This does not include all the chips Intel makes. The $40 cost makes perfect sense for a P4. Figure $2500 to make a wafer's worth of chips, maybe 70 good chips per wafer. Add packaging and testing.
The P4 is one of Intel's largest chips; most others are much smaller and hence much cheaper.
I'm just making an educated guess here, but I think that the reflector acts more to make the object to be cooled exposed to "cool" in all directions, than to make "antenna gain" (increased effective area).
Conventional, nontrivial definitions of "God" involve contradictions. Religious people don't see or gloss over these contradictions, or don't understand that things with contradictory properties cannot exist. Adhering to logic is rejecting the system of religious people.
Diamonds can be doped to make semiconductor components. The use of nanotubes in semiconductors would most likely be to replace materials now used for conductors, mostly aluminum, copper, and gold. Nanotubes would not be useful (AFAIK) as a dopant. Doping carbon (diamond) with carbon (nanotube) does not make sense.
A $42/barrel biofuel tax credit is a huge interference in the free market and will cause more problems than it fixes. Don't forget that the money comes from other taxpayers.
The likely aftermath is that most of the city will be rebuilt and the levees will be built higher and stronger. People will complain about the cost. Some corporations will relocate or build backup facilities. Others will replace the relocators without the economic disadvantages of relocation.
Over time, maintenance of the levees will be relaxed as people complain about the costs and forget/ignore the consequences. Even if they are maintained, eventually there will be another, bigger, storm that overcomes the defenses. The degree to which this is again a disaster will depend upon the technology in place then.
In short, things will be improved a little, but not enough.
I've been voting for low-tax politicians my whole life. They lose more often than they win, and those that win usually increase taxes. Based on that, I have concluded that entering politics would result in me losing elections. My results from communicating with legislators has been "Thanks for agreeing with me" (when I wrote opposing his position) and "we're going to do what you oppose anyway." Since all the other civilized countries are at least as bad, moving is not a good option.
Being independent (in the sense of political economics) does not mean living without human contact, it means paying your own way.
The government does not have to be the source of roads, sewage systems, and water supplies. Healthy food does not require the FDA; I grow a little of my own without their interference.
Government is the proper mechanism for protecting rights; there is no reasonable alternative. It is not the proper mechanism for charity because there is an unlimited supply of people saying "gimme".
The "shoulders of honest citizens" that civilization is built on are mostly private sector shoulders.
Yes, tax=theft. That is why tax money should only be used to prevent or fix things as bad as or worse than theft, and nothing else. Otherwise, net damage is done.
The area around Mt. St. Helens was fairly empty before the eruption. No big deal if no-one can build there. New Orleans is heavily built up; forbidding construction there requires much more consideration.
The primary school my son is in has computers, but they are 7+ year old Macs.
What possible primary school educational software needs something newer than a 7 year old Mac? What could you not teach on these machines, that you could teach on a brand new machine?
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This does not include all the chips Intel makes. The $40 cost makes perfect sense for a P4. Figure $2500 to make a wafer's worth of chips, maybe 70 good chips per wafer. Add packaging and testing. The P4 is one of Intel's largest chips; most others are much smaller and hence much cheaper.
I'm just making an educated guess here, but I think that the reflector acts more to make the object to be cooled exposed to "cool" in all directions, than to make "antenna gain" (increased effective area).
Read the recent columns by Paul Krugman (liar) and Thomas Friedman (liar) in the NYT for lots of details.
A single .22 hole would probably take tens of hours to cause significant deflation.
Conventional, nontrivial definitions of "God" involve contradictions. Religious people don't see or gloss over these contradictions, or don't understand that things with contradictory properties cannot exist. Adhering to logic is rejecting the system of religious people.
Walmart, Costco: so you think it's stupid not to spend too much. The trapdoor should be in front of your house.
Since IQ is a measure of deviation from the average, your supposition is impossible.
You have just claimed that in 1950's terms, the average IQ today is 150: genius range. Hah.
Smart people in poor countries are smart enough to leave.
ATI's annual R&D (Aug 2004) was $270 million. NVidia's (July 2005) was $85 million.
According to Heinlein, the mob consisted of male homosexuals. Kinda like offering meat to a vegetarian.
Best estimates are that population will peak around 2050 at well below 10 billion.
Diamonds can be doped to make semiconductor components. The use of nanotubes in semiconductors would most likely be to replace materials now used for conductors, mostly aluminum, copper, and gold. Nanotubes would not be useful (AFAIK) as a dopant. Doping carbon (diamond) with carbon (nanotube) does not make sense.
A $42/barrel biofuel tax credit is a huge interference in the free market and will cause more problems than it fixes. Don't forget that the money comes from other taxpayers.
Military is less than a quarter of the federal budget. Most of the remaining 3/4 is wasted.
Heavy enough doses of female hormones in men often cause depression. So they would be unlikely to enjoy it.
Over time, maintenance of the levees will be relaxed as people complain about the costs and forget/ignore the consequences. Even if they are maintained, eventually there will be another, bigger, storm that overcomes the defenses. The degree to which this is again a disaster will depend upon the technology in place then.
In short, things will be improved a little, but not enough.
Representation does not equal permission.
The middle ages?!!! When everything that wasn't under the absolute control of the government was under the control of the church? Surely you jest.
The government does not have to be the source of roads, sewage systems, and water supplies. Healthy food does not require the FDA; I grow a little of my own without their interference.
Government is the proper mechanism for protecting rights; there is no reasonable alternative. It is not the proper mechanism for charity because there is an unlimited supply of people saying "gimme".
The "shoulders of honest citizens" that civilization is built on are mostly private sector shoulders.
Yes, tax=theft. That is why tax money should only be used to prevent or fix things as bad as or worse than theft, and nothing else. Otherwise, net damage is done.
The area around Mt. St. Helens was fairly empty before the eruption. No big deal if no-one can build there. New Orleans is heavily built up; forbidding construction there requires much more consideration.
Gold. Platinum. Rhodium. Diamonds and other "precious" stones. etc., etc., etc..
Washington DC has a per student cost (IIRC) of $12000/year and is generally acknowledged to be the worst in the country.
What possible primary school educational software needs something newer than a 7 year old Mac? What could you not teach on these machines, that you could teach on a brand new machine?