The idea that there aren't enough jobs available for low skill workers is false, provided that the government doesn't make such jobs illegal. The way such jobs are made illegal is called "minimum wage".
At some point, when you put enough people out of work, you no longer have consumers who can afford your product
This is a prime example of what happens if you don't understand economics. To see the thinking error, consider the two extreme cases. First, if a widget is provided without any human labor at all, then it is free and everybody can focus their energy on making other things. Second, if it takes the entire population of the earth to make widgets, then there's no labor available for anything else (including food) and nobody will ever own anything except for widgets.
FPGAs are much slower and less efficient and bigger than a dedicated design because even the simplest gate is actually a block that can be controlled to perform many different functions. That block consists of several latches and a complex gate, perhaps a hundred transistors in all, whereas a 2-input nand gate consists of four transistors. So it's 25 times bigger (area), and the distance to the next gate is increased by 5x (linear). The complexity makes the block inherently slower than a simple gate, and the increased distance raises load capacitance, also slowing response. On top of that, the path from one gate to the next is also programmable, and that also adds delay and size.
FPGAs will never be as fast as purpose-built ICs with the same technology.
Throwing together a bunch of words in grammatically acceptable form does not mean that that you've formed a thought or made an argument. You sure haven't.
When people speak of "God", they have something particular in mind. When you speak of something unrelated to what large numbers of people consider to be "God", but call it "God", you are not communicating with them. Your attempt to use language has failed.
Finally, concerning pantheism: If everything is "God", then it has no distinguishing characteristics. It implies nothing special. It lacks everything that people look for in a religion. It is worthless.
There are many problems with religious belief. The most wide-reaching is that any erroneous statement can, through the flawless use of logic, lead to any arbitrary conclusion.
The belief of predestination completely destroys morality and ambition. Attempting to reconcile predestination and free will is an exercise in evasion; they are incompatible.
Free will is not a "gift". It is a fact of nature. Free will is not "limited by events out of our control", but the results of using free will can be affected by events beyond our control.
One way that intelligent people use their intelligence is to devise reasons that their arbitrary beliefs are true. Another is to devolop complicated arguments supporting positions they know to be false.
Intelligence alone has little value without intellectual honesty.
LEDs do have one advantage that makes exaggeration valid in some uses. LEDs are directional, and small enough that even if they weren't directional a very small lens or mirror can be used to concentrate the light where it's wanted.
Not quite true. Pure water with no access to oxygen will not cause most steel alloys to rust. What water does is create conditions that make rusting and other forms of corrosion easier and faster, by disolving salts, allowing ion transport between dissimilar metals, etc.
I've read that ethanol is particularly destructive to magnesium and some other light metals that used to be used in small engines.
I'm ambimoustrous. The mouse is set for right-handed use, but I prefer to use it left-handed, except when I want to use it very fast (games). Generally, I'm right-handed. I've injured each upper arm once by having the mouse much too far off to the side.
The electricity market in California was not deregulated, regulation was increased and a set of bizarre rules put in place. Utilities were forced to sell off their distribution networks. "Alternative energy" companies were given preferential treatment at the expense of established suppliers, whose rates were capped by government force. There were a host of idiocies, detailed at one time in "Reason" magazine.
"market controlled by customers" is an oxymoron. A market is the interaction between suppliers and customers, and it is free in the absence of force, threat of force, and fraud. A "market controlled by customers" is not a market because it is theft, the supplier having no control over the disposition of his own property. Attempting to define the phrase "free market" out of existence is dishonest, and it is part of one method of seeking to destroy free markets.
Prostitution. If the oldest profession isn't mature, nothing is.
Babysitting
Gardening
Snow plowing of private driveways
Dentistry
Fine arts (painting, handicrafts, etc.)
