Then don't make it ridiculously hard to set one up! I'm looking at you, New Scientist. This UK site invites readers to access its premium articles by setting up a free account that requests some demographic information. Fine as a concept, until you get to the point where you choose a password. Acceptable passwords are filtered through a set of complexity rules more appropriate for James Bond 007 License To Kill clearance than a site for socially conscious pop science articles. So far as I'm concerned, a site that won't accept the studiously randomized passwords generated by password managers is not a site I'm interested in accessing.
Whether one agrees or not with DeSmogBlog as a Church of Warminetics worship site, the Register's claim that the blog is run by A CONVICTED CRIMINAL is pretty thin when you discover that the law the blogger had broken was UIGEA, which not only has nothing to do with the climate controversy but is one of those nonsense edicts that Americans, be they liberal or conservative, are proud to find themselves on the wrong side of.
But to be fair, the article leaves it very unclear what Dyson's actual position on climate is. His position seems to be that although there is some decent evidence for warming (melting of long-term ice) the climate models suck, which is borne out by the total inability of the models to predict long-term weather changes - you know, the very definition of climate.
Could this make possible a fission reacxtor design that requires a continuous input of neutrons (or protons) to keep the reaction going? To scram the reactor, just flick the Off switch instead of having to move moderator rods physically into place and then keep coolant circulating until most heat of decay is removed.
This would be a good test of the Assange-is-free hypothesis, but depending on how badly Washington really wants to get rid of Assange, it could also endanger a whole planeload of people.
You know, that's actually a good question. Though I still have all my teeth, I do wear one of those night retainers, so having an embedded flashlight in it that comes on, say, when I bite down in some unusual way, would be a real help whenever I make one of my prostate-driven nocturnal trips to the bathroom.
A lot of people are already getting used to renting an RV for that once-a-year road trip, rather than owning a vehicle that in most cases they can't even park at their own home. I can see this concept then spreading to the SUV for weekend camping trips as "eliminate range anxiety by renting" catches on. It's probable that the commuting jellybean you use every day will continue to be the one car you buy until cars are fully automated, at which point people will come to regard cars and public transit as being part of a single, pay-per-use system.
And they do feed 3, and more, because in pre-merchant days what everyone did was grow crops for their own families, with minor amounts of incidental local barter. The rise of merchants allowed farmers to specialize. Efficiency rises magically if farmers in the good grape-growing region can produce grapes for all, and trade over large distances for the specialties of other regions.
If people who hosted charging stations would charge for the electricity. That would make it a business, and they would pop up everywhere.
EV charging infrastructure is different from gasoline infrastructure in that you cannot "fill up and go." Charging stations have to be located in places where people will be parking for a while. That makes shopping areas and commercial parking lots the places to put them.
One advantage of raising the level of technology available to a society is that the granularity of supply can be decreased. In the earliest stages of pre-industrial capitalism, farmers' markets arose so that consumers no longer needed to barter a years's supply of their own crop for similarly large amounts of what they needed from a neighbor, because merchants now performed the function of buying big, selling small, and taking the risk of maintaining an inventory in return for a price markup.
The automobile is about to undergo a revolution just as basic. Instead of the big step function of having to buy and maintain your own car, everyone will be able to grab a ride from an automated vehicle as needed, to carry whatever they need, and nobody will have to search for parking. Cars may become more complex and costly than ever, but breaking usage down to individual rides makes auto expenses a much smaller part of each individual consumer's life.
Because in any economy demand does not remain static. What you want to do expands according to what your economy is capable of supplying.
We think of medical services as being an example of inflexible demand, but think it through a little more: in an economy where the public has easy access to basic dentistry, people start wanting to have their teeth straightened and whitened at higher cost.
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Then don't make it ridiculously hard to set one up! I'm looking at you, New Scientist. This UK site invites readers to access its premium articles by setting up a free account that requests some demographic information. Fine as a concept, until you get to the point where you choose a password. Acceptable passwords are filtered through a set of complexity rules more appropriate for James Bond 007 License To Kill clearance than a site for socially conscious pop science articles. So far as I'm concerned, a site that won't accept the studiously randomized passwords generated by password managers is not a site I'm interested in accessing.
I grew up there. The Irvine Company owns Orange County, so buying those Powerwalls is for them like us dropping by Frys for a pack of AA cells.
