pseudo-breeder reactors that don't need fuel reprocessing but rather burn close to 100% of uranium
the parent was talking building what "we know". while IFR plants should be capable of doing this, no one has been willing to take the risk to even build one, let alone make it a complete energy solution.
we have enough domestic supply to last a century or so.
Current global uranium production meets only 58 per cent of demand, with the shortfall made up largely from rapidly shrinking stockpiles. Since US currently supplies only 5% of the world, for us to become self sufficient will require a huge increase in mining. Have any idea how much the tree huggers fight that?
Also the US known sources of uranium are lower quality, and still net a total of 5 years worth of current worldwide use. The hundred years you quote, is "at the current rate of use", and the worldwide supply. We in the US would still have to import 95% of ours. We use 1/4 of the worlds energy, and we currently make 20% of our energy from nuclear. If we went 100% nuclear supplied, and only from US reserves, (export none and import none) we would use up every bit of uranium in the US (including the un-mined stuff), that we know of in less than 5 years.
Hiding feedback for any amount of time, creates a gap for the scammers to hide in. Thus making any feedback hidden for any amount of time mostly useless (and thus why they probably just removed seller negs as a option.)
Ebay had made it too intimidating to post negative feedback. So much so that a single negative feedback (buyer, or seller) is huge. I never reported for this reason, by the time you follow all of ebays tips and warnings, a month has gone by, and that was the limit.
Also if one buys/sells positively for a month (maybe to other accounts they control), then run 30+ auctions for big dollar items, they have enough time to get the paypal money and run (Buy other stuff, etc.) Then paypal sticks the buyer with enough fees, it sucks for them.
Everything else would actually take work by ebay (actually investigating/reporting fraud, complaints, etc ) or damage to paypal profits.
Since sellers had the power over ebay customer service they won those "prove it to a ebay representative" every time anyway.
I do not want to live in a society/state/city where the in-ability to access deadly force is the only thing keeping them from killing each other. So if banning/not banning guns makes a significant change in crime and safety, that is not the place for me, then guns are not the problem, it is something inherit with that society. (Gun violence in 99+% of the US is not a significant risk to anyone) Because a gun is usually so precise, when handled correctly, that whenever someone is hurt by one, we know it was intentional or neglect immediately. Unlike cars, trucks, explosives, etc that are used more often than guns, even in the US, as a weapon to attack others it is not until days later, if ever that the motive is found, and then isn't news. The traceability and evidence that a gun creates, when used, has to make it a poor choice if used as the first choice of a smart criminal anyway. Now because people falsely vilify guns it creates a irrational fear of them, now that is what makes them useful as a terror tool. People are trained by the liberal agenda to be so terrified of guns in the US, that they will act irrational around them, rather than take cover, or take out the shooter, or plan a escape, most just stare at the gun, and can't even identify the person holding it. Those trained in the true force of a gun, have respect, but not a irrational fear.
Now in most of the US, guns are also a useful tool. When properly introduced the require respect, they are a good opportunity to teach a discipline that is really needed. They are used for hunting, controlling over population of species, and encourage many safe recreational activities.
something to be said for keeping guns off planes in general; a belligerent idiot with a gun in an enclosed space like a plane is pretty bad even if they're not a terrorist.
checkout http://www.thegunzone.com/fam-lawman/fam-qual.html So 1) a single gunshot wouldn't cause much harm even if it did penetrate the hull http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2004/01/mythbusters_explosive_decompre.html 2) the bullets used by marshals can't penetrate the hull 3) required training ensures marshals won't miss. 4) why bother with a gun on a plane, when guns have the advantage in larger areas, a knife would be way more affective if victim count is the goal (noiseless, less traces, easier to hide, etc) and when you can get closer to your target (Marshals don't have the element of surprise to get close to the targets, so they may need the reach of a gun) Guns are good when you have specific targets, but for mass killing and terrorism they can be used, but with a little imagination many other options are more efficient, cheaper, easier to hide, etc. So I disagree a guy trained with a knife would be much more devastating than a small gun in a plane, I agree neither could take control anymore. (although a lunatic is more likely to get lucky, once, with a gun)
something you don't approve of, send them to a competitor.
well, not having kids, it is worth it to me to contribute to the system in order to have a say in trying to prevent the people without the education to know what crap things like "intelligent design" is from raising a bunch of future criminals because they aren't teaching them useful stuff. If the family makes enough money to pay for whats not best for society, then at least every other generation will contribute...
we are going to have super-sized 25 megabyte, poorly...
