The hyper-loop is basically just a conventional mag-lev train in an evacuated tube. I've never heard of a maglev train derailing... it's hard to imagine how that could happen without a damaged track or a collision with something (tough to do in a sealed tube). Blow a hole in the tube(anywhere the train isn't ) and the train slows down(since the vacuum required for the very high speed is lost quickly, but not immediately in the form of a sudden wind.) pressure sensors notify the train controller who slows or stops the train if necessary (ie: if the breach is ahead of the train). This would be like running a car at high speed down a slope into water... you slow down quickly but not catastrophically.
Realistically it would take well timed deliberate action, or a freakishly unlucky circumstances to cause a "crash"... eg: significantly damage the tube structure close enough to an oncoming train to prevent the automated safety systems from reacting. In such a case people in the proximate and trailing cars are likely to die.
I sincerely hope they succeed... it would be delightful to see Disney hoist by their own petard as it were. But the Mouse is the 800 lb gorilla in the IP cage match arena and I'm guessing they'll come out on top.
Precisely. Words have meaning... it's important to use the right words when asking questions and giving answers. Unfortunately many people think risk and danger are synonymous. That makes me sad.:(
I'll restrict my comments to the Circle. It's not a great movie, but it's not bad. It's not entertaining. It's a little too real for that. It's very much a "Big Brother" tale with all the check boxes of rising totalitarianism ticked.
It proposes the idea that privacy is dying and either is or soon will be extinct. It further proposes that we have a choice, as to the consequences of the extinction of privacy. We can either blindly surrender to it and allow corporations and governments to be the arbiters of what is and what isn't transparent, and how that lack of privacy is used; or we can accept the inevitable and ensure that everything is revealed to everyone, that no one controls that knowledge for their own ends.
Frankly, the idea that the extinction of privacy is inevitable is a scary one.
The idea that some individual, corporation or government has control of it is far, far worse.
Assuming your new battery tech scales easily and economically for mass production and given the intensifying demand for such tech... when would you expect to see it supplant lithium-ion as the battery technology of choice for manufacturers ?
I was being a mite sarcastic (only ).... and the commonality of a misconception doesn't validate it (despite what some people would have you believe). If you have a citation supporting your belief that location somehow changes the amount of water needed to raise cattle, I'll look at it; otherwise I'll only agree that the numbers may vary according to source, but since some sources are reliable and some are not, I only accept statements supported by reliable citations. Unless it's your opinion, which is your right, but not a "fact".
Why the questioning/criticism ? Sure most modern compilers do a lot of these optimizations for you....
But isn't the point of the post to find things that everyone knew and don't know now ?
Not to find things that are still relevant....?
Frigging/. haters....
rioting at worst?.... noooo, We'll get to the point where the concentration of wealth is so great the poor will be effectively slaves (arguably already there) and slave societies eventually are overthrown by slave revolts. And that's a shitstorm for everyone.
why fund it ? Perhaps because educated people make smarter decisions? Worldwide uneducated people out-breed educated people at a rate of about 4:1. Surely a populace less interested in breeding, because they understand the indirect costs, is a benefit worthy of funding higher education for all? If nothing else, I would argue that art (literature, dance, acting, etc. ) benefits from so called higher education. Education, like travel, is broadening; it opens vistas of knowledge and experience to people that go beyond the requirements of the mundane "future job", allowing them to contribute to society in non-material ways.
Your point about culture is spot on. I've worked with contractors from India (and in India) and they are some of the nicest, most agreeable people I've ever met. I believe it's a cultural adaptation that allows them to survive in a population of almost 2 billion... the pressure to "get along" must be enormous. They'll even agree with you when you are wrong. While agreeableness is great for social interaction, it's a shitty quality when it comes to engineering the best solution to a problem. And that in a nutshell is the difference. Great things are usually born of disagreement, and mediocrity is often the result of compromise.
