he isn't trying to make health care more affordable. None of them are. They are about consolidating the power of the Federal Government.
If they were trying to make health care more affordable they would have first... 1. Removed the blocks put in place so you cannot buy or take your private health insurance across state lines. 2. Medical malpractice and tort reform, because the amount of insurance needed to practice some medicines is beyond reasonable 3. Clean up the fraud in Medicare so more of the money is actually available for treatment 4. Expanded HSA so individuals can make their own health care decisions.
The real fault of the US's current health care is that severe medical hardships can strip a family of all their property - something that state medical systems already do (at least you can go bankrupt fighting a private insurer but states still take property)
I love to use my local city, Atlanta, as an example of what is so wrong with government.
When faced with a budget shortfall what got cut? Firefighters and policemen. In fact they went after the stations in areas of most resistance to new taxation.
What was kept? The over loaded with cronies corrupt city hall. Oh, they went after teachers too and kept the huge administrative sections of the school system; again stuffed with friends.
The larger system is just the same.
Instead now its all about how much of someone Else's money can you give me.
Being designated anything means jack to Iran. Iran is run by a loon who makes weekly declarations to the effect of destroying other countries.
The real stinker is we let them persist so long. So far we are fortunate to not have a country with a nuke that openly asks for the destruction of another. Yet this is what is going to happen because all the nice talk is basically just giving Iran the time they need. So the day you wake up $300 dollar per barrel oil will show how good that did.
The AJC is trying their best here in Atlanta to prove the point, that they are out of touch with their readers.
Case in point, earlier in the year they were looking for a "conservative" writer and asked for opinions. Needless to say they struck down most of the suggestions. All the while claiming they wanted to present all views they were damn sure well not going to allow certain people to express them.
The best summary of just how bad the AJC was, their former editor of the opinion page moved to Washington DC to report directly on how such an amazing election and person will affect Georgia, I kid you not.
and these people wonder why those in the suburbs rarely subscribe.
Makes me want to quantify the Mac tax I pay... as in I tend to equate to the days when Alienware and likes first hit the scene and a lot of us scoffed at paying for packaging... and here I am with an iMac and a MacBook Pro.
The problem I have with this case is that its shown in vertical. Granted the old style desktop is not in vogue anymore but towers just scream computer. I guess its why my preferred platform is a laptop operating closed (clam shell) most of the time. Its because I can place it somewhere where it does make a statement. Which is also probably why I like the iMac, it doesn't look like a computer. Don't get the wrong idea, Apple doesn't always get it right. The Mac Mini and Apple TV both have no place in my world, the later would look like crap in my entertainment center and many others as black or stainless are what is in style.
The second problem with a case like that is that all the imagination is gone when its created, you don't get to much of anything other than assemble it. At least with traditional cases you can paint/window/etc them to make them look less like hardware.
Sorry, but Iran doesn't get a pass because of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Why? Because of their leadership, whose mains spokesman has constantly talked about wiping out another country. Most of Iran's boasts can be written off as giving their own people an outside bogeyman to focus their woes on. Its common practice in many countries, focus the attention and discontent of the people anywhere but at yourself.
With Iran essentially acknowledging paying terrorists; I keep forgetting - if they are attacking Israel they are freedom fighters; and having the penchant for making threats of destruction what sane world would take the chance?
Honestly, our idea of sane is so upside down anymore. We release killers, rapists, and molesters, from jail only to have many repeat it and then we pad ourselves on the back at how nice, sane, and civilized we are, all the while ignoring the victims. Well the same scenario plays out many times on the international stage as well.
I know, when it happens, the same groups will all be nodding "well they asked for it"
who is so parroted into believing climate change that they will use an organization whose only reason to exist is to promote that agenda against you.
In other words, they are the Christians proving their stand by using the Bible. However since these people refuse to see beyond their own narrow view you are the new form of heretic.
