I think that you are looking at this in an overly negative way.
This is open space. Fuckups kill you. Fuckups kill other people. Fuckups waste LOTS of money (especially if lawsuits get involved).
Playing it safe is the RIGHT way to do it. The days of just shooting people out and hoping to *insert primal mover of your choice* you thought of everything and nothing goes wrong. The days of having to be crazy AND have balls of solid unobtainium are over. While spontaneously producing corpsicle asteroids can STILL be viewed as "educational", I think we're at the point where a bit of circumspection is more in order (measure twice, cut once).
[quote]Going to live another place isn't the same as going somewhere to die despite the similar actions taken. Someone going to a small colony on Mars would be no different from Polynesians crossing oceans or people packing up and moving across the continent in 1800s. Leaving behind an old life is not the same as throwing away your life.
Big difference, you're not relocating to a still-habitable island in the middle of nowhere. You're going to a dead planet where the only things keeping you alive are WHAT YOU BRING WITH YOU. And you can't even swim home, due to "outer space".
Bullshit. If it weren't for human greed, this planet could easily support a population TWICE what it is today.
There's plenty of physical space on the planet to house everyone with plenty of space so that people aren't stacked like sardines.
Also, shipping people off to another planet to build dinky little concrete bunkers as "outposts" is no solution either. We need the technology to actually turn Mars into a truly habitable, usable world. Even if the surface is a wasteland.
The big bullet points are this.
1: Sending people to Mars isn't a huge deal. We could do it today if we wanted. 2: Sending the equipment and supplies necessary to set up a sustainable colony is, at this point, VASTLY prohibitive. 3: In addition you have the same problems for transporting the fuel and supplies necessary for a full RETURN TRIP as well in case of disaster. Whatever the bright eyed suicide wannabes think, we shouldn't be sending people to Mars with "death" being the only way off the planet.
In short, it might be better to build a colony satellite in Mars orbit first. This way you can shuttle people to and from the planet, as well as set up as a resupply depot without the massive physical hurdles of precision landing fragile gear and supplies on-planet. So, a couple of closely spaced (pun unintentional) two-way missions with the hulls for the beginnings of a space station. And more modules can be brought in with future missions.
Continue this way until it's we have a safety net to build a sizeable facility on-planet. Once the on-planet facility is built and vetted, move a portion of the supplies on-planet.
Slower, but much safer in the long run than just shooting people out to the planet to die.
By this logic, paypal, western union, moneygram, ect.. are all worth nothing and the stockholders are being fleeced.
No. Because, outside of Paypal (which is a scam that's been going on for FAR too long), Western Union, Moneygram, and various such services are regulated. And all transactions are cash transactions. They're simply applying the money you put in to the account of the person you're sending it to. Almost like a bank account. The money transfer fees just come off the top. They're not using some other form of currency or commodity to represent a nebulous, volatile cash value.
Also, if the money gets applied to the wrong account, the funds can be retrieved and applied to the proper account. With BTC, it's "Toughski Shitski".
One for you. One for me! Two for you. One, two for me! Three for you. One, two, three for me! Four for you! One, two, three, four for me! Five for you. One, two, three, four, five for me! Six for you. One, two, three, four, five, six for me! Seven for you.....
Because the government is now not getting fuel taxes (in their eyes "losing revenues to tax dodgers"), they'll want to tax it in other ways. Miles traveled. Number of kids ferried. ANYTHING so they can make a buck.
Again, NASA is under no obligation to be a tax collection agency for the US government (it's not in their charter). Also, at the airfield in question, fuel sold is NOT supposed to BE taxable.
So the government wasn't entitled to taxes. Period. Thus, the taxpayer didn't lose out on jack squat.
How do they manage bandwidth caps? They same way they don't bill you for cable TV channel bandwidth. They know what's coming across their network and from where.
Additionally, Comcast Business customers (at least) are being provided with a separate cablemodem and router/AP for the public wifi.
My POB's main office just installed a 75/15 link a month or so ago. Once we found out what the equipment was for, we disabled it immediately. We also disabled the wifi on the private router/AP as well, as we already have a heavily secured wireless AP on premises and simply don't trust Comcast enough not to try and circumvent our precautions. And god help them if they do.
