The suit is kept in a climate controlled environment to slow degradation of the suit material, particularly parts of it made from rubber. A lot of this money is being used to make a 3d digital model that includes scanning the individual layers of the suit using CT scans. The suit will then be displayed online for people to see.
I may be wrong about the technology being used in the digitization process, but in principle the aim is for people to be able to see the suit without causing further damage to it by exposing the physical suit to further environmental damage. I heard this on UK radio by spokesperson for the Smithsonian
If you only want to make one car, have it consume only 500Watts, generated from a plutonium RTG, work for 40 years and travel 20 billion kilometers then NASA is a great place to get your engineers.
There are always early adopters willing to pay a premium for the latest and greatest toys/gadgets. Rarely is cost or return on investment an issues with these purchasers.
I am not sure how many software engineers are employed by Range Rover, but I expect that the subsystem providing the central locking features will have been outsourced just like all the major components to companies like Bosch, Visteon, Wipro, Yazaki etc.
In order to reduce costs the software engineers will have been outsourced to Eastern Europe and India, and although just like everywhere else the software teams will be a mixture of the competent/incompetent, it will likely be the management who will have screwed up trying to do things cheaply and quickly*
* Jaguar/Land Rover, made in Britain owned by Tata (Indian company)
Yes, and because the donors have the threat of offering the money to another candidate.
Now the politician has the choice of refusing the donation thus allowing a rival candidate candidate to benefit, or accepting the donation and denying a rival candidate much needed campaign funds knowing there is some obligation to the donor for accepting the donation.
I miss the subtle movie references and social/political satire the writers imbued in the programs, as well as the classic lines as in the snake killing episode, "Gentlemen, start your whacking!" Both me and my kids laughed, although for entirely different reasons.
There might be some benefits if companies could not offshore their profits to tax havens. Even China is losing jobs now to the Philippines and Malaysia because they are lower wage economies.
And that means all the high value products shipped to China will suddenly be looking a lot more expensive. No more foreign holidays and shopping trips, cost of energy and raw materials will rise pushing up factory output prices. Labor intensive industries will benefit though.
We only have to look at Russia with the collapse of the ruble to see the effect of a devalued currency. Russia has the advantage of being energy self-sufficient but is struggling to buy replacement parts for those industries because of sanctions
Yes, no one is irreplaceable, but I would like to think that Harry Shearer contributes to the personality of these characters even if the quality of the scripts are not as good as they used to be.
For banking and loans to work there is a simple rule, if you are foolish enough to make a bad loan to someone who probably won')t pay it back, then you pay the price when they default. Instead the people who make the bad loans (i.e. bankers) get to keep their bonuses profits and everyone else gets to pay for their stupidity, greed and corruption.
This is a perfect example of moral hazard, and the bank executives should either be in jail, have their fortunes confiscated or both
Given the number of different voices he does for the various characters in the Simpsons I would say he is very underpaid then. If you get can $450,000 for doing one voice.
Here are a few he does: Ned Flanders,
Charles Montgomery Burns,
Waylon Smithers,
Seymour Skinner,
Dr. Hibbert,
Lenny Leonard,
Kent Brockman,
Scratchy,
Kang,
Otto Mann,
Rev. Lovejoy,
Rainier Wolfcastle/P
If being rich is your only measure of success than Bernie Madoff is a big success. How ironic you end your rant with the name Jesus since he was, by all accounts, a total failure dying penniless on the cross.
Here are some engineers who became very rich. They needed investors to start the company and through that company's success become investors in new companies.
Would that 60 year old entrepreneur have the vision these guys had to not only get rich, but make things and have helped shape the world we live in today
Here are some engineers who became very rich. They needed investors to start the company and through that company's success become investors in new companies.
Would that 60 year old entrepreneur have the vision these guys had to not only get rich, but make things and have helped shape the world we live in today
Firstly, the condom will not only work on females it will also work on males as well. So the woman will also be able to request that the man wear the condom she has in her purse just in case she gets lucky.
Secondly, you were still going to have sex with her/him without the STD detecting condom, right? Now, if the condom changes colour, after you had sex, you can still visit your doctor or local STD clinic for treatment the next day without waiting until your next test and thus help reduce the spread of STDs.
The question any manager should be asking is not "What if I train them and they leave?" but "what if I don't train them and they stay?"
If your competitor is offering training, better pay, better hours etc., then the secret to success is to match your competitor and raise the standards of your loyal employees, not cripple your current employees with bad management practices. This will eventually lead them to quitting in frustration or redundancy through loss of productivity
Employing new people who may have already shown themselves willing to leave if they get a find a better position, only encourages your existing employees to leave if they want better prospects or to coast through the day on minimal effort
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The suit is kept in a climate controlled environment to slow degradation of the suit material, particularly parts of it made from rubber. A lot of this money is being used to make a 3d digital model that includes scanning the individual layers of the suit using CT scans. The suit will then be displayed online for people to see.