I suspect with faster cpu's, and denser cheaper faster storage, and so much more data processing. Some of those issues just may be solved in software, and some seemingly minor discovery like this one may be the key. IE in a few years the camera may be able to model every defect in crappy lenses simply by pointing it towards any reference landmark that a near perfect reference photo exists. Since software already exists to make bracketed photos, etc a fast enough camera that can vary enough parameters on it's own may be able to compare hundreds of varied focuses, lighting, etc in a mS, composing a nearly perfect photo every time, with little more than a cell phone footprint.
Of course if every photo was taken perfectly with a $2 camera, then it would likely ruin the art of photography, making only crappy photos stand out.
that's just poor framing, not a fatal flaw of HD cameras. With enough 60"+ TV's out their, instead of zooming in on one small portion, I say add more "actors" (or mirrors) and less extreme zooms, since we can now get that same detail without a zoom. Granted if they take the same clips, etc, and just filmed in HD that would be worse. Changing how they film to match the media will eventually make it all much better.
my bad math, 37%-48% == 11% (not 22% which was best power plant - average car), this 11% advantage is totally gone before the battery is charged, so only regen could be a savings in your oil to oil comparison.
adding it up from wikipedia, it's not obvious which is going to be more efficient currently. Most steel engines have a thermodynamic limit of 37% dual stage reheat reaching about 48% efficiency. so were looking at a 22 % difference (I took the best of both, current averages of both is still less than a 22% diff) in auto vs best NG generation station. you lose 2-3% in transmission lines. 10-20% in charger efficiency (AC to DC, etc), 5% in battery efficiency (15-25% if lead acid) another 5-15% loss at the electric motor/gear reduction. Battery+wheel motors weigh at least 200# more than fuel+motor/tranny which is more than 10% of mass in a car like a tesla. Were almost even (actually a bit behind, even giving tranny loss to then ICE equation), and we haven't even counted in the true cost of battery and the cost of maintaining the electric grid (off peak charging will only be cheaper, as long as only a small % use it for cars)
now the gains of regen during braking put a big efficiency win for the cars used in citys, but this is only comparing to that of non hybrid cars, and do nothing for those of us with little braking time in our routes.
Assuming electric improves faster, it may soon become the best. but supporting a company using this off the shelf efficiency, and not pushing development in vast improvements is not a guarantee.
He did say a "large company" so probably lawsuits only if either the product is successful enough to bother the large company, or if they piss off the management in the previous company enough to start out. That is subjective, could be as simple as take a couple key members of what they consider a important project, but even thats unlikely to reach legal attention. Now if his goal of successful, probably wouldn't be noticed by a large company let alone BSD. Competing with a large company is not easy.
Be prepared to cut a deal
now thats very good idea. Keep close tabs on costs, time, etc. Because the smart company would much rather buy out source and all, than spend more on lawyers. so keep track, and document, and plan that figure, just in case. and if approached, be nice.
underclocking/volting is a massively overlooked aspect.
on a chip like the atom with a high emphasis on dynamic clock gating, I would assume under-clocking the CPU would only make the system less power efficient. Under clocking a dynamic clock CPU would only limit it's peak performance, when your system is waiting on the CPU, but not affect the low/average power draw of the CPU at all. (I realize your likely under clocking the memory, and everything else so that would help some.)
illegal to jam signals electronically, but so far Faraday cages are legal
devices designed to block or jam wireless transmissions is prohibited. 47 U.S.C. Section 302a(b) If the faraday cage is built for the primary purpose of blocking signals, then it is likely just as illegal as a active (low power) jammer. if the effect of either is limited to your private property it is unlikely to get any attention as long as it doesn't interfere with those outside your property. I do think, because the Cage couldn't be removed or turned off, it would likely be safer from a lawsuit, definitely not a guarantee for theaters.