While I'm one to bitch about ever inflating costs for services, in this I find myself almost wholly on Sprint's side. If the government wants to push the costs of spying on people back onto the people they're spying upon FUCK THEM. I think Sprint should quadruple their charges for any and all government intelligence SIGINT services.
Yes, but this truck is still mostly concept. And they're not going to swap out their complete fleet for these things anytime soon (recouping too much sunk cost at this point).
So we'll probably only see a few hundred of them as they phase these trucks in.
Reality and the hidden costs of these things will bring the whole project down eventually.
It's possible that this one was warped by its environment. Another possibility is that we're looking at a sign of evolution here.
It's possible that 30,000 years ago, the environment (and carriers) could support the existence of larger, loosely packed viruses.
Then with the advance of medicine and sanitation (and possibly changes in climate), that behemoths like this simply weren't viable anymore. They were too fragile (or just too obviously large) to withstand the immune responses in healthier, cleaner hosts.
As such, these oversized viruses died off the same way various megafauna did. Their ecological niche was either stressed (or closed). Thus the only survivors were smaller, more compact variants.
But for pretty much every other owner/operator out there, this sort of setup makes pretty much no sense. There's too many different types of loads (and specifically designed trailers) for that.
So there'll be a fleet of a few hundred Walmart trucks like this. And the other 99% of the industry will stick with standard trucks.
There's also the durability issue. While modern trucks aren't cheap, they're designed to be readily repairable. As are trailers.
Not many repair shops (let alone road services) have carbon fiber facilities.
These designs are great...until they get damaged. Then they cost an arm, a leg and a testicle to repair, compared to standard trailers.
Aluminum siding vs idiot with a forklift. Forklift wins. Trailer is fucked up. Plastic siding vs idiot with a forklift. Forklift wins. Trailer is fucked up. Carbon fiber vs idiot with a forklift. Forklift wins. Trailer is fucked up AND costs 5x as much to repair...
Everyone wants to believe in a magical solution. Even if the "magic" is junk science, bad math and buzzword overload.
And, because they imagine themselves socially conscious, and have been indoctrinated into WANTING to be thought of that way, and WANTING to be part of the "healthy foods" movement, that they'll embrace pretty much ANY snake oil that comes along.
This isn't new. This has been going on for centuries. And a certain number of people are ALWAYS going to fall for this kind of crap. It's just, with the larger population now (than ever before) that snake oil like this can stand out so brazenly. And what do they do? they adopt the appearance of yet another cultural staple, the supermarket, to further sell their snake oil.
It only ends when people stop acting stupidly and allowing other people to tell them what they want. (i.e. never).
Seriously. We're already living in a panopticon society, being recorded by the government and private business almost 24x7. Now we have a bunch of people OPENLY wearing cameras on their heads, recording our every moment in public too, whether we want it or not.
So you'd rather the government and private business be the only ones doing the recording?
I'd rather NOBODY was recording me.
I can try to fight municipal use of recording. I can cease patronage of places that record. What can I do about Glassholes?
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I think that you are looking at this in an overly negative way.
This is open space. Fuckups kill you. Fuckups kill other people. Fuckups waste LOTS of money (especially if lawsuits get involved).
Playing it safe is the RIGHT way to do it. The days of just shooting people out and hoping to *insert primal mover of your choice* you thought of everything and nothing goes wrong. The days of having to be crazy AND have balls of solid unobtainium are over. While spontaneously producing corpsicle asteroids can STILL be viewed as "educational", I think we're at the point where a bit of circumspection is more in order (measure twice, cut once).
[quote]Going to live another place isn't the same as going somewhere to die despite the similar actions taken. Someone going to a small colony on Mars would be no different from Polynesians crossing oceans or people packing up and moving across the continent in 1800s. Leaving behind an old life is not the same as throwing away your life.
Big difference, you're not relocating to a still-habitable island in the middle of nowhere.
You're going to a dead planet where the only things keeping you alive are WHAT YOU BRING WITH YOU. And you can't even swim home, due to "outer space".
