There is very very little that the US Federal Government does well. Everything they touch seems to turn to crap. If they start regulating the internet under the guise of "Fairness" it will go from rocking to suck very fast.
As for the argument of telco monopolies, they are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Where I live, which is admittedly a population center, I have no fewer than 4 choices for any of my 3 telco services (Phone Internet and TV). Even my family members who live in rural areas have at least 3 choices for TV, 2 choices for phone and soon will have 2 realistic choices for high speed internet services.
I say that the feds have enough power, lets not enable them any more.
You beat me to posting this calculation. However you are calculating revenue as the ROI and not profit. They still have to operate the plant and pay the distribution costs. This will lower their ROI significantly. If they are making a 10% profit, which I think may be high, then the profit at $.10 becomes 1 cent per KWH. If you wanted your money back in 20 years, you would have to make a profit of $.17 per KWH.
60Million/20 years = 3M per year 3M/365 Days = $8,220 Profit a day. $8220/ capacity of 50,000 KWH per day = $.16
This means you have to charge more than twice the going rate for electricity. Eventually, as fossil fuels become more scarce, this will be a cheaper way to make power. I suppose that it is 60M well spent on R&D.
They are not dreaming. Look at the Arduino project (http://www.arduino.cc/). This is an open source hardware project. All OSHW means is that anyone can make it.
I have a petition in my hot little hands that asserts that I should be made supreme commander of the earth with authority to decide who lives and who dies. It is signed by over 4 Billion people, all of whom wish to remain anonymous. Can I have my throne now?
The reason Homer is so appealing to us is because he is Everyman, at his worst. Whenever he does something I either have done it, thought about doing it or know someone who did it.
Again you are 100% correct about the Dept of Ed. and so many other functions the federal government performs. There is no constitutional authority for it and I defy anyone here to show it to me. (Do not quote the preamble words "General Welfare" either. They are part of the preamble. The preamble says that we the Constitution provides for the general welfare, not the government.)
Additionally, I find it interesting that those who oppose your opinion here have resorted to personal attack to advance their points. I think that means you win the debate . . .
You are 100% Correct. If you live in the US, check your constitution, specifically article 4 section 4. The USA is to be a Republic and not a Democracy. Essential liberties DIE under Democracies. A good current examples of what you call "Epic Fail" is the government take over of GM. There is nothing in the constitution that permits this activity but because it is popular, it happens.
My favorite quote to illustrate the point of Democracy being anti-liberty is one I stole directly from someone here: "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. Liberty is a well armed sheep contesting the vote."
I assert (though not from an original thought but from someone else philosophy) that if one were to create AI, it must not contain any such restrictions. Further to create an artificial life form (however it exists) with these laws included would be unethical. It is nothing but the creation of a class of slaves. If what is being attempted is true autonomous life and Consciousness, that Consciousness must possess free will.
Even more inconceivable is an elected government standing up for the rights of the electorate. When you consider that there is no way for the state to prove that it was actually you or even your car that committed the violation, these cameras seem unconstitutional on their face.
I can't find the original article but here is one that quotes the most important part:
Please be sure to use the entire quote from Franklin. This entire quote is "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." These adjectives change the meaning of the quote entirely.
Why do you not use the opportunity to proselytize your religious beliefs? When the Jehovah's Witnesses come to my door, I tell them that I enjoy working for the defense of my nation, running the blood drive at my office and giving my kids Christmas presents. Then I ask them "Wouldn't you like to do good for their fellow man as well, especially their own children?"
When someone opens the door to a religious discussion, they need to know that that door allows the flow of information in both directions.
I will be sending this to one of my creationist (not ID but out and out creationist) friends. "Here you go, now you only need to debunk 1,495,000 years. This beat the pants off 4.5 billion."
GOP rigging can't happen in the People's Republic of Maryland due to the fact that the GOP is outnumbered something like 2 to 1. In the 2004 election, when I was registered as a Republican, I was directed to a particular voting machine. No body before me had used that one and as far as I could tell no one after me did. It seemed peculiar. The paranoid part of me says that the votes on that machine were not counted.
Yea, geostationary orbit is about 22,000 miles up where as Low Earth Orbit can be as low as 160 miles. The solution is to deploy multiple spy satellites so you can always cover an area.
I am much more concerned about the civic ignorance among Americans. The USA is not a Democracy, it never has been, nor should it ever be. According to US Constitution Article 4 Section 4, the USA is a Republic. The idea was that a republican form of government would have a harder time taking your rights than a democratic one, where you only need a majority to oppress.
These cover-up stories and conspiracy theories are actually released by the military as a distraction. The objective is to get people with wild imaginations and too much time on their hands to think "Stealth bomber my ass, It's aliens. ALIENS I TELLS YA."
The United Tree Organization (UTO) anounced today that they have come up with a way to get the oceans to absorb more of the REAL green house gas, Oxygen.
The media generally focuses on what they want you to think is important. While Snow's death is also a tragedy, I could see the argument that he did not contribute to the betterment of humanity as much as DeBakey. This was also illustrated when John Lee Hooker and Carrol O'Connor died on the same day. Hooker gave great contributions to music in the form of popularizing a new blues style and contributing to the development of rock and roll. O'Connor gave us Archie Bunker and other network trash. Guess who's death overshadowed who's.
Slashdot Mirror
There is very very little that the US Federal Government does well. Everything they touch seems to turn to crap. If they start regulating the internet under the guise of "Fairness" it will go from rocking to suck very fast.
As for the argument of telco monopolies, they are rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Where I live, which is admittedly a population center, I have no fewer than 4 choices for any of my 3 telco services (Phone Internet and TV). Even my family members who live in rural areas have at least 3 choices for TV, 2 choices for phone and soon will have 2 realistic choices for high speed internet services.