Everything interesting that was disclosed was public record anyway, IE not a lic plumber, just a dream of someday making enough money to someday buy a business... Just a leading question by a guy who didn't care what the answer was because he had already decided (and was already campaigning for McCain.)
I think Obama's tax plan would still be better for these small businesses, IE a guys who own their own profitable business get to choose how much pay they take away. So as long as he re-invests his profits in his (or other businesses) then Obama's plan is better for him. Only if he decides to cash out big time, would he have be penalized 6% more for not reinvesting in the economy. So I ask that, what is wrong with a 6% luxury Tax that encourages job creation, at a time when we want to encourage job creation?
Most likely this machine has one GUI, windows. It would seam retarded to me as well, to have your GUI, regardless it's background, be critical to the tasks the remaining cores are performing. Their is probably a virtual machine running "Windows with GUI", that can be rebooted without affecting the real processing. The rest is all custom software, probably even written by microsoft, that really isn't hampered by how it interacts with the GUI. Basically saying Windows/Linux/Solaris, etc doesn't seam very important. Saying it's developed by the same people is the important bit. IE with this developed by MS, it is saying to me their is no chance the underlying tech will leave microsofts grasp for others to build upon. When it is done by Red Hat the likely hood that the industry as a whole grows from their experience (through open source) would be more likely (If your paying for one of these systems, you likely want more competition and sharing, so your next purchase won't be as pricey, and upgrades will be cheaper as well.) However it is saying their is one more vendor, Microsoft, competing, and challenging others, and showing they can build a quality product, that's not bad IMHO.
Since Google is a profitable entity isn't this tax neutral to google? IE if Google and mozilla merged, and Google spent the same amount on development, and giving as mozilla does, google would have the same profit, and thus pay the same taxes. The only difference would be some of the last 15% (non google contributions.) Since individuals can write off gifts to Mozilla foundation, but not to google then that's the money the IRS is chasing, not googles portion of the pie.
with linux the odds of complete success are lower, but the odds of complete disaster (computer no longer working) are much much lower also. Failure on linux, is take back the new device it didn't work. Failure on windows is, PC no longer reboots, so she sticks in the recovery CD, and everything is gone. (linux need recovery from this unlikely, but also data in a different partition with no default re-format.)
EG most have no idea if its 98/XP/XP SP1/2/Vista. Wrong choice could be very bad for the computers Windows OS (some crappy installers out their.)
The game has a very high risk of complete failure on windows (assuming she buys a decently challenging one with DRM, if not linux is likely OK too, assuming installed a package with wine, and autolaunch)
The one that I would challenge, is the replacement computer. IE she has the mp3,webcam, MF printer, and a few programs, and replaces the computer. If she goes linux -> linux all is good (except in both cases needs help moving data.) If she has windows (say XP to Vista, or even XP to XP) no chance the hardware will work without downloads, and no idea what to download (why can't it ask for the driver by name?). chances are good the software can't be installed, or will corrupt something in the PC is decent their as well.
well I usually have to count depreciation into my budgets, at my capital rate this would be $210 million delay, if I sat on a $7 billion asset for 6 months. I realize they had planned to shutdown for much of that time anyway, but they also planned to have some data available to look at during that time, and presumably refine the next test from that.
I am sure the $21 million repair cost is insignificant compared to the other real costs of this delay. Then again these research projects are a different ballgame, where the real goal may be as simple as spend lots of money.
The simpsons raised the same question, why make sure all the people who are welcomed legaly are well versed and show a aptitude towards applying for every little thing they can from the government. I would rather welcome those who want nothing to do with government, that want just to get a decent wage for a hard days work, and be left alone and will never request un-employment, welfare, medicare, etc.