Because there's not enough room here.
Bullshit. If it weren't for human greed, this planet could easily support a population TWICE what it is today.
There's plenty of physical space on the planet to house everyone with plenty of space so that people aren't stacked like sardines.
Also, shipping people off to another planet to build dinky little concrete bunkers as "outposts" is no solution either.
We need the technology to actually turn Mars into a truly habitable, usable world. Even if the surface is a wasteland.
The big bullet points are this.
1: Sending people to Mars isn't a huge deal. We could do it today if we wanted.
2: Sending the equipment and supplies necessary to set up a sustainable colony is, at this point, VASTLY prohibitive.
3: In addition you have the same problems for transporting the fuel and supplies necessary for a full RETURN TRIP as well in case of disaster. Whatever the bright eyed suicide wannabes think, we shouldn't be sending people to Mars with "death" being the only way off the planet.
In short, it might be better to build a colony satellite in Mars orbit first. This way you can shuttle people to and from the planet, as well as set up as a resupply depot without the massive physical hurdles of precision landing fragile gear and supplies on-planet. So, a couple of closely spaced (pun unintentional) two-way missions with the hulls for the beginnings of a space station. And more modules can be brought in with future missions.
Continue this way until it's we have a safety net to build a sizeable facility on-planet.
Once the on-planet facility is built and vetted, move a portion of the supplies on-planet.
Slower, but much safer in the long run than just shooting people out to the planet to die.
By this logic, paypal, western union, moneygram, ect.. are all worth nothing and the stockholders are being fleeced.
No. Because, outside of Paypal (which is a scam that's been going on for FAR too long), Western Union, Moneygram, and various such services are regulated. And all transactions are cash transactions. They're simply applying the money you put in to the account of the person you're sending it to. Almost like a bank account. The money transfer fees just come off the top. They're not using some other form of currency or commodity to represent a nebulous, volatile cash value.
Also, if the money gets applied to the wrong account, the funds can be retrieved and applied to the proper account. With BTC, it's "Toughski Shitski".
So go shill someplace else.
Can someone please explain why this is not just a gigantic Ponzi scheme?
No they can't. Because, all half-assed denials aside, it IS a gigantic Ponzi scheme.
One for you. ....
One for me!
Two for you.
One, two for me!
Three for you.
One, two, three for me!
Four for you!
One, two, three, four for me!
Five for you.
One, two, three, four, five for me!
Six for you.
One, two, three, four, five, six for me!
Seven for you.
I trust you can see where this is going.
Probably better than soar ayes.
Because the government is now not getting fuel taxes (in their eyes "losing revenues to tax dodgers"), they'll want to tax it in other ways.
Miles traveled. Number of kids ferried. ANYTHING so they can make a buck.
Again, NASA is under no obligation to be a tax collection agency for the US government (it's not in their charter).
Also, at the airfield in question, fuel sold is NOT supposed to BE taxable.
So the government wasn't entitled to taxes. Period. Thus, the taxpayer didn't lose out on jack squat.
And where...EXACTLY...did the taxpayer LOSE money?
Oh yeah! THEY DIDN'T!
And where...EXACTLY...is it stated in NASA's charter that they MUST turn a monetary profit on things?
Oh yeah! THEY DON'T!
Plus NASA got free use of a jet for science missions out of it!
So, basically, you, Senator Grassley, and "the taxpayer" DON'T HAVE A LEGITIMATE BITCH.
So, still sandy about this?
who didn't see that comming....
Me. Not even a hint of radio apparatus anywhere.
How do they manage bandwidth caps? They same way they don't bill you for cable TV channel bandwidth. They know what's coming across their network and from where.
Additionally, Comcast Business customers (at least) are being provided with a separate cablemodem and router/AP for the public wifi.
My POB's main office just installed a 75/15 link a month or so ago. Once we found out what the equipment was for, we disabled it immediately. We also disabled the wifi on the private router/AP as well, as we already have a heavily secured wireless AP on premises and simply don't trust Comcast enough not to try and circumvent our precautions. And god help them if they do.
Yes.
