Getting a laser from a sattelite to one place on earth so it could be seen would require a LOT of power, even at night. Illuminating an entire part of the earth would take more power than you could imagine...
Watched Star Wars a few too many times?
Of course, the Death Star would get everyones attention.
The only downside? Private firms can probably get a LOT more manned launches done per year for the same cost, but they'll be a little riskier. More astronauts will be killed.
After a few launches where astronauts get killed, we'll hear the screaming to let NASA go back to manned space flight. The problem with using private firms/corporations is that they only care about how much money they make in a year. Yes, the astronauts know the risks of climbing into a rocket and being launched into space; we shouldn't go backwards and increase the risks they face.
You're entering the Information Technology field, not a factory to produce widgets. IT requires creative thinking and, in my experience, creativity comes when you think and create a solution to a problem. The next stage is implementing the solution via coding, building, or other processes.
What you seem to be expecting is everyone bent over their keyboard, hammering away at the keys, for 8 straight hours a day. That's the mentality of someone who works on an assembly line.
"The big question is how could you guarantee you were eating artificial flesh rather than flesh from an animal that had been slaughtered. It would be very difficult to label and identify in a way that people would trust."
Simple: Add a gene that would make the artificial meat a recognizable color.
Instead of green eggs and ham we'll have green ham and eggs!
An answer to your title: Of course we can't; they're too hooked on the money they get from lobbyists and "special" interests. The money and congressional aids make it easier to ignore the citizens of the USA.
I meant that the cellular phone company would have to shutdown texting as a service for everyone, everywhere, forever not just for the texter when driving. People will find a way around any technological gadget to block texting or phoning while driving. I am advocating that people driving cars should pull over to the side of the road before making/answering a phone call or text message. Not paying attention to the road conditions, other cars, etc. is a sure way to cause an accident.
I'm afraid that the only way to prevent people from texting while driving is for the companies to shutdown that feature, permanently. But, as it is a large cash-cow for them, they will not do that as a preventative measure. Quite a few people will die in accidents where someone was texting and studies will have to be done to show what we already know - if you want to talk or text someone, pull over to the side of the road FIRST. Don't drive distracted; the life you save may be someone you know.
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Getting a laser from a sattelite to one place on earth so it could be seen would require a LOT of power, even at night. Illuminating an entire part of the earth would take more power than you could imagine...
Watched Star Wars a few too many times?
Of course, the Death Star would get everyones attention.
I just hope that the Prius isn't the replacement for the space shuttle.
Blazingly hot or just a few K above 0?
Tell them he's not their messiah but he wants all of their money so he can spend it on hookers and blow.
That's a little unimaginative; we see that on a near-daily basis from athletes, politicians and developers.
How about he gets these unwanted believers to dress in burlap tunics, hit themselves on the forehead with a thick oak board while chanting?
Haven't heard back from her yet.
[American Sign Language]That's because you cut your ear off![/American Sign Language]
The only downside? Private firms can probably get a LOT more manned launches done per year for the same cost, but they'll be a little riskier. More astronauts will be killed.
After a few launches where astronauts get killed, we'll hear the screaming to let NASA go back to manned space flight. The problem with using private firms/corporations is that they only care about how much money they make in a year. Yes, the astronauts know the risks of climbing into a rocket and being launched into space; we shouldn't go backwards and increase the risks they face.
Perhaps someone can answer this question:
Will there ever be a Fred A*?
You're entering the Information Technology field, not a factory to produce widgets.
IT requires creative thinking and, in my experience, creativity comes when you think and create a solution to a problem.
The next stage is implementing the solution via coding, building, or other processes.
What you seem to be expecting is everyone bent over their keyboard, hammering away at the keys, for 8 straight hours a day. That's the mentality of someone who works on an assembly line.
Considering how many threads are devolving into circular arguments, I'm wondering if we're creating black holes from all the energy being expended.
I'm pretty sure we have as time is becoming distorted the longer I spend reading the comments.
French grapes will have holes in them and Swiss cheese will grow on vines.
from a bottle of very old Scotch whiskey!
we now live in a world with Sissies who can't take life's discomforts like there parents.
Apparently, they also cannot spell like their parents did, either.
I'm just hoping they don't release Windows 8 in December...
"The big question is how could you guarantee you were eating artificial flesh rather than flesh from an animal that had been slaughtered. It would be very difficult to label and identify in a way that people would trust."
Simple: Add a gene that would make the artificial meat a recognizable color.
Instead of green eggs and ham we'll have green ham and eggs!
...including Dorrit Mousaieff, Iceland's first lady.
If she's Icelands first lady, how did Icelanders procreate before she came along?
...I never actually considered that people would genuinely fear a cataclysm as depicted in the movie.
Ever hear about a radio broadcast called "War of the Worlds"? Did you hear about the panic it caused?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_worlds
Some people will panic just because someone tells them to or they can't distinguish reality from fantasy.
An answer to your title: Of course we can't; they're too hooked on the money they get from lobbyists and "special" interests. The money and congressional aids make it easier to ignore the citizens of the USA.
or Linux?
We may never know.
are scientists looking for a cure?
I'll happily stay infected, thanks! ;)
"Genetic Mutation Enables Less Sheep"?
that we're learning more about the human body everyday!
I meant that the cellular phone company would have to shutdown texting as a service for everyone, everywhere, forever not just for the texter when driving. People will find a way around any technological gadget to block texting or phoning while driving. I am advocating that people driving cars should pull over to the side of the road before making/answering a phone call or text message. Not paying attention to the road conditions, other cars, etc. is a sure way to cause an accident.
I'm afraid that the only way to prevent people from texting while driving is for the companies to shutdown that feature, permanently.
But, as it is a large cash-cow for them, they will not do that as a preventative measure. Quite a few people will die in accidents where someone was texting and studies will have to be done to show what we already know - if you want to talk or text someone, pull over to the side of the road FIRST. Don't drive distracted; the life you save may be someone you know.
Detroit a green city? Where's Omni Consumer Products? Drugs? Crime? RoboCop? I want a ED-209 to hack!
Bastards!
that in space, no one can hear you scre...