I may be wrong about the technology being used in the digitization process, but in principle the aim is for people to be able to see the suit without causing further damage to it by exposing the physical suit to further environmental damage. I heard this on UK radio by spokesperson for the Smithsonian
If you only want to make one car, have it consume only 500Watts, generated from a plutonium RTG, work for 40 years and travel 20 billion kilometers then NASA is a great place to get your engineers.
There are always early adopters willing to pay a premium for the latest and greatest toys/gadgets. Rarely is cost or return on investment an issues with these purchasers.
There are some quality/safety standards for UK automotive software
I am not sure how many software engineers are employed by Range Rover, but I expect that the subsystem providing the central locking features will have been outsourced just like all the major components to companies like Bosch, Visteon, Wipro, Yazaki etc.
In order to reduce costs the software engineers will have been outsourced to Eastern Europe and India, and although just like everywhere else the software teams will be a mixture of the competent/incompetent, it will likely be the management who will have screwed up trying to do things cheaply and quickly*
* Jaguar/Land Rover, made in Britain owned by Tata (Indian company)
Yes, and because the donors have the threat of offering the money to another candidate.
Now the politician has the choice of refusing the donation thus allowing a rival candidate candidate to benefit, or accepting the donation and denying a rival candidate much needed campaign funds knowing there is some obligation to the donor for accepting the donation.
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Here is what happens when you get carried away with printing money Zimbabwe dollars
I miss the subtle movie references and social/political satire the writers imbued in the programs, as well as the classic lines as in the snake killing episode, "Gentlemen, start your whacking!" Both me and my kids laughed, although for entirely different reasons.
There might be some benefits if companies could not offshore their profits to tax havens. Even China is losing jobs now to the Philippines and Malaysia because they are lower wage economies.
And that means all the high value products shipped to China will suddenly be looking a lot more expensive. No more foreign holidays and shopping trips, cost of energy and raw materials will rise pushing up factory output prices. Labor intensive industries will benefit though.
We only have to look at Russia with the collapse of the ruble to see the effect of a devalued currency. Russia has the advantage of being energy self-sufficient but is struggling to buy replacement parts for those industries because of sanctions
Yes, no one is irreplaceable, but I would like to think that Harry Shearer contributes to the personality of these characters even if the quality of the scripts are not as good as they used to be.
For banking and loans to work there is a simple rule, if you are foolish enough to make a bad loan to someone who probably won')t pay it back, then you pay the price when they default. Instead the people who make the bad loans (i.e. bankers) get to keep their bonuses profits and everyone else gets to pay for their stupidity, greed and corruption.
This is a perfect example of moral hazard, and the bank executives should either be in jail, have their fortunes confiscated or both
Given the number of different voices he does for the various characters in the Simpsons I would say he is very underpaid then. If you get can $450,000 for doing one voice.
Here are a few he does: Ned Flanders, Charles Montgomery Burns, Waylon Smithers, Seymour Skinner, Dr. Hibbert, Lenny Leonard, Kent Brockman, Scratchy, Kang, Otto Mann, Rev. Lovejoy, Rainier Wolfcastle /P
If being rich is your only measure of success than Bernie Madoff is a big success. How ironic you end your rant with the name Jesus since he was, by all accounts, a total failure dying penniless on the cross.
Here are some engineers who became very rich. They needed investors to start the company and through that company's success become investors in new companies.
Would that 60 year old entrepreneur have the vision these guys had to not only get rich, but make things and have helped shape the world we live in today
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Here are some engineers who became very rich. They needed investors to start the company and through that company's success become investors in new companies.
Would that 60 year old entrepreneur have the vision these guys had to not only get rich, but make things and have helped shape the world we live in today
I am sorry if I missed the sarcasm, but if money does not come from nothing then what is fractional reserve banking?
I am sorry if I am missing the sarcasm here, but if money is not created out of nothing then what is "Fractional Reserve Banking"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional-reserve_banking/
Why is it impossible? I am genuinely asking as I do not know enough about the technologies involved.
Wouldn't pregnancy testing kits fit into the same category if someone suggested the possibility of one 100 years ago?
As for your other examples, they are just strawmen since they in no way refute the original premise of producing a condom to detect STDs
Firstly, the condom will not only work on females it will also work on males as well. So the woman will also be able to request that the man wear the condom she has in her purse just in case she gets lucky.
Secondly, you were still going to have sex with her/him without the STD detecting condom, right? Now, if the condom changes colour, after you had sex, you can still visit your doctor or local STD clinic for treatment the next day without waiting until your next test and thus help reduce the spread of STDs.
I would mod you up if I had any mod points. Somebody's irony detector is obviously broken.
The question any manager should be asking is not "What if I train them and they leave?" but "what if I don't train them and they stay?"
If your competitor is offering training, better pay, better hours etc., then the secret to success is to match your competitor and raise the standards of your loyal employees, not cripple your current employees with bad management practices. This will eventually lead them to quitting in frustration or redundancy through loss of productivity
Employing new people who may have already shown themselves willing to leave if they get a find a better position, only encourages your existing employees to leave if they want better prospects or to coast through the day on minimal effort