NUMBER OF NEURONS
Rat Brain 200,000,000
Human Brain 86,000,000,000
If a Moore's law type progression occurs in this field we'll get human brain simulation within a decade. If so, watch out because everything will change. Of course the researcher is only simulating a portion of the rat brain and technology rarely moves in straight lines, so let's be reasonable and call it twenty years.
Obviously, it's important for a test to always be uniform. If you tried to test cars under "realistic" driving conditions the tests would all be different.
Or you could just do enough tests to have an appropriate sample size for statistical analysis, thirty should do.
If it were zero dollars they wouldn't bother externalizing the costs and putting up with bad publicity. Currently the cost of fixing the problem is considered greater than the publicity cost, which is non-zero.
Not quite correct. You're not allowed to carry them unless it's within the course of your duty. That means off duty don't have their firearms and most on duty have theirs in the armory. That said there are still quite a few people with their weapons for around for various reasons, though most of them don't have ammo. The number of personnel with firearms and ammo is fairly small but it is more than just MPs. Duty Officers/NCOs, various guards, armory personnel, those heading out to the firing range, etc.
We already have mixed economy capitalism in the US. All the countries that use it have slightly different flavors, they all have problems, it just sucks in slightly different ways.
What you're describing are just various flavors of mixed economy capitalism which is what pretty much everyone is using nowadays. Nothing to see here, move along.
Please explain to me, how 50 years after the Great Society, and all the special programs for all the minorities, how they are still disadvantaged by our society?
Pretty simple really, wealth tends to perpetuate. The greatest indicator for success in life is the affluence of your parents. This has little to do with race. The great society did little to actually level the playing field wealth wise.
Suggest something that hasn't already failed miserably and isn't based on whimsical fantasy and I'd be pretty interested. So far no one has come up with a reasonable alternative.
Society as a whole eventually did fine, excess labor was channeled into other jobs and as a species we were better off. The Luddites themselves often faced gloomy job prospects, loss of social standing, financial distress and even bankruptcy. So they were wrong, but also right in a way.
But hey - free market is good and socialism is bad, right?
Mostly yeah. As much as capitalism sucks, and it does, everything else we've tried has been worse. I'm open to suggestions if you have a new alternative.
What if you're a cop and you arrest a lot of people for jaywalking?
Then you come to the realization that some of your laws are written stupidly. Any law we wouldn't want 100% enforcement of needs to be re-written or gotten rid of.
Sure, they moved to manufacturing. When those jobs went away everyone moved to service. At this point though we've run out of sectors of the economy, there isn't anywhere for everyone to move to.
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It was a nice theory while it lasted, but it turns out the industry has decided to automate instead.
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NUMBER OF NEURONS
Rat Brain 200,000,000
Human Brain 86,000,000,000
If a Moore's law type progression occurs in this field we'll get human brain simulation within a decade. If so, watch out because everything will change. Of course the researcher is only simulating a portion of the rat brain and technology rarely moves in straight lines, so let's be reasonable and call it twenty years.
Yeah, we had a bit of disagreement about that initially but it was settled pretty firmly in 1865.
Obviously, it's important for a test to always be uniform. If you tried to test cars under "realistic" driving conditions the tests would all be different.
Or you could just do enough tests to have an appropriate sample size for statistical analysis, thirty should do.
ST-Enterprise? You're dead to me.
That's exactly what the subsidies do - they expose the costs of pollution to the power companies.
Actually no. Taxes would do that, subsidies are something different.
If it were zero dollars they wouldn't bother externalizing the costs and putting up with bad publicity. Currently the cost of fixing the problem is considered greater than the publicity cost, which is non-zero.
*sigh* Apparently you didn't listen a thing I said.
Your comments lack a bit of substance.
So do your solutions.
Not quite correct. You're not allowed to carry them unless it's within the course of your duty. That means off duty don't have their firearms and most on duty have theirs in the armory. That said there are still quite a few people with their weapons for around for various reasons, though most of them don't have ammo. The number of personnel with firearms and ammo is fairly small but it is more than just MPs. Duty Officers/NCOs, various guards, armory personnel, those heading out to the firing range, etc.
Mostly ammo free though.
That's not really a new system, it's just duct tape around some stuff that doesn't work quite right.
We already have mixed economy capitalism in the US. All the countries that use it have slightly different flavors, they all have problems, it just sucks in slightly different ways.
Poor Immigrants from Asia tend to counter your argument.
I didn't say it was the only indicator, just the biggest one. IQ, parental involvement and cultural expectations all play a role as well.
What you're describing are just various flavors of mixed economy capitalism which is what pretty much everyone is using nowadays. Nothing to see here, move along.
Please explain to me, how 50 years after the Great Society, and all the special programs for all the minorities, how they are still disadvantaged by our society?
Pretty simple really, wealth tends to perpetuate. The greatest indicator for success in life is the affluence of your parents. This has little to do with race. The great society did little to actually level the playing field wealth wise.
Sometimes you just have to experiment.
Suggest something that hasn't already failed miserably and isn't based on whimsical fantasy and I'd be pretty interested. So far no one has come up with a reasonable alternative.
Society as a whole eventually did fine, excess labor was channeled into other jobs and as a species we were better off. The Luddites themselves often faced gloomy job prospects, loss of social standing, financial distress and even bankruptcy. So they were wrong, but also right in a way.
The best way to sequester CO2 from power plants is not to burn fossil fuels. I know, crazy idea.
Provide an energy source that is cheaper, has equivalent energy density and reasonable storage requirements and I'm sure we'd all be happy to switch.
But hey - free market is good and socialism is bad, right?
Mostly yeah. As much as capitalism sucks, and it does, everything else we've tried has been worse. I'm open to suggestions if you have a new alternative.
Of course the Luddites were right about their own personal situation, but let's gloss over that part.
What if you're a cop and you arrest a lot of people for jaywalking?
Then you come to the realization that some of your laws are written stupidly. Any law we wouldn't want 100% enforcement of needs to be re-written or gotten rid of.
Sure, they moved to manufacturing. When those jobs went away everyone moved to service. At this point though we've run out of sectors of the economy, there isn't anywhere for everyone to move to.
If they do not, then we have put in a good-faith effort, and we can enact our own consequences.
Yes, like sending them harshly worded messages while doing nothing.