It's nice to blame it on defense, but they'd also rather spend MORE on social programs than reduce the social program budgets by 0.1% and give NASA the money they need to fully fund all their desired programs.
Relative to the weight of the plane, yes, it would be the same as adding two more pounds of thrust, though you'd gain a slight advantage in maneuverability due to less mass.
In Europe, truth is not an automatic defense. You can't talk about certain things, even if true.
In France some years back, back when "family values" were all the rage among politicians, two guys were running for the same office. One was cheating...with the other guy's wife. So the other guy brought it up as a campaign issue.
It was illegal to drag someone's dirty laundry out, even of a public politician, and even if true. So it went to court, and in this case, the court ruled it Ok because the cheater was running around claiming to be a family values guy, and his cheating was clearly valid evidence that he wasn't.
Remember that not every place has iron-clad constitutional protection for freedom of speech, so merely being "true", or even true, without the quotes, isn't good enough.
In "Stranger in a Strange Land", one of Heinlein's characters gets rich off a TV addon that skips commercials. It also changed the channel for you if a TV preacher came on.
That a successful company is viewed by many as a cash cow for government indicates a diseased thought process that assumes primacy of government over freedom and the economic might that derives from freedom.
In short, it's putting the cart before the horse. An overloaded cart with fused axels and square wheels.
"Already 13 lawsuits have been filed to block expansion of the factory until environmental studies are published, 7 politicians are trying to get elected slamming the company because '3D printers cost jobs from normal manufacturing', and the city has upped the abandoned building's taxes from $200 a year to $27,000,000 a year."
"Corporate officials could not be contacted in time for this story since they are currently in China."
College costs are increasing because peole have more money through easier to get loans.
Fair enough if your goal more edumication, but at least be aware of the effect low rates have. Colleges will suck up all that inreased money from easier loans until everyone is tapped out again and barely able to afford it again.
It's the same thing as the housing bubble, driven both by government desire to increase home ownership and throuh cllelver, which is to say, foolish new loan mexhanisms. Easier loans, and the marke responds by increawing prices to suck up tat cash.
Sure it's dangerous. However, I'm sure the Allies let their own occasional ship get sunk rather than save it and thus reveal that they had cracked the enemies' codes.
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It's nice to blame it on defense, but they'd also rather spend MORE on social programs than reduce the social program budgets by 0.1% and give NASA the money they need to fully fund all their desired programs.
Relative to the weight of the plane, yes, it would be the same as adding two more pounds of thrust, though you'd gain a slight advantage in maneuverability due to less mass.
Stop fucking with my brain!!!
In Europe, truth is not an automatic defense. You can't talk about certain things, even if true.
In France some years back, back when "family values" were all the rage among politicians, two guys were running for the same office. One was cheating...with the other guy's wife. So the other guy brought it up as a campaign issue.
It was illegal to drag someone's dirty laundry out, even of a public politician, and even if true. So it went to court, and in this case, the court ruled it Ok because the cheater was running around claiming to be a family values guy, and his cheating was clearly valid evidence that he wasn't.
Remember that not every place has iron-clad constitutional protection for freedom of speech, so merely being "true", or even true, without the quotes, isn't good enough.
It should be, but isn't.
"Most powerful on the planet!"
"We're still not having sex, nerd."
Well, they don't need to pass science. They just need to know enough to vote to raise taxes on those who can.
In "Stranger in a Strange Land", one of Heinlein's characters gets rich off a TV addon that skips commercials. It also changed the channel for you if a TV preacher came on.
That a successful company is viewed by many as a cash cow for government indicates a diseased thought process that assumes primacy of government over freedom and the economic might that derives from freedom.
In short, it's putting the cart before the horse. An overloaded cart with fused axels and square wheels.
"Already 13 lawsuits have been filed to block expansion of the factory until environmental studies are published, 7 politicians are trying to get elected slamming the company because '3D printers cost jobs from normal manufacturing', and the city has upped the abandoned building's taxes from $200 a year to $27,000,000 a year."
"Corporate officials could not be contacted in time for this story since they are currently in China."
"Pink slime", anyone?
Well, it is self-powered, so we should model it, actually.
Come to think of it, I think we are trying and have been for 40 years.
George Orwell was English.
For what it's worth.
Which was apparently not much. :(
Excellent! Converting vast swaths of Canada and Siberia to arable land, combined with increased CO2 in the atmosphere to help vegetable growth, damn!
I'm glad we thought to do this and stave off a mass murderous ice age, which occur with disturbing regularity and short frequency.
Praise humanity!
I can't remember them all.
His eyes open; his sails unfurl.
He jerks to Bailey Jay on Tuesdays?
Short version: According to NPR today, standing up for 2 minutes every 20 and heart disease and type II diabetes are a thing of the past.
Builds on lots of recent research where fats get build up in the legs and movement releases enzymes that bust them back up.
College costs are increasing because peole have more money through easier to get loans.
Fair enough if your goal more edumication, but at least be aware of the effect low rates have. Colleges will suck up all that inreased money from easier loans until everyone is tapped out again and barely able to afford it again.
It's the same thing as the housing bubble, driven both by government desire to increase home ownership and throuh cllelver, which is to say, foolish new loan mexhanisms. Easier loans, and the marke responds by increawing prices to suck up tat cash.
"Stop the terrorists from using a phone signal to detonate a bomb" is like "Torture a terrorist who is laughing that he placed an atom bomb".
Fair enough. In either case, do it, then submit for judicial review afterward.
Otherwise no. Government abuse of powers is forbidden.
Thanks for working to induce another ice age instead of helping with global warming and CO2 production to increase plant growth rates and arable land.
Ummm, go to any beach in Europe and knock yourself out.
We Americans are diseased in the head in many ways.
Aren't leprechauns much more parsimonious?
Sure it's dangerous. However, I'm sure the Allies let their own occasional ship get sunk rather than save it and thus reveal that they had cracked the enemies' codes.
You have to look at the bigger picture.
Note to self: Use his comment as template for spam.
> The big winners of the night were the Pirates.
Don't you mean Vikings?
Stop it, god damn it.
GW is a problem.
Global cooling that induces an ice age is murderous on a multibillion person scale.
STOP IT. This means you, dear critical-thinking reader.
I remember when Microsoft was the refreshing, freedom-loving alternative to Big Blue.
My how times have changed.