Look, past facts don't matter, they have a document which claims that we are causing it. They can totally ignore the cooling trend over the last ten years, the major shift in sunspot activity which neatly explains other such periods, all because they have passed the point of reason and now it is a purely emotional issue.
That is how I know you know you did well on/. Getting modded flamebait or troll is an example you crossed the PC thresh hold. The amount of arrogance and ignorance is exhibited well by the moderation system or post bullshit moderation by the site owners who will take +5 insightful to troll/flamebait without record. The only place to hit a thicker wall of supposed know it alls is Wikipedia.
This company in particular was formed in 96 and didn't go public until 2006. Throw in the major advances in computing power and only recently wholesale push for this type of tech across the world and I don't think we can lay it at the feet of the fundies.
Remember, under Bush it was only certain "types" of stem cell research that were inhibited. A lot of the success stories from here and elsewhere came from those not restricted in the US to "public funding". Private funding wasn't stopped. However many of these companies only recently emerged into the public markets where they would have access to larger amounts of funds.
If fundies were stopping this stuff, they how come it didn't surface overseas first? In other words, this science is not easy and getting to human trials isn't like a four week waiting period to see if the rabbit dies
because no one is unhappy enough with Government to protest it.
Face it, those in power are loathe to give it up or admit abuse, it is far easier through the use of courts and the press to label those who do disagree as having mental issues, whether it is anger or the expected and currently in vogue "racism".
I thought eight years under Bush were bad with fear mongering, but the new gang has improved on it. The sad part is, both sides of the Atlantic seem adept at adapting the very worse privacy rights violation the other side comes up with.
The US is getting Britain's camera system and you get our Intellectual rights system... who came up with this new one?
that he didn't even begin to get hints? Was he that detached from the rest of the office to not notice things, let alone review processes and such in place. I figure that if I were there that where the money went would have been an important consideration.
I don't find it a slander to include him in the article, it raises the question of, what did he know or why didn't he show more attention to what was going on around him. His position certainly warranted it.
Then again, its DC. The real reason he gets his name in the mud is many other high profile appointees were dirty but kept.
Why not make "gaydar"? Really, where is the offense? Oh, that's right, "gays" are a favorite of the politically correct crowd. Your reference to "white-dar" makes it clear either your offended or want to be offended. Get over it. Its far easier to turn the other cheek than look for offense in every comment or action.
Look, I think the students proved their point. It may never had been noticed if it had not offended. Why is it the fault of the authors if someone is trying to hide a major facet of who they are? If that person is embarrassed then its their problem, not yours, mine, or the authors. The interesting part is, people go to great extents to be heard, to declare who they are, and that occurs even on a subconscious level.
Facebook/Myspace/etc all show that as a society we want people to know who we are. This just shows that you may be revealing more than you expected.
Any significant source of vibration seems to cause them to die prematurely. This is based on personal experience.
As in, garage door openers. Though I think the use cycle there may not exploit them much. I could not keep the CFLs mounted near the openers either, however the one in the utility room accessible through the garage has lived a long time. Near doors where the kids just love to slam them shut. Not a fan of them in ceiling fans, though the enclosed "candle style" CFLs for some reason outlasted the exposed ones.
My concern with LED and even CFLs is the heat they build up in their bases. Can they be used in enclosed fixtures? I was surprised how warm some globe lights became after going from 60w incandescent to 10w/15w CFLs
Congress simply has a new bludgeon. It means nothing for me and you. Instead we will see Congress use this "ownership" to pay off the various special interest groups they need to appease. Sure someone might keep a job as they dictate what and what cannot close but in the end the result is that through tax dollars Congress bought themselves new levels on control to further their interests, not ours.
Right to Repair is a needed solution. Disclaimer I work for a parts distributor. The problem is that manufacturers are trying to keep people from accessing this information. When that fails they will pursue it from angles ranging from the environment to neighborhood blight. Meaning, you might have access to the information but no where to work as doing "environmentally sensitive work" is too dangerous to do so in your garage, drive, etc.
