People who push for government funding of X can have a number of motives, among which are a desire to draw attention to themselves, a desire to draw attention to their cause, an inability to see any solution that doesn't involve government, a desire to enlarge government, a desire to cause trouble, a hope that more money will mean faster progress, a desire to cripple or redirect progress by putting research under government control, an enmity to capitalistic processes and institutions, a hope that they can syphon funds into their own pocket...
Skin cells and hair cells are very good about reproducing indefinitely in a controlled fashion. It usually takes pretty severe abuse to get skin cancer. And hair cancer?
There are some racists who believe all the contents of the wombs of women of certain races should be destroyed. There are some "environmentalists" who believe the same of all people (since they think humanity should be destroyed). There are some "eugenecists" who believe the same on a variety of criteria. There are some "feminists" (of the "all sex is rape" school of throught) who are pro-abortion.
Before you flame me, please note that all the above are qualified with the essential word "some". Not "all".
Stop using only the word "life" when you mean human life. I am not a murderer when I crush a virus or bacterium by stepping on it, nor when I pull a carrot from the ground.
There are some difficulties in classifying that have become more prominent in recent decades. Authors put lies or obvious fictions in what are nominally non-fiction books, such as Bill Bryson's travelog "A Walk In the Woods". In the other direction, large sections of Frederick Forsyth's books, nominally fiction, are detailed and insightful descriptions of current events. What's a classifier to do?
Let's see... In 2009 I do my income taxes in January, In 2010 I do them in April. With 1 year lookback, there's three months of data I can't access, and you think that's not important?
Some credit unions act as if they were run by amateurs. To some extent they are, since their customers are members and at least in name are the owners.
By introducing odor-free birds, you've created a new species, also very rare and hence endangered. Instead of one endangered species, you now have two; the problem has just been made twice as bad.
Of course, the sort of people who most loudly seek to preserve species are the same sort that wouldn't think a man-made species has any value and should be preserved. Species such as GMO foods.
It is simply not possible to meet all human needs. That you don't undrestand this is an indication that you don't know how vile some people are. There are people who destroy stuff for the fun of it or because they're too drunk/drugged to know what they're doing, or care what they're doing. Having destroyed their own stuff, they'll whine that their needs aren't being met, and there will always be others who insist that a third party provide their needs.
People who do not deserve to live, should not be helped to live off the efforts of others. A person who helps someone who is immoral, is performing an immoral act.
I've seen it hypothesized that losing the ability to synthesize vitamin C was an advantage because everything that the body has to synthesize takes energy away from other activities.
194 GB/cc is about 8e10 atoms per bit, assuming 2 Angstrom atoms. Since it's going to be really difficult to store more than 1 bit per atom, that sets a hard limit of improvement at 8e10 times what's available today.
gasoline cars have enormous externalized (i.e. invisible) costs, since they foul the air, the ecosystem, and the political climate.
How do you breathe, living in a vacuum? Gasoline powered cars are an improvement over their only predecessor, the horse, whose pollution (compared to a car) is monumental. Gasoline engines have been improving their pollution performance for a long time. Engineering always involves tradeoffs.
The Tesla's price is the actual price based on limited production, an absurd battery pack of a jillion tiny cells, and recovering a ruinous development cost. The price for this new car is an extrapolation based on a moderate production volume and an almost-conventional engine, and, it seems, probably a non-union labor force (good luck with that), and a whole lot of optimism. ~$20,000 isn't really realistic, but it's not so far off as to be totally ridiculous. After all, it's only using 860 pounds of materials.
If those wheels were inside the body, they'd miss anything that would shear off wheels hung way out to the side. As a bonus, aerodynamics would improve.
Wander over to Yahoo Finance and check out the profit margin for TDS Telecom, ATT, Verizon, and any other telco you can think of. The numbers are not impressive. 2 of those 3 would go belly-up if they cut their prices 10%. If other countries are doing dramatically better, then there's something seriously wrong here. Possibilities include one or more of
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So, we're genetically altering trees to form diamonds?
FWIW, as a general rule the faster a tree grows, the lighter and weaker the wood it produces.
Use the money not spent on raising children to buy gold.
