Molybdenum has a thermal coefficient of expansion quite close to silicon. Because of that and other reasons, it is frequently used as a thermal conductor between the silicon die and a copper or aluminum heat spreader. My point is, it's already used with semiconductor devices and using it in the semiconductor itself isn't going to greatly increase demand.
Mainland mammoths were killed off by humanity before, without really trying. We can do it again. It will not become an expanding species with a notable effect on the ecosystem unless we help it to do so. In short, don't get upset over a non-issue.
(I say mainland because I've read that the last mammoths were isolated on an island and died off after many generations of becoming smaller to match a declining food supply.)
Kodak made a high quality rangefinder camera called the Ektra in the 1940s. Aside from being much more expensive than even a Leica, its primary disadvantage was a fragile and unreliable shutter mechanism.
In the very early years, Kodak also made view cameras. I have an 8x10 (inch) model 2 camera produced circa 1910 (properly called a field camera, I think.)
As far as going into the digital camera business is concerned, producing a complex and delicate mechanical system in the United States when Japanese firms had active successful production lines would have been a tough job, and I'm not surprised that Kodak didn't try.
OK, jackass, let's go back to the time before civilization, when there was no man-caused air pollution. That'll really reduce cancer and asthma deaths, because people will die of starvation first.
Don't try telling me you want the benefits of civilization without pollution, because it's not possible. The best we can do is act reasonably within current knowledge.
In the Americas, the particular mosquito in question is an introduced species. Killing them all off returns things to the conditions that prevailed before their introduction.
OK, you've vomited up communism's advertising slogan, now listen to the reality: "Steal from everyone according to their ability, give to everyone according to their asskissing."
So you think that a "scientific study" (appeal to authority fallacy) trumps evidence of the senses?
FWIW the mental abilities of dogs vary greatly between breeds and within breeds, and those abilities vary with training. Test mundane strays, get mundane results.
To use the hackneyed maxim, Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Animals play for some pretty well established reasons, reasons which are largely the same for (young) humans. It builds social skills, locomotive skills, and (where objects are involved) fine motor control. But for them to enjoy teasing and pranking each other, they'd need to have thoughts about another creature's thoughts.
Non sequitur. Being able to get a reaction over which it has some control is a fundamental form of enjoyment for any animal that uses its brain for survival. It is the control involved in the "teasing and pranking", not (necessarily) "thoughts about another creature's thoughts", that brings the pleasure.
Some things make money indirectly. Having a fire station in your town means lower fire insurance rates and higher property values. You pay for it with tax dollars. Sidewalks make you and people who walk by your house safer, also increasing property value. I don't buy a painting to make money, I buy it to please myself and possibly my friends (who are part of society). In some cases, the concept of "making money" is not applicable to the end user, who is actually looking to "get his money's worth." It's the other side of the same coin.
There are private, for-profit fire companies, by the way.
There's more to money than just "making money". Money is a measure of value, and it allows easy comparison between vastly different things, like oranges and Cadillacs.
Welfare and all other transfer payments are not services, they are theft. California taxes are driving the middle class and up out of the state if they can find jobs elsewhere. No doubt about the stupid voters, but it's the thieves, not those who are trying to avoid being stolen from, that are the problem.
Consider the source. You're citing the state of California, which couldn't tell the truth if it tried. The highway through the central valley gets a lot of use, but it's not crowded and doesn't need widening. San Diego to LA needs another lane in each direction even on weekends, and the highways inside LA are hopeless (but that's a local problem that trains are not an alternative to.)
In the US, the Acela is $136 for a 2-3/4 hour trip (Amtrak's claim) between Washington DC and New York City, with connection through to Boston. That they manage to run this at a profit astounds me. Although they claim a top speed of 150 mph, the actual distance is about 225 miles, so it averages 82 mph. Nominal drive time is 4.5 hours. This is a great savings over plane travel only if you don't plan ahead, because same-day plane tickets are a monstrous ripoff. Service is hourly during the work week.
Much of the cost of putting in a new line was avoided for the Acela. Tracks were already in place, 4 wide much of the way. It was "simply" a matter of keeping the tracks in good repair and buying the faster rolling stock. In California, most of the existing track (if there is any) is only 1 wide, so there's a lot of new construction and maybe land purchase that needs to be done. The population is not nearly as dense, and unlike NYC, there's no large group of carless people with a good income in California.
It's easier to make LA or SF airports a step in going to distant cities. Trains are more suitable to short and mid-length trips. Fast trains are lily-gilding.
Faster trains from LA to San Diego make some sense. On the way, you can stop in Orange County for business or pleasure (Disneyland). The cities between LA and SF (Bakersfield, Fresno) are just not comparable.
Parking is typically abundant at airports (although in major cities, it's not cheap.) There's not much parking near the train stations in LA and San Diego.
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Molybdenum has a thermal coefficient of expansion quite close to silicon. Because of that and other reasons, it is frequently used as a thermal conductor between the silicon die and a copper or aluminum heat spreader. My point is, it's already used with semiconductor devices and using it in the semiconductor itself isn't going to greatly increase demand.