Oil changes - sorry - can't trust the home guy to dispose of it correctly so we must do in our shop. Body work, look at those harsh chemicals.
Car on jacks, ruins values of homes so it must be stopped! Think of the risk to children around cars stripped down for repairs! Hell, even trade sanctions can limit where you get parts by forcing distributors to move sources elsewhere thereby costing time and money. Throw in some "sanctions" because of how foreign countries may or may not treat the environment or people and the possibilities are endless.
I know, sounds silly, but SEMA has been fighting this mess for longer and there are many angles that automakers can take to limit your right to repair you own car.
Last I read is that is was not based on the HERO system so where is the appeal other than making the characters look different?
Also, considering their first week live saw massive exploits of stupid features, think entire groups stun killing everything which conveniently rewarded full experience regardless of player level because of an update not made properly. Throw in that many groups used this to max level nearly instantly before Cryptic shut it off but left all the exploiters with their gains. Apparently they went to the Turbine school of "Exploit Early Exploit Often".
Top it off with FOTM (think mini maxing) character types and if you want to succeed do you have anything but to be the same build as others - all you have is the choice what color your powers/outfit are. If you don't choose right your stuck, retcon is too expensive and that is it, your done. Roll again the spec that works and pray retcon (or whatever they call it) comes soon enough so you can play what you wanted to play.
as such why do people think health insurance is prohibitively expensive when bought outside an employer, granted its not cheap through an employer either.
Government regulations, read mandates.
Its not legal to buy health insurance across state lines, you can't even take individual health policies across most lines, all unless your covered by your employer. Your employer gets a tax deduction for your insurance that you cannot get if you buy your own. when you go to buy it you get soaked because each state piles on its mandated coverage to the already onerous federal mandates.
From mental health to smoking cessation. From pregnancy to implants. You will end up paying for coverage you will not use, in many cases cannot use, all because of some petty politicians whim. That is why we have 1000 page health bills, not because they are looking out for us, they are deciding what is and what isn't.
So yeah, I can totally see one device used in preference to another, the government says "this is what we will pay for and this list shows the extent of what qualifies"
How in the hell do you think the hovaround business stays in business. Because of the stroke of a pen makes anyone with a job buy them for people who may not even want them.
It will get vastly worse when the government takes total control. Every bit player will get their funding for their "medical" devices and the only thing not getting real money is patient care.
which means neither the parents, teachers, students, or politicians, are allowed to be offended by the results. The results are that we are not all created equal and testing can show it. Hence we dumb it down dragging some of the brightest down with us and discouraging some who may have had a chance to some of the brightest from ever showing it.
Throw in the self destructive behavior of certain cultural elements and the high minded liberal mindset where these self ascribed people with all the knowledge deem what each "group" can do and how best to "level the playing field" and we end up with a system which essentially declares one race inferior to another and backs it with claims that the test/course/etc is racially biased - as if information can be such.
Top it off with a system designed to keep bad teachers in the due paying roles and to lard up the administration with every family member a local politician knows of who needs a job and is it any wonder we fail our kids?
I do know one thing, it certainly wasn't religion that dragged down our education system, we did our best to drive that out of our schools we forgot to watch was being done by other means.
because we certainly don't fight to win. We take incredible precaution to not harm the "civilians" and wonder why there never seems to and end to the war or an end to the other sides ability to recruit.
We have become such a risk averse culture in the West that we could not fight World War ][ all over again because too many would be screaming about killing non-direct combatants. You don't win a war by being nice. You win in by breaking the spirit of the opponent and their support mechanism. Its mean, its cruel, but its true.
Again, Iraq has nothing to do with NASA's budgetary woes. Granted the money used there "COULD HAVE BEEN" used for NASA but we all know that is not true. NASA's budget has been remarkably well insulated from the costs of our little wars throughout the years. The problem faces is to do big things requires a big budget but rocket science is not open to the general public (blame culture and government schools) so such large funding does not generate the requisite number of votes that new roads, pools, and libraries do.