The last 2 paragraphs are about "consumer vehicles" and applications, these trucks will not have any operator dedicated to them during a normal shift. Obviously something that weighs 700 tons, and goes 40 MPH, is not intended as your typical consumer vehicle.
correct me if I am wrong, but what you say is only true for banks and decent sized business. IE my checks, and every personal check ever handed to me, still have the account number printed on them, and my banks ABA number, and my name. Therefore anyone I have ever given a check to (or received a check from), can cause me great havoc by passing that info to a Nigerian scammer. I have never been given the option of a positive pay option from any bank (and I have checked into accounts with 3 different banks in the last month.) I also have the account number and ABA number of every person I have written a check to as well... And I know a guy who was given a forged bank check 3 months ago, that his bank wasn't able to detect as fraudulent when scanned, but a day later they withdrew the funds back out of his account, because of the catch then. So while what you say may be true of a few checks from a few accounts, but I disagree with the "most likely" unless the check is over $1000, so we can still get lots of $500 checks through.
well, for my laptop their equally important. IE, can I check my email between flights, and how much of my precious battery power is gone (or if I used up all my battery on the last movie, will their be enough residual juice to book that hotel change without a hard crash.) Granted just drop a extra few hundred on a smart phone+ addtl $30 monthly service plan, or fly business/first class = a slow power cycle time costing a few hundred more per year. Actually a slow shutdown time cost me a laptop, I hit shutdown but didn't have time to wait for verification, something hung with a BSOD staying in a high power mode + enclosed space + battery draw, it overheated big time the screen and hard drive failed shortly their after. Had it always shutdown in 10 seconds (like my linux eee pc) I would notice.
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pseudo-breeder reactors that don't need fuel reprocessing but rather burn close to 100% of uranium
the parent was talking building what "we know". while IFR plants should be capable of doing this, no one has been willing to take the risk to even build one, let alone make it a complete energy solution.
we have enough domestic supply to last a century or so.
Current global uranium production meets only 58 per cent of demand, with the shortfall made up largely from rapidly shrinking stockpiles.
Since US currently supplies only 5% of the world, for us to become self sufficient will require a huge increase in mining. Have any idea how much the tree huggers fight that?
Also the US known sources of uranium are lower quality, and still net a total of 5 years worth of current worldwide use. The hundred years you quote, is "at the current rate of use", and the worldwide supply. We in the US would still have to import 95% of ours.
We use 1/4 of the worlds energy, and we currently make 20% of our energy from nuclear. If we went 100% nuclear supplied, and only from US reserves, (export none and import none) we would use up every bit of uranium in the US (including the un-mined stuff), that we know of in less than 5 years.
How can I sell my scripts if there is someone giving them out for free? This is outrageous!
if you not good enough to write a script to take over my PC, then why would I bother to pay you for it?
Hiding feedback for any amount of time, creates a gap for the scammers to hide in. Thus making any feedback hidden for any amount of time mostly useless (and thus why they probably just removed seller negs as a option.)
Ebay had made it too intimidating to post negative feedback. So much so that a single negative feedback (buyer, or seller) is huge. I never reported for this reason, by the time you follow all of ebays tips and warnings, a month has gone by, and that was the limit.
Also if one buys/sells positively for a month (maybe to other accounts they control), then run 30+ auctions for big dollar items, they have enough time to get the paypal money and run (Buy other stuff, etc.)
Then paypal sticks the buyer with enough fees, it sucks for them.
Everything else would actually take work by ebay (actually investigating/reporting fraud, complaints, etc ) or damage to paypal profits.
Since sellers had the power over ebay customer service they won those "prove it to a ebay representative" every time anyway.
I do not want to live in a society/state/city where the in-ability to access deadly force is the only thing keeping them from killing each other. So if banning/not banning guns makes a significant change in crime and safety, that is not the place for me, then guns are not the problem, it is something inherit with that society. (Gun violence in 99+% of the US is not a significant risk to anyone) Because a gun is usually so precise, when handled correctly, that whenever someone is hurt by one, we know it was intentional or neglect immediately. Unlike cars, trucks, explosives, etc that are used more often than guns, even in the US, as a weapon to attack others it is not until days later, if ever that the motive is found, and then isn't news. The traceability and evidence that a gun creates, when used, has to make it a poor choice if used as the first choice of a smart criminal anyway. Now because people falsely vilify guns it creates a irrational fear of them, now that is what makes them useful as a terror tool. People are trained by the liberal agenda to be so terrified of guns in the US, that they will act irrational around them, rather than take cover, or take out the shooter, or plan a escape, most just stare at the gun, and can't even identify the person holding it. Those trained in the true force of a gun, have respect, but not a irrational fear.