Not true of all NYC, but in Manhattan most streets are just numbers. Please show me how to print a lower case 6.
People who push for government funding of X can have a number of motives, among which are a desire to draw attention to themselves, a desire to draw attention to their cause, an inability to see any solution that doesn't involve government, a desire to enlarge government, a desire to cause trouble, a hope that more money will mean faster progress, a desire to cripple or redirect progress by putting research under government control, an enmity to capitalistic processes and institutions, a hope that they can syphon funds into their own pocket...
Skin cells and hair cells are very good about reproducing indefinitely in a controlled fashion. It usually takes pretty severe abuse to get skin cancer. And hair cancer?
There are some racists who believe all the contents of the wombs of women of certain races should be destroyed. There are some "environmentalists" who believe the same of all people (since they think humanity should be destroyed). There are some "eugenecists" who believe the same on a variety of criteria. There are some "feminists" (of the "all sex is rape" school of throught) who are pro-abortion.
Before you flame me, please note that all the above are qualified with the essential word "some". Not "all".
Stop using only the word "life" when you mean human life. I am not a murderer when I crush a virus or bacterium by stepping on it, nor when I pull a carrot from the ground.
There are some difficulties in classifying that have become more prominent in recent decades. Authors put lies or obvious fictions in what are nominally non-fiction books, such as Bill Bryson's travelog "A Walk In the Woods". In the other direction, large sections of Frederick Forsyth's books, nominally fiction, are detailed and insightful descriptions of current events. What's a classifier to do?
Let's see... In 2009 I do my income taxes in January, In 2010 I do them in April. With 1 year lookback, there's three months of data I can't access, and you think that's not important?
"Free online bill payment service" costs banks a lot less than handling checks. They're saving money when you use it. You are too.
Some credit unions act as if they were run by amateurs. To some extent they are, since their customers are members and at least in name are the owners.
And I thought it was centrifugal force.
Home Depot, Ace Hardware, and many other places take CFLs for free. You never, in any period of (for instance) 5 years, pass such a store?
By introducing odor-free birds, you've created a new species, also very rare and hence endangered. Instead of one endangered species, you now have two; the problem has just been made twice as bad.
Of course, the sort of people who most loudly seek to preserve species are the same sort that wouldn't think a man-made species has any value and should be preserved. Species such as GMO foods.
It is simply not possible to meet all human needs. That you don't undrestand this is an indication that you don't know how vile some people are. There are people who destroy stuff for the fun of it or because they're too drunk/drugged to know what they're doing, or care what they're doing. Having destroyed their own stuff, they'll whine that their needs aren't being met, and there will always be others who insist that a third party provide their needs.
People who do not deserve to live, should not be helped to live off the efforts of others. A person who helps someone who is immoral, is performing an immoral act.
But "Ben and Me" is the absolute historical truth.
I've seen it hypothesized that losing the ability to synthesize vitamin C was an advantage because everything that the body has to synthesize takes energy away from other activities.
194 GB/cc is about 8e10 atoms per bit, assuming 2 Angstrom atoms. Since it's going to be really difficult to store more than 1 bit per atom, that sets a hard limit of improvement at 8e10 times what's available today.
They claim the suspension is inside the wheel, so it's 4 wheel independent.
How do you breathe, living in a vacuum? Gasoline powered cars are an improvement over their only predecessor, the horse, whose pollution (compared to a car) is monumental. Gasoline engines have been improving their pollution performance for a long time. Engineering always involves tradeoffs.
The Tesla's price is the actual price based on limited production, an absurd battery pack of a jillion tiny cells, and recovering a ruinous development cost. The price for this new car is an extrapolation based on a moderate production volume and an almost-conventional engine, and, it seems, probably a non-union labor force (good luck with that), and a whole lot of optimism. ~$20,000 isn't really realistic, but it's not so far off as to be totally ridiculous. After all, it's only using 860 pounds of materials.
If those wheels were inside the body, they'd miss anything that would shear off wheels hung way out to the side. As a bonus, aerodynamics would improve.
Killing the hero (PacMan). Violent attacks by alligators (Frogger).
In 1980 a VCR was $700. By 2000 a better one was $100. Now you can buy a VCR for $50, or a VCR-DVD combo for $100.