Flame my ass, mod me down, I don't support this level of idiocy that exists here.
NASA does not get a real budget because NASA does not generate votes.
What gets votes are two categories...
The masses through one handout after another, to keep them placated between elections and loyal to their local politicians who "did this for them out of the goodness of their heart"
The money on Wall Street. Those who deliver the real campaign donations through various routes, direct and indirect.
We have seen trickle down economics distilled into its purest form now, we just hand money to Wall Street and its interest.
So, yeah, while the parrot heads all love to sip their half cafe decaf lattes nodding their heads over the wit of "its the war, man" it isn't true. Its a terrible excuse. Are the wars bad? Yes, but parroting that line is exactly what politicians want you to do. Why? Because they are pissing away the money that could have gone to NASA and many other valued science related projects instead on building monuments to themselves in towns across America (the number of buildings/roads/bridges named for LIVING and in power politicians is amazing now).
Sorry... I hate replies like your every time I see them and every time they get modded insightful. Wars are wrong, but they are an excuse that Congress and the like use to not fund NASA, funny thing is even without expensive wars when was the last time NASA got any real money?
their robots are aimed at aiding the elderly and this exoskeleton would do the same.
If Japan didn't have someone looking over their shoulder perhaps their development of these products would be different? It has got to be kind of convenient to have the US providing support militarily, not that there are no drawbacks because there are some.
then again, after all their monster/giant robot flicks perhaps there is some cultural inhibition to making them come to life.
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So you justify your piracy and that makes it OK?
got to love people like you.
I suppose I can come up with a reason for anything, like how smokers justify their health care costs because smokes cost so much?
So you pirate music because of an arbitrary value limit you assign and that makes it alright?
he isn't trying to make health care more affordable. None of them are. They are about consolidating the power of the Federal Government.
If they were trying to make health care more affordable they would have first...
1. Removed the blocks put in place so you cannot buy or take your private health insurance across state lines.
2. Medical malpractice and tort reform, because the amount of insurance needed to practice some medicines is beyond reasonable
3. Clean up the fraud in Medicare so more of the money is actually available for treatment
4. Expanded HSA so individuals can make their own health care decisions.
The real fault of the US's current health care is that severe medical hardships can strip a family of all their property - something that state medical systems already do (at least you can go bankrupt fighting a private insurer but states still take property)
I love to use my local city, Atlanta, as an example of what is so wrong with government.
When faced with a budget shortfall what got cut? Firefighters and policemen. In fact they went after the stations in areas of most resistance to new taxation.
What was kept? The over loaded with cronies corrupt city hall. Oh, they went after teachers too and kept the huge administrative sections of the school system; again stuffed with friends.
The larger system is just the same.
Instead now its all about how much of someone Else's money can you give me.
Being designated anything means jack to Iran. Iran is run by a loon who makes weekly declarations to the effect of destroying other countries.
The real stinker is we let them persist so long. So far we are fortunate to not have a country with a nuke that openly asks for the destruction of another. Yet this is what is going to happen because all the nice talk is basically just giving Iran the time they need. So the day you wake up $300 dollar per barrel oil will show how good that did.
The AJC is trying their best here in Atlanta to prove the point, that they are out of touch with their readers.
Case in point, earlier in the year they were looking for a "conservative" writer and asked for opinions. Needless to say they struck down most of the suggestions. All the while claiming they wanted to present all views they were damn sure well not going to allow certain people to express them.
The best summary of just how bad the AJC was, their former editor of the opinion page moved to Washington DC to report directly on how such an amazing election and person will affect Georgia, I kid you not.
and these people wonder why those in the suburbs rarely subscribe.
Makes me want to quantify the Mac tax I pay... as in I tend to equate to the days when Alienware and likes first hit the scene and a lot of us scoffed at paying for packaging... and here I am with an iMac and a MacBook Pro.