Now in most of the US, guns are also a useful tool. When properly introduced the require respect, they are a good opportunity to teach a discipline that is really needed. They are used for hunting, controlling over population of species, and encourage many safe recreational activities.
This is one problem I figured the current administration had fixed.
http://www.kitcometals.com/charts/copper_historical_large.html#6months
Tank the housing market, and copper isn't needed, the price falls, not worth steeling.
But thieves are apparently slow learners.
something to be said for keeping guns off planes in general; a belligerent idiot with a gun in an enclosed space like a plane is pretty bad even if they're not a terrorist.
checkout http://www.thegunzone.com/fam-lawman/fam-qual.html So 1) a single gunshot wouldn't cause much harm even if it did penetrate the hull http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2004/01/mythbusters_explosive_decompre.html 2) the bullets used by marshals can't penetrate the hull 3) required training ensures marshals won't miss. 4) why bother with a gun on a plane, when guns have the advantage in larger areas, a knife would be way more affective if victim count is the goal (noiseless, less traces, easier to hide, etc) and when you can get closer to your target (Marshals don't have the element of surprise to get close to the targets, so they may need the reach of a gun)
Guns are good when you have specific targets, but for mass killing and terrorism they can be used, but with a little imagination many other options are more efficient, cheaper, easier to hide, etc. So I disagree a guy trained with a knife would be much more devastating than a small gun in a plane, I agree neither could take control anymore. (although a lunatic is more likely to get lucky, once, with a gun)
something you don't approve of, send them to a competitor.
well, not having kids, it is worth it to me to contribute to the system in order to have a say in trying to prevent the people without the education to know what crap things like "intelligent design" is from raising a bunch of future criminals because they aren't teaching them useful stuff.
If the family makes enough money to pay for whats not best for society, then at least every other generation will contribute...
Don't forget blind people, what would the ADA say about banning talking to children and blind people while driving?
we are going to have super-sized 25 megabyte, poorly ...
I suspect with faster cpu's, and denser cheaper faster storage, and so much more data processing. Some of those issues just may be solved in software, and some seemingly minor discovery like this one may be the key.
IE in a few years the camera may be able to model every defect in crappy lenses simply by pointing it towards any reference landmark that a near perfect reference photo exists. Since software already exists to make bracketed photos, etc a fast enough camera that can vary enough parameters on it's own may be able to compare hundreds of varied focuses, lighting, etc in a mS, composing a nearly perfect photo every time, with little more than a cell phone footprint.
Of course if every photo was taken perfectly with a $2 camera, then it would likely ruin the art of photography, making only crappy photos stand out.
it brings out every flaw in greater detail
that's just poor framing, not a fatal flaw of HD cameras. With enough 60"+ TV's out their, instead of zooming in on one small portion, I say add more "actors" (or mirrors) and less extreme zooms, since we can now get that same detail without a zoom.
Granted if they take the same clips, etc, and just filmed in HD that would be worse. Changing how they film to match the media will eventually make it all much better.
my bad math, 37%-48% == 11% (not 22% which was best power plant - average car), this 11% advantage is totally gone before the battery is charged, so only regen could be a savings in your oil to oil comparison.
adding it up from wikipedia, it's not obvious which is going to be more efficient currently. Most steel engines have a thermodynamic limit of 37% dual stage reheat reaching about 48% efficiency.
so were looking at a 22 % difference (I took the best of both, current averages of both is still less than a 22% diff) in auto vs best NG generation station. you lose 2-3% in transmission lines. 10-20% in charger efficiency (AC to DC, etc), 5% in battery efficiency (15-25% if lead acid) another 5-15% loss at the electric motor/gear reduction. Battery+wheel motors weigh at least 200# more than fuel+motor/tranny which is more than 10% of mass in a car like a tesla.