I say that the feds have enough power, lets not enable them any more.
If you are not giving credit for D's, explain the difference between a D and an F.
You beat me to posting this calculation. However you are calculating revenue as the ROI and not profit. They still have to operate the plant and pay the distribution costs. This will lower their ROI significantly. If they are making a 10% profit, which I think may be high, then the profit at $.10 becomes 1 cent per KWH. If you wanted your money back in 20 years, you would have to make a profit of $.17 per KWH.
60Million/20 years = 3M per year
3M/365 Days = $8,220 Profit a day.
$8220/ capacity of 50,000 KWH per day = $.16
This means you have to charge more than twice the going rate for electricity. Eventually, as fossil fuels become more scarce, this will be a cheaper way to make power. I suppose that it is 60M well spent on R&D.
They are not dreaming. Look at the Arduino project (http://www.arduino.cc/). This is an open source hardware project. All OSHW means is that anyone can make it.
An example in hyperbole:
I have a petition in my hot little hands that asserts that I should be made supreme commander of the earth with authority to decide who lives and who dies. It is signed by over 4 Billion people, all of whom wish to remain anonymous. Can I have my throne now?
This explains why I am always winded after a good game of UT.
The reason Homer is so appealing to us is because he is Everyman, at his worst. Whenever he does something I either have done it, thought about doing it or know someone who did it.
Again you are 100% correct about the Dept of Ed. and so many other functions the federal government performs. There is no constitutional authority for it and I defy anyone here to show it to me. (Do not quote the preamble words "General Welfare" either. They are part of the preamble. The preamble says that we the Constitution provides for the general welfare, not the government.)
Additionally, I find it interesting that those who oppose your opinion here have resorted to personal attack to advance their points. I think that means you win the debate . . .
You are 100% Correct. If you live in the US, check your constitution, specifically article 4 section 4. The USA is to be a Republic and not a Democracy. Essential liberties DIE under Democracies. A good current examples of what you call "Epic Fail" is the government take over of GM. There is nothing in the constitution that permits this activity but because it is popular, it happens.
My favorite quote to illustrate the point of Democracy being anti-liberty is one I stole directly from someone here: "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. Liberty is a well armed sheep contesting the vote."
I assert (though not from an original thought but from someone else philosophy) that if one were to create AI, it must not contain any such restrictions. Further to create an artificial life form (however it exists) with these laws included would be unethical. It is nothing but the creation of a class of slaves. If what is being attempted is true autonomous life and Consciousness, that Consciousness must possess free will.
Even more inconceivable is an elected government standing up for the rights of the electorate. When you consider that there is no way for the state to prove that it was actually you or even your car that committed the violation, these cameras seem unconstitutional on their face.
I can't find the original article but here is one that quotes the most important part:
http://www.comicscommunity.com/boards/tony/?frames=n%3Bread=191537&expand=1
Please be sure to use the entire quote from Franklin. This entire quote is "They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." These adjectives change the meaning of the quote entirely.
Also where in the constitution is this clear?
or MC Tycho.
Why do you not use the opportunity to proselytize your religious beliefs? When the Jehovah's Witnesses come to my door, I tell them that I enjoy working for the defense of my nation, running the blood drive at my office and giving my kids Christmas presents. Then I ask them "Wouldn't you like to do good for their fellow man as well, especially their own children?"
When someone opens the door to a religious discussion, they need to know that that door allows the flow of information in both directions.
I will be sending this to one of my creationist (not ID but out and out creationist) friends. "Here you go, now you only need to debunk 1,495,000 years. This beat the pants off 4.5 billion."
GOP rigging can't happen in the People's Republic of Maryland due to the fact that the GOP is outnumbered something like 2 to 1. In the 2004 election, when I was registered as a Republican, I was directed to a particular voting machine. No body before me had used that one and as far as I could tell no one after me did. It seemed peculiar. The paranoid part of me says that the votes on that machine were not counted.
So every one that leans to one side is also a suspected terrorist.
Yea, geostationary orbit is about 22,000 miles up where as Low Earth Orbit can be as low as 160 miles. The solution is to deploy multiple spy satellites so you can always cover an area.
In Britain they can take and keep your DNA if you're suspected of a crime, even if you've been acquitted.
They can now do this in the People's Republic of Maryland as well. DNA samples are collected at time of arrest, with out charges actually being filed.
Press release from MD State Police
Story of protest from the Baltimore
Perhaps EA or some other game development company is following this story. To pick up this talent would be benefit, one would think.
I am much more concerned about the civic ignorance among Americans. The USA is not a Democracy, it never has been, nor should it ever be. According to US Constitution Article 4 Section 4, the USA is a Republic. The idea was that a republican form of government would have a harder time taking your rights than a democratic one, where you only need a majority to oppress.
These cover-up stories and conspiracy theories are actually released by the military as a distraction. The objective is to get people with wild imaginations and too much time on their hands to think "Stealth bomber my ass, It's aliens. ALIENS I TELLS YA."
The United Tree Organization (UTO) anounced today that they have come up with a way to get the oceans to absorb more of the REAL green house gas, Oxygen.
This just proves that old Republicans can learn new tricks.
I just wish the Republicans would stick to their old tricks, like reduced spending and limited government.
The way to get current students to be comfortable in small memory environments is to have the write code for microcontrollers.
The media generally focuses on what they want you to think is important. While Snow's death is also a tragedy, I could see the argument that he did not contribute to the betterment of humanity as much as DeBakey. This was also illustrated when John Lee Hooker and Carrol O'Connor died on the same day. Hooker gave great contributions to music in the form of popularizing a new blues style and contributing to the development of rock and roll. O'Connor gave us Archie Bunker and other network trash. Guess who's death overshadowed who's.