This is 17 levels of dumb. For goodness sakes, collecting this data is expensive. If the government forces the companies to just hand it all over, then they are going to stop collecting it. Then we will all have really good and quickly and permanently obsolete maps.
If the government wants the data they should create a whole department that is tasked with doing nothing but creating and improving maps. (Wait...)
NASA's business is doing science. They have a budget. If they can find clever ways to get more science funded with the budget they have they should.
If that means selling seats or lotto tickets for seats on a glorified (and extremely dangerous) carnival ride to fund more science, then they should do that.
Pay for a Ticket Lotto actually makes sense. Every can purchase a raffle ticket for $10. NASA will no doubt sell a several million with a little bit of smart advertising and they will be able to fund a big portion of their launch -probably as much or more than they would get from selling a seat directly.
The only issue with this (which would be awesome) is that the winning ticket would be taxed as winnings income. Given that the trip would be worth multiple millions of dollars in value, the winner would probably have to auction off the seat just to pay the tax.
So a rich guy gets to go either way. BUT some random guy becomes a millionaire AND NASA gets funding for their science.
Except he doesn't mock them. Lot's of others do, but he doesn't. He regularly engages them in very thoughtful and respectful arguments. That's why I like him so much more than many others.
AC just hates him because he hates everything and everyone that doesn't conform to his personal predetermined beliefs.
"I'm going to enjoy it to the max I can. In only a couple decades after I pass on, no one will even remember my name to "curse" it as some think future generations will."
But it's also a major advertising platform that sells data. So, it's more like Google than Walmart. But also provides software services to governments and businesses, so it's really more like Microsoft.
If everyone is their costumer, who should they be focused on?
Most I know generally try to make the world a better place...
Minor correction: Most I know generally try to make the world a better place...... so long as the steps needed to do that don't interfere with their personal life styles or personal business interests.
If you aren't a troll, they you are wildly ignorant....Or you watch far too much right-wing propaganda.
I'm sure you can scratch the bottom of the "environmentalism barrel" and some absolute nut job that would say they want that. But they are such a tiny and insignificant minority of environmentalists (even those you would call "radical") that your statement is horrifyingly incorrect. How could you even say that?
Any modern browser should easily protect you from that kind of attack. That said, any code that is clever enough to skip through your browser's protections is probably also going to be missed by your Anti-Virus software.
How about we limit the use of this technology to only species of animals that kill more that 100,000 people per year. (Yes that would include humans, but let's exclude them.)
Again, in the reality world and not the alternative-fact world you live in the democrats had no power at all to affect the tax bill in any way. During the Healthcare debates, the democrats respected the filibuster. They needed Olympia Snow's vote to get the bill out of committee. They got that by giving concessions to republicans.
Fast forward to 2017. The Republicans have trashed the filibuster completely and put the bill on the floor without going to committee. This tax bill is 100% on them. And so is the debt that it's putting on my generation.
It's really funny how things have flipped politically in America. In reality (the reality-reality kind, not the alternate-facts kind) the free market was doing a great job at improving those three points you made before the tariffs.
It's weird that it's the liberals who have become defenders of open and free markets and conservatives that have become proponents of heavy regulations, protectionism and taxes -well, taxes for everyone except Trump's buddies.
(Oh, you didn't know that Trump's tax bill is scheduled to skyrocket your taxes in a few years, while decreasing the wealthiest's taxes even more.)
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I don't trust any science claims coming out of China anymore.
This is 17 levels of dumb. For goodness sakes, collecting this data is expensive. If the government forces the companies to just hand it all over, then they are going to stop collecting it. Then we will all have really good and quickly and permanently obsolete maps.
If the government wants the data they should create a whole department that is tasked with doing nothing but creating and improving maps. (Wait...)
NASA's business is doing science.
They have a budget.
If they can find clever ways to get more science funded with the budget they have they should.
If that means selling seats or lotto tickets for seats on a glorified (and extremely dangerous) carnival ride to fund more science, then they should do that.
