What if we are the first? The first civilization because our planet and solar system is fairly old as compared to many other place in the galaxy.
Maybe we need to broadcast radio waves, in a grand gesture that some unknown culture in the future will hear us. Am I worried about bug eyed monsters invading us, because we are transmitting a "We are here signal."? - No.
Diverting the asteroid means, that 1) we can track it accurately 2) the lasers have enough accuracy to hit the asteroid on the same spot, and not cancel each other out 3) the asteroid isn't spinning (but this might allow it to slow down a bit)
If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably isn't.
I'll believe it when I see it last for more than a year..There is a huge jump from designing a 15 story to a 100 story building. Some things just don't scale properly.
Standard sized buildings and prices vary widely from location to location. A few years ago the median house price in Detroit was $9600 - that's median, mind you.
Some spots in California on the cost - houses average 1.5-2 million for 1200 sqft starter homes...
So they can do what they want with power/water, and not be sued by anyone for "mental distress". Because you know, that if they let people live there, and continue to play with the city, someone will become "hurt" or get pissed off and sue for something.
Interesting argument, but it relies on a logical fallacy that implies our wealth is derived from being free, and not from being a growing industrialized nation. China might be an argument against your supposition.
Other thought - while our country was "free" there were horrors, like rivers catching on fire from accumulated waste, and working situations like "the Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.
Our wealth is beng polarized by the new Oil Barrons, and wasteful wars, etc.
Just some examples I can think of 4 seater sports cars - which few people will argue are not sports cars: Porsche 911 (all models except for the GT3 which has no back seats) BMW M3 and M5 Nissan GT-R Aston Martin Rapide and DB9
Yes there are more, but you get the point. Some will argue that a true sports car must be a 2 seater, and be a convertable, but.... so what.
Human body fat is the most efficient way for a human to store energy. Give them enough (recycled) water, some vitamins and protein and they will shed weight all the way to Mars, and back maybe too.
Cryo sleep will not work, because joints will become fibrosed, muscles will atrophy, etc.
So to figure out how FAT our ASTRONAUTS will be - we'll need to look at some numbers. A pound of fat can expend about 3500 KCAL of energy. An average male basal metabolic rate is around 2000 KCAL/day.
Now using conventional fuel - the trip takes 214 days, using a constant propulsion nuclear motor might shorten it to 120 days
Soooo - ballpark FAT ESTIMATES are for conventional fuel 214 x 2000 = 428,000 KCALs 428,000 KCAL/3500KCal/fat = 122 pounds (or about 56 Kilos extra)
Nuke fuel require them to only gain about 70 pounds extra.
Now this is a one way trip - so lets double the weight to provide for our FAT ASTRONAUTS to get back home safely
So now we are looking at 244 pounds EXTRA - or a 444 pound (200 KILO) Buzz Aldrin... for conventional fuel and for constant acceleration nuke powered craft - a 340 pound Buzz Aldrin
This will make the newer movie version of the RIGHT STUFF a bit different to watch. All those neck beards out there - yep - you're training for a MARS mission....
I think the general public needs to know that pretty much every patient having chest compression that I've seen being brought into the ER have been dead. That's roughly 0/100. Now if it happens in front of you, a MD, now that's a different story - maybe 30-40% go on and live their lives.
Movies portray CPR, resuscitation, end of life, defibrlllation (the heart "jump start" paddles), etc, in a wholly unrealistic way, and I think it's wrong to continually mislead the public. They have no idea about breaking multiple ribs on the persons chest, electric burns from the defibrillator, brain damage from hypoxia, etc
There may be differences between the above mentioned methods of CPR, but I bet they are trivial, and even more so for the general public.
I'm an oncology surgeon still taking trauma call, and I've seen more than my fair share of death. There are many things we can do to prolong life, but until you, or a loved one gets to that point, then it's hard to say what you will do, and how much you will panic at losing a loved one.
Skin is never fully sterile. Everything that is done in the OR, just reduces the amount of bacteria, and therefore the risk. Antibiotics are therefore extremely useful, as they can really reduce the numbers.
It's been illegal for many years now, for MDs to accept ANY form of gratuity from drug reps, and the vast majority of MDs out there have never, ever, received any sort of payback from any drug company.
The only interaction now is basically being a guest at a lecture, where you have to listen to another MD give a talk on some subject, with no product names being mentioned, and get to eat a piece of rubber chicken..
I already had a patient, who was Mexican, with resistant Klebsiella with a bad knee infection. Had to amputate his leg, as it was killing him. He's doing better now.
