPONS in Article IV, as mentioned elsewhere, nuclear power, either as a power source or propulsion source is not banned.
This could become interesting if someone built an ORION-drive spacecraft. Even so, calling the bombs in question "impulse devices" would technically make them allowable under the Outer Space Treaty. . .
And any protestations otherwise are carefully focus-tested and lawyer vetted allowing them to lie openly about it, and STILL get away with it. . .
. . . .Top men, I tell you. . . . (grin)
Mind you, even a layman can see what a clown car it usually is. . . . The fact that MOST of the evidence that Snowden was the target was redacted, probably got some Fed promoted to GS-15, and a nice performance bonus.
. . .really ? Cities are constantly changing, and track. . . doesn't.
Adaptability to changing needs is a must.
Take the example of the Washington DC "Metro" system, in Virginia. Until the advent of the Silver Line (i.e. the Dulles Corridor line. . ), a huge part of the jobs (especially in Tech) simply weren't on the rail-lines. It's still that way on the outer 270 corridor, the Biotech corridor, STILL doesn't have rail. . .
Buses are far more flexible than rail, for the simple fact that you can re-allocate buses, and create new routes anywhere you have a road. Laying rail does not have that flexibility. And that doesn't even consider the capital costs of acquiring real estate and building the appropriate rail infrastructure on it. . .
"Fuck you, I'm eating". . . . (bigger grin)
Ratburgers ? Ask Sylvester Stallone. He traded a fine watch for one, and was quite satisfied. . . (grin)
I suspect the time will be sooner, rather than later. The example of Eatsa, is still only on the ordering and delivery end. The production end has already shown to be automatable for an increasingly affordable price for businesses. The example of Momentum Machines custom burger production system is 4 years old, I'm surprised it hasn't been rolled to production somewhere already. . .
. . . .Extra big-ass fries from their machines ? And, will they also identify unfit mothers ? Not Sure wants to know. . . . (grin)
We've had especially bad traffic days. The day the jumper showed up on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. . . and stayed there for 6 hours until they shot him with a beanbag round, and knocked him off into a net underneath. A particularly bad day on I-95, back in 1996. ~25 major truck wrecks on I-95 between Richmond and the Pennsylvania Line. I was stuck in that for 9 hours. And there have been some particularly bad snowstorm/drivetime mixes. I think it was 1993. . . it got so bad that people abandoned their cars on I-395 (i.e. the road from the Beltway to DC in Virginia). . .
But then, I'm in early (arrive 6AM) and leave early (2:30PM)
. A guy is going between stuck cars, asking for donations. When a driver asks what the average donation is. . .
". . .
(grin)
The only problem with that approach, is that Aquaman and Atlantis are fictional. And even if they weren't. . . .good luck collecting. . . (grin)
Actually, depending on what variety of coal is used, and the specific origin of that coal, the mass of coal required for a power plant of a given size puts out between 5 and 10 times the mass of radioactive particles that a nuclear plant of the same output would, if it melted down entirely and completely vented. Similarly, on energetics of the particles, we're again talking roughly an order of magnitude of energy released by those particles, over a year. It's merely diffused over space and time from a point even like a reactor accident, and much is stored as fly ash. Which would have gone to the Yucca Mountain storage facility, but instead, sits in drums outside of coal power plants.
Indeed. Coal Ash is more radioactive than actual nuclear waste.. In fact, significant amounts of both uranium and thorium are found in coal fly ash, to the point, in some cases, Thorium Reactor advocates have suggested there's more generate-able power if the Thorium was used in a reactor, than was generated by burning the coal. I've seen no numbers to back that up, but it seems plausible, based on back-of-the envelope numbers. . .
. . .and spread that stuff around, it's obviously primo stuff, to believe that, oh person with the bravery to post in AC status. . .
You seem to forget that with rights, come responsibilities. Like being able to pay for food and lodging. Otherwise, it's called "vagrancy". Otherwise, you're trespassing on the property of others, and violating THEIR rights. . .
- Dr. Jerry Pournelle
However, grenade-drones aren't what you would even VAGUELY consider cost-effective. If you want to kill the population and keep the resources mostly intact, the weapon of choice is either a fast-acting/short duration chemical agent or an enhanced-radiation weapon (i.e. a "neutron bomb").
And before you start quoting the Geneva Conventions, if the decision was made to depopulate a city, they're not concerned about the relatively trivial issue of International Law.