Why do you think a box of cornflakes costs so much? Advertising budget (and profit margins:).
...And the associated taxes that are paid throughout the farming, manufacturing, processing, distribution, marketing & sales processes. All of which are passed on to the customer in the form of higher prices. I once heard that in the US that every dollar earned, 78 cents goes to taxes either directly or indirectly via tax that is added to the cost of goods purchased.
When in conversations with friends at work, they will start talking about a commercial on television...and all I can do is look at them with a blank look. I don't think I have seen a commercial (with the exception of the Superbowl) since December 1999. I love the fact that I can watch two programs in the time it takes most people to watch one.
Much of the missile defense efforts are currently going into ground and airborne defense systems. While not nearly as sexy as space-based systems, they will most likely be the only system that will be deployed in the short-term. These systems will be used to destroy theater ballistic missiles, similar to the Scud during the Gulf War '91.
Just so it is understood......current quantum theory states that electrons do not "orbit" the nucleus of an atom in as in a Newtonian model, but rather they exist in all possible states and positions within specific energy boundaries. Electrons by their very nature exhibit the both the properties of a particle and a wave. In fact, by quantifying any of those properties, the other qualities of the electron can not be measured. The problem of Schroedinger's Cat is a great explanation of this collapse of the wave function.
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When in conversations with friends at work, they will start talking about a commercial on television...and all I can do is look at them with a blank look. I don't think I have seen a commercial (with the exception of the Superbowl) since December 1999. I love the fact that I can watch two programs in the time it takes most people to watch one.
Much of the missile defense efforts are currently going into ground and airborne defense systems. While not nearly as sexy as space-based systems, they will most likely be the only system that will be deployed in the short-term. These systems will be used to destroy theater ballistic missiles, similar to the Scud during the Gulf War '91.
Just so it is understood... ...current quantum theory states that electrons do not "orbit" the nucleus of an atom in as in a Newtonian model, but rather they exist in all possible states and positions within specific energy boundaries. Electrons by their very nature exhibit the both the properties of a particle and a wave. In fact, by quantifying any of those properties, the other qualities of the electron can not be measured. The problem of Schroedinger's Cat is a great explanation of this collapse of the wave function.