Were almost even (actually a bit behind, even giving tranny loss to then ICE equation), and we haven't even counted in the true cost of battery and the cost of maintaining the electric grid (off peak charging will only be cheaper, as long as only a small % use it for cars)
now the gains of regen during braking put a big efficiency win for the cars used in citys, but this is only comparing to that of non hybrid cars, and do nothing for those of us with little braking time in our routes.
Assuming electric improves faster, it may soon become the best. but supporting a company using this off the shelf efficiency, and not pushing development in vast improvements is not a guarantee.
lessons learnt 1) You will get sued
He did say a "large company" so probably lawsuits only if either the product is successful enough to bother the large company, or if they piss off the management in the previous company enough to start out. That is subjective, could be as simple as take a couple key members of what they consider a important project, but even thats unlikely to reach legal attention.
Now if his goal of successful, probably wouldn't be noticed by a large company let alone BSD. Competing with a large company is not easy.
Be prepared to cut a deal
now thats very good idea. Keep close tabs on costs, time, etc. Because the smart company would much rather buy out source and all, than spend more on lawyers. so keep track, and document, and plan that figure, just in case. and if approached, be nice.
underclocking/volting is a massively overlooked aspect.
on a chip like the atom with a high emphasis on dynamic clock gating, I would assume under-clocking the CPU would only make the system less power efficient. Under clocking a dynamic clock CPU would only limit it's peak performance, when your system is waiting on the CPU, but not affect the low/average power draw of the CPU at all. (I realize your likely under clocking the memory, and everything else so that would help some.)
illegal to jam signals electronically, but so far Faraday cages are legal
devices designed to block or jam wireless transmissions is prohibited. 47 U.S.C. Section 302a(b)
If the faraday cage is built for the primary purpose of blocking signals, then it is likely just as illegal as a active (low power) jammer.
if the effect of either is limited to your private property it is unlikely to get any attention as long as it doesn't interfere with those outside your property.
I do think, because the Cage couldn't be removed or turned off, it would likely be safer from a lawsuit, definitely not a guarantee for theaters.
really? Ted Strickland suspended Director Helen Jones-Kelley of the Job and Family Services Department for one month without pay
She, although currently employed, for the next month is not gainfully employed (unlike the people accused hear.)
Everything interesting that was disclosed was public record anyway, IE not a lic plumber, just a dream of someday making enough money to someday buy a business... Just a leading question by a guy who didn't care what the answer was because he had already decided (and was already campaigning for McCain.)
I think Obama's tax plan would still be better for these small businesses, IE a guys who own their own profitable business get to choose how much pay they take away. So as long as he re-invests his profits in his (or other businesses) then Obama's plan is better for him. Only if he decides to cash out big time, would he have be penalized 6% more for not reinvesting in the economy.
So I ask that, what is wrong with a 6% luxury Tax that encourages job creation, at a time when we want to encourage job creation?
Most likely this machine has one GUI, windows.
It would seam retarded to me as well, to have your GUI, regardless it's background, be critical to the tasks the remaining cores are performing. Their is probably a virtual machine running "Windows with GUI", that can be rebooted without affecting the real processing. The rest is all custom software, probably even written by microsoft, that really isn't hampered by how it interacts with the GUI.
Basically saying Windows/Linux/Solaris, etc doesn't seam very important. Saying it's developed by the same people is the important bit. IE with this developed by MS, it is saying to me their is no chance the underlying tech will leave microsofts grasp for others to build upon. When it is done by Red Hat the likely hood that the industry as a whole grows from their experience (through open source) would be more likely (If your paying for one of these systems, you likely want more competition and sharing, so your next purchase won't be as pricey, and upgrades will be cheaper as well.)
However it is saying their is one more vendor, Microsoft, competing, and challenging others, and showing they can build a quality product, that's not bad IMHO.
