Those are problems but I think the biggest problem is just turning the energy into useful forms. Photovoltaic, wind, ethanol, these are all still niche power sources.
But in order for the center of Jupiter to hold as much hydrogen as the center of Jupiter it would need to have a mass as the whole of Jupiter. The problem with Jupiter as a storage medium is that it doesn't scale down as well as buckyballs do.
You can tell the difference by looking at the spectrum. The light spectrum of any distant source will have absorbtion bands from passing through various elements such as hydrogen. These bands form recognizable patterns and so astronomers can determine the red shift by measuring how far the absorption bands have been shifted from their normal location.
Saying ephebophilia just doesn't sound as seedy. I guess that's a good thing since it really isn't nearly as seedy. Sex with a 17 year old versus sex with a 10 year? Yeah, no comparison.
You have the right to purchase competing services if you have them money for them. You still need to pay taxes though.
I'm not sure how competition helps everything either. I don't want multiple privately owned toll roads to choose between every time I drive somewhere. I also don't want my neighbors in the adjoining house to be able to opt out of paying for fire department services. The same goes for education. I will be impacted if we have people choosing not to teach their kids evolution because health care will be hurt with less qualified doctors and the economy will be hurt when biotech jobs go to a country where people are properly educated.
Also, what if people can't afford to send their kids to a good private school? And who pays for the military in your tax free libertarian fantasy land?
The fact that a password is set, even if it's a simple one, is enough that a reasonable person would know they aren't intended to have access. Your analogy would be similar to someone setting their access point key to "linksys", it is not equivalent to an open access point.
The biggest problem I have with it is that it's going to be fairly hard to prove that it was done intentionally if the access point was open, and if the access point was closed, it's very obviously already illegal under computer abuse laws. That's exactly why it's a dumb idea.
No, the intended purpose of the WAP is to allow the OWNER to connect to the WAP. Not you. Then why are they broadcasting the SSID of their open network? The owner doesn't need that information to connect.
Taxes are the price you pay for living in a civilized society. Feel free to buy an AK-47 and fend for yourself in an impoverished hellhole like Somalia if you don't want the benefits of taxes.
Then what the hell are you talking about when you say not to "try to forcibly make me or my children believe something you want us to believe"?
Oh I totally agree, that's why I consider myself an atheistic agnostic. However I think there is still a world of difference between someone clinging to the infinitesimal chance that something is true despite a stark lack of evidence and someone who willfully ignores evidence to the contrary just so they can continue believing what they want.
I've already taken the step of repudiating doing these two things, and if "scientists" would do the same it would make the discourse much more polite, or else reveal that a lot less of that discourse is necessary than we think. This will only work if you acknowledge that, no matter how polite you are, you are still a jerk if you:
Try to make us subsidize your pet causes (church) by having all the benefits of operating within America without paying taxes (thus stealing from taxpayers)
Try to forcibly remove from Science classes that which is almost universally accepted as science by those who best understand the subject.
Correction, accepting something as fact despite a lack of evidence is faith. Accepting something as fact despite evidence to the contrary is foolishness.
Too many Christians can't get that right but one of those traits the Bible commends while the other is harshly criticized.
Are you serious? Joe and his wife have some serious problems and overhearing a swear in a rap song is the least of them.
The example is terrible and contrived but that's not surprising because there is no realistic way you can argue that overhearing a swear can cause anyone any harm.
Yes, it is true that screaming "fire" in a crowded theater could potentially hurt people. Screaming "shit" on the television? I fail to see the potential for damage there. Could you please provide an example that illustrates swearing on TV's ability to cause harm?
BTW, a lot of things which are allowed on TV are designed to bypass the rational mind and evoke emotional responses in other people against their will. They're called ads.
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Those are problems but I think the biggest problem is just turning the energy into useful forms. Photovoltaic, wind, ethanol, these are all still niche power sources.
Pedantically speaking oil isn't an energy source either, it's just a storage medium for solar energy.
But in order for the center of Jupiter to hold as much hydrogen as the center of Jupiter it would need to have a mass as the whole of Jupiter. The problem with Jupiter as a storage medium is that it doesn't scale down as well as buckyballs do.
So you are trying to prove that the video on a blu-ray disc isn't a movie?
You're argument is getting pretty bizarre.
What is cheap about wanting to watch a blu-ray disc you purchased play on your computer?
You can tell the difference by looking at the spectrum. The light spectrum of any distant source will have absorbtion bands from passing through various elements such as hydrogen. These bands form recognizable patterns and so astronomers can determine the red shift by measuring how far the absorption bands have been shifted from their normal location.
You have the right to purchase competing services if you have them money for them. You still need to pay taxes though.
I'm not sure how competition helps everything either. I don't want multiple privately owned toll roads to choose between every time I drive somewhere. I also don't want my neighbors in the adjoining house to be able to opt out of paying for fire department services. The same goes for education. I will be impacted if we have people choosing not to teach their kids evolution because health care will be hurt with less qualified doctors and the economy will be hurt when biotech jobs go to a country where people are properly educated.
Also, what if people can't afford to send their kids to a good private school? And who pays for the military in your tax free libertarian fantasy land?
The fact that a password is set, even if it's a simple one, is enough that a reasonable person would know they aren't intended to have access. Your analogy would be similar to someone setting their access point key to "linksys", it is not equivalent to an open access point.
Furthermore, someone can't accidentally use your outlet when they are trying to plug something in in their home.
Oh I totally agree, that's why I consider myself an atheistic agnostic. However I think there is still a world of difference between someone clinging to the infinitesimal chance that something is true despite a stark lack of evidence and someone who willfully ignores evidence to the contrary just so they can continue believing what they want.
Those are all machines that "churn out answers the scientists want". The simplest most open solution is the best in this situation.
Correction, accepting something as fact despite a lack of evidence is faith. Accepting something as fact despite evidence to the contrary is foolishness.
Too many Christians can't get that right but one of those traits the Bible commends while the other is harshly criticized.
Yes, or how about a Double Bastard. I picked up a much loved Arrogant Bastard pint glass when I visited the Stone brewery.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. The way that thing moves is startlingly animal-like.
Are you serious? Joe and his wife have some serious problems and overhearing a swear in a rap song is the least of them.
The example is terrible and contrived but that's not surprising because there is no realistic way you can argue that overhearing a swear can cause anyone any harm.
Maybe more appropriately, how would you say "Shit happens" in Greek.
Merde is probably better translated as crap in English. It's not considered especially offensive in France.
Yes, it is true that screaming "fire" in a crowded theater could potentially hurt people. Screaming "shit" on the television? I fail to see the potential for damage there. Could you please provide an example that illustrates swearing on TV's ability to cause harm?
BTW, a lot of things which are allowed on TV are designed to bypass the rational mind and evoke emotional responses in other people against their will. They're called ads.