Pay for a Ticket Lotto actually makes sense. Every can purchase a raffle ticket for $10. NASA will no doubt sell a several million with a little bit of smart advertising and they will be able to fund a big portion of their launch -probably as much or more than they would get from selling a seat directly.
"...which might get cancelled after spending billions?"
This is NASA's insurance against that very thing.
The only issue with this (which would be awesome) is that the winning ticket would be taxed as winnings income. Given that the trip would be worth multiple millions of dollars in value, the winner would probably have to auction off the seat just to pay the tax.
So a rich guy gets to go either way. BUT some random guy becomes a millionaire AND NASA gets funding for their science.
WIN-WIN-WIN. Let's do it.
Why not? Our entire federal government is run by a reality television show host.
I kinda prefer the kids show host better.
Except he doesn't mock them. Lot's of others do, but he doesn't. He regularly engages them in very thoughtful and respectful arguments. That's why I like him so much more than many others.
AC just hates him because he hates everything and everyone that doesn't conform to his personal predetermined beliefs.
Uh, nope.
Can't agree with you on that one. I think he's pretty great on just about everything he does.
Because.... SPACEFORCE!
(Go ahead and down rank me. I deserve it. Sorry.)
"I'm going to enjoy it to the max I can. In only a couple decades after I pass on, no one will even remember my name to "curse" it as some think future generations will."
So in other words "FU, I got mine?"
Conservative morality in a nutshell right there.
But it's also a major advertising platform that sells data. So, it's more like Google than Walmart. But also provides software services to governments and businesses, so it's really more like Microsoft.
If everyone is their costumer, who should they be focused on?
So, great. Everyone is their customer.
So, who is their competition? ... Also everyone.
Most I know generally try to make the world a better place...
Minor correction: ... so long as the steps needed to do that don't interfere with their personal life styles or personal business interests.
Most I know generally try to make the world a better place...
That question is actually pretty complicated and harder to answer than most people think.
A median user should have their driver's license revoked.
If you aren't a troll, they you are wildly ignorant. ...Or you watch far too much right-wing propaganda.
I'm sure you can scratch the bottom of the "environmentalism barrel" and some absolute nut job that would say they want that. But they are such a tiny and insignificant minority of environmentalists (even those you would call "radical") that your statement is horrifyingly incorrect. How could you even say that?
Any modern browser should easily protect you from that kind of attack. That said, any code that is clever enough to skip through your browser's protections is probably also going to be missed by your Anti-Virus software.
How about we limit the use of this technology to only species of animals that kill more that 100,000 people per year. (Yes that would include humans, but let's exclude them.)
That's a lot of humans.
We should stop them from doing that.
Don't download from porn sites or from untrusted sources or anything from email that you weren't expecting from the sender. .
You'll be fine.
Right. Fascist means locking innocent children in cages and then abusing them for the entertainment and delight of cable news viewers.
I disagree with that. That makes you a fascists. And your elected officials are literally still doing it!
Right. The only generation of white men left that hasn't voted to turn the nation over tor fascist authoritarians.
Again, in the reality world and not the alternative-fact world you live in the democrats had no power at all to affect the tax bill in any way. During the Healthcare debates, the democrats respected the filibuster. They needed Olympia Snow's vote to get the bill out of committee. They got that by giving concessions to republicans.
Fast forward to 2017. The Republicans have trashed the filibuster completely and put the bill on the floor without going to committee. This tax bill is 100% on them. And so is the debt that it's putting on my generation.
It's really funny how things have flipped politically in America. In reality (the reality-reality kind, not the alternate-facts kind) the free market was doing a great job at improving those three points you made before the tariffs.
It's weird that it's the liberals who have become defenders of open and free markets and conservatives that have become proponents of heavy regulations, protectionism and taxes -well, taxes for everyone except Trump's buddies.
(Oh, you didn't know that Trump's tax bill is scheduled to skyrocket your taxes in a few years, while decreasing the wealthiest's taxes even more.)