Since Google is a profitable entity isn't this tax neutral to google? IE if Google and mozilla merged, and Google spent the same amount on development, and giving as mozilla does, google would have the same profit, and thus pay the same taxes. The only difference would be some of the last 15% (non google contributions.) Since individuals can write off gifts to Mozilla foundation, but not to google then that's the money the IRS is chasing, not googles portion of the pie.
with linux the odds of complete success are lower, but the odds of complete disaster (computer no longer working) are much much lower also. Failure on linux, is take back the new device it didn't work. Failure on windows is, PC no longer reboots, so she sticks in the recovery CD, and everything is gone. (linux need recovery from this unlikely, but also data in a different partition with no default re-format.)
EG most have no idea if its 98/XP/XP SP1/2/Vista. Wrong choice could be very bad for the computers Windows OS (some crappy installers out their.)
The game has a very high risk of complete failure on windows (assuming she buys a decently challenging one with DRM, if not linux is likely OK too, assuming installed a package with wine, and autolaunch)
The one that I would challenge, is the replacement computer. IE she has the mp3,webcam, MF printer, and a few programs, and replaces the computer. If she goes linux -> linux all is good (except in both cases needs help moving data.) If she has windows (say XP to Vista, or even XP to XP) no chance the hardware will work without downloads, and no idea what to download (why can't it ask for the driver by name?). chances are good the software can't be installed, or will corrupt something in the PC is decent their as well.
will increase the overall cost by less than 1%.
well I usually have to count depreciation into my budgets, at my capital rate this would be $210 million delay, if I sat on a $7 billion asset for 6 months. I realize they had planned to shutdown for much of that time anyway, but they also planned to have some data available to look at during that time, and presumably refine the next test from that.
I am sure the $21 million repair cost is insignificant compared to the other real costs of this delay. Then again these research projects are a different ballgame, where the real goal may be as simple as spend lots of money.
if were thinking of the same person, to be fair, he does appear to be in favor of equal treatment given to those born in the USA:
(google search shows:)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_captives_in_Guantanamo
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/aug2006/trib-a01.shtml
The simpsons raised the same question, why make sure all the people who are welcomed legaly are well versed and show a aptitude towards applying for every little thing they can from the government. I would rather welcome those who want nothing to do with government, that want just to get a decent wage for a hard days work, and be left alone and will never request un-employment, welfare, medicare, etc.
it's adding driving aids for a remote controller
The last 2 paragraphs are about "consumer vehicles" and applications, these trucks will not have any operator dedicated to them during a normal shift. Obviously something that weighs 700 tons, and goes 40 MPH, is not intended as your typical consumer vehicle.
correct me if I am wrong, but what you say is only true for banks and decent sized business. IE my checks, and every personal check ever handed to me, still have the account number printed on them, and my banks ABA number, and my name. Therefore anyone I have ever given a check to (or received a check from), can cause me great havoc by passing that info to a Nigerian scammer. I have never been given the option of a positive pay option from any bank (and I have checked into accounts with 3 different banks in the last month.) I also have the account number and ABA number of every person I have written a check to as well...
And I know a guy who was given a forged bank check 3 months ago, that his bank wasn't able to detect as fraudulent when scanned, but a day later they withdrew the funds back out of his account, because of the catch then.
So while what you say may be true of a few checks from a few accounts, but I disagree with the "most likely" unless the check is over $1000, so we can still get lots of $500 checks through.
well, for my laptop their equally important. IE, can I check my email between flights, and how much of my precious battery power is gone (or if I used up all my battery on the last movie, will their be enough residual juice to book that hotel change without a hard crash.)
Granted just drop a extra few hundred on a smart phone+ addtl $30 monthly service plan, or fly business/first class = a slow power cycle time costing a few hundred more per year.
Actually a slow shutdown time cost me a laptop, I hit shutdown but didn't have time to wait for verification, something hung with a BSOD staying in a high power mode + enclosed space + battery draw, it overheated big time the screen and hard drive failed shortly their after. Had it always shutdown in 10 seconds (like my linux eee pc) I would notice.