The problem I have with this case is that its shown in vertical. Granted the old style desktop is not in vogue anymore but towers just scream computer. I guess its why my preferred platform is a laptop operating closed (clam shell) most of the time. Its because I can place it somewhere where it does make a statement. Which is also probably why I like the iMac, it doesn't look like a computer. Don't get the wrong idea, Apple doesn't always get it right. The Mac Mini and Apple TV both have no place in my world, the later would look like crap in my entertainment center and many others as black or stainless are what is in style.
The second problem with a case like that is that all the imagination is gone when its created, you don't get to much of anything other than assemble it. At least with traditional cases you can paint/window/etc them to make them look less like hardware.
Sorry, but Iran doesn't get a pass because of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Why? Because of their leadership, whose mains spokesman has constantly talked about wiping out another country. Most of Iran's boasts can be written off as giving their own people an outside bogeyman to focus their woes on. Its common practice in many countries, focus the attention and discontent of the people anywhere but at yourself.
With Iran essentially acknowledging paying terrorists; I keep forgetting - if they are attacking Israel they are freedom fighters; and having the penchant for making threats of destruction what sane world would take the chance?
Honestly, our idea of sane is so upside down anymore. We release killers, rapists, and molesters, from jail only to have many repeat it and then we pad ourselves on the back at how nice, sane, and civilized we are, all the while ignoring the victims. Well the same scenario plays out many times on the international stage as well.
I know, when it happens, the same groups will all be nodding "well they asked for it"
and the sad part we will bicker about this until they use one on Israel or force Israel to do it first.
Its coming to a town near you.
I could see these devices for the elderly, but the simple matter is we keep enabling fatties and wondering why we have an obesity problem.
who is so parroted into believing climate change that they will use an organization whose only reason to exist is to promote that agenda against you.
In other words, they are the Christians proving their stand by using the Bible. However since these people refuse to see beyond their own narrow view you are the new form of heretic.
Look, past facts don't matter, they have a document which claims that we are causing it. They can totally ignore the cooling trend over the last ten years, the major shift in sunspot activity which neatly explains other such periods, all because they have passed the point of reason and now it is a purely emotional issue.
That is how I know you know you did well on /. Getting modded flamebait or troll is an example you crossed the PC thresh hold. The amount of arrogance and ignorance is exhibited well by the moderation system or post bullshit moderation by the site owners who will take +5 insightful to troll/flamebait without record. The only place to hit a thicker wall of supposed know it alls is Wikipedia.
karma to burn, because I do know how to score it.
This company in particular was formed in 96 and didn't go public until 2006. Throw in the major advances in computing power and only recently wholesale push for this type of tech across the world and I don't think we can lay it at the feet of the fundies.
Remember, under Bush it was only certain "types" of stem cell research that were inhibited. A lot of the success stories from here and elsewhere came from those not restricted in the US to "public funding". Private funding wasn't stopped. However many of these companies only recently emerged into the public markets where they would have access to larger amounts of funds.
If fundies were stopping this stuff, they how come it didn't surface overseas first? In other words, this science is not easy and getting to human trials isn't like a four week waiting period to see if the rabbit dies
because no one is unhappy enough with Government to protest it.
Face it, those in power are loathe to give it up or admit abuse, it is far easier through the use of courts and the press to label those who do disagree as having mental issues, whether it is anger or the expected and currently in vogue "racism".
I thought eight years under Bush were bad with fear mongering, but the new gang has improved on it. The sad part is, both sides of the Atlantic seem adept at adapting the very worse privacy rights violation the other side comes up with.
The US is getting Britain's camera system and you get our Intellectual rights system... who came up with this new one?
that he didn't even begin to get hints? Was he that detached from the rest of the office to not notice things, let alone review processes and such in place. I figure that if I were there that where the money went would have been an important consideration.
I don't find it a slander to include him in the article, it raises the question of, what did he know or why didn't he show more attention to what was going on around him. His position certainly warranted it.