I have a remote, but not too distant fear, of having to practice medicine, specifically surgery, without the benefit of antibiotics. That would probably mean a near end to most elective surgery and huge decrease in average life scan. No more total joint replacements, vein bypasses, organ transplants, etc.
How would this be better than a short wheelbase bike (which would inherently have more stability)? Yes you can do a quick 180 turn, but how often is that necessary? I guess having a short rear - anti wheelie outrigger wheel (like those seen on wheelchairs) would take away the "magic" of the device, or make it seem less reliable.
If America is to compete with other country sponsored industries - i.e. China massively funding most of their new technologies, then it's not unreasonable. All new technologies are expensive - remember CD players? went for $1,000 initially.
Electricity is MUCH cheaper than gas - it would be nice to stop our hemorrhaging of billions of dollars to the middle east, and suck the power out of those countries., making them irrelevant. Green energy is the only way to go, for environmental reasons, as well as political, and economic.
1)A hammer party is probably the cheapest easiest way. 2) take out the physical disk platers from the enclosure and microwave them. 3 Shotgun 4hacksaw (in half)
Hmm, Most Catholics that I know are aware of this. As a matter of fact, I haven't encountered ANY who disbelieve in evolution. The main group of people who don't believe in evolution are protestants - offshoots from Catholicism from the 1500's, and don't like to think of Catholics being Christian - weird.
Again the be all, end all of all this searching, will be terrorists with bombs either in their rectum, or surgically implanted.
This has already been done SUCCESSFULLY in Saudi Arabia in 2009., and they used a cell phone trigger. Suicide bomber died, but didn't kill the Saudi Prince. There happened to be audio going, and it catches the cell phone going off inside!! the bombers abdomen - wow.... NPR link http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113509667
Hello,
I am a surgeon, and I can tell you a lot of the cost is from all the middle men (ins companies), and defensive medicine. It's not the doctors who are making the big bucks. One of my patients said to me.
"Yeah Doc, the bill was big, but your part of the bill was peanuts - I feel sorry for you."
Most MDs pay about 10% off the top of profits for a billing service because it's so complex. Many additional x-rays, lab tests are also ordered because we worry about "missing" something, and being sued. There are articles published about MDs doing that - its a real phenomenon. That's probably another 10% as well. Large malpractice insurance (average $30k to $200K per year!!)- guess who has to pay for that... Insurance companies - they are a new middle man. A whole industry has popped up, and the patient care has to burden the cost. They also inundate doctors offices with paperwork (20 page disability forms)- making it a pain in the ass to collect money. Many groups hire Physician assisstants to fill out paperwork, because there is so much of it.
Doctors on average lose about 10% of the money they COLLECT to pay for malpractice. That can range anywhere from $20,000 up to $200,000 per year .
Most doctors also work about 70 hours a week too, So if they cut their hours back to what a regular person works, then the cost would be about 20% of their patients bill.
Your statement logically makes no sense, comparing apple to oranges, or doctors costs to all spending. You mistakenly assume that total spending all goes back to the MD. There are many other costs included in spending, such as paying for the nurse, lab fees, hospital fees, medicine, therapy - most of which does NOT go to the doctor.
I have a Porsche, and the key comes with an RFID chip to unlock the sterring column, so even if the theives wirelessly unlock my doors, they still aren't going to start it.
Probably just towing it away on a flatbed is much easier, and less conspicuous.
Many cars now come with pretty good factory stereos - reducing the risk. Many stereos also have pretty good anti theft tech as well. I rarely hear of anyone anymore having a stereo stolen.
There was a big push, by consultants to have airplane/flight type checklists in hospitals to cut down on mistakes. So far after 2 years, no one has demonstrated any significant change in anything -(wrong site surgeries, poor outcomes, etc), other that wasting everyones time.
Atul Gawande "Massively better results" probably arose from just having people introduce themselves, or might have been third world dependent. A quote from his own paper, cited a study of American surgeon having no significant change in infections, morbidities or mortalities.
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What if we are the first? The first civilization because our planet and solar system is fairly old as compared to many other place in the galaxy.
Maybe we need to broadcast radio waves, in a grand gesture that some unknown culture in the future will hear us. Am I worried about bug eyed monsters invading us, because we are transmitting a "We are here signal."? - No.
Diverting the asteroid means, that 1) we can track it accurately
2) the lasers have enough accuracy to hit the asteroid on the same spot, and not cancel each other out
3) the asteroid isn't spinning (but this might allow it to slow down a bit)
If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably isn't.
