That's funny, the message I get from "Atlas Shrugged" is that greedy, handout-happy, micromanaging, do-gooder, fix-societies-ills, we know better than you governments that lavish money and influence on those that share their ideology and punish those that actually produce the wealth they redistribute are bad all the way around.
... a half way decent viewing site should let you see ~5000 stars...
Recent data suggests there are between 5000 and 6000 stars visible to the naked eye in both hemispheres, so any one person could only see at most about 2500-3000 at a time, and some of those would be obscured by haze at the horizon.
Which 'institution' has done more harm to society, 419 scammers or the Catholic Church? I'll let you decide. The kids are the only innocent party, if you ask me.
So you would have it choose to mow down the stationary infant in its stroller as opposed to tapping a parking pickup truck backing up at at 10 MPH?
The problem with his original question is that he assumes the self-driving car has knowledge of the type, mass, and vulnerability of things around it. This might be the test case for the three laws of robotics - do not ever choose to hit an unprotected human (probably includes motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians). If you know (by a beacon or whatever) that a vehicle is completely autonomous and does not contain humans and has comparable delta-V, give that preference. If hitting a vehicle likely containing a human is inevitable, choose the lowest speed impact.
Points a) and b) are not as prevalent as you'd think - Americans don't all 'live on credit'. You do see a lot of card-based transactions, but they're either debit transactions or credit transactions of convenience. I'm not sure what the UK equivalent is, but funds I spend via my debit card (looks just like a credit card; even has Visa on it) come directly from my bank account linked to that card. It's like a card-based check (cheque to you). Debit card volume in the US exceeds credit card usage.
The other thing you see is people using their credit card to make purchases to get 'points' or other rewards. Personally I don't bother with that, since the CC companies are betting that you'll 1) forget to pay off your balance on time, 2) let the points expire, or 3) earn fewer points than the yearly cost of the card. I only have CC's with no annual fee, and I don't have time to bother with balance-juggling.
For a start the amount of water available is limited, and more needs to be pumped in at some stage.
You're still thinking of old designs. LFTR reactors, like all Molten Salt Reactors, do not require ANY water as a primary or secondary coolant, and can be built anywhere, not just near a river or other large source of water (when the secondary heat exchanger feeds a gas turbine).
For example, a 4x8 foot router table can cut up an entire sheet of plywood to make self-assembled furniture.
Thinking outside the box a little, why not have the router move by itself on the plywood? Your 4x8 'table' would be reduced to either:
1) a wheeled router with decent X/Y awareness and a bit that has a roller ball on the tip to prevent over-penetration and damage to the underlying surface. The plywood can be arranged on any flat surface. 2) a pair of channels that clamp onto sides of and span the plywood in one direction and a crossmember that makes up essentially a giant X/Y plotter with a router at the intersection. The channels and crossmember can be disassembled and stored away easily.
You don't necessary need to dedicate a 4x8 area for a particular task using either method.
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Moving something in the air requires fighting gravity constantly ...
Give These guys a call - I'm sure they can be available constantly for such an important task.
That's funny, the message I get from "Atlas Shrugged" is that greedy, handout-happy, micromanaging, do-gooder, fix-societies-ills, we know better than you governments that lavish money and influence on those that share their ideology and punish those that actually produce the wealth they redistribute are bad all the way around.
Sounds like "Atlas Shrugged." Why work when your efforts are stolen from you? Use their redistribution scheme against them.
I was like, "No they weren't - the first transistors were bulky as hell!"
... a half way decent viewing site should let you see ~5000 stars ...
Recent data suggests there are between 5000 and 6000 stars visible to the naked eye in both hemispheres, so any one person could only see at most about 2500-3000 at a time, and some of those would be obscured by haze at the horizon.
Nevertheless, a heck of a lot more than 50.
I thought fear was a choice
No, Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
Who says that? Muad'Dave says that!
Which 'institution' has done more harm to society, 419 scammers or the Catholic Church? I'll let you decide. The kids are the only innocent party, if you ask me.
You watched the new "Cosmos", didn't you?
F1 please! Austin, TX on November 2nd, baby!
So you would have it choose to mow down the stationary infant in its stroller as opposed to tapping a parking pickup truck backing up at at 10 MPH?
The problem with his original question is that he assumes the self-driving car has knowledge of the type, mass, and vulnerability of things around it. This might be the test case for the three laws of robotics - do not ever choose to hit an unprotected human (probably includes motorcyclists, bicyclists, and pedestrians). If you know (by a beacon or whatever) that a vehicle is completely autonomous and does not contain humans and has comparable delta-V, give that preference. If hitting a vehicle likely containing a human is inevitable, choose the lowest speed impact.
... from hearth disease ...
Coal-fired hearth, I take it. What a wonderful Freudian Bra...I mean slip!
Flying in this plane was definitely about the vehicle, not the destination.
using an F-150 on racing day...
Seems to work for Farm Truck.
He wasn't positive enough!
Points a) and b) are not as prevalent as you'd think - Americans don't all 'live on credit'. You do see a lot of card-based transactions, but they're either debit transactions or credit transactions of convenience. I'm not sure what the UK equivalent is, but funds I spend via my debit card (looks just like a credit card; even has Visa on it) come directly from my bank account linked to that card. It's like a card-based check (cheque to you). Debit card volume in the US exceeds credit card usage.
The other thing you see is people using their credit card to make purchases to get 'points' or other rewards. Personally I don't bother with that, since the CC companies are betting that you'll 1) forget to pay off your balance on time, 2) let the points expire, or 3) earn fewer points than the yearly cost of the card. I only have CC's with no annual fee, and I don't have time to bother with balance-juggling.
For a start the amount of water available is limited, and more needs to be pumped in at some stage.
You're still thinking of old designs. LFTR reactors, like all Molten Salt Reactors, do not require ANY water as a primary or secondary coolant, and can be built anywhere, not just near a river or other large source of water (when the secondary heat exchanger feeds a gas turbine).
This was trialled in the Cayman Islands back in 2009 or so, except their skeeters needed tetracycline.
That's why HUD requires signatures in blue pen - so they know they have the original.
For example, a 4x8 foot router table can cut up an entire sheet of plywood to make self-assembled furniture.
Thinking outside the box a little, why not have the router move by itself on the plywood? Your 4x8 'table' would be reduced to either:
1) a wheeled router with decent X/Y awareness and a bit that has a roller ball on the tip to prevent over-penetration and damage to the underlying surface. The plywood can be arranged on any flat surface.
2) a pair of channels that clamp onto sides of and span the plywood in one direction and a crossmember that makes up essentially a giant X/Y plotter with a router at the intersection. The channels and crossmember can be disassembled and stored away easily.
You don't necessary need to dedicate a 4x8 area for a particular task using either method.
Obama can't fulfill any one of his campaign promises in the first six years. Give him some time.
FTFY
Sounds like the characters in "Pitch Black".
Look up "Thrust Fault", and no, it doesn't have anything to do with failing turbine engines.
Supposedly that's the tune to hum to yourself to get another earworm song out. Top 10 earworms.
Thank you, Stilgar.
Uhh, both "its" refer to NASA - its resupply mission and its computer in the ISS. Is that what you tried to say in an overly complicated way?