Let Asians build the world's fastest trains and the continent-wide energy systems we can only dream about. We have lawsuit AI technology we can use to rob each other blind as we cash those unemployment checks.
You nailed the reason for the sinking Mississippi delta we're hearing so much about today. Because deltas are made of silt, all of them slump and sink over time. In nature, they are kept alive by annual flood depositions of fresh silt from upstream. Because of Corps of Engineers reclamation, the Mississippi is flowing clean and the delta, even the part that is not built on, is no longer getting fresh silt.
If we want to save New Orleans, why not drill a grid of injection wells citywide and pump fresh mud at an even rate into each one to keep the city afloat?
No, Church of Warminetics operating thetans keep telling us that global warning will cause global, endless drought. Although whenever there IS a flood, that too proves warming.
The main problem with Breakthrough Starshot as currently envisioned, besides the difficulty of having a small probe return data at interstellar distances, is it has no way of decelerating as it approaches a target. Even if we can get past the dust abrasion problem and if we can deploy the huge space lasers, Starshot's minimal probe is going to rip through the Proxima Centauri system at 20% of c. At that speed, there will not be much of an opportunity to see anything as the local Oort cloud shreds it to death.
Instead, let's design the biggest optical interferometry arrays we can manage, terrestrial or otherwise. This will yield photons we can use.
"So an empty metal container made for storing fuel is also a great place to live? It has precisely the right properties in terms of structural integrity, heat and radiation shielding, etc.?"
Gee, if only H. sapiens were an adaptable species, capable of making do in extreme environments with available materials.
Medallion cab drivers are acting rationally whe they refuse a ride into a neighborhood where they are likely to get robbed, but a key advantage of the new ridesharing shstems is that passengers have to join and be known to the system to use it. The relationship between passenger and driver is safer in both directions.
Traditionally, a tax on one line of business would be to support special costs and infrastructure that business might require. Taxis might be levied to support taxi stands, security services and special lanes. But what is a tax on non-medallion ride sharing services only supposed to provide? Because for socialists the cure for a monopoly is to add a tax rather than to let in competition, one-quarter of the new Massachusetts tax is a subsidy to the medallion drivers. But does the rest of it go into anything that improves the experience of riders?
The renewable energy priesthood keep telling us that solar panels work almost as well through those leaden German winters as on cloudless days, and that any use of the "CO2 nourishes plant life" argument makes you a tool of the capitalist oil companies. I don't think a little more high-altitude cloudiness is going to wreck the balance.
Bringing the ice cube safely and unmolten down from orbit might also pose minor problems....
Besides, the added ice would raise the level of the oceans. Not your intended result. Instead, find a way to make it cloudier overall, raising the albedo of the Earth.
"Hey, a bunch of former buggy whip makers called..."
I just looked up buggy whips on Amazon and, guess what - several high-end brands are available!
If you like driving as a job, you will still have an opportunity to upgrade and specialize. I can see a market for sightseeing services in which tourists are escorted around in a classic Mustang by a real driver. It would be like the carriages in Central Park, but with the versatility to cover a lot more ground in more places. Imagine being able to take a nostalgic road trip through Big Sur, or to Vegas, or through Florida. You could have historical road trips following the routes of Steinbeck and Kerouac.
4K is in the same state right now as the first days of stereo, when the only 'content' everyone had to show off was that vinyl demo record of the train running through the middle of the house.
there will be a parking warden hovering to check if someone has overstayed by 5 minutes and pounce to hand out a ticket. Those pains in the ass are everywhere!
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Ryanair is going to order fifty of them.
Let Asians build the world's fastest trains and the continent-wide energy systems we can only dream about. We have lawsuit AI technology we can use to rob each other blind as we cash those unemployment checks.
You nailed the reason for the sinking Mississippi delta we're hearing so much about today. Because deltas are made of silt, all of them slump and sink over time. In nature, they are kept alive by annual flood depositions of fresh silt from upstream. Because of Corps of Engineers reclamation, the Mississippi is flowing clean and the delta, even the part that is not built on, is no longer getting fresh silt.
If we want to save New Orleans, why not drill a grid of injection wells citywide and pump fresh mud at an even rate into each one to keep the city afloat?
"global warming makes flooding more frequent."