I'll believe it when I see it last for more than a year..There is a huge jump from designing a 15 story to a 100 story building. Some things just don't scale properly.
Standard sized buildings and prices vary widely from location to location.
A few years ago the median house price in Detroit was $9600 - that's median, mind you.
Some spots in California on the cost - houses average 1.5-2 million for 1200 sqft starter homes...
According to the US Dept Commerce - the average new home price was $238k and the median price was about $282k
http://www.wsjprimerate.us/new_home_sales_price_history.htm
Especially when he did the first solo flight across the Alantic Ocean
So they can do what they want with power/water, and not be sued by anyone for "mental distress". Because you know, that if they let people live there, and continue to play with the city, someone will become "hurt" or get pissed off and sue for something.
ARRRRGGGGGHHHH!
Epic troll rage.
OK - I bit, and it got me - but only because the reality isn't that far away.
nice one, unfortunately.
Interesting argument, but it relies on a logical fallacy that implies our wealth is derived from being free, and not from being a growing industrialized nation. China might be an argument against your supposition.
Other thought - while our country was "free" there were horrors, like rivers catching on fire from accumulated waste, and working situations like "the Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.
Our wealth is beng polarized by the new Oil Barrons, and wasteful wars, etc.
Just some examples I can think of 4 seater sports cars - which few people will argue are not sports cars:
Porsche 911 (all models except for the GT3 which has no back seats)
BMW M3 and M5
Nissan GT-R
Aston Martin Rapide and DB9
Yes there are more, but you get the point. Some will argue that a true sports car must be a 2 seater, and be a convertable, but.... so what.
Human body fat is the most efficient way for a human to store energy. Give them enough (recycled) water, some vitamins and protein and they will shed weight all the way to Mars, and back maybe too.
Cryo sleep will not work, because joints will become fibrosed, muscles will atrophy, etc.
So to figure out how FAT our ASTRONAUTS will be - we'll need to look at some numbers.
A pound of fat can expend about 3500 KCAL of energy.
An average male basal metabolic rate is around 2000 KCAL/day.
Now using conventional fuel - the trip takes 214 days, using a constant propulsion nuclear motor might shorten it to 120 days
Soooo - ballpark FAT ESTIMATES are for conventional fuel 214 x 2000 = 428,000 KCALs /3500KCal/fat = 122 pounds (or about 56 Kilos extra)
428,000 KCAL
Nuke fuel require them to only gain about 70 pounds extra.
Now this is a one way trip - so lets double the weight to provide for our FAT ASTRONAUTS to get back home safely
So now we are looking at 244 pounds EXTRA - or a 444 pound (200 KILO) Buzz Aldrin... for conventional fuel
and for constant acceleration nuke powered craft - a 340 pound Buzz Aldrin
This will make the newer movie version of the RIGHT STUFF a bit different to watch. All those neck beards out there - yep - you're training for a MARS mission....
I think the general public needs to know that pretty much every patient having chest compression that I've seen being brought into the ER have been dead. That's roughly 0/100. Now if it happens in front of you, a MD, now that's a different story - maybe 30-40% go on and live their lives.
Movies portray CPR, resuscitation, end of life, defibrlllation (the heart "jump start" paddles), etc, in a wholly unrealistic way, and I think it's wrong to continually mislead the public. They have no idea about breaking multiple ribs on the persons chest, electric burns from the defibrillator, brain damage from hypoxia, etc
There may be differences between the above mentioned methods of CPR, but I bet they are trivial, and even more so for the general public.
I'm an oncology surgeon still taking trauma call, and I've seen more than my fair share of death. There are many things we can do to prolong life, but until you, or a loved one gets to that point, then it's hard to say what you will do, and how much you will panic at losing a loved one.
Skin is never fully sterile. Everything that is done in the OR, just reduces the amount of bacteria, and therefore the risk.
Antibiotics are therefore extremely useful, as they can really reduce the numbers.
It's been illegal for many years now, for MDs to accept ANY form of gratuity from drug reps, and the vast majority of MDs out there have never, ever, received any sort of payback from any drug company.
The only interaction now is basically being a guest at a lecture, where you have to listen to another MD give a talk on some subject, with no product names being mentioned, and get to eat a piece of rubber chicken..
I already had a patient, who was Mexican, with resistant Klebsiella with a bad knee infection.
Had to amputate his leg, as it was killing him. He's doing better now.
