Actually, it is, but the drones have a recall function. One the other hand, we all know that the recall function does not work for missiles, so don't go ordering explosives from Amazon using fake bitcoins; the risk of bad movie is too steep.
> limited usage by ordinary consumers and merchants
There lies the crux of the problem: "Here is your bread, gimme money" "Sure, would you rather take state-guaranteed bills and coins, bank-backed electronic card with semi-instant verification (but a fee), or a stream of bits that some network will later process for validity (while its value fluctuates)?" "I'll take bitcoins, but you only get your bread once the transaction clears" "Have some cash, instead"
If you're Amazon, you can go after the people whose payments get denied. If your are a small merchant, you've got better things to do.
> Please raise your hand if you are planning on using a large controlled explosion to propel yourself into the oxygenless, > -270 Celsius medium of space, return by crashing back down hundreds of miles, and your plan to do so is rooted in the > belief that this is all fantastically safe and unlikely to result in your death.
I'll take 10km and -60C, but only if I get peanuts and don't get to sit next to the fat guy.
At least for the first ten years, suborbital flights will have a lot more scrutiny than the self-certified minimally-inspected aluminium death-traps which carry millions every year and are invariably the safest mode of transport. As a bonus, should trouble happen, you probably won't get told to take your seat cushion with you as you exit into frigid waters.
You are free to start your own provider, and dig your own trench to the nearest CO. You are free to be off the web, too, or use dial-up into another state.
Free market doesn't prevent abusive monopolies, as long as they only abuse their customers and not their symbolic competitors.
Actually, like ARMs (in the mortgage sense), you find people who plan on a very short use and will take the short-term savings. The US is a good market for this sh*t, because of the high lease ratio.
Europeans and Less rich countries, who on average keep their cars for a lot longer, probably won't go for it.
Only if you're not competing. I'm sure untold billions are being spent just because we need new techniques to make expensive ice cream.
Being the first to make a fancy maneuver around a comet, dig a hole on Mars, or observe a solar eruption isn't cheap. It's financed by people looking for a payoff, in future cash or instant ego.
By the time some of my literature teachers are done, I'm sure the Hello World would be a subtle and poignant take on the overbearing consumerism as well as taking us to the depths of despair in search of the hero's hidden personality fractures.
It's gonna be a lot harder to beat the NASA precedent of 10 years for a 3 months mission. Making it through its 6.45 years orbit would be quite a show.
I've already patented "Apparatus for Sweet Confection Destruction Via Pressure or Mechanical Action" You've never been really afraid, if you haven't met a room full of angry dentures manufacturers.
Yes, but he achieved full employment, no debt, huge GDP growth, major scientific progress, and offered free train trips to millions regardless of their class. He just had to deal with minor terrorism issues, but our governments have learnt from his mistakes.
In three years you may still get car insurance without a GPS tracker, but we'll have to charge you 100x, because the GPS-equipped cars are demonstrably safer. it's only business... You do still have the freedom to bike, citizen.
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Actually, it is, but the drones have a recall function.
One the other hand, we all know that the recall function does not work for missiles, so don't go ordering explosives from Amazon using fake bitcoins; the risk of bad movie is too steep.
> limited usage by ordinary consumers and merchants
There lies the crux of the problem:
"Here is your bread, gimme money"
"Sure, would you rather take state-guaranteed bills and coins, bank-backed electronic card with semi-instant verification (but a fee), or a stream of bits that some network will later process for validity (while its value fluctuates)?"
"I'll take bitcoins, but you only get your bread once the transaction clears"
"Have some cash, instead"
If you're Amazon, you can go after the people whose payments get denied. If your are a small merchant, you've got better things to do.
> Please raise your hand if you are planning on using a large controlled explosion to propel yourself into the oxygenless,
> -270 Celsius medium of space, return by crashing back down hundreds of miles, and your plan to do so is rooted in the
> belief that this is all fantastically safe and unlikely to result in your death.
I'll take 10km and -60C, but only if I get peanuts and don't get to sit next to the fat guy.
At least for the first ten years, suborbital flights will have a lot more scrutiny than the self-certified minimally-inspected aluminium death-traps which carry millions every year and are invariably the safest mode of transport.
As a bonus, should trouble happen, you probably won't get told to take your seat cushion with you as you exit into frigid waters.
You are free to start your own provider, and dig your own trench to the nearest CO.
You are free to be off the web, too, or use dial-up into another state.
Free market doesn't prevent abusive monopolies, as long as they only abuse their customers and not their symbolic competitors.
Yup, great times were had.
I can even remember the sweet smell of the smoke from the Cleveland River...
On the other hand, it will be a lot easier to sue the car companies and prove that they didn't do full regression testing on all the permutations...
Actually, like ARMs (in the mortgage sense), you find people who plan on a very short use and will take the short-term savings.
The US is a good market for this sh*t, because of the high lease ratio.
Europeans and Less rich countries, who on average keep their cars for a lot longer, probably won't go for it.
As soon as they're out, they'll tell us all the details on facebook.
It's queued behind the "+1 Scary" and the "+1 Biting sarcasm" (itself a compound of Funny, Scary, Informative and Insightful)
The party potential of anti-H2O is just too great.
Only if you're not competing.
I'm sure untold billions are being spent just because we need new techniques to make expensive ice cream.
Being the first to make a fancy maneuver around a comet, dig a hole on Mars, or observe a solar eruption isn't cheap. It's financed by people looking for a payoff, in future cash or instant ego.
By the time some of my literature teachers are done, I'm sure the Hello World would be a subtle and poignant take on the overbearing consumerism as well as taking us to the depths of despair in search of the hero's hidden personality fractures.
Someone is very confused between sequestration and shutdown.
How did you get +5 insightful?
It's gonna be a lot harder to beat the NASA precedent of 10 years for a 3 months mission.
Making it through its 6.45 years orbit would be quite a show.
I've already patented "Apparatus for Sweet Confection Destruction Via Pressure or Mechanical Action"
You've never been really afraid, if you haven't met a room full of angry dentures manufacturers.
Yes, but he achieved full employment, no debt, huge GDP growth, major scientific progress, and offered free train trips to millions regardless of their class.
He just had to deal with minor terrorism issues, but our governments have learnt from his mistakes.
Next thing you know, they'll actually _make_ you RTFA...
I was going for Chlamydia, Lupus and AIDS, and then I remembered that House has been finished for a while.
But it's only fair that we get to visit the robot theme park now.
In a few decades, they'll come to visit us in the Zoo.
Agreed, but in others cases there would also be the factors of rock density and Mars gravity to take into account.
They keep having to check the algorithms and rerun the data on Godzilla, though...
In three years you may still get car insurance without a GPS tracker, but we'll have to charge you 100x, because the GPS-equipped cars are demonstrably safer. it's only business...
You do still have the freedom to bike, citizen.
Japanese scientists still trying to assess whether every sea creature can be turned into sashimi.
We're still working on getting them cable.
Do my cheap sunglasses work against yet another monitoring tool, or should I wait for the new "Privacy by RayBan" line?