Then again, its DC. The real reason he gets his name in the mud is many other high profile appointees were dirty but kept.
Why not make "gaydar"? Really, where is the offense? Oh, that's right, "gays" are a favorite of the politically correct crowd. Your reference to "white-dar" makes it clear either your offended or want to be offended. Get over it. Its far easier to turn the other cheek than look for offense in every comment or action.
Look, I think the students proved their point. It may never had been noticed if it had not offended. Why is it the fault of the authors if someone is trying to hide a major facet of who they are? If that person is embarrassed then its their problem, not yours, mine, or the authors. The interesting part is, people go to great extents to be heard, to declare who they are, and that occurs even on a subconscious level.
Facebook/Myspace/etc all show that as a society we want people to know who we are. This just shows that you may be revealing more than you expected.
if anything it furthers space technology more than it hinders it.
We also spend more on new buildings/bridges/parks named after living government officials than on NASA.
Does NASA get votes?
Answer that and you have found the real reason.
The ultimate expression of casual gamer.
on a side note, in World of Warcraft you can play Bejeweled... a time waster inside of another time waster!
Any significant source of vibration seems to cause them to die prematurely. This is based on personal experience.
As in, garage door openers. Though I think the use cycle there may not exploit them much. I could not keep the CFLs mounted near the openers either, however the one in the utility room accessible through the garage has lived a long time. Near doors where the kids just love to slam them shut. Not a fan of them in ceiling fans, though the enclosed "candle style" CFLs for some reason outlasted the exposed ones.
My concern with LED and even CFLs is the heat they build up in their bases. Can they be used in enclosed fixtures? I was surprised how warm some globe lights became after going from 60w incandescent to 10w/15w CFLs
Congress simply has a new bludgeon. It means nothing for me and you. Instead we will see Congress use this "ownership" to pay off the various special interest groups they need to appease. Sure someone might keep a job as they dictate what and what cannot close but in the end the result is that through tax dollars Congress bought themselves new levels on control to further their interests, not ours.
Right to Repair is a needed solution. Disclaimer I work for a parts distributor. The problem is that manufacturers are trying to keep people from accessing this information. When that fails they will pursue it from angles ranging from the environment to neighborhood blight. Meaning, you might have access to the information but no where to work as doing "environmentally sensitive work" is too dangerous to do so in your garage, drive, etc.
Oil changes - sorry - can't trust the home guy to dispose of it correctly so we must do in our shop.
Body work, look at those harsh chemicals.
Car on jacks, ruins values of homes so it must be stopped! Think of the risk to children around cars stripped down for repairs!
Hell, even trade sanctions can limit where you get parts by forcing distributors to move sources elsewhere thereby costing time and money. Throw in some "sanctions" because of how foreign countries may or may not treat the environment or people and the possibilities are endless.
I know, sounds silly, but SEMA has been fighting this mess for longer and there are many angles that automakers can take to limit your right to repair you own car.
Last I read is that is was not based on the HERO system so where is the appeal other than making the characters look different?
Also, considering their first week live saw massive exploits of stupid features, think entire groups stun killing everything which conveniently rewarded full experience regardless of player level because of an update not made properly. Throw in that many groups used this to max level nearly instantly before Cryptic shut it off but left all the exploiters with their gains. Apparently they went to the Turbine school of "Exploit Early Exploit Often".
Top it off with FOTM (think mini maxing) character types and if you want to succeed do you have anything but to be the same build as others - all you have is the choice what color your powers/outfit are. If you don't choose right your stuck, retcon is too expensive and that is it, your done. Roll again the spec that works and pray retcon (or whatever they call it) comes soon enough so you can play what you wanted to play.
as such why do people think health insurance is prohibitively expensive when bought outside an employer, granted its not cheap through an employer either.
Government regulations, read mandates.