I have a remote, but not too distant fear, of having to practice medicine, specifically surgery, without the benefit of antibiotics. That would probably mean a near end to most elective surgery and huge decrease in average life scan. No more total joint replacements, vein bypasses, organ transplants, etc.
How would this be better than a short wheelbase bike (which would inherently have more stability)? Yes you can do a quick 180 turn, but how often is that necessary?
I guess having a short rear - anti wheelie outrigger wheel (like those seen on wheelchairs) would take away the "magic" of the device, or make it seem less reliable.
Somebody give me a convincing argument.
Here, here +1 for the above.
Having said that, The Johns Hopkins University has a great engineering school, and so does Virginia Tech
If America is to compete with other country sponsored industries - i.e. China massively funding most of their new technologies, then it's not unreasonable.
All new technologies are expensive - remember CD players? went for $1,000 initially.
Electricity is MUCH cheaper than gas - it would be nice to stop our hemorrhaging of billions of dollars to the middle east, and suck the power out of those countries., making them irrelevant.
Green energy is the only way to go, for environmental reasons, as well as political, and economic.
1)A hammer party is probably the cheapest easiest way.
2) take out the physical disk platers from the enclosure and microwave them.
3 Shotgun
4hacksaw (in half)
Hmm, Most Catholics that I know are aware of this. As a matter of fact, I haven't encountered ANY who disbelieve in evolution.
The main group of people who don't believe in evolution are protestants - offshoots from Catholicism from the 1500's, and don't like to think of Catholics being Christian - weird.
Might even pay for itself by the years end
Barring any major catastrophes - expect to see may companies with server farms to go this route soon
Again the be all, end all of all this searching, will be terrorists with bombs either in their rectum, or surgically implanted.
This has already been done SUCCESSFULLY in Saudi Arabia in 2009 ., and they used a cell phone trigger. Suicide bomber died, but didn't kill the Saudi Prince. There happened to be audio going, and it catches the cell phone going off inside!! the bombers abdomen - wow....
NPR link
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113509667
Hello,
I am a surgeon, and I can tell you a lot of the cost is from all the middle men (ins companies), and defensive medicine. It's not the doctors who are making the big bucks. One of my patients said to me.
"Yeah Doc, the bill was big, but your part of the bill was peanuts - I feel sorry for you."
Most MDs pay about 10% off the top of profits for a billing service because it's so complex.
Many additional x-rays, lab tests are also ordered because we worry about "missing" something, and being sued. There are articles published about MDs doing that - its a real phenomenon. That's probably another 10% as well.
Large malpractice insurance (average $30k to $200K per year!!)- guess who has to pay for that...
Insurance companies - they are a new middle man. A whole industry has popped up, and the patient care has to burden the cost. They also inundate doctors offices with paperwork (20 page disability forms)- making it a pain in the ass to collect money. Many groups hire Physician assisstants to fill out paperwork, because there is so much of it.
SO yeah - costs have gone up,
Doctors on average lose about 10% of the money they COLLECT to pay for malpractice. That can range anywhere from $20,000 up to $200,000 per year .
Most doctors also work about 70 hours a week too, So if they cut their hours back to what a regular person works, then the cost would be about 20% of their patients bill.
Your statement logically makes no sense, comparing apple to oranges, or doctors costs to all spending. You mistakenly assume that total spending all goes back to the MD. There are many other costs included in spending, such as paying for the nurse, lab fees, hospital fees, medicine, therapy - most of which does NOT go to the doctor.
Defensive medicine - approximately 35% of all x-rays are ordered for defensive purposes.
http://blogs.forbes.com/aroy/2011/02/25/penna-study-35-of-all-health-imaging-costs-are-driven-by-malpractice-litigation/
I don't think you know what you're talking about, or have logically made a grievous mistake.
I have a Porsche, and the key comes with an RFID chip to unlock the sterring column, so even if the theives wirelessly unlock my doors, they still aren't going to start it.
Probably just towing it away on a flatbed is much easier, and less conspicuous.
Many cars now come with pretty good factory stereos - reducing the risk. Many stereos also have pretty good anti theft tech as well. I rarely hear of anyone anymore having a stereo stolen.
There was a big push, by consultants to have airplane/flight type checklists in hospitals to cut down on mistakes. So far after 2 years, no one has demonstrated any significant change in anything -(wrong site surgeries, poor outcomes, etc), other that wasting everyones time.
Atul Gawande "Massively better results" probably arose from just having people introduce themselves, or might have been third world dependent. A quote from his own paper, cited a study of American surgeon having no significant change in infections, morbidities or mortalities.