Mainland mammoths were killed off by humanity before, without really trying. We can do it again. It will not become an expanding species with a notable effect on the ecosystem unless we help it to do so. In short, don't get upset over a non-issue.
(I say mainland because I've read that the last mammoths were isolated on an island and died off after many generations of becoming smaller to match a declining food supply.)
Kodak made a high quality rangefinder camera called the Ektra in the 1940s. Aside from being much more expensive than even a Leica, its primary disadvantage was a fragile and unreliable shutter mechanism.
In the very early years, Kodak also made view cameras. I have an 8x10 (inch) model 2 camera produced circa 1910 (properly called a field camera, I think.)
As far as going into the digital camera business is concerned, producing a complex and delicate mechanical system in the United States when Japanese firms had active successful production lines would have been a tough job, and I'm not surprised that Kodak didn't try.
Boxing is the reason I will never pay for HBO. I refuse to subsidize premeditated attempted murder.
OK, jackass, let's go back to the time before civilization, when there was no man-caused air pollution. That'll really reduce cancer and asthma deaths, because people will die of starvation first.
Don't try telling me you want the benefits of civilization without pollution, because it's not possible. The best we can do is act reasonably within current knowledge.
Would you mind repeating that in English?
But .. But .. Scientific papers are built out of molecules.
Multics also had hexadecimal access control: read, execute, write, append.
All women wearing makeup should wear a warning label.
Lifting big concrete walls is rather energy intensive.
Best selling drug of all time? Never heard of aspirin?
There are many species of mosquitoes and not all of them carry diseases that harm humans.
In the Americas, the particular mosquito in question is an introduced species. Killing them all off returns things to the conditions that prevailed before their introduction.
I'd like to see 220 years of Congressional debates in digital form.
OK, you've vomited up communism's advertising slogan, now listen to the reality: "Steal from everyone according to their ability, give to everyone according to their asskissing."
I just pile the Frisbees in a closet.
You mean like when he swears at people I respect?
So you think that a "scientific study" (appeal to authority fallacy) trumps evidence of the senses?
FWIW the mental abilities of dogs vary greatly between breeds and within breeds, and those abilities vary with training. Test mundane strays, get mundane results.
To use the hackneyed maxim, Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Non sequitur. Being able to get a reaction over which it has some control is a fundamental form of enjoyment for any animal that uses its brain for survival. It is the control involved in the "teasing and pranking", not (necessarily) "thoughts about another creature's thoughts", that brings the pleasure.
Some things make money indirectly. Having a fire station in your town means lower fire insurance rates and higher property values. You pay for it with tax dollars. Sidewalks make you and people who walk by your house safer, also increasing property value. I don't buy a painting to make money, I buy it to please myself and possibly my friends (who are part of society). In some cases, the concept of "making money" is not applicable to the end user, who is actually looking to "get his money's worth." It's the other side of the same coin.
There are private, for-profit fire companies, by the way.
There's more to money than just "making money". Money is a measure of value, and it allows easy comparison between vastly different things, like oranges and Cadillacs.
"Getting it back" doesn't count things like Naval Bases. There aren't a whole lot of those in Idaho.
Welfare and all other transfer payments are not services, they are theft. California taxes are driving the middle class and up out of the state if they can find jobs elsewhere. No doubt about the stupid voters, but it's the thieves, not those who are trying to avoid being stolen from, that are the problem.
Consider the source. You're citing the state of California, which couldn't tell the truth if it tried. The highway through the central valley gets a lot of use, but it's not crowded and doesn't need widening. San Diego to LA needs another lane in each direction even on weekends, and the highways inside LA are hopeless (but that's a local problem that trains are not an alternative to.)
In the US, the Acela is $136 for a 2-3/4 hour trip (Amtrak's claim) between Washington DC and New York City, with connection through to Boston. That they manage to run this at a profit astounds me. Although they claim a top speed of 150 mph, the actual distance is about 225 miles, so it averages 82 mph. Nominal drive time is 4.5 hours. This is a great savings over plane travel only if you don't plan ahead, because same-day plane tickets are a monstrous ripoff. Service is hourly during the work week.
Much of the cost of putting in a new line was avoided for the Acela. Tracks were already in place, 4 wide much of the way. It was "simply" a matter of keeping the tracks in good repair and buying the faster rolling stock. In California, most of the existing track (if there is any) is only 1 wide, so there's a lot of new construction and maybe land purchase that needs to be done. The population is not nearly as dense, and unlike NYC, there's no large group of carless people with a good income in California.
It's easier to make LA or SF airports a step in going to distant cities. Trains are more suitable to short and mid-length trips. Fast trains are lily-gilding.
Faster trains from LA to San Diego make some sense. On the way, you can stop in Orange County for business or pleasure (Disneyland). The cities between LA and SF (Bakersfield, Fresno) are just not comparable.
Parking is typically abundant at airports (although in major cities, it's not cheap.) There's not much parking near the train stations in LA and San Diego.