Small town personal services like "beauty shops" and barbers
The claim that "in the absence of government interference a monopoly will develop" has been established [as true] is based on the assumption that the claims of biassed, careless, or incompetent economists are correct. Such claims make false assumptions, such as "there is no market at the margin" (i.e. in the automobile market, no-one will want a gold-plated, diamond-encrusted sports car, no-one will want extremely cheap cars that the monopolist won't be willing to produce, no-one will want cars drivable by disabled persons, etc.). False assumptions, such as technology won't move ahead of what a heavily bureaucrasized monopoly will accept. False assumptions, such as there won't be persons who out of pure contrariness refuse to buy from the monopolist. False assumptions, such as that a monopoly won't become stagnant, attracting and prefering only the seekers of safety and the dull.
I suppose you could argue that any technological inovation means that the market isn't mature, but then no market is mature, and you're trying to argue on the basis of an empty data set. Life is change, and in the absence of force, monopolies are unstable.
The fact that multitudes of people depend upon airlines for their lives every day is precisely the reason that the government should have nothing to do with it. The government has no incentive to ensure passenger safety. An airline with a reputation for carelessness will be destroyed by market forces.
From 1980 to 1982 I flew several times New York - Los Angeles or Boston - Los Angeles for $99 each way, coach. (Coach prices are more nearly representative of actual costs, and most people fly coach. 1st class prices are somewhat arbitrary.)
Single queues have further disadvantages. It takes time to get to the newly opened register. About 1 customer in 5 is a doofus too slow to respond to the opening until someone starts poking him. Some stores even have to appoint a person (sometimes two) to point out the opening and get the head of the line moving (thus adding to overhead and the price the customer pays).
Single queues to multiple checkouts work well when the number of checkouts is small and they're close together, and it especially helps if there's a tendency for occasional customers to take much longer than the average. (This happens when there are price checks, arguments over prices, or [in airports] itinerary changes.) It isn't a reasonable option for a WalMart with 40 registers.
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Actually, the cotton gin extended slavery, making it more profitable than it would have been otherwise.
The idea that there aren't enough jobs available for low skill workers is false, provided that the government doesn't make such jobs illegal. The way such jobs are made illegal is called "minimum wage".
This is a prime example of what happens if you don't understand economics. To see the thinking error, consider the two extreme cases. First, if a widget is provided without any human labor at all, then it is free and everybody can focus their energy on making other things. Second, if it takes the entire population of the earth to make widgets, then there's no labor available for anything else (including food) and nobody will ever own anything except for widgets.
Where's the entry for "corrupt politician"?
Of course it's a fantasy. The ideas of "equal society" and cultures with ANY distinguishing characteristics are mutually exclusive.
Has Horton heard about this?
Both your post and your sig show that you are more interested in insults and misrepresentation than facts. Libertarianism is not anarchism.
FPGAs are much slower and less efficient and bigger than a dedicated design because even the simplest gate is actually a block that can be controlled to perform many different functions. That block consists of several latches and a complex gate, perhaps a hundred transistors in all, whereas a 2-input nand gate consists of four transistors. So it's 25 times bigger (area), and the distance to the next gate is increased by 5x (linear). The complexity makes the block inherently slower than a simple gate, and the increased distance raises load capacitance, also slowing response. On top of that, the path from one gate to the next is also programmable, and that also adds delay and size.
FPGAs will never be as fast as purpose-built ICs with the same technology.
Throwing together a bunch of words in grammatically acceptable form does not mean that that you've formed a thought or made an argument. You sure haven't.
When people speak of "God", they have something particular in mind. When you speak of something unrelated to what large numbers of people consider to be "God", but call it "God", you are not communicating with them. Your attempt to use language has failed.
Finally, concerning pantheism: If everything is "God", then it has no distinguishing characteristics. It implies nothing special. It lacks everything that people look for in a religion. It is worthless.
There are many problems with religious belief. The most wide-reaching is that any erroneous statement can, through the flawless use of logic, lead to any arbitrary conclusion.
The belief of predestination completely destroys morality and ambition. Attempting to reconcile predestination and free will is an exercise in evasion; they are incompatible.
Free will is not a "gift". It is a fact of nature. Free will is not "limited by events out of our control", but the results of using free will can be affected by events beyond our control.
One way that intelligent people use their intelligence is to devise reasons that their arbitrary beliefs are true. Another is to devolop complicated arguments supporting positions they know to be false.