But we were fucked once "government surveillance of citizens without warrants" was brought into the picture.
Well, yeah. Not that I'm sure a million bucks wouldn't be useful to SOMEONE.
But for the kinds of heavy-duty R&D and vetting required for food products? That's a drop in the bucket.
While I'm one to bitch about ever inflating costs for services, in this I find myself almost wholly on Sprint's side.
If the government wants to push the costs of spying on people back onto the people they're spying upon FUCK THEM.
I think Sprint should quadruple their charges for any and all government intelligence SIGINT services.
A few hundred? Walmart has 6500 trucks and 55,000 trailers..
http://corporate.walmart.com/o...
Yes, but this truck is still mostly concept. And they're not going to swap out their complete fleet for these things anytime soon (recouping too much sunk cost at this point).
So we'll probably only see a few hundred of them as they phase these trucks in.
Reality and the hidden costs of these things will bring the whole project down eventually.
Aluminum over carbon fiber:
That pretty much negates the weight savings then doesn't it?
I'm not a coffee drinker. Can't stand the stuff.
But every time I see or hear Keurig, I get South Park flashes.
It's possible that this one was warped by its environment.
Another possibility is that we're looking at a sign of evolution here.
It's possible that 30,000 years ago, the environment (and carriers) could support the existence of larger, loosely packed viruses.
Then with the advance of medicine and sanitation (and possibly changes in climate), that behemoths like this simply weren't viable anymore. They were too fragile (or just too obviously large) to withstand the immune responses in healthier, cleaner hosts.
As such, these oversized viruses died off the same way various megafauna did. Their ecological niche was either stressed (or closed). Thus the only survivors were smaller, more compact variants.
But for pretty much every other owner/operator out there, this sort of setup makes pretty much no sense. There's too many different types of loads (and specifically designed trailers) for that.
So there'll be a fleet of a few hundred Walmart trucks like this. And the other 99% of the industry will stick with standard trucks.
There's also the durability issue. While modern trucks aren't cheap, they're designed to be readily repairable. As are trailers.
Not many repair shops (let alone road services) have carbon fiber facilities.
These designs are great...until they get damaged. Then they cost an arm, a leg and a testicle to repair, compared to standard trailers.
Aluminum siding vs idiot with a forklift. Forklift wins. Trailer is fucked up.
Plastic siding vs idiot with a forklift. Forklift wins. Trailer is fucked up.
Carbon fiber vs idiot with a forklift. Forklift wins. Trailer is fucked up AND costs 5x as much to repair...
Jesus H. Fuck! Just when I thought Windows 8 was as low as they could go!
There's no way, no how, no possible scenario where I'd opt for something like this. Even if the only other choice was "no computer".
Because people are dumb like that.
Everyone wants to believe in a magical solution. Even if the "magic" is junk science, bad math and buzzword overload.
And, because they imagine themselves socially conscious, and have been indoctrinated into WANTING to be thought of that way, and WANTING to be part of the "healthy foods" movement, that they'll embrace pretty much ANY snake oil that comes along.
This isn't new. This has been going on for centuries. And a certain number of people are ALWAYS going to fall for this kind of crap. It's just, with the larger population now (than ever before) that snake oil like this can stand out so brazenly. And what do they do? they adopt the appearance of yet another cultural staple, the supermarket, to further sell their snake oil.
It only ends when people stop acting stupidly and allowing other people to tell them what they want. (i.e. never).
Yes, because battery life for devices can't EVER be improved on newer models.
And simply because you don't value your privacy doesn't mean others don't.
Seriously. We're already living in a panopticon society, being recorded by the government and private business almost 24x7.
Now we have a bunch of people OPENLY wearing cameras on their heads, recording our every moment in public too, whether we want it or not.
So you'd rather the government and private business be the only ones doing the recording?
I'd rather NOBODY was recording me.
I can try to fight municipal use of recording.
I can cease patronage of places that record.
What can I do about Glassholes?
Yes, but GG is currently brand new, non-mainstream tech right now.
And should a bartender be expected to keep up with, and make rulings on each and every piece of new tech that comes out each and every year?
That's not their job.