Its not legal to buy health insurance across state lines, you can't even take individual health policies across most lines, all unless your covered by your employer. Your employer gets a tax deduction for your insurance that you cannot get if you buy your own. when you go to buy it you get soaked because each state piles on its mandated coverage to the already onerous federal mandates.
From mental health to smoking cessation. From pregnancy to implants. You will end up paying for coverage you will not use, in many cases cannot use, all because of some petty politicians whim. That is why we have 1000 page health bills, not because they are looking out for us, they are deciding what is and what isn't.
So yeah, I can totally see one device used in preference to another, the government says "this is what we will pay for and this list shows the extent of what qualifies"
How in the hell do you think the hovaround business stays in business. Because of the stroke of a pen makes anyone with a job buy them for people who may not even want them.
It will get vastly worse when the government takes total control. Every bit player will get their funding for their "medical" devices and the only thing not getting real money is patient care.
which means neither the parents, teachers, students, or politicians, are allowed to be offended by the results. The results are that we are not all created equal and testing can show it. Hence we dumb it down dragging some of the brightest down with us and discouraging some who may have had a chance to some of the brightest from ever showing it.
Throw in the self destructive behavior of certain cultural elements and the high minded liberal mindset where these self ascribed people with all the knowledge deem what each "group" can do and how best to "level the playing field" and we end up with a system which essentially declares one race inferior to another and backs it with claims that the test/course/etc is racially biased - as if information can be such.
Top it off with a system designed to keep bad teachers in the due paying roles and to lard up the administration with every family member a local politician knows of who needs a job and is it any wonder we fail our kids?
I do know one thing, it certainly wasn't religion that dragged down our education system, we did our best to drive that out of our schools we forgot to watch was being done by other means.
because we certainly don't fight to win. We take incredible precaution to not harm the "civilians" and wonder why there never seems to and end to the war or an end to the other sides ability to recruit.
We have become such a risk averse culture in the West that we could not fight World War ][ all over again because too many would be screaming about killing non-direct combatants. You don't win a war by being nice. You win in by breaking the spirit of the opponent and their support mechanism. Its mean, its cruel, but its true.
Again, Iraq has nothing to do with NASA's budgetary woes. Granted the money used there "COULD HAVE BEEN" used for NASA but we all know that is not true. NASA's budget has been remarkably well insulated from the costs of our little wars throughout the years. The problem faces is to do big things requires a big budget but rocket science is not open to the general public (blame culture and government schools) so such large funding does not generate the requisite number of votes that new roads, pools, and libraries do.
that training and money went into creating this network that cannot keep up with a pigeon.
Flame my ass, mod me down, I don't support this level of idiocy that exists here.
NASA does not get a real budget because NASA does not generate votes.
What gets votes are two categories...
The masses through one handout after another, to keep them placated between elections and loyal to their local politicians who "did this for them out of the goodness of their heart"
The money on Wall Street. Those who deliver the real campaign donations through various routes, direct and indirect.
We have seen trickle down economics distilled into its purest form now, we just hand money to Wall Street and its interest.
So, yeah, while the parrot heads all love to sip their half cafe decaf lattes nodding their heads over the wit of "its the war, man" it isn't true. Its a terrible excuse. Are the wars bad? Yes, but parroting that line is exactly what politicians want you to do. Why? Because they are pissing away the money that could have gone to NASA and many other valued science related projects instead on building monuments to themselves in towns across America (the number of buildings/roads/bridges named for LIVING and in power politicians is amazing now).
Sorry ... I hate replies like your every time I see them and every time they get modded insightful. Wars are wrong, but they are an excuse that Congress and the like use to not fund NASA, funny thing is even without expensive wars when was the last time NASA got any real money?
Well? Show me.
their robots are aimed at aiding the elderly and this exoskeleton would do the same.
If Japan didn't have someone looking over their shoulder perhaps their development of these products would be different? It has got to be kind of convenient to have the US providing support militarily, not that there are no drawbacks because there are some.
then again, after all their monster/giant robot flicks perhaps there is some cultural inhibition to making them come to life.