No, Church of Warminetics operating thetans keep telling us that global warning will cause global, endless drought. Although whenever there IS a flood, that too proves warming.
The main problem with Breakthrough Starshot as currently envisioned, besides the difficulty of having a small probe return data at interstellar distances, is it has no way of decelerating as it approaches a target. Even if we can get past the dust abrasion problem and if we can deploy the huge space lasers, Starshot's minimal probe is going to rip through the Proxima Centauri system at 20% of c. At that speed, there will not be much of an opportunity to see anything as the local Oort cloud shreds it to death.
Instead, let's design the biggest optical interferometry arrays we can manage, terrestrial or otherwise. This will yield photons we can use.
What's wrong with simply preformatting the Name column as text?
"Wake me when the Tesla becomes an affordable car.
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Early adopters spend lots of money now, so that later you can spend a lot less for the same thing. It's been that way with all new tech.
But at the same time, it would help a whole lot if tanks were designed with on-orbit adaptation in mind.
"So an empty metal container made for storing fuel is also a great place to live? It has precisely the right properties in terms of structural integrity, heat and radiation shielding, etc.?"
Gee, if only H. sapiens were an adaptable species, capable of making do in extreme environments with available materials.
Who is it going to be? I'm betting on it being some hospital administrator.
Medallion cab drivers are acting rationally whe they refuse a ride into a neighborhood where they are likely to get robbed, but a key advantage of the new ridesharing shstems is that passengers have to join and be known to the system to use it. The relationship between passenger and driver is safer in both directions.
Traditionally, a tax on one line of business would be to support special costs and infrastructure that business might require. Taxis might be levied to support taxi stands, security services and special lanes. But what is a tax on non-medallion ride sharing services only supposed to provide? Because for socialists the cure for a monopoly is to add a tax rather than to let in competition, one-quarter of the new Massachusetts tax is a subsidy to the medallion drivers. But does the rest of it go into anything that improves the experience of riders?
How do trolls get voted insightful?
Sometimes a freshly painted bridge can fool people.
The renewable energy priesthood keep telling us that solar panels work almost as well through those leaden German winters as on cloudless days, and that any use of the "CO2 nourishes plant life" argument makes you a tool of the capitalist oil companies. I don't think a little more high-altitude cloudiness is going to wreck the balance.
Bringing the ice cube safely and unmolten down from orbit might also pose minor problems ....
Besides, the added ice would raise the level of the oceans. Not your intended result. Instead, find a way to make it cloudier overall, raising the albedo of the Earth.
" The ideology of; if we don't do it then our enemies will is the path to darkness."
Nope, darkness is when your enemy does it first.
All the same, North Korea is not going to appreciate the Hello Kitty H-bomb drones that are controlled from Samsung phones.
Keep coming up with ideas like this. "Deniers" love this sort of thing.
"Hey, a bunch of former buggy whip makers called..."
I just looked up buggy whips on Amazon and, guess what - several high-end brands are available!
If you like driving as a job, you will still have an opportunity to upgrade and specialize. I can see a market for sightseeing services in which tourists are escorted around in a classic Mustang by a real driver. It would be like the carriages in Central Park, but with the versatility to cover a lot more ground in more places. Imagine being able to take a nostalgic road trip through Big Sur, or to Vegas, or through Florida. You could have historical road trips following the routes of Steinbeck and Kerouac.
Is there really that much stuff in 4K to watch?
4K is in the same state right now as the first days of stereo, when the only 'content' everyone had to show off was that vinyl demo record of the train running through the middle of the house.
"Why? I've seen the lives it has destroyed,"
Yes, the lives it has destroyed is one of the best reasons for getting rid of the DEA.
"In fact, when I'm slightly buzzed, I can bike much faster uphill, than usual..."
No, it's because you think that 'they' are following you.
there will be a parking warden hovering to check if someone has overstayed by 5 minutes and pounce to hand out a ticket. Those pains in the ass are everywhere!
This is in the plans for the new British module.
Is there even a successor to ISS planned?
If we sell ISS on decommissioning it, then there will be.
You're a science-hating liberal, depressing.
In San Francisco those evil engineers have produced a spectacular bridge, all ready for you to jump from. For the rest of us, great news!