Any economy that spends billions annually on planes that can't fly (F35) and boats that don't float(USS Zumwalt) can re-distribute their budget to spend it on humanitarian benefits.
ok... but aren't multiple, redundant programs, means testing, drug testing etc. wasteful of administrative dollars? How much of the budget actually goes to feeding, housing and clothing the unemployable and underemployed (like Walmart workers who are the largest employer of SNAP recipients.)? Answer me that.
It's an interesting approach... but i see a few issues. To make it work... specifically this part "undertaking work of public benefit at the minimum wage."
You need a minimum wage that a single person can live on at 35 hrs per week...
And by "live on", I mean eat healthy, have a warm safe place to sleep in a proper bed, have sufficient climate appropriate clothing, provide the incidentals of life(toiletries, laundry detergent etc), have enough to pay for communication and transportation costs sufficient to be employable and pay for healthcare.
Even using very conservative numbers (8k housing, 3.6k food, 0.5k clothing,.2k incidentals, 1.2k trans & comm, 3.2k Medical = roughly 17K) the federal minimum wage would need to be set at least $2/hr more than it currently is. And that assumes they never take any time off working.
And if they have to work all the time just to get the minimum income they need to survive, how is that significantly different from debt peonage?
So then... let's raise the minimum wage to $15/hr and set it to automatically adjust with inflation. This increases earning to the point where people on the jobs program can actually live fairly well and save money.....
But how does it work for people incapable of working? Wouldn't you need 2 programs and all the bureaucracy needed to determine which program a given person falls under and all the costly checks to ensure no one is cheating the system?
86% of that budget is medicare & medicaid... which feeds and houses no one. In fact if you actually look at the budget, http://www.hhs.gov/sites/defau... you'll see almost nothing goes to feeding and housing.... that answer your question ?
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The hyper-loop is basically just a conventional mag-lev train in an evacuated tube. ... it's hard to imagine how that could happen without a damaged track or a collision with something (tough to do in a sealed tube). ... you slow down quickly but not catastrophically.
I've never heard of a maglev train derailing
Blow a hole in the tube(anywhere the train isn't ) and the train slows down(since the vacuum required for the very high speed is lost quickly, but not immediately in the form of a sudden wind.) pressure sensors notify the train controller who slows or stops the train if necessary (ie: if the breach is ahead of the train). This would be like running a car at high speed down a slope into water
Realistically it would take well timed deliberate action, or a freakishly unlucky circumstances to cause a "crash" ... eg: significantly damage the tube structure close enough to an oncoming train to prevent the automated safety systems from reacting. In such a case people in the proximate and trailing cars are likely to die.
I sincerely hope they succeed ... it would be delightful to see Disney hoist by their own petard as it were. But the Mouse is the 800 lb gorilla in the IP cage match arena and I'm guessing they'll come out on top.
Precisely. Words have meaning ... it's important to use the right words when asking questions and giving answers. Unfortunately many people think risk and danger are synonymous. That makes me sad. :(
This is paranoid. Unfortunately it's also a valid point.
I'll restrict my comments to the Circle. It's not a great movie, but it's not bad. It's not entertaining. It's a little too real for that. It's very much a "Big Brother" tale with all the check boxes of rising totalitarianism ticked. It proposes the idea that privacy is dying and either is or soon will be extinct. It further proposes that we have a choice, as to the consequences of the extinction of privacy. We can either blindly surrender to it and allow corporations and governments to be the arbiters of what is and what isn't transparent, and how that lack of privacy is used; or we can accept the inevitable and ensure that everything is revealed to everyone, that no one controls that knowledge for their own ends. Frankly, the idea that the extinction of privacy is inevitable is a scary one. The idea that some individual, corporation or government has control of it is far, far worse.
Assuming your new battery tech scales easily and economically for mass production and given the intensifying demand for such tech ... when would you expect to see it supplant lithium-ion as the battery technology of choice for manufacturers ?
I was being a mite sarcastic (only ).... and the commonality of a misconception doesn't validate it (despite what some people would have you believe). If you have a citation supporting your belief that location somehow changes the amount of water needed to raise cattle, I'll look at it; otherwise I'll only agree that the numbers may vary according to source, but since some sources are reliable and some are not, I only accept statements supported by reliable citations. Unless it's your opinion, which is your right, but not a "fact".