Whether one agrees or not with DeSmogBlog as a Church of Warminetics worship site, the Register's claim that the blog is run by A CONVICTED CRIMINAL is pretty thin when you discover that the law the blogger had broken was UIGEA, which not only has nothing to do with the climate controversy but is one of those nonsense edicts that Americans, be they liberal or conservative, are proud to find themselves on the wrong side of.
But to be fair, the article leaves it very unclear what Dyson's actual position on climate is. His position seems to be that although there is some decent evidence for warming (melting of long-term ice) the climate models suck, which is borne out by the total inability of the models to predict long-term weather changes - you know, the very definition of climate.
"Sorry, but even a Narrow Spectrum Physicist understands argumentum ad venicundium, argument by incompetent authority!"
And you just used argumentum ad monsantium, which is that the other guy is shilling for $EVIL_CORPORATION.
Could this make possible a fission reacxtor design that requires a continuous input of neutrons (or protons) to keep the reaction going? To scram the reactor, just flick the Off switch instead of having to move moderator rods physically into place and then keep coolant circulating until most heat of decay is removed.
Cepheids would be in one of the early filters for the Kepler mission itself.
Problem exists between steering wheel and smartphone.
There's an old UK automotive joke: Why do the British drink warm beer? Because they keep it in Lucas refrigerators!"
"exists largely as a set of digital files that can be e-mailed to a wood shop anywhere in the world"
This would be a good test of the Assange-is-free hypothesis, but depending on how badly Washington really wants to get rid of Assange, it could also endanger a whole planeload of people.
You know, that's actually a good question. Though I still have all my teeth, I do wear one of those night retainers, so having an embedded flashlight in it that comes on, say, when I bite down in some unusual way, would be a real help whenever I make one of my prostate-driven nocturnal trips to the bathroom.
"false teeth/fillings, hearing aids, eye implants, pacemaker, titanium plates etc already used but not utilised"
The one good thing about being a chrono-American is that we can pretend to be sense-impaired when we're actually just ignoring you.
No, just tell them that no matter what their medical needs may be in the future, they can never have an MRI.
The NFC-based payment system I can activate by just resting my hand on the point-of-sale terminal.
This hypothesis needs to be tested using an Assange look-alike.
A lot of people are already getting used to renting an RV for that once-a-year road trip, rather than owning a vehicle that in most cases they can't even park at their own home. I can see this concept then spreading to the SUV for weekend camping trips as "eliminate range anxiety by renting" catches on. It's probable that the commuting jellybean you use every day will continue to be the one car you buy until cars are fully automated, at which point people will come to regard cars and public transit as being part of a single, pay-per-use system.
"As opposed to shooting them in the back?"
Here in Arizona, that generally stops the crime in progress.
Reminds me of the traditional British unarmed-bobby approach: "Stop! Or I shall have to yell 'Stop!" again!"
And they do feed 3, and more, because in pre-merchant days what everyone did was grow crops for their own families, with minor amounts of incidental local barter. The rise of merchants allowed farmers to specialize. Efficiency rises magically if farmers in the good grape-growing region can produce grapes for all, and trade over large distances for the specialties of other regions.
There's a big difference between early adopter pricing (Tesla) and snooty hipster pricing.
If people who hosted charging stations would charge for the electricity. That would make it a business, and they would pop up everywhere.
EV charging infrastructure is different from gasoline infrastructure in that you cannot "fill up and go." Charging stations have to be located in places where people will be parking for a while. That makes shopping areas and commercial parking lots the places to put them.
This is actually already the case, on the ISS.
One advantage of raising the level of technology available to a society is that the granularity of supply can be decreased. In the earliest stages of pre-industrial capitalism, farmers' markets arose so that consumers no longer needed to barter a years's supply of their own crop for similarly large amounts of what they needed from a neighbor, because merchants now performed the function of buying big, selling small, and taking the risk of maintaining an inventory in return for a price markup.
The automobile is about to undergo a revolution just as basic. Instead of the big step function of having to buy and maintain your own car, everyone will be able to grab a ride from an automated vehicle as needed, to carry whatever they need, and nobody will have to search for parking. Cars may become more complex and costly than ever, but breaking usage down to individual rides makes auto expenses a much smaller part of each individual consumer's life.
Because in any economy demand does not remain static. What you want to do expands according to what your economy is capable of supplying.
We think of medical services as being an example of inflexible demand, but think it through a little more: in an economy where the public has easy access to basic dentistry, people start wanting to have their teeth straightened and whitened at higher cost.