What if for half the cost of a single person, you could instead have 500 martian probes distributed across the planet? Besides, NASA scientists have made statements contradicting what you just said. Robots are slower, but can operate nonstop indefinitely where humans need long rest periods.
An older friend was a phd director level at NASA before retiring once told me that they (NASA) had once done a study and found that people who grew up on farms were the best with solving problems because they grew up constantly fixing stuff. But this was back in the 70's.
If you want to see an interesting problem, do the basic physics of a capacitor:
1. Determine #electrons needed to supply 50A for half an hour
2. Separate those electrons on two plates separated by fractions of a mm (you know, like a capacitor)
3. Calculate the force between those plates
Seriously, it's an informative exercise and these are problems straight out of my high school physics book. From memory, if you have 2 pennies with a 1% charge imbalance between them, the electrical repulsive force is enough to levitate the Empire State Building.
I make less than minimum wage, yet have figured ot how to do this. Are they mentally retarded? There are programs for this. What would these people have done 100 or 500 years ago?
That doesn't match my experience and I order from them a few times a month. I can't even remember when was the last time I bought a non-food item from a store. It's been over a decade since I've been to a mall.
I spent an hour on ebay last night and was completely amazed at how much I could buy with so little money. Things (non computer related) that I would have spent tens of (1980's) dollars on, I can now by for a couple of 2015 dollars.
I own more means of production than many companies of just a few decades ago an am definitely not in the top 1% (probably not in the to 90%). Maybe there's something more to it than ownership of means of production.
Didn't Einstein get his idea from Minkowski? And besides, what's the difference between being creative and being able to answer your own question? What if the sun were blue? What if time, not energy was discrete?
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National per capita death rates from school shootings is much lower than from terrorist acts.
As been prophesied since 1782.
The internet is smarter than people who do things for a living.
What if for half the cost of a single person, you could instead have 500 martian probes distributed across the planet?
Besides, NASA scientists have made statements contradicting what you just said. Robots are slower, but can operate nonstop indefinitely where humans need long rest periods.
I live in the boonies and have great internet. What I don't have is electricity or water. I do have solar and a well, so not missing anything.
An older friend was a phd director level at NASA before retiring once told me that they (NASA) had once done a study and found that people who grew up on farms were the best with solving problems because they grew up constantly fixing stuff. But this was back in the 70's.
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1. Determine #electrons needed to supply 50A for half an hour
2. Separate those electrons on two plates separated by fractions of a mm (you know, like a capacitor)
3. Calculate the force between those plates
Seriously, it's an informative exercise and these are problems straight out of my high school physics book. From memory, if you have 2 pennies with a 1% charge imbalance between them, the electrical repulsive force is enough to levitate the Empire State Building.
That's if you want to eat it. I thought the prize was for CO2 reduction at coal and NG plants.
Chlorella. Its photosynthetic efficiency can reach 8%, comparable with other highly efficient crops such as sugar cane.
I make less than minimum wage, yet have figured ot how to do this. Are they mentally retarded? There are programs for this. What would these people have done 100 or 500 years ago?
One billion would hire about 5,000 people for one year.
Raytheon also employs over 60,000 people in high tech, high paying positions.
That doesn't match my experience and I order from them a few times a month. I can't even remember when was the last time I bought a non-food item from a store. It's been over a decade since I've been to a mall.
Farming and growing your own food is hard, even with automation. It's far easier to wait around until someone brings the food to you.
I spent an hour on ebay last night and was completely amazed at how much I could buy with so little money. Things (non computer related) that I would have spent tens of (1980's) dollars on, I can now by for a couple of 2015 dollars.
what do you do if it's out of order
Maybe have a backup spare that can take over until the broken one gets repaired. You know, like how things work in the real world.
You buy a burger bot and sit at home eating burgers while it makes burgers for you raised by farmbot.
continue to breed like we're all still living off the family farm.
The US is shrinking without massive immigration.
All 26 million of them?
I own more means of production than many companies of just a few decades ago an am definitely not in the top 1% (probably not in the to 90%). Maybe there's something more to it than ownership of means of production.
Pink Floyd got it backwards.
Neil Postman has a book about that. Amusing Ourselves to Death
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Didn't Einstein get his idea from Minkowski? And besides, what's the difference between being creative and being able to answer your own question? What if the sun were blue? What if time, not energy was discrete?