Not 2500 gallons of water for a pound of beef ... only 1799 !!
http://gracelinks.org/blog/785...
that is Paranoia.
Why the questioning/criticism ? Sure most modern compilers do a lot of these optimizations for you ....
But isn't the point of the post to find things that everyone knew and don't know now ?
Not to find things that are still relevant ....?
Frigging /. haters ....
Arrrr !!! Shiver me timbers matey!! Where's the RUM?
Now that we understand what the policy actually says.... WTF would anyone sign up for Instagram ?
Cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war .... or if you're on a budget.
http://www.thinkgeek.com/produ...
rioting at worst? .... noooo, We'll get to the point where the concentration of wealth is so great the poor will be effectively slaves (arguably already there) and slave societies eventually are overthrown by slave revolts. And that's a shitstorm for everyone.
why fund it ? Perhaps because educated people make smarter decisions? Worldwide uneducated people out-breed educated people at a rate of about 4:1. Surely a populace less interested in breeding, because they understand the indirect costs, is a benefit worthy of funding higher education for all? If nothing else, I would argue that art (literature, dance, acting, etc. ) benefits from so called higher education. Education, like travel, is broadening; it opens vistas of knowledge and experience to people that go beyond the requirements of the mundane "future job", allowing them to contribute to society in non-material ways.
is "about purported "liberals" " ... he very clearly said ... "This has nothing to do with Liberal" ...
W2's ? Really ? Your credibility took a big hit .... :(
Your point about culture is spot on. I've worked with contractors from India (and in India) and they are some of the nicest, most agreeable people I've ever met. I believe it's a cultural adaptation that allows them to survive in a population of almost 2 billion ... the pressure to "get along" must be enormous. They'll even agree with you when you are wrong. While agreeableness is great for social interaction, it's a shitty quality when it comes to engineering the best solution to a problem. And that in a nutshell is the difference. Great things are usually born of disagreement, and mediocrity is often the result of compromise.
TANSTAAFL ... duh!!
Any economy that spends billions annually on planes that can't fly (F35) and boats that don't float(USS Zumwalt) can re-distribute their budget to spend it on humanitarian benefits.
Because that undermines the free market.
ok ... but aren't multiple, redundant programs, means testing, drug testing etc. wasteful of administrative dollars? How much of the budget actually goes to feeding, housing and clothing the unemployable and underemployed (like Walmart workers who are the largest employer of SNAP recipients.)? Answer me that.
Not sure what law you think she broke?
It's an interesting approach ... but i see a few issues. To make it work ... specifically this part "undertaking work of public benefit at the minimum wage."
You need a minimum wage that a single person can live on at 35 hrs per week...
And by "live on", I mean eat healthy, have a warm safe place to sleep in a proper bed, have sufficient climate appropriate clothing, provide the incidentals of life(toiletries, laundry detergent etc), have enough to pay for communication and transportation costs sufficient to be employable and pay for healthcare.
Even using very conservative numbers (8k housing, 3.6k food, 0.5k clothing, .2k incidentals, 1.2k trans & comm, 3.2k Medical = roughly 17K) the federal minimum wage would need to be set at least $2/hr more than it currently is. And that assumes they never take any time off working.
And if they have to work all the time just to get the minimum income they need to survive, how is that significantly different from debt peonage?
So then ... let's raise the minimum wage to $15/hr and set it to automatically adjust with inflation. This increases earning to the point where people on the jobs program can actually live fairly well and save money.....
But how does it work for people incapable of working? Wouldn't you need 2 programs and all the bureaucracy needed to determine which program a given person falls under and all the costly checks to ensure no one is cheating the system?
86% of that budget is medicare & medicaid ... which feeds and houses no one. In fact if you actually look at the budget, http://www.hhs.gov/sites/defau... you'll see almost nothing goes to feeding and housing.... that answer your question ?