Intelligence alone has little value without intellectual honesty.
G.B. Shaw shares the moral status of Adolf Hitler. Quoting him as a support for your beliefs is unwise.
Or use a brushless starter.
Mankind has been making cars for over a century now. We should have figured out and fixed all wearout mechanisms, except tires.
Quick starting is mostly a function of making quick starting a design priority. My 1993 Toyota Tercel always starts within a half second even at 10F.
As long as there is water circulating through the heater core, many engines can be adequately cooled by running the heater full blast.
LEDs do have one advantage that makes exaggeration valid in some uses. LEDs are directional, and small enough that even if they weren't directional a very small lens or mirror can be used to concentrate the light where it's wanted.
Not quite true. Pure water with no access to oxygen will not cause most steel alloys to rust. What water does is create conditions that make rusting and other forms of corrosion easier and faster, by disolving salts, allowing ion transport between dissimilar metals, etc.
I've read that ethanol is particularly destructive to magnesium and some other light metals that used to be used in small engines.
I'm ambimoustrous. The mouse is set for right-handed use, but I prefer to use it left-handed, except when I want to use it very fast (games). Generally, I'm right-handed. I've injured each upper arm once by having the mouse much too far off to the side.
The electricity market in California was not deregulated, regulation was increased and a set of bizarre rules put in place. Utilities were forced to sell off their distribution networks. "Alternative energy" companies were given preferential treatment at the expense of established suppliers, whose rates were capped by government force. There were a host of idiocies, detailed at one time in "Reason" magazine.
"market controlled by customers" is an oxymoron. A market is the interaction between suppliers and customers , and it is free in the absence of force, threat of force, and fraud. A "market controlled by customers" is not a market because it is theft, the supplier having no control over the disposition of his own property. Attempting to define the phrase "free market" out of existence is dishonest, and it is part of one method of seeking to destroy free markets.
Prostitution. If the oldest profession isn't mature, nothing is.
Babysitting
Gardening
Snow plowing of private driveways
Dentistry
Fine arts (painting, handicrafts, etc.)
Small town personal services like "beauty shops" and barbers
The claim that "in the absence of government interference a monopoly will develop" has been established [as true] is based on the assumption that the claims of biassed, careless, or incompetent economists are correct. Such claims make false assumptions, such as "there is no market at the margin" (i.e. in the automobile market, no-one will want a gold-plated, diamond-encrusted sports car, no-one will want extremely cheap cars that the monopolist won't be willing to produce, no-one will want cars drivable by disabled persons, etc.). False assumptions, such as technology won't move ahead of what a heavily bureaucrasized monopoly will accept. False assumptions, such as there won't be persons who out of pure contrariness refuse to buy from the monopolist. False assumptions, such as that a monopoly won't become stagnant, attracting and prefering only the seekers of safety and the dull.
I suppose you could argue that any technological inovation means that the market isn't mature, but then no market is mature, and you're trying to argue on the basis of an empty data set. Life is change, and in the absence of force, monopolies are unstable.
The fact that multitudes of people depend upon airlines for their lives every day is precisely the reason that the government should have nothing to do with it. The government has no incentive to ensure passenger safety. An airline with a reputation for carelessness will be destroyed by market forces.
From 1980 to 1982 I flew several times New York - Los Angeles or Boston - Los Angeles for $99 each way, coach. (Coach prices are more nearly representative of actual costs, and most people fly coach. 1st class prices are somewhat arbitrary.)
The president is already shafting anybody with a mind.
Single queues have further disadvantages. It takes time to get to the newly opened register. About 1 customer in 5 is a doofus too slow to respond to the opening until someone starts poking him. Some stores even have to appoint a person (sometimes two) to point out the opening and get the head of the line moving (thus adding to overhead and the price the customer pays).
Single queues to multiple checkouts work well when the number of checkouts is small and they're close together, and it especially helps if there's a tendency for occasional customers to take much longer than the average. (This happens when there are price checks, arguments over prices, or [in airports] itinerary changes.) It isn't a reasonable option for a WalMart with 40 registers.